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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1945
Page
3
Frank Stewart returned to her Montgomery home today after a week in Dothan visiting Mrs. W. C. King, as the text laments sacred trust and civic resolve amid wartime duties and faith.
Webb Junior High 4-H unit held a picnic at Gott Creek with members present including Bob Johnson, Margeret White, Billy May, Betty Irish, James Selders, Eloise Capen, Mere Hudepeth, Barksdale Boyd, Myra Hand, Marshall Ivey, Kate Jars, Thomas Buford, Christisne Adams, Gene Nowell, Betty Brackin, Billy Bowling, Wynell Thrower, Spelly Boyd, Virginia Shelly, Sree Yardy, Helen Chancery, Angus Hudspeth and advisors B. D. Cumble and Miss Mary Euta Joiner.
Mrs Rebecca Peterman celebrated her birthday with a large gathering at her Route Five home inviting numerous friends and relatives. The Rev Otis R Holmes and Mrs Holmes will occupy the new Grandview Baptist Church pastorium on East Collings Street within two weeks, officials announced.
Slocomb School sponsored a May Day pageant on the campus of Slocomb Elementary with over six hundred attendees. Master of ceremonies was Mocrae Davis and Miss La Mar Gate Beatley directed music. Petricis Ann Batley named Queen of May as scenes honored her. Also noted are passes of several locals visiting family, and First Lieutenant Clarence L. Poitevint Jr., newly assigned to Truman Field, a veteran of 50 combat missions with multiple honors.
The Dothan Chapter U D C held its monthly meeting on Wednesday in Mrs. W S Wilsons home to observe National Music Week. Grace Marie Zagado performed four numbers and a musical play was directed by Mrs. J C Haynes with Mrs. Wilson as pianist. The group pledged allegiance to the American flag and saluted the Confederate banner.
James Lamar Helms, radio gunner of the B 24 Liberator, is missing in action over Germany since April 7. He is a member of the 389th Bombardment Group and earned the Air Medal after wings earned in July 1944 in Yuma Arizona. His brother, First Lieutenant Shelley Helms Jr., has been missing since October 1944 on a meteorological mission in the North Atlantic while attached to Wick Scotland. He has served since 1941.
Samuel Mixon Hawkins of Midland City Route Two was liberated from a German camp on April 2 and returned to his Sylvan Grove family farm within a month. He arrived pale and lighter but well and said his wartime diet was two bread slices and thin potato peelings. after liberation he began a 60 day furlough home.
Dr and Mrs Paul Flowers announce the birth of their daughter Grace DeJarnette on May at Jocel Hor Pial hospital.
Hartford P T A concludes its year with officers installed by Prof C C Edmardson in a ceremony. New president Pete Lee and officers received thanks, with reports on fund balances and lunch room projects. Special Houston County Board of Education meeting notice follows.
In a Barna town scene, a sergeant escapes captivity and learns his grandfather is alive as his mother and townspeople greet him. A dramatic homecoming unfolds with tears, embraces, and the revelation of Harry’s English-speaking mother who learned the language to welcome him after 1938.
The text describes an unclear scene where an American force approaches Barns and a woman, cited as Harcy's mother, persuades local fighters to lay down arms. The fragment mentions a sister named Rose Morisix and a move to signal or escort someone away, but the passage is heavily garbled and difficult to interpret.
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