The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-21
PROF. VAIN HEADS BESSEMERS SCHOOLS Succeeds the Late Dr. A. A. Persons as Superintendent ELECTION UNANIMOUS Wholesale Merchants to Close Sat urday Afternoons Beginning
 May 1-Other News of
 Bessemer
ELECTION UNANIMOUS

l Bessemer
 1 Bessemer. April 20. - (Speciai)
 Prof L. L. Yam of Roanoke was
 elected superintendent of the Bes- semer public schools at meeting of
 the board of education held last night
 at the city hall. It is understood the
 board was swamped with applications | for the vacancy created by the recent death of Prof A. A. Persons. and that ! the board looked carefully over the situation before making the selection. | The vote for Professor Vann was \ unanimous The board will elect teach CTS for the next term of the school | at the meeting to be held next month. i While the retail merchants of Bes- semer have adopted the closing Of ! their places of business on Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock the wholesale | men of Bessemer have reached the same agreement regarding Saturday, effective May l. The signers are F.. B. Buck, Bradley x Fason Grain Co.,, | J. R. Waldrop & Co.,, Bell-Rogers Pro- duce company, Colley Produce com pany and the Bessemer Oil and Fertil- | izer company
 Sanitary Inspector George Shaw con- tinueS on his cleanup campaign and has notified a number of owners of lots where water stands practically all of the time that they must be filled up so as to do away wish these ponds Plans are being made by the man. agers of West Lake to give the people ! i-fT Thursday when everything will be free to the people of Bessemer. As all of the stores close at o'clock on Thurs day afternoon this day was decided on so as to give everyone an opportunity to attend. There will be dancing, skat-' ing, boating, bowling and bathing as well as a number of other amuse- ments.
 Miss Rosa Strickland, a well known
 Sunday school worker of Birmingham,
 will address the Sunday school class
 of Mrs. G. G. Neal of the First Meth
 odist church Sunday morning at 10
 o'clock and all members, as we'll as
 anyone interested in Sunday school
 work, are urged to be present.
 Miss Minnie Jackson will entertain
 at a reception Monday afternoon at
 the home of her parents, MT. and Mrs.
 Joe Wiles, in compliment to the mem-
 bers of the Alabama Glee club. who
 will appear in concert at the higii
 school auditorium Monday night un-
 der the auspices of the Bessemer High
 school.
 Mrs. Fred Bruns, bride of last week, was complimented with miscellaneous shower yesterday afternoon when her classmates, the girls of the junior eleventh grade, entertained for her at the home of Miss Rachael on Arlington ave- nue. Green and white, the class colors were chosen for this affair and were at
 tractively carried out in the decorations of the reception rooms ferns and cut flowers being used in profusion. A nu- sical programme was rendered by Miss
 Helen Rodenberg, Miss Elizabeth Fitg- patrick, Miss Eva Owen, Miss Thelma. Dudley, Miss Moody Loo Buchannon and Miss Bessie Schwabacher to the strains of Lohengrin's wedding march, played by Mrs. Kittrell Trotter, the gifts were brought to the bride by little Ida Rags dale and Frances Mingea. wearing dainty white frocks with green ribbons, in large white basket. salad ana Ice course in the yellow and green tones was served and Miss Ragsdale was assisted by her mother, Mrs. Ragsdale and Mrs. Kittrell Trotter. Many beautiful gifts were showered on the bride
 Miss Marion Neal entertained few friends informally last night at the home of her parents, MT. and Mrs. G. G. Neal on Berkley avenue. Dancing was enjoyed
 until a late hour when an ice course
 was served.
 The boys of Bessemer will entertain at dance Monday night at West Lake in compliment to the University Glee club, which will appear in concert here
 at that time. The checking list is as
 follows: Miss Edith Williams, Miss Jim Counter, Miss Marjorie Williams, Miss
 Bernce Thomas, Miss Margaret Berry,
 Miss zelma Lefkovits, Miss Minnie Jack son, Miss Cecile Freeland, Miss Dora Barr, Miss Rosebud McWillams, Miss Ruby Bailey, Miss Netie Bailey, Miss Grace Judson, Miss Ethel Gillen, Miss Berney Gillen, Miss Lena Hatcher, Miss Ida Kartus. Miss Lucille Martin, Miss Rosalie Goldberg, Miss Helen Wilson, Miss Mary Donahue, Miss Edwina Thag- gard, Miss Bessie Lowe, Miss Rachael Lowe, Miss Frances Coburn, Miss Katie Maddox, Mrs. Emma Gum Blaw, Miss Bernice Phillips. Miss Lillian Capps, Miss Ruth Madison. Miss Beatrice Robbins, Miss Kathleen Cahill, Miss Ida Weinstein, Miss Gretchen Freeman.
 Mrs. J. c. Berry, Miss Margaret Berry, Miss Elizabeth Johnson, George Maynard
 and Robert Berry have returned rom Tuscaloosa, where they motored for the l "A day celebration.