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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1950
Page
6
Dorothy Dix explores the marriage bargain, detailing a wife's responsibilities to love, manage the home, and support the husband as a partner. The column also answers a reader asking how a divorced woman might win back a former husband, advising direct contact if he remains unmarried.
George Coleman of Dothan challenged an officer’s remark about jail safety. He faced charges of public drunkenness and disorderly conduct after resisting when a car was called. he suffered a minor head injury during the ensuing struggle. Bond was posted ten minutes later and he had another altercation with a man identified as Offrey, sustaining knife injuries to arm and neck.
Otis Cooper of Ret Level told Ashford that the United States war effort requires veterans from World Wars I and II to assert themselves. At the John D. Braver Post installation, he urged veterans, wives, and mothers to push for combat veterans to be named to Alabama draft boards. He criticized the current state Selective Service office as unsympathetic to veterans and said the American Legion remains the only broad cross section of America.
The meeting highlighted the Legion's anti Communism program and its American ism initiatives. It noted a 7 000 900 dollar fund to aid children of World War I and II veterans while installing new officers including Will Wright as past commander and Robert Morris as first vice commander. Special guests spoke briefly.
Hedstrom Green and Faulk led a shutout as Hedstrom’s squad defeated the Supreme girls softball team 2 to 0. Ingram supplied 16 hits and 19 runs in a separate contest, while the Independents posted 7 hits and 7 runs with 5 errors.
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