The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-10
REGRET DEPARTURE
OF SUPT. c. ]. BARR
Preparations Made for An
nual Postum Valley Ban
quet at Ensely
A U TO ACCIDEN T
Tennessee Company Brass Band win
Give Concert at Italian Festival
at State Fair Grounds

The principal topic of discussion on
the streets of Ensley in the last few
days has been the resignation of C. ].
Barr, the general superintendent OF the
Ensley steel mill and furnaces for the
past 10 years. During Mr. Bars
regime the plant has been entirely re-
built and now stands among the fore
most of the many Steel corporation
plants. In the removal of Mr. Barr
from the district the citizens lose a
man who has held the esteem of all his
associates, and the entire community
regrets his and Mrs. Bars departure.
Mr.. Barr will leave in the next few
days for Sault Ste Marie, Ontario. Cam
ada, where he will take charge of the
big steel plant. mines and furnaces at
that place.
Mr.. Barr will be succeeded by W. G.
Matthias. who has filled the position of
assistant general superintendent for
the past nine years. The position of
assistant general superintendent will
be filled by Mr.. Karl Langrebe, the
Superintendent of the Tennessee COM
pany blast furnaces.
Preparations are being made for the
annual Postum Valley banquet of the
Ensley citizens A committee com
posed of M. H. Mcdowell, ]. A. Dupuy,
H. 8. Meade and Henry Keller has been
appointed to look into the matter and
complete the arrangements for the af-
fair.
Yesterday afternoon about o'clock
an automobile owned by the city of
Birmingham struck the small son of
William McCarty Of Pratt City. The
accident occurred on Avenue F and Six
teenth street. 1t is said that the lad
was riding a bicycle when the machine
hit him. He was Immediately carried
to the office Of DR.. N. q. Clark, where
he was given attention. He was not
seriously injured and was able to be
taken to his home after having his in
| juries treated.
A picnic of all the Italian societies
of the Birmingham district is being
held today at the fairgrounds Numer-
Gus merchants have offered prizes and
| given donations to the association and
a large crowd is expected to attend the
festivities. In addition the Tennessee
company concert band will render the
music for the occasion.
| The Brown-M Marx team of the T. c. I.
league defeated the Ensley team yes
| terday afternoon at the latter's
grounds by a score of to /. The
| game went through IL innings of slow,
listless baseball and was finally won
| by the Birmingham team. Brown and
| Roe were the battery for the Brown
Marx team and Roberts and ONeil for
Ensley.
I tao will ha piven toroorrnw q fternoon
by the st. Margaret's Guild of the st.
| Johns Episcopal church at 8 p. m. at
the home Of Mrs. John Morrison on |
Ensley Highlands. There will be music |
by Mrs. Knight and readings by Miss |
Lille L. Trowell. A silver offering will |
be taken.
The Mission Study class of the Fairview |
Methodist church will meet with Mrs. |
Il. E. Fuller tomorrow afternoon at $50
at her homo on Hawthorne avenue.
The Ensley district of the Birmingham |
Sunday School association will hold its |
quarterly convention this afternoon at 3
o clock at the First Baptist church. on |
Avenue G and Eighteenth street Miss
Bachelor will talk on Preparedness,
and Mr.. Leroy Holt will make an adj
dress on 1.-The Value Of Training
| Circle No. / Of the Ladies' Auxiliary |
| of the Ensley Presbyterian church will |
meet at the home of the chairman Mrs |
MAJ Choinowski, at POI Avenue G, Mon
day afternoon at 2:30.
| First Methodist church. Rev. B. T. |
Waites will preach on THE Great COM |
mardment' at the morning service At
| the evening service an education rally |
will be held with DIR. J. A. Dickey of
| Atlanta delivering the address for the |
ev ening.
| First Baptist church. Rev. A. K Wright |
will preach on 1.-THE Relation of the
! Home to the Bible School, at the morn |
ing service. The evening service will
be taken up with a stereopoticon lecture
| From Dungeon to the Throne" The
| lecture will start at s o'clock promptly.
First Presbyterian church, Rev. J. e.
Hixon will preach on Ministry of Sor-
row" at the morning service. Dr. j. H.
Phillips, superintendent of education, will
fill the pulpit at the evening service.
Ensley Highlands Presbyterian church,
(! Rev. J. M. Broadly will preach at the
morning service At the evening service
vival srvices which he has been con-
| Quoting for the past week.
| The pastor of the Tuxedo Baptist
church returned from his vacation and
| will preach at II o'clock service on
l"Challenge to Duty" and at the evening
| service on Greater Lives"
| The Sisters of Mercy of the ST. An
| thongs Catholic church have opened
| their Parochial~ school at the former
home of Father r. j. McQuillan on Ave-
nue. H and Twenty-second street. The
school Is operated in connection with the
church and the sisters report the attend
ance good for the first week.
| Steel city lodge No. 100 will meet next
| Tuesday evening and work the rank of
page on three candidates. A report from
| tho delegates to the district meeting at
| Bessemer last week will be heard.
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