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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1949
Page
4
Dothan churches announce morning and evening services with guest preachers and sermon topics. Baptist First Baptist Grandview Baptist and other congregations list speakers including Max McNab, Rev. Fenry Parker, Rev. Chyde Petersen, Rev. Frank Scofield, Rev. Charles May, Rev. J. Norton Dendy, and Harvey Overture. Topics cover spiritual guidance and public faith themes across denominations.
The ScAlnsihalinvlet of Ahn Methodist Youth Ketlowship will be represented at the leadership training conference in Takedine North Carolina next week by Dothan youth Miar Bobbie Gills Aub district courier announced Cary of Lafayelle Street choir and Charles Walker of Foster Street church will attend a conference for the South-ante Jurisdhobian Tidy IRD The merix mpen bly to offloy'a subdistrict dinteins int a ronference Methodigh Youth Sh oreship More than cubicomules of rank were carved from the Giandays Too by the Crmuihin Hiver.
Evergreen Chapel will host a two week Vacation Bible School starting tomorrow morning at the Eliot Presbyterian Church. Rev Norton Dendy pastor will announce the program with Harvey Anderson serving as director and daily revival services from Wednesday at 7:90 PM through July.
A large memorial sing at Beulah Baptist Church drew singers from Alabama Georgia and Provida with F M Roney opening the morning session and numerous leaders and attendees listed. An afternoon program featured many local figures and a special tribute to Mrs B I Woodham. The article also notes a separate report on life insurance company assets rising by about 8.5 billion since midwar.
Sylvan Grove Methodist Church members near Midland City undertake a self funded construction project led by Rev. Comer Woodall. About 30 men and several women work daily to replace a 60 year old structure with an $14,000 church plant, aiming for completion by August 14 and dedication with a revival. Contractor KR Tate supervises, costs kept tight, and local farmers supply materials and labor.
Geneva Special reports opening day for Geneva County Schools on September 12 and a teacher workshop for both white and Negro staff. Superintendent J J Colling cites workshops at Geneva High and Negro high, with a long list of teachers elected by the Geneva County Board of Education across towns including Bullwood, Coffee Savings, Geneva, Hartford, Fadette, Oak Grove, Slocomb, Tale, and Belford, naming many staff members and consultants.
Davis Jr. was installed as president of the Marianna Junior Chamber of Commerce with officers including T. B. Culpepper as vice president and John Rawles as secretary. A board of directors and numerous committee chairs were named, led by Quick as president and Henson on the board.
Rebuilding of the Pet River Presbyterian Church advances under Pastor Rev A K Cates. The Ci near Ci area church will feature multiple Sunday School rooms and serve as a Barbour County landmark, dating back over 185 years since its original construction.
Christine Thompson Slocomb John GL Trotman Gertrude D James Ida Mae Mitchell Ophelia B Hare Minnie D Trotman Rui HR Lewis Verdell Woodley Amanda D Lee are named in a community prominence notice listing residents and their associations in a local probate or civil records context.
A Sunday sermonette by John B. Kenyon urges Christians to surpass natural kindness shown by sinners. It argues born again believers should reflect a higher love, loving enemies as Christ did, and to live a divine charity beyond ordinary family affection.
Donalsonville Special report: Judge Selo Zack Greer presided over a Seminole County Court session. Civil hearings included a $3,500 damages verdict in Ald Gause vs McLeoth Company. The suit stemmed from a 19% automobile accident in which two people perished. Judge Greer was appointed by Governor Herman Talmadge after Judge C. W. Worrill became a judge on the Court of Appeals. Solicitor R. A. Patterson represented the state at the 11 month session.
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