The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-30
News Of Enslev

meeting of the Ensley Playground residence of Mrs J. D. Matlock on Ensley Highlands committee com posed of the following. ". NJ. McGrath W. C. Cunningham. pr ]. NJ. Holton and D. Nespor, represented the Bir- mingham Playground association. and were taken over the places suggested for the playgrounds. The playground will be located in one of the following places. The Ensley park, the Wesley House playgrounds or the Minor school playgrounds. Representatives from all three places were present land pre- sented the points in favor of their loca- tion.
 The committee, after looking oyer the different places, stated that it would take the matter up with the Birmingham Playground association and would name the location at later date. Reports were heard from the different committees and other matters of importance taken up and thoroughly discussed.
 The date for flower planting" day will be announced later, as City Park Commissioner Williams will commences work as soon as possible in arranging the beds for the flowers As soon as this is finished arrangements will be made to have planting day.
 One of the oldest landmarks in Ems ley is being torn down by Ramsay x Mccormack upon the request of the city beautiful committee of Ensley The building used to be a livery stable and was built about 15 years ago and is next to the oldest building in this city, The site will be fenced in and will be cultivated, adding much to the improvement of the city.
 The Ensley City Beautiful club is doing everything in it's power to make Ensley one of the most attractive suburbs of Birmingham and the mem bers are being highly complimented upon their work. A movement is on foot to have all the vacant lots in the city put under cultivation instead of letting weeds grow wild on them as at present. The street cleaning depart ment of Birmingham is having clean ing up campaign this week and extra wagons and men have been secured 10 help in this work. All citizens of this city are asked to leave their garbage l In the rear of their lots and notifr | tue utpditintlli ana tie HlalltT VAL be attended to immediately. A petition is being circulated among | the merchants of Ensley asking them to declare a half holiday on Wednes- l day of every week during the summer months. Already over 15 merchants have signed the petition and many more are expected to sign as soon as l ii is presented to them. This plan has been carried out for several summers past and 1t is stated by the local mer- chants that it will exist this year committee was appointed yester- l day to raise money to carry the Con- | federate veterans to the reunion, which will be held May 5, and at Jack sonville, Fla. Twenty members of Pat Cleybourne are expecting to make the l trip and already over $100 has been | raised by the committee. The commit tee is composed of the following: Judge l J. T. Lowry, chairman; H. S. Meade
 H. M. Mcdowell, Thomas Roe and Hoke 1 Perkins.
 | Mrs Stephen H. Dupuy returned to Milwaukee yesterday afternoon after visiting relatives in Ensley. Mrs. l Dupuy was one of the pioneer citizens of Birmingham and owned farm where the residence part of West End | now stands. Sne stated De1Ore leaNlnS | that her garden was where the new l jail now stands. She was much sur prised at the growth of Birmingham. | Mrs. Dupuy left Birmingham over IA
 years ago and did not return until about a month ago.
 1 Funeral services over the remains of James Holmes, who was almost in- stantly killed Tuesday morning in No I14 mines of the Tennessee company | will be conducted from the Presby- l terian church of Pratt City this after noon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. T. F. Hay pastor of the Ensley Presbyterian
 church, officiating. 1nterment will fol
 low at Fraternal cemetery. The de- ceased was 55 years of age and is sur
 vived by his widow and several chil-
 dren
 Mrs. M. H. Oakley will entertain
 Camp Pat Cleybourne, United Confed-
 crate Veterans, at her home on Ave
 nue c and Twenty-ninth street this evening. An interesting programme
 has been arranged and talks will b.
 made by several persons. All veterans
 and their friends are invited to bt