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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1949
Page
2
Smith Deal reports 276 absentee ballots issued for the March 1 city primary while Smith Hall notes only about 50 ballots returned so far. Deadline to mail ballots is tomorrow at midnight. Then a separate case shows John R. Anderson charged for failing to bury a deceased mule, with Anderson released on $300 bond.
Lee Holmes a 36 year old Dothan resident was arrested by city police on a charge of operating or assisting in operating a lottery. He was released today on bond. Verre Poitevint of Dothan named as new stenographer-clerk at Houston County Department of Public Welfare. She replaces Jerry Frank Watson who retired last month. A scarlet fever case involving a nine year old Webb school student has been quarantined and contacts will be isolated until incubation ends. County elimination in the Birmingham News oratorical contest to be held at Columbia school Wednesday at 10 a.m. A representative from each county high school will participate. Rent control fact sheets distributed by the housing expediter's office. Tryouts for the Dothan High School junior class play ongoing with performance set for April 8. About 100 men expected at a forthcoming event.
Miss Peggy Richardson of Ariton, student at API Auburn, is named the most outstanding woman physical education major of the year. She will receive a cap at the A Day ceremonies March 5. Auburn's A Day events include a campus-wide Miss A Day election, a 60% ball game between White and Orange, and a concluding dance. Whitey Overton named outstanding athlete. trophies to be presented by Coach Wilbur Hutsell.
Dothan Rotary Club heard Honduras medical student Abraham Bueso of Tela speak on Rotary Foundation student interchange. Bueso studies medicine at Birmingham. Victor Mavity led the program as Milton Williams presided a business session. Lawrence Oakley reported on the Inter-Club Council and urged backing for a park and recreation plan. Guests included Billy Pippin and Hub Whitestone.
Police said the WCYB owner had no family and lived alone in a large Bristol mansion. Associates called him a multi millionaire. Officers reported he resided in Greenwich Village after Emory and Henry College graduation, returning to Bristol in 1932 after his brother's death. He was believed to carry $2000 in cash when he left Bristol.
Foster Street Methodist Men's Club holds a meeting this evening at the church. Dr Olen Cooper of Bainbridge Georgia humorist and magician will be the featured speaker.
The first of three Cub Pack Three parent training meetings is at 7 30 p m tonight at First Baptist Church. Parents only. boys may join only if a parent attends all training sessions, warns Cubmaster Bob Weston. The Houston County health department calls for notice of septic tank installations. Dr W T Burkett instructs residents to inform the department before installation and to have the tank and field inspected and approved after completion.
Chief Floyd Harris reported to city commissioners that January fire losses in Dothan reached 9410.62 with 37 fires and 58,000 dollars in buildings and contents involved. Of the losses 8745.62 were insured and 665 uninsured, with 530 inspections and 37 hazards identified.
The proposal outlines a national health plan with expanded social security coverage to farmers, self employed, and domestic workers. Benefits rise to 150 dollars, retirement ages shift for women to 60, and direct federal grants for all needy persons may reach 100 dollars for a family.
In Marianna the Bonifay lawyer Addi son P. Drummond was elected president of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit Bar Association. Officers named for one year include Ben F. Barnes of Marianna as vice president and Harvey Belser of Bonifay as secretary-treasurer. Florida Attorney General Richard E. Erwin spoke at Hotel Chipola with George B. Carter of Orlando on the program. County Judge Robert McCrary, retiring president, presided. guests came from DeFuniak Springs and Quincy. Forty-five members attended. the Circuit Bar covers six counties: Jackson, Washington, Bay, Calhoun, Gulf and Holmes.
San Francisco AP report notes the American Chemical Society spring meeting March 28 to April 1 with about 5 000 chemists attending. Topics include air pollution, hypertension, heredity, and advances across textile chemistry, irrigation, education, and viruses. Brookhaven lab safety figures show improvements and a strong safety program.
Four Tahitian girls on their first trip abroad face beach dress rules in Sydney. The Rey sisters aged 16 18 and 21 along with Miss Marcelle Frogier were warned not to wear Tahitian style bathing suits on local beaches. Frogier plans to tour to San Francisco London and Paris.
About 100 members of the Florida Peace Officers Association for the third district will gather in Marianna for a meeting. A J McMullian Jr, Marianna police chief, said the session opens at City Hall at 1 30 p m with District head George White presiding. A tour of Florida Caverns and a dinner are planned among social features.
