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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1944
Page
3
A poet narrator watches workers in a busy town as a foreman dismisses worries. He ponders duty whether he is a builder of order or a wrecker tearing down walls. The piece reflects identity and purpose amid construction imagery.
Dorothy Whiddon hosted a birthday celebration at her parents home in Dothan with entertainment from guests and refreshments served by Mrs. Whiddon and others. Attendees included Betty Jean Franch Annie Lee Mendheim Dan Strickland and Rowena Martin among others. The item also notes a weekly Victory Bellies dance at the recreation center and a Sorosis Club meeting in the town.
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Colonel Daly opened Napier Field WAC Day Room marked by a social reception and musical program led by Major Phillips. Guests toured three rooms a reception area reading room and game room with decorations and equipment for recreation and relaxation for WAC personnel on base.
The home of Mrs. Annie Laurie Harmon hosted a family reunion luncheon Wednesday gathering Mrs. M. Kaline of Miami Florida Major and Mrs. Mark Harmon Jr Elizabeth Harmon and Betty Bane ne Montgomery Corporal Charles Harmon from Greensport Others included Private Marvin Lewis Jr of Brackley Field Mobile Mrs Marvin Lewis and son Marvin Tr Mr and Mrs Rawlins McKinney and Mrs William Espy
After rush week at the University of Alabama state, Saturday announced new members. Seven Wiregrass students joined fraternities Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Sigma Nu, including Phil Sheley of Dothan Coke Jones Phil Hutchinson and Cunt McCarty of Hartford Hubert Wise of Samson Harold Grims of Elba and Buddy Ragsiaie of Ozark.
Group captains of the Phebean Sunday School meet at First Baptist Church this afternoon to outline plans for the church year. Mrs. B. G. Di ough will preside and announce committee appointments with Mrs. C. R. Mitchell assisting. Mrs. Graves Knolwes teaches a class of sixty young matrons. captains named include Mrs. Natho C. Faulk and Mrs. C. E. Blakey among others.
The Chicago headline notes service wives are welcomed as job hunters with agencies listed to aid employment. The piece argues postwar need for wives’ work, detailing roles like waitresses and clerks, and questions whether employers will hire them after the war. It highlights wives aiding family income during mobilization and cites visits and notices from Atlanta and Dothan as well as a Major promotion.
Mrs. Coley F Carrett and Miss Ida Margaret Pippin marry in a Panama City ceremony at the home of Rev. McDaniel. Attendants Angeta Mann and Dempsey Cook. The couple reside in Panama City. Arthur Zhinden, USMM, returns from the southwest Pacific for two weeks with his parents. Fort St. Joe and Headland Avenue residents host guests. Dan Brooks family visits.
Army Pvt. Mickey Rooney returns to Camp Sibert Alabama after a weekend honeymoon with his 17-year-old bride Miss Birmingham. He wed Betty Jane Race on Saturday, after a six-day courtship, declaring no career plans for his wife. Rooney has prior marriages to Ava Gardner and later divorced in 1943.
Joel Brunner son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Brunner hosted a birthday party at his Ashford home celebrating his tenth birthday with games and light refreshments. Attendees included Joel Edwin C Mary Louise Don Brunner Harold Billie Myra and Mforries Womack Frantis Edna Cobb Gerald Capps Madson Robert Earl Hasty Robert Limuel Brunner and Mrs Brunner. MEETING ANNOUNCED Dothan Garden Club plans a 10:00 a.m. meeting at Mrs. Mark Cannon’s home with co hostesses Mrs. G W Blakey or Mrs. Bert Cannady visiting sister in Panama City and Mrs Mamye Rouse in Washington D C and Elizabeth N J before returning home. Mr. and Mrs. George Bell returned to Jacksonville Fla after a week with Mrs Bell’s sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs A B Murdock.
Friends and relatives gathered at the daughter S house to honor Noch T Shepard on his eighty-fifth birthday. Attendees include Noah and Doris Shepard, Reardon family members, John Marion Shepard, Bush Waters and children, Otis Shepard of Dundee, Braddock Shepard family, Jewell Shepard, Ellison Dooting family, Mollie Shepard, Paul Shepard and Mary Ruth, Loyd Shepard and Elizabeth Hortense, Lovie Reargonard family, Ellison Smyth family, Alice and Lanie Roland, Annie Harrison, J D Reardon, Gil bert Reardon, and L R North family, many from Hartford Slocomb Ashford and ashford area.
The Better Homes and Garden Club of Ashford met at Mrs Ali Sandoz home for the first club session of the year. Robert Perry led the business meeting followed by a program by Mrs R E Christmas on care of woolen blankets rayon and bulbs. Mrs W A Wells spoke on bulbs cultivation. A salad course with iced tea was served by the hostess assisted by Mrs J Hawley. Dothan girls Miss Sara Neston and Miss Mary Smith were chosen for Blackfriars at the University of Alabama.
Marianna Speriali Lieur and Mrs Henry Branson Brewer of this city announce the birth of a daughter Becky Sue on September 2 at Jackson Hospital. Mr Brewer is the only child of Mr and Mrs James Mallore Sams and Lieverart Brewer, an older pilot now in England. Mr and Mrs Henry Peterson of Columbia Alabama announce the birth of a son September 7 named Jack Allen.
The article stresses continued need for used fats to produce ammunition, medicines, parachutes, boats, soaps, and other battlefield essentials. It calls for aiding rehabilitation of European nations and notes factories shifting to civilian goods will require large industrial fats.
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