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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1931
Page
2
A fragmented poem contemplates autumn as a defining year start with vivid seasonal imagery. Local social notes report visitors from Manning South Carolina and births in the community, along with church and club activity announcements and hosting events at First Baptist Church and several local homes.
The W F Woolworth and Co employees held a Tuesday wiener roast at Porter's with games and contests before and after. Attendees included J C Anthony, Mr and Mrs J T Kelly, W G Hullo and family, Mre HH Conk, Miss Mary Loflin, and others, plus several young guests. Also noted Betty Canall Ward birthday celebration at 4001 Lafayette Street with Halloween decor and games, plus a Sunday School Class wiener roast at First Baptist Church hosted by Mesiam Maids with multiple attendees and a trip to Brannon Stand for supper.
The American Red Cross aided disasters in 38 of 48 states in the year ending June 29 1921 amid droughts floods storms and fires. Over two million people were fed clothed or aided. funds included public gifts surpassing 10 million dollars and a 5 million dollar Red Cross appropriation.
The regular meeting of the Business and Professional Women's Club was held in the Houston hotel ladies parlor with Miss Lucille Willis presiding. Friends of Miss Erline Cuttee will regret her illness at Mrs A B Blount's home on 201 N Lena street. A tea for delegates to the State Nurses Association was planned for Saturday afternoon. The program featured Ideals of the Membership Committee Milas Chapman Report of National Membership Committee by Ellen Libby Eastman and a playlet Introducing Our National Officers. Guests included Mrs Jeff Fischer Miss Sir Young Miss Dorothy Emfinger and Miss Linnie Floyd. members present included Mary Crawford Eunice Watson Judith Clingo Lennie Ree Helland Opal Chapman Lucille Wills Kathryn Smith Jimmie Story Maude Baughman and Lucille Reynolds.
Mrs Jewel Thrasher will lead a program at the next meeting focusing on the Ten-Year Objective adopted by the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs at its biannual convention in Richmond Virginia in July. Mrs H H Hill of Yazoo City Mississippi will be the guest of Mrs John Jones and Mrs W T Street. 222 Foy Mizelle spent today in Marianna Florida on business.
Former Cowartan teacher 1912 13 5 J Willingham has a poetry volume accepted by a New York publishing company. Titled Church In the Country and Other Poems the book groups works as Religious Poems and Poems of Love and Romance with 36 sonnets and four miscellaneous sonnets. Willingham now serves as church editor of the Mobile Register and has other poetry collections including Patriotic and Historical Poems and Hu-
The article details the life of Mr Willingham a native of Hale county Alabama near Greensboro who has been writing poetry intermittently for about 25 years and notes his collections including about 150 poems across Morous Poems and Miscellaneous Poems.
A Friday play at Mt Aaron church drew a well attended crowd. Organizers announced today that proceeds funded the purchase of a piano.
The Alabama Farm Bureau Federation launches its annual drive with Cullman county aiming for national honors. County meetings in Baldwin, Pike, and Etowah hear W T Martindale and Col Litt Edwards among others as North Alabama events planned for next week to boost state membership.
In Birmingham on October 28, 17 vagrants were sent to labor on a municipal slag pile after a sweep against hoboes. They scattered as soon as they viewed the work. 16 escaped, one was recaptured. The report also notes South Dakota has 83,154 farms averaging 439 acres.
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