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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1947
Page
6
Estranged from self and not near enough to God the speaker stands on a parapet gazing over a vacant sod where grass grew lone. Memory wounds the mind as the urge to quicken life clashes with fear and silence while a love song remains heard in memory.
A surprise silver tea at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Purcell celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with about fifty guests. Mrs. F. A. Bryan and Mrs. Z. B. Cox greeted attendees, and Mrs. L. W. Armstrong led the register. Guests enjoyed punch and party canapes as Miss Eloise Oakley and Miss Iris Lawrenson were noted among visitors.
Calendar items list Circle meetings of the Presbyterian Woman's Auxiliary at various members and Lafayette Street Methodist Church business meeting at 7 30 pm Miss Carolyn Domingus to host the Business Women's Circle The Book Review Club meets Wednesday at Mrs Lawrence Oakley home with Mrs O S Lewis presenting the review
A daughter, Rebecca Ann, was born June 28 at a focal hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Morris. Mrs. Morris is formerly Tommie Inus, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Ingram. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Bo Morris of Macon Georgia.
A long list of residents and visitors are shown traveling to and from cities including New York Philadelphia Washington Miami and Chicago. Families Carl and Mae Droyd Harris Lars Tyson and many others visit relatives in multiple states and return home. Revival services are announced at Buthel Baptist Church Ardilla running daily through July 13 led by We Crawford. Aluminum cost cited as $945 a pound in 3852.
Mr and Mrs W C Halstead hosted a July 4 family reunion honoring Mrs Dunn, Mary Jane. Attendees included Colleen and Imojean Halstead, Leslie Baxley and son Wayne, Jessie Dunn and children Coy John Deloris Ann Allen, George Dunn, Lonnie Halstead, Lula Camp, Lutrelle Messer and families, W Mullis and children Hart James Bobbie, Royce Watkins and children Edna Murl Shirley Barbara, Dewey Halstead, Lois McCord and children Mack Annetta, Wilodean Moss and Edna Ducker of Columbus Ga.
The twelfth annual Student Career Conference opens July 15 at Alabama College in Montevallo and runs through July 18 with breakfast Friday. Eligible attendees are high school girls recommended by their principals, limited by school enrollment, with juniors and seniors eligible. Director is Miss Rochelle Rodd Gachet. conference leader is Mrs Ella Stephens Barrett.
Winthrop College and New York University offer graduate work at Teachers College and Johns Hopkins University. The conference helps young women decide if they are suited for their chosen careers and compares occupations, training options, costs, and success traits. Aluminum is described as the most abundant metal in the earth's crust.
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