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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1949
Page
8
Circles of Lafayette Street report multiple meetings with officers elected for each group. The Methodist USCS and Wesleyan Service Guild circles held sessions at members’ homes, naming chairs, co chairs, secretaries, treasurers, and committee heads amid prayer, devotionals, poems, and roll calls.
Foster Street Methodist WSCS met Monday afternoon at the church with fifty eight members. Mrs. H. H. McAliley presided and read a meditation poem. A new member, Mrs. Julian Peterman, was introduced. New circle officers were appointed and Anna Pierce circle named hostess for February. The program covered Cooperation in Building A Christian America with devotions by Mrs. C. B. Chaney and several sisters contributing before the gathering closed with prayer.
Mrs. W. F. Bailey hosted the Nina Hanahan guild of the Episcopal Woman's Auxiliary at Laurel Avenue Tuesday morning. Mrs. T. K. McFatter presided, the treasurer's report was given, and Rev. Joseph L. Kellermann led a devotional on yearlong Auxiliary plans. Refreshments followed with many members listed.
Circles of Headland Avenue Baptist Woman's Missionary Society met in members homes Monday afternoon to study missions in the Bible and other topics. Each meeting ended with a social hour and light refreshments. Ten members attended the Ida Keyton circle at Mrs. A. C. Cumbies with devotional from Psalm 27 and talks by Cumbie Allen Simms. Others led studies and prayers, including So This is Africa and Missions in the Bible. The Lottie Moon circle hosted by Mrs. W. J. Martin also had ten members and one visitor. Additional circles met at Mrs. P. B. Killingsworth and Mrs. H. L. Ivey with prayers, devotionals, and studies on Jews and Africa. The Lucy Wood circle met at the church with a Love devotional and studies on Africa ending with a closing prayer by Mrs. David Carmichael.
NEA guidance warns dormitory talks reveal thoughts once shared. Learn to edit conversations, keep topics impersonal, and voice opinions in general terms to avoid offense. For personal burdens, seek a trusted friend or counselor such as the dean of women or house mother.
More than forty members of the Parent-Teachers Association of Seminole County met Tuesday afternoon for the January program in Donalsonville. Mrs. Lamar C. McElroy presided. Mrs. Edgar Stapleton was secretary. The group reported the sale of a small office and storage building at the elementary school for 255 dollars to Gibson Construction Company. The Rev Whitt Aiken urged shades for 40 south windows, and the club voted 250 dollars toward blinds with school board assent. Mrs. Simmons and Mrs. Yarborough were noted teachers. The PTA planned a prize of one dollar to each of three grades and heard talks on testing, vocational guidance, and modern grading methods. A social hour followed with refreshments.
A 1949 report describes a cerebrograph device that supposedly lets students learn while sleeping. Voices and music are replayed via a pillow speaker during sleep, with quarter hour cycles set by a clock. Met Opera star Ramon Vinay reportedly learned Don Jose in two weeks, aided by daytime Italian recordings and nightly cerebrograph sessions.
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