The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-30
BESSEMER SCHOOLS
 HONOR DR. PERSONS
High School Annual Dedi- cated to Memory of Late
 Superintendent

Bessemer, May Especial )-The Kalisto, the high school annual for 1917. has been issued by the Bessemer High school and is dedicated to the late pr. A. A. Persons, who was su- perintendent of the Bessemer city schools for several years and who died in February, as follows: "Dr. A. A. Per- sons, a scholar. man, friend Tn recognition of his services to this in- stitution and as an expression of the esteem in which he is held by our students on account of his brilliant mind, kindly wit and helping hand, we dedicate to him this book"
 The staff of the Kalista board is as follows: Frank Scott, editor in chief; Miss Montie Ray, assistant editor; George A. Hazelwood, business man ager; Miss Lotis Barron, assistant manager, and P. R. Evans, assistant business manager The following is the memoriam to the late Prof A. A. Persons: His life was gentle and the elements so mixed in him that nature might stand up and say to all the WOTlu, IHlS WAS d Ilidils Aeo0 liltS@ from Shakespeare fittingly describe the character of our beloved superin- tendent, A. A. Persons, who died Feb ruary 25, 1917
 1.-TWO remarkable qualities whlct stand out separate and apart in his character were his loyalty and jus tice. To discover these rare qualities of his character would be like tho i search for the purest gems of tn, | ocean; not found in the ripping brook | as it winds it's way down the noun tainside, but in the mighty deep where the depth of the blue add t' | their 1ustre. We shall always remem 1 Der him with admiration for his loya l service, thoughtful sympathy ant 1 true genuineness.
 'We recognize and appreciate hi unusual culture. marked mental en l dowments, splendid personal characte ! and his ambition to serve to the bes of his ability.
 | Bessemer public schools and his de termination that they should reach th highest rank in the schools of tn state.
 I've know that in his untimel death, at a period of his greatest use fitness, the schools, the communit and we as students have sustained a | lrreparaDle loSS
 Let us honor his memory. As stu dents may we rise to a recognitio
 of the sacred trust he has left us an following his example so live that
 When thy summons comes to joi
 The innumerable caravan, whic
 moves
 To that mysterious realm where eac
 shall take
 His chamber in the silent halls death.
 Thou go not. like a quarry slave :
 night,
 Scourged to his dungeon; but su;
 tained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach tr
 grave,
 Like one who wraps the drapery
 his couch
 About him. and lies down to pleasa dreams"
 , While coming from Birmingham tod . Leo Hill, who was driving the automob 1 belonging to George Ross, collided wi :, | a Ford truck near Dolonrite and be U cars were badly damaged @ The Bessemer baseball team will mt r the Ensley team Saturday afternoon
 the rolling mill diamond on Sixth av |, rue and Twenty-fourth streets. U The following invitation has been :. | ceived in Bessemer: MT and Mrs. Jo Young Coburn request the honor of yc
 presence at the marriage of their daus
 ter Frances Holder, to Dr. Abner Fla
 Patton on Tuesday evening, June B. 1s I at 7:SO o'clock, 1511 Sixth avenue, Bes -A mer."
 n Judge and Mrs. J. c. B. Gwin ent l. tained the Fidelis and the Baraca clas l. of the First Baptist church last night !. their home on Clarendon avenue
 Funeral services over the remains : Mrs. Tom Nolan, 25 years of age, W 2, held this afternoon at 2:3O o'clock T. Saddler's cemetery with the Rev. w. :. Gable conducting the services. The 'l ceased died last night at 11:3O o'clock 'i her home at Lacy's Chapel, and is V known in this community, where she |, lived for several years. She is survi /, by her husband, two children, father d mother, MT. and Mrs. Chambers Parse II three brothers and three sisters. Int ts ment was made at the Saddler cemet
 with Jacobs in charge.
 Funeral services over the remains | f' ing from the Valley Creek Bap sr church. the Rev. M K. Thornton, pa. re of the First Baptist church. officiat in 1nterment was made at the Valley CT Is cemetery with Huey & Mcconnell IS charge. The deceased was former r in dent of Bessemer. but died in Wilson, II, several days ago.
 ga The Rev. Willoughby Claybrook. ee tor of St. Mary s-on-the- Highlands oe Birmingham, will preach Sunday af
 noon at o'clock at Trinity Episc
 church, at which time holy commul lo will be celebrated.
 The last dance for the Matrons' D, Il. ing club until next fall will be g nd Wednesday night at the Realty buil' ns from g to F o'clock. and the follow 27 young men will be hosts for the o St sion: Dr. A. E. Patton, Dr. E. R. Sn
 ~ Dr. Earl Conwell and J. H. Bush.