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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1943
Page
3
A poetic remembrance echoes the English countryside across memory and verse. It blends longing with seasonal imagery, invoking hagilah lanes, misty rains, daffodils, hawthorns, and a cuckoo’s call to fuse time and place in a lyrical recollection. The lines celebrate England’s spring and timeless beauty through evocative, lyrical phrasing.
Miss Helen Pase Marthe McBryde hosts a Club and Gaiety event in Su by secret club rooms with artistic floral arrangements and a red backdrop. Mrs Blount showcases costumes and corsages while attendees enjoy pasty delicacies. about seventy five members attend the evening. The occasion marks a notable social gathering amid a UN milestone.
The Eusian Sunday School class holds its regular social and business meeting at First Baptist church Tuesday afternoon. Groups five and six lead the program and entertainment. all regular members and service honor roll members are urged to attend.
Tee Senior Clam of Slocomb Hugh Behool sponsored a Who's Who contest with results. Nell White prettiest girl Homer Unger most handsome boy Mia Baxley best girl athlete Monroe Weeks best boy athlete Jewel Giens best all around girl J Hawn Register best all around boy Musa Helen Bell most popular girl Hebert Bolits not popular boy Jesse Arpad Jr ugliest boy Jane Garner milest girl Mrs F C Plenpey most popular teacher. Proceeds from the bake sale will be used for a school debt for an electric clock and bell system.
Professor Hudson Strode of the University of Alabama English Department will travel to Texas to deliver three lectures for Houston Town Hall. His talks cover South America and Finland with the final speech titled The Truth About Finland. Strode is acclaimed as an authority on both regions and has published praised works Finland Forever and South by Thunderbird.
Officials at the Surgical Dressings unit appeal for more workers at the Coca Cola plant workroom on North St Andrews Street. Volunteers, including busy housewives and businesswomen, can drop in Tuesday to Friday from 9 am to 4 pm to fold bandages. Production targets aim to double current output to support Army Navy Marines and Air Corps.
Mr and Mrs Frank Jones announce the birth of a daughter on February 25 named Dorothy Marie. Mr and Mrs B F Jimmerson Evelyn Boyd announce the birth of a daughter at Balter Hospital on March 11 in Eufaula named Tallulah Anne.
Elba Alabama special reports detail a March study club gathering at Mrs De mer Rooella home with hostesses and a salad course. Members read roll call and committee reports on Conservation salvage and club officers were elected for the new year. Public notices include promotions and returns of local service members.
Miss Wynness Tate of Anniston has been named assistant director of the Wesley Foundation at the University of Alabama. Dr. Wiliam Echols, pastor-director, announced the appointment amid campus expansion and cadet training influx. Tate, a Huntington College graduate with a George Peabody MA, has taught at Anniston High, Holmes, and Hinds Junior College, and has directed youth and caravans for Methodist groups in several southern cities.
U S readers in Arizona California and New Mexico protest dried bean limits under wartime rules. Families consuming over 8 pounds per person monthly say the 1 pound bean limit at 5 points hurts meals. Regional allowances and dietary needs demanded as OPA reviews rationing.
Montgomery citizens expressed choice for mayor and two associate City Commissioners in a quadrennial election. Mayor Cyrun B Brown was unopposed. Candidates for Associate Commissioner were WP Screwe and W. A Gayle, incumbents, and Robert C Phelps, former sheriff and former county tax collector.
Dorothy Dix weighs the wartime rise in women’s earnings and divorce, noting many women gain financial freedom while pondering the impact on marriage and child care. She questions whether freedom from abusive husbands will bring lasting happiness or new social strains.
Abbeville special reports the funeral for Mrs. Mattie Floyd who died Thursday at her daughter’s home in Barnes community. The service was held at Mt Zion Church near Cottonwood with burial in the church cemetery. She was sixty seven. Survived by four sons and four daughters, plus three grandchildren and one niece.
Retailers in Dothan and Houston County will gather at Horaton Memorial Library tonight at 7:30 to hear plans for registering processed foods. The discussion covers requirements during the April registration period and the March 31 inventory declaration. Marguerite Atchison will lead the session for the War Rationing Board.
Polls in Dothan will open tomorrow for the city primary to select Clyde T. Coe as Democratic nominee for City Commissioner. Light turnout is expected as the contest is seen as a formality. Voting machines will be used in all wards with locations in Malone Ford Plant Ward One, Wooten Building Ward Two, City Hall Ward Three, and the courthouse Ward Four. The polling hours are 8 am to 5 pm.
Washington AP reports last minute rush as 45,000,000 returns expected to be filed by midnight. Treasury notes many districts still lack final filings while offices stay open to accept late returns without penalty for veterans and others with past due marks.
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