Danbury New Hampshire residents, a town of about 600, pride themselves on a modern fire department funded by a $2,250 appropriation. Firemen will buy a truck chassis, body, and an all purpose engine with a war surplus pump, tools, ladder, and lights, after converting an old building into a neat fire house with 48 hours of volunteer work. Black widow spiders kill about 56 people in the United States each year according to a source cited in Britannia.
Seattle police divert alcoholics from jail to a Duwamish Valley rehabilitation camp. Fifty men serving 60 to 90 days for drunkenness lived and worked with supportive officers, receiving meals, health checks, and counseling. After reconditioning, many find job opportunities through unions and welfare agencies.
Walden, arrested in Georgia, reportedly aided by officers to locate graves of Stringfellow and his wife. Investigators say he faced narcotics charges in Florida prison and may have identified companions. Sheriff Cooksey noted tools used in a Lloyd Wil lie store break in were found near the scene as the case progressed. Geor gia and Tallahassee authorities coordinate to bring Walden back for questioning.
A prominent Southerner hailed a reported compromise as favorable, saying it preserves most of the Taft Hartley law and resists the more objectionable elements of the civil rights program, signaling potential legislative gains for opponents.
Advances in evaporating equipment enable production of feed molasses from wood at a reasonable cost. The development could aid livestock feed supplies and industrial uses by lowering production costs and expanding raw material options.
Mrs. Mat tie E Medley seventy two died at her home Graceville route two after a long illness funeral services were held at Beulah Church burial in church cemetery Headland Mortuary directing she is survived by four sons Lewie Frank Howard John Brady and Mathew Leon Medley of Kenix City two daughters Mrs RV Arnold Graceville route two and Mrs E B Franklin Dothan route four and two brothers Mathew Strickland Selma and Bascom Strickland Ozark Albinas C Herndon Shorterville Abbeville died after a long illness age forty eight he was a farmer at Shorterville served in peacetime in the Army Reserve Corps member of Shorterville Baptist church and Shorterville Masonic Lodge funeral 10 30 am Wednesday at church with Revs Charles Allen and Jesse L Henderson officiating Masonic rites at grave Kennedy Funeral Home in charge survivor wife Trilby S Herndon Shorterville parents A A Herndon Shorterville brother Hugh Herndon Abbeville five sisters Mrs R H Phillips and Mrs Tom Farmer both of Shorterville Mrs Paul Wheeless Phenix City Ala Mrs Forest Ford and Miss Anna Herndon Miami.
Goodwater fire destroyed a pallet shop and planing mill at Sterling Lumber and Supply. Damages ran into thousands, spokesman Walter Moeling could not specify. Firefighters from Goodwater aided by Alexander City and Sylacauga units fought flames found at 6 30 pm and controlled them by nine. Sterling Lumber is a branch of a Chicago company.
Tuscaloosa County voters will decide March 29 if the county remains dry. Probate Judge Chester Walker announced the liquor referendum after a petition with 1,727 valid signatures met the required threshold. This will be the county’s first liquor vote since May 1, 1940, when the measure narrowly failed by 892 votes.
Number 20 ordered Hillsborough Sheriff Hugh Culbreath to arrest all bolita operators and players immediately amid gang violence in Tampa. Culbreath pledged cooperation but warned arrests are hard to achieve. Tampa, with 124000 residents including about 20000 Latin Americans, faces risk of civil disorder. Velasco’s murder stands as 13th linked to numbers gangs with carpenter Joe Provenzano arrested but no action yet.
Collier Freeman president of the Optimist Club of Dothan reported on an Inter-Club Council meeting about a proposed $100,000 recreation program. The club backs the plan and urges members to vote yes on adding 25 cents per month to electric bills to fund it.
United States will take a vital interest in any aggression. Senator Donnell insists no advance commitment to fight. Critics may push for stronger action while Senate leaders gauge Donnell’s stance as representative of a fringe group likely to swing on the treaty. If all Senators vote, 64 of 96 are needed for approval.
The commission proposes eight units including Research extension and credit with a staff service for finances personnel and legal matters. It urges merging county level services to reduce duplicate staff and create elected county and state farmer councils serving in advisory roles without salaries. It also calls moving major land agencies to Agriculture and shifting Interior water and local farm water supplies to different departments.
Coroner Corone Hughes said Ernest Roberts and his wife Bessia were found dead inside their nearby home in the Talladega area. Neighbors reported a domestic dispute prior to the shootings. Sheriff Earl Howey said the husband shot his wife multiple times after an alleged fight and then turned himself in. The couple left seven to 22 year old children. Coroner classified the deaths as murder and personal crisis.
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