The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-06
SETTING PATRIOTIC EXAMPLES FOR
 UNSELFISH WAR WORK IN ALABAMA
ny PATRIOTIC pArRIcIA

Anniston, January 5.-(Special.) )-Few couples are giving more valuable serv- ice to their country than Mr. and Mrs. s. P, Kennedy.
 Ever since their removal from Mont
 gomery back to their olu home (Annis- ton) thelr services have been in constant demand, and to every call they have
 responded with eager willingness. Their beautiful new home is ever be- ing used for the cheer of the soldier boys, as well as for the influx of visitors, who have poured into Annston to be
 near loved ones at Camp Mcclellan
 Mrs Kennedy Is member of the Red Cross executive board, and gives hours every week to work in the Red Cross rooms She Is member of one of the committees from the hospital relief. and makes weekly visits to the ward of her adoption at the base hospital. and is also first vice chairman of Anniston' s woman's committee of the Council of Defense
 Mrs. Kennedy combines patriotism with her church work As president of the womans auxiliary of the First Pres 
 entertainments for Y. NJ c. A. building No. 112. which is being "mothered'' by the women of the Presbyterian church. Realizing that perchance there would be heavy hearts to be cneered at Yule- tide the mothers of this building re- doubled their efforts and gladdened the boys by their presence at three enter tainments and an afternoon tea dur ing the holidays. Mrs. Kennedy writes regularly to every boy who has en- tered service from her church, some of the letters now going lover there
 MT Kennedy, president the Alabama public service commission has won the a ppreciation of the entire state for the tremendous task he has Gssif-1ed as state fuel administrator, a service rem dered without remuneration. During the past week Mir. Kennedy received tele- gram from MT. McAdoo. in which he ex- pressed appreciation or MT. Kennedy's cooperation and told of how such eff forts heartened him in his mission.
 The greatest amount of Mrs. Kennedy's time Is given to the Young Women's Christian association work After Camp Mcclellan was established the war work council of the national board of the Y w. c. A. perfected arrangements for a war work committee in Anniston and MFS. htHiltuy Wdo CiOoCH lot tiC 6cHCi eli chairman.
 There are IS members of this commit tee Anniston was exceedingly fortunate
 in securing one of Alabama's most cul- tured girls as general secretary, Miss Mary Wallace Kirk of Tuscaloosa. Miss Kirk is an Agnes Scott graduate. She has refused many splendid offers as a teacher in various colleges, and also in- yttation after invitation 10 ac, as secre- tary for other branches of Y. w. C. A work in order to do her bit for An nistons young women.
 Miss Isabelle Randolph. the physical director, has had experience in New York's Y. w. c. A. work She also wrote for some of New York's largest news papers. and is unusually bright and clever.
 Mrs. stephen Thompson is first vice chairman of the war work committee. Mrs. John B. Darlington second vice chairman and Mrs. H. l.. Cater treas urer. Miss Carrie Mcclure Knox is chairman of the house committee, Mrs. E. L. Field of extension. Mrs. John B. Kpox. religious committed; Mrs. Charles Barber, the wife of General Barber Of New Jersey. of employment and housing.