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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1946
Page
3
A prayer fragment from Robert E. Sherwood's Ape Lincoln in Illinois invokes God to spare a child and grant him freedom, strength, and the right to life. The speaker pleads for his son to live freely among plains, mountains, valleys, and rivers, and asks divine help for Americans to fulfill their duties.
J P Culver Jr has accepted the post of chief announcer and program director for the new Huntsville Times radio station in Huntsville Alabama. He completed his junior year at Purdue University majoring in speech and radio announcing. His wife Bette Doo little accompanied him. Additional notices mention friends and locals on leave or visiting beaches and cottages in Florida and Virginia as well as trips to Martinsville Lynchburg and Dothan.
Mr and Mrs John Trawick of Columbia hosted an ice cream supper for the Shiloh Church Sunday School Friday evening. A long list of attending families and children appeared in the guest lineup, including the Williams, Bryant, Adams, Hinson, Overstreet, Creel, Vinson, and MecColon families among many others.
A Friday night Country Club dance hosted by Mrs Joe Saunders drew about one hundred college set guests in Jacksonville. Miss Alice Perkins wore white with a Talisman rose corsage while Miss Catherine Sanders celebrated her eighteenth birthday. Sanders Sr marked his twentieth birthday as festive summer arrangements and crystal punch bowls framed the ballroom. Out‑of‑town guests included Miss Jean Carroll Ozark Miss Margueret McNair New Orleans and several others from Fort Gaines Montgomery Abbeville and Fort Gaines. Nearby notes mention residents returning home after visits and relatives awaiting deployment.
Mrs. George L. Campbell celebrated her eightieth birthday with a large family reunion at the Columbia Community House on August 7. Family tributes, poems, and a three tiered cake marked the occasion with attendees from many towns including Dothan, Marianna, Columbus, Mobile, and Macon.
Haleburg resident Miss Senie Carter was honored August 18 at a surprise birthday luncheon hosted by relatives. Picnic-style luncheon under shade trees drew many attendees from Haleburg and nearby areas including the Carter, Gamble, Pitchford, Mobley, and Bowen families. Separately, James M. Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J G Johnson, was discharged from the Navy in Pensacola after thirteen months of service with assignments in Norman, Oklahoma and New Orleans.
A fragment from a Columbia Alabama notice notes Mr Will Armstrong and family details. Small children were cared for by the family servant Mattie, suggesting inferred household or estate context in the surviving OCR snippet.
Mr and Mrs Coch M Draughen announce birth of daughter Linda Cherile August 9 at a local hospital Grandparents are Mar and Mrs C Newton of Dothen and Mr and Mrs W D Draughen of Vicksburgh Me Mrs Lloyd Greene announces arrival of daughter Reba Rensa born August 24 at a local hospital
Mrs Robert Tyson was the honoree at a miscellaneous shower given recently by Mrs Grady Martin. Attending were numerous relatives and friends including Mrs S T Swann Mrs Whit Skipper Miss Betty Jean Branch Mrs Albert Martin Mrs Charlie Battles Miss Pearl Skipper Miss Syd Boswell Mrs TY Boswell Mrs Jim Strickland Mrs J H Tyson Mrs M H Tyson Mrs Loyd Tyson Mrs Raymond Jones Mrs Loyd Tyson Mrs Joe Frank Hadden Mrs D S McKissack Miss Bernice Smith Mrs J E Watford Mrs Dorothy Sykes Mrs Arthur Pippin Mrs Leroy Morse Miss Merle Martin Mrs Roy Tidwell Mrs Royce Watkins Mrs Norman Martin Miss Dorothy Jean Cook Miss Christine Cook Mr Ben Newton Mrs Foy Harrison Mrs T F Harrison Mrs Alma Drew Mrs Levoid Hadden Mrs Verlin Strickland Miss Sara Nell Martin Miss Betty Jo Martin Mrs M C Watkins Mrs Marvin Cobb Mrs J W Smith Mrs Nora Hadden Mrs Irene Graham Mrs Willian E Hadden Mrs J H Murray Mrs Grady Martin Mrs Robert Tyson Mrs J P Strinckland Miss Edna Pearl Watford Miss Lounette Watford
Grown with care and picked at bloom threshold, these flowers offer home loveliness today. The Dothan Floral Co. advertises fresh, fragrant blooms ready for display in your living space.
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