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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1943
Page
10
Tonight she is the picture of a bride as I watch my daughter on her wedding day. Her pale tranquil eyes hold a deep light of understanding and grace. I whisper a father's prayer that life will keep her lovely as my wife and bring quiet strength to her days.
Miss Daisy Dell Brookins daughter of Mr and Mrs F C Brookings will leave Mondsy for Marion Als to enter Judson College as freshman. She is a talented violinist known across the state for musical contributions to clubs churches and private affairs and has won honors from state and national music clubs associations.
Fifty children ages two to six registered as Jackson County Nursery School opens in Marianna on September 1. Three facilities serve white children at Marianne Community House Oak Circle station and the Negro school for colored children. hours 3 to 6 pm with noon meals and milk each day. Directors are Mrs Terry Lee Mrs McGlohan and Octava Corbett. Federal state cooperation with E F Denmark supervision.
A Friday evening dance at the Dornan Recreation Center hosted by the 100th Ordnance Depot of Camp Rocker drew several hundred soldiers and community women. Girl dancers wore corsages as guests arrived, with red and yellow decorations, paper streamers, and company insignia placards. The 3Hth Division Orchestra provided music, a buffet supper followed at intermission, and several women assisted in service including Mrs Press Thornton and Mrs E W Hawkins.
The marriage of Miss Margaret Hatcher of Hartford to Corporal James Rube Garrett of the Marines occurred August 17 at the Baptist parsonage in Geneva with Rev. Robert Holmes officiating. The bride wore olive green crepe and roses, and she is a Geneva County High School graduate. Garrett recently returned from active duty in the Solomon Islands and will join his wife at New River, North Carolina. she will visit in Dothan and later join him.
Mr and Mrs Warren Mey and Georgeon Warren Sellere are in Birmingham for several days visiting Mr and Mrs R E May and Mr and Mrs Wilburn May. Mey plans to return Tuesday while Sellere stays longer. Friends of Mrs Carl B Burkett are glad she returned to Dothan from Rochester Minnesota after a major operation seven weeks ago. Major and Mrs John Dougherty and children Boone and Louise spend this week on vacation in Asheville North Carolina, joined by Mr Dougherty’s mother Mrs Louise Boone. Mrs R B Atwell and daughters Bally Lole and Laverce travel to Bullweter Oklahoma to spend the summer with Mrs Atwell’s mother. Buy War Bonds.
Ozark Alabama announces the Ozark Community Club weekly schedule directed by Mrs. Lena Whatley. Activities include Catholic mass at 11:00 a.m. with Father Finneran, a music program at 6:00 p.m. by Dusty oorland, free piano lessons for service members, beginner dance class, bingo on the terrace, and a Midway Honors game night. Weekly events feature Bridge Club, vocal concert, dance nights with military orchestra, Open House, and Officers Wives luncheon. The club operates daily 8:00 a.m. to midnight with a swimming pool and snack bar open daily except Monday.
Calendar notes list multiple church group activities including Episcopal Women’s Auxiliary luncheon at Parish House First Baptist Church meetings for W M and Cabinet Baptist Woman’s Missionary Society Sunbeam Band and others at First Baptist Lafayette Street Methodist W C meet. Tuesday details include First Appallic Church Girls Auxiliary and Presbyterian Auxiliary circles plus a family weekend in Panama City Beach.
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