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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1946
Page
17
An OCR fragment from Kaleidograph mentions John Ackerson, a Dothan Plains Church event at 7:30 Friday, plus local residents and visitors including Mrs. Howard White and a list of names. The text we have reads as disjointed phrases and place names with scattered family notices and social arrivals in Dothan and Miami areas.
The Dothan Service League held a luncheon at the Retreat Center with 61 members present. Mrs. Charles Chapman presided as the constitution read by Mrs. Chester Parham. the document was adopted and year plans discussed including an October bridge party. Summer activities included Girl Scout transport, Red Cross swimming aid, and Lions Club Horse Show ticket sales.
Local social notes list visits and moves among families from Grimes to Denver, Fort Sill and Pensacola, plus travels to Talladega and Fayette. News also covers religious education staff changes, missionary postings to China, and a brief blurb about Nellie Wilson's umbrella recovery in Bloomsburg.
Miss Barbara Ritch, bound for Saint Catharine's Junior College in Richmond Va, was praised at a morning party hosted by her grandmother Mrs J L Ellis at West Main Street. About twenty friends attended as flowers and a centerpiece table with refreshments framed the event.
One time spokesman for the 1920s flapper Anita Loos derides bobby-soxers as gross while praising the flapper’s neat sexy look. The piece imagines how a meeting between the two generations might unfold and notes how style signals belonging to each era.
The Dothan Chapter U D C met at the home of Mrs W H Yarborough with co host Mrs Carl Burkett. Mrs W H Bennett presided and led the ritual and flag salute. Esther Helms spoke on her scholarship and plans for college.
Mr. and Mrs. Emery C. Johnston hosted a recreation center party Tuesday honoring Meridian Mississippi guests Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Shumate Jr. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Norman Ward Mr. and Mrs. Escoll Johnson and others with ping pong and bingo organized by Crawford Moseley.
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