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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1948
Page
7
National Posture Week was observed in Coffee County with chapel exercises in schools, posters in merchant windows, and radio talks. Schools taking part included New Brockton elementary Elba elementary and high school Pine Level Curtis and Eanon with demonstrations to improve posture and health and calls for continued exercises at home and in the community.
Mr and Mrs John C Hall announce a daughter Joyce Patricix born May 17 in a local hospital. Grandparents are H J Hall of Dothan route and G R Grantham of Hartford route. Dr and Mrs Howell D Coe announce a daughter Candece Ann born May 10 in a New Orleans hospital. Grandparents F L Farring Morrero and Mrs Howell Coe Sr of Dothan. Mr and Mrs Lamar Miller Ashford route one announce a son Ronald Lamar born May 13.
Miss Mary Delaney of Jacksonville and Miss Florence Wimberly of Jackson ville presented a joint piano recital at Friday Musicale on May 18. Delaney, senior at Hobert E. Lee High, presides over Treble Clef Music Club. both students of Mrs M M Byrd performed selections by Chopin, Scriabin, and others, with two pianos pieces by Rimsky Korsakov and Wimberly.
Miss Harriet Rose Rodebush married Chester Whittier Newton in a May afternoon ceremony at the Rodebush residence in Urbana Illinois. The couple, attended by family, planned a Chicago after honeymoon in the Smokies and will reside at 644 South Dante Avenue. Newton is a Chicago-based meteorologist and doctoral student. Rodebush a Radcliffe graduate with a meteorology background.
A church section note in the Memphis Press-Scimitar records a gospel preacher from Jackson, Mississippi, arriving in Memphis to preach services.
A long list of local people share travels and life events. Mrs Dei Alen and Mrs Hoyt Cook return from Tulsa with son Charles. Paul McLendon visits Dothan. Mrs John Vincentelli and Mrs O S Carlisle plan trips to Chicago and New York. Billy Mills graduates at UNC Chapel Hill with exercises on June 7. Dr Don R B Wilson convalesces after surgery. Mrs Charles J Stephenson is seriously ill. Jack Worrell transfers to Beaumont after two years with Eastern Airlines. The Arctic tern note highlights its 11,000 mile annual migratory voyage.
A magazine salesman uses a sprightly, manipulative approach to woo a housewife. Displaying boyish charm and rapid patter, he brushes off rejection and presses a subscription pitch while juggling domestic interruptions and household duties. The housewife counters with brief refusals as the sales pitch continues.
A Virginia report warns that firing at someone risks malicious wounding if hit, but accidental misses could bring attempted murder charges. The note cautions shooters to aim carefully to avoid severe legal consequences.
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