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The Dothan Eagle from Dothan, Alabama • 3

Publication:
The Dothan Eaglei
Location:
Dothan, Alabama
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3
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THE DOTHAN EAGLE Sunday January 15 1950 3 The Club NO COLLECTORS NO METER YES THE BANK IS YOURS OR KEEPS 3O A Day Buys Yew Mew UHjRti WON'T HAPPEN NOW LOOK AT THIS LOW PRICE COLDSPOT COLDSPOT put it this Regular 27995 to 41 1NCH SIZE Watch or It! See It Now! 1950 ord Trucks Regular 12495 White Porcelain Enamel KENMORE 8995 Ton 34 IVfeTon 2 Ton IN OUR SHOWROOM WASHER 11288 KENMORE TO SAT Nt Store Hours: 8:30 to 5:30 Sat 6:00 DIAL 3 0100 Dothan Alabama ROEBUCK AND CO Sear Easy Payment Plan Mr and Mrs Bascom and have some needing a Harris Martin purebred hogs soil conserva the of in con I and i 1000 Attractive Catchpot Yld Book Lot RIVRIBIRATOM AND PRIIEIRS founder and director of the boards said here yesterday that Montgom ery was chosen tor the branch of fice because of its geographical lo cation and large livestock market The Board was established to re duce livestock loss and promote conservation and grams NICE SHOT Nightfall doesn't drive this group of boys from their new playground at Cottonwood The recreation spot was donated by Beall who wanted to see children out of dangers that confront them when they play in the streets Beall gave the youngsters a new skating rink had some room left and tossed in a basketball court and plans to build a tennis court soon (Eagle Staff Photo) Enterprise Rotarians Slate 'armers' Day' THE EIGHT WAY TO SAY When the seeds of thp Ameri can Holly sprout only about one in 10 produce female trees and on ly female trees produce berries By DAPHNE SUE WILKINSON COTTONWOOD (Special) A near tragedy was averted here re cently but today the incident a roller skating child and an auto has been reversed to be come "a stroke of luck for Cotton wood Cottonwood children skate on the streets any more thanks to Beall who realized sudden ly that one of existing needs was to get children on roller skates off the streets Incidentally the same man in the automo bile that day a child was almost hit Beall remembered a vacant lot he owned in Cottonwood Nothing was there except a concrete foun the remains of a peanut warehouse which burned two years ago During the Christmas holidays Beall started converting the empty lot to a playground enlisting the support of Cottonwood parents Already a new concrete base has been poured over the old warehouse foundation to form a skating rink A basketball court has been con structed on "another part of the lot and a tennis court is next on the list All materials have been fur nished by Behll as well as the lot with the town agreeing to provide the new playground with lighting facilities Beall with his aversion to a child dash in front of an auto saw that a protective fence was placed around the area The lot given by Beall is 270 feet long and wide enough to hold a lot of children as evidenced by the throngs which go there each day for recreation This accounts for the absence of children who used to play in the streets at Cottonwood But what do grateful mothers think of gesture? One of them way: children thing they have been long time Not only have we ex perienced a step forward to pro mote safety for our children but we have something that will keep them in the community Such a ges ture helps mother know where her child is and at the sa time makes our town more attrac tive to the children as well as the public in ENTERPRISE (Special) En terprise Rotarians will observe Tuesday when each member of the club will in vite a farmer to the luncheon meeting at the Rawls Hotel Geneva County Agent Woodham will be guest speaker on this' occasion At the regular meeting last Tues day Lomax Searcy showed a film Services A Part of the American Visiting Rotarians from Geneva were Joel Johnson Leslie Morgan and Dr Paul Preston Wat son of Montgomery was the guest of red Donaldson and Bos well Geneva was the guet of O'Neal Griswold cooperating Many hundreds 5 im blooms will be on display and beautiful arrangements of camel lias and camellias used with oth er flowers and foliage will be an attraction Camellias are now in bloom in Greenville and there is every in dication that the 1950 Camellia Show will be the best ever staged in The Camellia City Here need does sulated for cooler cooking Visl bake oven door lets you see cooking See Kenmore at your Sears store 2000 each GREENVILLE (Special) The annual Camellia Show will be staged in the Greenville Schools auditorium opening at 4:00 Saturday afternoon Jan uary 21st and continued through Sunday January 22 Camellia lov ers of Alabama and adjoining states are invited to attend show is entirely free A feature will be a tour Greenville camellia gardens ducted by the Jaycees The Camellia City Garden is sponsoring the show with the Greenville ederation of Garden Clubs the Camellia Society and the Chamber of Commerce A an eight in eb the chapter MARIANNA (Special) Edwin Duce of Greenwood has received the Danforth oundation Award for outstanding 4 11 Club work and for leadership among other boys according to red Sumners a ristant County Agricultural Agent here Edwin is currently