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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1948
Page
8
A cluster of items from a Dothan newspaper includes poetry lines about roses and twilight, a Girl Scout troop meeting at Temple Emanu El, a VFW Auxiliary gathering, and numerous local notices. It lists residents and students traveling, attending meetings, resuming studies, and visiting relatives with brief travel and funeral details.
Methodist W S C S circles meet at various homes to finish the book Great Prayers of the Bible. Susie Peach Foster circle hosts Mrs. R E Foy and Mrs Vera Sheenan with 14 members. Lockie Rankin circle at Mrs. Leslie Smart’s home. Mrs. W S Brooks gives devotional. N S Lisenby directs mission study with 12 members. Octavia Rush circle hosts 11 members and 1 visitor Anna Mae Barnes. Roy Hill leads meditation. Tom Jones directs study. Ruth Lawrence circle hosted by Mrs. Thurman Robertson and Mrs. R L Cox Jr. Miss Aurie Frazier leads study after spiritual message by A T Marchman with 13 present. Belle Bennett circle reports 9 members. Troy Lewis devotional. Ewell Heath directs study. Alice Newton circle at Mrs. John Walter Stowers with 9 members. W C Lakey Jr in charge of mission study. Carolyn Dowdell Circle hosted by A W Hawkins with 9 members. Anna Pierce circle at Mrs Frazier’s with 24 total attendees.
The Presbyterian WOC met at the church Monday afternoon with Mrs. Spurgeon Howell presiding. Minutes, routine business, and a committee for the Synodical meeting October 5 6 7 were reported, with a devotional by Mrs. J N Dendy and a program led by Mrs. Cecil Shirley.
Members of St. Anne's Guild of the Episcopal Woman's Auxiliary met Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Joseph Kellerman with eleven members present. Mrs. O. S. Lewis presided and outlined plans for the Fall season. Mrs. W. E. Elliott reported on the silver project. A social hour followed with light refreshments.
The Lenora Caraway circle of Grandview Baptist Church held an afternoon Bible study at Mrs. C. W. Thompson home. Members present included Mrs. Carlton Buie and others. visitors listed: Mrs. Gillis Partin and three others.
Members of the First Baptist Missionary Society met in circles Monday afternoon for missions programs and socials hosted by circle leaders. Circles 1 through 14 reported attendance ranging from five to sixteen with talks on stewardship, missions, and world outreach, plus devotions and Bible study.
Mr and Mrs Leon Alley announce the birth of daughter Carolyn Dianne in a local hospital on September 2. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs H A Hollis and Mr. and Mrs J C Alley. Mr and Mrs Glyn Strickland of Fort Worth announce daughter India Claire born September 6 in a Fort Worth hospital. Paternal grandmother is Mrs Annie Lou Strickland of Dothan.
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