Dothan VA office to move back to Montgomery soon
The Dothan VA registration and research section, five staff officials and seven clerical employees, will shift to the Montgomery regional office around July 16, 1947. The move centralizes registration work per VA policy. other units in Dothan remain active. Files and personnel transfer aims to minimize delays in subsistence award actions for veterans in training under the GI Bill.
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Dothan VA
Montgomery
Dothan
The
Veterans Administration
James W. Thornton
V. A
Thornton
Vocationasi Rehabilitation and Education
Cottonwood Soldier Receives Defense Medal in Japan
MSgt. James V. Herring of Cottonwood was presented the American Defense Medal at Camp Schimmelpfenning near Sendai Japan for service during the 1939 41 emergencies. He enlisted in 1935 and served three years in the South Pacific in World War I earning the Atlantic Pacific theater ribbon with one combat star. His wife Willie Shider and sons Harold and Brenford plan to join him in Japan.
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James V. Herring
Cottonwood
Camp Schimmelpfenning
Sendai
Honshu
Japan
Army Public Relations Office
Herring
United States
Army
South Pacific
423Rda Quartermaster Laundry Company
Prospect Baptists To Hold Revival at Prospect Church
Prospect Freewill Baptist Church will start a revival next Sunday led by evangelist Rev. M. Lb. Hollis and pastor Rev. John Golden invites the public to attend. The church lies one mile east of Dothan.
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Prospect Freewill Baptist Church
M. Lb. Hollis We
John Golden
Dothan
J A Jones 75 Dies At Goodman Home
J A Jones 75 dies after a year long illness at his Goodman Community home. A pioneer farmer active in Fairview Baptist Church, he leaves a large family including wife Martha Johnson Jones and eight sons from Enterprise and nearby towns. Funeral held at Goodman Baptist Church with burial at the local cemetery.
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Enterprise
J. A. Fonesz
Homan Goodman
Goodman
Fairview Baptist Church
Martha Johnson Jones
Mx Gaughtery
J. E. Joury
Montgomery
Guxs Powell
Samson
Onnie Jones
James Griffin
John D. Russell
Patterson
N. J
William Vingon
Florala
Jones
Blakely
Georgia
Otis Jones
A. F. Jones
James M. Jones
Frank Jones
GG. W. Jones
Eugene Jones
A. J. Jones
Loxley
Ala
Goodmap Baptist Church
B. R. Justice
Searcy Funeral Home
Kiwanians Hear Talks On National Guard
Kiwanis Club hears National Guard Month program led by Lt Col Cheatham and Capt Flowers. Cheatham discusses Role of the National Guard in World War II and Flowers speaks on Purpose and Responsibility of the National Guard of Today. Governor’s proclamation read. Dothan club represented at international convention by Pied Moxeles and Oral Davis.
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Kiwanis Club
Jevne R. Cheathan
Richmond Flowers
Jerome Sullivan
Col. Cheatham
National Guard
Tre Dothan
Chicago
Pied Moxeles
Oral Davis
BTU Workers Hold Enterprise Meeting at Church
The Baptist Training Union monthly council gathering met in the Baraca Room of the First Baptist Church on Monday evening with about forty officers present. J B E Jernigan outlined goals for the coming month while quarterly attendance averages were reported. Planning emphasized playground development for July followed by informal singing and refreshments served by the Torch Bearer Intermediate Union.
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The
Baptist Training Union
First Baptist Church
Baraca
J. BE. Jernigan
BTU
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J. A. Jones
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M. S. Oates
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Jack Kingry
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