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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1946
Page
7
Ralph Boettcher a 38 year old Burlington railroad worker in St Louis stops work after prices soar and butter and cooking fat jump. He vows to stay out until costs align with wages. He supports his wife Lena and two daughters Audrey and Carol as they face economic strain and uncertain reemployment.
A dusk to dawn curfew was imposed in the Jerusalem area to counter the Stern Gang plan to assassinate police officers assigned to root out the underground group. Military sources say the curfew frees troops for action and large scale house to house searches may follow.
Mrs G W Wynn forty seven of Ozark died yesterday in a Dothan hospital after a long illness. She is survived by four sons Milton and Cullen Wynn of Jacksonville Fla Jack Wynn of Columbus Ga Earl Winn of Ozark six sisters and one brother. Funeral services will be Monday at 2 pm at the Ozark Baptist church with Rev J B Johnson officiating burial in Universalist cemetery at Ariton Holman Funeral Home directing.
Joan Emmert and Emerson Harlan toured Chicago Detroit Toronto Niagara Falls and Rochester New York in a 1914 Ford. They reported no tire or machine trouble during the 4600 mile trip.
A historical note records that ether was used in a surgical operation in 1842 by Dr. Crawford Williamson Long, marking an early milestone in anesthesia.
Federal Home Loans prompting readers to consider a specialized home loan service from Dothan Federal Savings & Loan Assn. at 107 S. Foster St. The notice positions the institution as government chartered and in the local community.
Aurelius S. Scott, a Negro candidate for Fulton County coroner, was held at the Atlanta jail at relatives request then turned over to them for transfer to a private Nashville sanatorium. His entry in the race stirred local politics and disqualification fights centered on residency and Alabama voter status.
Crawford Moseley, city recreation director, lists events for the coming week at the D. than Recreation Center. Monday includes sub deb meeting at 3:30 p.m., Esquire fraternity at 7 p.m., square dance at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday features Sedamoc Club at 4 p.m. Wednesday hosts VFW and VFW Auxiliary meetings. Thursday offers Cherokee Garden club at 10 a.m., American Legion and Auxiliary at 8 p.m. Friday includes Amateur radio club at 7:30 p.m.
Auditorium program at 8 p.m. followed by a dance after the football game at 10 p.m. Youth for Christ holds a meeting at 7 30 p.m. and the Revelers club also convenes at 7 30 p.m. on Saturday.
State law mandates that anyone sentenced to death must receive a clemency hearing conducted in person by the governor, with no option for remote or deferred clemency review.
Funeral services for Thomas Byrd Lashley aged seventy two of Ashford route one will be held at Mount Pleasant Church at 3 p.m. with Rev. M Henry officiating. Interment in church cemetery. Johnson-Wilkerson Funeral Home in charge. Surviving wife Do Ho Lashley seven daughters include Mrs Elton Franklins and Mrs Reedus Burnham plus Mrs L J Davis. Lashley a Georgia native who moved to Alabama in 1884 was a Woodmen of the World member and Free Will Baptist.
The fragment lists members of the Lashley family and relations including Mrs Ba Ga Jen Burgess and several sons, with pallbearers named as Floyd Burgess Reedus Burnham and Barney Sadler among others. It references Tex and Dothan with kin including a great grandchild and route two.
A hen and a bobwhite quail brood together, the hen sheltering the bobwhite’s chick and her healthy brood beneath their shared roof. The scene shows unexpected bird companionship in a single stable home.
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