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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1949
Page
4
Washington AP reporter James Marlow writes that Christmas Eve shifts the newsroom mood from death and taxes to festive cheer. He notes Americans gather with families to decorate trees exchange gifts sing songs and relax in the holiday spirit.
In a moving office tribute, a veteran named Mac, married with two children, battles terminal cancer. Once excited about buying his own home in the woods seven miles from Washington, he now faces a prognosis that life may end within months, casting a pall over colleagues who share a deep bond and support.
A dying patient facing the end of life reflects on the beauty of a winter scene. The text notes many Americans in similar rooms during Christmas, awaiting treatment progress as work on cancer continues.
Coffee Springs resident James Anderson, president of the Coffee Springs 4 H Club, discusses his lifelong bee project. He claims immunity to bee stings and notes he has kept bees since 1947, starting with two hives and expanding to 24. The piece mentions bee queen sales.
The speaker laments cancer’s unsolved riddle this Christmas and argues for more humane focus. He warns that despite festive cheer, about 200000 Americans die annually from cancer, roughly 530 daily, highlighting that money alone cannot solve the problem without scientific brains and trained researchers.
Mrs Jack Pate entertained at a fourth Banthae anniversary children party in the City Hall recreation room. Color pink and green decorations plus a pink green two tier cake with four candles marked the celebration. Guests included Denny Hicks Sharon Willian Kenneth Shelley and others. California raisin production noted with a fact about four pounds of grapes per pound of raisins.
James and his father ship bees to Canada and Argentina, with most annual crops sent to the Midwest and New England. James notes northern winters kill many bees so residents buy bees in spring for pollination rather than honey. He emphasizes pollination as primary, honey as secondary.
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