The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
ENSLEY STORES
 CLOSE FOR PICNIC
Merchants Plan Celebra- tiOn At Pineview
 Beach Tuesday
(Ensley Bureau.)


 Merchants of Ensley, their friends and patrons will celebrate Wednesday at Pineview beach and business houses will be closed all day. Promptly at 9 o'clock the merchants and their friends will form in a parade and drive to Pineyiew, where the second annual out ing of the Ensley Merchants and Asso- ciated Business men will be held.
 Tuesday night the merchants sent to Pineview sufficient meat to serve 4,000 persons, and it is expected that fully that many will attend, other supplies include baked goods, pickels, water melons, and other picnic necessities.
 It was stated Tuesday at the mer- chants luncheon that every detail for the outing had been perfected, and all was in readiness for what is expected to be the most picnic attempted by the association. There will be swim ming, dancing, contests, races and other sports to fill in the day.
 The merchants will form a parade at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning at the old city hall. P. H. Tyler, president, and J. A. Smith, former president, will be in the first car, while four motor cycle officers will make the way clear for the automobiles in line. The pro- cession will go through Fairfield to Rutledge Springs, to Dolomite, Besse- mer and thence to Pineview. All con sessions at the beach have been engag- ed for the event and these will be free to those wearing an official badge.
 R. F. Ham, chairman of the arrange ment committee, has announced that the swimming race had been entered by a large number of ladies and was expected to be one of the most enjoy able features of the day. There also will be diving exhibitions by we'll known expert divers. The picnic will last all day, ending with a dance dur ing the late afternoon.
 To Attend COnvention-Samuel c. King, vice-president of the Bank of Ensley, will leave Saturday on the Un- derwood special for New York, where he will attend the national democratic convention. MT. King has tickets to the convention in a desirable section.
 Merchants Association Meets-The Ensley Associated Merchants held their weekly luncheon Tuesday in the asso- ciated dining hall. The picnic com mittee reported everything in readiness for the outing Wednesday. P. H. Ty- Ter presided and asked all members and non-members to close their busi- ness Wednesday all day for the annual outing, emphasizing the necessity for so doing as an indication of the CO., operation and team work in Ensley. He declared every indication pointed to the most successful picnic ever held by the association.
 New Parking rdinanoe-Parking on Nineteenth street between Avenues c and 1 for 30 minutes, and on all ave- nues from c to I, between Seventeenth and Twentieth streets, is now permis- sible. Official announcement to this effect was made Tuesday by the police department, and is a result of the re- gently enacted ordinance, requested by the many local business men. The ordinance has aroused considerable dis Gussion. Several police authorities de- clare that the street railway company will have to remove its cars from Nineteenth street or the ordinance will have to be revoked. It has been pointed out that traffic on Nineteenth street was Dl0ckeQ TOT OU minutes CdLuFudy afternoon in four directions because an auto had been parked on the street car track.
 Burke Recovering-Clem c. Burke of the Dupuy-Burke Realty company, who has been i'll for the past several weeks, is improving rapidly. MT. Burke was taken i'll four weeks ago and went to Florida on advice of his physicians.
 To Seek Chadwicks Aid-R. E. Chadwick, vice president of the board of education, will be requested to as- sist in the establishment of a junior high school for negroes in Ensley, ac- cording to unofficial announcement. The grades are being sought by Prof. W. R. Woods, principal of the Coun- cil school, who is anxious to have the eighth grade pupils retained in control of the local faculty during the first two years of high school. It was sug- gested by Professor Wood that in this way the industrial features inaugurated here by him would be continued for at least two years. MT. Chadwick has not expressed himself on the matter, although it has been suggested before, but it is believed the idea will be sup ported by several of the local business oroo pi1o tions