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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1964
Page
5
Holiday flower experts advise matching arrangements to religious figures like Madonna and Child with pine, roses, and Star of Bethlehem. For glass or porcelain figures use roses and holly leaves. feathery white mums suit tall pieces. Wreaths and holly arrangements brighten dining and sideboards. the season invites using treasured possessions.
Charles H. Goren presents four bridge quiz scenarios with suggested bids. Each question explores optimal responses for South under varying hand shapes, bidding sequences, and vulnerability, emphasizing reaching game or slam when appropriate.
The hand is slightly light for one no trump and may be more convenient opened as one club. Bidding spades is avoided because a two heart rebid by partner creates an awkward rebid situation.
The hand 4982905 OAJ6 AKS8542 1a Pass 2h Pass 29 Pass leads to a plan: avoid two no trump, bid three diamonds to temporize. If partner goes to three no trump, pass. If he rebids hearts, raise to three spades. If he rebids spades, raise to four spades.
The text argues that with a hand containing A85 VJAQ103 OAQ542 and three small cards the better call is one heart rather than one diamond. Opening one diamond and partner’s two clubs makes a reverse bid too weak, so treating the suits as equal length gives a convenient rebid after partner’s response.
The Festival of Drama at First Federal Penthouse features Pat Anderson as Concor dia in the Prologue directed by Pat Bing. Noel Coward’s Ways and Means stars Pat Bing and Adrian Craven with strong support from Charley Rogers Waltz Hall Harriet Chandler and Bertha Timberlake. Out of town guests express delight in the program ending with an unusual Monkey's Paw scene.
A reader asks if minced cooked veal can be combined with minced cooked chicken to make croquettes and if the mixture works as a filling or binding option.
Bright color embroidery patterns promote kitchen decor and sewing projects. Includes Pattern 7102 six motifs six by seven inches each with directions and mailing options from Alice Brecks The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept. Offer extends to free patterns and deluxe quilt book with purchase details.
The American Foundation for the Blind states that of 400,000 blind men, no more than half rely on public assistance for income.
A fashion note describes a hairstyle where Ruel styled hair pushed upward toward the crown, with an upswept neck line and curling nape. The look suggests long evening hair but uses a practical shorter length for active day wear.
Mr and Mrs frank Rushing returned home after a visit to Tuscaloosa. He joined friends in Demopolis for a deer hunt at Allison s Hunting Club. Mrs Paul Russell spent today in Birmingham. Mr and Mrs Doyle Nicely and son John, a Vanderbilt student, returned from Indianapolis due to the death of Mr Nicely s mother Mrs O W Nicely.
Questers met at the home of Ms. R. L. Penn to honor Mrs. Earl Foster who is moving to Florida. Cohostesses were Mr. W. F. Wright and Miss Zelin Parker. A panel on One Key To America’s furniture was given by Mrs. Claude Earwood, Miss Parker and Mrs. Foster. Roll call offered a conservation hint. Foster, a charter member, received a silver bowl the club won for selling Blind-Man Goods in 1963 64 while she chaired the committee.
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