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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1947
Page
12
A reader complains her daughter-in-law disrupted her home with grandchildren and a move in. Dorothy Dix laments housing shortages enable intruders and urges eviction, while teen questions on dating manners and engagements address considerate behavior and prudence about late nights and mail-only introductions.
Funeral services for Mrs. Thomas P. Cole seventy three who died at her Ashford route one home after a short illness were held at Bluff Springs Church at three this afternoon with Rev J T Shutes officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery with Ward Wilson in charge. Mrs Cole a Bluff Springs Baptist Church member lived in Houston County all her life surviving husband three sons two brothers eighteen grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren Active pallbearers included Ralph Barfield L D Paulk Bennie Wright Merlin Paulk Tawson Waters Willie Summerford Honorary pallbearers were C V Varn Cliff Granger Jim Smith A Fowler K B Fowler Alfred Paulk.
Former Kansas governor and 1936 GOP presidential candidate Alf M. Landon was denied admission to the Metropolitan Opera Club for not wearing evening tails. Landon, guest of club president George A. Sloan, recalled being barred at the door after the first act and said he was amused by the incident.
In Boise Idaho Santa Claus hosted a sports news broadcast on KGEM last night. A brief incident left Santa locked in the studio after reading letters from children, but sportscaster Walter Lowe stepped in to keep the show going and present the news.
A Bulgarian government spokesman announced that no Russian soldiers remained on Bulgarian territory. The last Red Army officers and men withdrew two days after the initial note, in line with the peace treaty. The report notes earlier Ruhr coal accounted for three quarters of Germany's prewar production.
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