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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1946
Page
18
A poem by Walter Blackstock Jr requests a single day filled with sunlight laughter and beauty. It imagines birds streams and jonquils as bright sensory anchors and ends with a resolve to face battle with a hopeful song.
Mrs Bailey entertained the bridge club Thursday at her Laurel Avenue home with Fall floral decorations including dahlias. Guests included Mrs Rodenbough Hana han Hana and others. Sandwiches cakes and hot coffee were served after the contest.
About 500 youths aged 12 to 23 from the Marianna District of the Methodist church will gather in Chipley this afternoon. The program features a report on the national Methodist Youth Fellowship convocation in Grand Rapids and a discussion on Kingdom Building. Sessions will be led by Rev. George Kerlin and Rev. Dan C. Whitsett. Last year the Marianna conference set a district attendance record at 475.
The Slocomb High School Senior JI class elected officers including David Hughes as president and Joe Farmer as first vice president. Grace Helms and Polly Foster were secretary roles. Melba Tirdeell became treasurer and Sara Brown was named newspaper editor for The Slocomb Hi-Lite.
Entertaining at the Country Club last evening Mrs and Mrs Joseph Hayes and Mr and Mrs Thorlie Myers hosted a dance attended by more than two hundred married couples. Elaborate fall decor smilax flowers and a silver punch service highlighted the event while Miss Burma Guest and Mrs Leonard Cloud managed the punch.
Barbara Ann Harris daughter of Mr and Mrs John L Harris married Samuel Eric Gellerstedt son of Mrs S E Gellerstedt in a ceremony at the Presbyterian Church with Rev J Norton Dendy officiating. A large gathering of Dothanians and out of town guests attended.
A Country Club dance Friday evening welcomed more than a hundred elementary students. Hosted by Mrs. W. C. King and Mrs. E. K. Wilson for their daughters Mary Lou King and Dale Wilson, the party featured games contests proms and dancing. Smilax and Halloween decorations adorned walls and mantels as Miss Jane Bailey served punch and party treats.
A stewardship study course will begin Monday at seven o'clock and run through Thursday with nightly sessions. Teachers include Jack White for the adult class J W Coose for the young people's class and Robert Ramsey for the junior intermediate class. The public may attend.
Miss Lucille Adams of Graceville wed Ralph Sorrentino Jr. in a double ring ceremony October 2 at First Baptist Church parsonage Panama City. The couple plans a New Orleans honeymoon and will live on Magnolia Avenue. Lucille attended Graceville schools and a Dothan business college. Ralph is a Bay County High School graduate, WWII veteran, Gulf Power Company employee, and a Panama City civic leader as president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Social announcement states Dorothy Carroll Prestwood will marry Earl Max Bowden on November 27 at 5 PM in the Brundidge Baptist Church. Both families share ties to Brundidge and nearby Tuscaloosa, with Bowden pursuing pre medical studies after service in the Third Air Force.
The ceremony took place September 21 at five o'clock in the home of Rev. James A Zellnar with a single ring. The bride Miss Nell Brooks Anderson wore pale green gabardine and orchid corsage. The groom Hughy K Cox is a Slocomb native who was a WWII prisoner of war in the Philippines. They plan to reside in Slocomb after a wedding trip to Orlando and Daytona Beach.
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