The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08
GOVERNOR INVITED ID ATTEND GALA
 WEEK AT ANN|STON
Great Preparations Being Made for Big Event. Munitions Plant to
 Be Enlarged
By H. w. AIRES

Anniston, October 7-(Special )-With the extending of the formal invitation to Governor Charles Henderson and the appointment of committees to work out details, preparations for the big gala week at Anniston, which will start on Monday, october Is, are being rapidly completed. The following committees have been named:
 General committee: Joseph Saks, l.. Ullman, J. w. Malone. Automobile com mittee: J. w. Malone N. E. Dry, L. H. Carre; democvratic committee Scott Roberts, Mrs. S. R. Thompson, Mrs D. B.. Walsh, C.. D. Clark, R. M. Gorham. Governors Day committee: L. Ullman, c. B. Thompson, Joseph Saks. Lot and light committee: c. B. Freel, J. M. Grayer, J. German. Booster committed: Joseph Saks, J. w. Malone. N. K. Ory, l.. o. Carre, L. Ull- man. Queen contest, Mrs. c. B. Thomp- son.
 Mrs. Ilah Polhill, head of the girls canning clubs throughout the county, has been busy all the week canvassing the county and getting the girls lined up for their share of the weeks activities. The girls will entertain the merchants Of the city, waiting on the table them selves and serving vegetables they raised themselves, as well as preserved and canned goods they have put up. The en- tire menu will be of foods raised in Cal houn county and prepared by members of the canning clubs. The girls will wear their uniforms and participate In the pa- rade on Governors Day.
 Miss Alice Weatherly will be one of the maids of honor of Gen. c. M. Hoop CTS sponsorial staff attending the veter- ans reunion at Gadsden. Mrs. J. s. Paden of Gadsden will be chaperon, Mrs Bibb Graves of Montgomery, matron of honor, and the other maids of honor will be Miss Selene Rountree of Birmingham and Miss Rose Coleman of Uniontown
 Mrs. Joseph Aderhold, who will repre- sent Camp Pelham of this city at the reunion, has appointed Miss Harriet Glover as her maid of honor and Mrs. Walter Brewer as matron of honor. They will accompany Miss Mary Oliver and Miss Gladys Manning, maids of honor, and Mrs. J. w. Vandiver, chaperon, who will go from Talladega to the reunion.
 The Anniston Ordnance company, which operates the large intuition plant in this city, continues to expand. Re- gently they have made three shipments of about 5000 shells each, comprising an entire train, and are now installing presses at the plant for the manufacture of shell forgings.
 There is also marked activity at the plant of the Annston Steel company, which adjoins and is auxiliary to the munitions plant. The rolling mill of this plant is now turning out 20 tons per day of merchants bar steel, which 1t is stor- ing to get up stock This output will be gradually increased from now on.
 H. T. Buehler, assistant treasurer of the Anniston Steel company, has moved his offices to this city, and work on the new concrete and steel building to house the additional electric furnaces to be in- stalled is progressing rapidly.
 Fire prevention day will be observed in Anniston on next Monday. Mayor L. l.. Scarborough having given the movement his official ndorsement. Dr. Scarborough advises that every person in the city observe this day by cleaning up his prem ises. Dr. R. Murphy, city superinten- dent of schools, Is also in favor of the observance and 1t is probable that he will have the matter brought to the attention of the school children.