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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1948
Page
6
A fragmented poem by Edna Mead urges resilience and dignity. The American Legion Auxiliary schedules a regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Napier Field. Rose Hill Parent Teacher Association plans a 2:45 p.m. meeting Thursday in the school auditorium.
Mrs Bruce Flurry presented a review of the Broadway play Brigadoon by Lerner at a Round Table Study Club gathering hosted by Mrs W T Jones. Original paintings by Mr W T Jones were shown after the review as guests enjoyed a salad course and tea.
Mrs W H Turner hosted Guild Number 1F at West Woodland Drive with eleven members present. Mrs Josep Kellerman led a devotional and during the business session plans for the new year were discussed. Refreshments were served after the program. P.T.A. notices include a meeting Thursday at 3 00 p m in the school auditorium with Dr Henry A Parker as guest speaker. Community Prayer Union opens its year with a 3 00 p m gathering at the home of Mrs Bill McMakin 207 Montana Street.
Mr and Mrs James E Kilgore announce the birth of a son James Crozer in a local hospital on January 7 Grandparents are Mr and Mrs John C Ingram of Ashford and Mr and Mrs James R Kilgore of Webb
Southside Baptist W M S circles met in members homes for meditation and mission planning for the year. eight members attended the Macey Givens Circle. talks covered The Land of Enchantment, The Navajo Frontiers, The Family Altar, and City Missions in El Paso. Other circles met with leaders to discuss devotionals, prayer, and foreign missions. A Dothan Harmony Club meeting and a Sixth District Nurses Association gathering were announced with program details and times.
Miss Irene Elizabeth Walker daughter of Mr and Mrs Hartsell S Walker of Seaford Delaware married George Herman Coppage Jr son of Mr and Mrs G H Coppage of Valley Lee Maryland at Blades Methodist Church Delaware. Ceremony performed by Rev Sidney B Bradley with music by Ann Lee Butler Dorothea and Althea Horn. Bride in white satin with pale green attendants and a three tier cake reception at Blades community house. After February they reside Brentwood Maryland where the groom serves as assistant minister and the bride directs religious education part time in Brentwood and Washington DC area.
Members of Grandview Baptist W M S met Monday afternoon at the church for a formal service program presented by the Julia Askew Circle under the leadership of Mrs FC Curbie. Names mentioned include JF Lappage, Mrs Harvey McCord, Mrs C da Martin and Mrs C L Baxley. Also notes on Miss Fraser's discharge from hospital and Mrs Owen Chaptian's major operation.
Dorothy Dix counsels a 38 year old self supporting woman trapped by her mother's constant control. She urges the daughter to seek independence, noting tyrannical mothers strain daughters until they become like “female Hitlers.” The column also dismisses revenge against an unfaithful sister and notes social visits of local residents to Montgomery and Gadsden.
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