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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1947
Page
3
Ecchesiades Wayside Flower Shop News laments the pull of youth and its vivid pleasures. It reflects on how youth expands horizons, contrasts with adult duties, and urges sending flowers to brighten days amid cloudy spells and loneliness. The piece blends poetic musings with a sales pitch for blooms.
The Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs led by Mrs. Owen Meredith Jr announces a statewide Writers Contest. Rules require Federated Club members to submit original unpublished manuscripts by March 1, typewritten and double spaced, with title and prize entered on the envelope. Prizes vary by club and form, including stories, poems, essays, and historical sketches, with winners to be named at the April state convention.
The 44 Club of Andre chenten Hew school met for a home safety demonstration titled Play Safe and Play Long. Members including Farore Jonkure Davorhy Howell and Mary Nell Coshees Huth Burgess attended along with Emilee Watton and Jeanette Coline Mis. Miss Walton presented achievement certificates as Sera Bond presided and plans for 1947 activities were outlined.
An Advertiser column recounts the twenty fifth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Harry Shulman. The couple moved from Dothan to Montgomery, built a respected business, supported civic and charitable causes, and were celebrated by former employees and friends with a lavish gathering. They have since retired to travel and enjoy life, with plans to celebrate a future golden anniversary.
Harmony Club members at the Houston Memorial Library heard an Alabama Day program led by Mrs. Marvey Harrison and Mrs. Charles Whipple. The program featured songs, talks on Alabama music, and musical numbers by Mrs. Graves Knowles, Mr. Parkman, Mrs. Carson, and Mrs. Addie Wilson, with Mose Smith and others performing two requested melodies.
Mise Helen Brittam Brown, Huntingdon College senior and former Enterprise resident, has been accepted to Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and will begin after her May graduation. Daughter of Colonel A. E Brown, US Army Dental Corps, she has led in college beauty contests and majors in chemistry and biology at Huntingdon. She previously lived in Enterprise during her father’s Camp Rucker posting in Alabama.
An elderly Chicago woman, having passed 60.4, remains self supporting and refuses to live with her children. She stays active, values independence, and believes happiness comes from usefulness and keeping distance from her grown children. Her life reflects a long habit of caring for others and living on her own terms.
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