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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1944
Page
6
Poem fragment records a speaker urging mercy for the hungry and displaced. A narrator recalls seeing a man begging for bread and hearing two children pleading for shelter, pleading for care and attention to their needs. The piece appeals to compassion and action.
Visitors honored at a theater party in Opelika hosted by Mildred and Fenrietta Ent e. Guests included Lille and Jewel Story, Maude Baughman, Lermie Ree, Gladys, Mrs Jewell Thrasher, Tarver Rowe, Mrs Lewe, and the honorees. Staff Sergeant Richard Bovachard, U S Army, returns to the States after three years in the Panama Canal Zone. Sergeant Crawford to visit his father at Camp Shelby Miss next week.
Rosa Eleanor Deal, daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Deal of Elba Alabama, celebrated her sixth birthday on June 27. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs T H Deal and Mrs R E Lee of Elba. James Waller Smith, son of Mrs Loraine Smith of Newark New Jersey, arrived to spend the summer with his grandmother, Mrs Chan Komegay of 1115 South St Andrews Street. Mrs M A Bayles and Mrs N K Norton returned to Dothan after visiting Brunswick Georgia with Mrs Morton's daughter W W Knight, and also visited Manchester Georgia with Mrs W C Hanekens.
Geneva teenager Miss Geneva Alexander completed indoctrination at the WAVES training school in Brooklyn and is ordered to duty in the Navy Department Washington. A former Geneva High School graduate she worked as a clerk at Camp Rucker before enlisting. she has a sister Minnie E. Gowser in the WAVES at Hollywood Florida.
Mr and Mrs H 4 Taylor of Columbus hosted a Sunday family reunion luncheon. Attendees included J B Taylor and family from Dothan, J T Taylor and children Tammy and Nancy, Spurgeon Hodges and Gary of Vernon Florida, Emil Stein of Bell Glade Florida, Jimmy Taylor of Camp Shelby Mississippi, Mrs Jimmy Taylor of Miami, I S Taylor of Andalusia and children Wilma Herman Harvey Harald Wallace and Marjorie of Columbia.
In Hartford a joint meeting of Methodist W.S.C.S. circles was held in the church auditorium. With president absent, Mrs. Frank Bradshaw, Mrs. Bush Cox led the business session. Reports from Amelia Larkin Corbitt on Pondtown conference and charitable offerings for circuit pastors were shared. The program included spiritual readings, Africa medical work, and prayers.
The Sodalities of Our Lady of St. Columba Catholic Church hosted a buffet to honor Father Michael Finneran as he leaves for St. Peter's Church in Montgomery. The Irish native spent a year in Dothan assisting Father John Slack and was praised by about seventy attendees for his service and friendships in the community. Father Finneran thanked the group for hospitality and cooperation.
Linan Wisk a 21 year old daughter of Paul Winkler, a French news syndicate owner, trained in Barnard College and the French Women's Air Service, sails from New York to Meade for training. She later aims to help rebuild France as part of an army of French women. She argues French women will not return to old roles and highlights underground work and recent appointments to national liberation bodies. The story portrays her in khaki, eager, resolute, and determined to lead women in rebuilding France.
CAMP RUCKER Ala It was two to one ratio when there were four boys and two girls born at the Station Hospital during the last two weeks in June The new births include Phyllis Ann Cox daughter of Lt and Mrs Benjamin Josenhus Cox with the 379th OM Trk Co and Ann Lynne Westervelt daughter of Lt and Mrs Marcus Wells Westervelt with Co D 32d Med Bn The four boys are Walter David Peters Jr son of Mr and Mrs Walter David Peters Sr with the 82nd Ord Co Charles William Drury son of Sgt and Mrs Charles Casper Drury with the 26rd Inf Edith Dicinne Mra Drury s home Ladysmith Wisconsin Eddie Ray Huggins son of Sgt and Mrs Folfar Samuel Huggins with the 92nd Ord Co and Ulysses Scott Grant Jr son of Pte and Mrs Ulysses Scott Grant with the 12nd Ord Mrs Grant lives in Tacoma Washington and Mrs Peters lives in Cambridge Ohio plus packing about local visitors and a household note from Mrs J W Snell and others.
Mrs. William Pitchford of Columbia entertained at the Community House Friday afternoon for the fourth birthday of her son Billy. The club house was decorated with summer flowers and potted plants. Punch was served and guests arrived for games and contests. Group pictures were taken and the embossed birthday cake with tapers was cut at refreshment time, served with ice cream. Mrs. Alice Givens of Headland and Mrs. J. T. Pirenford assisted the hostess.
Gainesville native soprano Mrs H W Browning will guest solo at Foster Street Methodist Church Sunday at 11 AM. She will sing Came Unto Him from Handel Messiah. Browning, wife of Lt Col Browning with the 6th Division at Camp Rucker, has lived in Dothan two months and studied at Juilliard with a Columbia masters. She sang with Phil Sloane’s All Girl Chorus on Hour of Charm and has been a Gainesville public schools music supervisor.
Lieut Theodore Jackson and Mrs Jackson announce the birth of a son July 4 naming Theodore Jackson Jr. Mrs Jackson is the former Lonnell Smith of Cottonwood. Grandparents are the late G E Jackson and Mrs G E Jackson of Ashford and the late Mr and Mrs S Smith of Cottonwood. Private and Mrs Charlie Byrd announce the birth of a son Billy Rex July 3. Mrs Byrd is the former Catherine Whitehurst. Grandparents are Mrs W Byrd of Dothan and Mr and Mrs Henry Whitehurst of Ashford. Lieut Harry Anderson and Mrs Anderson announce a daughter Carolyn Jean born July 4 at Sheffield. Mr and Mrs Henry Dickerson announce twins Glynn Edward and Gladys Elizabeth born July 3. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs I A Dickerson and Mrs B E Murden. great grandparents are W Dickerson.
The regular Grimes Home Demonstration Club gathering was hosted by Mrs Martha Paramore with Mrs Howard Newico presiding. Demonstrations on wagerbess desserts were led by Miss Nellie Doughtry and Mrs Paramore, followed by a social hour served by the hostess with assistance from Mrs Frank Grate. A herb suggestions section offered tips on marjoram sage and herbs for soups and dressings.
The note details a tangled bed spread in a machine and a slow wash cycle. It mentions Tromesxs Jones Willis visiting his mother in Headland and a family event involving Mrs L. Demet and guests at Jett Street, plus Navy training program mentions and visitors Opal Sowers and Virginia Dease.
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