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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1943
Page
13
Community reports detail a poultry initiative with daily earnings potential. Carrie Toresten and Mrs Beck-36 discuss feed costs and egg sales at 52 cents per dozen, while 600 rocks are fed through hatching. County H Club girls participate in 111 poultry projects across the county.
Drafting explanations detail allotment schemes for soldiers. Classes A and B cover wives and dependent relatives while Class E allows any amount. Key figures show twenty two dollars deducted monthly from pay and eight dollars retained by government, with fifty dollars monthly for first child and ten dollars for each additional child.
Fragmentary historical note lists presidents including Washington, Madison, Grant, Garfield, McKinley and Franklin D Roosevelt. Mentions mothers and domestic lineage in a genealogical context.
Maryland farmers and canners on the eastern shore face a critical shortage of seasonal help as tomato crops near peak, risking large losses of food and dollars. Migrant labor dwindles, and local volunteers fail to fill the gap, with jobs also affected by wartime labor shifts and racial tensions.
Funeral services for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Williams were held at Fellows and Forrester Chapel at 7:00 a.m. Friday with Rev Sam Reeves officiating. Burial followed in Newton City Cemetery. Surviving are the parents and grandmothers Mrs J Williams of Newton and Mrs Ethel Hebert.
The University of Ils chemes and the Office of Education in Dothas announce new industrial accounting and stock room control courses. W. D. Hewes says L. J. Thomas Jr. will lead the nine week industrial accounting class with Monday and Thursday sessions from 7:30 pm to 10 pm. Captain Bap Glomoff will direct the stock room control course at the same times.
A reader laments waning customer courtesy amid shortages and busy times. Training staff to be polite and informative matters more than stock on hand, as delays and broken promises fuel irritation. The piece stresses respectful, attentive service despite pressures.
First Lieutenant Robert M How ard, formerly of Dothan, promoted to captain by the public relations office of the Fourth Air Force in San Francisco. He left Dothan in July 1942 for Officers Training School in Miami Beach and after graduation served as Mess and Security Officer for the Headquarters Squadron. A 1932 graduate of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, he was in the insurance business in Dothan before Army service and now resides with his wife in San Francisco.
iLicense examiner for the Alabama Highway Patrol will visit Dothan Wednesday to interview motorists seeking driving licenses and permits. Chief Clerk J C Woodham of the Probate Office reminded Houston County residents the examiner will be there only one day each week, starting Wednesday, and applicants should contact English at the county courthouse. American Legions post commander G M Shoop called American Legion and Logic Appillary a success. Troops collected over one thousand records in house. Troop 13 273, Troop 22 247, Troop 3A 410, the third troop not yet concluding its collection but to start early next week.Mr Shoop urged any women who still have records to donate to call Boy Scout Headquarters.
A Boy Scouts run effort in cooperation with the Army collected 1,000 old records this week from Wednesday through Friday to support the Gur Fightins Men campaign. The event drew participation from local scouts and military staff.
Grady Childres of the U S Navy Reserve rises from second class petty officer to first class petty officer in an announcement made yesterday He previously worked as a hotel clerk before enlisting and is stationed at Camp Endfeoty Rhods Inland
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