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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1959
Page
14
Kathy Farrer, age fourteen, dominates the Goats Board by defeating top women golfers at Decatur Country Club. The town notes exodus as families move toward Pensacola and tracks local social visits from Miss Val Stanley to Mrs. Boo Pride.
A Norfolk era note cites James F. Eheart of Va Polytech debunking a spinach calcium claim while New York Times quips on dieting and personality. The column also traces local social tidbits from Western states, Cotillion tickets, and a story about grits on a train to Spokane.
Gena Wood and her children Helen Lisa and Genevieve Jr are visiting. George Wallace Jr. returns from a Florida trip and a quick stop in New Orleans for business. He tries to bring Amanda home but faces delays.
Henry Mc Crary of Mooresville leads Phi Delta Theta at the University of Arkansas while Bob McManus tops the Sewanee chapter. Athens couples Bebe and Paul Gish host a family welcome for Thomas Sanders Jr. and kin from Dallas en route to Florida. Florence Lerner heads Decatur garden clubs as national judges arrive.
Mr and Mrs Homer Sherrill of 510 Rock Street announce the engagement of their daughter Hesta Sherrill to James William Atkins son of Mr and Mrs Robert E Atkins of Hartselle The couple plan to marry July 3 at the Hartselle Church of Christ.
Mrs. Sylvia Wiggins of Cleveland Mississippi and Walter S. Poole pledged their vows at the bridegroom’s sister’s home in Tuscaloosa on Thursday June 4 with close friends and relatives present. Attendants were Miss Christine Jones of Cleveland and Harold Parker of Hartselle. Dr J H Chitwood of the First Methodist Church officiated.
The column chronicles family moves and college ties with references to Harvard Vanderbilt and UGA, noting sons Charles and Steve, Edith and Max Sobotka’s son John Bob’s high Vanderbilt GPA, DHS grads Pattye Wiley and Sue Nungester as camp counselors, and a wedding saga with Evelyn Billings. It also mentions Goody Gard Scotch guard and local birthday celebrations for Boonie Wiley with the Hendricks family.
Hartselle announces the engagement of Miss Helen Bernice Howell daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Elliotte Howell to William David Sterbutzel son of Mr and Mrs Mel Sterbutzel The couple plans to wed Friday June 19 in the Langley AFB chapel Hampton Virginia.
In the Chicago Tribune weekly bridge quiz, the South player holds 4 3 facing VAJ94 6632 AK 1075. After a sequence 1NT Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Pass 7, the question asks for the next bid.
Four example scenarios present as bridge bidding problems. Each shows West North East South hands with bids like Double Pass and sequence patterns. Determine optimal contracts and strategies based on standard bridge bidding conventions.
A collection of bidding puzzles for South in different vul scenarios with given hands and auction sequences plus a historical note recalling Ciudad Trujillo in the Dominican Republic nearly leveled by a hurricane in 1930.
Mrs Sam Pruett Mrs Sam Pruett Jr and Mrs Marshall Carrier entertained about 100 guests at the Country Club Thursday. Magnolia blossoms stood in tall standards and each table bore a daisies arrangement. The only out of town guest was Mrs Bruce Harkins of Fayette Alabama.
Mrs. Pick Dozier returns from Chattanooga after her nephew’s graduation at Baylor School. Miss Nell Hightower of Athens attends the Sub Deb dance with Miss Adeline Pepper at the Country Club. Mrs. John Caddell and her sons Jack and Hank plan a week at Point Clear with Edgerton Harris and Mrs. Harris. Miss Mary Evans Rose of Tus…
Caloosa will arrive this week for a visit to Dr. and Mrs. Berthold Kennedy at Belle Mina. Miss Rose will go on to New York City for a month's stay with her sister, Mrs. Mack Gorham.
Researchers observe unique stripe patterns in zebras with no two individuals sharing identical markings across herds. The study highlights genetic diversity and potential implications for camouflage and social identification among plains and savanna populations.
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