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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1943
Page
6
Mr and Mrs W D Teil announce the birth of a son December 3 at a local hospital. Also noted is the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Otis Tudd of Coonzait Ga, marking a family addition in the same period.
Dorothy Dix laments why couples marry unsuitable partners and then try to reform them. The piece argues vanity fuels both sides as spouses attempt to alter diet dress church attendance and habits causing misery. It asserts lasting harmony comes from acceptance rather than permanent professional makeover.
A Food Specialist urges homemakers to use home grown foods for Christmas. She advocates gifts of baked breads and seasonal treats prepared from home grown ingredients, detailing menus for a hometown dinner and suggesting simple, wholesome meals and sweet gifts.
Foster Street Methodist Church opens the Christmas season Sunday at 6 o'clock with a music festival directed by Mrs W S Wilson. The WAC Chor and 2 chapel choirs from the 42nd Field Artillery Battalion join the church choirs with guest artists. Youth choir joins in, Christine carols played by the Do Dinnan High School Band sextette. Mrs W S Wilson organist, Miss Daisy Dell Brooking violin, Mrs D G Gonzales piano.
A First Baptist Church program presents Why the Chimes Rang a one act Christmas play by Elizabeth McFadden at 7 p m Sunday Dec 39 directed by Mrs A Malone with lighting by Corporal Hobman and Louie Wynn as accompanist The cast includes Steadman Shealy Obama Billy Blount Mr Steely Miss Mary Well Branch Mus Sare Newton Mr Sam Stapleton Fred Moseley W R Jordan Robert Ramany Mire Walter Moon Miss Lillian Martin and Miss Eleanor Murr attending weddings and church notices follow including a Presbyterian Christmas tree drive and a wedding in Montgomery
Jimmy Dess son of Mr and Mrs James Dees of 202 N Park Avenue will host a dance at the Dothan Country Club tonight with the program starting at 7 30 pm Invitations have been issued to about one hundred members of the younger dancing contingent.
The Surgical Dressingswork.com at 308 N St Andrews street will close from December 19 to January 3, 1944 per Mrs Morris Malone, chair of the Surgical Dressings Corps. Several notices follow of visits, transfers, and holiday travel involving local residents and Judson College students.
A one day district meeting of FSA supervisors and home management staff from Dale, Henry, Houston, Geneva, Coffee and Barber counties was held in Ozark. Dothan office attendees included Mois Borland, Mary B. Sant, and W. M. Milligan. Principal topic was progress on annual farm purchase reports.
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