Mrs Holt and Mrs Albert Host Two Day Dessert Bridge
Mrs Holt and Mrs Albert entertained at the home of Mrs Holt for two days of dessert bridge with seven tables each day. Christmas decorations, prizes, and a mincemeat cake were featured. Tuesday winners were Mrs C O Hoyer Mrs Eugene Ringwald Mrs Patrick Hobson and Mrs Talmadge Barder. Wednesday winners were Mrs Walter Sherrard Mrs Thurmond Ashford Mrs C B Bartee and Mrs Paul Markwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurence C. Holt
Ray Albert
Bridge
C. O. Hoyer
Eugene Ringwald
Patrick Hobson
Talmadge Barder
Walter Sherrard
Thurmond Ashford
C. B. Bartee
Paul Markwood
Breakthrough defense in six diamonds fails to defeat contract
In a South hand of a bridge deal, both defenders fail to cooperate, allowing declarer to draw trumps and set up clubs. West mismanages discards, leading to a four figure loss as declarer ruffs in dummy and sequences trumps to fix West's choice between hearts and clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Declarer
South
West
Petal Path Garden Club Holds Christmas Meeting
The Petal Path Garden Club met at Memorial Drive Methodist Church on Wednesday at 3 PM for their Christmas Meeting. The president led the business session and members made fruit and cookie arrangements to be delivered to Sherrill Rest Home. Refreshments followed the module.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petal Path Garden Club
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Sherrill Rest Home
Miss Peggy Jean Ledbetter to Visit Birmingham Parents
Personal notices list Peggy Jean Ledbetter a nursing student from Birmingham visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Smith Ledbetter for the holiday. Also noted is Tammye Robin born November 1 in Hartselle Hospital to Mr J D McClanahan Jr and his wife. The column records several Auburn and Belle Mina residents visiting family and attending events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy Jean Ledbetter
The
Baptist Hospital School of Nursing
Birmingham
Mrs
Smith Ledbetter
J. D. McClanahan Jr
Hartselle Hospital
Tammye Robin
Sylvia Stone
Auburn
L. E. Stone
Mike
Margaret Bradley Bell
Dallas, Tex
Miss Elizabth Bradley
Belle Mina
Friday Club Meets For Lunch at Cornelian Court
The Friday Luncheon Club met with Mrs. A. C. Mann presiding at Cornelian Court. She requested stamp donations to the Janie Carlyle School in Lumberton North Carolina and treasury funds to be sent to the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Home in Eaton Rapids Michigan. Members present included Mrs. L. L. McCulloch Mrs. Elmer Bussey Mrs. Joe Elliott Mrs. Gusie Bell Mrs. B. R. Ross Mrs. J. R. Huie Mrs. Falla Bailey and Mrs. W. C. Self.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelian Court
A. C. Mann
J. R. Huie
Falla Bailey
W. C. Self
Common Cold Gender Pattern Found by Researchers
Researchers from a cold tablet plant report boys have more common colds than girls up to age 10. After age 10, girls show higher susceptibility and remain prone through adulthood, suggesting a shift in vulnerability between the sexes.
Willoughby L A Ladies Aid Meets at Mrs Kaylor’s Home
The Willoughby Presbyterian Church Ladies Aid met December 10 at Mrs. L J Kaylor’s home for a Christmas program. A covered dish supper followed with decor in traditional Christmas style. New members Mrs A B Lightfoot Sr and Mrs Hugh Kaylor joined. officers elected were Melvin Wells president and A B Lightfoot Jr secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society
Willoughby Presbyterian Church
L. J. Kaylor
Wells
A. B. Lightfoot
Hugh Kaylor
Melvin Wells
Garlic law once banned boarding streetcars in Gary Indiana
In Gary Indiana a historic ordinance prohibited boarding a street car within four hours of eating garlic. The rule reflected strict municipal controls on public behavior in past eras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
Morning Coffees Highlight Festive Holiday Hosts
This week's seasonable coffees featured Mrs. L. R. Nash and Mrs. T. J. Cottingham at Gordon Drive. The home displayed Christmas decor including a pine and bells spray, wreath, gilded magnolia mantel and a Della Robbia style fruit globe tree. Dining room candles, red poinsettias, and red table coverings set a warm scene with cheese straws, doughnuts and biscuits on the trays as nine branched candelabrum candles glowed. Hosts and assistants on Wednesday included Mrs. C. Chamhum, Mrs. Robert McNelly, Mrs. Bill Levin and Mrs. George Godwin. Thursday’s pour was by Mrs. Walter Jackson with aides Mrs. Red Rankin, Mrs. Frank Troup and Mrs. Rufus Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. R. Nash
T. J. Cottingham
Gordon Drive
C. C.ham
Robert McNelly
Bill Levin
George Godwin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Holt
Albert
Hallmark
Ira's
Moulton St
Bank ST
N.E
Virginia
Charles Baker
Baker's Florist
South Sparkman Street
Hartselle
Alabama
Chemstrand
New York
Pensacola
Decatur
Ed O'Neal
Bernard F. Bertrand
Hamilton Haddon Jr
Robert E. Smith
Murray Morse
Fred Gronemyer
L. E. Dequine Jr
Standing
Robert Wright
Eugene Negro
Arthur Lucas
William Burks
William G. Lutge
Jack Mueller
Maurice N. Johnson
E. T. Powers
Robert Brigham
Wright
Lucas
Burks
Mueller
Brigham
Goren
Tae
Bobby Jervis and
John Miles II
E. W. Rapp
Memphis
Frank Hiserodt
Mr. Hiserodt
Hiserodts
James H. Tolley
Lutie P. Shaw
R. M. Howell
Athens
John McGehee
Mr. McGehee
General Electric
RADIO
Sunbeam
Willoughby L. A
Brunswick
Woodall Bros
BRASS
Wes
Magnavox
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