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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1932
Page
2
The piece begins with a lyrical verse about a dragon fly and beauty, followed by local church news. Officers and teachers of Headland Avenue Baptist Church are called to meet at 7 o'clock for their weekly session.
Mr and Mrs Horton Lisenby have returned to Tulane University in New Orleans after spending Christmas in Dothan with his parents Mr and Mrs 8 Lisenby.
Residents visited relatives and spent holidays across Slocomb, Daleville, Hartford, and nearby towns. Families listed include Olives, Purvis, Snells, Green, Killingsworth, McGowan, Gillis, Folsom, and Snell kin, with many names attending a wound party for Herbert Howard home from the Navy.
Montgomery January 5. The state capitol began spring house cleaning two months early. Convicts formerly quartered on dexter avenue are moved. five houses torn down for a new lawn and parking lot while trusties return to Kilby prison after nightly cleaning. Shrubs, resurfaced drives, repainted walls and new Italian rye grass cover the grounds.
A page of social notes records visits and gatherings across Union Springs Gordon Marianna and Dothan Florida including Frank Baker J F Baker and James Reid with Waukeen’s guests and L T Buntin families. People travel to Oxford River Junction Sneads and Do Than for holidays and church events with friends and relatives recounted.
Readable fragments describe a submarine labeled O0 O trembling at the pier with a crankshaft grease smear and a smudge on a young hero’s pudgy face, suggesting a playful shipyard scene or comic strip moment.
Jefferson County workers may receive pay in script through July due to a sharp revenue decline. County Commissioner W E Corning suggested using due bills from the county treasurer unless the commission sells 500000 dollars in courthouse and jail construction bonds, the final portion of a 3 million plan.
Washington AP reports Secretary Hyde advocates voluntary crop readjustment to restore farm prosperity after 1931 losses. From 1929 to 1931 farm prices fell 41 percent while input costs dropped 16 percent, with exports down 25 percent. Hyde stresses urgency, noting Europe’s recovery and domestic demand, and cites reduced cotton acreage in the South and fewer meat animals, dairy cattle slaughter rising.
Corning warned that the county faces a marked drop in income for the 1931 fiscal period and that substantial portions of the total funds cannot be allocated until tax assessments are completed.
Home demonstration clubs cooperate with the county welfare department to aid the unemployed this winter. Their contributions include 170 pounds of dried fruit 188 pounds of dried vegetables 98 quarts of canned fruits and vegetables and 14 quarts of syrup.
Georgia conservation efforts start new quail stocking program to revitalize woodlands and fields. Officials announce planned releases of captive raised birds to boost population and support hunting heritage.
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