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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1955
Page
13
A miscellany of 1950s local tidbits covers community events fashion diet and toys. Highlights include Jaycees softball ticket sales for a Aug 297 game supporting children, rising shoe sizes and costs for kids, a George Washington University foreign service plan, Emily Ann Eustis’s Caribbean trip, and reflections on politics library work AAUW improvements and travel spending by Americans in Europe.
University Park, Pa. Dr. Emily J. Burick, Penn State professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering, crafts jewelry from semiprecious stones with help from sons Ricky and Robby. They mine rough stones, cut and polish them, then Mrs. Burick mounts them into rings and pins. The family teaches jewelry making to students and others, turning a $10 start into a growing hobby.
Marjorie Cain aged nine began writing to Martha Stewart in Arlington Texas. The two longtime pen pals reconnected in Decatur Alabama meeting in Tuscaloosa and plan to visit. Miss Stewart, a Texas A&M graduate, will teach in Midland Texas this fall. Open house for friends follows Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m.
Mr and Mrs John Pitts of 819 Avon Rd Memphis announce the birth of a daughter named Lucinda Lee on Aug 16 at Memphis Baptist hospital. Mrs Pitts is Judy Moore daughter of Mr and Mrs Julian Moore of 408 Ferry St. Garnett DeMent and his wife returned from Tuscaloosa where their son Lewis earned a B S degree and a commission as 2nd Lt. in the army. Mr and Mrs Robert Wilds and children are expected this week.
Mr Wilds and his parents traveled Sunday after a vacation with Mr and Mrs Sam Wilds. They are Daytona Beach en route to Falls River Virginia where Mr Wilds has accepted a position. Also noted are Mr and Mrs Richard Bartlett and Capt Floyd Worley ill in East Orange New Jersey hospital.
Miss Mamie Lou Hardy daughter of Mrs Ella Steele Hardy and the late James Ira Hardy of Rockford Alabama is engaged to Eugene Brown son of Mr and Mrs J Norman Brown of Decatur. The bride to be attended API Auburn for a B S in home economics and has served as assistant home demonstration agent in Dale and Geneva Counties. Brown holds a pharmacy degree from API and has worked in Florence Sheffield and now Tuscumbia. The wedding is planned for October.
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