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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1958
Page
5
The East-West vulnerable hand follows West opening king of diamonds and declarer contemplates guessing the spade location. After a series of plays the declarer misguesses spades and considers coaxing a spade lead to improve chances while drawing trumps.
Members of the Junior Service League met to organize Pediatric Parties to raise funds for the pediatric ward at Seacatur General Hospital. Planned events include a neighborhood bridge party, a pony ride party, and a birthday party with guests asked to donate a dollar.
Mrs Jenkins and Mrs Turner entertained guests for a dessert bridge session at the home of the former. Lavender iris and cottonwood blossoms decorated the rooms. Prize winners were Mrs Charles Campbell, Mrs Tom Whitman, and Mrs Bayne Vaughan.
Mr and Mrs Dan Turney hosted a second birthday for their daughter Beth in Somerville last Saturday. Guests enjoyed Calypso hat favors, games, and records with pink cake and punch. Attendees included Danny Huskey Naomi Wright Gayle Turney and others with mothers Iris Jackson Augusta Wright Shirley Huskey and Sue Turney assisting.
Mrs E E Stevens opened with prayer at the Salem Methodist WSCS gathering. Mrs Ruel Foote led the business, Mrs R P Hargroves joined as a new member, and Mrs W E Brown Jr led the program. Elmer Chenault gave devotional. D R Roper assisted with the study, posters by Perry Adcock featured, group dismissed with a hymn.
The Pettey Circle opened with devotion and prayer led by Mrs. Charles White. Mrs. Robert Pettey led the business session while a program by Mrs. Dan Loposer Mrs. Robert Dishman and Mrs. Raymond Pisani followed. Refreshments were served. The Jimmie Clark Circle met in the church parlor with 10 members.
The text notes postponing guesses as long as possible in a strategic context. It hints at a 1954 reference and attribution to By The Chicago Tri- and suggests cautious, sound tactics in uncertainty.
Sallye Kimbrough was hostess Saturday at a luncheon at her home for about 36 guests. Mass arrangements of snapdragons tulips daisies iris and coral bells adorned the living room dining room and den. Sea sheets on small tables held miniature garden nosegays and guests received numbered place cards matching their seats.
The Rocchetta Sunshine Club met at Mrs. Charles Birdwell home and voted to sponsor a Child Haven child near Cullman. Mrs. Julian Blackwood led devotion. Mrs. Herman Stover presided. They formed a grocery pool, planned a rest home visit, exchanged secret pal gifts, and eight members attended.
The meeting opened with the Lord's prayer and was led by Mrs Charles Clark for the business session. Mrs Charles Pigg presented the mission study. Hostesses were Mrs C K Templeton Mrs Dick Mahaffey and Mrs William Turk. The Mizpah benediction closed the gathering.
Miss Marlene Hill daughter of Mr and Mrs J R Hill Town Creek became the bride of Jimmy Williams on May 2 in Courtland at the home of Methodist minister Ernest Dillard. The couple, Hazlewood High School graduates, will reside in Courtland.
Mrs E P Luker arrived from Columbus Georgia to visit relatives and plans to return to North Madison Ohio around June 1. Mr and Mrs George Godwin spent last weekend in Louisville Alabama. Miss Jane Veazey has been elected treasurer of Sock and Buskin at Murray State College Kentucky and tapped into Delta Lambda Alpha honorary fresh man society. Louis Braille, who invented the Braille system, was born with sight and became blind at age three. An ice show needs half a million dollars to start. in 1936 Eddie and Roy Shipeted required 5 000 to open the first act.
In a historic note, the Salic Code of Laws proclaimed by King Clovis in the fifth century bars women from the French throne, establishing male succession as the rule.
The Rev John Waller of Grace Church Cullman spoke on prayer and daily practice at St John s Episcopal Church Woman s Auxiliary meeting in the Parish House. Officers announced new chairs for social relations and missions and outlined the weekend at Camp McDowell May 16 18.
The Mayflower carried 101 passengers and 48 crewmen when it departed England in 1620, a voyage that would lead to the founding of Plymouth Colony.
The Mothers Study Club will meet Friday at 12 noon for lunch at the home of Mrs. Tom Whitman, 822 8th Ave. SE.
Sugar cane juice in the West Indies is boiled in enormous vats as part of the traditional processing method. Workers monitor the bubbling vats and adjust the heat to reduce the juice to sweet syrup used in local markets.
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