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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1975

Page

6

Principal stages lunch waste to teach students lesson

A school principal dramatizes lunch waste by dumping a trash can onto a table. An inventory records 41 sandwiches 194 apples 13 oranges and other items, illustrating poor lunch choices and prompting a call for better grooming and training.

Dear Ann Landers

Demonstration prompts school and home waste lessons

Ann Landers discusses a school waste experiment that impressed 430 pupils and prompted teaching on nutrition. Readers are urged to consider similar classroom and household tests, with advice on diet and consumption. A smoker writes about pets in public spaces and legal norms for dogs in stores and transit.

Ann California Ann Landers Harvard University Chicago Transit Authority

Slave Cells Still Stand In Africa

Sister Evangeline Thomas and 27 U.S. college administrators toured West Africa in a HEW funded Ethnic Heritage Seminar. They visited four nations including Togo Ghana and Nigeria seen slave fortresses and dungeons built before Columbus. The nun describes 3,000 years of history and hospitable people despite harsh pasts.

Evangeline Thomas Salina Kan Marie Gadsden Phelps Stokes Fund West African Africa Evangeline U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare U.S West Africa Togo Dahomey Nigeria Ghana New World Columbus America Brazil

Hints From Heloise Share Practical Kitchen Tips

Dear Heloise column compiles reader hints on olives and keeping olive oil scum away by refrigeration and opening the bottle top. Includes tips from Marcella Jones on valuing homemaker roles and foil to keep plates clean. Also suggests freezing homemade cupcakes and repurposing broken plastic baskets.

Personal Notes and Weddings Across Towns

Judy Champion visited friends in Moulton Friday night and attended the wedding of Mildred Thrasher and Paul Christian Saturday. Do Zettie Shelton is home after an extended visit with relatives in Kalamazoo Michigan. Mr. and Mrs Gray Dallar d made a business trip to Chatanooga Tuesday. Mrs Dean Steelman visited an uncle Doyle Steelman at Parkway Medical Center Hospital in Decatur Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Willard Winchester are moving back from Florida. They are visiting her father and mother Mr and Mrs Wayne Shelton. Bradley Steven Owens son of Mr and Mrs Larry Owens of Trinity celebrates his second birthday today. He is the grandson of Mr and Mrs Terrell C Col lums of Portland and of Mr and Mrs Willie Owens of Decatur.

Judy Champion Moulton Mildred Thrasher Paul Christian Willard Winchester Florida Mrs. Wayne Shelton Bradely Steven Owens Larry Owens Trinity Terrell C. Collums Portland Willie Owens Decatur

Sister Evangeline Sees Africa Through Education and Exchange

Sister Evangeline, a 36 year veteran and Marymount College director of college relations, discusses Africa's higher education, the role of women, and the plan to send Marymount students on a seminar. She notes natives’ initial fear of whites, then openness, and the importance of cross cultural understanding.

Evangeline United States Marymount College Marymount Africa

Seafood Seasoning Ingredients Listed

A seafood seasoning mix commonly used in recipes includes salt celery seed mustard thyme ginger pepper allspice and bay leaves.

Brown Austin Vows Spoken

Trinity Elizabeth Margaret Brown daughter of Edna Brown Cullman married Larry David Austin son of L. D. and Mrs. L. D. Austin Trinity Friday June 20 at the groom’s parents home. R C Borden Moulton officiated with Tommy Winchester giving the bride. bridesmaid Dianne Terrell. best man John Tucker. Reception followed at the groom’s home.

Trinity Elizabeth Margaret Brown Edna Brown Cullman Larry David Austin L. D. Austin R. C. Borden Moulton John Tucker

Horoscopes by Jeane Dixon for Tuesday

Aries through Pisces predictions offer brief daily guidance. The forecast cautions against haste, urges focus on duties, and notes personal quirks, with each sign addressed on work, finances, health, and relationships.

Ming Dynasty culture and art flourish in China

The Ming Dynasty from 1388 to 1644 is noted for major cultural and artistic development in China, influencing literature, porcelain, painting, and architecture during a long era of creative growth.

China

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