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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1960
Page
7
Miss Bettie Gay Lowery and Donnie Haynes wed Friday at Moulton Heights Baptist Church with Rev. W H Quesenberry officiating. Families noted include the Lowery and Haynes households and Hammond Indiana ties.
In Atlanta for Christmas with family, Dale Crites and relatives gather as Mildred Phillips and others travel from Montevallo and Montgomery. Ongoing holiday arrivals include the Samfords from Opelika and the Cochrane family returning from Indiana. Local bells ring for Mimi Hudson and Ted Dupes awaiting an airforce discharge, with numerous arrivals from Dallas, St. Louis, and Birmingham to celebrate.
Christmas themed beauty column promotes Rainey's salon services with playful tone. It highlights hair waves and permanents, affordable pampering, and gifting beauty services. Includes multiple Rainey’s contact numbers and holiday wishes to readers and patrons.
The Decatur Public Library lists new adult titles and theater. John Gassner critiques mid-century drama in Theatre at the Cross Roads. Joy Adamson recounts Born Free’s lion cub story in Kenya. Kronenberger collects Best Plays of 1959 60. Medaris and Gordon detail US missile history in Countdown for Decision. Eve Merriam exposes fashion business in FigLeaf. Vance Packard questions planned obsolescence in The Wastemakers.
Personal note lists Miss Nancy Garth of Athens hosting Camp DeSoto friends and Cheri Weil of products for holiday visits. Also mentions a feature on industrial design and marketing exposing waste makers and their methods. Also highlights Lloyd Bridges Skin Diving read by Bill Barada and Jim Bishop's The Day Christ Was Born with art reproductions and Jerusalem photos.
Mrs. Joé Halas recovers at home after a five week stay at Decatur General Hospital following a fall. Mrs. Walter Jackson travels to Washington for Christmas with her daughter and will be joined by another daughter in Bessemer. Julian McPhillips and son David visit Cullman for the Ejidson Ponder wedding where David serves as acolyte. Frank Troup family visit Nashville with relatives in Cullman. Warren St John to depart Cullman for New Orleans before reporting to the Navy base in Texas.
Seed N Weed Garden Club held its annual Christmas party at Mr. and Mrs. Theo Compton to which husbands were invited for a covered dish supper. The host home was decorated for the occasion and about forty people attended.
Mrs Grafton Lyle hosted the Falkville Homemakers Club December meeting with one visitor present. Members discussed community benefits for the coming year and exchanged gifts before refreshments. The group will meet again on January 25.
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