The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-05

 1 city engineer of Bessemer, all of whom were among the guests of honor who made speeches of partic- 1 ular interest
 MT. Ausman mado the welcome ad- dress to the assembled guests and J. 1 w. Leggett, chairman of rural af- | fairs of the chamber introduced the candidates present. who made l speeches. Senator Craft made very | fine talk about the port amendment and Judge Allen spoke on the states resources generally with special ref erences to educat onal affairs and the vast opportunities that would result to the state in the event that Henry Ford secured Muscle Shoals. Mir. Bat son and MT Ewing made short talks on goods roads and road improve ments.
 Col. Bibb Graves. candidate for gov ernor. arrived at the barbecue late in the afternoon. but did not make a speech.
 The speeches by the candidates were mostly in defense of themselves and their platforms. and practically every one had his following of friends.
 The Business womens organization served the barbecue and the music for the occasion was by the Y. NJ. c. A. band of Bessemer. Mrs. E. L. Huey, Chairman Mrs E l.. Huey of Bessemer has been appointed as member of the, woman's committee of the state cam paign for the University of Alabama for s1,000.00
 The drive, 1t Is. announced. will start in October and will go forward under the leadership of a distln- guished group of state leaders. The personnel of the committees has just been announced by university author tiles, and other preliminary work of the campaign is being rapidly com pleted.
 Bessemer citizens are greatly inter- ested in any movement that affects the University of Alabama, as large per cent of her sons and numbers of her girls receive their college train- ing there.
 Mrs. Huey will have a large section under her supervision as chairman and the support of Bessemer people will be given her.
 Gordon Fritts Funeral services for Gordon Fricts, who died Thursday afternoon at his home, were conducted Friday after noon from the residence of Mir. and | Mrs. T, R. Copeland on BerkeIy ave nue. with Rev. l.. F. Stansell officiat- ing. Interment followed at Cedar Hill cemetery with Huey- Mcconnell 1 in charge. The services at the grave were conducted by the Masons. | The death of the deceased was re- l ceived with profound regret in Bes- | semer where he had lived practically all -of his life. and where he had l hosts of friends. The large attend 1 ance at the funeral services and the | beautiful floral offerings were testi- | monials of the esteem in which he l! was held in the community {! Women Voters | Saturday afternoon at o'clock l the women of Jonesboro, who make
 up the women citizenship of Firth i, ward. will hold meeting at the l school for the purpose of discussing l the political issues and. candidates. The meeting has been arranged
 for the women of this section of the city and no candidates will be i present An informal discussion will be held by the women.
 Y. M. c. A. Directors Meet
 The board of directors of the r. M. c. A. held meeting at dinner l last night at the Business lunch | room, when plans for the comple-
 tion of the building were discussed. 1 A decision was made that on next
 Thursday evening a number of l prominent citizens would be asked | to be present with the board of di-
 rectors at a meeting to ciscuss l ways and means for the finishing of ! the building. committee was ap- pointed to arrange this meeting. | composed of Of Judge c. B. Gewin. N. B. Parker and Milton Brooks. A committee was appointed for
 community work and finances as
 follows: John McEniry. J B. Hor-
 ton and Dave Stewart l.. S Moorer
 was elected on the board to succeed
 J. B, Snider, resigned
 A feature of the meeting was
 the very fine tribute of appreciation
 paid the secretary of the Y. M c. A.
 R. L. Coons. for his splendid Y. M.
 c. A. community work,
 Ho.ts at bin9er Party
 Mir. and Mrs A. H Ausman enter
 tained number o6 tho prominent
 honor guests at tho 1Bcssemer ccle-
 bration nt their homckon Friday witn
 beautifully nproint% dinner. Tho
 guosts seated around Tho table were Senator John Craft of Mobile, Judge
 B, M. Allen of fslrmipkhani. D. h.
 Ewing and z. H. Batstn of Birming,
 ham. and Mir. and Mrs, Ausman.
 .Ciuh hnntsrt6ine f Nrs, Sam ErIick was hostssn c tho