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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1950
Page
6
Dorothy Dix advises Mrs J D L to adopt the baby girl despite friends caution. Adoption offers more good than danger, emphasizing love, understanding, and good moral guidance to shape a child's future, noting many doorstep babies come from flawed backgrounds but deserve a chance in a stable home.
The letter argues a husband’s temper matters more than virtue for happiness. It weighs whether physical attraction or mental equality should guide marriage, advising that choosing a physically appealing partner, even if lowbrow, offers more lasting spark than a highbrow who lacks attraction. Marrying for looks alone risks enduring discontent.
A reader argues that parental influence shapes children more than heredity and urges steadfast rearing to yield honorable offspring. A Dear Miss Dix column warns that marriage often amplifies a man's faults, leaving the wife to endure emotional abuse and becomes a scapegoat for expressed temper.
In Jackson County Panama City Selective Service Center conducted pre-induction physicals for Draft Call No. 5 and Supplemental Call No. 2. Of 82 examined, twelve failed to report, twelve produced marriage certificates, one guard is imprisoned at Crawford, and three were sent to other boards. The first call issued July 31 targeted 22 men, the second call for 17 came in August, with five from the first group and two from the second passing pre-induction exams.
The Enterprise Chamber of Commerce announces a Dale Carnegie speaking course starting Sept. 5 at 7 30 pm with an organizational meeting Sept. 12 in City Hall conference room. George W. Smith will represent the course, enrollment limited to 40 men and women. The 18 week program meets each Tuesday evening.
Cpl Bobby G Bryant of Do-1 Route Three has been wounded in action in Korea per a Defense Department notice. His parents Mr and Mrs W F Bryant report he is recuperating in a Japanese hospital. Bryant formerly studied at Rehobeth before enlisting in January 168.
Birmingham Mayor Cooper Green will chair a meeting with 73 organizations to draft a service plan for entertaining servicemen. A military official warned that the flow of armed forces through Birmingham would rise rapidly, beginning soon.
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