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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1947
Page
5
A quotation urges harvesting knowledge, applying effort, and turning experience into future capital. It promotes relentless study, honest conduct, kindness, and a balanced character, aiming for a clear conscience and personal esteem through steady, virtuous work.
Mrs H C Fountain of Ashford route one hosted a Sunday dinner at her home in celebration of her fifty fourth birthday. Guests included Mr and Mrs Charles Lowe Columbus Ga Mr and Mrs Blanch Trawick and family Mr and Mrs J A Bodifera and family Mr and Mrs C B Skinner Mr and Mrs A J Dickerson Mr and Mrs W N Fountain and family all of Ashford route one.
Announcement from Mr and Mrs R B Hendricks Moncure NC states the marriage of their daughter Ora Bell Hendricks to Jake Cochran son of Mr and Mrs C K Cochran of Columbia Alabama. The ceremony took place September 29 and Cochran is a World War II veteran with European Theater service. The couple reside with Cochran's parents in Columbia.
The Friendship Class of the First Baptist Church held a business meeting at Mrs. Henry Parkes home. Nominating committee announced officers including Hyatt as president and Williams as secretary with installation planned for a banquet on October 24 at the church.
George D. Prentice contemplates human fate and longing in a meditation on a realm where aspirations persist. He argues earth is not man's sole home and envisions a lasting place where beauty and loved ones endure beyond mortal limits.
Mrs E R Porter welcomed Dothan Chapter UDC members at her West Main home with Mrs S C Carlisle as co hostess and Mrs W H Bennett presiding. The program featured a plea for War Between the States letters and manuscripts and readings on preservation. A poem The Ballad of the Blue and Grey was read and an article from the UDC magazine noted that America's first legislative assembly met in the South in 1619. Tea refreshments followed.
The annual Fair seminar of the Dothan district W S C S was held October 1 at the Methodist church in Clayton. Delegates from Dothan include Mrs B H Lisenby Mrs Fletcher Calhoun and Mrs H H McAliley. State officers Mrs Heustess Mrs Jones and Mrs McDowell spoke and a skit was presented by the Clayton W S C S. About 150 delegates and visitors attended.
Mrs Oscar Deese entertained at her Grimes home Saturday for her son Tony's second birthday. After games guests enjoyed an ice course and Halloween candy favors were given. list includes Sherry and Sandra Deese Beron Arnold Jerry Seavers Jerry Patterson Vand Patterson Mickey Robinson Rebecca Bass Jimmy Dosselt Billy Mae Deese and others.
Misses Carolyn Spann Jean Farmer Betty Wood Pearson and Doris Adams, students at Huntingdon College, arrive tomorrow for a weekend at home. Mrs S F Gellerstedt returns after three weeks in North and South Carolina. Miss Joan Bliss leaves tomorrow for Opelika for a weekend visit and Alabama Polytechnic Institute homecoming. Mrs B J Kent is confined with a broken arm at 210 West Washington. Zoe Miss Eleanor McAldlen departs for Troy to start freshman year at State Teachers College. Dr Arthur Kevien leaves for Chicago for the International College of Surgeons with Dr A H Lisenhy of Panama City. Mrs J J McCleskey of Gadsden arrives for visit with daughter and son-in-law at 711 West Main Street.
Polish pianist Maryla Jonas, famed after a 1946 Carnegie Hall debut, discusses her US coast to coast tour and criticizes American women for drink and vanity while recalling war era exile and family losses. A separate item notes the American Legion Auxiliary meeting postponement due to the Peanut Festival.
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