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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1943
Page
6
Incomplete fragment notes recount a Mart County visit to Cicage with local figures and activities. The legible items reference a home visit, attendees, and possible dates or locations, but concrete names, places, and outcomes are missing from the text.
Hartford special reports Malvern and Fadette school 4 H clubs met with county agent Mrs Carrie Threaton addressing electrical repair and other topics. Angeline Merritt and Lathe Culverhouse noted for their clubs. Local poem news highlights Lucille Key Thompson of Troy with Gracious Interlude nearing May 3 release. 50 poems, many prize winners, previously published in magazines and radio programs. Will Merrill heads to Fort McPherson for U S Army induction.
The fourth annual Gladiolh Show of the Cherokee Garden Club is set for Wednesday at the Episcopal Parish House with hours from 3 PM to 6 PM. Sponsored by the club, the exhibit will feature gladioli in classes for single blooms, groups, arrangements, and mixed displays. Silver loving cups will be awarded for sweepstakes, best out of town club exhibit, and best commercial exhibit. Public invited. garden clubs in nearby towns extended special invitations.
The marriage of Miss Owie Meadows daughter of Mrs W R Meadows of Ashford to Alfred A Sadow of Portland Oregon took place at noon Saturday March 27 at the Methodist parsonage in Portland with Rev Roy B Parcel officiating. Attendants were Mrs Margaret Hegrenes and A D Hegrenes. The couple and guests were later entertained at a Portland hotel reception. Mrs Sadow taught in Southeast Alabama and Panama City before joining Sylacauga's faculty. Mr Sadow studied in Boston and New York, worked in New York City, and is now with Kaiser Shipbuilding in Portland Oregon. They will reside in Portland.
A seventh birthday celebration for J West, son of Mr and Mrs Jos West of Cottonwood route one, included Alvin Granger Calvin Crang ey and many neighbors. Attendees listed include Truman Pilcher James Pynes Fay White Harold Herring Bobby Jean Williams and Ophelis Strickland among others.
Mrs Elizabeth Deese celebrated her 70th birthday with a Sunday dinner at her Cottonwood home. Guests from Cottondale and surrounding towns attended a picnic style meal under shade trees. Notables included Grover Deese and family, Barley Deese, Whitehead families, the McCoy and Henderson clans, and many others. A Garden Club meeting at the library on Tuesday morning will report on the Alabama convention at Montevallo.
Dorothy Dix discusses temper and its impact on marriages and introduces Ernest Groves of Chapel Hill as offering a cure by deflating tantrums through agreeable, indefinite phrases. A concerned correspondent recounts a grandmother’s assault on a jealous grandson and endorses the Groves method as effective for victims of temper.
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