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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1957
Page
5
Dear Dorothy Dix column highlights a farm family grappling with education hopes as their daughter, a capable senior, plans no college. Advice urges accepting her path, noting she is a born homemaker and parents should stop pressuring education they did not receive.
Mr and Mrs Reeder Ritter of Lexington Alabama announce the engagement of their daughter Shelby Jean to Lawrence Lawson Stevenson son of Mr and Mrs Walter Stevenson of Fayetteville Tennessee. Plans for the wedding will be announced later. Both couples are employed at Redstone Arsenal.
Miss Jane Coburn entertained the Sub Deb Club of Decatur at her Courtland home on Saturday afternoon. Guests included Amanda Hunt Margaret Wiley Polly Blackwell Jane Collier Janet Devine Rudy Sewell Brenda Brown Linda Clark Myra Johnson Patty Wiley Emily Stanford Dorcas Sewell Myra Brown Betty Collier Sandra Tapp and Jeanette Giles.
Advertises Printed Pattern 4522 for Misses sizes 12 through 20 with a belt cinched jacket and blouson look. Instructions printed on pattern parts. Price 50 cents plus 5 cents for first class mailing. Send to Anne Adams pattern dept The Decatur Daily New York address.
The Big Horn River in Wyoming delivers a daily flow of 18,600,000 gallons as measured for regional water assessments. The figure highlights the river’s substantial water volume and its role in local water supply planning.
North opens with one diamond and a sequence leads to a four diamonds contract. South manages a delicate line against a bad break, with careful ruffs and discards. West leads clubs and cards fall into declarer's plan as East misreads, allowing a decisive endgame swing.
Louise Davis advises a newlywed with about two hundred wedding gifts to handle notes. She suggests engraved acknowledgements if delays persist, or write brief sincere notes now. Real friends will understand a full plate of duties and time constraints.
The Dyar family of Courtland gathers annually for Christmas dinner and fellowship. This year illness kept Mr. Dyar from hosting at home and the reunion met at Valley location for the gathering.
Le Club Entre Meres held its Christmas gathering at Mrs. Thomas Edgil’s Somerville Road home. President Mrs. Alfred Hodgins led routine business after the club collection, with blind-made goods distributed and gifts donated to the Tuscaloosa mental hospital.
Mr and Mrs Dudley Cheape return from Greensboro Ala with sister Kathleen en route to Chapel Hill. James Holloway family visit Birmingham relatives. Saunders return to Nashville after visiting Sigman family. T M Jones II family visit Asheville NC. Oscar Morrow family from Bessemer weekend with Arnie Morris. Minton family from Nashville visits. Ben Bloodworth Jr returns to New York after holidays with mother. Bart Isbell accompanies to Atlanta for New York enplanement. Schuessler family from Florence holiday guests. Mack Graham visiting from Ft Jackson ill. Ted Brooks family from Texas visiting Kimbroughs. Mrs James H Johnson ill. Judy Kelly spends holidays in Arkansas. Joan Renneker hosts Margaret Rogers from Tuscaloosa. H P Whitehurst New Bern NC visiting Guion family. Donnelly family returns to Beaumont TX after visit. Ellis Ruane and Mary Elizabeth Ruane of Helena Ark overnight with Bragg family. Troup families visit Nashville relatives. Calvin Wallace Texas spends Christmas with J L Wallace. Stephenson and Nolan families join Boston Carlson relatives in Athens. Rolan Roger Trinity visits Isley home. Mrs Loyd improving at Grant Street. Stephenson family entertains relatives.
In Courtland the District Diary reports a New Year sermon titled Resolutions at First Baptist with Rev. Ernest Dillard leading and a student panel including Norman Crow and others. Cullman notes a Kiwanis training session, officer installation led by Lt. Gov. Alston, and a directors meeting at Fuller home. Town Creek records speeding and red light charges in recorder's court. Massey mentions a large family reunion.
Mary Frances Garnett daughter of Roy and Mary Garnett of 1510 Somerville Rd is Decatur High School’s Good Citizenship Girl for the year. She has earned Best All Round girl 1958 assistant editor of the yearbook vice president of student council and other honors. She plans college study in secretarial science and will attend Huntingdon College encampment next year.
A large gathering included Mr. and Mrs. Bruno Richardson Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Clabern and Joe, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Parker and Roslyn, Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin Dyar with Roger and Sue, and numerous others including Dan Cla born and Dan Jr. plus Andy, Robert Agee with Stevie and Timmy, and Dyar family members Joy, Buddy, Deborah, Sandra, Billie, Virginia and Patsy among attendees.
Limestone County farm families prepare year end analysis to guide next year s operations. John M. Owsley, county supervisor for the Farmers Home Administration, explains farm management aid includes record keeping and review meetings to assess income costs debt payments and results, with about 100 families expected to participate in Limestone. The process spans December through February with meetings and planning guidance. A watershed program meeting by the West Alabama Soil Conservation District is set for Thursday at 1 p m at the Community House.
James Marlow reflects on 1957 as the year missiles and Sputnik altered life for ordinary people. He recalls watching the satellite launch, fears of space age warfare, and a newfound respect for human intellect across nations, hoping humanity survives its own progress.
The American Cancer Society grew from the American Society for the Control of Cancer founded in 1913 to public education programs about cancer.
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