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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1944
Page
5
Fragmented lines evoke an elegy to a youth, with archaic spelling and garbled phrases about heaven and misery. The piece ends with stray attributions to William Hall and son and family in Blakely, Georgia, mentioning Dothan and J. E. Hath work, suggesting a local notice or posting.
Family members gather for a reunion with praise for brothers and kinfolk. Obscure names and places indicate a local community event honoring family members, with travel notes about relatives visiting from nearby towns and soldiers returning home.
Mrs Miller chairs the YMCA YWCA luncheon with a program featuring member attendees including Cisra Keu Selless Blue Marie Nethe Jean, Mane Gertinet, Murtht Coluer, Margaret Ann Pupe, Frances Etheridge, and Cecil Mae Andere, plus Mrs Louse Seale and Mr. Duight Ford among others. The event lists numerous attendees and club officers, reflecting a community gathering in a church or local society setting.
A birthday dinner honored Ben Evans at his Graceville home on Tuesday as family and friends gathered. Guests included Mr and Mrs Price Kornegay, Dorothy Lowse, Betty Joyce, Mr and Mrs Henry Clark and daughter Bonnie Louise, Mattie Wood, Rosa Martin, Jonas Branton, Esther Clark, and Jean Alford Clark of Columbus.
The Mary and Biar Sunday School class of Lafayette Street Methodist Church held an evening social at Mrs. Goulsby’s home with Mrs. Whittenburg and Mrs McIntyre as hostesses. Decorations in pink and white, devotionals, games, and light refreshments followed. Visitors included Mrs. W. A. Rhea and Miss Ruby Jewell Pearce.
Sergeant R. C. Hall stationed at Fort Custer Michigan was honored at a Cedar Ford picnic and family reunion after visiting his mother Mrs John T Hall of Cottonwood. Attendees included many families from Malone Cottonwood and Dothan. Red Cross volunteers completed 1060 dressings with a long list of workers.
A July report shows typhus cases reaching twenty with several suspected names and local health officials noting new infections. Officials emphasize surveillance and ongoing testing as the month continues amid concerns about spread and public health response.
Fragmented OCR text mentions a Mrs Drew hosting a birthday dinner and hints at local social details. Names, places, and events are garbled, but the piece reads as a brief community notice about a social gathering with scattered references to individuals and locales.
Winston Shelley celebrated his birthday at home in Asford with a Sunday gathering. Guests included Emel Duzer, Woodson Hardy, James Peterson and families, Buford Roney and children, Bob Taylor, W S Shelley, Jester McNeese and family, E D Moss and sons, W S Shelley and children, Marvin Walden, Hudelon Shelley, Jutsy Shelley and children, Lum Bane and family, Fate Mulls and family, Reese Bruner and son, Cora Lee Rice, W V Weather and children, Evelyn Duckerson, Ruby Myrtle Lynn, Odell Williams, Mary Entinger, Margie Womack, Mina Paulk, Mane Paul, W W Sheltby and runs.
A birth notice lists Mr od kiss Telmadge Farner of Redland Route One, born July 2. The event at Larauay Villa includes Mrs T Mokroy, Elizabeth Espey, Corta Jean Harris, Mrs Charles Cooper and daughter Carathe. Robert Espy, in Navy service, is noted.
Fragmentary report mentions a Boatswain's mate and a Mrs, with names Pa James D Sienges and B Tourre, returning from a location near Hodges Route One. Details are garbled and persons and places are not fully clear.
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