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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 30, 1968

Page

6

Fish-net sieve idea for easier straining

Heloise suggests using fish net bags from aquarium shops as collapsible, rust free sieves that squeeze dry liquid efficiently. Also notes wrap around skirts can become aprons and reuse tips for reuse of canceled checks as address labels with decorative touches.

Heloise Betsy Coviello

Useful Household Hints From Readers Darlene Hammonds and Beth Carr

Darlene Hammonds suggests rolling all metal hair clips onto a single roller for easy access, noting one roller can hold about 22 clips. L Ball shares a rug cleaning trick using a two row wire lint brush to pick up threads lint and pet hair. Beth Carr explains ironing on a soft table top by folding cotton blankets on the table and ironing around the edges for a quick neat result.

Heloise

How To Bake A Large Angel Food Cake Without A Hole

The guide suggests filling and baking batter in a tall empty fruit juice can to form a plug for the center of a larger angel food or sponge cake. Once baked, the small cake plugs the hole, reducing frosting leakage and enabling a bigger cake.

Heloise

Seasonal Salad Mix

In mid winter a salad combines shredded western lettuce with grapefruit sections radishes and crisp bacon.

Recent Wedding of Miss Sherry Ann White in Sixteenth Avenue Baptist

Miss Sherry Ann White married Kenneth N. Smith on Friday Jan 19 at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church with Rev Russell Lance officiating. The ceremony featured Masinah Hawkins and Mrs Norris Broome, reception in the church parlor, and a Kentucky wedding trip planned. The couple will reside in Decatur after returning.

Sherry Ann White Kenneth N. Smith Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church Russell Lance M. H. White Doyce Smith Masinah Hawkins Norris Broome Joan Pepper Brenda Letson Martha Linsey Donna Piland Kentucky Decatur Mrs. Smith

Ann Landers readers urge chatty airline pilots

Dear Ann Landers celebrates passenger love of captain chatter and weather updates while a widow's gift of silverware, bought with coupons, to a neighbor matches a later apology request. The column replies advise accepting no apology and caution teens about necking bounds.

Ann Landers Soutball J Fellas

Nimble play preserves doubled five club contract

In a Chicago Tribune bridge column, South salvages a doubled five club contract despite a diamond lead that would have doomed him. West opens hearts, East covers, and dummy provides a discard path via spades while South ruffs hearts and clears trumps.

South West North East L& Pass South West East Dummy Declarer North

Early Grapefruit: From Forbidden Fruit to Breakfast Aristocrat

The grapefruit grew from a misnamed curiosity described in Barbados in 1750 to a West Indian origin, with Jamaica coining the term grapefruit in the early 1900s. Introduced to Florida around 1840 by Odet Philippe at Safety Harbor, it spread slowly beyond the state. by the 20th century shipments increased and the fruit earned the nickname aristocrat of the breakfast table.

Griffith Hughes Barbados West Indies Jamaica Florida Odet Philippe Safety Harbor Tampa Ithe

Orange Serving Ideas Show Versatile Uses Across Meals

Readable text outlines multiple orange based serving ideas from breakfast to snacks. Wedges with scrambled eggs add a citrus note. Orange juice and rind can enrich biscuit dough. Wedges accompany fish seafood salads and appetizers. Fresh orange sundae combines orange segments with sugar and vanilla ice cream. Party dips gain color from orange chunks arranged around crackers.

Carpenters' Self Starters for Baby Shoes

Carpenters' offers self starters described as balanced baby shoes made from extra soft white leather. Parisian, with over 40 years fitting experience, endorses the Carpenters' line for quality and comfort.

Parisian

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Gateway Center Tae Betsy Darlene Hammonds L. Ball Beth Carr Elmer Varga Kiar Syrii Ate, Inc Orr Drapery Co Warren Moviten Til & P.M. Gateway Shoe Repair Shop Judy McDonald Waldo’s Judy Bill and Pat Waldo Ann Free—Stylist Doris Haley—Stylist Brenda Steenson Waldo Beauty Center St. S.E Judy Steenson Miss Ellen White Larry Whitehead Carl Guyse David White Mike Crow Mrs. White Mrs Smith Kenneth W. Smith Goren Charles H. Goren The Chicago Tribune Orange Carpenter America Pia
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