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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1947
Page
5
A speaker vows enduring love beyond beauty and youth. The heart that loves remains steadfast, foretelling that affection grows more precious with time. The sunflowers reference a devoted gaze as the sun rises and sets, symbolizing unwavering attachment.
Mrs. John Rish hosted the Round Table pee Club gathering Tuesday afternoon at 20. Speakers Mrs. Roy Hill and Mrs. Thomas Penton spoke on Atomic Energy and Transportation. A social hour followed with a luncheon plate and iced drinks for members including Mrs. Bates Faulkner Flurry Hill Jones Mathis Roberts Penton Adams.
The Workers Council of the Lafayette Street Methodist Church held a supper at the church Wednesday night with forty two members present. Harry Prim, general superintendent of the Sunday School, presided. Dr. Baker and Mrs. Baker were special guests. The council set attendance quotas of 500 for Palm Sunday and 600 for Easter Sunday.
Mrs. C L Morgan and Mrs Harold Coe hosted Circle Seven of Lafayette Street Methodist W S C S Tuesday at 7 30. Devotional Thou Art Our Father by Miss Jewel Story followed by Miss Maude Baughman’s response. Leaflet Children and Their Church studied by Mrs J S Bailey with aides Mrs Luther Snell, Mrs J M Powell Jr, Mrs C T Goolsby, Miss Maude Baughman and Mrs C A Lawrence. Seventeen members attended one new member and one visitor.
Ozark W M A Women’s Circle met at the Snellgrove home Monday night at 7 30 with Mrs J A Matthews and Misses Mamie and Bonnie Snellgrove hosting. A program on The Story of Hymns featured readings by Elizabeth Perry Elizabeth Collins and Jessie B Cansler and songs led by Mary Helen Andrews sewing circle members and guests attended the social hour and refreshments were served by the hostesses.
Mr and Mrs Edward Peters hosted a Sunday gathering to honor his mother Mrs Penny Peters on her eighty fifth birthday. Attendees from multiple towns shared lunch, music, and singing throughout the afternoon with an extensive list of relatives and friends from Vicksburg Slocomb Dothan Hartford Graceville Fort Gaines Prichard Webb and surrounding areas.
Columbia High School auditorium hosted the annual mother daughter and father son banquet on Thursday night March 13 at 7 30. Blue and gold streamers red and white crepe paper balloons and greenery decorated the room. Mrs Homer Alford gave the response and Max Lasseter of FLOFA introduced guests. A short play Henrys Mail or Wife was performed with club members singing between scenes. About 150 students and guests attended.
Huntingdon College plans a social tea during the Alabama Education Association convention in Birmingham. The March 28 event, 4 to 6 pm, in the Tutwiler Hotel Coronial Room, honors AEA alumnae and invites all Huntingdon alumnae and students in the Birmingham area. Principal organizers include President Hubert Searcy and Dean Marylee Collins.
Billy Earl Smith and Patricia Ann Mink celebrated birthdays at the Smith parents' home with family friends present. A Bama Ball heads Friday at Mothan Country Club for Alabama alumni and guests with Bill Farmer's orchestra. Dothan Study Club meets Friday afternoon hosted by Mrs. W S Brooks featuring Rev. E Tipton Carroll on Religion Through the Ages. Mrs. Fd Jones of Auburn visiting relatives in Dothan.
Mr and Mrs John Ham announce the birth of daughter Mary Charlotte on March 18. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs G L Cook of Panama City Fla. Dothan Service League plans a reception at the Country Club on Saturday night March 22 for H H Cass Stevens director of the Follies. Members asked to bring sandwiches or money to Mrs Frank Covington by 3:00 pm Saturday.
The Cradle Roll Workers of the First Baptist Church met Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. in Mrs. E L Dillard's home. Mrs B L McClendon and Mrs Dillard led the program. plans were made for a April Mother's Social. Light refreshments were served by the hostess.
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