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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1931
Page
3
A damaged OCR fragment includes a long poetic prose about love and separation, followed by social notes from Dothan Alabama. It records a Marianna bride to be event with Miss Watson, a Study Club meeting with officers and committees, a UDC postponement, brown bread sale plans, and various local visits and births, naming many residents and places.
A patient recounts mother’s advice to take Carrus which eased facial pain and improved wellbeing. The treatment reduced cheek discomfort and left the person feeling better overall.
A long list of Monday and Tuesday church and social club gatherings is detailed, with times and host addresses across several congregations. Meetings include the Episcopal women's auxiliary, Lafay ette Street Methodist missionary circle, First Baptist junior and women’s auxiliaries, and Presbyterian circles, plus a cabinet session for officers and a Le Club De Vingt luncheon. The piece also notes numerous social visits and a cemetery work day on October 8 and 9.
A flurry of Sunday visits and weekend calls highlight Union Hill social life with Mrs. Fannie Maddox hosting Leila Kirkland. the Exums visiting relatives near Ashford. Hasty and Outlaw families visiting kin in Lovetown and Ashford. Kirkland and Kirkland hosting Payne and visitors. Cameron and Trawick hosting. Miss Frith and Boothe as visitors. Woodham and Cameron families spending time with relatives. W. T. Kirkland of Donalsonville visiting locals this week. Bert Outlaw with Minnie Vann. Bob Hall visiting Aira Kirkland.
The column lists Sunday School times and worship services for Lafayette Methodist churches Foster Street Methodist and First Christian Church, with pastors Bickerstaff and staff, prayer meetings, steward boards, and youth gatherings. It also records brief social notes about parishioners visiting relatives and weekend visits to Ashford and nearby towns.
Headland families announce the marriage of Bobbie Lou Davis to Frank Williams of Cottonwood on September 27. Mrs Crozier of Cedar Spring visits Mrs J L Kelly. Mrs J P Wilson returns from a two week visit with relatives in Clearwater Florida. Rob Roberta of Louisville guests of W M Roberta and Fannie Belle Louisville visits. Grate Flowers and Bernice Woods spend weekend at home. W W Fall and Lilttan Fail of Dothan join H G Ennis in Black Mountain North Carolina. Frances White of Graceville visits locally. Arthur D Walden and relatives visit nearby.
Confederate Veterans planning to attend the Birmingham section are asked by L. M. Batley to call The Eagle office for railroad ticket certificates. Veterans will depart Dothen on October at 4.4 mm over the Atlantic Coast Line to Montgomery and Birmingham.
Mr. Olive and Mr. and Mrs. T E McGowan visit Iron City Georgia. Mr. and Mrs Reeves and children move into the community. Mrs John Snell and Mrs Robin Pennington and children visit Mrs Allen Curry in Piichard. Mr and Mrs A R Snell host guests including Mr and Mrs J W Hathorn and others. Will Hathorn and Nannie Claude Cox spend week with Mrs T N Connell.
Morning Simon at 34 o clock and evening sermons mark a busy week of services at FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH West Main Street led by Pastor W. Dockery and CC Bennett superintendent for Sunday School. Christian Science and Headland Avenue Baptist schedules follow with sermons, prayer meetings, and lessons today and midweek.
Fragments of a biblical passage mix with Christian Science notes citing Psalms 106 and Calvary. The text discusses freedom from oppression through divine power, and the belief that mortality yields to spiritual understanding. It references Mary Baker Eddy and Textbook of Christian Science.
Miss Ruth Idleson returns to Sarasota after visiting Miss Florence Schaffer and Miss Wille Marley who is recovering from appendectomy. Mr and Mrs Walmer Glenn Parker of Montgomery and Douglas Parker visiting Auburn studied with parents. Mr and Mrs B H Godwin of Birmingham spent weekend with parents. PTA hosted high and city school teachers at Mrs Sam J Carrotl home. Mrs Ralph Garner and Mrs Wit Garner visited Dothan.
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