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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1944
Page
9
A fragmentary notice references a marriage at Maxwell Field, with archaic phrasing and scattered lines detailing celestial themes and a sequence of names. The readable portion hints at a union marked amid a dramatic, symbolic backdrop.
Dothan Recreation Center announces hostess roster for the week. Ernassee Chapter D A R leads Monday duties with Mrs Paul Alien and others. Tuesday includes Victory Belles and Mrs A A Winter. Friday lists Lafayette Street Methodist W S and several Mrs. names. Sunday features Soldiers Hostess Committee and Victory Belles with a long list of volunteers.
Volunteer workers in the surgical dressings room completed 4 605 dressings last week. A Friday shift of sixty workers included many named women and Lt. Margaret Wylly among the group in this Red Cross service report.
The Houston Banner Singing Convention met Sunday July 16 at Coolwater Church with E. K. Knight as chairman. Charlie Moody led the arranging committee and a list of close leaders attended. The Houston Banner Quartette performed, and the next session was set for Union Springs Church the third Sunday in September. public invited. MORTEVALLO Ala Dr A F Harman president Alabama College announced Mrs Theda Wear Nordan of Montevallo as Executive Secretary. Nordan an honor graduate and former college leader.
Mrs. Mark Cannon hosts sisters from Birmingham and Washington and Panama City visitors call on relatives in Dothan and Shelby. Numerous friends and relatives travel to Henderson Kentucky Memphis Tennessee and other points visiting family in relations to the Cason and Wells households. The item records casual weekend visits, hospital stays and brief travels of local residents and out-of-town guests.
Atlanta couple Dr and Mrs John Funke announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Anne Elizabeth Funke to Ensign John Randall Goldthwaite now overseas with the U S Navy Plans for the wedding will be announced when he returns The bride elects family links and hometown ties span North Carolina Pennsylvania Georgia and Alabama with both families noted for prominence in the region Ensign Goldthwaite a 1943 Emory University graduate and Phi Delta Theta member is serving aboard a naval ship and holds several campus honors and activities background.
Readable schedule lists picnics, dances, and games at Dothan Recreation Center and Porter's Fairyland. Master of ceremonies is Cammy Rucker or Foster, with refreshments after 5 30 pm. Monday features a picnic and marching band. Tuesday a plantation dance. Wednesday game night. Thursday a closed HK Division dance. Friday square dance. Saturday open house dance with Stamp Rocker Orchestra.
Mr and Mrs T C Davis announce a daughter Sandra Jo born July 70 in a local hospital. Mr and Mrs Tom Drake of Ozark announce a daughter Donna Joyce born July 10 in a Dothan hospital. Mr and Mrs Dewey B Sanders announce a son Dewey B Jr born June 25 in a local hospital. Captain and Mrs Bryrl D Taylor announce a son Larry Lee born July 13 at Fort Benning Ga hospital. Grandparents include W F Taylor of St Louis Me and G C Posey of Columbus Ga.
Jormed and his family prepared to return home after a Thursday visit. E Y Feagle came home from two weeks with relatives on Lite Mountain near Columbia South Carolina. Capt Timmy Gwynn son of Corra Glenn Faircloth of Orlando formerly of Dothan has been promoted to Major and left the U S Army for foreign duty. Friends and relatives visit and travel across Alabama and nearby states, with several mentions of visits to Enterprise Montgomery and Gadsden among others.
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