Singing event and flu report headline
The seventh annual singing contest at the courthouse in Do-Sandor starts at 8 30 p m with Hon Roney invited and the secretary of the gaure conven ion announcing details. A minstrel show by Ath and Enterprise students raises funds for school books. Also a flu report notes 25 new cases bringing March total to 43. city officials discuss uniforms for firemen and policemen with 242 shirts and 69 pairs of trousers ordered.
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Mng
Mi Rones
Do- Sandor
Inti Om Bari
Roney
Seasion
Unstrel Ezow Enterprise
Elucents
Ath
Tnterprise
Behcol
Teeay
Dothan
UNIF
Peterson's ointment offers quick relief promise
An old ad copy touts Peterson's ointment as soothing relief for piles and itching, claiming rapid action and four decades of use. It urges immediate purchase from druggists and applicator tube offers, presenting a vivid, period marketing tone.
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Tor
Peterson
Concert Board Adds Five New Members and Plans Campaign
The Dothan Community Concert Association board added five new members Floyd Veal Joseph Dean Jin Bottoms Betta Shagluft and Huy Mod Christian directed enrollment with Mrs Charles Dunseth and Mrs William Elliott as co chairs A meeting Sunday at 3 39 at 1407 Osceola Street will discuss card distribution and enrollment for the 1951 52 season Chicago rep Lela Lombard will attend to coordinate artist bookings New members qualify for the April 5 final concert with membership stubs at door proceeds from single tickets fund a new piano fund
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Dothan Community Concert Association Board of Directors
Dothan
Floyd Veal
Joseph Dean
Jin Bottoms
Betta Shagluft
Huy Mod Christian
Herman Blumberg
Charles Dunseth
William Elliott
Frank Coving
Ton, Jr
Osceola Street
Seaaon
Lela Lombard
Chicago
Graham Carson
Audiorium
Dan Rucker
Carson
Sessions Official Heard By Kiwanians
Miss Robin Bled secretary measurer of the Sessions Company at Enterprise spoke on Employer Relations at the Dothan Kiwanis Club meeting. Rev B A Meginniss introduced her. New members Nabbi Moser Marx Arthur Williams Jim Brennan Jr Biris and Dr C L Williams joined committees. Guests Lewell Dennis Cecil Cathouy and Marlon Redd were present.
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Robin Bled
Sessions
Enterprise
Dothan Kiwanis Club
B. A. Meginniss
Nabbi Moser Marx
Arthur Willams
Jim Brennan
Lage Biris
CL Williame
Lewell Dennis
Cecil Cathouy
Dothan
Marlon Redd
Ozark
Registration delays and claims of racial bias surface in Alabama
Mis quotes from Mrs Searcy show three new negroes and others not registered due to alleged non qualification while witnesses must be qualified voters. Negroes reportedly registered nowhere. Searcy denies white witnesses and delay. Arthur Shores files petition alleging board action violates 14th and 5th Amendments. U S Bureau of Land Management lists twelve western offices and three in Alaska.
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Searcy
Arthur D. Shores
Birmingham
U. S Bureau of Land Management
Alaska
Dothan faces school integration strains with new plan
The article details rising population and white school overcrowding in Dothan, Alabama. It outlines a proposed three to five year plan to strengthen white schools and preserve capacity for a decade, while describing the Southeast Alabama Elementary School in Carver High School area and its impending housing project impact. It notes student counts across Southeast Alabama, North Highlands, East Highlands, and South Ace Street schools, and cites overcrowding as a key issue prompting a new teacher training facility to ease overflow in the Negro school system.
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Dothan
Alabama
Mentary
SE Alabama
Board of Education
North Highlands
Best Highlands
South Aces
Highlands
East Ighlands
Judge Gardne and Local Church Leader Noted in Biographical Sketch
The passage profiles an unnamed judge and longtime community figure, highlighting his roles at the 1st Baptist Church, the Board of Deacons, and his Sigma Nu membership. It notes schooling in Macon County and Alabama, law study at the University of Alabama with a 1918 degree, bar admission in 1819, and teaching at the university 1922 to 1988, plus church, Mason, Elk, and fraternity affiliations.
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Gardne
Mommem
1St Baptist Church
Sigma Nu
Senna
Alabama
Macon County
Alabama Polytechnic
Tashiute
University of Alabama
Livingston
University
The
Methodist Church
Phi Delta Phi
Phi Karrina Delta
Poultry Market Steady as Demand Remains Strong
North Georgia live poultry market shows steady to higher price signals with good demand amid short supplies. Browlers and fryers across weights 3 2 to 3 2 pounds. most average at 31 to 32 pounds per unit.
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Atlakta
USDA
North Georgia
Browlers
Livestock receipts and hog pricing across Georgia plants
Livestock receipts totaled 200 cattle 100 calves and 4 000 hogs at eight major plants in Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville Tifton Dothan Jacksonville and Tallahassee Prices were down about 30 to 75 cents with quotes on barrows gilts and sows across weight classes from 120 to 300 pounds.
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Enumasville
Albany
Columbous
Moultrie
Thomasville
Tifton Ga
Dothan
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Price controls loom as retailers face ceiling limits
A government plan aims to raise clothing and non food prices annually while moving toward lower or higher marks for others. The order, effective March 2, shifts retailers to a uniform markup from cost to selling price across Feb 24 levels. Beginning July 1, ceilings must be posted, giving price controllers a yardstick to curb overcharging above the pre Korean war margins.
