Poems and World War II Army News Blurred Fragments
A mixed set of verses and notes from a wartime page reports Adelaids Love poem lines about walking slowly and awaiting a loved one, then a Rainbow poem referencing youth and aging. It also notes Corporal Lene on a foreign U.S. Marine assignment, Private J K R Murphy on furlough visiting family, and Private Floyd T Powell at Macon Georgia awarded a good conduct medal. includes family names and residences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lene
U. & Marine Corps
Floyd 'T. Powell
Macon
Basic Comerford
Midland City
Powell
Ban BE. Powell
Houston
Arkansas
Mrs Hatcher Hosts Hartford WCS Meeting at Home
Hartford report covers WCS gathering at Mrs Hatcher's home with red rose and white mum decor. President Mrs Daughtry led business, members presented readings and songs, and prayers closed the session. Also notes visitors and military assignments of local residents and service members returning or visiting from Houston Fort Eustis Camp Crowder Corona California and Navy.
Specialist Suggests Yule Gifts Of Food
Auburn Alabama November advice from Mamie Whisnant extension economist home management. Wartime shopping is tiring so homemakers should make simple practical gifts from food and home produced goods. Also use leftover scraps to craft toys blankets and small items, plus war savings stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Ale
Mamie Whisnant
Home Management
Alabama Polytechnic
Miss Whisnant
Japs Plan Another War Says AP Man
AP dispatch from Port Elizabeth cites observers returning from Japan who say Tokyo knows it is in a losing war but keeps the public misinformed while government presses for continued fighting. Interviews with officials and others in occupied territories reinforce the view of a doomed effort needing renewed war aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond P. Cronin
Port Elizabeth
Union South Africa
Japan
Rising Sun
Philippines
First Tooth Displayed By 2-Week-Old Baby
Spencer Lee Little of San Jose California shows the first tooth found by his mother shortly after birth lifting a milestone moment for the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Lee Little
San Jose
Calif
Birth of a son announced by Mr and Mrs Keener Bagley
Mr and Mrs Keener Bagley announce the birth of a son Wade Hampton born November 1. The brief notice confirms the newborn’s arrival and family celebration in the local community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keener Bagley
Wade Hampton
Pilot Club Plans Continue at Heesten Hotel Meeting
The Pilot Club meets at the Heesten Hotel to finalize organization steps and seek membership in the Pilot Information System. Officers are elected at the November 16 Houston Hotel gathering with guests Marthe Stephene and Mrs William Lawing from Panama City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heesten
Pilot Dieb
Fred Little
Julia Darnwood
Pattis Ree Buchanan
Myrtle Winters
Camp Rucker
American Red Cross
Patty Ree Buchanan
Pilot Club
Houston Hotel
Misa Marthe Stephene
Wilam Lawing
Paneme City
Mission Program Observed At Lafayette Street Church
Lafayette Street Methodist Church on W 8th held a two part mission program during its annual week of prayer and offering for foreign and home missions. Mrs Clyde Coe directed the first half with talks by Mrs Coe and Mrs W O Phillips followed by devotionals and discussions on home mission needs by several speakers. The second half featured talks on foreign mission needs by Mrs Grady Watford and others, ending with a consecration service and dedication of gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette Street Methodist
W. 8
Clyde Coe
Mra. Coe
W. O Phillips
Howell Coe
Mra
F. Wilkes
Tryde Coe
Fred O’brien
Grady Watford
Fox Jordan
R. P. Sanders
C. W. Carr
J L. Wilson
W FP Kirkland
Mra Wilson
Mra Kirkland
Clubs To Observe Achievement Week in Alabama
4 H Club members in every Alabama county will observe National Achievement Week November 14. Main aims are to report club achievements in wartime, acquaint rural families with progress, recognize individual and group effort, plan for next year, and recruit nonmembers. Seventeen percent of 1942 traffic fatalities occurred between 5 pm Saturday and 4 am Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Ala
Alabama
Sims
Alabama Extension Service
Garden Club Meets With Mrs. Barnes in Dothan
The Dothan Garden Club met at 504 West Adams with Mrs. A. G. Barnes Jr. hosting. Speaker Mrs. Troy Lewis spoke on Fall Garden Hints, followed by reports from officers and committee chairs. The club voted to boost welfare contributions and planned delegates to the Hartford regional convention. Joy Ramsey, four, is hospitalized with a broken arm from a Monday fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan Garden Club
A. G. Barnes, Jr
West Adams Street
Lewis
W. H. Wright
T C. Cuthbertson
J. W. Hamilton
Troy Lewis
W. O. Phillips
Ming Loula Dunn
Phillips
Troy Lawis
Oscar Hightower
Garden Club
Hartford
Troy Lewig
Dothan
Joy Ramsey
Richard Ramsey
Jocal Hospital
Four Memphis Patients Named Melody Musick Harp and Pieno
In a Memphis hospital ward four patients shared a physician and a musical twist in their names Melody Musick Harp and Pieno. The scene was described as a musical atmosphere beyond babies cooing and crying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Babie
Melody
Musick
Harp
Pieno
Drafted Marine Dick Seeks Board Clarification
Walter G. Dick of Worcester Massachusetts could not report for induction at North Camp Pole Louisiana. On kitchen police duty a mass sergeant prevented his departure. He had sought an appointment to West Point but, after deferment ended, volunteered for immediate induction and took the oath last March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Camp Pole
Cina
Walter
G. Dick
Worcester
United States Military Academy
A Slight Case Of Identity
WAKONDA S D AP Dale Robert Peterson and Robert Dale Peterson have been drafted into the armed forces and processed through induction and physicals. They are not related. The item notes mix ups in notices and a curious identity coincidence amid military processing. The drum is mentioned as the oldest musical instrument.
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Wakonda
S. D
Dale Robert Peterson
Robert
Dale Peterson
Draft Board and
Post Office
Dale Robert
Robert Dale
Draft Board
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Sfedddo
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Isa
Amy
J. KR. Murphy
University of
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Teag Dixie Transfer & Storage Co
Harden
Hatcher
Hartford W
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Phillip Chaney
Clayton Brannon
Nga
Mebere
Everette Holland
Congo
Gleon P. Cantrell
Presentere Mesdames
Larkin Corbitt
Will Meicair
Roscoe Hardwick
Wil Hardwick
Philiip Chaney
Harvey Windham
Randolph Howell
W. F. Clammons
Bessie Mullins
G. P Cazitrelli
Wil Daughtry
Julia Parker
John Henry Childs
Shelley Helms
J F. Collins
Charles Corbitt
Columbia
Mary Louise
See
Don . Huskey
Texas
H. B Burtleshaw
Cody M Phillips
Fort Eustis
Foy Phillps
Sara Helen Strickland
Ashford
Camp Crowder
Fort Eustin
Army
Army Air Forces
Herbert Lisenby
U 28
Navy
Corona
Californa
Mr. D
Lisenby
Lena Street
Ann Sheridan
Charles Chaplin
Paulette Goddard
Jace Ousuis
Hunay
Danis
Emore
Bonus Henning
Chicago
C. A
Vicks VapoRah
Lidia E. Pink
WOMSN
Lydia E. Pinkham
China
Coca-Cola
Tientsin
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Tsingtao
Haven
Cobé
Atlanta
Seven Seas
Lotteg Undeg
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
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