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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1943
Page
7
A morning scene unfolds with frost touching a quiet shore and ducks voiceless in still air. The landscape feels frozen in time as mist lifts and blue light hints at a restrained, wintry premonition moving westward, while observers note the eerie calm and distant echoes of a named figure.
The Timaonee Chapter of the D A R will host its annual winter luncheon at 1 p m Wednesday at Houston Memorial Library. Mrs J C Seeger of Abberilla and Mrs B F Sweet will be hostesses. A dutch lunch will open the meeting and a musical program will follow. Visitors affiliated with a D A R chapter are invited and each member may bring a guest.
Lieut Orcanith Smith, a radio and concert singer, will perform at City Hall Sunday at 4 o clock under the Dothan Harmony Club with Mary Gonzales as accompanist. Smith, a Friends University graduate, earned a Juilliard fellowship in 1940. Mrs Edward Nunnally and Mrs Lee Headley arrive in Dothan for visits. local residents return from Denver.
Daisy Miller daughter of Mr and Mrs Alexander Lawson Miller of Atlantis married Ensign Daniel Charles Jorgensen at the Little Chapel of Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta. Officiating was Dr Lester Rewble. The couple left for a wedding trip to North Carolina and will reside at Rivers Road with the bride's parents until naval orders.
Lafayette street Methodist W. 8 Co. circles met Monday afternoon for mission study and devotional. Circle one at Mrs. Grady Watford had ten members and two visitors with devotional by Mrs. J. L. Bracewell, a solo by Mrs. J. C. Woodham, and study on God and the Problem of Suffering. Circle two at Mrs. Fox Jordan had 31x members, opening prayer by Mrs. Jordan, study led by Mrs. W. W. McCarty. Circle three at Mrs. J. M. Cooper had twelve members, prayer as theme, speaker Mrs. R. P. Sanders on Behold He Prayeth, one visitor Mrs. Charles Ludge. Circle four at Mrs. Howard Stephenson had nine members and one visitor, meditation by Mrs. Franklin Wilkan, poem read by Mrs. Wayne Higgins, and speaker Mrs. Guy Morris on Boost the Knocker. Circle five at Mrs. Russell Patriah featured readers and devotions by Mr. O Brien with A Sermon in Stained Glass, and talks on The Home that Prayer Built by Mrs. James Avery.
Red Cross Gray Ladies of Enterprise complete training and begin service at Station Hospital Camp Rucker. They entertain patients by reading, games, and letter writing. Corps members include Sheridan, Sessions, Rawls, McAuley, Boyd, Yarbrough, Brown, Lyons, Basds, Callahan, Dreber, Gill, Jenkins, Crafts, Shays, Slaughter, and Thompson. Duty days are Monday Tuesday Friday. Ozark provides staff Wednesdays and Thursdays. De Soto noted as European arrival to enter Louisiana.
Mrs. Harry B. Hawes of Washington DC was elected president of the Robert KE. Memorial Foundation Inc after the annual council at Stratford, Westmoreland County, Virginia. Her Virginia lineage traces to the Giles and Robinson families with historic ties to Stratford Hall and the Westmoreland Resolutions. Her husband, former Senator Harry B. Hawes of Missouri, descends from King Carter of Corrotoman.
Mr and Mrs Melanis announce the birth of a daughter named De Jeres on October 7. Mrs Melanis is formerly Louise Petarman.
In Auburn the Newton bride elect was feted with a five seated caf fete at the Delts Zate House. Guests included sorority sisters and friends. decor featured autumn flowers such as red roses and chrysanthemums with silver accents and bridal motifs throughout the room.
Staff Sergeant Guy Weller comes home to Miami Air Base after a fifteen day visit near Ashford with his parents Mr and Mrs A G Waller.
Emmons Lytle directs Red Cross setup at University of Alabama with five field offices to aid service members and hospitalized men. Lytle says officers will be supported to focus on mission without worries.
A birthday luncheon was hosted Sunday at the home of C P Singletary of Pansey. Attendees included J Clyde Pelham of Graceville, C T Singletary and family of Columbus Ga, Mellie Johns and children, Louis Thomas and the Shivers of Graceville, and the Collins and Par families.
Ingrahem Hapeban features in this week’s Athents segment with brief notes on his latest appearances and local reactions. The item highlights recent performances and community interest in his career.
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