Table Tennis Dreams and Local Life Notes
A mixed column recalls the rise of table tennis as a nationally recognized sport and highlights community happenings. It notes Dr. Andreas Gal backing the sport, wedding and family updates, military and college news, local visits, art exhibits, a pet show, and reminiscences about Point Mallard and J. Austin Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Andreas Gal
Gal
Point Gllard
Mallard Park
Point Mallard
J. Austin Smith
Loye
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Sunt Oo Tutti TR By
Phylliss Sidebotham
Jim
Virginia Dockery
Virginia
Bruce Hose
Michelle Lynn
Wayne Ray
Shaw Air Force Base
Sumter
S.C
Molly Hennessy
Herm Hennessys
Pennsylvania
Don McCune
Bob McCunes
Mt. Lebanon
Montgomery
Governor’s Mansion
George Wallace
Alabama
Decatur
Jane
Ed Krupke
Cumberland, Md
Kelly Watson
Horace
Nan Knight
Indiana
Sue
Ward Snyders
Jack
Sue Flory
Burnie
A.M.) Armor
Betty
L.L.) Coleman
Fort Worth
Tex
Wilson
Charlene Henderson
Wesley
Florida
Panama City Beach
R.W. Orrs
Arkansas
French McKnights
Otis Howe
Helena
R. Eugene Orrs
Jacksonville
Florence State University
Bill Howard
Susan Baites
Florence
John E. Baiteses
Kill Howard
Camp Shelby
Miss
Pvt
Lloyd Stagg
01St Airborne Division
Vietnam
Raymond Staggs
Danville Rd
Stagg
Chicago
Joe McPhersons
Jack Charlton
Joe
Ferry St
Fairway Dr
Judson College Theater
Hansel and Gretel
Marion
Sean Smith
I Decatur
Georgia
Bolton
Margaret Jones
Sea Palms Golf and County Club
St. Simon's Island
Smithfield
N.C
Lucille
Bolton) Jones
Meg
Decatur Art Guild
Gateway Theater
Melvin Markley
Birmingham
Huntsville
Mervin
Gadsden
Tom
Lucille Bowles
Billy and
Isobel Wyker
German Shepherd Dog Club of
Spirit of America
Andrew) Woods
Rocket City
Grace Lutheran Church
Cotton
Columbus
Samuel Walter Jones IV
Sam
Susan Jones
John
June Wyker
Ike
Mary Johnson
Beth
Auburn
Mary
Clyde Kimbroughs
Paula
Bunny) Johnson
Bunny
Donna Hambrick
Emory University
Emory
Oxford
Chemistry Institute
John Hambricks
Blue Key
C. C
Buck
Dolly Martin
Far Horizons
Sarasota
Edwin 0. Timmons
Louisiana State University
Hank Caddell
John Caddells
Harvard Law School
Attorney General’s Office
Antipollution
Lois
Moscow
Russian Space Center
Space Center
J.austin
Smith
Tere Furniture
Mon
Simmons
Pathe
Rhodes
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