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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1968
Page
6
Question submission call for the book Tell Me Why detailing mummy making by Egyptians. Announces winner Peggy Jackson aged 12 of Quarryville Pennsylvania and asks entrants to include name age address and zip code for duplicates to be judged by the author.
The text explains ancient mummification practices from early methods using wax or tar to later salt preservation. It notes removal of brain and organs and storage in canopic jars, desert dryness aiding drying, and the 70 day process including resin bath, linen wrapping, and coffin shaping before final burial.
Teresia Parker, a Union Hill High School junior, selected as homecoming queen by secret ballot and crowned at halftime during the first homecoming festivities. Runner up were Cathy Williams and Therese Rawlinson. ceremony featured roses, attendants, and a crowning by Principal Bates with cheerleaders and basketball team forming the background.
Hartselle Nazarene Church completed a seven‑room Sunday School annex and redecorated the auditorium and classrooms. The $9,000 project added central heat and air, carpeted aisles and altar, new furnishings, and a lighted exterior cross. Pastor C L Ishee notes church finances have more than doubled in three years.
In Madison the Victories Light Order for Rainbow Girls held its first initiation last week. Mary Diane Thompson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Billy McClendon, was welcomed into the assembly by Mrs Walter Quick. Rachel Farmer was installed as Fidelity with Mrs Hazel Elliott presiding. Visitors from Huntsville Rainbow Girls and local Masonic and Eastern Star chapters attended.
A lighthearted riddle list with three jokes. A woman’s skirt length is a little above two feet. A calendar is sad because its days are numbered. Tom’s mother knit three socks because he’d grown another foot.
Yesterday’s puzzle solution clues the word customer from accustomed and customary. The page lists Bruce Walsh of 9 Troy New York as today’s winner with a brief prize notice.
Friends mourn Mr. Larkin Lasseter who died at Cullman Hospital. Burial was in NeSmith cemetery. Larry Smith injured with a broken leg and hospitalized in Birmingham. A bridal shower for Mrs. Shirley Peak was held at Central Club House. Visiting relatives from Sunday included Mr. and Mrs. Ted White and Marcus White with Melinda Upshaw.
Geologists report that extensive earthquake damage stems from collapses of exhausted mines. The finding highlights risks in former mining regions and calls for updated safety assessments and monitoring.
Morgan County Oak Ridge updates note snow scenes with Ken Kirby as the lone snow man. Local residents recover from flu, including Tom Wynn and Roy Griffith. Hospitalized patients include Mrs. Alton Johnson and Dennis Wallace at Hartselie Hospital. A miscellaneous shower honored Glenn Sparkman in Kyle Kirby’s home. Oak Ridge Woman's Society met at Kyle Kirby’s with devotion by Gene Douglas and programs by several members. January Homemakers Club met at Medford Long’s home.
Earl Wilson reports Groucho Marx at 72 will quit acting professionally and focus on TV and radio projects that aid the American people. He targets high interest rates, poverty, Vietnam policy, alimony, planned obsolescence, and other social issues, aiming to do good while remaining a rebel and voice for change.
A weather note reports temperatures in Northern Afghanistan ranging from 12 degrees below zero to 120 degrees above zero, indicating extreme variance.
Program guide lists Hogan’s Heroes at 8 p m with Newkirk’s blunder and a crowd in the Stalag 13 tunnel. Petticoat Junction follows with Uncle Joe’s barber shop plight and Selma Plout’s talent contest scheme. Mannix, multiple classic films, and a 1960 Herod the Great feature fill the schedule.
The schedule lists cartoons, dramas, sports, and variety shows across channels with time slots from early morning to late night. Highlights include Superman cartoons, Pro Bowlers Tour, college and professional games, and late night talk with Johnny Carson.
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