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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1944
Page
11
The Houston County Ration Board will meet Wednesday instead of Tuesday to discuss gasoline, food, and other ration issues. Officials note unchanged regular meeting time and urge compliance amid price adjustments and supplier concerns.
A parish meeting was held at the Parish House with members including Ne Harrison Bobbie Mary Jean O Neal Mary Ann Sand and others. After the session a hike was planned for Saturday November.
The Houston County probate office issued marriage licenses this past week. Names include Rudolph Haimrowitz of Honolulu and Aileen Wright of Headland, plus several other couples from Dothan, Bonifay, Webb, and nearby locales. Strong entries list spouses and their cities, with several from Baltimore, Nashville, and Atlanta regions.
Representative Brantley outlines a proposal for a Louisiana Texas Alabama Fat Stock Show to promote cattle breeders. He says the committee will convene before the May meeting to draft recommendations and believes a statewide exhibit should focus on cattle, not a fair or carnival. The event would be open to out of state cattlemen, with winners from Dothan eligible to compete.
Headland's young businessman Carey Solomon, former running cottonseed and peanut oil mill operator, pursues farming near Headland. He shows a peanut harvest and hay baling in progress, describing farming as the most interesting business and noting frequent coffee drinking as a local habit.
Frank Carter, the Abbeville warehouseman who led the Third District census in 1940, is recommended by Congressman George Andrews as supervisor for next year's agricultural census. The census starts the first week in January recording data on farm acreage crops livestock and labor. A separate Henry County referendum will decide on voting machines with some opposition citing cost and doubts about benefits over paper ballots. Judge Saxon F. Poyner supports machines in busy areas while noting the care needed to set up and run them for successive elections.
Fragmentary battlefield note reports Wiregrass soldiers wounded in action with unclear details. Names, ranks, and exact units are unreadable. mentions of a husband and wife and a local area imply community impact. The text also references legal voting and a small tally, but specifics are illegible.
Readable fragments describe a meteorological event and its effects but lack clear details. The item references weather conditions and a local area, with uncertain spellings and partial names, offering limited concrete facts for a full summary.
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