Local Lumber Demand Drives Projected Workforce Boom
The speaker notes high demand for lumber will create substantial work for the operating force, signaling ample employment opportunities and increased activity in the industry.
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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1916
Page
3
The speaker notes high demand for lumber will create substantial work for the operating force, signaling ample employment opportunities and increased activity in the industry.
Governor Henderson names Mobile residents and other Alabama leaders as delegates to the Southern Sociological Congress in New Orleans April 12 to 16. The list includes Dr. T. H. Frazer, Mrs. Julius Goldstein, Dr. D. T. McCall, and Dr. J. S. Schwarz, among many others. All delegates are noted as civic leaders and progressives, with large Alabama attendance anticipated due to low rail rates.
Thomas Shelton Sims aged 55 a local attorney died Saturday at his home 20 Lemoyne Place after weeks of illness. He was a Greene county Alabama native and son of the late Thomas W. Sims and Lethe Shelton Sims. He is survived by his wife a half-brother Thomas W. Sims chairman of the State Tax Commission and other relatives. He belonged to the Mobile Bar Association practiced in state and federal courts and was a member of the Athlesian Gulf Fishing and Hunting clubs. Funeral services Sunday at 4 pm with Magnolia Cemetery burial.
The Jett Muths Construction Company Inc filed incorporation papers in the probate court late Friday afternoon to engage in general contracting with headquarters in Mobile. The firm, in business nearly a year, is capitalized at 2000 dollars and will start with 1000 dollars. Officers are D. E. Jett president and director, G. A. Muths secretary and treasurer, G. M. Jett vice president and general manager.
Whistler Methodist Church schedules Sunday school at 9 30 a m with Lascis M Atchison and Wilbur Cato. evening sermon at 7 15. Bethany Baptist and St Pauls Episcopal list services and pastors. Notable items include the marriage of May Barnes to Alexander Ross McPherson at Carr Street, and wedding of Joseph Barrett to Mrs Fanny Sweeting at Toulminville. Community events, travel notices, and local social news accompany the church listings.
Railway circles report easing car shortages with more cars moving to high demand points. E H Turner of the Alabama and Mississippi railroad says business is improving and a May connection with the Pascagoula Moss Point Northern is expected, uniting Vinegar Bend Alabama with Moss Point Mississippi. Lumber shipments on the Alabama Tennessee and Northern are rising as truck movements to market approach.
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