The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-07
News of Ensley

A new five-passenger Ford automobile
 was purchased by the city commissioners
 yesterday afternoon for the use of the
 Ensey police department The automo-
 bile will be used by the detective de-
 partment for hurry calls and will cover
 the whole Ensley district. including Pratt
 City, Vivian, Fairview, Fairfield and East
 Thomas. The acquisition of the automo-
 bile is due to the efforts of Capt M. J.
 Donlan. who took the matter up with
 the Ensley club, which sent a commit
 tee before the commissioners asking for
 an automobile, which was granted. Here
 tofore all hurry calls had to be made on
 street car or bicycle, but with an
 automobile at their disposal the detectives
 will be able to get to the scene of any
 disturbance immediately
 Funeral services over the remains of
 George McNamara, who died very sud- denly Wednesday morning at local in-
 firmary. will be conducted this afternoon at o'clock from St Anthony's Catholic church. of which he was member. The
 Rev. Father McQuilian will officiate In-
 torment will follow at Elmwood ceme-
 tery. The deceased is survived by his
 parents. Mir. and Mrs D. l.. McNamara
 one brother, Erskine McNamara, and
 three sisters, Mrs. E. J. Donnelly and
 Miss Helen and Miss Mamie McNamara.
 He was 25 years of age. The pallbearers
 will be o. R. Berney. D. P Harrell, J. L. Owen, Clarence Keenan, Frank Lamont
 and Charlie Culpepper
 Everything is in readiness for the en- tertainment which will be given by the
 members Of the Baraca class of the Ems ley Baptist church to all the members of the Baraca association of Ensley this
 evening at the Baraca hall An interest ing programme has been arranged. includ- ing an address by Miss Ethel Armes and one by Judge Alvin Douglass, president or the Baracas of the Birmingham dis triet. All members of the association and their friends are invited to attend The ladies of the Ensley Methodist church will serve a dinner and sumner. for the business men of this city to- morrow in the old office of Dupuy-Burke Realty company on Avenue E. The pro- ceeds will go to the building fund of
 the church. The public is invited to at tend
 
 An alarm was turned in to the Ensley lire department yesterday afternoon about 5:55 o'clock from the residence of I NJ Rouss on Avenue H and Fourteenth
 street. The house caught from a spark from the fue. About $l0 damages were done.
 The members of the Baraca class of the Shadysde Methodist church have
 planned an outing for this evening to be held at East Lake. The party will leave Twenty-fifth avenue over the Tidewater car line at ' o'clock. A basket picnic will be served.
 T. M. Fouts, president of the Ch,ce-
 ment company of America of New York. is the guest of Max Mellon of this city. Miss Pauline Phillips. who was operated on for appendicitis several weeks ago. is able to be out again
 w. l. Phillips has bought out the en- tire stock of Pipe & Phillips Grocery Go. Mrs. R. E. Tidwell and family have re- turned from Wisconsin, where they spent the summer camping.
 Miss Ruby Truss left yesterday for Sylacauga, where she will visit relatives. Mrs. s. c. Levy of Fort Smith. Ark. Is the guest of Mrs. J. Moog, on Avenue c. Miss Hattie Mae and Miss Erin SatlIer of Sheffield are the guests of Mrs. ]. E. LeMay on Ensley Highlands. Mir. and Mrs R. O. Willoughby of Pen sacola are the guests of MT. and Mrs. J. W. Miller on Ray street. Fairview Mrs. R. R. McLemore has returned after visit to friends in Nashville