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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1963
Page
7
Collection of reader tips from 1963 offering storage ideas with egg cartons for decorations, mitten sewing tweaks to prevent loss, wax and painting advice for concrete floors, tree planting alternatives to Christmas trees, and salad onion flavoring methods.
A playful guide promoting disciplined study habits for geometry quizzes. It urges a calm, organized space, prioritizing tough problems, regular review, and notes kept fresh. It offers mnemonic methods like first-letter spellings and King SohCahToa, and cautions against last minute cramming.
The Rocchetta Sunshine Club met at Mrs. Raymond Smith’s home and installed 1964 officers: Clyde Scott president James Silver secretary Hubert Puckett treasurer James Pettit historian and chaplain Eric Ferguson Jr reporter. Plans for a children’s Christmas party at Mrs. Arion Horton’s home were set and Christmas card sales reported.
Sprinkle star dust glitter on freshly sprayed hair for a party look. For special occasions try gold or silver spray-on streaks but wash them out next day. See Enid Haupt for a trim the tree party details.
After their November 28 wedding in Fisco Methodist Church, Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Dwaine Hardin reside in Athens Alabama where both are students at Athens College. The bride is from Centre and the groom from Decatur.
Mrs. E. W. Kennedy is reported improving at Decatur General Hospital where she is a patient as the result of a heart attack.
In 1962 production of gin and beer rose sharply in the United States while whiskey distillers produced less than in 1961, signaling a shift in spirits demand and manufacturing focus.
Judge James Nelson Bloodworth spoke at the Stephens Chapter DAR December gathering hosted by Mrs. Laurence Jackson and co-hostess Mrs. W. L. Grimes. He discussed The Period of the Revolutionary War and the Old Southwest, noting sparse early settlement, tribes in Alabama, and the Natchez Battle and Refugees march.
The Valley area DAR notes Alabama Day with a letter from the Kate Duncan Smith DAR School in Grant Alabama praising the chapter s rummage sale. Reports cover national board actions in Washington with 2000 plus new applications, plus 28 percent junior members. A musical group Sparkey and the Old South Plunkers sang, and members shared memories of out of town relatives and anniversary events.
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