The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-06
ENGINEERS OF CITY
 VISIT INDUSTRIAL
 PLANTS DURING DAY
Occasion Was Celebration of Fortieth Anniversary of the Society-Sixty Members
 In Party

Celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the founding of the American So- ciety of Meehanical Engineers. be6ter known as the "A. S. NJ. E." 50 mem bers of the Birmingham ehapfer yes terday visited prominent industrial plants of the Birmingham. district and last night at o'clock enjoyed a din- ner at the Southern club.
 The feature of the dinner was the playing of q photograph record giving the annual address of President Hollis and greetings from Vice President Mil Ter, one of the newly invented amplifi- CTS being used which made the record distinctly audible in all parts of the room just as if the speaker were pres ent in person. Frank Cutler of the Tennessee Coal. Iron & Railroad Co., chairman of the Birmingham chapter of the A. $. M F.. presided as postmaster.
 VISIT PLANTS
 The engineers started the day with a visit to the plant of the American Cast Iron Pipe company at Acipco, where they were entertained at luncheon as guests of the company, afterwards making a tour through the great Acipco cast iron pipe plant and winding up their first stop with free flor -all vol ley ball game between the baldheaded men and the men without hair No one knows who won.
 From Acipco, the party went to the Sloss Sheffield Steel & Iron Co, at North Birmingham, where 1t spent an hour and. a half inspecting what is said to be one of the most modern by product plants in the country. A par ticular feature of.the plant, which was remarked upon time and again by the visiting engineers. was the cleanliness of the place. It looked everywhere like the old time parlor all "slicked up" for Q party. N
 The last place visited was the Pres ton Motor Car company, between Van derbilt and Norwood, where the party were introduced into the mysteries of automobile making. The engineers met a cordial welcome at all of these plants and many expressions were heard from members of the party about the benefits they were receiving from the tour. Dur ing the luncheon at Acipco a short talk was made to the visitors by President J. R. McWane of the American Cast Iron Pipe company, stressing the four duaiiftc3t1onS or a good engineer, which MT. McWane named as tact, per sonality, love of men and ability.
 THE MEMBERS
 The local chapter of the society is one of the liyest in the country. It is headed by Frank Cutler as chairman, F. H. Crockard of Woodward Iron com pany as vice chairman, and J. A. Sirnit of the Ala bama Power company as secretary. Its membership includes practically all of the most prominent mechanical engineers of the Birming- ham district.
 Those taking part in the anniversary celebration yesterday included H. L.. Freeman, J. F. Muller, Jr., Ray Meade L. A. Perkins, G. R. Mueller, A. Taur- man, H. E. Bphgrave, F. B. Ward. C. c. Davis, w. P. Caine. George Middlemiss, E. W. Lind, s. L. Morrow, R. H. Gun ningham, James w. Moore, A. M. Ken nedy, l. A. Winter, LeRoy W. Beckley. Paul Wright, E. Stauverman, G. W Drexilius, R. A. Burford, Jr., Neal D,rg- ger, c. B. Davis. C.. D. Barr r. E. Hale, Albert, Bonds, F. B. Keiser, J. A. Sirnit, Frank G. Cutler w. M. Person. Ed Lynn, W. D. Moore, J. c. Henlon. W. L. Klutz and others.