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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1943
Page
6
A poetic fragment reflects on a dream where a bird in the dawning sky awakens the speaker. The verse traces a minor refrain that blurs the dream, then breaks with a tremolo as the day rises, suggesting a sense of loss and a return to wakefulness.
Detham Chapter Number 76 EB 3 held a service at the Mackou Temple for installation of new officers. Named officers include Mrs Myria Martin Worthy Matron Mr Mose Ramage Worthy Patron Miss Myrtle Napier Associate Matron and others in line.
Vacation Bible School will run for two weeks at the Presbyterian Church with classes starting Monday morning. Competent teachers will lead activities including patriotic features music and handwork alongside Bible instruction. All church children in Beginner Primary and Junior departments are urged to attend.
Mrs W H Ball arrives from Raleigh to spend weekend with Dr and Mrs Crawford while her husband Captain Ball serves in North Africa. Private Joseph A Holloway home on furlough after basic training at Camp Sarkelay Texas. Mr Mrs Walter Cooley visit Tampa and Arcadia before returning home. Martha Davie Sapp leaves for vacation including Vernon Fernandina St Augustine Florida. Mrs Thomas Allen Smith and son Thomas Allen Jr visit from Birmingham with Ben Hornsby. Mrs J B Amos returns from Dayton Ohio visiting Ludlow Hallman. Mrs John Bennett of New Orleans arrives for ten day visit with her mother. DeForrest Morgan visits en route from Atlanta to Panama City. Tom Ward family and Charles Britt Riley return from Long Beach. Mrs Johnny B Chalker and Evelyn Chalker Davie spend Friday in Montgomery. A J Barfield and Mrs Barfield arrive from New Orleans to visit Hoke Moody and M C Barfield in Ashford. Woodrow Roling returns from business trip to Birmingham and Chattanooga. Mrs Abe Cumbie leaves for Monroe Louisiana to visit sister Mrs W Howell. J W Newton U S Navy and Mrs Newton relocate to New Orleans. Newton is former Nell Chalker of Dothan. Mrs Georgia Stephens returns from Anniston with daughter and son-in-law P Treadwell. Mr Mrs Russell Kennington and son Donald stay at Long Beach. Mrs H A Hickn hosts at beach. Angus Acree of Washington DC visits, brother and sister in law Win and Mrs Acree. Staff Sergeant Bert Davis promoted to Technical Sergeant in Panama Canal Zone. Mr Mrs O E Lynster of Birmingham visit with Elizabeth Minnie Holland and others. Mrs Leroy Weathers and children Janice Celeste Patricia visit Mrs Pat Barnes in Dothan.
Baliba OcohlmIa announces Josephine Gattba engagement to Corporal Sam H. Coblinns of Camp Rucker formerly Wichita Kansas. Riggs Whatley announces Inez Whatley to Sergeant Ulmer B. Riggs of McAllen Texas. marriage at McAllen Baptist Church June 28. Street Douglas announces Izabelle Street to Aviation Cadet Arner Miles Douglas of Ithaca Michigan. Napier Field Post Chapel ceremony July 15 with Chaplain Charles K. Johnson officiating. Attendants Aviation Cadet Albert T. McBorley and Miss McSorley of New Bern North Carolina.
The Baptist Woman’s Missionary Association of the Columbia Association will hold its regular quarterly meeting at Webb Baptist Church on Thursday July 22 starting at 10 am. Rev T W Wilson of Dotran will deliver the inspirational address on The Stewardship of Life. Miss Jimmie Woods of Dotran will play violin. representatives will report on district mission schools. Additional speakers include Mrs Theodore Jackson Mrs Ken Ellsworth and Miss Louise Cherry.
The Sixth District Nurses Association met at Moody Hospital Nurses' Home on Wednesday afternoon with Miss Irene Daggett presiding. Miss Laverne Johnson spoke on “Are You Prepared for Disaster?” followed by a social hour and refreshments served by Miss Julia T. Dainwood.
Circles of the First Baptist W M 5 meet in the Surgical Dressings room at 3:00 p.m. Winfield Baird hosts Royal Ambassadors 1 at 2:30 p.m. Lafayette Street Methodist W S C S circles meet from 1 to 5 with listed hostesses. Presbyterian Woman's Auxiliary meets at 4:30 p.m. Mrs. Edward Averett returns home from Milan Tennessee after two months with her husband, Pic. James Averett.
Mrs. Leon Redding hosted a Thursday birthday party for her daughter Judy at 306 Cottonwood Road. The event featured a green organdy dress, punch, games directed by local girls, an embossed three-candied cake, and ice cream. Guests named include many from Andalusia and Ashford, with additional notes on visitors Lieut Ray Allen and others.
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