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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1963

Page

5

Bidding diagram yields 49th trick after double

South holds four spades and a hand balanced with 16 points. West opens or responds, North passes, East bids. The sequence shows 190, Pass, 1, 39, 4 hearts, 49th, double, leading to the final contract and trick count.

Charles H. Goren The Chicase Tribune North East Heath West North East South

Installment Plan Debt Per Capita Cited in Sweden

The note states per capita indebtedness around 52 dollars in Sweden, likely the highest in continental Europe, indicating a heavy burden on households and a trend in consumer credit levels across the region.

Sweden Europe

Kay Bryant Weds Donald O. Farrer in California Evening Ceremony

Miss Kay Bryant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Price M. Bryant of Decatur Alabama became the bride of Donald Owen Farrer son of Mrs. Karl Baerwald and the late Rev. Benjamin Farrer of Beaumont Texas in a seven oclock ceremony at the Baerwald home. The Rev. Olen Gaines officiated. Attendants were Wendell McLaughlin of Denver. The couple will reside in Honolulu Hawaii where the groom works for General Dynamics.

Los Angeles Nancy Kay Bryant Price Marion Bryant Decatur Ala Donald Owen Farrer Karl Baerwald Benjamin ‘Timothy Farrer Beaumont Tex Hermann Baerwald Olen Gaines Kari Baerwald

Dress pattern 4634 for fall design ideas catalog

Casual and dressy fabrics like faille tweed or sheer wool suit this easy line with a tucked yoke. Pattern 4634 offers half sizes and yardage details including a 161-2 coat needing 3 yards of 54 inch fabric. Mail the coupon with name address zone size and style number to Adams Pattern Dept. for a free catalog and pattern.

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

Tile Ideal For Hi Fi Units

A hi fi speaker enclosure using ceramic tile reduces vibration and unwanted resonance better than plywood. Tile density of 2.0 dwarfs plywood 0.67, per G A Briggs in Sound Reproduction via the Tile Council of America.

Tile Council of America G. A. Briggs

New Burial Insurance Offers $1000 Cash Benefit

The notice promotes a life insurance policy for ages 40 to 90 with no medical exam. It promises $1000 burial funds to spare loved ones funeral costs and urges sending name and birth year to a Fort Worth Texas address for more information without obligation.

OLD Line Legal Reserve Life Insurance Ral Security Life Insurance Co Dept West Rosedale Fort Worth 4 Texas

Personal notices of visits and returns across several states

Mr and Mrs Whitfield King return from a three week vacation to Pensacola and Indianola MS visiting her parents. Mrs Minnie Hamil will visit Mrs E L Polhill. Mrs Robert Boggs and Birmingham children visit her mother. The Bruntons, Morrises, Muse and Richards guests of friends in various communities. Visitors include Orr and Puryear households and Janice Isley’s return from Albertville and Gadsden. Luther Gunter and family travel from Perry Florida. Sallie Dolson visits Danville relatives. Jervis and Parker hosts in Athens en route to Tulsa and Coral Gables.

Mrs. Whitfield King Pensacola Indianola Miss Luther Gunter Perry, Fla James Tomlinson Danville Sallie Dolson Port Arthur Tex Huntsville Rube Puckett Albert Jervis Tulsa Okla Harry Parker Coral Gables Fila David Rosenau Athens

North Carolina visitors tour New Orleans and Deep South

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Compton and Mr. and Mrs. Ottis Dutton have returned to Danville after a trip to New Orleans and other Deep South locations.

Raymond Compton Ottis Dut Ton Danville New Orleans Deep South

Beauty School Offers Finishing Course In Hair Styling

A beauty academy advertises a finishing course in hair styling and beauty secrets. The program promises diploma eligibility and licensure as a hairdresser, with fall enrollments and free information by phone and at 321% Second Avenue SE in Decatur. Men over 35 may also join and hear success stories from graduates.

Second Avenue S.E Decatur

Birthday Dinner For Ratcliffe Group At Danville

A birthday dinner party Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Carl Ratcliffe honored three birthday celebrants. Guests included Mr and Mrs Went Lovelady of Miami Mrs John French and children of Athens Mr and Mrs Arthur Leigh McCord of Hartselle and Mrs Neal Burch.

Danville Carl Ratcliff Went Lovelady Miami John French Athens Arthur Leigh McCord Hartselle I Neal Burch

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Goren Fast Service Crane’s Second Avenue S.E New York, N. Y Kay Bryant California Wendell McLaughlin Denver Jim ‘Cox Photo Helen Norris Helen Wiley Beauty Shop Std W. E. Steed Jr Minnie Hamil E. L. Polhill Robert Boggs Birmingham H. D. Burnum Bob Brunton Esco Morris Cullman Florida Jess Smith Well Marion Muse Tullahoma, Tenn Dale Richards J. L. Wallace Hopewell R. B. Orr Boyd Puryear Bessemer Janice Isley Albertville Gadsden North Carolina Dillehay Drug Bruno Ernestine Ling Rainey’s Beauty Academy Ratcliffs McWhirter Material Handling Company Alabama
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