The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-31
PRINTERS HOLD A
 MEMORIAL SERVICE
Impressive Exercises Held Yesterday at Forest Hill
 Cemetery

Several hundred members and friends of Birmingham Typographical union No. 104. gathered in Forest Hill cemetery yes- terday afternoon. held memorial exer- cises and decorated the graves of de- parted members.
 President Robert P. Schoppert of the Birmingham union was master of cere- monies, and tue exercises were opened with an invocation by the Rev. George Eaves Following the opening prayer, music was furnished by a mixed quar- tet, accompanied by an orchestra com posed of organ. cornet and violin, with Oliver Chalifoux as violnist. The next number on the programme was an by T. T. Mock member of Birming- ham union MT. Nocl<s address was both pleasing and informative, embracing d composite exposition of what the Typo graphical union of this country stands for and what it is accomplishing for 1 the care and uplift of mankind. He told 1 of the Union Printers Home at Colo rado Springs, where magnificent plant is maintained by the printers of the coun- | try for sick and aged members, and where also a special sanatorium is operated for the cure of tuberculosis. He touched on the other benefits of membership in the or ganization, such as the pension fund for aged members who do not care to leave their own homes to go to the home 1 in the west; the mortuary fund paid or | the death of a member, and other fea- lures showing the printer in the forefront of progressive movements for mankind 1 advancement
 | John R. Hornady made one of his
 characteristically good speeches, taking as a theme "The Greatest Thing" MT
 Hornady said it mattered not from wha
 viewpoint one might consider the greates | thing after all was the opportunity ani
 the will to do right and be just ant live to be remembered for good deeds.
 The Rev George Eaves, secretary O
 the Jefferson County Anti-Tuberculosi association. followed MT. Hornady, and il his address dwelt especially upon th efforts of the printers organization t prevent and cure those who have con tracted tuberculosis. pr. Eaves is thor oughly familiar with the ravages of thii 0read f1dlaON over the country, ana 1ldn' the statement that of the practical, 200 GOO population of Birmingham. perhap! | one in every 10 died would die of thi disease. He made a plea for the dssem nation of proper methods of living. st that this average might be reduced ant
 humanity benefited.
 Congressman George Huddleston wa the concluding speaker and he opened hi.
 remarks with the statement that he hat
 visited the Union Printers Home in Col
 orado Springs, going through the entir. plant. and that it was one of the best, i
 not the best. institutions of it's kind in thu | entire country. He made the statemen
 that the printers of the country compose,
 the first organization of any kind to appl,
 scientific methods in the treatment of tn
 berculosis. His oration on the subject | The Vanished Hand" was a masterfu | effort
 recitation by little Miss Mildred Rus sell was well received. She was yer. pleasing in her style and delivery an,
 was heartily applauded.
 l roll call of the deceased member by Secretary w. M. Peterson and dstr.
 button of flowers by a number of littl
 girls followed, after which the benedic
 ton was pronounced by the Rev. Dr T1aves.
 The last Sunday in May is set asid
 by the International Typographical unioi
 as memorial day and 5000 members Q the organization throughout the Unite, States. Canada. Cuba and the Hawaiian Islands remembered their dead yesterda, in appropriate manner.