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Hall of Fame Dr. Hershal IDinston Bass HILE the Crucible Staff did not succeed in securing a picture of Dr. Bass, it feels that the Hall of Fame must include him as a diagnostician of national and international fame of whom Gadsden is justly proud. Dk. Hershal Winston Bass, born at Ashville, Ala., June 25, 1881. Received primary education at Ashville, and later attended the University of Alabama and Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn; from the latter institute he received degrees of B. S. and M. S. Graduated from Johns Hopkins 1906; graduate student at the University of Berlin and the University of Munich 19C6 and 1907. Pathologist at Brice’s Hospital and Instructor in Physiological Chemistry at the University of Alabama, 1908. Came to Gadsden, Ala. in 1910.
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Hall of Fame Captain IDilliam Patrick Laij eAPT. WILLIAM PATRICK LAY, citizen noted for development of Coosa River navigation and organization of Alabama Power Company. William Patrick Lay, born Cherokee County, Alabama near Rome, Georgia, moved to Gadsden, 1870; engaged in lumber business; helped locate with Colonel Eaton the first blast furnace in Gadsden; built and owned the first electric light plant in city; influenced Federal Government to build locks on Coosa River; figured largely in construction of ruilroud from Anniston to Gadsden, now L. N.; President of Printup Hotel Company; located Gulf States Steel Company in Gadsden; supplied Attalla with light and water for several years. The crowning effort of Mr. Lay’s career is the improvement and development of the Coosa River. Captain Lay made two surveys for the Federal Government; founded and incorporated Alabama Power Company at Gadsden in 1906, and was sole owner of the company; author of five booklets, numerous press articles in magazines and papers on river improvement. ♦if}? - IHrs. Irene IDhorton Sutherlin Its. IRENE WHORTON SUTHERLIN was chosen because of her distinction in receiving the state prize for her play, “Whiter Than Snow.” Irbne Whorton Sutherlin, author, musician, was born at Forney, Alabama: attended Disque High and Brenau College Conservatory, Gainesville, Georgia; studied voice and piano in Atlanta and Birmingham; 1918-24 studied voice in New York under Auguste Ohstroni Ren-ard; studied short story writing at Columbia University, 1920-21. Play “Whiter Than Snow” won Alabama Little Theater Contest, 1927. Qlen Daois ITlcCaghren QLENN DAVIS McCAGIIREN, 19 years of age, member of Sophomore Class, Gadsden High School, Built his first radio three years ago; has continually experimented with different hook-ups till he made a discovery of how to reduce static, and constructed a device which is now in the patent office for investigations. He has been made a flattering offer by a leading radio corporation for his invention, provided no other patent has been granted for the same invention. A period of three months is required for this to be certified to by U. S. Patent Office. Faye Thirteen
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