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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1964
Page
20
For the September 19th Eighth Annual Theater Week in New York City with the World’s Fair entrants, a $50 deposit is needed to hold a place. The piece lists venue picks, dining costs, and a total trip cost of $174.15 due by August 1, plus notes about ticket availability and lodging.
The report highlights the JUL SMORGASBORD at the Minnesota Pavillion with prices from $4.75 to about $8 plus tax and tip. It notes Schaefer Beer Center buffet at $4.75, Festival of Gas roast duck at $7, Greyhound Cafeteria as moderately priced, and widespread snack bars and Brass Rail eateries.
At the World's Fair last Tuesday about 150000 attendees watched as Tink Wyle received his B S degree. Mary Frances Roberts spotted a D sweater, shouted Decatur, and shared a brief chat with classmates Jerry Grantland Mary Nell Swatzell Janis French and Dot Ann Foster.
Miriam Schmidt and granddaughter Miriam Mummert travel to Elsah Illinois for Principia College graduation exercises. They plan to see Jimmy Johnson graduate and begin a six month Europe tour on the chosen few course. They will also greet Jimmy Schmidt who teaches art and parade in robes. They return via St Louis to pack for summer on a Michigan lake with Mary Kay Mummert and grandchildren.
Rita and Lyle Hinds of Montgomery were back in town for a brief visit during this period. The sighting highlights local interest in the pair's return to the community.
Mont gomery agrees with them both and the festivities looked wonderful. A national economic critique appears in last week’s papers noting a $3000 family guarantee cost and a high tax burden. Teen unemployment exceeds 24 percent while married men’s jobless rate edges down. A Birmingham cafeteria offers 25 cent credit for each A on report cards. Lifeline, a Boston volunteer group, plans daily calls to homebound elderly. American youths participate in European camps at reduced costs. Betty Heflin Lockhart and John visit Birmingham for Alabama College classmate reunion activities.
The 3 M group expands its reach with an Italian photography firm in Milan. In Alabama a Belle Mina Experiment Station gathering of 15 15 4 H clubs members showcased agri business progress, highlighting youth awareness of farming management, engineering and chemistry.
A nostalgic column details social visits and homecomings across Alabama. Notables include Pat McLaughlin hosting Louise Adcock from the Carolinas, Ryna Dinsmore visiting Lake Charles with Mac Dinsmore a former FBI executive, and local families reconnecting. The piece notes fashion cautions, mentions “best tied men of 1964” with Johnson and Nixon, and lists various travel plans and family movements including Viet Nam duty, Camp Polk, and a World’s Fair stop in New York.
The column mentions Anna Maria and Bowles family members traveling across Europe, with Barnett last heard from Vienna. It notes calls for re vaccination amid typhoid and smallpox concerns, and reports a dispute between the Bureau of Employment Security and the Wall Street Journal over a New Jersey landscape contractor who refused work. William McCormick announces Charity Night at the Duplicate Bridge Club to benefit the Opportunity Center School, plus Master Point Night on June 23. see CHATTERBOX on PB-5.
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