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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1948
Page
6
A quoted selection includes a Gandhi death song instruction urging modest dress and remaining in dust, paired with lines about happiness by Robert Ingersoll and a note on happiness being now. The fragment mentions a topay dress directive and a farewell mood at a loved one's home.
Calendar notes 8 30 pm Monday circles of Lafayette Street Methodist W S C S meet in listed homes Circle 1 Mrs J F OBrien Circle 2 Mrs Carmi Driggers with Mrs W M Taylor Circle 3 Mrs Grady Watford Circle 4 Mrs D S Bailey meeting 8 00 pm Circle 5 no meeting Circle 6 to be announced Circle 7 Mrs Walter Deal Circle 8 Mrs R P Sanders Circle 10 Mrs Earl Moore with Mrs Hobson Snuggs Circle 11 Mrs Cullen Scarbrough Circle 12 Mrs C L Hallford Mrs E L Paul co hostess
Mrs. J. FE. Williams returned from a visit with relatives in Ohio and Indiana and was honored at several parties. In Bellefontaine Ohio hosts Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hober hosted a dinner for her. DeGraft Ohio saw a bridge luncheon hosted by Mrs. Jess Taylor. In Gary Indiana Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Carbone hosted a dinner for her. She traveled with her aunt and uncle to Chicago before returning home.
Elba Public Library Board hosted a 4 to 6 pm tea to unveil the new library and 116 equipment with a display of new books. About 75 guests toured the facility, viewed nursery rhyme scenes, and received refreshments from a bookmobile centerpiece.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Snellgrove entertained at a picnic luncheon at their Route Three home on July 4. Numerous guests from Ja t an, Columbia, Ashford, Dothan, Blue Springs and other areas attended, including Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Williams and family, the Mayes family, Otis Mixon party, Sallie, I. D., Mollie Morrison, the Snellgroves, R. F. Snellgrove party, and others.
Miss Sarah Carolyn Lee of Webb became the bride of Rev. G Maurice Fletcher son of Mr and Mrs H G Fletcher at a late afternoon Webb Methodist church ceremony on June 24 The Rev A M Carlton read the double ring service Guests included many relatives and friends After a reception at the Webb school library the couple left for a Florida weed in trip and will reside on Prince Edward Island Canada where he serves as pastor of a Montague Methodist church Their families hosted and ushers were James Whatley Jerry F Watson and others The bride is Webb native a Bob Jones University graduate and former employee of the Dothan Eagle. the groom a Bob Jones graduate and ordained minister.
Mrs. Mary S. Roberts is appointed executive secretary of the Henry County Chapter of the American Red Cross succeeding Mrs. Hugh Stokes. She will be in the City Hall office from 1 to 5 p.m. daily except Friday when she will be at the Headland office. The column also lists numerous social visits and gatherings among Abbeville residents and surrounding towns.
Mr and Mrs Ed W Nichols celebrate their fortieth wedding anniversary with a 2 to 6 pm reception at their West College Street home in Enterprise. The ruby themed party honors a couple long connected to the area with four children and several grandchildren.
A social event honors Miss Peggy Paschal with a reception on the screened porch and dining room display. Guests greet the honoree, view gifts, and enjoy cake and brick ice cream embossed with a green wedding bell as music and floral decor mark the afternoon. A separate notice invites the public to a sacred harp sing at St John’s Baptist church in Terentum on July 25.
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