The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-10
SELMA

Selma, September 9-(speciaD- -organi-
 zation of a social club in connection with the Selma Rifles, the new guard company
 was affected here Sunday afternoon at
 a meeting of the company held at the Sol- diers club. Lieut. James Rowell was
 elected president, Vickers Allen, vice
 president. and Arthur Purviance, secre-
 tary-treasurer of the club.
 Privileges of the club will be restricted
 to members of the Selma Rifles, and at
 other meetings to follow, plans will be developed for the social features to be
 | introduced.
 A steward will be placed in charge Of
 Twill be secured.
 l Action was hastened in forming the
 club by the closing of the War Camp Community club, which went into effect
 Monday, September s. The War Camp
 community has spent 5000 in Selma, and
 extended it's privileges to all soldiers. giv-
 ing information and help in many ways.
 Mrs. Edward H. Hobbs. Jr., has served as the capable secretary of the club, and rendered valuable service in assisting many returned soldiers 70 become read justed to civil life, in furnishing infor-
 maton, and in providing pleasant enter tainment for returned soldiers. The Selma Rifles were privileged to use the Community club rooms, in the old Dallas club building and hold weekly drills in the ball room on the second floor.
 The same quarters will be retained, it al, though no definite arrangements have been made as yet
 The theatrical season at the Academy of music opens Thursday, September 10. with Julian Eltinge's Revue of Nineteen Nineteen. and inaugurates programme of the best attractions touring the South this winter
 Added to the theatrical attractions which are booked for Selma, Manager Lloyd Townes, of the Academy announces that Keith vaudeville. with the Grand theatre orchestra, will also be shown here three or four times each month. begin ming with the opening of the show season | in Montgomery, when Keith vaudeville will be transferred from the Grand to Selma, when theatrical engagements are | on at the former theatre.
 | A partial list of attractions for the op- ening of the season will be given as fol-
 
 lows:
 Julian E1tinge in the Revue of 1919. Adelaide Thurston, Scandal, Tea for Three the Boomerang, I Love You. Al l G. Fields Mitsi in Head Over Heels, Come Along, So Long Lefty. Sometimes. 1 Up in Mabels Room. Tiger Rose, May 1 time, Parlor, Bedroom and Bath; There She Goes. Gus Hills Minstrels. Under Orders, Pisten Lester Experience, Flo Flo. Somebody's Sweetheart Neil O'Briens minstrels, Leave It to Jane. Richard Young. formerly of the Tennes- see Coal and Iron company. of BirminS- ham, is to enter the Young Shoe company business of his father. Calvin Young in place of John Creagh. formerly of the firm, who is withdrawing to enter the iautomobile accessories field. Mir Young has scores of friends here who are interested in his return to Selma He only recently returned from France where he was with the Y. M. c. A., and resumed his position with the T. C. l. Rev. F. w. Gamble. rector of St. Paul's Eniscopal church. left this afternoon for New York to attend the meeting of the nationwide campaign forces of the Epis~ copal church. to be held there Wednes day Plans for the campaign to be held in the United States in December. will be made at the meeting. Mir GaOsne represeMS tne S'd'c 't Alabama at the conference He is also chairman for the state. and will direct inc campaign when it is started. D. NJ. Scott left today for Birmingham to attend a convention of accounting or ficers of the south. who will be guests of the Birmingham Chamber of Con- merce - Selma is the accounting office for Dal- las and Monroe counties. and handles a large business for this section. Nal Scott will return to Selma the latter part of the wek
 Miss Ethel Trainer is spending some time in Selma. having returned from overseas. where she did Red Cross ser vice in England. Scotland France, Aus tria. Switzerland and Germany Miss Trainer was formerly connected with the Riyerview hosnital as head nurse. and has scores or friends here. She is accom- panied by Miss Neville. Red Cross nurse from San Francisco. who served with her l in Austria and Poland.
 They landed in New York August 22 and have been in Chicago and Iowa visit ling friends Miss Trainer is at the home of Miss Kelan McKinnon on Dallas ave-