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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1945
Page
5
A fragmentary, archaic verse about a child named Dereiby Brown. It hints at caution against indulgence, urging fasting and wandering to avoid straying. Imagery contrasts bread and cake with iron or salt, and notes strangers in solitude may lure one away.
Mrs Thornton presided over Tuesday and Wednesday bridge sessions for local clubs. Rooms were decorated with spring blooms as Mrs Beaty Welldon and Mrs Frank Newton won contests. Attendees included Mrs Zolly Doak and Mrs 3 P Culver among others. Hostess served salad and hot tea after play. Quartermaster Charles L Lee sails tonight for Baltimore for re assignment after five months aboard Mediterranean and Atlantic duty. Families welcome him home during furlough. Mrs Ed Greenberg and Mr and Mrs Sam Greenberg return to Birmingham after visiting relatives here.
Linda Fay White, ten months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Rush White of Borufay route three, is welcomed by grandparents Mr and Mrs N T Shepard of Ashford route two and Mr and Mrs E White of Bontlay route three. Mrs H C Brown of Wilson NR C is visiting with her sisters Mrs Pearl Russell Mrs Berta Snell and Mrs W W Olive.
In Ashford Special The El a Selers Circle of the Women’s Society of Christian Service met at Mrs T J Nowell’s home for the first meeting of the year. Mrs Sanford Pate led the brief business session and a talk by Mrs Pate followed, noting the District Conference in Dothan. Salad was served to a list of members including Mrs Pate and others. The Estelle Manley Circle then gathered at Mrs Cecil Walker’s home for routine business and refreshments after the closing prayer attended by several members.
Private David M. Williams, son of Charlie Williams, promoted to private first class and stationed as a cook at Atterbury Army Air Field in Columbus Indiana. First Sergeant Herman S. Hundley and Private William A. Truesdell, both from Dothan and Columbus areas, returned to Fort McPherson Georgia after overseas service in Europe. Hundley served 31 months with Aviation Engineers, Truesdell 25 months in the Signal Corps. Corporal James L. Buie, son of Webb residents, transferred to Lemoore Army Air Field California from Camp Shelby Mississippi after 19 months with the 68th Infantry. Former Coca-Cola route supervisor reassigned to Motor Pool at Lemoore Field.
Corporal and Mrs. Ralph Smith announce the birth of son Ralph William on January 9 in a local hospital. Kermit Smith and wife of Ashford route two report daughter Charlsie Virginia born January 30. Major and Mrs. Fred L. Tucker of Washington DC announce son John Frederick born January 18. Mrs. Tucker is Eunice Sellers, daughter of Mrs. J. N. Sellers of Ashford. Bud Powell and wife announce daughter Betty Sue born January 19. Mrs. Powell previously Vernel Cumberland of Midland City.
A dinner at 510 Dusy street honored Miss Sylvia Johnson and Lieut Earl Bachman, betrothed for a Napier Field post chapel wedding. Guests included Lieut and Mrs Sullivan, Lieut and Mrs Boyd, Lieut and Mrs Knop, Lieut Loren Jones, and Misses Brack Warrick and Vivian Johnson. Decorations featured white carnations and narcisс centerpiece. Further notes report Edward Jones and Thomas Howard enrolled in Maritime Training at St Petersburg, Sgt Shackelford visiting family, and travel plans of relatives plus a hospital arrival for Private Robert Earl Newton after service in Australia and New Guinea.
Corporal James W. Collins of Dothan Alabama assigned as waist gunner to an AAF B 7 Flying Fortress unit of the 15th Army Air Force in Italy. Son of Mr and Mrs E G Collins he joined the Army Sept 17 1943 and earned gunner wings in Las Vegas Nevada in 1944. He is a graduate of Dothan High School and the Aircraft Armors School at Lowry Field Colorado.
The Southern Association has contributed 290 baseball players to the armed forces in the last three years. President Billy Evans notes only three have been lost to the war, while the rest serve in the current conflict.
Ashford sees Miss Emily Adams marry Lieut Jake McCraney in a January ceremony at the Adams home. The Rev Lyman C Branson officiated in a double ring service attended by family and friends. The bride, a Ashford High and Troy State graduate, works at Decatur General Hospital. The groom, a Clayton, Alabama native, is stationed at Fort Ord, California. Out-of-town guests included relatives from Alabama and Louisville.
Miss Anne Wright and Mrs Vase Hutrtuesac attend funeral services for Mr. McBryde's uncle Oscar Chancey in Hartford, with sisters Mrs Byros Ma rsde and Mrs W R Me Bry ae J W Hemiton accompanying. Anniston native Mr Hall ton, son of Mr and Mrs W OK Hamilton, plans to join his wife Gwineah Johnson and children Anne Philip Jomante there after a move from Cologne.
Fragmentary note mentions Mrs DeWitt Seay and Mrs J L Cooper of Dorton or Dorther. no clear event, place, or date established in readable text. Further context needed to identify the full names and relation.
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