The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28
.ENSLEY ELKS ID
 WELCOME VISITORS Formal Opening of New Home to Take Place
 Thursday Night

Avenue D and Twentieth street, and the
 committee in charge are making elab-
 crate plans for the affair. The commit tee is composed of J. Ellis Brown, Hugh l Hill, Nelson Thomas and Grover Wren, who will meet this afternoon to complete their arrangements. In addition to the l reception committee. there will be a l committee to show the visitors, over the 1 new home and souvenirs will be given
 to the ladies. Music will be furnished by
 the Elks orchestra and the Tennessee | company's concert band. Dancing will l follow the reception. A suitable pro- l gramme has been arranged, which will | include several addresses. Judge w. w Brandon of Tuscaloosa will make the opening address. Judge Brandon was
 state deputy when the lodge was in- stituted eight years ago with 9 charter
 members. At present there are over 20c
 active members. The new home is com pleted throughout.
 | All of the equipment and furniture has l been installed and is in readiness for the | first regular meeting, which will be held
 next Monday night, when a class of 15 | candidates will be initiated. An invita- tion has been extended to all Elks in
 the Birmingham district to attend this meeting.
 | The regular rehearsal of the Elks' min | strel will be held this afternoon at 8 o'clock in their hall, and all members | taking part in the minstrel are requested to be present. The Elks' minstrel will be held on December 8, and 10, and 1 Hugh Hill, director, promises that it will | be the largest and best minstrel that
 has ever been given by the local lodge. | The Ensey Elks will have a very busy | month during December, as in addition to 1 the grand opening on December ?, and they will hold memorial services on Sun day, December 5, and the minstrel will
 be given on the Sth, 9th and 10th.
 | Following the minstrel they will make | arrangements for the Christmas baskets | to be given the poor of this district on | Christmas morning and to complete the
 year they will give a grand ball on New 1 ears eve, which promises to be big | affair. The members are taking an &C.,
 tive interest in these different affairs
 and much enthusiasm is being shown. For the last seven years the local lodge l has given a minstrel for charity, which | has always proven a big success and the Elks' minstrel this year is being l looked forward to with interest and an
 ticipation by a large number of people,
 not only in Ensley, but throughout the | Birmingham district.
 Work is progressing rapidly on the new Ensley hospital and workmen have been 1 busy during the past week remodeling l the old St Johns Episcopal church for | this purpose. All of the rooms have been partitioned off and lathing and clustering will probably begin on Monday. The 1 work on the operating and sterilizine I ic al Soin U,I,o ! will be a meeting Tuesday afternoon at | o'clock of the general committee, of which T Mrs. Lawrence Pennington is chairman Il which will be held at the hospital so that the members of the committee can sec
 how the work islproSressing.a The origina
 plans called for nine Bedrooms, but an
 other room has been added. The hos pital will consist of 10 bedrooms, ar operating and sterilizing room, a phy. | s1cians WaShroom and a dispensary or the first floor. On the second floor will
 be the dining room and kitchen, the nurses quarters and a suite of three
 rooms for the housekeeper. A large front
 porch and -sunroom will also be built
 Rev. J. w. Fulford, who isat the head of the movement, states that all ma. terial to complete the building has been donated, but some cash is needed, and
 he would be glad to receive any sub. scrfption, however small it may be. The I hospital is located on Sixteenth street
 between Avenues B and F, and is being
 built for the working people of this
 district. Charges will be made for all persons able to pay, but those who are unable will be treated free.
 Practically all the doctors of Ensle, are interested in the hospital and mem.
 bers of the faculty.
 Enslcv was visited by three candi
 dates for city commissioner last night | who SnO1yp tho nf
 street and Avenue E in the interest o1
 their candidacy. Roy Perkins was tn,
 first orator, who spoke about o'clock
 Isadore Shapiro spoke a little later ant
 Capt c. W. Austin spoke about F:4l
 o'clock. During the past week practi cally every candidate in the race fol
 city commissioner has visited this cit, in the interest of his candidacy.
 Begipning with this evening thu
 meetings of the Epworth League O l, the Ensley Methodist church will b. held at 6:sO o'clock in the Sunda.
 school room instead of Monday night
 as heretofore. This custom will con tinue through the winter A specia : programme will be given which vii
 include an address by MT. McCrear, and music by the Birmingham colleg , quartet. Willis Capps will preside owe
 the meeting.
 Rev. James A. Hixson will occup, |, | ley Presbyterian church today and wil
 use as his subject at the morning serv ice, 'Whosoever;" and at the evening "Our Thanksgiving" The Christian En
 deavor will meet at 6:45 this evenin.
 with Miss Marion Bowman as leader
 The topic for study is, Home Mission Work To Be Done in Our Community.
 A special musical programme will b
 given, including a violin solo by Mrs ! Charles w. Stahfiel who played in tn orchestra in Trinity church, New Yorl city, prior to her coming to Ensley; vocal solo by Miss Frances Fitzpatrick duet by Miss Lydia Mays and Mis = Mary Kyle, Miss Percy CHI and Mis- Marion Bowman. D. J. Hummer will b the speaker of the evening. An invita- : tion is extended to all young people t attend
 pr. J. c. Persinger, superintendent the Anti-Saloon league, will preach a [ the First Methodist church of this cit l at the morning service today. Tn Rev B. T. Waits, pastor, will occup the pulpit at the evening services.
 Rev. w. w. Dorman will preach hi
 initial sermon at the Ensley Highland , Methodist church this morning at tn il o'clock service. Rev. Dorman wa recently assigned to the local churc . 1 and has moved his family from thef . former home in Huntsville and nov . 1 occupies the parsonage on Thirtiet ' street He will also occupy the pulpi at the evening service.
 Rev. J. F. Watson. state secretary o missions of southern California, resid