The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-13
SUPREME OFFICER
 |NSPECTSS|TESfOR
 NEW MOOSE HOME
Local Sites Make Favorable Impression on Committee. Birmingham Lodge Has
 Phenomenal Growth

William Trickett Giles, former state senator of Maryland, is in Birmingham looking over sites for the National Home for Aged Moose. With the local com mittee and Suprece Supervisor M. E. Jeske of Mooseheart. H., MT. Giles wis., tied two sites in the vicinity of Mt. Pin son on Tuesday.
 The party expressed themselves as be- ing favorably impressed with the Ioca- tion and agricultural condition of the sites which has given renewed enthusiasm to the officers and members of the local lodge.
 When seen at the Tutwiler, Senator Giles said, While I canpot say at this time that we will locate our National Home for Aged Moose here, will say this, however: I have yet to be shown a site in any of the other southern states that compares with the two visited today. The local committee has still others to offer that I will visit tomorrow. These they claim are equally as good as those seen today.
 "At a recent meeting of the supreme of- fcers of the Loyal Order of Moose it was voted to locate the home in the south because of climatic conditions, and, by the way, Alabama semed to be in the lead, although it was not put to de- ciding vote. It was pleasant sur prise, on my arrival in Birmingham, to find that the people of your city are very enthusiastic and leaving nothing undone to bring the Moose home here. This alone has more than a little to do with it. as we are certainly going to build near a city that wants us.
 LOCAL INTEREST
 "The phenomenal growth of Birning- ham lodge is another indication of local Interest When passing through here two months ago I attended a meeting of fair size for lodge of about eighty. Since that time the citizens have taken hold and have become Moose to the number of 800. predict that Supervisors Jeske and McCambridge will have the largest lodge in the south here by the New Year, and I wouldn't be surprised if they succeed in getting the national Moose home here, too They are going after it tooth and nail Keep your eye on them" A special meeting of Birmingham and Ensley lodges has been called for to- night to meet at Moose hall, 1909 Fourth avenue A class of sixty-one candidates will be initiated into the first degree After the meeting the doors VIII ' pe opened at g o'clock when the public will be invited to lecture by Senator Giles on .'The Mooseheart for Children in H. llinois and the Proposed Mooseheart Tor Aged Moose in the South, Possibly Bir- minghan." During the lecture three reels of pictures will be used to illustrate the work now being done by the Loya Order of Moose in the way of caring 1oi children of deceased members.
 CITY OF COTTAGES Nine hundred and forty of these young sters are being cared for and educated l the present time. we have been mos successful in this work. said Deput. Supervisor McCambridge, land now, wf are getting busy preparing to take car | of cur brothers, who, when they nav expended themselves and they are n' l longer able to go about their daily rou fine in pursuit of a livelihood for them selves and grayhaired sweethearts, cal I spend the remainder of their days ID 1 little white cottage, have the1r garoef +heir chickens and possibly COW and | few pigs, all to themselves and hay l every care and worry eradicated Iron | their work tired brains
 | 'fWouldn't it be just fine to have Una | little city of white cottages just outsld | of Birmingham? I think so, and so doe 1 everybody else in Birmingham that have had the pleasure of coming in con 1 tact with in my work here. Your civi | organizations are just splenddi and doin | everything possible to help us Tn l Ase-Herald is with us to man and eve other fraternal orders have taken step ] to assist US in their own way So a | things being equal. I think Birming ham should and will have the Nations | Home for Aged Moose"
 The local commit recently appointe by Dictator New,nAn to select an recommend sites to the supreme counc
 of the Moose are Dr. Jos. Leland. Roo erick Beddow, J. E. Mosley, Arthu I Greenwood and Fred Newman.