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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1943
Page
4
Dorothy Lassiter celebrated her sixteenth birthday anniversary at Shiloh Church with eighteen guests. They gathered in the parlor after service for refreshments and gifts, as friends congratulated her in a social tribute with decorative tables and shared conversation.
Chief Martin announces a procurement party for WAVES and SPARS will visit the Dothan Navy Recruiting Station all day Tuesday. The Birmingham Office of Naval Officer Procurement will lead by Lieut O HL Sways en and Ensign Virgina A Hblyard. The event includes medical exams and advance forms at 48 Post Office Building, with recruiting talks in Enterprise and Geneva scheduled.
Miss Dorothy Cannon daughter of Mr and Mrs Mark Cannon entertained twelve friends at 350 oclock Saturday afternoon at 300 Montezuma avenue for her twelfth birthday. Refreshments of punch wafers and sandwiches were served. The group later attended a film at a local theater. Guests included Janelle Lane Jean Ward Connie Hill Mary Catherine Roundtree Pat Hutchings Jane King Helen Blount Martha McBryde Betty Griffin Mary Malone June Robertson and Charlotte Cannon.
Mrs J W Capps hosted a Friday bridge club luncheon at her Newville home with gladioli and blue iris decor. After lunch, regular bridge was played featuring players Mrs Scott Lindsey, Mrs A Le Whigham, Mrs J C Dinn, Mrs James Price, Mrs Lloyd Griffin, Mrs J B Fordham, Mrs Carlton Kirkland, Miss Ann Lee Griffin, and Mrs Hogan of Marianna.
Vocal and piano numbers by guest artists will feature the Harmony Club program at 10 a m Thursday morning at the Houston Memorial Library. Mrs D G Gonzales of Washington D C will play Lotus Land and Lento by Cyril Scott. Mrs Gonzales studied at the University of Alaska and studied organ under Adolf Torovaky. Mrs James Verta of Peabody Mass, prominent in music circles, will sing My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice Sempon and Delilah by Saint Saens Trees by Ragbück and O Dry Those Tears. Mrs Dupree Davis and Mrs Curtis Adams will host and Mrs John Hubbard will direct.
The Edgar Stillman Kelley Scholars program offers financial aid to junior musicians under 16 to continue study. Three entrants are David Allen Gibson of Birmingham Vernon D Raines of Brewton and Betty Sue Garner of Oneonto. Competition will be held in Birmingham in early April with prospective candidates named by Mrs W D Wood Camp Hill.
A reader writes about extreme jealousy toward her devoted husband, asking what causes this defect and if hiding a child could reassure her. Dorothy Dix advises discipline, refraining from cruel remarks, and building self confidence to prevent alienating the husband, suggesting distraction and steady self control as remedies.
Readable fragments report announcements about a daughter named Merch 2 and a person Mary Ratecca along with Mr E J S nun admitted to a data Lowitel after an accident. Another note references Mills in Baxley and Moe Bost, with days of care at the hospital.
Hubert Ho Creel outlines a fire hazard reduction plan by 4-H members in Hubert County. Teens remove matches and flammable liquids from homes and barns, inspect steel roofs and electrical fuses, and ensure proper electrical appliances. One thousand seven hundred youths signed pledges to aid neighbors in preventing forest fires and extinguishing grass and woods fires.
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