McKenzies Honored Before Moving to Selma Home
Friends gathered Thursday at the Eddins Sherwood Drive home for a coffee party honoring Mrs. Stuart McKenzie. Hostesses Mrs. Timothy Ed dins and Mrs. John Waller presided with summer flowers and fruit centerpieces as plans for the McKenzies move to Selma were announced. A prior patio gathering at the Robert Payne home featured torches, daisies, and red white checked table coverings with co hosts Mr. and Mrs. Bill Nabors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Eddins
John Waller
Stuart McKenzie
Eddins
Sherwood Drive
Robert Payne
Bill Nabors
McKenzies
Selma
McKenzie
Needlecraft patterns and catalog offers from The Decatur Daily
A 1966 Needlecraft Catalog advertises designs by Alice Brooks including 7423 crochet squares, 7428 doily circles, and 7263 patch work aprons. It promotes two daily patterns, mailing requests to New York and lists quilt books, with prices and mailing instructions.
Jiffy Knit Jacket Pattern and Needlecraft Catalog Offers
A vintage ad page promotes Jiffy Knit jacket with mink look knit and pattern 7127 sizes 32 34 36 38. It lists pattern price 35 cents, 15 cent mailing, and address for Alice Brooks The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept New York NY 10011. Catalog highlights include free patterns and quilt books with prices and ordering details.
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Alice Brooks
Decatur Daily
Needlecraft Dept
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N. Y
Needlecraft
America
N.Y
New Museum
Goren on bridge a cunning endplay yields nine tricks
Chicago Tribune chronicle of a three no trump hand where North South duel over hearts diamonds and clubs. declarer delays the first trick to mislead East and West and uses a spade finesse to force nine tricks despite potential ace holdings. East misreads and the defense collapses in a slow endgame.
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South
East
West
North
Declarer
Summer Fashion Festival Pattern Sale
Misses' sewing pattern 4933 for three sleeve summer dress in ice white pique linen or shanting. Sizes 10 12 14 16 18. size 14 uses 2 1/2 yards of 39 inch fabric. Pattern 50 cents plus 15 cents mailing. Order from Anne Adams The Decatur Daily Pattern Dept New York NY 10011. Include name address zip size and style number. Catalog offer 30 cents.
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Anne Adams
Decatur Daily
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N.Y
Ryan and Wright families visit in Morgan County scenes
Sunday visits to Athens and Columbia highlight family ties. Mr and Mrs Dennis NeSmith and granddaughter Vickie Wright call on Hobbs and Eaves. Glenda Wright and Mrs Wayne Wright vacation in South Carolina visiting Quinton Hatcher family. Della Knott from Roanoke also visits. Memorial service noted at Ryan Church cemetery. Beekeeping dangers in South Africa referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis NeSmith
Vickie Wright
Athens
Charles Hobbs
Ollie Eaves
Eaves
Glenda Wright
Wayne Wright
South Carolina
Quinton Hatcher
Hatcher
Wright
Columbia
Eugene Crawford
Lem
California
Lem ‘Crawfords
Okinawa
Pat Wrights
Nancy
Anita Wright
Elaine Wright
Bryan
Bill Shaddix
Hazel Miller
Birmingham
Della Knott
Roanoke
Neal Bass
Decatur
Daisey
Elsie Crawford
Ryan Church
New Cemetery
Newcomers Swim Gathering and Lunch in Decatur
Newcomers Club of Decatur held its annual swimming party and picnic lunch at Holiday Inn Downtown. Eleven new members were welcomed, Doyle Richardson won the long distance prize, door prizes went to Mrs Bohnhoff and Mrs Clarkson, and bridge winners were Mrs Don Duncan and Mrs J E Dollahue.
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Decatur
Holiday Inn
Doyle Richardson
R. J. Bohnhoff
Parisian
Glen Clarkson
Vivian Woodard
Don Duncan
J. E. Dollahue
Bishop
Tex
Shelbyville
Tenn
Guy la Borde
Joliet
Joliet, Ill
Frank Neville
Dothan
Madagascar Origins Challenge Anthropologists Notes
The island Madagascar sits about 250 miles from Africa's southeast coast while researchers suggest its first settlers arrived from Melanesia and Indonesia roughly 4,000 miles away, highlighting surprising ancient maritime links.
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Madagascar
Africa
Melanesia
Indonesia
Wilson presents Versailles Treaty to Senate in 1919
In 1919 President Woodrow Wilson submitted the Versailles Treaty to the United States Senate for ratification. The historic document aimed to establish postwar peace terms, redraw borders, and create a League of Nations to prevent future conflicts.
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Woodrow Wilson
U.S. Senate
Bowen Visit Sparks Plans for Church Bake Sale
Center Springs notes that Mr. and Mrs. Bob Bowen of Tupelo Mississippi spent the weekend with Mrs. Dooma Dunaway. The Women's Society of Christian Services held a July meeting at Mrs. Crucie Echols home and voted to sponsor a bake sale at Whittens Grocery July 16 to fund the church kitchen. The August meeting will be at Elena Faye St. John’s home on Wednesday August 3 at 7 p.m.
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Bob Bowen
Tupelo
Dooma Dunaway
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New
Selma Home
Ing
Tim Eddins
Dee Bauer
Vice Brooks Designs
Goren
Charles H. Goren
The
Chicago Tribune
Kqj
Ryan
Pat Wright
Morgan County
South Africa
Battsman Grocery
Battsman
Larry Gilmartin
Rolla
Standing
Clifford Peterson
St. Paul
Minn
Jerome Rhyner
Wausau
Wis
Jerry Doyle
Auburn
Ralph Corrie
Plainfield
Ill
Francis Rehberg
Chicago
J. L. Pinson
Atlanta
Richard Lindblom
Barbara Stewart
Stewart
Helen Holland
Brenda Maxwell
George Evans
Second Ave
S.E
Sterchi
Center Springs
Kleen
Professionel
Twood
Denville. Rd. & Q. Be
ALA
Skeet Shooting Assn
T. J. Austin
Nelson’s Jewelers
Bank St
Someonie
Gibson’s Discount Center
Westgate
Alabama
Burkett
Florence
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