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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1944
Page
3
A wartime piece portrays a nurse pleading for support as she and other nurses face overwhelming demand. She speaks of duty to wounded soldiers, maternal resolve, and the call for more hands to ease suffering. The narrator emphasizes women and mothers standing with men in pain, urging collective effort to protect national honor.
Mr Ritter spoke to the Round Table Study Club at Mrs A E Mathis home on The Fall of Facism. Rev Clem Of Ritter and Mrs C M Guillot spoke on Rome the Eternal City with a round table discussion following. Members and committees named. social hour ended the meeting with salads and iced drinks. Various members and visitors noted, including Eastern Star delegates in Montgomery.
A New York fashion feature highlights the return of fur wraps, focusing on sable mink and silver fox stoles that create enveloping mantles with built in pockets. It notes shorter coats in connoisseur or dyed furs, and praises the blonde iron mink from Esther Dorothy with a 7-8 length coat showing wide pelts and lavish trimmed cuffs.
Sam C. Reeves continues a review of And God Was There by Chap Jair Eben Cobb Brink tonight at 7:30 during mid week prayer service at First Baptist Church. Twelve chapters will be presented with one chapter each Wednesday night through year end. Tonight’s program covers the second chapter Tell Mother I Have Found Her Bible Again. Baraca Class sponsors the meeting and a men's quartet provides special music.
A bingo party at 503 West Adams street hosted by Mrs A G Barnes and Mrs George Vance honored Mrs A O DesLauriers as she leaves for California after three years here. Guests from the Catholic Woman's Club enjoyed prizes and a salad course with coffee, marking a warm sendoff.
The Dothan Garden Club met at Mrs J M Cannon's home with joint hostesses Mrs T C Cuthbertson and Mrs J W Hamilton presiding. Treasurer and secretary reports were read along with letters from the Recreation Center and Alabama Garden Club Federation urging victory gardens. Guest speaker Mrs O B Lewis spoke on fall planting and victory gardens before social time. Several members planned trips to New York City and Atlanta for visits with relatives.
Miss Anne Logue the bride elect was honored Tuesday at a bridge party hosted by Mrs. Thomas J Whalen and Mrs. Russ White at 314 West Burdeshaw Street Yellow chrysanthemums provided décor for four bridge tables Guests included Mrs A S Martin Mrs J A Cheatham Mrs Mason O Neal Mrs Lawrence Coe Mrs H T Rawlinson Mrs Henry King Mrs Forney Renfroe Mrs W W Fairclough Mrs Jack Moore Mrs J G Putman Miss Evelyn Davis Miss Nell Jones Miss Nina Catherine Howell and Mrs Roy Driggers Also arriving at tea were Mrs Albert Logue Miss Anne Lou Cooper Mrs Charles Richards and Miss Marilyn Davis Prize winner Mrs Fairclough received a gift and the honoree a memento A salad course with hot tea was served later in the evening S: Open house tonight at 404 North Foster Street honors Corporal Earl Tatum returning from two years in the South Pacific All friends are invited to call at 8 30 o clock or later No personal invitations issued
DOTHAN senior at Juavan College will prrade leading the Baptist Student Association convention at Auburn. Other Judson students to appear include Misses Ea Red Andalain and Hebeces Halt Lavely who will present the Bay Liv- Com program. Muss Stephens and Muss Mable Dornety were named in Who's Who selections for Judson College based on scholarship and service.
A Library banquet closed National Business Women's Week events with Alabama Federation President Thelma Goins delivering "Are we Part Time Citizens?" The program included toast master Jewel W. Thrasher, musical numbers by Mrs. Russ White and others, the history of the local chapter, Halloween decor, and a guest list featuring Miss Mary Young Miss June Robertson and several club members.
Mrs Z H McMullan spoke on A Doll's House at the Sorosis Club regular meeting held at Mrs J Z Solomon’s Cherokee Avenue home. Henry Flowers Jr presided, tea followed with sandwiches and hot tea. Attendees included A E Malone A D Roquemore J M Stallings Chester Parham Mack Jones Maxwell Jones Frank Pridgen and others.
A fragmented lament on social change and women in the home, describing neighbors and families adapting to wartime pressures, hunger, and shifts in roles. It reflects nostalgia for prior routines, with mentions of Cross relief and the urge to return to old habits once cigarettes and stability return.
Sub Deb Club members hosted a weekend of events starting Friday at 2 PM with Miss Annette Myers providing the treats. They enjoyed gatherings with Miss Sara McGee Miss Betty McClendon Miss Evelyn McGill and others including a Sunday dinner at Miss Aiden Howell. A dance is scheduled for Thursday at Rapier Field House with Victory Bells invited and bus transport from the Recreation Center.
The Faye Ackew Chapter of Royal Ambassadors met Monday afternoon at 124 Magnolia Avenue. Members repeated the pledge and role call, with a brief program by Don Kennington and others. Next meeting set for October 30 at Fred Adkins. light refreshments served. Also Highland School PTA to meet at 2:30 pm Thursday. program includes a talk by Mrs. Cannon and a sixth grade play. Emma Knott returns to Atlanta after visiting Mrs. J M Jones at 502 North Appletree Street.
Methodist circles held a series of mission study sessions at member homes with devotions, prayers, and talks. Circles One through Five met at various hosts including Mrs. W. B. Eberd Mrs. N. Hardwick Mrs. C. Denus Mrs. Del Sellers and Mrs. J. S. Bailey with visitors in attendance and vocal selections performed.
Mr and Mrs Flowers and Mr and Mrs Jefferie deft today for a trip to New Orleans to attend the Alourn football game on Sorcrety return with Daman Sunday. Samsel Joseph Dougier H flats peny officer Us i Cheen-cay furmuors his paresis. Mr and Mrs Douglas Columbia receive Mrs Cora Porter weeks at Jackcanone, her son and daughter Intog and Mrs Pauw Porter.
A damaged notice mentions Be yes bore pear digestion and Liver Pills as directed with a price of 15¢. The text repeats unclear phrases about bonds, dates, and a pharmacy tone, suggesting a low quality medicinal advertisement from a historical newspaper page.
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