The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-11
NEWS OE ENSLEY

For the past two days Ensley has had an onrush of school teachers re- turning to attend the teachers insti ute that is in session at Central High school. A number of new faces are among the old as faculties of some schools have undergone considerable cnange. All report a good summer and are eager to begin work again. Among the former teachers returned are: Miss Julia Goodlow of Tuscumbia, Miss Florence Moore of Russellville, Tenn, Miss Margaret Liggon of Anniston, Miss Ruth Rinken of Sheldon, Ia, Miss Dixie Motlow of Lynchburg, Tenn, Miss Pearl Butler of Scottsboro, Miss Hattie Bentley of .Bessemer, Miss sarah Sumwerville of Anniston, Miss Annie Figures of Tuscumbia, Miss Emma Coleman of PicketsvilIe Miss Mary Brown of McMinnville, Tenn, MISS Fabine Dupont of Albany, Miss irene Arantz of Decatur, Wayne Nor ITS of Florence. Miss Gertrude Me- l'atchy of Erie, Pa, Claude Caldwell or Union Springs. Ga.
 All members of the Ensley Mothers
 N~ClAlOlY CluD are TGQutSleI to meet with the Birmingham Coun- ell of Mothers clubs at the w. c. T. U. rooms on Twenty street Bir mingham. at 10:30 o'clock this morn ing.
 The first meeting of the 1917.1s sea son of Stonewall chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, will be neld with Mrs. Joseph L. Smith, 2406 Et 70 o'clock.
 MT. and Mrs R. S. Hickman an- nounce the engagement and approach Ing marriage of their daughter Vii moth to MT. Charles Edwin Person. the wedding to be solemni-a5 in the early fall
 This announcement is of special in terest to Ensley people, as Miss flick man has spent the greater part of her life here
 Mrs. D. A. Echols has returned from an extended trip through the north : ern states. While in Indiana she paid d visit to Gary, where she made a spe- cial study of the Works system that has made the Gary schools known as the model schools of America. She also visited Cedar Point. O.. where she att rciiNfSN eN ALicSllHS OI the hnIS HlS Ol Kohrassans and visited friends in Gin cinnati and Chicago.
 Miss Ruby Hanlfn, who has taught English in the Ensley High school for the past few years. is i'll at her home in Cullman. and will be unable to at tend the opening of school.
 During the thunderstorm that oc : a11r rod dawr %t.. Ie on the Bank of Ensley was struck by a bolt of lightning and shattered into pieces. The bank building was un- harmed.
 The Ensley police court was busy Monday morning, the highest fine be- ing given to Thomas Perry, charged with stealing clothes from Philip Woolford, negro. in the No. min ing quarters. The fine was $1o0.
 R. M. Holland was fined $25 for drunkenness and mistreating his child.
 Sam Branch was fined $15 for drunkenness
 Charles Lindgram was charged with slapping the cook at the house where he is boarding and was fined s10.
 Frank May of Bayview, H. H. War ner, W. R. Smith and Pearl Morton, all white, of Wylam. were fined $15 each IOi ulSOIuSTiy COnQuCI. A numDGr or negroes were also fined for disorderly conduct.
 This week Is pay week in the Ems ley district. The wire mill paved off yesterday; today the by-product and Birmingham Southern follow and Thursday the steel plant employees re- ceive their two weeks pay The mines at Pratt City and the Vivian division wind the week up by paying on Satur- day.