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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1961
Page
5
In a Goren bridge hand South avoids worst trump breaks after an opening red lead. East preempts to shape the auction. declarer ruffs diamonds, builds trumps, and uses a heart ruff to regain control. The plan works against most four one or five nothing breaks, with success hinging on West holding sufficient trumps.
A brief note from Surinam, formerly Dutch Guiana in South America, states the country is entirely free from hay fever conditions.
Miss Peggy Jo Scott and Lieutenant Carl Vincent Van Bibber announce their engagement. Scott is daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Crawford with ties to Columbia and Paris Tennessee. Van Bibber, son of Mr and Mrs Charlie Van Bibber of Florence, is a Florence State University and Coffee High School graduate now stationed at Fort Jackson South Carolina. The wedding is set for September 23.
Mrs Edna Clay of Selma and Mr and Mrs W Frank Scroggins Thursday by Thomas J Kelley Jr at the Lyons Hotel Miss Suzanne Martin of Midland Texas is the guest of the Benjamin F Smiths in Athens Henry McCrary University student is visiting his father George L McCrary in Mooresville Mr and Mrs Robert C Hill and children Kathy and Sherry have returned to their home in Orlando after a visit to his parents Mr and Mrs H W Hill Mrs W T Allen of Talladega arrived for a visit to her cousin Mrs Frederick S Hunt Mrs Ben DuPont of Evansville Ky is the guest of Mrs Foster Pointer
A lighthearted quip notes that joint bank accounts can cause friendly rivalry as Ma often withdraws first, leaving Pa to react. The joke plays on domestic finance dynamics with playful exaggeration.
A feature on reversible dresses shows garments that turn inside out to reveal a different look. The concept suits both country and city styles, with a dress shown in rural calico on one side and urbane pinstripe on the reverse.
Recipes sent in by Mrs. Troy Avery includes sour cream potato salad with potatoes eggs celery pickle onion pimiento and vinegar plus a Buttermilk Pie recipe from Mrs. Herman Bond Trinity. The instructions call for chilling the mixture and provide exact measures for ingredients.
Step by step cooking notes describe mixing sugar flour butter eggs and buttermilk with vanilla and sour cream to form a creamy topping. The instructions specify baking a pie shell at 325 degrees for an hour and to decorate with nuts. Yield mentions frosting two eight inch layers.
Recipes from Mrs Walter Clem of Elkmont Alabama and Mrs Walter Sivley of Moulton Route detail a peanut butter candy made by boiling sugar and milk then stirring in melted peanut butter and butter before soft ball stage. The sour cream frosting blends sour cream sugar and water then cooks to softball stage with vanilla and nuts.
Advertisement for Printed Pattern 4861 by Anne Adams detailing children's bolero skirt and suntop sets in cottons. Includes yardage for size 6 and ordering instructions with 35 cents pattern price plus 10 cents extra for first class mailing. Provide name address zone size and style number.
New York AP reports rising nylon prices push shoppers toward budget wear as no-run sheer stockings remain elusive. Jack Townsend, market rep for the leading nylon producer, notes 30 denier mesh offers limited resistance to runs but still falls short of ideal.
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