The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27

ors at the meeting. The meeting for next week will be a very important one and all scouts are urgently requested to be present. All scouts interested in base ball are requested to meet for practice on the Tennessee company's grounds on Monday afternoon after school
 Owing to the large attendance at the Bush school during the present term Principal Frazer Banks was forced to move out of his office so as to make room for the beginners de- partment. Principal Banks made a tenn porary office in one of the cloak rooms until the board of education fixed up one of the storage rooms on the sec ond floor for his office. The room was completed yesterday and Mr. Banks moved in his new quarters immediate ly. At the present time there are 5S0 pupils in the Bush school which is the largest attendance that the local school has ever had at this time of the year.
 There will be @ meeting of the Bush School Improvement association on next Thursday afternoon at 2:S0 o'clock at the school building. An address will be made by Prof. c. B. Glenn, which
 
 will be followed by a vocal solo by Miss Minnie Belle Parsons Following the business session refreshments will be served, and all members are invited to be present
 New Devils for Old" will be the subject used by George H. Goebel for his lecture which will be given at the Ensley opera house at o'clock this evening. MT. Goebel is one of the na- tional lecturers and member of the na- tional committee of the socialist party of America. MT. GoebeI is featuring under the auspices of the socialist party and is considered a very inter esting and intellectual speaker.
 A big night has been planned for the meeting of the Ensley lodge No. 9S7, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, which will be held Monday night in their home on Avenue D. Twenty seven candidates will be initiated into the order and after the initiation a Dutch supper will be held. The new mem- bership campaign, which the local lodge is conducting, is proving to be very successful and a large number of new members have joined the lodge So far Henry Keller's team is leading the other three teams by a big ma jority, but as the campaign will last two months longer it is expected that some of the other teams will also make good showing.
 Tewnty children and one adult will be baptized at the morning services at the St. Johns Episcopal church to- day which will begin at Il o'clock. In the afternoon af special children serv- ice will be held at 3 o'clock and a feature of the service will be a con +o- fIa f,sIe Of the Sunday School on the questions in the catechism. The public is invited to attend.
 A social session will be held at the meeting of the Steel City lodge No 190, Knights of Pythias, which will be held Tuesday night in their hall on Avenue E. A programme has been ar ranged for the occasion which includes several short addresses on the good of the order and refreshments will be served. All Knights of Pythias are invited to be present.
 The members of Dixie circle No. 662 Protective Home Circle, will give dance at the Eagles hall on Avenue D and Nineteenth street on Monday evening. The entertainment will be- gin at S:3O o'clock and will last until 11:30. E7he public IS invited.
 The Ensley and Fairview fire depart ments were called to the residence of T. E. Martin at 2154 Thirtieth street yesterday morning about 10:10 o'clock. A spark from the chimney had set the roof on fire, the damage being small.
 The regular meeting of Steel City lodge No. 156, Woodmen of the World, will be held Monday night in the Knights of Pythias hall, on Aavenue E. Besides the regular routine business several candi- dates will be initiated in the first de- gree All members are requested to be present.
 The regular meeting of the Ensley club will be held Tuesday night in the inferior court room at o'clock. Among the mat ters to be discussed at this meeting will be the proposition to hold a banquet in the near future The members of the local Ell1s lodge have offered the club the use of their hall for the occasion. The report of the light committee on the arc light at the missing link" will to see the commissioners about this mat ter and will make their report Tuesday night. Several other committees will make reports and all members are urged to be present.
 A series of March midweek meetings will be conducted by the members of the Ensley Baptist church, beginning with next Wednesday night at the following residences: J. L. Smith, 1410 Avenue G, J. W. Minor director, Miss Mollie McKen- zie scotcher; L. R. Vines, 1719 Avenue G, Mrs. A. K. Wright director, Mrs E. R. Maynord scotcher; J. H. Eubank, 2117 Avenue G, N. R. Baker director, Mrs. J. H. Perkins scotcher; w. A. Vardeman, 401 Twenty-third street J. A. Vandiver director. Mrs Grover Wren scotcher; J :. W .Busby, 1922 Avenue II. A. P. Bates director, Mrs U. o. Phillips scotcher; J. A. McPherson, 2916 Avenue E, J. S. Falkner director, Mrs. $. c. Sloan scotch CT; H. E. Dalbey, 4212 Parkway, R. E. Tidwell director, Mrs. Adolph Almgren scotcher; J. w. McCarty, 1736 Jefferson avenue A. G. Overton director, Mrs. w.