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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1962
Page
19
A decorative project uses crimped aluminum foil to create a three dimensional angel on a gift wrap covered card and can be hung on walls. The text suggests pleated foil as holiday trim and describes using foil circles around lights and a fan shape for variety.
The column highlights new gift ideas for the season including telephone directory covers, walnut frames inscribed Tax Exemptions, and an easy spray alternative using watered paint for gilded greens. Metlox Red Rooster pottery creations like salad bowls and servers promise bright kitchen appeal.
Instructions describe pleating aluminum foil for holiday decor from tree ornaments to table settings. Craft tips include wrapping a turkey platter a pie plate or candle bases with pleated foil and making an angel wall plaque using foil covered cardboard and decorative tape.
Bridge quiz notes see eight problem hands with different South holdings and bidding sequences. Readers are invited to guess optimal bids and learn standard bidding logic from the Chicago Tribune column.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver T Rogers announce the engagement of their daughter Vicki Ann Rogers to Truman Sandlin son of Mr and Mrs William Jonathan Sandlin. The couple are Decatur High School graduates with Howard College connections and plan a February 2 wedding at Central Baptist Church.
Mrs. Frank Bainbridge president of the Linly Heflin Unit announces the cook book now in its second printing and available from stores and by mail. Proceeds support 23 scholarship girls at Alabama institutions and the unit’s charitable projects started in 1917 as a Red Cross dressing unit.
Miss Jennifer Lowery spent the weekend in Chattanooga as guest of Ricky Hunt for the Christmas dance at Mc Callie School. She was accompanied by Mr and Mrs Fred Hunt Jr Mrs Wiley Cox of Greensboro NC is guest of her son Wiley Cox Jr Also Mrs J B og and daughter Jan spent weekend in Birmingham.
Malcolm Austelle of Macon spent the weekend with his mother Mrs. Vera Austelle. He traveled to Decatur with his mother in law Mrs. Fred Davis who had been in Macon with them. Mrs. Austelle will return to Macon with her son. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Lawrence visited in Atlanta Thursday and Friday. Miss Sandra Neher of Knoxville spent the weekend here with her mother Mrs. Sidney Neher.
Create a square from 12 inch foil by folding and taping three bottom rows. Pleat at one inch intervals. For wings use a one foot foil strip folded in half and pleated. cut in half. Halve a Styrofoam ball for the head and decorate with triangles for eyes and mouth with foil bits for hair. Attach to background with glue or cel lophane tape and hang with a picture hook on cardboard.
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