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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1945
Page
3
An urgent appeal from the Do han Recreation Center asks for magazine donations to entertain service members on long troop train trips. People may contact Floy Hall to contribute, with collections planned for Friday afternoon.
Pre-nuptial gatherings honor Misses Newton Louise and Jesnie at 309 South Oates and other homes. Decorations feature roses and pink green motifs. Guests include Miss Mary Eleanor Goldthwaite, Mrs Lex Dowling, Mrs Jerome Sullivan, Mr Charles Richards, Miss Alma Bracewell, Miss Nina Howell, and many more as hostesses host several parties with films, tea, and gifts of crystal.
The Victory Belles will entertain members of the orchestras at Camp Rucker and Napier Field. The dance is scheduled for Monday evening August 20 at the Dothan Recreation Center. Mr and Mrs W C Faulkner and son Larry returned yesterday from a few days visit at Columbus Mississippi.
Private Neal Adams is honored by his parents at a community gathering. The event lists many attendees including relatives and friends from Ames and local organizations.
Mrs deLuga turns a home pudding hobby into a growing business shipping plum puddings each October. Her fame includes White House Christmas table appearances and a special 1943 pudding for Winston Churchill in Washington. The venture expanded after her husband’s death, growing to a several thousand dollar annual operation with wide distribution and holiday demand.
Auburn Alabama plans show AAA will reimburse farmers who build V-type drainage ditches on crop and pasture lands after county committee approval. Payments mix by ditch size and depth, with rates 80 cents per 100 feet for 4 foot by 32 inch ditches, 105 per 10 feet for certain broader ditches, and 325 per 100 feet for large 16 foot wide by 24 inch deep ditches.
Mrs Jessie Street Australia's sole woman delegate to the San Francisco conference urges action to raise women's status as a path to peace. She notes UN charter unfinished work and that Economic and Social Council will drive much of it, urging commissions on women and equality across political civil and economic areas. Street, a prominent NSW figure, has long campaigned for women through unions parliaments and the League of Nations Union.
A social notes item lists many attendees at a birthday gathering hosted by Mrs. Former for her daughter in Dothan. Names include Jean Branco Edson Luuae Bienbo Rose Evelyn Jaes Trace Cie Kesalsa Farmer Bon Kurland and numerous others, with mentions of headland residents Geraine Spellgrove Ed Hases Howie Mae Newell and Harold Arnold among guests. The event celebrated a major birthday.
A fragmented obituary style notice references J. W. Pearce and Mrs Alex Farn. The garbled text mentions Walene Canora Bag er and Beak' Beyeel of He tata, with references to aspirin safety and a few names. Overall it hints at personal notices and health product cautions without clear dates or relations.
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