The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
ADDRESS SOUGHT
 OF DE MOLAY BOY
Lady Impressed With The Manly Bearing Of Boy On Hike

A letter addressed to eThe Scribe, DeMolay Chapter, Birmingham. Ala.,' was turned over to Robert Rankin, sec retary of the Birmingham chapter of DeMolay. The writer, lady residing at Big Spring, Texas, was seeking in formation or address of Birmingham boy or his mother. The writer and her husband had met the boy while he was ~hiking" through Texas, and was deeply impressed by his manly bearing and general demeanor. She states that the boy said he belonged to the DeMolay, and that during their brief acquaint- ance she had failed to learn his name or address, MT. Rankin has been un- able to locate the boy or his mother, and requests that any information re- garding them be sent to him and he will forward it to the writer. The letter follows:
 The letter follows: "Dear Sir: On last Thursday morning, just west of Valentine, Texas, my husband and gave lift" to Birmingham boy, whose knapsack bore the inscription Birmingham, Alabama, to San Fran cisco, California" As we expected to carry him all day to Sierra Blanca, l did not at once ask his name. He fold me his home was in Birmingham and that he was a graduate of Busby or Bushy, or some similar named high school in Birmingham, and was hiking to Sacramento, where he expected to be with his brother, until his mother, living in Birmingham, moved to Sacra- mento after the first of next January. He said that he expects to enter the University of California in February.
 Ut is because he mentioned being a DeMolay that I am writing to your lodge to see if perchance l may be able to obtain his name, his mothers name and address in Birmingham as l should like to write to her-telling her Of ance with her son.
 "The boy impressed me very favor ably-we shall always remember him because of his true gentlemanliness, his evident filial love and regard for his mother, and if I am fortunate enough to secure the mothers address we hope to learn when Birmingham" as we called him, does arrive in California.
 Realizing your due hesitancy about giving such information as l request to an entire stranger, refer you to Scribe Monroe Johnson of the Big Springs De- mOlay chapter, UT any Oo Ao1dJ uoJ here as to my sincerity of purpose and integrity. would appreciate a prompt reply from you. If you de- sire to send this inquiry to the boy or his mother, you are free to do so.
 "The reason of our suddenly inter- rupted acquaintance with "Birming- ham" was that the driver of an army truck headed for Fl Paso asked him to ride with him. As the truck was roomy containing only the man that was driving, and our coupe affording a seat for the boy only on the whale back, and as the army car was going clear to Fl Paso-he transferred to the car.
 'The pause was but few seconds as we had no time for anything but a goodby wave, following his very thought fully expressed word of appreciation and thinks. It has been more since he left us that we have grown more eager to learn something of his name and address. I thank you in advance for any information you may give.
 Respectfully,
 MRS. EDWIN A. KELLY,
 "RiR SDrinQs Texaa"