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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1943
Page
6
Fragmented wedding poem and oblique notes mix with illness updates. Susanne Keenar and Susanne Keenar commentaries appear alongside Evelyn Chaiker Davis convalescing after appendectomy. Mrs Jones plans Montgomery weekend with daughter Lillis Mas Jones.
Solomon Baxter addresses Lafayette Street Methodist at the regular Sunday meeting hour on Sunday morning on The Origin and Meaning of Mothers Day. The program includes a vocal duet, a reading, a poem, an accordion solo, three minute talks on What Mother Means to Me, and a reading Siy Mother. Baskets of flowers will be given to the oldest and youngest mothers present. Junior and intermediate departments join five adult classes in the main church auditorium. All are invited.
Mrs Charles McKeon hosted the Thursday Bridge Club at her 801 West Main Street home yesterday afternoon. Members present included Mrs Edward Crawford, Mrs R M Rowan, Mrs Flowers Crawford, Mrs Julian Hall, Mrs W B Logue, Mrs Henry Flowers Jr, Mrs Horace Hall, and Mrs Quin Flowers. Sweetpeas decorated the game room and a dessert course preceded the games. The high score award went to Mrs Henry Flowers Jr.
John Temple Graves, Birmingham Age-Herald columnist and author, will speak at Judson College on May 8 as part of Victory Day events replacing May Day. The program includes Army representation, drills, music, and a panel on women’s colleges. Also noted are Daughters of the Confederacy officers elected at the Alabama convention and weekend guests in Dothan and Prattville.
Huntingdon College announces a year round summer session to aid students in completing their bachelor’s degree. The program runs first term June 11 to July 15 and second term July 15 to August 4. Registration for term one is June 10 in Flowers Hall with courses taught by regular faculty.
Jackson County WMU Association will hold a meeting on Tuesday May 11 at the Baptist Church in Graceville Florida. President Mrs Elsie F Wincett says Chaplain Carol K Aly of Camp Rucker will be principal speaker. Committee reports and important business are planned. churches in the district are expected to send representatives.
The High Museum School of Art in Atlanta Georgia offers annual scholarships to high school seniors for one year of study without tuition valued at 18000 dollars. Two drawings or paintings per contestant due July 1 1943 unmatted unframed not exceeding 20 by 24 inches. Entry blanks mailed on request. Deadline midnight June 30 1943.
Hollywood star Gloria Jean rails against the school uniform look she says is Sloppy Joe like. She outlines her own spring outfits featuring a shepherd check jacket and black wool skirt, white pique blouse, pompadour hat, and black patent bag.
A practical guide titled Wanted Women in War Industry guides women from home to factory jobs, detailing open positions, needed aptitudes, how to obtain work, and factory life realities. It emphasizes skilled work rather than glamorizing wartime factory labor.
A Sunday vesper hour service at Foster Street Methodist Church will feature a review of Lloyd C. Douglas religion novel The Robe. Pastor Dr Norman McLeod will lead the session at 6:00 p m inviting all interested readers to attend.
A discussion on marriage and housing argues that a perfect house can mislead women about priorities. It notes many men value shared memories and home comfort over the ideal house, and warns wives not to let house perfection eclipse their partners’ happiness.
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