The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-27
THE BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD TUESDAY, APRn. 27 1920
BeSSemer's Music Clubs

IT is always a pleasure to chronicle HI the progress and the ambitions of
 our sister city, Bessemer, and in
 nothing has this splendid city made
 more rapid strides than in musical &C.,
 tivities.
 Although largely depending, because
 of the close proximity to Birmingham
 on this community for musical attrac- l tons, musical encoura cement Besse- mer has taken stand all of it's own
 Tn the promotion of musical plans, ahd
 the successful carrying out of it's ann | ibtions.
 Among the excellent musicians in Bessemer, none stands higher and none
 IS more capable than Mrs E. L. Huey, | president of the Wednesday Music Club | of that city.
 In all things pertaining to art and 1 literature, Mrs. Hueys name will be tound at the head of the list her sym pathies, her energies. and her ambitious
 turning always, to whatever promotes culture and elegance for her home town. As President of the Wednesday Mu-
 sic Club, and vice president of the Sec
 ond district of the Alabama Federation
 or Music Clubs, and state chairman of the United Daughters of the Confed-
 eracy, on chapter extension work Mrs
 Huey finds her time largely occupied
 with these progressive measures, and in speaklng to me few days ago of her various lines of endeavor she said
 Truly, I have never seen a com munity the sizbe of Bessemer which toasts of a larger number of musical reople than ours. Take, for instance, .he women who are actively connected With the Wednesday Music Club among them We recount the names of Mrs. l L. l.. Vann, secretary of the Wednesday club, and organist at the Methodist Church. Those who have good voices 1 and are all-round good musicians. are 1 Mrs Sturdivant, Mrs. Pendleton, Mrs ] Williams, Mrs. Ingram, Mrs. Cowan, 1 Mrs Johnston, Mrs. Hornsby all of | whom are talented and clever"
 Among our piansts," Mrs. Huey con-I Enued. Mrs. G. B. Hollingsworth is one | of the most accomplished. Mrs Hugh | McEniry, Mrs. J. K. Trotter and others | are a great credit to our club. Miss l Vellie Adams, who is a pupil of Mrs i William Gussen's is very talented and | was one of the contestants in the pu- i pils contest at the recent Alabama Fed eratfon of Music Clubs convention al | Dothan."
 Among our men, MT. B. L. Michael son stands always ready to sponsor all musical activities" Mrs. Huey said,
 ana ms influence musically has been | a tremendous factor in our success Mr 1 Bryan Waller, organist of the Baptist l Church, is one of our finest musicians and MT. McClesky, Dr. Price, MT. Law Ter, pr. George Waller, MT. George Houston, all have good voices and are most generous in their assistance to everything musical"
 Recently the Wednesday Music Club" said Mrs Huey, "has organized UT Junior Music Club, with Mrs. George stevenson, one of our most capable mu- slcians, as director, and Miss Lucille -ytle as president. Included in the list nf more than forty members of the In nior Music Club, is Davird Nixon, our , clever violinist. who is vice president pr the club, and who attracted a great f oeal of attention at the Federated , Clubs meeting at Dothan. An addi- tional section of the Junior Music Club VIII have to be formed as we have no { place to accommodate the many who I aeslre membership, consequently the I w ednesday Music Club and the Junior I Siub in two sections meet separately f now.
 During the war the Wednesday Mu- z SIC Club was actively engaged in all f war measures" continued Mrs Huey. f among the activities being the inaug. $ lration of community singing The , purchase of piano for this purpose a