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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1956
Page
7
Create a bright summer tote by decorating a plain straw bag with red and white poker chips, numeral and letter pieces, and red and black felt. Cut a piece of black material to form a striking accent and arrange the chips and letters for a playful conversation piece.
Instructions describe decorating a bag with pinking shears, coating eight red and seven white poker chips with clear nail polish, punching holes, adding gummed numerals, and arranging chips in overlapping rows. It also details making a miniature roulette wheel from red felt, painting lines, a white cardboard center dial, a black felt spinner, and a brass fastener.
Mrs. George F. Sletcher Miss Frances Nungester and Mrs. William Spink depart for the University of Alabama for the Alabama Division AAUW annual summer workshop. Spink will represent the Decatur branch at the Presidents Dinner Thursday night. Sletcher vice president of the Division planned the workshop program to be keynoted Friday by Cecil Sims the Nashville attorney and former Tennessee State Senator.
The candlelit ceremony at East End Methodist Church united Miss Angela McConnell and Tommy Whitehead in a double ring rite officiated by Rev. Jimmy Rodgers. Attendants included Edna Whitehead maid of honor and Maurice Dutton best man with ushers Wayne Lott and Edwin Liverett.
Ben Bloodworth Jr travels from New York to visit family while Mrs Bloodworth and Jimmy join in Gadsden with Fred Bloodworths. Dr and Mrs M E Barrett with daughter Yvonne plan a Texas trip. Lt and Mrs Ted Brooks and daughter visit from Winter Haven Florida en route to Laredo. Henry Davis of California visits sister Mrs Harry Jonas. Reeves brothers attend Camp Westmoreland Boy Scout Camp. Kinsey family from Pomona and Power household plan weekend visit. Boswell family returns from Montgomery and Mem cag guest Mrs Rex Rann.
A report states the natural gas industry is the sixth largest sector in the United States with a valuation near 16 billion dollars. Separately, archaeologists report indigo dyed cloth recovered from a 3000 year old Egyptian tomb.
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