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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1945
Page
4
The public is invited to a Newville Elementary Halloween Carnival on Friday October 26 with the Newville H A Chapter sponsoring and activities starting at 6 30 p m. Houston County High School hosts a Hallowe en festival at the school Friday evening from 7 to 10 p m with proceeds benefiting the school maintenance fund.
Birth notices list Mr and Mrs ROL Douing of Boies Florida as parents of a daughter Ann Elizabeth born in October. Ernestine Lawrences announces a son Roy Mac born October 2. Grandparents are J. W. Shirey and C. M. Toornton. Mr and Mrs BC Mitres also noted. Agnes Daont and family welcome a daughter Connie Cornelia born October 15. J. D. P. Wintahker share birth of daughter Linda Deloris born October 21. grandparents M. G. Hobbs and Eula Whitaker. Curtis Hodges and wife announce daughter Martha Sue born October 23. Mrs B. W. Pearson visiting relatives in Bir Tringham. Younger program at Young Womans Club features travel film with Beepes, Cubs and Canada. presided by Mrs Frank Covington. Attendees include Mrs Myer Blumberg, Mrs Burgeshan, Mrs Frank Covington, Mrs Dupree Davis, Mrs Flowers, Mrs Hall, Mrs Hanahan, Mrs Harris, Mrs Watvard, Mrs Lovern, Mrs Moseley, Mrs Owens, Mrs Sanders, Jr., Mrs Spann, Mrs Stalings, Mrs West. LEAVES FOR BALBOA: B. F. Odom to Balboa via Miami with brothers A. A. Odom and Dr W. P. Odom. plan two weeks with Dr J. T. D. Odom, stopping in Jamaica and Central America.
Slocomb and Hartford Methodists hold a joint meeting at Slocomb Methodist Church with Mrs T M Weeks and Mrs H Segrest as co hosts. Devotional by Mrs H F Couma, talk by Mrs J T Holman of Hartford, cake presented to guest speaker, 20 Hartford members attend. Refreshments served.
Mrs. Leslie Smart, teacher of the Philathea Sunday School Class of Foster Street Methodist Church, will entertain the class and husbands at a sympathetic supper at seven o clock Thursday evening. Interesting entertainment and recreational program planned. all members urged to attend. William C. Hall, GM 3c, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hall of Ashford Route Two, is spending thirty days at home after seventeen months in the South Pacific. His brother, Private Brannon K. Hall, is overseas with an Infantry Division. Private John S. Ammons has arrived at Okinawa with the 35th Medical Corps. Corporal Paul Crine, attached to the Machine Records unit, will visit his father before reporting to California. Private Frank Evans, after basic training at Camp Gordon, visits before reporting to Camp Pickett. Private Q. P. Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Taylor, is assigned to the Signal Corps at Camp Crowder and remains property of the New York Yankees. Dr. Dupree Davis returns tonight from Birmingham. he and Mrs. Davis will spend the weekend in Thomasville. Private John Ayres visited his parents before reporting to Camp Pickett. Ray Henderson and Gene Adkins, stationed at Camp Gordon, are visiting relatives for ten days.
Miss Elsie Louie Creed of Columbia and Joseph Adam Phillips of Headland wed October 10 at Columbia in the bride’s sister’s home. The ceremony featured white mums and branched candelabras, with a reception following. The couple plans to reside in Charleston after the wedding.
Hebron 4H Club met Wednesday afternoon at the school with Winnifred Messer presiding. Members led by Davis Blackshear, Dorothy Appling, and Jean York shared group singing and poems. Boys and girls had separate programs on harvesting sweet potatoes and cooking prep. A Hallowe'en Carnival was announced for the school Saturday evening inviting the public. Mr and Mrs James Price of Newville travel to Baltimore to greet their son John H Peice PHM Sc aboard the USS Randolph. they are joined by Miss Willie Mae Lockhart and Harold Brannon.
The fragment mentions a Register-Keel wedding on October 22 with the bride wearing a pink ensemble and chrysanthemums. It notes the couple near Graceville and references a Gulf Regional Singing convention at Day County Courthouse, plus a Jack Kenney Quartet concert and family visits among sisters and relatives in Evansville Indiana and Montgomery Road.
Fragmentary OCR reads Hedge ost ies and a sheltered home after a visit at Tex Curd. The text is incomplete and lacks clear names, dates, or events to confirm a concrete news item.
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