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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1947
Page
5
A district forester debunks the belief that boll weevils hibernate in woods during winter. Farmers burned woods hoping to kill the pests, but weevils survive around farms in fence posts, old cotton stalks, cracks in buildings, under roof shingles, and even in scarecrows. The scorched earth idea is abandoned. poisoning became the chosen control method.
Funeral services for Henry H. Cullifer seventy three who died at his home in Cuthbert Gan were held Saturday at the Presbyterian Church in Cuthbert with the Rev L Tarrence affliating Burial followed in the Cemetery Shaffers Funeral home in charge Surviving are his wife two sons Doulas Cullifer Cuthbert and Hay Cullifer Orlando Flea two daughters Mrs Frank Shirley and Mrs Max Hall beth of Or lando four sisters Mrs PEWEL Lis Mas J Yramt and Mere Frank Clennes all of Dotha Mrs R R Tiawiesk Enerprise and a brother J Bo Gullifer Cerh Kert Active pallbearers were his nephews A V Arthur Rube and Dan Cullifer Allen and Claude Lewis and Richard Trawick.
Geneva County PMA committee chairman Howard Zorn urges farmers to adopt soil-building practices to boost yields. Practices include terracing and establishing a cover crop to prevent erosion, with 40 pods of tig seed per acre sown on firm seedbeds and planting window Feb through April. PMA pays 13 cents per rod for this practice.
Sheriff Walt Cameron reports a flood of requests for gun permits since taking office ten days ago but has no permits yet due to lack of forms. He will issue only to those with clear business guarding or transporting valuables and will require a thorough character check. Local officials note few women request permits while unrelated notes touch on 1863 Texas cotton and a former car dealer now in insurance.
Marvin Holman recalls Basemore's Mill Pond in southeast Houston County, being over a century old. A founder named Base more located a perpetual spring, built a dam, creating a pond where meal grinding and large fish catches have occurred for generations.
Governor James E. Folsom names Aubrey Williams publisher of The Southern Farmer and former head of the National Whosit Association to the Alabama Markets Board. Red Level’s Mott and Ashford’s Bruner named farm members. State Sen Bruce Theaderson of Wilcox County named chair of the Agriculture Center. Ex officio member Waypoed Paterno named to the center board.
A historical note describes a "mechanican brain" developed at Harvard in 1946 allegedly capable of performing millions of calculations in under one fifth of a second. The claim reflects early AI-era optimism about fast automated reasoning and machine speed.
Pemberton, a Western Union linesman, notes the company predated his Dothan residence by 36 years. He recounts WA offices at Foster and Troy in a brick building, then moved to W Main where Williams Shoe Shop stood, and finally to N Foster in the mid twenties. He says the firm has had three locations in Dothan's history.
The writer notes Lt Col Louis Oppert on the Governor's staff appeared in civilian clothes at the inauguration after earlier being seen in mufti the night before. He questions whether Oppert has a governor staff uniform and observes that uniforms have been rarely required for Alabama governors' staff officers.
S Sgt Willie G Dunn of DOT HAN enlisted in the Army Air Forces at MacDill Field Florida recently, the public relations office reports. Dunn enlisted in 1940 and served three years overseas. He saw action with the infantry in Africa Belgium Germany and France.
Feeling bloated after meals and craving relief from gas and sour taste. The ad touts SSS Tonite tonic to raise gastric juice flow, claiming non organic stomach disturbance responds quickly and blood nutrition improves. It urges readers to buy SSS Tonic at drug stores to build sturdy health.
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