The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-28
MASONS WILL LAY
CORNER STONE Of
bESSEMER SCHOOL
Everything In Readiness For
$150,0O0 School Bond
Election Tuesday
BESSEMER BUREAU |
THE AGE-HERALD !
Bessemer. Ala, May 70 ]

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Laying of the corner stone of the
new Bessemer High school building
will take place at 3 80 o'clock Mon
day afternoon, and is to be preceded
by parade of Masons and school
children. The Bessemer blue lodges
have charge of the arrangement, but
the stone will be laid with Masonic
rites by the grand lodge of Ala
bama. which will be convened at
Bessemer by Grand Master Julian
Spearman at 2;3o o'clock Monday
The principal address at the cor
ner stone laying will be made by
Gardner S. Goodwin. prominent at
torney and former principal of the
Bessemer High school. Grand Mas
ter Spearman and Grand Secretary
George Beauchamp and others will
speak.
The parade to the school building
will be formed on Nineteenth street
and will be headed by the band of
zamora temple. There will also be
large delegation of Birmingham
shriners to assist in the celebration,
including officers of the temple.
The parade will be formed by
several hundred Masons and school
children. and George Bolin will act
as marshal. The committee in charge
of arrangements has requested that
everyone wishing to take part in
the parade report at the Masonic
temple at o'clock in the afternoon.
READY FOR ELECTION
Everything is in readiness for the
$4,000 school bond election, which
will be held at Bessemer on Tues
day. Funds from the bond issue Will
be used to complete and equip the
new high school building. A COM
panion measure to be voted on Tues
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which is to retire the bonds and
cover the interest
Board of education officials have
been active on behalf of the bond
issue. They point to the fact that
the present high school was erected
to seat a maximum of 500 pupils,
and at the present time the enroll
ment there is 700. There has been
no concerted opposition to the bond
issue.
Voting places will be opened at
the following points Tuesday morn
of Peter Gianerosso, Carolina ave-
nue. and Nineteenth street; Second
ward, city hail. Third ward, Longs
store, Twenty seventh street and
Dartmouth avenue; Fourth ware,
Fifth Avenue Pharmacy, Fifth ave
nue and Nineteenth street; Fifth
ward, Rarden's store, jefferson ave-
nue. and Bradley street.
YORK RITE TO CONVENE
Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock the
Twelfth annual York Rite reunion
will be convened at Bessemer, and
will continue until Wednesday eve
ming. Several officials of the grand
lodge will be present and will assist
in comforting degrees on large
conferred in the blue lodges. the
Chapter, and the Council, Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, respective
ly. The following program will be
carried out: Monday at o'clock.
Entered Apprentice degree; $3.50
Monday night Master Mason degree.
Tuesday afternoon at l o'clock work
will be started in the Chapter, and
will be followed by banquet at
the temple at 8 o'clock in the eve
ming. Work in the Council will be
o'clock and will be concluded at $50
o'clock, when refreshments will be
served and smoker given.
TO PRESENT CLASS PLAY
The senior class of the Hueytown
High school will present a three-act
comedy Monday evening at the
school auditorium. entitled. "Rebec-
cas- Triumph" In addition to the
play a musical program will be car
rleu out, anu the lOlioWiH5 SouHS
people will take part in the enter
tainment: Miss Ruby Hawkins, Miss
Eleanor Rutledge, Miss Eva Porter.
Miss Myrtle Skates, Miss Dora
Gaines, Miss Sadie Morrell, Miss Jen-
ME Woodman, Miss Nellie Dunbar.
Miss Emma Stevens. Miss Maria
Gray, Miss Alice Leeds. Miss Gussie
Green, Miss Fay Salter, Miss Edna
Thomas. Miss Clara Harry. Miss
Henrietta Hargrove, Miss Mildred
Green, Miss Jennie Reed, Miss Pearlle
Caldwell, Miss Vera Hopkins.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mrs. K. G. Bradley will entertain
the Thursday Forty-two club at her
homo on Clarendon avenue this
week.
The women's Missionary society
of the First Methodist church Will
meet at the church at $3.50 O'Clock
Monday. afternoon. when Mrs. w. Z.
Baty will be in charge.
All bands of the Women's MISSION
ary union of the First Baptist church
will meet at the church Monday aft
ernoon at $3.50 o'clock, when Circle
No. will have charge Of the pro-
Mrs. l.. w. Allen will entertain at
bridge luncheon at the nome OF
her mother, Mrs. ]. W. Perkins, at
/ o'clock Wednesday afternoon, com.
plimenting Mrs. Joe Lacey, VINO wiz
leave soon for Florida, where she