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Athens
UrSalle
Retaiers
Hoge to take over I Ninth Corps in Korea arrival
Maj. Gen. William M Hoge will assume command of the U S Ninth Corps upon arrival in Korea. He will succeed Maj. Gen. Bryant E Moore, who died after a helicopter crash near the front lines last week. Hoge has led U S troops at Trieste.
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Eighth Army Headquarters
Korea
Wiliam M Hoge Wil
U. S
Ninth Corps
Tokyo
Brant E. Moore
Hoge
Trieste
Company loans questioned in service improvement case
Chairman Owen commented that the case centers on not receiving a fair return on invested capital while surplus loaned funds to other companies. Allommey agreed that the statement was correct, highlighting the essence of the dispute over company allocations.
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Owen Conmented
Allommey
Wiregrass Obituaries Highlight Local Deaths and Funerals
Charlie N. Phillips of Clo dies after long illness at 70. Survives wife, four daughters, two sons and siblings. funeral at Sikes Creek Baptist Church with Masonic rites. John David Harper, 18 days old, dies. services at City Cemetery with Dr Henry Parker officiating. Margaret Sona Son, 41 years a resident of Dothan route two, dies suddenly. funeral arrangements pending. Mrs. J W Ellis, 75, dies. services at Headland Avenue Baptist Church with burial in Abbeville Cemetery. Surviving relatives include multiple children and siblings across Dothan, Headland, and nearby areas.
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Charlie N. Phillips
Clo
Clic
They
Sikes Creek Baptist Church
F. M. Shitah
Robeville Mortuary
Wille
Hig
Ada | Gul- Iedae
Phenix City
Mya
Tizie Clark
Arizon
David Harper
John
W. A. Harper
Dusy
Dothan
Dothan Hospital
Henry A Parker
Johnson Funeral Home
W. A Harper Sr
W. A Harper
J. C. Barber
Marga
Margaret Sona
Mt. Enon Baptist Church
Nate
Henry Counts
Dohrson
Dothen
Ward - Wilson Funeral Home
Revi €. C. Ballrcom
Song
Calvin
Alvin and
K Johnson
Johhare Johnsson
Decatur Johnson
Chipley
J. W. Johnson
Campbellton
Rosie Bell Smothers
Lauhett Godwin
Charlie Hodges
Headland
Doc Hodges
Panama City
Witl Hodges
Wauchula
Flay
Maude Moye
H.W. Ellis
Miro
J. W Ellis
A. 2. Stokes
North Foster Street
Headland Avene Baptist Church
A. D. Zbinden
Sheries Hildreth
Abbeville Guy Cemetery
Dale
Birmingham
L. B. Cullifer
Cuthbert
Gatwa
Misale Trant
Laura McClenny
Randshild
Deversl Nigces
Nursing education group forms in Sixth District
A Houston County gathering organized a nursing education committee for Alabama's Sixth District. Frances Raley outlined aims to recruit more nurses, guide teens in high schoolcourses, and coordinate with Red Cross home nursing programs. Members from Barbour to Rustell planned the next Frasier-Ellis Hospital meeting March 21.
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U. S. Department of Labor
Frances Raley
Birmingham
Houston County
Mose Raley
Stae Nurses Association
State Hospital Association
Alabama
Barbour
Coffee
Covington
Dale
Geneva
Henry
Houston
Pike
Rustell
Red Cross
Arthur Malone
Jewell ‘Thrasher
Brooks Belmar
State Vocational Trade School
Napier Field
Norma Talley
Istrict Nurses Association
Solomon Baxter
R. L. Turner
Frasier-Ellis Hospita
Miss Raley
First Avenue North
Bimingham
Belmar
Enterprise Council Expands Activities For Men At Rucker
The Enterprise Clubs Council at Camp Rucker reactivates Servicemen Center programs and adopts a constitution and by laws. Fred Donaldson is president with Mrs. W. W. Paschal as vice president and Ed Smith as treasurer. Regular meetings are set for the first Friday each quarter, next on April 6. The council plans sidewalk paving from the center to the East Lee Street bus station and to Collier Street, and invites un affiliated civic organizations to join.
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J. J. Faulk
Ed Smith
Faulk
W. Guice
G. B. Proctor
Civic Organizations of Enterprise
Communitien
H.C. Donaldson
Trew
Rucker
Clyde Whittaker
M. Miller
Radio For Kids Brightens Afternoons On Woot Station
The Woot radio lineup for kids runs weekday afternoons with 3 15 PM CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY telling a money era tale followed by frontier tales. At 4 PM 80 minutes of serials JERRY AT FAIROAKS and SPEED GIBSON air. A 5 PM Treasury's BILL SQUIRRELLS wisdom bit airs Saturdays. Weekend shows include PRONTTER TOWN and more for child listeners.
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Jerry
Fairoaks
Speed Gibson
Treasury
Bill Squirrell
Unclear funeral pallbearers listed for service
Fragmentary OCR notes name pallbearers as Eddie D Kelley Ed Cherry W H Bones Buster Cults Odell Hobby and Burch with nephews mentioned and incomplete closure. Limited readable facts about attendees.
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Eddie D. Kelley
Ed Cherry
W. H. Bones
Buster Cults
Odell Hobby
N. Burch
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