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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 10, 1966

Page

8

Miss Frances Housworth to Wed Jimmy Justice

In Covington Georgia Mr and Mrs Reuben Housworth announce the engagement of their daughter Frances Ellen Housworth to Jimmy Dean Justice of Muscle Shoals. The couple plan a spring wedding in LaFayette with Frances a home economics teacher and Jimmy an assistant principal at LaFayette High School both employed by the Walker County Board of Education.

Covington, Ga Reuben Housworth Frances Ellen Housworth Jimmy Dean Justice Muscle Shoals B. H. Willingham Mr. Willingham Walter Edwin Housworth Lithonia Housworth University of Georgia Georgia Southern College Walker County Board of Education LaFayette High School W. D. Justice Decatur Justice Albert Monroe Looney Florence State College Civitan Club Sigma Sigma Kappa Inter-Presidents Council LaFayette Evelyn Jeanette Kast Fred Allan Jones Central Baptist Church A. B. van Arsdale Hanas Theo Kast Allen Jones Billy Ray Eddy M. Howard Joyce Boutwell Kay Jones E. Jones Ginger Quillin Rowland Compton

Bell receives first telephone patent in 1876

In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell was granted the first patent for the telephone, marking a milestone in communications history and establishing Bell as a pivotal figure in modern telephony.

Alexander Graham Bell

NEES DAR Elects New Officers at Stephens Chapter

The Nees Dar DAR Stephens Chapter unanimously elected officers for the March meeting led by Regent Mrs. Richard Bryson. New officers include Regent Mrs. John Chenault and other officers, with the 75th Continental Congress noted and a Viet Nam defense report presented.

R. T. Agnew Schuppert

Afghan Lions Crochet Pattern Ad from Decatur Daily Needlecraft

An ad promotes an Afghan pattern titled Afghan Lions Quick to Memorize with medley color bands and puff-stitch texture. It lists Pattern 7194 and notes 35 cents per pattern plus 15 cents extra for first class mailing. Send name address and pattern number to Alice Brooks at The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept. New York box 163 Old Chelsea Station. GIANT 1966 Needlecraft Catalog offers hundreds more designs with two free patterns for 25 cents.

Alice Brooks Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept Old Chelsea Station New York N.Y Needlecraft

Goren on Bridge by Charles H. Goren

A Chicago Tribune 1966 bridge column analyzes Wests sharp defense in a four spade contract. West opens clubs, East signals, and a heart misdirection prompts declarer errors. Souths diamond finesse and timing lead to a pivotal endgame, with East supplying the setting trick and a suggested diamond lead to secure the score.

Charles H. Goren The Chicago Tribune Deuce West South East Declarer North

Wallace Moreys Host Garden Club Meeting and Planting

The Wallace Morey household hosted a garden club session led by Richard King with Mrs Moody Jacobs outlining the year’s meeting sites and assignments. Members plan azalea planting March 12 at Eastwood Elementary, after growing azaleas at home since last May.

Garden Club Wallace Morey Richard King Moody Jacobs Eastwood Elementary School

Women’s Department Calendar deadline and hours notice

For items in Sundays Calendar of Events call 353-4612 by the preceding Thursday. For general women’s interest items call 353-4612 or 353-4655 daily 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The women’s department closes on Saturdays.

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Francis Housworth Jimmy Justice Johnston St Fredrick’s Beauty School E. Moulton St Dial Syble McWhorter Nees Dar’s By Alce Brooks Heather Goren Miss Kast Mr. Jones Earl Beasley Wallace Moreys Charles Mathias Mathias Walace Morey George Gibson Frank Gresham Edgar Mittwidde Bill Payne S. H. Faircloth L. C. Faircloth Castleberry Ala Women’s Department Busch’s DISPL Kred IT Jewelers Ave. SE Huntsville Florence Washington ST N.E Court ST Austinville Y . Zy Chain Farmer American Dairy Association Meadow Bank St
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