Word: dothan
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fine sand from the sidewalks and scatter it against the weathered frame buildings. Along Brown Street, the main drag, ragged white farmers and mute Negroes sprawl on benches propped against the buildings in the shade of awnings. There is not much for them to do except read the Dothan (Ala.) Eagle or dip snuff or watch the tractors or pray for rain. There is not even a movie house in Graceville anymore, which seems like a reasonable indicator of the imminence of death...
...Keep each other company," she said "Oh, we've got the Baptist Bible Institute and the world's largest peanut sheller. But there's nowhere to go, and nothing to do. If you want to see a picture show, you have to go over to Crestview or up to Dothan. The boys and girls don't stay here anymore after they grow up. It sure would be better if we still had the Oilers...
...deal with a Ford dealer (free advertising for station wagons) to solve the transportation problem, wangled hand-me-down uniforms from the Cincinnati Reds, carved a baseball diamond out of the high school stadium, and spread the word in the town's weekly newspaper. The other league members like Dothan and Panama City, with populations around 30,000, held little hope that Graceville (then 1,800) could hold its own. It would take $30,000 a year for the Oilers to break even, meaning they would have to draw nearly 700 fans for each of 60 home games...
...Graceville, probably the smallest town ever represented in professional baseball, made it. On many sultry nights there were 3,000 people in the park for an Oilers game against hated Dothan, and one season Graceville actually led the Alabama-Florida League in attendance. The town took its Oilers to its bosom, inviting them to church suppers and baking pies for them and washing their clothes and giving them room-and-board (all very much appreciated, since a player earned from $150 to $300 a month in Class D). Artistically, the Oilers, a collection of pot-bellied baseball gypsies and frightened...
Billy's first stop was Dothan (pop. 36,753), a southern Alabama black belt farming center where his brother-in-law is pastor of a Presbyterian church. From there he would move on to the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, mostly Negro Tuskegee Institute, and Auburn University. Cancelling a vacation and a European tour, Billy will conduct a ten-day crusade in Montgomery in June. During October, he will crusade in Waco and Houston. Striving to accept speaking engagements in parts of the South where he has seldom before preached, he has juggled his schedule...