The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-19
WILL ASK BIDS FOR AUDITORIUM
Gymnasium Also To Be Erected In Connection With AL.
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C. J. Randolph, secretary of the rail road Y. NJ. C.. A., stated today he had been authorized by the executive board to receive bids for the erection of a modern auditorium and gymnasium. The addition will be built near the present building of the association and on tlse same lot.
 MT. Randolph stated. however, that fiiasmuch as present plans were ex- pected to be modified somewhat, he would await this modification before formally calling for bids. Secretary Richardson of Chicago, one of the; best known railroad Y. M. c. A. workers in the nation, is expected to be here near the latter part of this month or first of February and it is expected that his advice will be sought on the plans.
 IeAt recent meeting of the board of management the Y. M.~C. A. budget of $16,0OO was adopted for the year.
 Woman Leader Speaks
 The mass meeting at Central Meth 6dist church last night, which was ad- dressed by Mrs. Maude B.. Perkins of the national ". C.. T. U., was largely attended. After Mrs. Perkins had con cluded her address Miss Ellen Groenen- dyke, who presided, asked for short voluntary addresses. Rev. K. D. Mon- roe, pastor of the First Baptist church
 DeNfolays Active F s,s- Knight Templar. will receive very fa- ,,a,,o I,1x, ,.a,,S,rt foI1nxx,,n1 ar s,,cpootsnv Thursday night by w. 0. Snyder, past grand commander of the grand com mnndery.- He called attention to the task undertaken by Masons in adopt ing 300 war orphans and the prelimi- nary steps being taken looking toward better educational facilities in which all the boys and girls of the nation will have benefit and for which fund of $500, ,000 is to be raised and loaned to boys and girls seeking an education. This fund will permit permanent en- dowment on behalf of the orders T. H. Mattlocks of Albany, past grand com- mander of the grand commandery, was another speaker of the evening.
 Enter Hardware Business
 W. A. Lewis and U. E. Speake, prominent young business men, will enter the retail hardware trade about February l. tThey have leased the Henkel building on Second avenue. MT. Lewis for several years was sconnected with Grove & Crowe Mir. Speake's former home was in Danville. T. 5 Mrs. R. W; Hendrix
 Clyde Hendrix, president of the Ten nessee Valley bank, was notified today of the death of his mother. Mrs. R. W. Hendrix, at her residence in Clover dale,, near Florence. Funeral serv- ices will be held Saturday. Mr. Hen drix had been at the: bedside of his mother during the week. She leaves her husband, a daughter, Mrs. Guy Taulk, of Cloverdale, and three sons, Percy R. Hendrix, who is in the lum- Der business at Camp Hugh, Ala. Clyde Hendrix, president of the Ten nessee Valley bank, and ". H. Hen- drix, newspaper man of Memphis, formerly residing in Birmingham. s, Proud Of Cotton Record
 Morgan county continues to be very proud of the cotton record she has made during this fall. Figures received Friday by w. V. Davidson, federal statistician, howed that up to Janu- ary i, Morgan county had ginned 15,- 146 bales, compared with 1S,344 bales in 1922. z.,.-..--