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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1963

Page

5

Dayna Johnson Turns Three At Falkville Party

Dayna Johnson celebrated her third birthday with a party at the Coffee House Cafe in Falkville on August 12. Attendees included Lynn Knop Valerie Holmes Vickie Holmes Melinda Shelton Janice Chaney Donna Beth McNally and Stevie Roberts from nearby towns.

Dayna Johnson Audrey Johnson Falkville Coffee House Lynn Knop Valerie Vickie Holmes Hartselle Melinda Shelton Janice Chaney Donna Beth McNally Falkville 1 Stevie Roberts Decatur Jim Cox

Bridal Tea Shower Honoring Kay Bryant At Tanner Heights

Bride elect Kay Bryant of Decatur was feted at a tea shower August 10 in Gladys Restaurant Banquet Room Danville host Mrs Hardwick Maples. Guests registered by Peggy Nell Penn Massey. decorations featured white and yellow carnations and gladioli, green and yellow scheme, and a bride’s book table.

Peggy Nell Penn Massey Jane McClanahan Marsha Cook Edna Carol Roberts Hartselle Miss Bryant

Teen Dress Pattern 4942 For Fall Winter Catalog

Printed Pattern 4942 Teen size 12 dress with lightly fitted bodice and swinging pleats in cotton blend fabric. Pattern requires 278 yards 39 inch fabric and costs 35 cents plus 15 cents mailing. Mail to Anne Adams Decatur Daily Pattern Dept New York address for pattern and catalog.

Anne Adams Decatur Daily Pattern Dept West 17Th St New York N.Y

Beta State Of DKG Holds State Meet With Around 100 Members

Approximately 100 Beta State Delta Kappa Gamma members attended the weekend executive board meeting at the Crescent Motel on August 16 and 17. Key officers and guests included Miss Dettizel Myrick, Helen Williams, Katherine Hoppers, Frances Collier, Henrietta Thompson, Susie Odom, and Ethel Christopher. The program featured leadership talks, travel and study, community service, hobbies, and development themes with reminders on leadership skills.

DKG Jane Wooten Beta State Cassie Leta Brewbaker Montgomery Jessie Dean Young Centerville Zora Ellis Talladega Norma Bristow Salter Crescent Motel Dettizel Myrick Mobile Helen Williams Opelika Frances Nungester Katherine Hoppers Frances Collier Henrietta Thompson University Susie Odom Ethel Christopher Athens Ruth Chalker Birmingham Lucifer Hardaway

Social Notes From Around the Valley

Miss Ann Cagey of Atlanta visits Mr and Mrs Max Sobotka. Mrs Edwin Wyle of Scottsboro visits her parents the Ainslie Wyles. Jimmy Speake David Harris and Jackie White attend a Phi Delta Theta party at Alabama.

Ann Cagey Atlanta Max Sobotka Edwin Wyle Scottsboro Mrs Ainslie Wyle Jimmy Speake David Harris Jackie White University of Alabama Phi Delta Theta Gulf Shores Tom Bowles

Chain letters in Nigerian mail circulate in Lagos

Lagos police warn that a chain letter game is circulating by registered mail labeled confidential. Recipients are told to mail money to the top of a list, place their name at the bottom, and forward to three others with the promise that cash will be mailed to the head of the list if it occurs.

Lagos Nigeria Europe America Africa

Bride Price Bryant Honored In Pink Carnation Wedding

Mrs Price M Bryant mother of the bride elect presided as guests assembled under pink and white decor. Miss Diane Thomason kept the bride s book as tables featured Irish linen lace and pink white carnation arrangements plus white tapers. The honoree wore a navy cotton sheer dress with a white carnation corsage.

Sybil Bailey John T. Bryant Grady Bailey Frances West W. M. Anders

Global Weather Simulation Project Aims at 10000 Places

A leading supercomputer undertakes a vast global weather study. The system will simulate conditions in ten thousand locations across nine atmospheric levels to analyze patterns and forecast climates.

Goren on Bridge by Charles H. Goren 1963

In this bridge analysis North South play, South advances to six spades after a forcing sequence. Declarer uses a safety finesse and a strategic discard to gain control, explaining the reasoning behind the heart and spade plays and the perceived luck versus calculated risk.

Charles H. Goren The Chicago Tribune North East South West South North West Declarer East

Man trades wrecked fence for 1954 auto in Ky.

Tom Stevenson of Morganfield Ky received a 1954 automobile after Sam Oliver’s car skidded and wrecked 48 feet of fence around Stevenson’s farm. Oliver, 76, handed over the keys and rode into town with a state trooper, saying he was too old to drive.

Morganfield Tom Stevenson Sam Oliver Oliver Stevenson

Brothers rescue younger brother from well in Kentucky

In Bowling Green Kentucky Johnny Simon fell into a well. His 14 year old brother Ronnie pulled him out and their mother lowered Ronnie with a rope. Ronnie, tied to his younger brother, was pulled to safety. She forgot about Ronnie as she sent Johnny to the doctor. He finally climbed out on his own.

Bowling Green Johnny Simon Ronnie

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A. L Singleton Singleton Lawrence County Peggy Penn Zana Bailey Pam Bryant CRANE Second Avenue S.E Paristar Gateway Shopping Center tLadies Gateway Decatur, Alabama Gayloyd Shoes Crayloyd Decatur’s Beta State, Delta Kappa Gamma International Honor Society For Women Teachers Wilton Wright Pine Bluff, Ark Margaret Chadwicke Thomas Woodroof John D. Davis Jr Baugh-Wiley- Smith Hospital Bernice Himes Davis Walter Bryant Sewanee, Tenn Harry Lang Huntsville Mrs. Slattery Pennylane SE Israel George Reidmueller III Morriston, Ark George Reidmueller C. A. Berkemeyer Goren Mar-Kay Children’s Wear Rafael Atencio III Atencio Jr Hartselle 4 L. B. Shaneyfelt Rafael Atencio Antonito Colo Helen Norris Helen Wiley Beauty Shop Penney Penney’s
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