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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1932
Page
3
Will Jeffries and bystander react to a $1.80 fall in cotton prices while noting they own no cotton. Ray Carswell, an onotype operator, plans to hitchhike to save money and jokes about voting for Hoover to get a ride.
Opposite Court House Father Le Baron presides. Mass at 6 a.m. on the first Sunday and 9 30 a.m. on the thirty eighth? Sunday each month. Confession before mass Benediction after mass. Sunday School at 9 30 a.m. on all Sundays except the third.
Meadland Avenue Baptist Church led by Pastor M Blankeeship offers Sunday School at 9 45 a m with J P Moore as general superintendent. Morning service at 11 a m followed by B Y P U at 6 p m directed by Miss Mary Lucy Burkett. Evening service at 7 p m and Wednesday Prayer and Praise at 7 p m. We cordially invite you to worship with us.
Corner Foster and Newton Streets church outlines Bible School at 9:35 A M with Pastor Burton L. Hoffman. L L Kirby conducts morning worship at 11:00 A M on Resurrection Life theme. Evening services at 7:30 P M and 6:30 P M Christian Endeavor. Wednesday prayer meeting 7:30 P M led by Mrs W M Fortner on A Revival in Prison. You are cordially invited to worship.
Sunday School begins at 9 45 a m with Mrs Gipsey Boozer supervising Morning prayer at 11 a m led by Rev T G Mundy of Troy with communion to follow Everyone is invited to attend these services
Sunday school at 9 40 a m supervised by Lis enby with classes for all ages The pastor speaks at 11 00 a m on The Challenge of Friendship Epworth Leagues meet at 6 30 p m Evening services at 7 30 p m on God in the Foreground Prayer and praise Wednesday at 7 30 p m Friends and visitors are welcome at all services
L W Dockery is pastor with Sunday School at 9 40 a m and morning worship at 11 o m B Y P U meets at 6 15 with Mrs Graves Knowles directing Evening worship at 7 36 and Wednesday prayer at 7 30 Foster Street and W R Bickerstaff churches offer classes for all ages R O Hill leads Sunday School with sacraments observed at 11 00 and Young People service at 6 30 p m Regular Sunday and midweek services listed
Sunday School starts at 9:45 a.m. with preaching at 11:00 a.m. The B Y P U meets at 6:30 p.m. and evening sermons are preached by the pastor on the second and fourth Sundays at 7:30 p.m.
Pastor Clement Ritter leads morning sermon at 11 o clock with the topic Feasting With Jesus. Christian Endeavor at 7 p m, vesper service at 6 p m on Two Starting Points. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7 39.
Christian Science Society Lurie Building Room 23 hosts a lesson sermon at a.m. on Sunday with the subject Unreality and a mid week testimonial at 7 30 p m on Wednesday. The Golden Text cites Psalms 119 89 104 and the lesson includes passages from First Corinthians and Mary Baker Eddy Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
Dothan High School will open its 1922 baseball season with two games against Midland City High, one at Midland City and one in Dothan. Coach Paul Tubb notes pitching will be the key, with Arthur Neely, Cullen Scarborough, Young Boozer and Parker Brown as leading contenders. Ten games are scheduled with Tallahassee, Geneva, Enterprise, Ozark, and Midland City.
Salvation Army reports for March show 34 Dothan families aided. Groceries issued to 26 families, 96 grocery orders. transients received 102 beds and 54 meals. 74 tested for work. 27 received aid, 21 clothing, 2 rent, 21 medicine. Local doctors provided free service. hospitals covered two operations.
In St. Petersburg on Friday the sun failed to shine breaking a long streak, prompting Maj. Lew F. P. Brown to give away the entire home edition of The Independent. It was the first free paper in 436 days, the longest sunshine gap since the offer began years ago, as readers endured a rare overcast day.
The silent era epic The Big Parade is reissued at the Houston Theatre with sound added. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer previews a new talking version that heightens thrills with roaring guns aircraft and front-line imagery, featuring King Vidor and cast members including John Gilbert and Renee.
Adoree Karl Dane Hobart Bosworth Claire McDowell Claire Adams Robert Ober Tom O'Brien and Rosita Marstini headline a 1920s film production, showcasing a starry ensemble in classic era cinema.
A graphic farce drama stars Edna Mae Oliver in Ladies of the Jury, revealing jury room procedures and reactions. Featured are Rosco Ates Ken Murray Kitty Kelly Guvnn Williams Kate Price Cora Witherspoon and Lita Cheyret as the ensemble in a humorous look at deliberations and leaks next Wednesday.
Tod Browning directs Freaks opening Friday at the Houston Theatre. Cast features Wallace Ford Leila Hyams Olga Baclanova and Rosco Ates with the famed freaks like Johnny Eck Randian Schlitzie and the Snow Twins. Plot centers on Harry Earles the midget and Olga Baclanova in a perilous romance amid a troupe of uniquely afflicted performers.
A midget heiress schemes to poison her husband for money, but the plan is foiled by the captive midget and fellow freaks who mete out a chilling revenge. The romance between Lord and Miss Hyams adds a lighter twist as the plot nears a safer, calmer end.
Will Rogers stars in the comic film Business and Pleasure opening Sunday at the Houston Theatre. The production adapts Booth Tarkington’s The Plutocrat with Rogers as a Midwestern businessman abroad, spoofing snobbery while Joel McCrea and Peggy Ross co star. David Butler directs.
Ruth Hiatt, once a Wampas Baby Star, headlines Tiffany Productions Western Sunset Trail at the Alabama Theatre Friday. Frank Rice co-stars with Philo McCullough Buddy Hunter and Dick Alexander in the principal cast.
A fragmented page outlines a busy week of film showings and events. It mentions titles like The Big Parade Strange and Oswald All-Din Freaker Clady and Arsene Langig with assorted dates Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun across multiple venues, plus comedies and a guardmen feature.
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