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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1930
Page
2
John Harsen Rhoades reflects on his children and their influence on him in this fragment from Random Thoughts of A Man At Fifty. The verse contemplates the joy, mischief, and fears of childhood, and the protective instinct of a parent facing the world through a poet’s lens.
About sixty Junior High students gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Bowden's West Main Street home for Elizabeth Harmon's surprise birthday party with drinks and dancing. Miss Opal Chaps will host the Sixth District Nurses Association at Mrs. M. B. Pridgen's apartment Tuesday afternoon at 3:30.
The regular monthly dinner meeting of the Business and Professional Women's Club will be held Tuesday evening at seven thirty at the Houston Hotel. All members are requested to be present.
MAMHPIS Feb 194? An old grudge and a triangle ended in death and arrest. Joe Grooms, 28, held on first degree murder for killing John Temple, 32, here last night. Mrs Temple, formerly Mrs Grooms, witnessed the tragedy as police reported a feud dating to September and a marriage switch in December.
GADSDEN Ala Feb 10 CPL Seventeen persons were arrested and a large quantity of liquor seized in raids led by Chief Walter K McAriory of the state law enforcement department in Etowah county over the weekend Warrants for the arrests were issued by Solicitor W G Rains of Gadsden The raids started Saturday night and continued yesterday with officers L H Camp H G Garrett and Qoug Gay participating.
Mrs. Lucius Segrest of Montgomery and Mrs. Theron Houser of St. Mathis S C were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Buntin. Mrs. Norman Spann hosted in their honor with a yellow and white color theme and a courteous lunch. The dining room displayed yellow roses as the centerpiece. Attending were Mrs. Segrest Houser J T Trawick Jr Rodney Freeman Wilton Duncan Horace Hall Jim Spann Webster Thomas of Upland Calif W B Logue T L Rennie and Miss Theo He4)
Sam Keith once alias John W Banks who escaped a 1912 road camp has been granted a two week parole extension by Governor Graves. Keith, who killed Millard Pate in Geneva County during a disputed high school debate, served in World War I and later moved to Carrabelle Florida where he married and built a business. He was recognized in 1928 after living under an assumed name for 16 years and was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1919.
MONTGOMERY Ala Feb 10 One hour after Robert Butts a paroled convict was caught transporting 40 gallons of whiskey in an automobile on a highway near here he was returned to Kilby prison to complete a prior prohibition sentence Parole revoked Gov Bibb Graves notified The arresting officers also charged 10 others in Autauga County for traffic violations including speeding and lights violations All were released on bond
Mobile Ala Feb 10 William R Burnette 67 died in Mobile hospital from bullet wounds in a death by self inflicted act following a coroner verdict. The older man had brooded over his son Eugene Burnette already serving a life sentence for the murder last July of a street car conductor in an attempted holdup. He survived by his widow and three children.
In Montgomery on February 10 the Court Street Methodist Church voted 88 to 74 to move from its 1852 location near the city center to Cloverdale suburb after a service. Trustees led the drive, and the congregation plans to sell the Court Street property for at least $100,000 once a new site is secured.
North Carolina State College officials investigate the nighttime beating of Cheries Kellenberger Jr a sophomore. Five masked intruders entered his dorm room struck him with a blackjack and knocked him unconscious. He is hospitalized with facial injuries and possible internal damage.
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