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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1971
Page
8
Cleo Harris daughter of the late Theo Harris and Alonzo Aldridge son of Jessie and Percey Aldridge of Decatur were married Sunday at 5 p m at Jones Chapel United Methodist Church. Rev Elmer Binford and Rev Willie officiated.
Dear Ann Landers offers guidance for men who wear hairpieces. Advice includes buying a quality piece, avoiding cheap yarnlike materials and fading color, and ensuring a stylist fittings the piece properly to prevent wind upset and embarrassing snags.
Contributions to Wheeler Basin Regional Library memorial fund honor friends and relatives. Donations from multiple couples and individuals support the building fund and include books such as Masterpieces of the Louvre and Make Your Life Worthwhile, with donors noted alongside each gift.
The bride, given in marriage by her brother Lt. Col. Edward Harris of Atlanta, wore a white silk organza gown with Venetian lace panels and an A-line skirt. She carried a white orchid on a white Bible, as guests and family gathered in Decatur.
Mrs. Bessie Dillehay Watkins and others donate books in memory of deceased relatives. Contributions include Fun With Applique and Patchwork by Ilse Strobl Wohlschlager, The Unembarrassed Muse by Russel Nye, Profiles and Portraits of American Presidents and Their Wives by Margaret Bassett, The Twilight of Sailing Ships by Robert Carse, Needlepoint for Everyone by Mary Brooks Picken, and Tincraft for Christmas by Lucy Sargent. The Athens Library lists two titles donated by Mary Hollis and June Morrish in memory of India R. Yarbrough.
Readers discuss practical hair taper tips and adhesive advice for toupes. A letter-writer recalls a long ago affair and a costly vindictive call, praising restraint and noting personal stability after decades of marriage. Peer readers comment on ulcer prevention and the value of humane counsel.
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