The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12
VISITORS TO SEE
 EVSLEY PLANTS
Elaborate Preparations Being Made For
 Engineers
(Ensley Bufeau)

The Ensley district is deeply inter ested in the meetings of the American 1 Institute of Mining and Metallurgical
 Engineers which begins in Birming-
 ham Monday. Several local residents are members of the association and will attend the sessions.
 The greatest interest is attached to the inspection the engineers will make of the EnsIey works, including the blast furnace, steel plant divisions and other plants in this territory. Special plans have been outlined for the operation of two special trains through the works beginning at Fairfield and extending through the coal mine operations. A picked crew has been selected to make the runs and F. l.. Plemmons, super intendent of the Birmingham South ern, will have personal charge of the two specials.
 Guide arrows will be located from the beginning to the end of the plants. Major F. B. Dodge of the safety de partment of the Tennessee company, has detailed several men from his de- partment to look after the safety of the visitors on the trip through that plant. The. indications are that the visitors will outnumber any single dele gation which has ever been shown through the local works.
 Decline Resignation = Considerable qualification was expressed in Ensiey Saturday over the action of the con gregation of the Ensley Christian church in refusing to accept the resig- nation of Rev. David H. Griffin, pas- tor. Reports have been current for several weeks that Mir. Griffin intend haSu horo h0 | IS moaths. The congregation held a
 meeting and except for the brief an-
 nouncement that the resignation was declined no further statement was
 made. <, ,Dr. Griffin came here from Kentucky | to take up the work after several con l ferences and has made distinct i'm pression upon this community. It is understood that Dr. Griffin will with
 draw his resignation and continue to serve.
 Sales Successful-The weekend spe- cial sales initiated by the Ensley As
 sociated Merchants wege highly sue cessful, according to merchants Sat
 urday. The distribution of pay rolls l by local industries andi the crisp weather are two factors which con | tributed to the large increase in trade.
 It was said Saturday that the mer-
 chants were visited by patrons from
 practically every point in the Ensley
 trading belt.
 Special Program Planned The En- sley Associated Merchants will have q
 special program next Tuesday. F. Fl: | Tyler, president of the association. said l Saturday that the members were ex; pected to be present 100 per cent strong
 at the Tuesday gathering. The assoy
 citation has initiated several important
 matters which will be handled.
 Form New Classes--Following the I intensive. training last week of Sun day school workers at the Baptist and Methodist churches, new classes are ex;
 pected to be formed Sunday morning
 The training school for teachers at the Baptist church was attended by 13C who received teachers certificates. A class similar to this was held at the Methodist church. During the week
 plans have been made to obtain new | students at the Sunday schools, and
 classes with the newly instructed teach CTS will be formed.
 Park Board Asks Funds-The En'
 sley Park board will hold a meeting iduring the next few days and make a report upon the recent. canvass foI
 funds, it was announced Saturday. The
 committees have received many new
 pledges and additional funds, so that 1 the association members will be in a position to go ahead with the proposed improvements at the park. ;,
 Night School to Open--The nigh'