The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
ENSI.EY


 land Methodist church will celebrate their annual home coming day with special services this morning, an old fashion picnic served on the grounds at noon and a special program this afternoon beginning at o'clock.
 At the II o'clock service this morning the Rev. L. c. Sturdivant will have for his subject Home Coming Following the services, q basket dinner will be served with the following committee in charge: Mrs. Ws N. Sayer, Mrs. ". L Phillips, Mrs. Angelina Young. Mrs. J; w.. Johnson, Mrs. A. W. Smith, Mrs. w.. V. Craig and Mrs. T., l.. Powell The committee arranging the program is composed of W. s. Dorman, Mrs. Estelle Gill, Mrs. Prosser and Mrs. A. Z Heard.
 The following program has been arranged for the occasion: Sunday school, 9:45 a. m; sermon, Home Coming" II 200 a. m, by pastor, Rev L. q. Sturdivant; dinner on grounds beginning at noon; Home Coming 200 D. m.; invocation; hymn (selected), congregation; address of welcome, Rev. l.. c. Sturdivant; music, male quartette; Intimate History or Or ganization of Church." Dr. H. s. Mann; solo, Miss Edna Mayors; Some History Since the Organiza- tion of the Church." Mrs. w. I. Phil lips; solo. Paul Beddow; The Flu ture of the Church" A. w. Smith; music, male quartet; address, Rev B. c. Hodge, first pastor of the church; solo, MT. Black; doxology, congregation; benediction.
 r-tzs l. y-.x |. v in the original church as the new Sunday school building is about com pIeted and will be ready for occu- pancy by the first of October. The Sunday school building will be used to hold the services in until the main auditorium is completed. Invitations have been sent to all former mem bers of the church who have moved from this vicinity and all members of the present congreg gation are ex- pected to attend.
 Merchants Meeting
 The regular weekly meeting of the Ensley Merchants and Associated Business Men will be held Tuesday morning at the EllS's home on Ave nue D. At this meeting the report of the committee appointed to in VeStlGale the OA e cNN corporation for the purpose of run ming regular bus lines to the min ing camps of this district will be made.
 The busses now being used are only temporary and the merchants are en- deavorlng to secure regular pas senger busses for these trips. several other matters will be taken up ana all members are requested to attend.
 Everything is in readiness for the opening of the St. Anthony's parocn- ial school which will be held Tues- day morning at the school building on Avenue H and Twenty-first street. Tuesday morning the children will be assigned to the different class rooms and given list of the books that they will need. About 175 pupils are expected to attend the school during the coming session.
 Stores to Close
 Monday being Labor Day. the banks and a number of the stores will be closed. The grocery stores and some other mercantile firms will remain open up till noon. On Tues day, September 12, all the groceries and butcher men who are members of the Birmingham Retail Grocer and Butcher association will close their store all day to attend the big bar bccue and outing which will be held at Camp Oliver.
 A number of the grocers in Ens- ley are members of the association and will close their stores on that clay.
 Obituary
 Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Robert Boozer. who died at the family residence, 1515 Terrell Boulevard early yesterday morning. will be conducted from the residence this afternoon at o'clock. Inter mcnt will follow at the Elmwood cemetery. She is survived by her husband and one daughter. Mrs. Boozer was well known in this dis trict and has large number of friends who will regret to learn of her death.
 The remains of Mrs. Mary Ann Tricks, who died at a local infirmary yesterday afternoon. will be sent to Scottsboro, Ala. for burial by Echols and Angwin undertakers. Mrs. Tricks is survived by two sons, Earl L. Tricks of this city and Carl Tricks of Cleveland, Ala, and one daughter, Miss Lucy Tricks of Cleveland, Ala. for a visit to MT. and Mrs. R. l.. King
 Mrs. A. W. Gray is improving at the Elizabeth Duncan hospital where she underwent an operation.
 MT. and Mrs. C. T. Keigley and little son, Dick, and Mrs. M Berry of Woodward will leave tomorrow fo Des Moines, Iowa, where they will spend some time.