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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1945
Page
3
Fragmentary voice expresses inner conflict about remarriage and devotion to a past partner. The speaker fears emotional upheaval and longs for memories, scent of roses, and shared intimacies, naming Josephine M Proffitt in a personaliy note of longing.
Mra Bill Ward and Mrs LeRoy entertained the Winsome Sunday School Class of Headland venue Baptist Church on Tuesday evening at the home of the amer. A gospel hour was followed by Bible study and refreshments for attendees including Mra T B Murphy Mrs Tuddy uns Mrs W E Crosby Mrs Wilburn Hagler Mrs B Cults Ira Freddie Holman Airs J C laze Mrs Earl Kennedy Mrs adford Windsor Mrs Horace Whathey Mrs June Akridge Mrs don Lane Mrs Cidell Adkinson and Miss Robbie Nell Hardy. One Mra E N Passmore left yesterday visiting relatives in from City Ga en route to Raleigh NC for a few days. Before returning home Mrs Passmore will visit Lumberton NC.
Baptist Training Union workers from across Alabama gather November 1 at First Baptist Church in Birmingham for a one day conference. Rev John Jeffers of Montgomery leads, with keynote by Dr AL Hamacken Kerr. Sessions cover training methods with regional officers and adult, junior, and intermediate divisions. The program includes a screening of The Romance of A Century after adjournment.
The Business and Professional Women's Club held a regular session at the Library with Miss Carrie Ire Phillips as program leader. Members voted to contribute 2500 to the United Charities Chest and sponsor a playground project as a memorial to servicemen and women. The guest speaker Albert Logue spoke on civic organizations. Carolyn Paulk sang. Members and guests listed include many named individuals. Several couples planned trips to Atlanta for the Auburn Georgia Tech game and Bainbridge visits followed.
Master Sergeant George D Spell, recently returned from overseas, and his grandmother Mrs George Riley of Graceville were honored at a Sunday dinner hosted by his parents Olen and Mrs Snell. Mrs Riley celebrated her seventy eighth birthday amid a gathering of Graceville and Chipley residents and relatives.
A surprise shower for Mrs Thurman Drinkwater was hosted at her Ashford home on route two Thursday evening. Guests included Mrs Co K Ollitt and Mrs Otis Drinkwater, with games and refreshments. Several attendees’ names are listed as Mrs Annie Lou Mendheim through Mrs Clinton Cherry. Mrs Harold Randle is convalescing after two weeks ill at Camp Rucker Station Hospital.
Graceville Florida notes the Graceville Class installs officers for the school group. Officers include Teacher Mrs C J Reddick, President Mrs Frank Syfreti, and several vice presidents and secretaries. Twenty six members attended the quarterly meeting with hostesses Melaines Nerdat and others.
Mrs Gena Gaylord and Mrs W E Singletary hosted 23 children Sunday afternoon at Mrs. Gaylord’s Ashford route two home to celebrate the birthdays of Jim Johnston Maxine Gaylord and Billy Singletary. A large birthday cake topped the table as guests were served a salad course wafers sandwiches and cold drinks. Attending were Ruby Joyce Nowell Judy Gaylord Mauricie Rodgers Benny Ray Gaylord James Beil Johnny Johnston Rex Gaylord Kenneth Singletary Thomas Gaylord Quida Bell Martha Sue Gaylord and the honorees.
Graceville special report shows the Graceville P T A meeting in the school auditorium with a prayer by president Mrs. Charles Liddell. The board presented aims and objectives and approval to sponsor a Halloween carnival to raise money for ice water drinking fountains. Sixth grade under Miss Ola Burns won the room count award as Mrs J P Ashmore outlined the year’s programs and principal J L Stapleton spoke on finances and policies. A social hour followed with iced drinks and cookies for about one hundred patrons.
Cumberland reports Clem Hubbs misread kitchen grease as frying oil after catching trout and squirrel. He fried squirrels for his sister, who entered and smelled the wrong scent triggering the faux gourmet mishap. The item blends humor with a local tidbit.
Huntingdon College hosts initiations for two honor fraternities Kappa Pi Lambda and Alpha Psi Omega Gamma Phi photography and Stigma art chapters welcome new members from Tennessee Alabama and Georgia. Officers include Sarah Wedekind president and Martha Atkeson secretary with a luncheon at the Blue Moon Inn. Religious Council forms and plans Religious Emphasis week with a Montgomery focus.
The senior class hosted a Harvest Moon campus Halloween party for their sophomore sisters at the gym. Entertainment directed by Bein Wills featured Eleanor Allen Monte Walker Lizette Faust and Gerri Jones in song and readings. Guests wore blue jeans and shirts with bobbing for apples as a diversion.
Mr and Mrs HM Nowell visit Camp Stewart Georgia with their daughter Jamece for a family relay travel stop during August. The brief notes describe the feck toothed gay phrasing as a fragment of local social chatter.
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