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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1948
Page
4
A fragmented religious tract argues Cain's murder of Abel echoes through unborn souls lost to sin. It condemns blood guilt as soul murder and cites biblical verses to claim that wealth of life is stolen by wrongdoing, urging repentance and spiritual vigilance.
Graceville Methodist officials were elected for the new conference. Robert Walliars was named president of five stewards. Charles Liddan vice president. A. Williams secretary. Merton A. West remains minister. The board includes Fred Tindel C B Mullins Horace Tindel Davis Tindel J T Grace W C Williams Jaditus Watford J M Cooper J J Jones J W Rentt treasurer Mrs J D Kirkland Mrs T A Brook W F E Hinson and others. The group plans to raise 10800 to build a new parsonage.
Camello Garbielli of Avella and his son Mario are both patients at the Butler veterans hospital. The father is treated for gas poisoning from World War II while the son bears injuries from World War II in France. Despite different wars, their outcomes are the same in needing care.
Alabama Baptists plan the 177th annual session in Birmingham at 1st Baptist Church. Dr Job Slaughter of Birmingham chairs the host committee with Dr L F Barber of Montgomery and Dr H M Hews Mobde as vice presidents. Key reports include missions gifts, last year totaling 1 121 700 and over seven million to all causes. About 1000 messengers are expected for the three day gathering.
Home demonstration club leaders from Houston County will attend a Tuesday 1:30 training session in the courthouse annex. Miss Fran Mallette said Auburn clothing specialist Miss LeVice Filis will present care and selection of sewing equipment.
In Jackson County new REA transmission lines are planned from Graceville to Bascom and beyond toward Orjaes via Hartes City. Officials say construction will start as soon as materials arrive and funding is approved, with the project led by local contractors and the West Faced Electric coop outlining route details.
Yom Kippur begins at sundown Tuesday and ends Wednesday with services at Temple Finances in Dothan. Rabbi Martin I Hinchin will speak Tuesday evening on The Pause of Reflection and Wednesday morning The Supreme Test. Cantor Edwin Blitz and organist Robert Livitsystem assist.
In Dothan ministers announce subjects for today at several churches. Dr Henry A Parker of First Baptist preaches A Place Called Golgotha in the morning and begins a Ten Commandments series in the evening with Begin With God as the first topic. Grandview Baptist hosts Troy pastor K A Whaler as guest speaker at both services. E Tipton Carroll of First Christian speaks on Qualities for Christian Leaders in the morning and How to Find God at 7 p.m.
All Christian Science churches plan a Jesson sermon addressing sin disease and death as real. The golden text is Psalms 30 2 I cried unto thee and thou hast healed me.
B L Anderson pastor of the Church of Christ selects morning sermon on Church Discipline and speaks on A Perplexing Question at the evening service.
The Rev Joseph Kellermann of the Church of the Nativity will speak this evening on the subject A Message from the Bishops Assembled at Lambeth.
The Rev C W Northcutt will preach a communion sermon from John 4 11 at Curtis Memorial Church. Evening text from John 3 15. Dr W F Calhoun leads morning worship Foster Street Methodist with topic What Manner of Persons Ought We to Be and 7 pm Desire and What Follows. Rev Charles H Hildreth Lafayette Street Methodist will speak on The Business Woman morning and The Mission Christ at 7 pm.
The Rev J Norton Dendy selects Gifts From God for the morning sermon at First Precinct Church. Tonight he will address Maus Extremity God Opportunity in his message to parishioners.
Ozark residents gathered for the Ozark Coordinating Group monthly meeting at the Ozark Community Club. Mrs. Reiart C Resnelds presided over a business session outlining final plans for the upcoming October event and sponsor details.
Ozark special report on a drive to fund a bookmobile for Dale County led by the Dale County Federation of Women's Clubs with plans to launch in November. The county library board will present a film in technicolor to promote bookmobile service, targeting remote areas. The sixth district aims to place bookmobiles in Houston, Coffee, Geneva and Henry Counties, with a noted fundraising target and historical notes.
The Rev. E Tipton Carroll and Mrs Carroll returned from the International Convention of Disciples of Christ in San Francisco joined by Lu cile Seaborn and Mrs T C Cutabertson. Dr C Oscar Johnson of St Louis urged churches to broaden evangelism through relief work and unity across nations. He noted John Foster Dulles' role at Amsterdam and stressed a united Christian approach to world needs.
Marianna voters must register in the new book at City Hall by November 3 or be removed from the list. City clerk Evelyn Davis said only about 550 of nearly 2500 potential voters have registered in the March opened book, discarding the 1927 edition. The city commissioner election deadline is October 19 with one candidate qualified.
John Mitchum, 24, fell 20 feet from a railroad trestle into Buck Creek. He suffered only a few bruises and declined a ride home saying he would rather walk. The text also includes an unrelated note about the peccary, a cousin of the domestic pig and wild boar, native to the American southwest and hard for hunters to stalk.
Coffee County Baptists prepare for the 40th annual convention with representatives from three churches gathering October 14 at Mt. Pleasant and Mt. Olive churches. Dr. R R Justice of First Baptist Enterpr ise will preside as moderator, with many leading ministers and lay leaders expected to attend.
A religious gathering will feature several Baptist leaders speaking at the gram event, aiming to address attendees and share perspectives during the assembly.
Gadsden AP reports a fatal Etowah County shooting near Sardis Mountain. Clarence Ellis died instantly after being shot twice with a .22 caliber rifle. George Martin Garrard, 22, is jailed on shooting charges. Both men were farmers.
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