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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1958
Page
5
W L Brown was honored with a surprise birthday dinner Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Raymond Brown. Those present included Mr and Mrs Walton Led.
Mike Scroggins of the University will spend the holiday weekend here. Bill Scroggins of Atlanta will be accompanied home by Fil limore Cooper of Winter Park Florida for a weekend visit. Mrs. Robert Evans and others spent Wednesday in Birmingham. Mrs. John Watson of Windsor Ontario Canada visits Decatur with Mr. Watson on a business trip. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Mittwede and children visit her parents in Paducah Kentucky. Don Replogel has returned to Wildwood Florida where he serves as pastor after a visit here. The Sittasons and Charles Sittason return from Pine Bluff Arkansas after illness of Mrs. Willie Sittason. Floyd Sherrod Jr. returned from Birmingham to attend a wedding of a classmate Robert Glenn III to Nancy Henry. Dr. John B. Miles and Mrs. Miles will join friends in Huntsville and fly to South Alabama for a weekend visit at Vredenburg. Mrs. Marshall Walker and sons Marshall Jr. and Garth return to Union South Carolina after a visit.
Open readers see North South aggressive slam on a bridge hand with a squeeze plan and club diamond control. The column follows wedding and social updates from Courtland and nearby towns with names including Mr and Mrs W G Gilchrist Jr and Martha McWhorter attending events in Alabama.
Decatur NSA Chapter presents Miss Betty Burks with a $50 U.S. Government bond for outstanding achievement in secretarial science. Burks is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Burks. The chapter awards each year to a secretarial student with high scholastic average who passes a secretarial science exam.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Powell and children and Mrs. Don Root with children of Kalamazoo Mich joined the honoree and hostess for a picnic style noon dinner in Hartselle. Also Mr. and Mrs. Donald Shipley and children attended.
Mr and Mrs Quilla Reed hosted a benefit supper on Danville Road to aid pediatrics. Guests, including dish details and card game remarks, join for a fundraiser with bridge strategy notes.
The West Decatur Sunshine Club held a Tuesday meeting with 14 members at Mrs D L Rogers home. Members shared reports, thanked Colonial Rest home for gown materials, and welcomed Mrs Paul Fairbetter as a regular member. A July 11 hamburger fry at Riverside Park was postponed due to rain.
The Courtland Baptist BWC met at Mrs. Gla dys Terry's home for the Royal Service program led by Mrs. Fred Crow. Participants included Mrs. Kyle Terry Mrs. Ernest Dillard Mrs. Thomas Blaxton and Mrs. Hoover Reding. An informal Coke party for the Junior Service League pediatric fund followed with 16 guests and gardenia centerpieces.
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