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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1945
Page
8
A Louisville want ad parodies a “Speech weaver” role offering to influence fates of important people. The playful copy hints at steering ship and gun orders and a dramatic scene of soldiers and their mothers, signaling a switchboard operator vocation.
First Lieutenant George Grubb husband of Mrs Jacquelyn Grubb 4608 W Main St has been awarded the Air Medal for piloting transport aircraft over the dangerous India China air route the public relations office of the 1st Base Unit in North Burma announced. After arriving in the CBI in September 1944 Lieut Grubb began flying for the Air Transport Command and had logged more than 140 hours by early December. Before joining the AAF he was an instructor in Army primary flight schools in Florida.
Funeral services for SS Whiting, seventy eight, who died at his home on South Appletree Street after a long illness, were held at Ward-Wilson chapel with Rev. C. H. Hildreth and Rev. Holmes officiating. Burial followed in the city cemetery. A Baptist and Masonic Lodge member, he lived in Wauchula, Florida for 30 years before moving to Dothan recently. Surviving are his wife, two daughters Mrs. Dora Mae Cunningham of Atlanta and Mrs. Beatrice McDugald of Brighton, four grandchildren, and several great grandchildren. Active pallbearers were Clifton Gunter, Louis Opprett, Godfrey Shirley, Frank Stephenson, Otis Byrd, and Ed Warper.
An inquiring reporter asked Chicago girl dancers if they prefer men with wit or the perfect gentleman type. The wolves won five to one.
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