The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-24
LEADERS CARRY
 COLLEGE DRIVE
 INTO SUBURBS
Fairfield And Bessemer
 Organize For Monte F vallO Million

ip, The most interesting developments of the week in the drive for the Monte vallo fund has been the success that it has achieved in outlying sections of Birmingham and the county. The cam naign Tuesday and Wednesday was carried to Fairfield and Bessemer, where committees made up of repre- sentatives of civic, literary, and music clubs, as well as church and Sunday school organizations, were formed to handle tn. work in their own terri tories.
 4 The Fairfield quota was fixed at $5,0 900. No appointment for Bessemer has been announced, although whole hearted support was pledged, officials said.
 Prominent persors of Bessemer and Fairfield were placed on the commit tees. In Bessemer, an executive com mittee of ten was appointed, to be headed by, Mrs. Ben Perry, as chair man, and Mrs. l.. D. cCullom, vice chairman of the church organizations, who have .signified. that 100 per cent subscriptions from the churches is their aim. In Fairfield, Dr. J. W. Brooks was named head of the drive for that city. A committee of two men and three women will assist Dr. Brooks. No Club Reports
 <, No reports from Birmingham civic clubs were made Wednesday, with the exception of the Rotary club annuonce- ment that they had succeed 1 in col, lecting over 4,20O to date.
 Four large contributions were handed sn Wednesday at headquarters at Love ynan, Joseph & Loeb's department store, Hiss Lydia Eustis, treasurer, an tOunced last night. Crawl I'd John son of the Coca-Cola company, Maj. E. M. Tutwiler, and Moore Handley Hard ware company each subscribed $500. A gift of $100 was made by the Lilly lief lin unit through Mrs. Gaston Terrence, president.
 l. Dr. T. W. Palmer, president, and Dean o. c. Carmichael, of the Alabama college for Women are in Birmingham in interest of the drive. Dean Car michael, who is state chairman of the campaign, brings encouraging news from the rest of the state. He says mat several small districts have al- ready over-subscribed their quotas, and all sections are enthusiastically taking up the work of collectin gthe $1,OOO,O ,OOO for the education of Alabama's young wOmanhood.
 sa Thursday Meeting
 Thursday, at 12 80 o'clock, the week. ly luncheon of the woman leaders of the drive in Jefferson county will be held at the Tutwiler. Reports of the work, together with announcements of the money obtained to date, will be made, Mrs. D. F. Bucks, chairman of the woman's division, said. Prizes will be awarded at the same time to wom- en having made the best records dur ing the week. Two stores of this city have offered additional prizes to those already being contested for, Mrs. Bucks said. J. Blach & Sons Department store will give $50 dress, and Odum, Bowers & White will make a reduction Of $25 on any dress in their store to one of the women making Nthe best collection record. Other prizes that have been offered are i floor lamp by 'Pizitz, dinner ring by Reiw Law. son, a negligee by Augusta Friedman. and hat by Hirsch.
 It is possible that aside from talks from the Birmingham campaign lead CTS, that several others may address the meeting Thursday, including Dr. Palmer and Dean Carmichael.