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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1945
Page
4
A farewell manuscript fragment expresses gratitude to readers and collaborators. It laments unfinished thoughts and vows courage and freedom in words shared with friends. The note names Peter J. Henniker Heaton and others, and mentions Pensacola Florida residents visiting at Key West.
An advertisement touts a new treatment to ease acid stomach distress and symptoms such as poor digestion heartburn sour stomach gas bloating and sleeplessness. It invites customers to clip the ad and present it at Dothan Drug for a first purchase discount.
AG Staff Sergeant and Mrs Dove announce two daughters born in a local hospital April. Privette and Mrs. Rover report Kybert P Quinion Jr born in a jotanos pial Apo 16. Tyson family: Mrs Tyson at home with parents Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Howard. Dr Jumbie route one Whire Porivre Ty5on Mb BeTVINg management in Hawai. Rudolph Brown announce birth of daughter at local hospital April. Mr and Mrs. Jack E. White announce a son born April 19 at Fast Woodland Drive. Dothan Harmony Club set concert at Foster Street Methodist Church led by Corporal James G My era baritone with Mrs. James Myers and Mrs. D. G. Gonzales. Pfc Wille H. Pate of Ashford awarded Purple Heart for wounds on Peleliu Island. spouse Joyce Morris staying with parents. Mr and Mrs R. E. Foy return from Atlanta due to illness of C. E. Ragan who had major operation at Crawford Long Hospital. Mrs Ed Nathcock and others to spend Friday in Montgomery.
The College Choral Club schedules a Sunday program at Ozark featuring Tre Alstova and Colepe Gee Cub. Performers include several undergraduates with a planned 44fare event at Clark eFureh. The program includes There Nobody Pray and A Baler phn goer.
The Senior class of Rehoboth School will present a three act play Aunt Abby Answers any Add Friday at eight in the school auditorium. Admission charges are fifteen and twenty five cents. Cast includes Laulee Home Nelms Chalker Lois Pawh Bernice Smuth Marcus Davis Jim Bond Fred Alien Tir dell Earon Simpler Billy Parker Betty Edna Powell.
Rose Hill P T A held its meeting in the school auditorium with Rev Charles Hildreth speaking on Post War Planning for Churches and Schools. New officers introduced were Mrs BE C Creel president Mrs H D Sahba vice president Mrs Doris James secretary and Mrs B C Chaikter treasurer. About seventy patrons attended.
Canvassed fashion notes describe two tone white outfits for summer wear. Many women pair starchy white pieces with navy black or chocolate brown to sharpen lines and restrain brightness. A white jacket with a black skirt remains a classic passport to summer style, while vivid color accents appear in two piece dresses like Mollie Parnis designs with bright taffeta linings and coin dotted detailing.
Mrs. Arthur Wiggins of Webb route one hosted a Sunday dinner in honor of her brothers Dewey Windsor AMM 2c freshly returned from the Pacific and private Ray Windsor who finished Camp Robertson training and heads to Fort Meade. Guests included Radford Windsor Eudell Coburn Robbie Barfield Ozell Milner Kirkland Lane Windsor Dickerson Peterson Habron Key Wiggins Winds Eloise Capan Ethelyn Capan Catherine Arnold Carlos Windsor Gerald Windsor Brackin Rabon Lanell Wiggins Ernest Brackin and others.
MARLANNA Special Miss Evelyn Davis elected president of the Mananna Pilot club at a recent meeting. Other officers include Mrs. Katie Tindel and Mrs. Jewel Andrews as first and second vice presidents, Miss Virginia Turner as treasurer, Miss Harriet Brandon as corresponding secretary, Miss Grace Folsom as recording secretary, and new director Mrs. Sadie Lind. Installation set for May 1. club roster lists 26 members. Corrections note omitted names Shirley Hoe and Billy Adkins in a party account published earlier.
Funeral services are set for Mrs. Vassie Capps fifty five who died at her Chipley star route home Wednesday night. Services will be at Selma Church two miles south of Dothan tomorrow at 11 am Blackburn Funeral Home in charge. Surviving husband A H Capps son Pio Crawford Capps daughters Mrs L L Mercer Annie Bell Capps Lizzie Moe Capps Kathryn Capps father Shade Lisenby Dothan sister Mrs Cynthia Holland Dothan brother D S Risenby Dothan.
Winsome Sunday sday School class of Headland Avenue Baptist Church held its monthly business session Tuesday afternoon at Mrs Fred Lambs home on South Apyaentree Street. Co hostesses Mrs Earl Kennedy and attendees included Mrs T B Murphy Mrs H L Ivey Mrs Glaze Chapman Mrs Howard Blissett Mrs Bul Ward Mrs L C Easterwood and several others. Attendance noted Diane Carrolls family and Lt Samuel Trent and Nell Wynn were mentioned with travel plans to Kansas City and Lincoln Nebraska. Diane Carrolls daughter Diane convalesces after a tonsilectomy at a local hospital.
Private Richard C. Williams, son of Mr and Mrs John Williams of Dothan route four, graduates from the Armored School Tank Department as a tank mechanic at Fort Knox Kentucky, the public relations section announced.
A New York shop owner remarks that husbands buying glamorous, impractical gifts for their wives keep romance alive, while practical gifts may dull the spark. He notes many wives cherish sentimental items sourced abroad despite real budget needs. The piece advises women to value glamor and husbands to balance practical duties at home.
Alicia Hart offers advice on infant development, urging parents to allow crawling as the natural prelude to walking. She warns against confining a baby in a play pen and against rushing milestones to avoid pressure from peers.
Miss Betty Seymour accompanied at the piano by Miss Lemerle Penn was guest artist at Wednesday's meeting of the Dutch Exchange Club. She offered several selections including Ah Sweet Mystery of Life Always and Sweet Dreams Sweet Heart. There were no other guests.
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