Bride-Elect Faye Dodson Honored in Tea Shower
Florence bride-elect Miss Faye Dodson, fiancée of Robert L. Simmons Jr., was honored at a miscellaneous tea shower hosted by Mrs. Billy Watterson and Mrs. Grady Hanks at Pitts Motel private dining room. The table featured a white cut work cloth and a bride doll display with white and yellow chrysanthemums. Dodson wore a black and red striped taffeta dress with lantern sleeves and a white carnation corsage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faye Dodson
Florence
Robert L. Simmons Jr
Billy Watterson
Grady Hanks
Pitts Motel
Music Club Program Sunday at First Methodist Hall
Decatur Music Club presents a Sunday afternoon program at 3 p m in First Methodist Fellowship Hall. The event features a community Christmas carol led by Robert Helle solos by Roy Wood and James Marshall and the Chem Strand Quartet with Helle Larson Baur and Carter. A Junior Music Club choir will sing with violin flute and French horn accompaniment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Music Club
First Methodist Fellowship Hall
Robert Helle
Roy Wood
James Marshall
Chemstrand Quartet
Robert Larson
Robert Baur
Walter Carter
Junior Music Club
Limestone County Home Demonstration Clubs Hold Workshop
The Limestone County Home Demonstration Clubs met Wednesday at First Baptist Church in Athens with Mrs. Burton Marsh presiding. Officers for 1958 were installed before about 100 members. reports from several officers followed and a piano solo closed the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limestone County
First Baptist Church
Athens
Burton Marsh
County Council
Lerman Gey
America
Leslie Black
Bailey Braly Sr
Bethel Club
Beasley Thompson
County Bloodmobile Project
R. D. Fogg Jr
J. L Henderson
C. F. King
Thomas McDole
Lindsey
McDole
Olin Looney
Raymond Roberts
Foster Patterson
O. G. Johnson
Séing
Melvin Hyatt
Clyde Ennis
Leroy Robertson
Student of the Month Howell Glenn of Decatur High
Howell Glenn, senior at Decatur High School, chosen by students and faculty as student of the month. An all A student, he is a member of Jr. and Sr. Honor Society and has played in the band throughout high school. He is editing the 1958 Golden Memories annual and plans to enter API or Georgia this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howell Glenn
Decatur High School
Howell
API
Georgia
Esco
Mec- 7
Windes Club Thanksgiving Luncheon at McKendree Church
The Windes Home Demonstration Club held a Thanksgiving luncheon in the McKendree Church recreation room. Hostesses Mrs. James Minor Mrs. Vernon Sandlin and Mrs. Clyde Maples organized decor and a devotion from Ps 85. Sixteen members one golden age visitor and one child attended. Plans were made for a December 14 Christmas party and parsonage shrubbery was fully funded. The note adds Canada’s land area 3,577,000 square miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windes Home
McKendree Church
James Minor
Vernon Sandlin
Clyde Maples
Lottie Hardwick
Goren on Goren on Bridge Plays Out In Japanese Themed Style
South with 19 points bids game after North shifts to hearts. West opens diamond lead and discards reveal West hold three spades two hearts and five diamonds. Declarer plays on forcing a club return and deduces West has three clubs after discards.
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West
North
South
Goren
East
Declarer
Rogers Rogers Vows Pledged During Double Ring Ceremony
Mr and Mrs Irwin Rogers wed Friday in the home of A C Rogers with Doyle Banta officiating The bride Mereline Long Rogers is a daughter of Mr and Mrs W A Long of Moulton The groom is son of Mr and Mrs L W Rogers of Moulton The couple left for a wedding trip to Kentucky and will be at home at 420 4th Ave SW after their return
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin Rogers
Kentucky
Grecian style nightie pattern for misses 12 to 20
Printed Pattern 4651 offers a Grecian nightie in crepe or cotton with banding and bows for Christmas gifts. Misses' sizes 12 through 20 require 338 yards 39 inch fabric for size 16. Directions printed. Send 50 cents plus 5 cents for 1st class mailing to Anne Adams Decatur Daily Pattern Dept. New York address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Care Decatur Daily
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Dean Jones Fans Meet At Edgils in Decatur
Dean Jones Fans Club met in Miss Mary Jean Edgil’s home in Decatur for November with Roy Smith of WMSL-TV as guest speaker. Plans were made for a Christmas party at Linda Carthers’ home and members awaited the January issue of Dig carrying Dean’s picture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Deanettes
Dean Jones
Mary Jean Edgil
Roy Smith
Wmsl-Tv
Linda Carthers
Dean
Decatur
Linda Lawrence
Janice Montgomery
Carol Blackwell
Carolyn Goodlett
Guy Jones
Minnie Goodlett
Linda Newsome
Wanda Wheeler
Judy Pinson
Wilhite
Ann Free
Edgil
Alice Pigg
Peggy Ae
Judy Bibb
Julia Levin
Birth of Belinda Sue in Atlanta Hospital
Mrs. D. A. Karr returns to Lynchburg after weeks with daughter Mrs. Wilmer Hall in Decatur. Mr. and Mrs. Harvis Morris announce the birth of a daughter on Thursday at an Atlanta hospital named Belinda Sue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Karr
