The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-07
NEWS OF ENSLEY

The yearly election of Purity temple,
No. 3. Pythian Sisters, was held Friday
night at their hall. The following were
elected: Mrs. Mack johnson, most excel
lent chief; Mrs. w. r. Stewart, most
excellent senior; Mrs. Archie Mayes, most
excellent junior; Mrs. George Preston,
manager; Mrs Jessie Royland, mistress
of records and correspondence; Mrs. Sam
Macabee, mistress of federation; Mrs. A.
O. Canes, protector; Mrs. Clarke outer
guard, and Mrs. Frank Fournier trus-
tee. Mrs. d. A. Echols, who is past chief,
will install the newly elected officers at
public installation in about two weeks.
At the election there were about 20 visit
tors from the Fidelity temple of Birming-
ham.
AT the Ensley High school next Tues
day evening, William C. Radcliffe, secre-
tary of the Chamber of Commerce of Bir-
mingham, will lecture in the auditorium.
Mr.. Radcliffes subject will be "City Build
ing This is the second lecture of this
years extension course All citizens of
Ensley are cordially invited to attend.
All members of the Ensley chapter.
Royal Arch Masons, are requested to at
tend the funeral of Companion Charles
o. OMAN, which will be held at the Ma
sonic temple in Birmingham this after
noon at 230 o'clock. a large delegation
is expected from this lodge, which will
meet at their hall at l 80 and go in a
body.
The ladies of st. Margaret's Guild of ST.
Johns Episcopal church of this city will
conduct their annual fancy work sale Sat
Gulas, on the corner of Avenue e and
Nineteenth street Aside from the Christ
mas sale of various fancy and useful ar
ticles, the ladies will conduct a sale of
homemade edibles, including cakes and
bread. The sale will begin Saturday aft
ernoon at 1 o'clock and will continue un-
til 10 o'clock in the evening.
The next meeting of the guild will be
held Wednesday afternoon with Mrs
Meacham. All members are requested to
be present at this meeting, to make final
arrangements of the Christmas sale.
reception was rendered the new
pastor of the Fairview Methodist
church, the Rev. T. o. Jones, and fam
lily and the officers of the church Fri
day evening at the church by the
ladies of the Nome Mission society, who
had extended invitations to the con-
gregation and their friends in that
community
During the evening a number of
talks were made, including addresses
by the Rev. 7. o. Jones, the pastor,
and Mr.. Hammille, the lay reader, in
which they touched on the splendid
work done by the retiring officers
Music was furnished by the choir and
refreshments We're served. large
number of the congregation were pres
ent.
The officers of the church are: Mr.
Lynch, chairman of the board of stew
ards; Mr.. Cross, superintendent of the
Sunday school; Mr.. Hammille, lay read
er, and Mr.. Turner, president of the
league.
The Children of Mary of the st. Anth-
ony's Catholic church of this city will
have their banner blessed tomorrow
evening at 7:45 o'clock. Father Nc
Quillan will preach the sermon. An
interesting programme has been ar
ranged and all members of the society
are requested to be present. The pro-
gramme is as follows:
Litany of the blessed virgin; Father
McQuillan's sermon; the blessing of the
banner; procession; solo; benediction.
Funeral services over the remains of
Mrs. Gertrude McGinnis, who died early
Friday morning at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. ]. II. Waters on Avenue
J, were held yesterday afternoon at
o'clock, the Rev. A. X. Wright of the
Ensley Baptist church officiating. In
terment was in the Elmwood cemetery
She Is survived by her husband and
seven children.
The children of the Minor school will
give an entertainment at the Ensley
high school building in the auditorium
next Thursday at s o'clock for the ben
eft of the Fairgrounds association.
Much interest is being taken by the
pupils of the Minor school and they are
trying to make the entertainment a