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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1934
Page
5
Local reports note the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs d Bachman of Chicago named Warbara and describe social visits and church events. Announcements include a singing artist at KR Street Church and a series of club meetings, weddings and travel plans among Ashford residents and their families.
Headland Avenue Baptist Church led by Rev. A D Zbingen offers Sunday School at 9 45 am and morning service themed Be Strong and of Good Courage with additional Great Supper invitation. Lafayette Street Methodist Church notes pastor away on vacation no preaching Sunday with Leagues at 7 15 pm and midweek prayer at 8 pm. members without a pastor urged to call for assistance.
West Main Street Sunday school at 8 45 a m Mrs Glipasy Booger superintendent Lay reading at 11 o clock First Christian Church W Newton Street Sunday school at 9 45 a m W D Copeland superintendent 6 30 p m Christian Endeavor Temple Emanu El W O W Hall 10 00 am Sunday school 11 00 am Lay services every Sunday
Father George C. Roger conducts Masses at Opposite Court House on second and fourth Sundays at seven. Confession before mags and Benediction after Mass. Rev W E Middlebrooks pastor. Sunday school at 9 40 am led by J D Campbell. services at 11 am and 8 pm with topics The Ideal Home and The Broken Home. Young People at 6 30. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 pm.
T. M. Mathews conducts Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. with E. C. Cumbie as superintendent leading B Y P U at 6:30 p.m. The pastor preaches on the first and fourth Sunday mornings and evenings.
L W Dockery leads Sunday school at 9 40 a m with C G Bennett as superintendent. Preaching at 11 a m and 8 p m features Faye Askew in the morning and Robert Marsh in the evening. B Y P U meets at 7 p m.
The Salvation Army at 400 East Crawford Street lists Sunday schedule events led by Captain Jack Key including 9:45 a.m. Sunday school 11 a.m. Holiness meeting 6:45 p.m. Young People's League and 7:00 p.m. Salvation meeting.
Clement Ritter, pastor leads Sunday School at 8 48 am and an 11 o clock sermon. Christian Endeavor at 6 45 pm. Vesper services at 6 pm. Prayer services at 7 30 pm Wednesday.
Week of July 22 events at Meade and Midland City churches include Sunday School at 9 40 at both churches and 11:00 a m services at Midland City on Quest for the East plus Sylvan Grove services daily. Fifth Sunday marks Sylvan Grove’s 109th birthday with a homecoming. Youth meeting at 3 15 p m. Evening services at 8:00 p m. The Quarterly Conference reports 58 credits awarded to youth for Christian Culture Institutes.
The Wadlington Hotel building hosts Sunday school at 9 46 am and a season sermon at 1 am. The lesson sermon topic Life centers on the Golden Text from John 5 26 and includes Revelation passages about the river of life and the tree of life offering healing and renewal.
The young lawyer deposes John F. Curry as Tammany Hall leader and takes command of the Wigwam from the executive committee.
Seattle on July 21 reports police and waterfront pickets clashing with 2000 strikers as non union shipping continues. Tear gas and clubs used by police under Mayor Charles L. Smith. Additional truckloads of pickets expected before port reopening deadline. President Grant sails to the Orient as longshore tension escalates. General Hugh S. Johnson heads to San Francisco to urge settlement and arbitration.
The Florida department of education released the 1924-25 public school budget totaling 19,415,082 with estimated revenue of 19,428,432. Cash on hand amounts to 2,203,858 and funds from the state school fund reach 4,967,076 while 1,558.57 comes from county and district taxes. Expenditures for teachers' salaries are budgeted at 1,741,810.
Police said George Thames, a Black man from Headland, was seriously injured last night when attempting to ride a truck. He slipped his hands and fell beneath the wheels near Dixie, and was taken to a local hospital with a very serious condition.
Mrs FE J Buntin visits Memphis while Miss Katherine Kirkland of Cottonwood visits the city. Mr and Mrs J G Johnston Jr host weekend guests Dan Houston of Bessemer, B B Peraree of Montgomery, Jim McPherson, and Clay Poe of Birmingham. H C Rush of Tuscaloosa and W F Bumgarden of Bessemer join Mrs Rush and Mrs Bumgarden who have been guests of the Johnstons for some time.
Gaelic instruction expands as schools are established across Ireland to teach the native tongue. Notable growth includes communities embracing Gaelic with new classrooms and programs aimed at preserving cultural heritage.
The page cites passages from Mary Baker Eddy's Christian Science textbook and notes a sermon theme about the bride and the Lamb symbolizing harmony between divine Principle and Spirit. It emphasizes the unity of God and Christ in Jesus life and the Christian understanding of divine Life.
Washington dispatch notes Roosevelt ordered an investigation into ocean mail contracts as Senate testimony exposed vast profits from government aid to lines like the Dollar Line. It details inflated salaries, fake charges, and profits for stockholders while the government carried the debt. Also profiles Rep Izabella Greenway of Arizona and the Frasier Lemke and Farm Credit measures shaping policy and a forthcoming Supreme Court test on the AAA case.
Four marriage licenses were issued today by the probate office. Roy L. Cox and Pearl Dukes, both 21, of Ashford Route 2 and Columbia Route 2, joined Grover K. Kingly 21 of Cottonwood and Ruth Ellen McNeal 20 of Gordon, Theodore Kent 21 of Slocomb Route 3 and Robbie Davis 18 of Slocomb Route 3, Grover Harrell 21 of Ashford Route 2 and Arnie Singletary 13 of Ashford Route 2. In Kentucky, a cow incident led Mrs. Henna Taylor to court after her animal entered John Lantrip’s garden. she was bound over to the grand jury on shooting at Lantrip, claiming he brandished an ax at her cow.
A recipe describes building club sandwiches with buttered toast lettuce tomatoes and chicken or bacon. It specifies three slices per sandwich and a technique of layering lettuce tomato chicken bacon and mayonnaise with hot toast for immediate service.
Allen, who came to town in 1936 as a Standard Oil employee, lives at 213 West Troy Street. He spent years refining a water filter and finally demonstrated a working model at City Tire Co, eliciting enthusiastic, though brown metal box spectators.
President Roosevelt will keep Walter Newton, former Hoover secretary, from joining the Home Loan Bank Board. The post will stay vacant until the President returns from his Pacific trip. Newton was originally named for a one year term in response to Hoover’s inauguration day request.
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