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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1943
Page
8
Fragmented notes recount a gardener who burrows underground to endure winter and reemerge in spring to tend the yard. Scenes describe beaming attention to garden tasks, meals, and a young boy explaining missing school due to time. Social items include dances, meetings, and birthdays from local society columns.
Auxiliary Margaret M. MacLean of Montgomery Alabama, a WAAC member stationed at Camp Rucker, stands high among WAACs for family service. Enlisted March 1943, her husband serves at Maxwell Field. Her two sons are in the armed forces, one a first lieutenant in the Army Air Forces and the other a lieutenant junior grade in the Navy.
Mrs Robert Ramsey entertained her bridge club on N Harring street with zinnias roses and other decorations. During the contest the hostess served refreshments to players including Mrs Ed Wells Mrs W J McConnico Mrs Frank Gwaltney Mrs Fred Mosely Mrs Jim Wilson and others. High score honors went to Pia Willam A Semmerfora recently recalled to Camp Polk after ten days here with his meter.
Local personals list guests visiting Mr and Mrs L A Zachery and families from Alabama Georgia and Florida. Mentions Louie Frank Harrell on duty in Aleutian and Alaska visiting Cottonwood relatives. Other notes include service members visiting families in Midland City Smyrna and Camp Stewart and travel plans to New York City Washington and Swanee Tennessee. Several hometown residents depart for training or travel and community club meeting urged at the Surgical Dressing Room Friday.
Clarken M. Cooper director of the Dethan-Crerk defense rental areas announced an amendment to housing regulations. Landlords renting unclassified rooms after August 1 may evict by court action, expanding prior exemptions to promote housing for war workers under the Nations Housing Agency program. If more occupants than a single family reside, standard eviction provisions apply.
Yesterday Judge Lawrence Oakley presided over 25 cases. 12 heard, two dismissed, one continued. W. C. Johnson faced liquor license charges at the Milk Bottle on Foster Street. Public drunkenness cases included Shakespeare Turner fined $5, M. C. Halloqninir fined $5 and transferred to juvenile court, John Turner fined $5, Lester B. Kornegay fined $100 for driving while intoxicated, Cecil Shiver fined $5, Will Rogers and John Key each fined $1 for vagrancy, Alto Newman and John de Jackson each pled guilty to public drunkenness with $5 fines.
Frances Knemen of Columbus Ohio joins the WAC Detachment at Camp Rucker Alabama as a natural for work in the Camp Finance office. She operates a comptometer once done by a soldier now on active duty. The Finance office has more WACs on duty and opportunities for qualified women. The War Price and Rationing Board warns retailers to carry updated point charts as point values for many rationed items change. Merchants must maintain ration bank deposits with surrendered stamps to obtain new stock.
Charts show point values for rationed goods effective August 1, detailing revised allocations. The update outlines new scores for staple items and guidance on application in distribution, with officials noting changes aim to balance shortages and ensure fair access.
Ming Marts Josn Norden spent a week in Ridgecrest North Carolina at the Baptist Assembly returning home with notes of the faith gathering and time away for renewal.
A fragmented note from St Peters mentions Ve 5 and the world’s largest chung. The garbled OCR hints at an early 20th century feature on exploration or scientific curiosities, noting a prominent figure who died and a skewed reference to a tooth story.
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