Hints From Heloise on Christmas Gifts and Traditions
Readers share practical Christmas ideas: start a yearly ornament gift for each child and save them for their first Christmas in a new home, craft a decorative door knob cover with felt and elastic, layer cards on a table with a plastic cloth for a festive holiday surface, reuse foil for wrapping and storage, create a bird stocking from mesh bags filled with suet, and reuse waxed paper tubes as playful gift packaging. The letters reflect family surprises and practical DIY charm.
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Heloise
B. W
Dinner Party Hosted by Murphree and Howell Guests
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Murphree and Mr. and Mrs. Billy Howell entertained at Howell's home with a buffet dinner. Decorations featured traditional red and green Christmas colors. Candles lit party rooms as neighbors and close friends attended.
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Willard Murphree
Billy Howell
Angela Marie Lott celebrates her first birthday
Little Angela Marie Lott turns one on December 16. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Lott. Her grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Hill of Danville and Mr. and Mrs. Boyce H. Lott of Hartselle.
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Jim Cox
Angela Marie Lott
Kenneth R. Lott
Lave
Arthur C. Hill
Danville
Boyce H. Lott
Hartselle
Saturday Club Hears Life Of Maud Lindsay
The Saturday Club heard Miss Louise Ryan recount the life and work of Miss Maud Lindsay. A Christmas story was read and members donated gifts for Flint Sanitorium and Bryce Hospital. New member Mrs. Tom Stewart welcomed. January meeting set for Mrs. FE. Hamilton's home.
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Louise Ryan
Maud Lindsay
Miss Lindsay
J. W. Clapton
W. E. Steed
Tom Stewart
Flint
Bryce Hospital
Tuscaloosa
FE. G. Hamilton
Cabinets Extend Bathroom Space With Ceramic Tile
Readily usable wall space between basin and toilet can hold cabinets. Extend medicine cabinets toward one or both directions and surface with domestic ceramic tile. Tile made in the USA and quality certified by the Tile Council of America is now available.
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U.S.A
Tile Council of America
Kennedy Letters Fetch About the Lincoln Price
Handwritten letters of late President John F Kennedy bring in around 1500 dollars, a sum similar to Lincoln era items. Collectors note strong interest in presidential correspondence and related memorabilia.
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John F. Kennedy
Lincoln
Glimpses All Around The Valley
Glimpses allege holiday visits and family news across the valley. Grady Miller recovering from a heart attack in Michigan plans to return home Saturday. Local families share holiday plans with relatives in Florida Indiana Texas Birmingham and Decatur. A Decatur General Hospital newborn Michael Allen Greene was welcomed Dec 9 with grandparents Jones Greene. Ann Rowe travels to Kingsville Texas for the wedding of Mary Ann Riley to Lt Marshall Lynn Evans.
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Grady Miller
Michigan
Richard Allen Greene
Decatur 1
Michael Allen
Decatur General Hospital
Junior Jones
Warren H. Greene
Decatur
Terry Whiting
Timmy
Wil
Wichita
Kans
Guy Rogers
Jerry Kittell
Mr. Kittell
F. T._ Whiting
Birmingham
Ann Rowe
Kingsville
Tex
Mary Ann Riley
Marshall iLynn Evans
Knit Hats and Needlecraft Catalog Offers
A vintage advertisement lists pattern 7231 for knitted hats fitting all headsizes and details two needle knitting methods. It promotes 1966 Needlecraft Catalogs with dozens of designs and offers multiple patterns and quilt books for sale by mail order from The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept and Museum Quilt Books, with prices and mailing instructions.
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Alice Brooks
Decatur Daily
Needlecraft Dept
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
Needlecraft
America
New Museum
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Sandra
Jeanne
Dea
Pat Waldorf
Filmy
Peignoir
Miss Patt
Patters
Amy Sue Shelton
Duncan Eric Shelton
M. Gilbert Shelton
Moulton
Homer Shelton
Louis Suggs
Trinity
Decatur Federation OF. Garden Clubs
Decora
P. O. Box
Ala
John Eustis
Lake City, Fla
Lidays
John H Peebles
Mooresville
Abigail and
Alvan Turner
Auburn
Santa Claus
Bank Street
By Wgice Brookes
Santa
Brass
Dad
Timnter Furniture Company
Second Ave
Mrs. Claus
Triumph
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