Lynchburg, Va
Wilmer Hall
Mr. Hall
Harvis Morris
Decatur
Atlanta
Belinda Sue
East Hartselle HDC Hosts Christmas Meeting at Slate Home
East Hartselle Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. Max Slate’s home for a Christmas session. The group sang carols, heard a Luke 2 devotion, and heard a history of it. Members exchanged gifts, welcomed four new members, and planned baskets for the elderly and TB sanatorium patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Hartselle
Max Slate
B. L. Sharpe
Milford Black
Estelle McGee
Beulah Kilpatrick
Betty Rollins
Maurine Cornhill
Betty Proctor
W. H. Rollins
Black
Mary Quinn
Bessie Blakenship
Wanda Young
Trellis Garden Club Hosts Bird Talk and Plans Christmas Gift Exchange
The Trellis Garden Club met at Mrs. Baker's home and heard a birds talk by Mrs. P. H. Hobson. Roll call named birds, and Mrs. Lilyquist reported the treasurer's balance. Mrs. Harris spoke on Pot Plants as Home Decorations. The Christmas party was planned for December 18 at 10:00 a.m. at Mrs. Lilyquist's home with each member bringing a small gardening gift. Dowdy won the attendance prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trellis Garden Club
Marvin R. Lilyquist
Richard L. Dowdy
Queen Campaign Opens In Tanner High And Junior
A campaign to crown Miss Tanner Junior High and Miss Tanner High School is underway in Tanner. Winners will be announced at halftime of the basketball game against East Limestone on December 12. Votes cost one cent each. Junior entrants include Diane Thomas Molly Smallwood and Judy Turpen. Senior entrants include Martha LeCroix Brenda Penn and Linda Beddingfield.
Meowing Car Leads to Rescue in Quincy
In Quincy J Carl Menke reports his car meows while driving downtown. A mechanic finds a tiny gray kitten wedged between the hood hinge and air conditioning unit, prompting an unexpected rescue. Excavation near Aquntum in [yrol uncovers a Roman main street and a 2nd Century tombstone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
J. Carl Menke
Aquntum
Yrol
Giles Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary With Family
Mr and Mrs William Thomas Giles observed their fiftieth anniversary at Thanksgiving Day with a dinner in the Lyons Hotel private dining room. Family and relatives gathered for cake and coffee at the Giles home later, with elaborate floral decorations and a three tier wedding cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Thomas Giles
Lyons
John Harlan Giles
Emil Kotcher
Harry A. Reitmeiner
Harry A. Reitmeyer
Harry Reitmeyer, Jr
Jimmy Abbott
Birmingham
Giles
Peter
Betty
Charleston
Ind
S. R. Towns
Lou Giles
Talladega
Newton A. Grimwood
John F. Ferreira
Huntsville
Billy Giles
Long Beach
Calif
Farm Motor Trucks Growth Through Mid Century
Farm motor trucks in the United States rose from under 1000 in 1910 to about 2.5 million by 1953, reflecting rapid adoption of mechanized farming and rural logistics in the first half of the 20th century.
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United States
Second Party In Series Given On Thursday
On Thursday afternoon Mrs. Richard Belton and Mrs. J J Putnam entertained the second in a series of dessert bridge parties at Mrs Putnam's home. Decorations featured a gold and white Christmas theme. Frosted fruit cake and coffee were served. Winners included Mrs. Fred Simmons, Mrs. Harry Scheinert, Mrs. W G Stackhouse, and Mrs. Ben Collier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Belton
J. J. Putnam
Fred Simmons
Harry Scheinert
W. G. Stackhouse
Ben Collier
Clever Crafts Christmas Dinner Party at Why Not Cafe
The Clever Crafts Club hosted a Christmas dinner for husbands at the Why Not Cafe on Monday evening. Decorations followed a red and white theme with Mrs. O N Williams and Mrs Frances Spanabel leading table setup. A gift exchange and games entertained attendees, including Mr. and Mrs R H Holland and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clever Crafts Club
Why Not Cafe
O. N. Williams
Frances Spanabel
R. H. Holland
H. D. Mathews
Julian Moody
E. I. Self
N. Johnson
L. E. Delmore
L. R. Brooks
E. 0. Vassar
D. L. Murphy
Saturday Club to Meet at Morrow Home
The Saturday Club will convene Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in Mrs. T. G. Morrow's home with Miss Mary Robertson as cohostess. The Wesleyan Service Guild District meeting is set for Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Ninth Street Methodist Church in Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. G. Morrow
Mary Robertson
Wesleyan Service Guild
Ninth St. Methodist Church
Decatur
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Hallmark
Ira
Moulton St
Wespeed
Sterchi’s
Jewelry Dept
Windes Club
Canada
Brunswick
Woodall
Goren On
The
Chicago Tribune
South West North East
Sheart Pass
King of Diamonds
Rogers-Rogers
Bonne Halos
HDC
Slate Home
Trellis Club
Tanner
W.T. Giles
Ebert Franklin
John McBride
Mrs
Kyle Sullivan
Clever Crafts
Decatur Nursery
Moulton Road
Inc
Dial
Chandler
Ferry Street
N.E
Lew
Birdseye
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