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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1948
Page
5
The edition features Sara King Carleton’s meadow poem about wildflowers, wind, and rural work in a pastoral scene. It contrasts with a separate note describing a new million volt X ray device designed to detect minute flaws in aircraft engine parts.
An essay blames housewives for high food costs while praising their resilience. Edwin Wright of Salt Lake City argues women lack buying knowledge, yet the piece counters with reality: many families face rising prices due to milk, produce, and urban living. Housewives manage by frugality, price shopping, clothing repairs, and extra labor.
New York AP photo preview of 1948 spring silhouette features The Shirtwaist Girl as a sleeker Gibson girl. Hemlines hover twelve inches from the floor, skirts cover the calf, and the American look emphasizes waist lines and tailored touches with modest necklines. Décolletés to the legal limit and rustling petticoats mark evening wear.
A Czech woman painted the Guardian Angel statue in the market square without permission. Local monuments officials deemed the coating unsuitable and ordered its removal to restore the statue’s historic appearance.
Designer Sarna names the Forbidden Front stormsut created in Miami Beach by Ketty Wagner. Life trunks are hand painted and the matting bin is held up by a single strap.
Houston County Board of Education plans a public auction Monday at noon in Do Than to sell two brick school buildings and their lots. The Jellico and Brannon Stand properties, consolidated with Wicksburg, include six and five acres respectively, with deeds to the state superintendent for ratification.
Claude W Hughes fifty died at his home on Dothan route five after a short illness He was a life long Houston County resident a Baptist church member and Mason Surviving are a son Barney Earl his father John C Hughes of Geneva three brothers Grover of Geneva Clyde of Graceville Jessie of Dothan route one six sisters Mrs Hosea Hall of Dothan route one Mrs Annie Tweer of West Palm Beach Fla Mrs Leo Broxdon of Geneva Mrs Roy Coker of Lakeland Fla Mrs Frank Headland of West Palm Beach Fla and Mrs Colon Hall of Dothan route one The funeral will be held at Pilgrim Rest church at 2 am Sunday Rev A D Zbinden officiating Burial will be in Pilgrim Rest cemetery with Masonic rites at the graveside Ward Wilton in charge of arrangements
Ovd Pouclas Folkes fifty six of 100 East TDurdestan Street Dothan died Friday night in a local hospital after several weeks illness. He lived in Dothan and Houston County all his life. Surviving: brother James W. Folkes and niece Miss Mary Kate Swit of Montgomery. Funeral at Ward Wilson Chapel Dothan with Rev J Norton Dendy officiating burial in City Cemetery.
Dorothy Dix answers readers on marriage age gaps cooking and blended families. She urges listening to personal choice over others opinions and notes age gaps can be acceptable when partners suit each other. She also covers learning to cook and managing stepfamily harmony. A medical device mention appears at story end.
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