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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1946
Page
4
Houston County health department statistics show births outnumbering deaths by nearly four to one in September. In Dothan the county office recorded 154 births and deaths, including 54 white males 55 white females 19 Negro males and 21 Negro females, with four stillbirths noted.
Houston County probate issued marriage licenses for pairs including John Robert Harnage and Helen Grace Fussell, William Stuckey and Myrline Johnson, Earl M. Clark and Eunsie Clarke, and others from Pansey, Dothan, Graceville, and surrounding areas. Listings include names and addresses for several couples.
Crawford Moseley announces a week of events at the Dothan Recreation Center. Highlights include club meetings, dances, a dance after the football game, a Girls and American groups, a crippled children's clinic, and photography club interests led by Sam Homola and Tommy Brown.
Dothan Masonic groups schedule meetings at 7 30 p m at the Masonic Temple. Monday the Dothan Council RSM will confer council degrees and RAM will confer the most excellent master degree. Tuesday the Dothan Lodge No 466 semi monthly meeting. Wednesday the Dothan Chapter No 13 Royal Arch degree. Thursday the Dothan Com pany route one. Roy C McClellan Jakin Ga and Olive L McInnish Cowarts.
The report describes a four-year landscaping specialist's approach to azaleas and camellias. A plant aged 18 months received fertilization after two yearly applications, one in December and one in March, with both sides fed simultaneously and weighed by plant size. The expert, W. C., notes spraying occurs twice yearly.
Geneva County Board of Education approved raises in its October session with white teachers and principals gaining fifteen dollars monthly and Negro teachers ten dollars. The plan ties salaries to training, with whites earning 235 dollars monthly after five years, 195 after four, 150 after two, and 130 with less than two years college work, while Negroes miss the extra raise due to certificate grade, as explained by J. J. Collins.
Funeral services were held at Welcome church near Marianna for three year old Faye Rhodes daughter of Chief Petty Officer Ray H. Rhodes and wife. Interment followed at New Hope cemetery with Neal Funeral Home in charge. She was born in Chinto n Oklahoma and survived by her parents and two sisters Barbara Jane and Sheila.
A three year old grafted No. One camellia with seven large blossoms and twelve buds to open soon is on display in Dothan by W C Farrell a Negro nursery operator. Grafting stock came from Cerira Ga under the name Eleanor Hagood. First grafting done Feb 12 1943 with California Kumaisiks and Daikagura on the other side. Both sides took and reached ten inches in height. Second year growth to 20 1 2 inches, third year continues.
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