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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1961

Page

5

Christmas Party Traditions Highlight Through Social Notices

A string of holiday gatherings is described with details of bridge dinners open houses and couple parties at homes of the Mum merts Doss Scott Fisher Counts Hamilton and other hosts. Decor features gold red green and silver motifs with candles holly magnolia leaves and festive table centerpieces.

Gordon Charles Nolia Leaves Mummerts Tommy Counts Allen Hamilton Edgar Kirby Jr

Mrs Cottingham Hosts Holiday Guests In South Carolina

Mrs T J Cottingham will host her sister Mrs Thomas B Kimbrough and daughters Carolyn and Madge from Hazlewood High School area. Decorations and Christmas games filled the Wheeler Dam home in Greenville as relatives gathered for the holiday. Cecil Pickens of Atlanta was listed as her nephew. Mr and Mrs William F Talley Jr plan to entertain their mothers Mrs W F Talley of Atlanta and Mrs B L Weinberg of Hapeville Ga.

Louis Scott Charles Payne Searcy, Ark John Fisher Barrett Shelton Jr Holly Magnolia T. J. Cottingham Thomas B. Kimbrough Carolyn and Madge Greenville S. C Cecil Pickens Atlanta William F. Talley Jr W. F. Talley B. L. Weinberg Hapeville, Ga

Bride-Elect Gwen Crisler Honored With Tea Shower

Town Creek Miss Gwen Crisler, who will wed Billy Jack Brackin today, was honored with a miscellaneous tea shower at the home of Mrs. Carlton Brackin. 45 guests registered. attired in a cocoa brown sheath with yellow carnations, she was attended by family and friends including Mrs. J. H. Crisler Jr. and Mrs. Otho Brackin.

Town Creek Gwendolyn Crisler Billy Jack Brackin Carlton Brackin Charles Roberson Fred Kimber Miss Crisler Lyndon Truitt

Goren on Bridge 1961 Clever Coup Defeats Four Spades

In a Chicago Tribune note, North opens as West shifts to seven of diamonds to threaten a ruff. Declarer disrupts communications by discarding a heart, then ruffs and draws trumps to finish, avoiding a loss with careful defense by West and a favorable diamond opening.

West East Declarer South

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