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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1958
Page
5
Miss Bonnie Lee Brackin daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Eldridge Brackin of Town Creek and Silas Dutton son of Mr and Mrs Walter Dutton of Moulton were married last Friday morning at the home of Rev G N Gober in Iuka Mississippi.
H Jervis moved to Huntsville Hospital. Gene Orr of Jacksonville Fla visited Florence with brothers and mother. Mrs Vera Hearn of Mooresville hosted Mr and Mrs Thomas Hearn of Cartersville Ga and Mr and Mrs Albert Nichols of Birmingham. Maynard Layman returned from Atlanta visits. Richard Brown and children in Memphis. Buddy Kean of New Orleans visited Mrs B F Wear Jr. Dutton family details and local employment note. Wedding trip upcoming. couple to settle near Town Creek.
University of Alabama junior violinist Martha Jo Baker Roberts of Decatur will perform a joint recital with Warren Ingersoll at 3:30 p.m. May 11 in Cadek Hall. She studies with Emil Raab and aims for a Bachelor of Music. Her program includes Corelli Beethoven Bruel. She has been with the University Symphony Orchestra and Theta groups Mortar Board and Alpha Lambda Delta. She studied under E C Glyde Auburn and Mrs Aultman Sanders Murfreesboro TN.
Patty Holsten marked her third birthday Friday at her parents Mr. and Mrs. John Holsten home. The Mother Goose themed party featured a garden growth cake with flower suckers for the children to pick and toy garden tools as prizes. Each of the 30 guests received a Mother Goose color book.
The Alathean Class of Central Baptist Church held a barbecue supper at Bob Gibsons for their last meeting with 21 members present. Mrs. Mason Crow gave the invocation and Mrs. Maude Gamble the devotion. L. E. Vincent presided. a letter from Martha Hairston, Brazil missionary, was read. Hostesses were Mrs. W. O. Lipscomb, Mrs. D. C. Walker and Mrs. I. V. Jolly.
Poem excerpt bookmark quotes a resolve from a historic poem about labor, wounds, and perseverance. The lines reference daylight and sunrise, urging endurance and hope despite slow progress.
The Wheeler Basin Regional Library project in Morgan and Limestone counties earned two public recognitions. The Booklovers Club of Hartselle and the Hartselle Thursday Afternoon Club received a $300 first sweepstakes prize from a state wide Community Contest for establishing a permanent two county library system. The prize money will be donated to the Hartselle branch for books or equipment.
Lord Moran has been personal physician to Sir Winston Churchill for two decades, providing medical care and counsel during wartime and peacetime. Churchill relied on Moran for ongoing health management and trusted his judgment on critical health matters.
Flint Home Demonstration Club met in the Junior High cafeteria with co hostesses Mrs Howard Smallwood and Mrs Sterling Sams. President T V Day led in meeting. 17 members attended and welcomed new member Mrs J D McClannahan.
In a no trump to six spades contract North opens 1NT South preempts to six with a human factor aiding declarer. After a diamond lead, declarer earns a parking place in clubs and plays to the ten of clubs lead with a winning ace jack continuation.
East signaled with the eight. A low trump led to the king and jack through West who refused to cover. Declarer let it ride and after drawing the last trump and the queen of hearts dropping, discarded dummy's clubs on hearts and won 13 tricks.
The Union Grove Home Demonstration Club gathered at Mrs. S. N. Kitchens home with Mrs. Orval Roberts presiding. Mrs. Kitchens led devotion and Mrs. White closed with prayer. Ruby Looney demonstrated floor coverings and 12 members plus one visitor attended. May hostess will be Mrs. W. E. Brooks.
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