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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1943
Page
10
Ernest H. Williamson of Dothen has completed courses for surgical technicians at the Medical Department, marking a milestone in his military medical training.
Officials report that technicians from General Hospital Atleota Georgia have graduated with an efficiency rating of excellent. The notice emphasizes high performance and professional standards among healthcare technicians.
Four Wiregrass men at Napier Field received promotions in the month per Public Relations Office. promotions include Freddie Halstead to sergeant Orvis Holloway and Walter Welcher to corporal, and Julian Kirkland to corporal. Halstead, a Cottonwood High School graduate and former football captain, is a personnel clerk at the field. Holloway, son of Mrs. T. J. Holloway, is an airplane mechanic and married to Culde Drew. Welcher, son of Mrs. Pear Welcher, is married to Myrtle Hix and works in production maintenance at Napier Field. Kirkland, son of Mrs. W. P. Kirkland, is married to Hazel Bowen and is a personnel depar tment clerk at Post Headquarters.
Willie A. Collins, 21, son of Mrs. G A Nobles of Cottonwood Alabama, promoted to corporal announced Monday by Colonel Bernard T. Castor, commanding officer. Collins entered service October 19, 1942 at Ft. McClellan Alabama after Cottonwood High School and Alabama School of Trades. He previously worked at Brookley Field Alabama as a radio mechanic in the Chief Signal Section.
A. G. Treadway forty three Coal Springs. Mrs J E Henderson Mace donia. Mrs Mattie Hughes sixty five Slocomb. Mrs Corina Camp fifty one Dothan. Joseph Rodney Hell three son of the Rev and Mrs Joe Belt Bessemer. James A Metcalf Cottonwood. R K Clark sixty seven Cottonwood route two.
Seventeen year olds Calvin Tidwell Louis Bryant Richard Fowler John Griggs and Robert Oates were accepted for U S Navy enlistment through the Dothan recruiting office today. Chief Petty Officer J H Hutchings 48 reported the names and towns of the enlistees including Elba Brunidge Ozark Headland and Dothan route five.
Technical Sergeant Early A Hoffman, son of Mr and Mrs E Hoffman of St Andrews Florida, has been awarded the Good Conduct Medal for exemplary behavior efficiency and fidelity. He is 36, born in Grimes Alabama, and has lived in St Andrews since 1839. He helped manage a Panama City Beach tourist court before enlisting in the Army on November 23. He has been stationed in Alaska for a year.
A wave of births is recorded with names and dates across multiple families. John David Peacock arrives September 2 in Jacksonville to Oscar and Mrs Peacock, while Julie Ann Lisenby follows August 2 in Ozack to Ray and Mrs Lisenby. Patricia Ann Yon, George Bryan Tul les, Phyllis Diana Simms, Dorothy Jean Windsor, Ralph Leslie Jr, Sonia Virginia Thornell, James Dupree, Max Ray, Robert Winford Ross, Ronald Dawsey Arnold, and George Hall are listed with parents in various locations including El Paso Colu mbus Murfreesboro Cottonwood and Abbeville.
The article recalls rumors of Vittorio Emanuele abdicating and Musso lini's ousting as Badoglio rises, noting the aged king’s marginal role. It mentions Crown Princess Maria Jose traveling in Switzerland with children, Umberto’s cautious stance toward Fascism, and Vittorio Emanuele’s accession after King Umberto’s 1900 assassination.
The Houston County probate office issued several marriage licenses last week including Marnett Vance of Ashford pairing with Kathryn Frances Calloway of Ashford and others such as Thomas C. Damico of Philadelphia with Margaret Frances Herring of Dothan Street, plus several couples from Dothan routes and nearby towns. Names include Luther B. Moore and Barbara P. Folson of Dothan, Melvin M. James and Mary Louise Andrews, Leav Curtis Yann and Ruby Dudley, Vincent Giannini and Hazel Wills, Arsis Les Toler and Pearl Lee Dickerson, Bonnie Gant and Johanna M. Marshall, and John H. Butler with Gladys Mas Thomley.
First Lieutenant Wilmer H Boozer, 25, son of Mrs G H Boozer of Dothan Alabama, reports this week at San Angelo Army Air Forces Pilot School Basic as a student officer in the Class 44 A. He earned a B S at the University of Alabama in 1941 after studying at Dothan High School. From Goodfellow Field he will go to an advanced flying school for pursuit fighter planes or bomber pilot instruction to win his wings.
Sergeant Edwin Hatton son of Mr and Mrs W H Hatton of Daytona Route Five has been promoted to staff sergeant. Hatton a Signal Corps member stationed in Louisiana during maneuvers was announced here on Tuesday.
Evan K. Leary of Columbus Ga died in Jackson hospital after stepping from a moving car to save five year old Fred Wollard who opened the door and fell onto the highway The child is hospitalized in serious condition with injuries from the fall Funeral set for Columbus Sunday in Georgia
Luther Mo Norris of Hartford Route Two was wounded in action in the North African theater including Sicily. His mother is Mrs. Sarah F. E. Norris of Hartford Route Two. In Enterprise, Mra Monroe Cain notes two sons in the Navy and one in the Army. Private first class Harvey L. Cain entered service December 26 192 and is stationed in Miami Beach Florida. William Holland Cain AMM3 U S Navy joined September 13 1942. Charles Glen Cain apprentice seaman U S Navy entered service August 7 1943. Seaman Charles is boot training at Great Lakes. Machinist Mate William Cain is stationed at Kingville Texas.
Corporal Alton B. Lynch of Dothan Ala promoted to Sergeant by Mobile Air Service Command at Brookley Field. Kiwanis member, formerly employed at Daniels Men’s Shop, enlisted May 1943. Wife Catherine Smith of 1308 Burdeshaw St Dothan. Also Gerald P. Drew advance to Staff Sergeant announced at Fort Benning Ga. Orea Drew wife. Private first class Rudolph E Shelley enrolled as a student with the United States Armed Forces Institute at Madison Wis to pursue high school college and vocational courses.
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