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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1943
Page
6
Fragmented verse honoring unnamed fighters and martyrs who bore hardship for freedom. It evokes memory of distant shores and deserts, urging remembrance of those who sacrifices shaped liberty and justice.
Chaplain and Mrs J R Shuman announce birth of daughter Sarah Jane on July 4 at ioce hospital. Shuman stationed in North Africa. Jeff Givens announce birth of daughter Ruby Jean on July 2. J W Sykes announce daughter Linda Elizabeth born July 1. Milford Sellers announce son James Hubbert born July 2.
Miss Walker joins Ralph Froschauer in marriage at Lafayette Street Methodist with Rev. W. C. Phillips officiating. The couple will reside at 4115 Foster. Mt Enon Baptist Church members to clean church grounds and cemetery July 8 near Dothan. Private Wallace Cowart of Fort Sam Houston and Mrs. W. B. Bazzell with daughter Gail visit the Goolsbys in Montgomery.
Mrs. Floresce Feagin, returning to Komsis Bay Minette after Graceville visits, was honored at a formal reception hosted by Mrs. Charles Liddon and Mrs. J P Ashmore. Guests included Mrs. E P Howell, Mrs. Dorothy Carter, and others as radiance filled the rooms with silver table settings and grape hyacinth centerpieces.
The First Baptist W. M. S. held its monthly literary meeting at the church. Mrs. Harry Hall led the program on The Witness of the Lifted Lamp with talks on A Royal Friendship and American patriotism and Christianity, including Glimpses of the Lifted Lamp and Enlightening the World.
The article surveys a surge in fur coat demand as about fifty million American women plan purchases this year. With many family costs covered, moms window shop and aim for luxury furs from beaver to mink, driving four dealers to operate around the clock. Prices range from 50 to 25,000 dollars, with popular beaver and velvet lamb coats selling in the 500 to 1,000 bracket and mink fetching 2,000 plus in stores nationwide.
In Toledo Ohio a display titled Cinderella Kitchen presents a postwar dream for Mrs American Housewife. The model highlights a compact low cost kitchen with a built in cooking unit, concealed dishwashing, a four times larger refrigerator, and auto controls enabling most work to be done while seated. The design aims for volume production and practical use in average homes.
Billy Davis hosted a Friday afternoon gathering at a home near Slocomb with numerous friends in attendance. The event featured conversations and socializing among a long list of guests, reflecting community ties and local social life of the period.
Private Leslie J. Johnson returns to Camp White Oregon after visiting his mother. Navy men Durwood Skipper and Durwood Davis spent the weekend with families in Dothan area. Melba Grace Doswell returns from Columbus Georgia with sisters Opal and Bernell. Others include Mrs. Durwood Knight in Oklahoma City visiting kin, Roscoe Stevens visiting his ill father in Columbia, and Staff Sergeant Cecil Lassiter visiting in Pensacola. Aviation Cadet Elmer W. Poljan reports for Maxwell Field preflight training. The piece notes the U.S. miners count reaching about 1 600 000.
The Dothan chapter number 76 O E and will hold a regular session at the Masonic Temple Thursday at o'clock. All members are urged to attend the last meeting as plans will be made for the initiation service. Sergeant Colbert R. McGriff, son of Mrs. Francis G. McGriff of Columbia, has been promoted to Staff Sergeant at Gulfport Field, Miss.
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