The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-16
KIWANIS JOINS
 IN CELEBRATION
Zero Hour To Be Observ-
 ed-Clubs Over COun- try Unite
(Besseuner Bureau. ]

] BESSEMER, Ala, sJsme 15.--Fun, frolic and amusement, intermingled with a few moments of earnest study, will be the program of the Monday eve ming session of the Kiwanis club at the Grand hotel. The entertainment will be in observance of All-Kiwanis night, held by all of the 1,200 clubs in this country simultaneouslY,y, each carrying out the-same program of study at the appointed hour, and is being held while the international convention is in session at Denver.
 The wives of the members will be guests. The members have been asked to assemble in the lobby of the hotel at r :45 o'clock where they will be supplied with favors and fun-making parapha- nalia, and the meeting will begin at 8 o'clock, when supper will be served.
 Zero Hour" will be observed from S:45 to g o'clock, when the All-Ki- wanis program will be carried out. 'sThe Meaning of of Zero Hour" will be the topic, the principal address by the president, Charles s. Bentley, while J. B. Haffner will talk on '"The Mean ing of Kiwanis to the World" Mrs. Julian Erlick will respond on behalf of the wives of the members, speaking on "Our Dear Husbands" An Inter- esting entertainment will be carried out.
 Raise Hospital Funds-Dr. F. w.. Brandon, superintendent ofthe Methodist hospital being erected at Montgomery will spend several days at Bessemer raising funds for this institution. -Dr. Brandon filled the pulpit at the First Church Sunday and during the service and at Sunday school approximately 1000 was raised. This will be sup plemented in the next few days, though the quota expected from Bessemer was only $1,000.
 The hospital will be memomial to the Alabama lGen who lost their lives in the World war, and a $250,000 site with suitable buildings was recently donated to the church for hospital pur- poses. This amount is to be duplicated in a drive over the state, which is be- ing put on by Dr. Brandon.
 Get Life SentenceS-Isaac Hillman and Emma Hanley, negroes were sentenced to life imprisonment in the Bessemer circuit court, charged with murder, the past week. Will Meyers, negro, was also given a sentence of from two to five years for man. slaughter in the second degree, while Tom Thacker plead guilty to charge of distilliDg and was sentenced to one. year on the county roads.
 To Honor GuestS-Mrs. Robert Ste venson- of Baltimore and Mrs. B. R.. Compton of Sumpter, s. C., will be the guests at tea Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Homer Hurd, with Mrs. c. B. Hawkins as associate host ess. The honorees are sisters of the hostess and the hours will,be from 4 80 to 6 80 o'clock, during which time a large number of guests will call. F. M. Pope Dles-F. M. Pope. we'll known throughout the Bessemer dis trict, died Sunday morning at 6 o'clock at the family residence at Jonesboro. following a long illness. The deceased had been active in the affairs of the community for number of years. He Is survived by his widow.
 Funeral services are to be held Mon- day afternoon at o'clock from the residence with Rev. l.. A. Hurst off ciating, burial following: at Elmwood cemetery with Jacobs in Charge.
 Bracker Funeral Held4The funeral services for Roscoe Bracker, 32, will, be held from the family residence at oGreenpond, Ala, Monday afternoon at o'clock. Death occurred at Bessem- CT Saturday afternoon, following a short illness, the body being sent there Sunday afternoon by Jacobs.