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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 14, 1964

Page

5

Smith Bruce Wedding Set for September at Isom's Chapel

Athens Mr and Mrs William Thomas Smith announce the engagement of their daughter Geraldine to Foch Pershing Bruce Jr. He is a Florence State College senior and a graduate of Athens High School. The wedding is planned for September 5 at Isom's Chapel Methodist Church.

Athens William Thomas Smith Athens 4 Miss Geraldine Smith Foch Pershing Bruce Jr Mr. Bruce Foch Pershing Bruce William Henry Richardson John Franklin Smith Athens High School Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co William Oliver Bruce Ozark Ala Bruce Earl Calvin Steele Florence State College Isom’s Chapel Methodist Church

Tea Honors Bride-Elect Drucilla Hunt in Albertville

A bridal tea was held Saturday afternoon at Mrs. Larkin Yates home for bride elect Drucilla Hunt of Misher Almon Jr. Cohosts included Mrs. H. N. Peurifo y, Mrs. Lester Wooten, and others. About 100 guests attended and presented a silver tray to the honoree. The wedding is set for July 26 at the First Baptist Church.

Drucilla Hunt Miss Hunt Misher Almon Jr Joseph Carl Larkin Yates Brookwood Drive H. N. Peurifoy Lester Wooten Mary Louise Garrett Hafford Leeman John Knight Jr Robert McAnnally William Jenkins Oree Albertville First Baptist Church Granville Tyler Moody Rogers Delbert Flack Bobby Holt Polk Daly Gale Montgomery Tyler

Party Celebrates Bride Elect Deborah Osborne Birthday

Deb orah Catrina Osborne daughter of the Rev and Mrs Bobby Osborne celebrated her first birthday on July 7. She is granddaughter of Mrs E L Nicholas of Cullman and the late Mr Nicholas and of Mrs Sarah Osborne, Decatur, and Roy Osborne, Scottsboro.

Deborah Catrina Osborne Bobby Osborne E. L. Nicholas Cullman 1 Mr. Nicholas Sarah Osborne Decatur Roy Osborne Scottsboro

Oven Fresh Cookies Prompt Immediate Removal Steps

Instructions advise removing cookies from pans immediately after baking. Use a wide spatula to lift cookies and transfer them to wire racks to cool, preventing soggy bottoms and aiding even cooling.

Local Folks Take Trips and Attend Funeral Gatherings

Around The Valley notes indicate Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Dinsmore travel to New York for a week of business and pleasure. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Avery Stott of Chattanooga visiting Mrs. Stott’s sister Mrs. Ryna Dinsmore. Attendees at Frank Kirby’s funeral include several regional families from Anniston Huntsville Lafayette Ga Scottsboro Birmingham and Dallas. Charlotte Terry of Hillsboro is hospitalized at Bank Street Hospital.

Marvin Dinsmore New York Mrs Avery Stott Chattanooga Mrs Stott Ryna Dinsmore Frank Kirby William Steele Anniston Bill Steele Huntsville Robert Jones Lafayette Virginia Brown Scottsboro Albert Clapton Birmingham Charlotte Terry

Church Meetings Focus on Recruitment for Frontiers of Need

Mrs Donald Wallace hosted Neel Woman's Society of Christian Service meeting led by vice president Mrs Virgil Wallace. Devotion from Acts 9 1 6 and reading My Task followed with prayer. Program chairman Mrs Charles James discussed Recruitment A Concern of the Whole Church and frontier needs. Social hour after benediction.

Donald Wallace Neel Woman’s Society of Christian Service Virgil Wallace Leon Sellers Charles James

Vancouver pays students to survey garbage routes

Vancouver offers 10 university students 13.37 dollars per day this summer to ride along garbage truck routes for a British Columbia Research Council study. They will count garbage cans and describe contents to collect data on waste.

Vancouver British Columbia Research Council

Goren on Bridge by Charles H. Goren

Column analyzes a bridge hand where South fails a supposed slam due to distribution. It details bidding, plays, and suggested improvements to maximize trumps and ruffing, noting how careful defense and trump management could salvage the contract.

South West North East Queen of South Altho South Hearts West Trump North Declarer East

Library News Story Hours Spread Across Limestone and Morgan

Nancy Agnew promotes weekly story hours across Limestone and Morgan counties visiting COTACO PRICEVILLE EVA Falkville Danville and Athens Scout House. Sessions attract dozens of children with high book checkout and lively reading, ending with a Pinocchio tease and a note on postwar car nostalgia.

Morgan County Athens Nancy Agnew Wheeler Basin Regional Limestone County Cotaco Priceville Benson McCutcheon Robert Huskey Jack Garner Perry Rolfe John Johnson Glenn Johnson L. J. Tune Ernest Jemison J. H. Blackwood Roy Dodson Jr Green Hills Eva Geraldine Miner Eloise Oden Marie Nelson Falkville Sim Howell

Kathleen Wilson to Wed Robert Parker in Foley

Miss Kathleen Lynn Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George P. Wilson, will marry Robert Clark Parker, son of Mrs. Charles M. Parker of Decatur and the late Mr. Parker, August 1 at St. Margarets Catholic Church Foley. The bride, a Pensacola Catholic High and Auburn University student, and Parker, Auburn graduate and forestry scholar, plan graduate study at LSU. Parker is employed as a forest technician with International Paper at Hampton Arkansas.

International Paper Company Hampton, Ark L.S.A School of Forestry and Wildlife Management

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