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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1945
Page
6
A reflective verse captures a quiet Christmas Eve. The speaker finds peace within home and heart, describes warm scents of green boughs and fire, and imagines small acts of kindness extending beyond the house to the world beyond the blue dusk.
The Marianna Junior Woman's Club held its regular meeting at the Community House with Mrs. Fred Turner presiding in Mrs. Mitten Moorhead's absence. A program by Mrs. Bill Carey featured the Glee club and trombone pieces by Edward Wrekoff with Mrs. A. E. Budde at the piano. A social hour followed with sandwiches fruit cake nuts and hot coffee on a lace table and camellia decorations.
Cottonwood F H A met Tuesday at the school for a program with devotional reading by Marion Burnham Mary Nell Brookins Mary Sue Conrad and Betty Jean Brooks. Eight girls sang Yule carols and gifts were exchanged. Area veterans from the region are arriving home from overseas aboard ships including the Zanesville Victory Ber hard Carter Lacona Richard Yates and George Washington among others with list of service members from Opp Dothan Eufaula Ashford Andalusia Prichard Headland and Ozark.
In the early days of aviation, dope for fabric was scarce so ships were coated thickly with glue. As it nearly dried, an alum and water solution was applied to shrink the fabric tight against the ribs, securing the taut wings and surfaces.
Leah Mayhall and Murray Bowen Larry wed in a private ceremony read by Rev. Daniel C. Whitsett on December 15 at the Whitsett home. The bride wore a gold wool ensemble with pink camellias. Pvt. Harry Louie served as best man. Leah, a Marianna native and Marianna High School alumna, later attended Florida State College for Women. Murray, son of Mrs. Peter Blumette and the late John K. Lorry, is a Plattsburgh graduate awaiting Army discharge at Mitchell Field.
A string of local and visiting families plan Christmas and holiday stays in Dothan Auburn Montgomery and Mobile. Mrs Ed Jones of Auburn visits Wilson and plans to spend Christmas in Atlanta. Groesbecks of Mobile arrive to visit in Dothan. Farrers and Russell head to Los Angeles to attend the Rose Bowl. Cannady visiting relatives in Dothan during holidays. Jacksonville’s Dowling and other guests arrive for the week. A Newton party sails to California for the Rose Bowl while Tulane student Robert Lewis visits family. Piver Jr and college crew arrive for brief visits. Gipsy Borger and Rebecca Boozer travel to Montgomery to meet relatives from Lincoln Nebraska. Families scattered across Tuscaloosa Newnan and Chipley for holidays. Discharged soldier Riley Howell visits family. Keel from Alabama visits home. Prices and diets noted with forecast of lower food prices in coming months.
Graceville Florida hosts Mr and Mrs Charles Lidden senior entertaining Monday and Friday evenings with buffet suppers. Decor features smilax hawthorne berries pine cones crimson blooms and miniature Christmas scenes. Guests include Dr and Mrs R L Miller and others.
In Marianna on December sixteenth Miss Anice Oswald became the bride of Harrissa Jones Jackson a Naval Air Corps Pilot. The First Methodist Church hosted the ceremony with white gladioli and carnations and candlelight. Bridesmaids included sister Nina Oswald in a chartruse gown, and the groom’s brother Gene Dookstader attended. The couple planned a wedding trip after a double ring service led by Rev. J. S. Johnson. The bride’s family hails from Marianna and the groom has Navy wings from Pensacola and served overseas. Out of town guests attended from Alabama Kentucky and Georgia. A note on barnacle geese and a call to buy Victory Bonds concludes the item.
Dr and Mrs Devid and Andress announce their daughter Mary Jim wed by Jack Cassady at F Sirex Methodist Church on December 16. Mrs Richard announces Ruby Richards to Rains Nolen formerly of Dothan, now residing Ocean Beach California. marriage in September 38.
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