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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1971

Page

7

Paul Branum Celebrates Fourth Birthday Today

Paul Steven Branum son of Mr and Mrs E T Branum of Trinity 2 marks his fourth birthday today. He is the grandson of Mr and Mrs Jimmie Rogers of Shelbyville Tennessee and of Mr and Mrs E T Branum of Decatur.

Paul Steven Branum E. T. Branum Trinity 2 Jimmie Rogers Shelbyville, Tenn Decatur James Shannon Taylor James E.taylor Danville Reed Adcock L. G. Linderman E. T. Graves Georgetown James M. Taylor E. C. Stover Moulton Ed Son Cowan, Tenn DAILY

Rube Goldberg style bridge play stumps readers

The column explains a Rube Goldberg like bridge sequence from Edwin Kantar in a Blue Ribbon Pair, where a simple goal requires a chain of unlikely plays. It outlines the misdirection on spades, the bidding guidance for a notrump bid, and ends with a typical daily question and answer.

Rube Goldberg Edwin Kantar Los Angeles Kantar West East South Dummy Declarer Fea. Corp

Heloise suggests home made festive ornaments from jewelry

Readers share thrifty ideas to personalize a small table tree using long earrings keys and travel trinkets. The column also notes repurposing corrugated cardboard cartons from light bulbs as packing material for fragile items to avoid waste.

Heloise

Christmas and Santa Claus Facts Quiz

A historical quiz on Christmas origins and Santa Claus. It notes Horsley designed the first Christmas greeting card for Sir Henry Cole, Christmas was fixed to December 25 in the 4th century, and Kris Kringle is the German name for Santa while St Nicholas was the first Santa.

Santa Claus Encyclopedia International Charles Dickens Sir Henry Cole John Calcott Horsley U. S New England Santa’s Helpers Union Kris Kringle Clement C. Moore St. Nicholas Horsley London Santa Clement C.moore

Christmas Eve Love Letter to a Paper Column

Mrs. Lewis Leyster writes a heartfelt Christmas Eve note praising a newspaper columnist. She thanks the writer and sends blessings for health, peace of mind, and happiness, signed with warm affection by Heloise.

Heloise

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