The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-03
BESSEMER SHRINE
 CLUB PICKS WEST LAKE FOR FROL|C
w. M. Johnson Succeeds Wil- liam Lacey As Superinten-
 dent Of Woodward Mines
BESSEMER BUREAU
 THE AGF-HERALD

West Lake was chosen as the place for holding the annual picnic on August 13, of the Bessemer shrine club. at a committee meeting held on Wednesday evening. All con- mittees in charge of the affair at tended the meeting and definite ar engagements were decided upon. Only Bessemer Shriners and their imme- diate families are to attend the pie nic and plans are being made to en- certain 2,500 guests.
 Special cars will be provided leav- ing Third avenue and Nineteenth street from l to ? o'clock in the aft ernoon and all shriners having cars have been asked to turn them over to the transportation committee.
 On arrival at the lake all the amusements of the place will be free to the guests. Music will be provided by Miss Lucille Lytle's or chestra and all children in the park enclosure will be presented with bal looms, rattles, dolls, whistles and oth- CT favors. From to 4 o'clock games and contests will be held, under the direction of J. M. Wood, foh which attractive prizes are to be given.
 An interesting event wik take place at 5:15 o'clock when 8 group photograph will be made of the o'clock a barbecue dinner will be served, and following the dinner in teresting features will be provided, including voting contest to deter mine the prettiest girl an1 the ug- Hest man on the grounds.
 Dancing will start at o'clock, the pavilion to be decorated ana plenty of confetti being provided. All Shriners have been requested to wear their fez on this occasion.
 PUBLICITY MEETING HELD
 publicity meeting will be held by the Bessemer Rotary club on Thursday, August 9, when a number of business and professional mon will be guests. Plans for this meeting luncheon at which time relSting to an increase in membership were talk ed over.
 The publicity meeting will be one of a series of meetings for the pur- pose of explaining to business men the purposes of the organization There will be a number of guests at each of these meetings for which special programs are being arranged.
 The Thursday luncheon was turn ed over to the committee on clasSifi- cations, new manual having been received from the international or sanitation, allowing the smaller clubs to include many new lines of business in their classificatlons.
 APPOINTS NEW SUPERINTENDENT
 W. M. Johnson has been named superintendent of mines for the Woodward Iron company, succeed ing William Lacey, resigned Lacey has accepted a position with the De- Bardeleben Coal corporation and with his family will remove to Sip sey where he will enter his new du- ties at once. >-
 Lacey has been conr6cted with the Woodward mines for a number of years. He is a gradrslte of Auburn, and is immensely popular both with the men and the public. Mir. John son has been chief electrician for the Woodward company for a number of years.
 Another interesting change by the Woodward Iron company was the re- cent appointment of w. T. Kemp as head of the safety and employment department. Kemp was formerly cniet deputy sheriff at Bessemer. He succeeds Col. A. p. Remington.