The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-04
NEWS 0F ENSLEY

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 The session of the Sunday School Work CTS conference of the Bessemer district, which is being held at the Ensley Meth odist church, is attended by a larger num- Der of delegates than any other confer ence ever held by this district. Over 200 delegates registered yesterday, not includ- ing the local delegates of the Ensey- dis trict.
 The feature of the morning session yes terday was an address by the Rev George Stoves of Bessemer, who spoke on Spirit ualizing the Sunday Schools" He stated that the two best methods were, first. that of prayer and second that of con- version. Following this address the la dies of the Ensley Highlands Methodist the Shady Side Methodist and the Pratt City Methodist churches served splen- did lunch in the basement of the church. The feature of the afternoon session was the departmental work in which the work of all the grades of the Sunday school was demonstrated. The pastors conference was presided over by the Rev. | J. F. Sturdivant, presiding elder Of the Bessemer district, and it was decided to make the conference an annual affair. | A committee will be appointed at the afternoon session today by the presiding elder to make all preparations and regu- lations for the next meeting of the con ference.
 demonstration of ideal work in the Sunday school, which was conducted py IT M. Lyle, was the feature or the session held last night and was very | interesting.
 MT Sturdivant stated that this was the | largest and most enthusiastic conference | that has been held in the Bessemer dls- | trict since he has been the presiding el- der and that he was well pleased with the | great success of the Sunday school work | CTS. The conference is being attended by over three-fourths of the pastors and superintendents of the churches in this district. together with large number of tea chers and delegates from all of the charges The Bessemer district is the | first district in the North Alabama con- l ference to take up this work and the | first session has proved great success. | large crowd attended the class day exercises held at the Ensley High school yesterday morning by the 1915 graduating class The exercises were opened by an invocation by the Rev. Thomas N. Len nox and were followed with a piano 1 solo by Miss Grace Bird Hillhouse. The | class essays were very good and the 1 prophecy of Miss Ruth Davis. the class
 prophet was very enjoyable. She prophe- sled that while taking a trip around New | York she met the members of the class at their prospective occupations. Accord 1 ing to her prophecy Herbert Phillips will
 be A physician; Graland Wilson will be | a dentist James Gallagher a lawyer 1 John Looney a scientist, Erskine Me- Namara a professor of English; Edwin Cook a preacher; Miss Margaret God i win a nurse Miss Louise Matheau a l iitney bus driver; Miss Alice Skinner a | cabaret dancer; Miss Mamie Rasco, man | ager of a beauty parior; Miss Maude | Coleman a vaudeville singer; Miss Ollie l McPherson a suffragist speaker Miss Ol- lie Montgomery a fortune teller; Miss | Mabel Ritchie teacher of history Miss Cecilia Caine will marry Dr. Edwin Pres ton Cook; Miss Laura Gallagher mis- sionary to China, and for herself she | chose to be an old maid. The themes | were very interesting and enjoyable and a very interesting programme was rem Il dered Yesterday afternoon Erskine Mc- Namara and Eugene Freeman gave box party at the Lyric to the members of
  night the graduates from this school | received their diplomas with the grad uates at the Birmingham High school
 Funeral services over the remains of Thomas Wesley Baker ,aged @ years who died early yesterday morning at the late residence 201 Park avenue, were conducted yesterday afternoon. The Rev T B. T. Waits, pastor of the Ensley Meth ! odist church, and the Rev. A. K. Wright pa stor of the Ensley Baptist church, or ficiated The remains will be taken thi! morning to Newborn for burial at thu family cemetery. The deceased IS sur vived by his mother, Mrs. M. Wliam of Creensboro: five sons, T. H., A. w
 and T W. Baker of this city; H. M
 Baker of North Birmingham and R. E
 Baker of Selma one sister. Mrs. Edns | t5arner of Greensboro, and three broth
 ers Henry Baker, Folly Williams an' Joseph williams of Greensboro MT. Ba ker came home from work last Monda' afternoon feeling i'll and steadily gres
 worse until he suocumbed yesterda'
 rorninr about 2 o'clock. He was mem
 her of the Steel City lodge No. l9t
 Knights of Pythias. and had lived In thi
 c,tv hout 10 years. He had many friend
 who will regret to learn of his sudde
 death.
 An interesting programme nas neen al
 ranged by the members of the Fairvie'
 Woman's Christian Temperance uhion !
 observance of flower mission day. wne
 Inc chapter will be entertained by Ms
 Jessie and Miss Angelyn Ruter. at thei
 home on Ann street and Bessemer pouie
 yard.
 The outing given the ladies and chi
 dren by the Ensley lodge or Eiks yef | l.a. ue. most enjoyable affair, an
 noe attended by a large crowd. It wa
 held at Bayview, which proved a delight
 ful place for a picnic Everything passe
 off pleasantly and all had good pm'
 A vote of thanks was extended the con
 mittee for the splendid entertainment pro
 vided.