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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1948
Page
5
Hal Boyle recalls how honesty about everyday injuries often fails to persuade friends. He recounts fibbing about a bathtub fall after a bruised head and notes the urge to invent wilder tales. He finally reveals he was actually hit by a reckless stunt pilot and survived.
Alabama Public Safety Department will launch a statewide drive against unlicensed drivers. Jefferson County will start within days, expanding statewide over six months with checks by the State Highway Patrol and local police. Director J D Mitchell ordered the action after records showed many traffic violators lacked licenses. Jefferson County alone may have 45 000 to 75 000 unlicensed drivers.
Ten first-year student nurses completed six months pre clinical work and received their white caps in a capping ceremony held yesterday afternoon. The Moody hospital nurses home hosted the event with parents friends physicians and staff in attendance. Recipients were Mary Holland Louise Smith Annie Womble Berniece Pacher Jean Sepler Betty Johnson Winnie Kelly Opal Ivey Melba Abercrombie and Laurice Medley. Senior students gave the address and presented the caps.
OZARK Special Five Echo Junior High soloists and pianists from Echo will participate in the District Choral Festival for Southern Alabama at State Teachers College in Troy. Representing Echo are Ruth Jean, Ann Preston, June Brown, Shirley, and Betty Brantley. The massed chorus brings together over a thousand voices under James Baar, choral conductor of the Chicago Musical College Choir.
Chipola Junior College announces spring quarter registrations led by President Harold Bell. The list includes Em mette Wilson Wester Sacads, Robert Glenn Garrett DeFuniak Springs, Howard H Ward DeFuniak Springs, Bernice Carolyn Clarke River Junction, Wilton Campbell Hinson Marianna, Victor Rodney Hicks Sneads, Doyle Wallace Braxton Cotten date Putman Fo Bradshaw Abbs ville, Lena Ames Cresteut Chipley, Ann Marie Grant Bas com, Frederick Jerome Carpenter Grand Ridge, George W Sullivan Marianna, James Newton Williams Graceville, Herbe J Ivey Cottondale, John G Williams Malone, Rolland H McCall Geneva Ala., Neil K Davis Dothan Ala., Robert Leon Finch Marianna.
Mrs. W. A. Little reports a flock of about 1000 robins at the Columbia River banks four miles upriver from Wenatchee. The birds appeared plump and well-fed and returned to the same spot at the same time as last year.
A new record for comet discovery is noted with unclear text about findings and a separate odd aside describing a fish lure that makes bubbles and a sound to attract fish. The passage blends celestial notes with a peculiar fishing item, featuring mismatched names and garbled phrases.
In Marianna West Florida Show plans call for 15 4-H Boys to raise pure bred pigs Duroc Poland China and Hampshire for exhibition next October. Assistant agent Fred Sumner names participants from Sneads Graceville Grand Ridge and nearby towns, including Randolph Swearing Cherokee Billy Spencer and others.
In Vidalia Georgia residents faced a fuel shortage after a spell exhausted supply. Hush Thompson a company executive arranged use of corn cobs as fuel causing hot fire with little smoke. Reported in Alaska hunters killed 150 tons of fuel can causes between 1923.
The text explains how nervous-system disruption from a neck or spine strain can cause varied troubles. It notes that chiropractors locate and adjust the vertebrae to release nerves, allowing the body to begin repair and return to health.
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