vice presi dent of his Greenwood Club and is also vice president of the Jack son County 4 11 Club Coun cil Projects in which he ig en gaged at present include the pur chase and care of and dairy cattle tion and forestry He is the son of Duce Rt 1 haa been a 4 club member for several years and participated in a number of judging contests inhis area at the County air and an educational campaign forest fires The group will meet vember to check their goals KENMORE ELECTRIC RANGE This big 74 cubic foot Coldspot gives you average family storage at a great dollar savings! All steel cabinet of seamless construction 5 Year Protection Plan Stainless steel freezer stores 232 lbs of frozen foods A full 136 sq ft of rust resisting shelving Plenty of sparkling ice 65 cubes or 6 lbs 9 ozs of ice Look at the low low price Shop at Seal'J and Save! 1 St' Giant oversize tub washes up to fl lbs in one loading" Rubber mounted tub and 1 3 HP mo tor Wringer has built in push bar release Steam seal cover See it at Sears 504 Dowd 7H Month on Sears Easy Terms (Usual carrying charge) Greenwood Boy Gets Danforth 4 Award Coming Sooner Than You Think Branch Office Set or Montgomery MONTGOMERY (AP) A branch office of the National Live stock Loss Prevention Board will be established in Montgomery to serve eight Southeastern states Dr Smith of Chicago Satisfaction Guaranteed or Your Money Balk Greenville Camellia Show Set Jan 21 22 $10 DOWN 1350 MONTH On Sears Easy Terris (Usual Carrying Charge) is Kenmore automatic cooking at its best! No now to watch and wait the magic Robotlmer the waiting and timing for you Oven fully ftv Near Tragedy Brings Kids Playground In Cottonwood Plenty of hot water right at your finger tips 30 gallon size zinc lined tank spun glass in sulation Automatic thermostat adjustable from 120 to 170 de greet Ideal for the small home use it in the kitchen top provides working space! 40 Gal 9995 Speaking Contest Held By Blakely A Group BLAKELY (Special) The Blakely Union A Chapter held its regular "monthly meeting this week with a public speaking con test as one feature Walter Hodges and Hoyle "Whits were selected as winners Others participating in this contest were: Larry Middleton Johnny Lawrence Brown and Sheffield The winners Will make minute speech sometime ruary to determine renresentative Mary Jane Hutchins was offi cially presented her jacket Tuesday Sev eral members received their offi cial A jackets this week $5 DOWN 1000 MONTH ON SEARS EASY TERMS (Usual carrying charge) Buy Your Elec Appliances On Sears Easy Terms MOTORCOMPANY OQTMAN ALABAMA ord Dealer irestone Tire Distributor This is the Motor Highway Operators have wanted High Torque Real Economy DEALERS IN TRANSPORTATION SINCE 1694 in 125 West Main Street MMIHf tftK Ml Vr SEETHE NEW 254 CU INCH 110 HP MOTOR Agricultural Groups Set Up 1 950 Program At Early County Meet BLAKELY (Special) Techni cal workers of various agricul tural groups in Early County set up 1950 goals at a recent meeting with farmers and housewives Major problems in County agri cultural programs were discussed and the following recommenda tions made: ood production and preserva tion can or freeze 35 quarts of food per person have 25 hens per family and 100 fryers per farm family: every farm family should cultivate an adequate garden plant two or more new vegetables kill two to four hogs per family improve orchards and have an adequate milk supply Health improvement encour age insect control obtain sani tary toilets for 50 per cent of tenant families examine all food handlers and household servants inspect and grade all food estab lishments Increase yield and production of corn and small grain have each vocational department and 4 club conduct production demon strations Livestock improvement place three new pure bred bulls in each comunity product 600 calves have 50 farms feedand show live stock and have each vocational class and the County agent place two purebred dairy heifers Home improvement have 85 per cent of land owners who live on farms improve homes have 75 per cent of farmers beautify home surroundings and improve 50 per cent of tenant houses Soil conservation seed 2 000000 pounds of winter legumes combine 1000 acres of blue 1 pine combine 100 acres of seeding or Dixie Crimson clover with a cultivated sumemr crop cn one farm in each community conduct a terrace building maintenance demonstration each community and terrace acres of farm land Pasture iprovement acres of new pasture in community during the Spring plant 1000 acres of lespedeza fol lowing grain in each community establish 500 acres of sericea fer tilize 4000 acres of old pasture control weeds on 40 per cent of improved pasture plant grass and train on 20 farms each community for grazing in all and establish one field kudzu for temporary pasture each community orest conservation establish firebreaks on one farm in each community set but 100000 pine seedlings conduct selective cut ting marketing or other improved forestry practices in four com munities hold a forestry exhibit at the County air and conduct against SPECIAL PURCHASE! apie up no Water Heater i Bplgjr ASlfZT I iiaaja day S' 1 1 i I I 11 SmTsc I lea wdty SO I RrCwwl rQh HR7 I It I lv nil 1 I Wl 1 hr! 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