The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-04
The Community Chest, A Big Work
 The Community Club Is Doing

trict judge for the Northern district of Alabama. presiding judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama, judge of the Juvenile court of Bir mingham. president of the board of education, superintendent of the city schools. At that meeting a nominat- ing committee was chosen to choose at least 3S candidates for the board of directors of the chest. the next step in the pyramid. The nominat- ing committee was composed of Mrs. Owen G. Gresham, Mrs. Angus Taylor w. E. Mitchell, W. Carson Adams, Lloyd B. Bowers. This committee chose 90 nominees from the city-at- large, including representatives from the social agencies to be benefited and the clubs which had organized the chest and from all shades of thought which would assure the Com munity Chest broad, unbiased, cos mopolitan directory.
 "The ballot was mailed to each rep resentative who had served at the general meeting and the vote was, In
 turn, mailed to Mir. W. J. Adams. chairman of the canvassing commit
 tee, who, together with pr, Sterling J. Foster and Mrs. Thomas D. Parke canVassed the returns and announced the results. The following were de-
 elared elected; Judge, s. D. Murphy, COieHlln BlacH, w. V. M. tNODeTLsoH, IT,, Mrs. C. H. Nabb M. P, Northing- ton. J. Frank Rushton. W. E. Mitchell, Mrs. c. E. Spencer, Judge William L. Grubo. John L. Raul, R. H. Wharton, Mrs. Joseph McLester, Donald Conner, Victor H. Hanson, W. M Cosby, J. w. Donnelly, Mrs. Morris Newfield, Oscar
 Wells, R. F. Chadwick W. Carson
 Adams, Robert Jemison, Jr. R. A. Porter, E. L. Brown, Mrs. Angus ] Taylor.
 Under the terms of the constitu-
 tion of the Community Chest, as writ ten by the Community club commit tee. and accepted by the Inter Club Council and through the council by the other organizations of Birming- ham, it became the duty of the direc-
 tors to chose the officers of the chest and thus complete the pyramid. Craw- ford Johnson was chosen president
 with w. IT. Sassnger, P. G. Shook and F. H. Cabaniss as vice presidents. Col T. O. smith was elected treasurer and Clarence Lloyd was granted fur tough by the Birmingham Water Works company and chosen for eXecu- tive secretary. The officers in tho board then proceeded with the organ
 ization of the campaign for the drive which is to take place, beginning De- cember 3. MT. W. Carson Adams, one of the most experienced campaigners
 in the south and an old veteran of the war drives, was chosen campaign director The vigorous direction he has already put into the campaign shows that the judgment of the of ficers and the board.
 Birmingham Community Chest began with resolution in the Com munity club in November. 1921. This resolution was presented to the Inter Club Council. The council recognized the need that this resolution voiced and requested the Community club to carry on the preliminary work. A committee composed of William M. Rogers, Lloyd B. Bowers and W. V. M. Robertson. Jr., made a nation wide study of this work and gave the bene- fit of it's investigation to the Inter FClub Council in the form of writ ten report and a constitution. The council then passed this work on % the people of Birmingham through
 the 53 organizations. which after months of deliberation banded them selves into e permanent Community Chest,'