The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-05
NEWS OF ENSLEY

There is movement under way which
 has for its object the remodeling of the
 old St. Johns Episcopal church, located
 on sixteenth street, between Avenues E.
 and F, and making it a center of Uni
 tea social Service Endeavor. The idea
 Is to remodel and equip the building into an intirmary for the people of this dls- trlct who are not able to pay for medical attention and also for a children's hos-
 pital It is to be controlled by woman ! board Of directors the members of which are to be selected from the different frs- l lerhal and church organizations of this clty. The plans for the remodeling of the building call for four bed wards, two private rooms and modern operating room. also a room for a general social
 service work in which meetings will be held by different organizations, to plan
 the methods of work to be carried out
 at the infirmary
 The Rev J. w. Fulford pastor of St Johns Episcopal church of this city, is at the head of the movement and is talk
 Ing the matter up with all of the fra
 ternal orders and churches in this district asking that q committee be appointed rom each organization to attend gen.
 eral meeting and take the plan under
 advisement. The success of the move-
 ment will depend entirely upon the CO.,
 operation of the different organizations of
 this district
 It Is planned to have q head nurse
 with an assistant who will be at the in
 firmary all the time, and several of the
 physicians of this city have agreed to
 give their services when the hospital is
 opened. A free dispensary, 1t Is stated
 IS very badly needed in this district as
 there are numbers of families at present
 Who are in need of medical attention. and 1t is believed that an institution of
 this kind will fill a much needed want.
 The new First Christian church of Ems ley is practically completed and will be dedicated on Sunday morning. September 70, at II o'clock, by the Rev. George l.. Snivley, of Fl Paso Tex assisted by the Rev. Thomas N. Lennox, pastor of the church. The church is completed ex- cept placing two large windows in front and the installation of the pews, which are expected to arrive within the next few days
 The church is erected on Avenue F and Twenty-second street and is 49 feet in width and 100 feet in length with 1S- inch pressed brick walls P feet high. The church has a steel roof and steel cell ing and has room for balcony in the main building, which will be built later. The Sunday school room is 4S by 50 feet and the windows in the church are of stained glass The auditorium has a seating capacity of 650 and after the bal cony is completed will seat nearly 1OO0 persons
 With the exception of the brick work and joist the building has been built by the male members of the congregation who have each worked a number of days in completing the church. The building is estimated to have cost about S15, GOO, and is one of the most modern and at- tractive churches in this district.
 W. T. Stone of Wylam was painfully injured yesterday afternoon about 0 clock when he was knocked out of his ] automobile at the railroad crossing on Nineteenth street, when switch engine | of the Birmingham Southern collded with | his automobile. MT. Stone was rushed ! 10 the emergency hospital of the Tennes. | see company and was given medical at | ention. It is feared that he received in | -ernal injuries besides being badly bruised l about the face and shoulders. He was | carried to his home in Wylam where he l vas reported to be resting well last night | The machine, which is Ford, was struck 1t the back wheel on the right hand side, breaking it off and turning the automo- 'ile over. throwing MT. Stone out and njuring him.
 The members of Company B drill team ,f Steel City lodge No. 156, Woodmen ,f the World, are expected to return nome sometime this morning after at- ending the annual encampment of the lril1 teams in Alabama, Georgia and Florida, which was held in Pensacola Fla. during the past week. The follow ng members of the local lodge made he trip: Capt Fred Rowell, l.. H. Et- yell, J. F. Fraser, s. s. Rayfield, Gilbert Fallen, A. Alexander, c. Haigler, Fred 0osher. l.. Wilson, w. N. Meadow, Fred iardwick, M. H. Giles, R. Williams, !. Falls and Joe Smith. Mir and Mrs George H. Younger and Mrs l.. T. Will on made the trip also.
 The members of "The Jefferson County oily Boys" newly organized club,