The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21
News of Ensley

l A very important meeting of the Ensley f5araca association was held last night in it's hall on Nineteenth street officers were elected and appointed several com
 mittees at the meeting. William Coates 1 acted as chairman. and J. A. vandiver as secretary. The following officers of the board of directors were elected: Robert Gardner, chairman: P. A. Eubank. vice chairman, and J. A. vandiver, secretary and treasurer, The building which has been leased to the association will be equipped with an office. library room. rest room. billiard room, shower bath and dressing rooms. and a game room.
 The furnishing committee has made a
 list of the articles tnat will be needed and has planned to furnish the building with mission oak furniture. A large part of the furnishing will be donated by the different business houses of the city and
 committee has been appointed to asfS
 the Tennessee company for donation
 and the other manufacturing companies The subscription committee have had
 over 300 subscription blanks printed and
 has been busy soliciting subscription dur
 ing the week The opening of the build
 ing will be held Monday. June s. with an
 entertainment and an entertainment com-
 mittee was appointed composed or R l..
 Hassler, William Coates and Holt Simil-
 ton, to arrange everything for the affair.
 Members of the board of directors and
 the citizens of E,nsley have taken a great
 interest in this movement and are devot-
 ing much of their time to the associa-
 tion The next meeting of the board Of
 directors has been called for next Tues-
 day at the hall at o'clock. At this
 meeting all chairmen of the different com
 mittees are requested to make their re-
 ports.
 The annual debate between the boys
 and girls literary societies of the Ensley
 High school will be held this afternoon in
 the auditorium of the High school The
 subject of the debate will be Should We
 Oppose President Wilson's Attitude To-
 ward the Panama Canal Toll?" with the
 Delphian Literary society on the affirma- tive with James Galleger and Ebert Pon-
 der as the debators and the Thalian Lit- erary society on the negative with Miss
 Mae Agnes Hilleke and Miss Marie Me-
 Guire as the debators. The judges for the
 occasion will be the Rev. A. K. Wright,
 c. P. Bowman and B. c. Bandmon.
 A concert Will De gwen at the Ensiey Wesley house tonight. beginning at 8
 o'clock by the Tennessee companys band.
 under the direction of Professor Costa
 The city has recently placed a supervisor
 over the playgrounds and has equipped the grounds with electric lights and lne concert tonight will mark the open.nt of the grounds for the recreation of the adults. The Ensley Wesley house play ground is considered one of the best equipped and one of the largest in the Birmingham district and has large at tendance daily The public is invited to attend the concert.
 The play, Uncle or Nephew" by Schil- Ter, was presented by the students of the Ensley HsNh school last night at the school before a large attendance. The members of the cast played their parts well throughout the play. and it was greatly enjoyed by those present. The
 costumes for the play were made by the domestic science department of the High school The comedy was under the direc- ton of Miss Dewey. Miss McCauley and MT. Craig. The following pupils took part in the play: Miss Agnes Long, Miss Maude Hunt, Miss Vivian Vann, Eugens | Freeman, Gordon Palmer, Ralph Me- Dowell, John Mandy and James Adams.