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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1948
Page
12
Agriculture officials designate July 25-31 as National Farm Safety Week to urge farm families to study accident causes and adopt precautions. Assistant County Agent Clark Rudder cites National Safety Council data showing high daily farm-related deaths and injuries, urging each family member to learn danger spots and actions to reduce risk.
Highway Patrolmen report W. C. Hodge, 42, of Columbia route one, held after a hit run near Brown's Crossroads Thursday night. He faces charges of driving without a license and leaving the scene. Curtis Tharp, 22, an Abbeville Negro, was injured in the crash.
Ozark Junior Chamber of Commerce, formed under Dothan Jaycees guidance, earned state and national recognition for its pig chain program. The effort, begun in February, uses purebred pigs given to farmers to improve breeding stock, boosting county hog quality and profits. A twofold event plan includes a Variety Show and Mrs Ozark beauty contest set for July 21 at the Community House.
Dothan police arrested Mack Newton 32 for burglary at Dothan High School Wednesday night. Three instruments were stolen, including a Buescher trumpet worth about 200, later recovered. A saxophone and a cornet remain missing. Newton says he helped pawn the trumpet for 10. The total value of the fake burglary ranged from 174 to 500.
Otis Ward of Headland, 26, is jailed on a charge of assault with intent to murder after a knife incident with I. W. Safford in Dothan Friday night. Ward was arrested at a local restaurant and handed to county authorities following a warrant filed by Stafford. Ward and Stafford allegedly worked on a Headland construction job and had been drinking when the fight began. Ward said he was attacked first.
Freeman Parker, a Black man, was sentenced to two years after pleading guilty to second degree burglary before Circuit Judge D C Halstead. Parker admitted breaking into a Headland store, pleading guilty without indictment.
A Maxwell Field recruiting bus will visit Wir grass area next week to distribute information on voluntary enlistments. Traver W. Pinkstaff of Montgov erg leads the traveling unit with Roy Kiamunske as escort. The bus stops at Enterprise and Orack on Wednesday, then Hartford and Geneva on Thursday.
A warning claims one in three U S children may die or suffer serious injury from traffic crashes if road accidents rise. The text also incorrectly likens animals to wizards, noting a string of disjointed comparisons among species.
A limited supply of application forms for the Gold Star lapel button is available at the county veterans affairs office for next of kin of those who died in service during the war. Buttons are issued free to parents and widows and for about $1.50 to other qualifying relatives. About 90 days pass between filing and receipt. Each button will be engraved with the recipient’s initials.
Six people buried in Plains Georgia after a converted army training plane crashed near Junction City. Funeral services were held at Plains Baptist Church at 4 p.m. The deceased include Lonnie Taylor Jr and his wife from Greenfield Tennessee with two infants, Dewey Paradise of Americus, and Bobby Teithit of Plains. The plane was en route from Greenfield to Americus.
The article notes Capt Miles Standish held roles in the Plymouth colony but was not a member of the Palgrim Church, per the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Standish served as captain treasurer and assistant governor, yet church affiliation differed.
The entry notes that the German word for cotton haumwolle translates to tree-wool. It highlights a linguistic quirk where a plant fiber bears a name sounding like wood-based wool.
The Chapman Construction Company of Dothan won the bid for adding three elementary school classrooms and a cafeteria at Minnie T Heard in Dothan. The $65,475 bid beat out a $72,785 bid from W V Sullivan and a $91,847 bid from Henderson Black and Green. Work has begun but rooms won’t be ready by September opening.
Navy veteran and college sophomore Harry P L Collins of 307 Jeff Street enrolled in the Army through the local recruiting station on Friday. He achieved one of the highest qualifying written test scores in two months. Others enlisting include William H. Colley of Chancellor Willie F E Hall of Slocomb Dewey O. Barker James F E Quatiebaum and Hubert J. Brannen of Newton Route Two.
Alabama registrar Ralph W Houberts notes 46 720 marriage licenses issued statewide last year but only 46 0 000 marriages reported. About 380 couples failed to complete the final step, choosing not to wed.
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