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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1963
Page
5
Local residents and relatives visit from Michigan to Alaska and Ohio while others travel to Florida and Texas. Air force assignments and hospital stays are noted as families reconnect, with several residents listed visiting schools, churches, and Gulf Coast getaways.
Miss McCool married Mr. Smith on August 5 at St John’s Chapel First Methodist Church Birmingham with Rev Fletcher Thorington officiating. The couple, now at home in Atlanta, both attend Emory University after college activities at Judson and Marin Military Institute.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Peebles Jr. hosted overnight guests Laura and John Peebles en route to Mobile after Carolina camp visits. A small dinner with relatives and old friends honored the travelers featuring Withers Peebles Jr. and Withers III, the Bryant and Spears Lee families from Sewanee Tennessee were among attendees.
Miss Julia Lovin and Jimmy Milam will arrive Saturday in Birmingham after a summer in South America for church work, with about 50 people to greet them. Lovin heads to Florence State College September 6 and Milam will attend Auburn University later in September. Families and friends from Temperance Michigan to Detroit and Nashville visit relatives in the area, including the Hurst and Glover households, and extended trips to New York City and Europe are noted.
In a Chicago Tribune bridge feature from 1963, declarer achieves six heart tricks by counting each heart. Norths aggressive support with two small trumps aids declarer, who must guess a heart finesse to fulfill a three no trump contract.
Bride-elect Miss Virginia Hall, soon to wed Robert Smith, was honored at a Stratford Road tea hosted by Mrs. Frank Williams and others. Guests included Miss Marguerite Garnett and out of town visitors from North Carolina and Birmingham. Hall wore a gold sheath dress with a gardenia corsage.
Mrs Frank Richardson III was praised at a seated luncheon hosted by Mrs Allison Bailey Jr and Mrs Maynard Layman at Canebrake Mooresville. Bronze chrysanthemums and mats with white china adorned the dining room while a screened terrace featured a white hand loomed cloth with colorful peppers. Guests included Mrs Barrett Shelton Jr Sr and others. Mrs Richardson is the former Miss Susan Sorrell Dent of Birmingham.
Thirty two members attended the Promenaires Club regular meeting. Mr. and Mrs Ocie Weir attended the round dance clinic in College Station Texas with Mr and Mrs Manning Smith as instructors.新
A clergyman refused to divulge details while asserting that if a person has not acted yet, he will. The exchange framed the warning as a conditional assurance without naming individuals or specifics. The remark added tension to a pending matter.
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