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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1948
Page
6
Washington experts see no immediate price drop from market shocks. They expect commodities and stocks to drift lower briefly before leveling, citing large savings low debt, near full employment, and ongoing demand. If raw materials ease, downstream goods may fall too, depending on delivery timing.
Samuel Barker and Clyde Henry Barker, ages 75 and 72, reunited in Cottonwood after 57 years apart. They grew up on a Michigan farm, worked in basket factories, and pursued separate paths to Georgia, Illinois, and Washington. Clyde visited from Poulsbo while Samuel, former grist mill operator, now raises chickens and tends a worm bed, sharing memories of family, religion, and hard work.
Brunswick report from the Maine Development Commission notes a new breakfast juice blend blueberry and apple from Pine Tree State will soon be on American markets.
Mottonwood complains about mail service after sending a card from Carlsvad New Mexico to Mr Barker in Cottonwood and beating it to the destination by two days. They plan to stay together as long as Clyde and his daughter agree. They eye the fishing worm bed and feel spring warmth, awaiting a long Florida trip. It will be almost like their boyhood farm days in Michigan but not quite.
In Birmingham a man and woman were discovered dead in a downtown hotel room where gas was escaping from an unlit heater. Detective Jim Norrell named the victims as John H. Glover a 57 from Eutaw Alabama and Mrs Gladys Odell 52 formerly Laurell Mississippi. They were found fully dressed on a bed with no suicide notes.
AP reports that an application for rehearing of a Mobile Alabama divorce judgment has been filed with the Alabama Supreme Court. The case involves Mrs Ethel E Conn an widow of T Shangar Hunter who died in January 1945 and left a 500000 estate. The former theater usherette Mrs Cotham seeks one fifth of the estate claiming a verbal agreement from 1940 to serve as companion. The case went to trial three times before a verdict was reached and Mrs Hunter contests the claim saying there was no binding agreement.
The Dothan Lions' Club presents Made in Heaven the final drama in a three play series at the city auditorium Thursday evening February 26. Season tickets are sold by the Dothan Service League which helped sponsor the plays alongside the Lions. Earlier shows were Kiss and Tell and Dream Girl.
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