The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-10
SHERMAN CHOSEN TOSUCCEED TRAYLOR
 AT TUTW|LER HOTEL
Manager of Gay-Teague in Montgomery Will Come to Birmingham - An
 nOunced Yesterday

The appointment of Frederick R. Shifeman manager of the Gay-Teague hotel in Montgomery. as manager of the Tutwiler hotel in Birmingham was made known officially yesterday in a communication received here from Frederick W. Rockwell. vice president of the United Hotels company, Jesse of the Tutwiler
 The appointment of MT. Shireman was generally known last week when George W. Traylor Jr., announced that he had rendered his resignation to the company and 1t had been accepted Mir. Shireman came to Birmingham yester- day at noon. He was a luncheon guest of Oscar c. Turner at the Birmingham Newspaper club, and there met several local citizens, many of whom were told that Mir Shireman had accepted the of fer of the managership of the Tut wiler.
 MT Shireman will succeed MT. Tray Tor December l. Mir Traylor has at this time several offers under advsement and will very probably make. an an- nouncement during the next few days as to which he will accept He is ex- peeted to become the manager of a hotel on the Pacific coast, at least for the next year or more.
 Mir Shreman was in conference yes terday with Robert Jemison, Jr., vice president of the owning company He was here he stated to meet friend at 6 o'clock and will go back to Mont gomery this morning at $40 o'clock
 Mr. Shireman has been manager of the Gay-Teague for the past 10 months. Prior to that time he was for six years hotel in Louisville. He was for a year and a half manager of the Claypool in Indianapolis. and prior to that was manager of the Grand hotel in Indian apolis. He started out as a cigar clerk later being sponsored by Thomas Tag gart of French Lick and trained as a hotel man. His widest experience has been, however. with the Seelbach and at the Gay-Teague.
 Mir. Shireman is 37 years of age. He is married and is thirty y-second de-
 gree Mason and a Shrlner He was born in Martinyille. Ind, and has been for the past years clasely in touch with the travel g and tourist public. His career with the Gay-Teague has been especially gratifying to his friends He has been able it is asserted almost to | convert that hotel into the political headquarters in Montgomery, besides drawing constantly from his travelling | friends
 mncn worried ahpllt
 cepting the managership of the Tut wiler," said MT. SL teman yesterday.
 T was comfortably fixed in Montgom-
 cry and I have been received there with I special warmth reconsideration. That l is an especially attractive place and I | have been fortunate enough to make a great many warm personal friends | as well a S to make friends for the hotel. However, I determined to come here and work very hard to make the Tutwiler the success that 1t deserves to be. That is one of the greatest hotel properties that I have ever seen. The equipment and possibilities for efficient service are astonishing. I hope to be able to make a success of my work there leave Montgomery with very great re- gret. However, I am sure that greater opportunities are presented at the Tut wiler, and I hope to avail myself or them"
 MT Shireman was offered the position of assistant manager of the Tutwfler at least tentatively before the hotel was opened He declined and since the an nounced resignation of MT. Traylor the name of MT. Shireman has been closely associated with the successorship. MT. 1 Shireman is a very genial. efficient l hotel man and his friends predict his 1 thorough success here as manager of | the TutWiler.