The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-21
BESSEMER BOYS
 GIVEN RECEPTION
Ladies Present Drafted Men With Comfort Kits" on
 Eve of Departure

Bessemer, September 30.-(SpeciaD-Mtd smiles and tears the % young men who will leave Bessemer Friday morning at 5:45 o'clock for Camp Pike. Little Rock. Ark, were presented with comfort kits when they gathered in the circuit court room in the Realty building to receive final instructions. large number of relatives and friends of the drafted boys were present and after calling the roll. Maj. Thomas T. Huey chairman of the local exemption board, instructed the boys as to the trip and named Thomas J. Mo Collum as the man in charge. The Rev. Young sang a solo, whcih was beautiful ly rendered. after which the Rev. Ira r. Hawkins. pastor of the First Meth odist church. made a short talk, as did the Rev. G. M. Davenport, pastor of the Jonesboro Methodist church. Mrs. An drew Haffner, president of the local Woman's Christian Temperance union, presented the boys with soldier comfort kits. She was assisted by Mrs. F. B. Hill and Mrs. M F. Reynolds. These kits have needles, thread, buttons, scissors, safety pins and a testament in them Major Huey then dismissed the boys until 5 o'clock Friday morning, when they will meet at the Alabama Great South
 
 will take them on their trip. The reia- lives and friends of the boys filled the courtroom and halls and many tears were shed as they bid them good-by, while the boys brayely smiled and said they were glad to go and fight for their coun- try. Mir. McColium, who has charge of the young men, thanked Mrs. Haffner Tn behalf of the boys and assured her that they all appreciated what the Woman's Christian Temperance union had done for them.
 The Central Lumber company is erect ing about 100 houses for the Woodward Iron company at their mines at Wood- ward furnaces, Dolomite and Songo, and the work is being rushed to completion. In addition to this the Crotwell Brothers Lumber company has been awarded a contract to build 10 more houses adjoining the camps at the ore mines near Lips comb, and has received contract from the Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron com pany to erect 30 houses at Sloss.
 The Bessemer division of the circuit court of Jefferson county will convene on Monday, October i. and Clerk Rose Huey has already nrepared the docket for that week. and all witnesses in cases set for trial during the first week have been summoned.
 The Womans Missionary society of the First Methodist church was held this afternoon in the parlors of the church and was presided over by Mrs. ] H. Gillett. who opened with Bible l reading and prayer. Mrs. T. Griffin
 and Mrs. Gillett read very interesting
 as well as instructive papers on
 Jacobs wives. Leah and Rachael At l the conclusion of the missionary meet 1 ing a short business session was held. Mir and Mrs. Eugene Allen enter 1 tained number of relativs last night at a surprise birthday dinner in ceIe-
 bration of the seventieth birthday an-
 niversary of their mother. Mrs. M. E. l Allen, at their home on Eighteenth 1 street. The house was prettily deco | rated for the occasion in ferns and cut | flowers. A five-course dinner wns l served and cover was laid for the fol l lowing: MT. and Mrs. Luther Allen. l MT. and Mrs. Wilton Allen of Bir-
 mingham. Mir. and Mrs. Bob Allen l of Calera. Mir. and Mrs Hatcher of l Maylene, MT. and Mrs. Clay Allen of 1 Birmingham. MT. and Mrs. William AL l len of Birmingham, Mir and Mrs. R. Alexander of Calera. Mrs. Eva Racket,
 Mir. and Mrs. F. c. Hines and family
 of Bessemer, and Mir and Mrs. Eu- | gene Allen. The honoree was the re- I 1 Mrs W. C. Baty will entertain at a miscellaneous shower on Tuesday aft ernoon, September 25. from to 1 o'clock at her home on Dartmouth avenue, in compliment to Miss Sadie l Sturdivant who will be married in l October.
 Large crowds are attending the re- l vival meeting being held at the First 1 Presbyterian church by Dr. Frank Hall 1 Wright and interest continues to grow l in each service. At noon today Dr. Wright preached at the Central Foun- dry companys plant and on Friday at noon will preach at the Superior Man ufacturing company and tAs Louis- vile and Nashville railroad shops. 1 The many friends of Mrs. A. s. Fitz- patrick will regret to learn that she continues quite i'll at the Elizabeth Duncan hospital, where she underwent | a serious operation
 Miss Tucker left today for Rochester, Minn, where she will take a special | course in trained nursing at Mayo Brothers hospital
 l Miss Minnie Jackson has returned | from Tuscaloosa, where she visited rel atives and friends for several days l Miss Gladys Wier of Montgomery is the guest of Mrs w. K. Couch at Sloss. 1 Dr. T. c. Donald has returned from Rochester, Minn.. where he took spe- cial work in medicine at Mayo Brothers hospital