The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-26
REVENUE BOARD
 HEARS PETITIONS
Bessemer High School Graduates Are Given Diplomas-Boys
 Outnumber Girls In Class
(BESSEMER BUREAU)

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 Semi-annual session of the county board of education for the Bessemer cutoff was held Friday. when matters affecting the southern portion of the county were up for consideration. A large number of petitions were pre- sented, including several through the Bessemer Chamber of Commerce. The board announced that these would be decided on at special meeting in Bir- mingham next week.
 All members of the board were in attendance, with President J. D. Moore presiding. Secretary A. F. Ausman presented the petition from the Bes- semer commercial body. which included a request for considerable building program at the Oak Grove High school He also suggested that the board re- quest the board of revenue to repair the road leading to the Johns. school. which has been recently opened. of the Chamber of Commerce that the board appoint two nurses for this end of the county, one to work the city,
 
 rural schools. Mir. Ausman also re- quested that an equitable portion of the supplies for county schools in this dis trict be bought in Bessemer, pointing out that this district had already been adopted by the board of revenue.
 The afternoon session was devoted largely to items affecting the entire county and Professor Harper, present l4 view of the work that body is carrying matters not financed by the board. He stated that they were working on a plan by which the Birmingham Cham Der of Commerce would assist large number of county schools where help was needed and revised salary sched- ule for teachers, allowing better pay.
 Graduates Given Diplomas
 Graduation exercises for the mid term class at the Bessemer High school were held Friday evening before large gathering. This class is composed of P members, the largest to graduate here in the history of the school, and it is also the first class to ever contain a majority of boys.
 Music for the occasion was furnished by the high school orchestra, with sev eral selections being given by the class. The auditorium was attractively dec orated in class colors, old rose and silver.
 The presidents address. by Yeatman King, was the first number,s followed by Miss Kathleen Barksdale. Other numbers were the reading of the class history by Lee Douglas; class poem, by Charles Ray; presentation of statistics, by Byron Riley; the last will and testament, by Miss Anndora Fulton, and the presentation of gifts by Miss Pauline Terrell.
 Presentation of diplomas was by \. B. Parker, president of the board of education, and the exercises were closed by announcement from Supt. l.. l.. vann, who told of plans for the graduation of the next class in June. Other members of the class were Miss Beryl Hosey, Miss Frances Jones, Mallam Leckie, Pettus Lowery, Frank Perkins, Otis Anthony, Miss Evelyn Brown, Miss Mildred Crawford, Miss .J Josephine Davis, Lacey Edmundson, Thinn Fitzpatrick, Windell Goodwin and Miss Mary Henderson.
 D. B. SaIser Dies
 D. B. Salser, 30, died late Thursday evening at the Fairfield hospital of pneumonia. Mir. Salser is survived by a brother, B. F. Salser, and the body will be sent to Chelsea, Ala, Saturday morning by Jacobs. MT. Salser was well known here, having been employed at the Wenonah mines for several years.
 P. w. McDonough Buried
 Funeral services for r. w. Me Donough, CT, were held Thursday after noon at 3 o'clock from St. Aloysies church. Rev. NJ. F. Kittick and Rev. NJ. Hourican officiated. Burial fol- lowed at Elmwood cemetery, with Jacobs in charge.
 Mrs. John Boykin Dies
 News has been received at Bessemer of the death of Mrs. John Boykin, which occurred at Tuscaloosa Thurs day evening. Mrs. Boykin made her home at Bessemer for about 25 years and with relatives in Tuscaloosa since. Funeral services were held at Tusca- loOsa Friday.
 Pastor Accepts Call
 A call from the Iiueytown Baptist church was accepted this week by Rev. w. +. Price, pastor of the West Side Baptist church of Bessemer. He will divide his time between these two churches. He will be at the West Side Baptist church the first and third Sun days in each month, spending the second and fourth Sundays with the congre- gation at Hueytown.
 J. H. Parson Dies
 !. II. Parson died at 6 80 o'clock Friday night at his residence in Bes- semer. He is survived by five sons, Eugene NJ. Parson, s. J. Parson, Joe H. PRrson of Birmingham and Will burn and Basil Parson of Bessemer; two daughters, Mrs. J. K. Mail of Bir- mingham and Mrs. c. l.. Mccain of Detroit, Mich. Funeral services will be announced upon the arrival of rela- tives and friends living out of tho city. Huey & Mcconnell will be in charge.
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