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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1946
Page
6
A garbled multi-idea fragment quotes Joseph Auslander and Walter Stowers. It mixes religious exhortation with a national unity motif and a brief local social note about Walter Stowers visiting Mont residents Caspman. The readable portion mentions hosting a guest and ends with an isolated name.
The Navy Mothers Club of America seeks 3000 clubs this year, led by state organizer Mrs LK Capper of Birmingham. She urges Alabama mothers who served with the Navy Marines or Coast Guard to organize chapters, with at least fifteen mothers to start and forty five members before charter. Existing clubs numbered 710 in 47 states, dating from 1929. Miss Mary Williams returns from a New York City vacation to Dothan, with Mr and Mrs James J Bell and son Tommy of Pensacola.
The State meeting of the Field Army American Cancer Society will be held in Birmingham in February at the Tutwiler Hotel. Dr. Alton Ochsner, Regional Medical Director, will speak and conduct a patient clinic at Hillman Hospital under Dr. Karl Besmodel. The event ends with an annual dinner at the Tutwiler. Mrs. G M Wood and her daughter Janice are convalescing at 402 S College St after measles and influenza.
St Paul Club met with Geneva matron at its January gathering. Officers were elected with Bran ard Richards president and Rob Mattie Childs secretary treasurer. Cuff Dean parliamentarian. Esther Yates reporter. February will elect remaining officers. The program covered beef production with Miss Swann teaching cattle feeding and meat uses. Refreshments served by Mrs Childs.
A group of friends and relatives gathered Saturday at J C Robinson route five to celebrate his nineteenth birthday. Supper was buffet style and games entertained guests. Notable attendees included Betty Edwards Joe Tindell Peggy Tindell W L Thomas Jimmie Lou Wilson Lex Edwards Mary Carpenter John Bagwell Penny Dean Monroe Farmer Doris Grantham Ray Carpenter Margaret Ard Christien Fortson James Earl Robinson Paul Skinner Abbie Joe Mathews Minnie Mae Grantham Irene Robinson Rayford Elsingburg Benny Dean Frances Forson Mr and Mrs Chic Mulkey Male Seay Eugene Walding Mild a Mae Dean Helen Robinson Martha Gayle Robinson Audrey Dean Hosa Dell Denton Mrs Mae Belle McGinty and Mrs Emma Robinson.
Birth notices report multiple announcements. Mr and Mrs John Tew of Bolton Route Two announce a son born January 36. Mr and Mrs Clinton W Clars, Memphis Tennessee, announce the birth of Jerome Clinton at Methods Hospital in Memphis January 2. Mrs Clark, formerly Linda Cauley of Dothan, announces a birth. Mr and Mrs Hoss Monday are parents of Hazel Myr born January 27, with grandparents C C Snellgrove and Ellen Monday named.
The Alabama Federation of Women’s Clubs lists prizes for the Anonusi Writers Contest. Details include a $2500 top prize for the essay The Alabama Federation As a Working Force For The State submitted by Mrs J Brevard Jones of Montgomery, with other prizes for a poem Power Of The Press and an essay on Cancer Control. Rules require Federated Club members to enter, manuscripts typed and doubled spaced, use of fictitious name, sealed envelope with title, and a March 1 1946 postmark deadline to Mrs S E Neill Margerum Alabama.
Beta Delta Club members gathered Wednesday afternoon at 104 South Park Avenue hosted by Mrs E W Hawkins. Camellias and narcissi adorned the reception room as Mrs Whiddon won the bridge prize. Salad was served during closing social hour.
NEA writer notes fashion shifts for spring with saucy hip detailing pleated arches and round sleeves replacing boxy cuts. Hourglass waists slim while skirts stay slim, wartime two tone ensembles persist pairing dark skirts with light jackets and fan tailed jacket hems with buttoned sleeves.
Auburn Alabama assigns John Newton Baker as API Director of Public Relations and head of Journalism, to start February 15. Baker, then Assistant Dean at University of Cincinnati Evening College, previously chaired Public Relations at Howard College and taught sociology at multiple universities. He has published in Reader's Digest and Cosmopolitan, among others, and earned degrees from Howard College, University of Tennessee, and Wisconsin with a graduate fellowship. Also, T/Sgt R L Boone and Ralph L Boone Jr of Mobile visit relatives in Eufaula and Georgetown while Boone reports to Camp Shelby, Mississippi on February 14.
Sgt and Mrs Coburn and family announce plans to leave soon and make their home on Montgomery after visiting with Mr and Mrs Lisenby on South Andrews street. Also noted are news items on military assignments, visits by Dr Blake and Mr Malone, and local social notes.
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