The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-18
NEWS OF ENSLEY

Mrs. Jack Thomas was hostess to the
 Ensley Highland chapter of the Delph-
 ian club yesterday afternoon. The his
 torical studies of the Fifteenth century
 composed the programme which follows; '.The Need of a New Trade Routine; Dis
 covery of Columbus; the Spanish Ex-
 ploration; French Explorers" Mrs. J. J.
 Walker; Early Settlements in America
 English Buccaneers, the Spanish Ar
 mada, the Colony of Roanoke Mrs. J.
 c. Brumbaugh; The Coming of the May
 flower" Mrs. E. B. Kilgore; Causes or
 American Revolution, Struggle for Free
 dom,' Mrs. Maurice Johnson. The hos
 tess served a salad course. Misses Helm
 club.
 A message has been received by c. c.
 ONeal, 23l6 Ensley avenue that his
 brother, Herbert ONeal, had succumbed
 to wounds received in one of the last
 battles of the war. He enlisted from
 Ensley in. May and went across in Au-
 gust and was member of Company l. 321st infantry, Eighty-seeond division. He
 was 25 years of age and is survived by
 his mother, Mrs. M. E. Starnes of Hance-
 vile, two sisters Mrs. Pressly Daniel
 and Miss Fife ONeal of the same place,
 and one brother, c. c. O'Neal of Ensley The Plunkett Memorial church will ob-
 serve the white Christmas with appro- priate exercises at the church on Forty
 third street, Fairfield, next Sunday aft ernoon, beginning at o'clock. Friends of Corporal Ernest L. Cook will regret to learn of his death in
 France which occurred October 25. Death resulted from pneumonia. He was tho son of MT. and Mrs. J. T. Cook of 2121 Avenue G, and besides his parents, he is survived by two brothers, James. who is in France. and Sergt. l. w. Cook of Camp Sevier, S. c. He had been reared to young manhood in Ensley. Mrs. Harry Hillhouse, chairman of the local Red Cross headquarters, will be at the rooms over Russell's studio today
 from 1O:3o to o'clock to give out wool for those who will knit socks for the soldiers. Anyone who can knit is urged to consider the need of socks personal call for assistance in supplying the need, Numbers of soldiers are still on for eign soil and their needs must be looked after just the same as last winter 
 l The annual Christmas bazar of the woman's auxiliary of the First Pres l byterian church will be held at the home 1 of Mrs. J. w. Gam, 2604 Ensley avenue, ! Thursday afternoon from to o'clock. I The patronage of the women of the lcommunity is solicited.
 | The Twentieth Century Mothers club will meet this afternon with Mrs E. N Sanders, 330 Fortyfirst street. On account of the influenza epidemic | which has intereferred with the exercises planned for white Christmas both the First Methodist and Ensley Highland Presbyterian Sunday schools will not ob- serve this form of exercises this Christ mas.
 l The paint store house of the Byrum Hardware store on Nineteenth street, caught fire yesterday afternoon at 5:3t l O clock The paint house is on the reai ] of the ground on which the hardwart
 store Is located and considerable loss
 was sustained before the fire was extin- guished. Both Ensley and Fairview de l partments answered the call. The dam- ages amount to s700.
 | Hay in the Bass livery stables caught l fire at o'clock but the flames were controlled without spreading.