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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1945
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR reads Edna St. Vincent Millay lines about pity for beauty passing and the heart learning slowly. It contrasts shifting tides with the mind’s swift grasp and ends with the poet’s signature.
Grey Ladies from Red Cross chapters in Dale Coffee and Houston Counties met at Camp Rucker for a hospital work lecture course. Talks explained hospital rules handling mental patients and the Grey Ladies purpose. Luncheon at the Officers Club followed the program. Also report on Phebean Sunday School class meeting at Baptist Church with guests and a church supper. Mrs Graham Carson to sing at Foster Street Methodist with The Lord s Prayer and The Silent Sea as anthems.
Marital notices from Dethan Detroit Marianna and Bainbridge report Mildred Martin and Vinson Register wed in Dethan on April 7. Doris Dicks and James Driggers married in Detroit March 10 with Nettie Daggers maid of honor. Isabel Strickland wed Corporal Angelo Macchiariella at Marianna Army Air Field. Additional notes mention visiting relatives and local social tidbits.
A group of Dothan women completed knitting a special order of ninety sweaters for the American Red Cross. Mrs. J. J. Couch announced the project as volunteers contributed over fifty pounds of wool in January, with each worker producing at least one sweater. Garments are packed and ready for shipment Monday. list of knitters and packing helpers is provided. Also notes the Columbia Baptist WMA meeting set for April 19 at Ashford, with program leaders and speakers named. Josephine Haynes Neri signs ten week contract with St Louis Municipal Opera Company. plans to perform in The New Moon Vagabond King and Maytime. she will tour with Arch Cannon, wife and Miles Cannon to visit parents before moving to St Louis.
The American Nurses Association in Alabama discussed proposed draft legislation and opposed it, noting nursing capacity already exceeds government needs. Mrs Smith cited 9428 volunteers in March and 13088 senior cadet nurses by April, plus 1205 cadets, arguing no draft is required. The meeting included state leaders, a clothing drive for war relief, and appointment of a committee to receive clean garments.
National Music Week observed locally with a dinner honoring Preston C. Ham and John Wesley Ham on furlough. The event, led by the Denan Hermony Club, included a city wide program across churches schools and public meetings and featured a broad list of local guests and families in Graceville.
Three freshman music scholarships are available at Montevallo College for 1946 47. Eligible applicants must meet entrance requirements and submit work samples plus character references by the director K Alzaheme College Morton Alabama. A cemetery work day will be held Wednesday at Friendship Church two miles southeast of Ashford for interested participants.
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