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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1957
Page
7
Focused on winter oranges from December to April with Florida as a major grower. Describes fresh orange value and frozen juice popularity, plus two orange peel candied methods and an orange loaf recipe. Includes steps for orange bread and candied peel preparation.
Stephens Chapter of DAR met at Mrs D C Shaws home for Alabama Day. Mrs F S Hunt spoke on Alabama Under Five Flags and Chaplain Mrs Jesse M Rogers gave a Christmas meditation on angels. The group planned duplicating DAR citizenship awards in Morgan County High School. Dessert was served to 20 members and three guests.
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The Decatur District of the Wesleyan Service Guild met at 2 30 P M Sunday at Ninth Street Methodist Church. Mrs Lester Haygood welcomed the group after a Christmas carol sing along with the Guild Hymn. visitors from Huntsville Winfield Ala and other spots were introduced. Plans for a district W S C S meeting in Hartselle January 30 1958 were announced. Refreshments followed and attendees were invited to an Open House at the Superannuate Home.
Mrs Thomas Graves found a small snake between a refrigerator and a deep freeze in Lynchburg. She drew it into a vacuum cleaner and dispatched it outside. Grieving the fate of the two snakes, the Graves worry about mama and papa snake.
The piece compares fresh, frozen, and canned orange juice by a 1-3-6 rule, showing one pound of fresh oranges yields one cup of juice, while frozen and canned options provide three or six cups respectively. It concludes fresh juice is cheapest when orange price is under a third of a six ounce can and under a sixth of a 46 ounce can, then mentions room temperature storage up to 70 degrees and abruptly shifts to a political note about New Jersey’s assembly until 1736.
Printed Pattern 4515 offers teen sizes 10 12 14 and 16 for a jumper and blouse. Instructions are included with yardage 54 inch jumper 2 1/2 yards 39 inch blouse 1 1/2 yards. Send fifty cents plus extra for mailing to Anne Adams Pattern Dept New York NY with name address zone size and style number.
White dominates resort style as the season opens. White swimwear and outerwear highlight sun tans, with white wool knits and lastex suits gaining attention for both daytime and evening wear. A splash of vivid color accents the all white palette.
A recipe collection features Potato Spinach Soup using frozen spinach milk and condensed potato soup, yielding four servings, plus My Mother's Bridge Cookies with lemon, walnuts and shapes cut from dough baked at 350 degrees for about 12 minutes.
The text notes Uruguay established as an independent state in 1828 after a peace treaty ending a Brazil Argentina war over disputed territory, shaping its status amid regional conflicts.
Mrs. Bill Holmes of Springfield asks for information on the whereabouts of Forrest Holmes and Hugh or Roosevelt Holmes. She says the husband’s family lived in Decatur when he left home about 25 years ago. The note mentions his father and past work in Missouri Alaska Europe.
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