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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1946
Page
5
In the circuit court clerk's office Clyde Brown faced arrest over the weekend by Investigator FR B Phillips of the Alcoholic Tax Unit and Deputy Sheriff J T Casey at Basemore's Mill Pond. Officers destroyed a gallon of moonshine and Brown was released on a $300 bond.
The Australian legal section announced the execution of 21 convicted Japanese war criminals in Rabaul today.
H. H. Penuel 74 died at home on Ashford Route 2 Tuesday morning after a long illness. He lived in the community 50 years, a member of W. O. W. and Pleasant Plains Church. Funeral 3 p.m. today at Pleasant Plying Church. Rev. Joe White, Rev. H. E. Craughn, and Rev. Roby Lee officiating. Buried at church cemetery Ward-Wilson in charge. Surviving: wife. two sons A. D. Penuel and H. J. Penuel. two brothers Willie and Jeff Penuel. three sisters Mrs. W. F. Shelly, Mrs. Ella Marshall, Mrs. T. O. Beasley. seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers named.
The Rev C T Rogers recalls the Columbia Baptist church’s age in Georgia Alabama history. He cites Alexander Lee Miller's The History of Bethel Association showing Columbia joined Bethel at Sumter County Georgia in November 1922 while in Henry County Alabama. The church is at least 107 years old, possibly older, with Rogers as a long-time Columbia member before moving to Dothan.
Popularity rising for Betts Slingruff Arthur Morris and Ingram Hanahan as they count on at least 18 votes in the western town area. They led 18 local youths to Wiregrass Memorial Stadium for an impromptu football session on a real field with goal posts.
Laney White, longtime government agent, settled on a 240 acre farm at the edge of Coffee County along the Enterprise Geneva highway. He plans modern living with electric power and plumbing and will convert government time into farming, keeping his claim he is not retiring. He owns 100 acres of timber and 140 acres cultivated and aims to make the venture pay with extra work.
Ernest C Hall 44 resident of Samson for eight years formerly of Autaugaville Ala died at his home Sunday night at 7 o clock. Funeral services Tuesday at Samson Methodist Church with Rev W Earl Dubois officiating. Burial in Early cemetery at Earlstown with Pittman directing. Survivors include wife two daughters Doris and Marjorie two sons John Percy and Ernest C Jr of Simson his father Percy F E Hall of Prattville brothers Eugene of Selma Pete Lawrence and Peyson of Prattville and one sister Mrs Grace Crowe of Prattville.
Delbert Marsn and Charlie Moore were arrested near Enterprise by Alcohol Tax Unit Investigator R B Phillins and Deputy Sheriff Watkins on charges of illegally making liquor. They waived hearing and were bound over to the Federal Grand Jury under $300 bond each. Police found stills in Marsh's house and liquor on his farm where distilling gear was set up.
The fire department issued permits for two new residences yesterday. Dalton Mills at 504 F. Selina seeks $3000, and W C Howell at 500 NL Park Ave seeks $7500.
U S pickle consumption climbed from about 4,000,000 bushels annually in the 1930s to roughly 7,250,000 bushels on average during the war, reflecting a substantial increase in domestic pickle demand.
Former deputy sheriff and auto dealer Clete Bend, now farming at Vicksburg, says farming keeps him fed and focused. He notes six years back on the farm and looks forward to more harvests while praising rural meals and the farm cycle.
B. B. Johnson, long with the State Revenue Department, was promoted to supervisor for his ten county territory in South Alabama. He works weekends at home, enjoys tax-checking but misses daily in-person contact from his Dothan days. He previously covered 33 counties during the war.
Classified ads list multiple items for sale and requests: 1940 Ford Tudor with new motor and tires near Vicksburg. 4 door Chevrolet with seed tires in Newton Alabama. one black mule. Quarr es farm with acreage, houses, fence, and REA line near Banifay Florida. scrap iron found in field. sow and nine pigs near Graceville. 60 and 120 acres of land in Dothan and Bonifay areas with cultivation, school bus routes, and houses. 6 room house with utilities near Ozark Abbeville. desire to buy 3-4 hundred feet of pipe. assorted rural real estate and equipment listings across Dothan, Bonifay, Banifay, Graceville, and surrounding towns.
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