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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1932
Page
2
A frugal luncheon or supper dish using 4 to 6 oranges, lettuce, and cottage cheese with a French dressing. The recipe guides halved orange slices arranged around a central mound of cottage cheese on lettuce plates, served with a blended dressing of orange juice lemon juice oil salt and sugar or jelly.
New York March 3 AP The South’s glamorous Confederate figures led by Jefferson Davis and Alexander H Stephens are revived in a new biography titled Little Aleck by E Ramsay Richardson of Richmond Va The book centers on Stephens life home Liberty Hall Crawfordville Ga and covers Stephens opponents like Toombs Hill and Linton Stephens The narrative portrays Stephens as a devoted idealist and constitutional strict constructionist while noting his role as Georgia congressman Confederate vice president and state governor
Alabama conducts a state wide search for top amateur singers aged 18 to 25 with finals in fall. Winners at WAPI Birmingham advance to Dixie finals for a shot at 5900 dollars national prize. Committee chaired by P O Davis of Auburn lists members from Tuscaloosa Birmingham Montgomery Anniston Gadsden and more. Previous Atwater Kent entrants eligible if under 25.
Home demonstration work in Alabama last year produced 1,903,657 quarts canned and related gains. Home sewing and dry cleaning earned $57,517.20. Farm food products sold totaled $1,104,646.35. Vegetables valued at $308,098 poultry at $449,881 and dairy products at $395,152 were consumed at home.
Hartford Mrs. Glenn and Gibson family visit Quillins. Sid Myre Foy Camp and baby visit Dothan relatives. Birmingham guests BeGee McGee Brooks stay with Claude McGee. Gadson and Chence families host weekend visitors. PTA convention attended by local residents in Tisrota. Tallahassee and Thamesville visitors noted. multiple social gatherings and guests of local families reported.
A roundup of local social activity includes visits between Headland residents and relatives near Baker Hill and Old Center church. A large YWCA YWA R A and Sunbeam meeting gathered at Tolbert church Saturday afternoon with many attendees. Community members share visits, dinners, and attendance at funerals, peanut shelling events, and church programs involving the McClenny, Arnold, Hardy, and Tramell families among others.
Rob Hatcher of Coffee Springs spent the week with friends in Dothan while others attended regular meetings. Mrs Grady Pughie and Misses Tommie Turker Nell and Jean Broch visited Mrs W M Lamer in Michigan as relatives arrived. The passage notes various social visits and community gatherings with names and places.
The Jefferson county chapter of the Red Cross reports serving 14,915 families last year. Miss Roberts Morogan presented the annual figures noting 101,515 was spent on divers reef support and 31,077 used for other services.
Montgomery dispatch reports that 52 percent of U.S. meat consumed in 1931 came from hogs. The typical citizen reportedly consumes about 69.6 pounds of pork, illustrating the nation’s pork-heavy diet and trends across the year.
An Easter birthday dinner was held at Wiley Dickersons home in Webb Route One honoring Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Dickerson their son Christon and two year old grandson Gerald Dickerson. Attending were numerous Dickersons Summers and other relatives from Webb and nearby areas including Ashford Cowars and Prevatt families.
Mrs E G Hodnett of Texarkana Texas describes relief from soreness and constant side pain after using Cardus. She began feeling better after starting the regimen and finished three bottles with the pain gone. Sold at drug stores.
Louisville speech set as Kentucky dentists gather for the sixty third annual Kentucky State Dental Association convention in Louisville from April 4 to 6. Dr A K Parks will address the gathering and discuss dental topics of interest to practitioners statewide.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions payments, fees, and personal health concerns. It is unclear and unfinished, with stray phrases about women, money, and nervousness. The readable content provides no coherent event, names, dates, or locations to summarize further.
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