The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-09

church recreation room. The hospitality of their home is constantly extended to the soldier boys by Mrs. Walsh and Miss Brewer, scores of boys having written of the pleasure afforded them during their stay at the camp by bit of home life so graciously offered by these two pari otic hostesses.
 The new red circle building recently erected by the war camp community service is elegant and convenient. It is a two-story brick building. From the marble vestibule the visitors enter a spa cious living room furnished in wicket upholstered in blue cretonne. Rows of book shelves of Flemish oak, matching the beamed ceilings and other woodwork of the room contain interesting books On one side of the library Is an immense fireplace where burning logs add to the cheer and com fort of the homelike retreat, On the other side big leather rockers are placed in front of large sunny win dows
 well equipped office occupies one end of the room. The four desks are used by MT. Dunham. the executive secretary of the war camp community service; MT. Lee. manager of the com munity sings; MT. Abernathy. the ath- letic director. and Mir. Gay Huffman, the secretary. Dr. F. c, Anderson IS or lne war camp service and MT W. A. Pilkington, man ager of the .three Red Circle clubs Club No. 1 has headquarters at the new building: at club No. . quantities ! of cots have been placed where the boys can spend the night when on i leave; club No. is located in West Anniston and operated for the negro soldiers.
 The handsome pool tables in the liv- ing room of the new building are in [ constant use and groups of soldiers l are always to be found gathered around the piano. Tables contain writ l ing material and late ma gaines and in one corner cigars and cigarettes are supplied and in another corner hot coffee is served by the hostesses to tie 1 soldier visitors An attractive dress ing room with mirrors and rugs is supplied for the women visitors and l also mems dressing room. The upstairs is arranged for athletic sports and concerts. stage and piano occupies one end of the room and i 800 comfortable |. chairs are placed around the room. Part of the room ! is marked off for basket ball and in- door baseball and boxing matches are 1 frequently enjoyed by the soldiers The 400 Alabama soldiers, the largest 1 part of them direct from overseas. will have arrived at Camp Mcclellan during
 the past two weeks to await their dis 1 charge have enjoyed meeting at the
 Red Circle clubs during their visits /, to town.
 l The war camp community service is cooperating with the Red Cross in ad- ding to the pleasure and convenience ! or the relatives who come to visit the sick soldiers at the base hospital The
 Red Cross sends car to meet the ] train and to convey the relatives to o T rzt- l etst for their relatives and friends al the Red Circle building bureau of . information is also sustained by the 1 war camp community service, proving most convenient to the discharged sol i diers who are leaving daily for thel- | homes.
 l Under the auspices of the service.
 Mrs. Nunan Green and Mrs. William | Wilson of Gadsden furnished a de-
 lightful entertainment during the pas,
 week at the Knights of Columbus; building and at the Young Mems Chris
 tian association hut.
 Mrs. Ike Marx, violinist Miss Mar
 garet Antwine, soprano; Miss Torene
 Lawley. contralto, and Mrs H. Rosen-
 heim, pianist, of Birmingham contrib
 uted programmes last week at tht
 Lyric. the -Rea-pCirc rclesbuildtng and al
 the Y. M-C--A-s huts at. camp.
 Miss Mamie Frant and Miss Dora Crook are social directors at the Rec Circle building in Jacksonville, which Is the scene of many enjoyable enter. 1 tainments. MT Lee conducted a sing
 during the past week and a musica l programme was rendered by Miss Han
 nah Crook. Miss Caroline Lunceford ! Jessie Treadway, Sarah Arnold Lorene 1 Morrison and Mrs. Richard H. Hart l Jacksonville also furnishes weekly en. tertainment at camp.
 Besides leading sings at camp, MT
 Lee during the past week conducted
 sings for the high school, the bushes. girls at the Y. w. c. A. and on Frida,
 afternoon for the mill girls
 Every phase of the many activitie, of the war camp community service is deeply appreciated by the soldier boys
 the part they are taking during the trying days of reconstruction proving
 a great factor in keeping up the morale
 and spirit of the army.
 At meeting of the executive com.
 mittee of the Calhoun County Red Cros.
 chapter held during the past week tn, 1 loyal, patriots who, during the critica
 war period, mobilized their time, en.
 ergy and patriotism in the noble work
 of the Red Cross. resolved to enter witt renewed enthusiasm into the important
 work of reconstruction days.
 MT. Curran s. Goodwin, who for the
 past year has rendered such splendic
 service as chairman of the Red Cross
 chapter, resigned and Mrs Richard H
 Stickney the beloved chairman of wom. ans work, was elected chiaIrman of the chapter and also chairman of tho home J service section. Mrs. Stickney and hel helpers, now that the demands in the work room are not so great, will givs
 most of their time to home servic, | work.
 committee from the Red Cros. chapter met a party of wounded sol diers during the past week and enter tained them at dinner at the Alabama ! hotel. The soldiers have come direc from France to recuperate at the base
 hospital at Camp Mcclellan. It mean.
 great deal to these returned heroe.
 to receive tokens or appreciation fol
 their valiant service from the people of their homeland.
 Returned soldiers who had formerl,
 been members of Parker Memorial Sun
 day school. were welcomed back hom.
 last Sunday at a special service in theil
 honor featured by a talk by the pas.
 tor, Rev. Leon M. I.atimer, and special patriotic songs under the leadership ol
 B. R. Sawyer.
 Another interesting feature of the ser
 vice was the reading of letters iron
 SC me of the Sunday school members now
 in France.
 The Parker Memorial service flag bear. 74 stars, { gold and silver. To center
 stars are so arranged as to form tn,
 letters U. s. A.