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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1952
Page
24
Frank Gambino baked his own wedding cake in Detroit for the ceremony. The nine foot high cake weighed about 300 pounds and used multiple tiers with cake like pillars supporting each tier. A miniature church stood atop the base with figures representing the bride and groom and wedding party.
Mrs. James Blythe hosted the bridge club with one guest Miss Lavinia Chardavoyne. Prizes went to Mrs. Harris Pippin for high score and Mrs. W. M. Weaver for bingo. A luncheon honored Miss Marjorie Workman of Danbury Connecticut. A large social row includes many locals on visits, entertainments, and church events.
A kindly tale of a duck and a Scottie dog that helps the duck up a steep step each day on the tennis court. The pair’s quiet routine contrasts with a gritty legal and political collage of newspaper banter and local notices.
A collage of quips and story fragments includes a barefoot child longing to go bareheaded, jokes about widows and marriage, tobacco finds in southern states, a two year old mood, classroom rhymes, a biologist monkey story, Kipling’s serving-men, a “Cross a chicken with a Racing Form” gag, a hillbilly exchange, and a rural slang exchange about a dog.
A readable historical note states that England was conquered by Rome during the period from 43 to 80 AD. The summary preserves the core dates and the opposing power without embellishment.
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