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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1945
Page
6
Edward and the Etheridge family are referenced as being in France and Burma. Their son Willard Etheridge is in training at Camp Wheeler, Georgia, and daughter-in-law Merie Shiver is waiting at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
The article highlights the discharge button as a badge of honor for veterans ending their military service. It urges civilians to recognize the small gold eagle emblem on left lapels to identify those formerly in uniform and explain their absence from current duties.
A Sunday School meeting of the Columbia Association Southern Baptist Convention will be held at Ashford Baptist Church tomorrow night at 7 15 o'clock with all churches in the association to be represented. The program includes devotional remarks by Superintendent Strickland a Century in Retrospect by C C Bennett 10 000 Enlargement Campaigns by the Rev J T Nati 10 000 Vacation Bible Schools by Mrs S C Roundtree 19 000 Training Schools by the Rev Joan Eden Departmental conference Adult Jack E White Young People Mrs Claude Cotton Juniors Mrs C C Bennett Intermediates Mrs Carlton Buie Primary Mrs Hoyt Cook Cradle Roll Mrs J B E Wood Extension Mrs R R Pettus On Ta Victory by Dr Alfred J Dickinson.
Funeral services for Rebecca Louise Roach infant, daughter of Staff Sergeant and Mrs. F. D. Roach of 604 Stough Street, were held at Piney Grove Church with Rev. James A. Zellner officiating. Burial followed in Piney Grove Cemetery. Surviving: maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gilbert of Dothan route one and paternal grandfather J. T. Roach of Cathe Oklahoma.
Mrs Flor ence I Campbell aged sixty four former Ozark resident died at her Atlanta home Saturday morning after a short illness Funeral services were held at Smyrna Church with Rev Jack son of Stocomb officiating Burial was in Smyrna cemetery Ward Wilson served as mortician She is survived by husband J A Campbell three daughters D W Gowan Atlanta Mrs Miles Rudd Dothan and Mrs Russell Moore West Liberty Ky a sister Mrs E J Waddell Laurel Hill Fla a son J E Blalock Tuscaloosa three grandchildren and one great grandchild Active pallbearers Wall Perry Carlton Buie Mr Helms Taylor Hicks Oscar Pierce Loyd Helms
At Madison Square Garden the Louis Zamperini Invitational mile saw eight world records set as Kim Rafferty, winner of all six of his winter races, finishes in 4 16.4. Haege will run the same four opponents in the Columbian mile, part of the Knights of Columbus games this week.
A garbled notice describes auxiliary officers visiting Headland and Dothan for barbecues and conferences with local units and officials. Names such as Grover Bay, Ozark, Abbeville, Henry County, and Dothan appear amid scattered phrases about meetings and veterans. The fragment mentions a mine carbon problem and tanks warming up before beach fitting.
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