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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1950
Page
5
Winthrop Mackworth Pare d offers a wistful wrap-up of the season in a reflective piece that ponders new fashions, morals, and the fate of its readers as the year ends. The tone blends nostalgia with cheerful exhortation as it bids farewell.
Mrs Drury Flowers entertained children at the Country Club Friday afternoon for Marilyn Flowers third birthday. Colorful balloons decorated the room and served as a backdrop for photos. Guests played games, enjoyed refreshments, and a tiered birthday cake with three candles topped the celebration. Mrs Elliott and Mrs Kear assisted with favors and serving.
Hair columnist Alicia Hart describes a new twist on the pine up curl to achieve longer lasting, safer looking curls. She explains twisting the strand with thumb and forefinger before winding, then rolling the strand over the finger and tucking the ends into the seam for a pin tip that holds better. The piece links the method to historical uses noted in fossil records.
An advertisement from the Dothan Eagle lists patterns and inquiries for order placement. It mentions more than 150 pattern designs for girls and women, with references to a catalog and prices and encourages collecting a catalog for purchase.
Miss Jane Flurry, extrapervinor in city schools, spoke on Surreplsm Yn Ar at a Friday meeting in the Young Woman's Study hub at 1700 West Main Street. Hosts served sandwiches and coffee after a brief business session attended by local civic members and the club's leadership.
Cottonwood’s week covers college returnees led by Bob Cook and George Howell, plus social and religious gatherings. Baptist Women and Methodist Women held meetings with devotions, talks, and visits to ill members. Community members including George Layton, Hart Shell, and the Collins family were noted visiting, with extending holiday travels and a Cedartown funeral arrangement. An entry mentions a winter salad recipe using cider gelatin and red apples.
Miss Frances Loraine Money daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Gordon Money of Shorterville and Ben Robertson Martin Jr son of Mr and Mrs Ben R Martin Sr of Clayton were quietly married at the Par ish home in Clayton at 4 09 p m December 16 The ceremony was before an improvised altar with fern and white blooms Rev Thomas L Hill Clayton Methodist Church pastor performed the double ring ceremony Nuphal music was rendered by Mrs Tom Parish The bride wore a teal blue dressmaker suit with a white orchid corsage and a white felt hat with gold trimming The groom a Clayton business man attended Auburn and A P I school Following the ceremony a reception was held at the Parish school and they left for a wedding trip They will reside in Clayton after their return
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Edna Ruth Hill daughter of Mr and Mrs Mareiné Hill celebrated her 7th birthday Sunday with a family luncheon at the home of Uncle Eugene Jones in Jakin Georgia. Guests included grandparents Mr. and Mrs R M Hal of Jakin and Mr. and Mrs Bartow Lashley of Donalsonville along with other relatives. Doris Moore visited relatives in New Brereton over the weekend.
Blakely residents and visiting relatives are listed with numerous holiday travels and greetings. Notable items include births in Blakely families, visits by Dr. Ralph Daniel Jr. of Jackson Mississippi, and extended stays by relatives from Atlanta Tampa and New York. Local students and alumni return home or to college, with several families hosting relatives during the holidays.
Local holiday gatherings feature numerous families visiting relatives in Blakely and surrounding areas. The year opens with reports of travel between Jacksonville, Birmingham, Tallahassee, Ovando, and Griffin. The first baby of 1950 born to J E Moore in Baxley is noted along with a Dean’s List student at South Georgia College and residents returning from Miami for Orange Bowl festivities.
Geneva readers list shows numerous students resuming college after holidays. Names include Peggy Jerkins Montevallo Bobby Wynn Jacksonville Ray Baggett Taylor University Buddy Woodham Marion Joel Bostic Dot Farris Joyce Beasley Glen Thompson Bil Gibbons Tommie Sue Blount Ellison NecDutlie Troy State Teachers College Jack Smuth Tallahassee Rol land Carle Dean McCail Stetson University Helen Hightower Kathryn Jackson Betty Ann Sellers Cecil Johnson Jr Tillman Hathaway J W Hatcher Cecil Carr Robert Herring Auburn Maryalyce Moris Karol Latimer Joe Hughes Bill Abbot El Vickers Dallas Vickers George Black University Arkansas Velma Black Judson and Mary Elyse Johnson Stephens College.
Deep South Motor Court hosts Clyde Rich and family from Dothan and others from Spatia Columbia and Dalton as well as Miami relatives. The Danials announce the birth of son Jack Orr Dean on Friday December 30 with Mrs Dean formerly Joanna Sherman of Blakely.
The Cherokee Garden Club will hold a business meeting at 8:00 p.m. Thursday in the Coca Cola Building clubroom. Members will discuss plans for the annual Camellia Show. Mr and Mrs Earl Kraft will leave tomorrow for Atlantic City after visiting Mr Krafts sister and brother in law Drury Flowers. Mrs Flowers mother Mrs John T Kraft will accompany them home after a month in Dothan. Mr and Mrs Robert Wilson and son Tommy of Tuscaloosa spent the weekend with Mrs Myrtle Thomas who is in a local hospital.
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