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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1936
Page
9
Edited lines present a Christine Lund sonnet about a house of lost faults and shadowed gardens where words were whispered. The speaker reflects that birds and lovers may forget, while those left behind will remember the wastrel dreams. The poem ends with a resolve that their memory will be enough.
Mrs Henry Flowers Jr entertained members of the Breakfast Club Tuesday at 3 30 AM at the Hilden Pharmacy. Colorful spring flowers adorned the room and breakfast was served at card tables. Participants in the bridge series included Mix Flowers Crawford Mrs J M Stallings Mrs HB Burdleshaw Mrs 4 T Trawick Jr Mrs Horace Hall Mrs N B Cannady and Mrs Elgin Cowart.
The Alabama Federation of Business and Professional Women's Club will hold its annual convention May 25 24 in Albertville with an instructive program. Rose E Cunningham of Des Moines Iowa national federation officer will be guest speaker. Sanders Hotel will be headquarters banquet and barbecue are planned hosted by prominent members. Updates note social visits by local residents and other routine gatherings.
A birthday party held Monday in Washington D C featured Ellis Kennimer as host with about Fi young guests. Attendees included Mrs A A Beanefield Mis Hen ay Weathers and Mrs Jack Durothg. enumerated guests supported by Miss Jeannette Stough and Miss Frances Parker. The event list names many attendees and ends noting attendance by those in attendance at a broader interstate commission gathering.
Ozark May 4 The Matron's Study Club closed a successful year with a meeting at Mrs WP Price home. Discussion on The South featured Mrs Jonte Garner as chair. A report of the Slate Frdgiation-at tubs in Tuscalon led by Mrs A D Matthews. Folk songs sung by Mesdames Holman Flowers and Leftie. New officers elected President Mrs Grover Flowers Vice President Mrs W A Cotter Secretary Mrs Jordon Loftin Treasurer Mrs Potch Holman. Twenty members and two visitors attended a dining room gathering with peculiar salad plates and iced drinks.
Ozark May 5 Special Mrs P S Hudson and Mrs E V Gamble hosted a seated tea at Mrs Hudsons home honoring Mrs George B Gose of Blackstone Va guest of her sister Mrs Dowling The program featured titles such as The Wedding Dress The Courtsday of Widow Winthrop and Willy Sayage of Children A dessert course and fruit drink followed. Attendees included Mrs R M Dowling Mrs George B Gose Mrs W A Hunt Mrs O F Kingsley Mrs M P Holman and others.
A 65th birthday fete for J. Davis of Midland City Route 2 drew a large gathering Sunday May 3. Attendees included families from Dothan Headland and nearby towns with numerous named guests and descendants, sharing merriment at the celebration site.
Old graduates from Hunts tingdon College receive new diplomas bearing the Huntingdon College name during graduation services held Saturday at Huntingdon College. Several alumni, including former names from Alabama institutions, attended as the college updates credentials. Friends report Mrs Hawkins and Mrs Jones’s travel updates linked to recent social events in Dothan and Birmingham.
The New York Drama Cuties Circle named Maxwell Andergone Winterset the best play of Jas Besides that honor the circle praised Boy Meets Girl as the year’s best comedy. Hamilton, a Pulitzer Dramata juror, dismissed Idiot’s Delight as American life only in its songs and dance. Harry Hansen praised Davis’ novel as brilliant but not compact. They spoke after Dr Nicholas Murray Butler at Columbia announced winners across literary and journalistic fields. The Cedar Rapids Gazette won a gold medal for Crusade against corruption.
The Dothan Harmony Club will meet Thursday at 10 at Mrs F M Gaines 406 North Oates. Mrs Ethyl Robinson will discuss voice development and the art of speaking and singing. She is a former director and voice teacher with opera operatic concert and church singing experience. The meeting is open to the public.
Dr. T E Dalton a widely known physician aged 60 died unexpectedly in his office yesterday in Opp Alabama Survivors include his widow Mrs Daisy Dalton son Davey Dalton of Georgiana daughter Miss Sullie Mae Dalton of Birmingham a brother W B Dalton of Henderson and two sisters Mrs Cora Sanders Goshen and Mrs J A Carroll Slocomb
William Green head of the American Federation of Labor urged continued leadership of Franklin D Roosevelt in a speech to the National Women's Trade Union League. He blamed industry for NRA wage and hour abuses after the Supreme Court voided the agency and praised the NRA and social security program.
In Geneva May 5 nearly two dozen voters cast ballots in a municipal primary. Mayor Fred Fleming and the City Council were returned without opposition. Total votes 39 from a 250 to 300 strength. Re-elected councilmen include Horace Wilkinson LT Thompson SW W Thor ton J A Mulkey and Rex Rowell. Mrs Ray Gorman of San Diego is visiting relatives this summer. Gorman plans a Panama Canal cruise returning in September. Award for reporting went to Lauren D Lyman of the New York Times for Lindberghs departure exclusive.
Hollywood gossip item notes Leonis Hayward as a leading man with a superstition that blocks direct pursuit of roles. He fears confessing desires to act or shift plans, preferring to walk away then await calls. The piece also cites Ernst Tross on color film potential and Norma Shearer as a studied type, plus scattered society notes from Louisiana and Florida residents.
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