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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1944
Page
4
Fragmentary text appears from a women's page with wedding and social notes. The readable parts mention a wedding and social items, but most content is garbled, leaving only hints of names and events.
Mrs. W. T. Burkett hosted the New Century Club gathering on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. C. C. Berett and Mrs. Sam Reaves led the program with a talk on The Romance of Old Documents Found in Alabama and a review of How Dear To My Heart by Mary Margaret McEndie. A business session was chaired by president Mrs. Paul Allen, and members present included Mrs. Bentley, Mrs. Boozer, Mrs. Bennett, Mrs. Culver, Mrs. Flowers, Mrs. Madson, Mrs. Malone, Mrs. Quick, Mrs. Reeves, Mrs. Rows, and Mrs. Wister.
Headquarters Battery of the ith Infantry Battalion Camp Rucker will entertain at a dance at the Dethen Recreation Center Thursday evening. Music will be furnished by the 330th Infantry Orchestra. Officers of the Carellan Sunday School Class of the First Baptist Church meet for their monthly business session Thursday at 3 p.m. at Mrs. Harry Hall's home 103 Magnolia Avenue. Pfe Corbitt Snell has returned to Camp Butner NC after twelve days at Cotton Wood with his parents Mr and Mrs T O Snell.
Breakfast Club members were hosted yesterday morning at Mrs Arthur Daspee's home 152 West Main Street with floral decorations and a dining room breakfast. A bridge contest followed ending with Mrs A D Roquemore taking the high score trophy. Other participants included Mrs N F Casnedy Mrs H B Burdeshaw Mrs Vas Riteb Mrs Q O V Horace Mrs Amos Jones Mrs Horace Hall and Mrs Henry Flowers.
Navy recruiters from the Waves and Navy Reserve will visit Judson College on Friday February 11 to discuss enlistment options. Ensign McCown will address chapel and meet with interested students as part of a campus outreach effort. Judson already has WAVES representation with five former students serving at Pensacola Jacksonville Washington and more. Virginia Mullin, daughter of Atticus Mullin, joins WAVES after being inducted and assigned to Smith College for basic training.
A daily attendance report shows Misty volunteers at the Red Cross work room completing 2650 dressings. Names of registered workers and Tuesday volunteers include numerous women and men from various clubs and PTA groups, with fifty six volunteers listed.
Judson College will stage the early English comedy Gammer Gorton’s Needle on Friday February 11 directed by Misa Dotlie Thornstrom. Margaret Clements leads, with a large cast including Mable Dorriety lya n, Dot Killcreage, Clifford A. Cook, and Myron Hamill. The Apprentice Players and friends of Mrs Lynch and Mrs VanLandingham are noted in related items.
Alabama reports 1450 wives of service members used the Federal maternity and infant care program in 1943 six months of operation with 270 applications in December. Nationwide 161263 applications. December alone accounted for 30000. Program covers wives of eligible enlistees in Army Navy Marine Corps Coast Guard, with medical nursing and hospital care through pregnancy birth and six weeks after.
An opinion argues that juvenile delinquency rises from mothers neglecting home life. It urges a policy of prioritizing family welfare, keeping working mothers at home where possible, and stressing that children need a stable, loving home rather than endless outside work.
A gathering of Deothas women supported the Air WAC recruiting drive at Napier Field with Mrs James L. Dentel Jr hosting. Lt Mary G. Weeds and Lt Wolford emphasized women’s wartime roles from sonography to radio tower control while urging 20 to 35 year olds to explore Air WAC opportunities. Several local residents and committee members attended, pledging support for the effort as Rob ert Deal travels to Marion Military Institute with his parents.
The excerpt stresses a mother’s core duty as raising proper children, while noting independence and volunteer work as important but secondary. It underscores the primacy of parenting in molding character and future society.
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