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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1950
Page
9
The verse speaks of chords that reach the heart beyond measure. It describes grave crescendos seeping toward the sky and blessing the land with a celestial symphony. Mary Maxwas is cited in the fragment alongside archaic phrasing and imagery.
Houston Memorial Library announces weekly bookmobile stops with several stops at Ridley’s, Buell’s, Old’s, Hughes’, Pilgrim Rest, and Church of Gu locations. Daily timings span morning to late afternoon with multiple neighborhood stops and a note on roadwork materials for safety.
Dorothy Dix argues that not only parents but children can be selfish in love, urging widowed or widower parents to seek happiness again. She notes grown children resisting new marriages, warns of friction when parents remarry, and stresses the value of companionship for older adults despite family unease.
H F E Shurett of Tuscaloosa was elected president to succeed L Widemire of Sylacauga. J W Parkman Jr of Dothan named secretary. Board directors include Mik division John Fr What ley Opelika H E Shurett Don Rogers Birmingham. Ice cream division Jack Dunn Anniston Joe Bear Mobile George Barker Birmingham. Milk division C J Barton Uniontown E L Widemire Sylacauga Jerry Roden Boaz. Dr E Nelgettedhunter University of Alabama director spoke at conference closing banquet.
Robert L. Griffin a former Perry County agricultural agent has been named director of organization for the Alabama Farm Bureau Federation succeeding E. E. Hale. Randolph says he will tour the state to boost county Farm Bureaus and push the 1950 drive to surpass a 2949 enrollment of over 74,000. Farmers seek parity of income, not government handouts, amid a critical period for the group.
In Birmingham a key Alabama Ku Klux Klan treason court convened but the accused Reverend Alvin Horn did not appear. The case centers on a feud between Horn and William Hugh Morris, leaders of rival Klans, with reporters barred from the proceedings. Horn offered a reward for the arrest of those who flogged a Talladega barbecue stand operator, Albert Watts, while Sheriff Howell posted a separate reward. Watts was abducted and flogged by unmasked men who charged him with wording Negroes at his stand.
Private Robert McNeil of Dothan, in the Armed Forces Radio Service, helped set up a project described as "Unification In Acting" at the English radio station in San Juan Puerto Rico. He and three other service members opened the station on the U S Naval Station under Army control. McNett is a World War I veteran who served in the U S Navy. His wife and son accompany him in Puerto Rico as Wiregrass servicemen participate in various overseas and domestic duties. Major Emmett A. Parrish of Midland City attends a staff officers course at Gunter, and four seamen from the area are due to reach Norfolk aboard USS Leyte after a four month Mediterranean cruise. Additional notes mention families in Gordon and Slocomb connected to servicemen in the Navy and Air Force.
At a Selma lumber yard an overseer named Frank Morgan, 38, was crushed when a tractor overturning while shaking logs toppled backward. Morgan, superintendent at Grindle Lumber Co. for four years, died en route to hospital. He leaves a widow and three daughters. The incident occurred at the mill near Selma, with workers recalling the fatal mishap. Morgan had been employed as superintendent for about four years.
A fragment notes German cigarette packs in Hitler era showing pin up images of uniformed soldiers. The item hints at tarized branding and wartime propaganda elements, with references to a last war era context and visual depictions.
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