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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1963

Page

5

Week Ahead Marks TVA Anniversary With Kennedy Visit

Barrett Shelton Jr notes a week of TVA 30th anniversary events in North Alabama. President Kennedy will speak at Muscle Shoals and Redstone Arsenal with times to be announced. Lilienthal speaks at Decatur High School on Look Homeward America. Area students win TVA essay scholarships. The Daily plans a special TVA anniversary edition.

Barrett Shelton, JR North Alabama Tennessee Valley Authority John F. Kennedy Muscle Shoals Redstone Arsenal Washington TVA Kennedy National Fertilizer Development Center Florence Decatur David E. Lilienthal Decatur High School Lilienthal America Tennessee California New York Vermont Pennsylvania Minnesota New Jersey Massachusetts North Caroline South Carolina Florida Ilinois Georgia Louisiana Kansas Michigan Ohio Texas Kentucky

Water glass etiquette for luncheon settings

The guidance distinguishes between formal and informal luncheons. Formal meals may use a goblet or footed tumbler for water, while informal noonday meals should use ordinary water glasses.

Moulton Jaycees Rodeo Queen Contest Highlighted by Eight Entrants

Lawrence County schools produced eight contestants in the Moulton Moulton Jaycees Rodeo Queen contest with five finalists. The queen was chosen from those finalists amid secrecy. Decatur Jaycees judges Bill Dukes Ray Nixon and Ken Meguiar praised the entrants while Chief Deputy Cal White noted his young daughter danced until midnight. Dwight Hooper announced that Miss Tennessee Valley Exposition prizes would top $1,000 for this year’s Morgan County Fair winner, and Ruth Apperson was promoted to Chief Operator at the Decatur Southern Bell office with 16 years’ service.

Moulton Moulton Jaycees Lawrence County Jaycees Jopene Neal Norwood Rodeo Gerald Terry Decatur Bill Dukes Ray Nixon Ken Meguiar Dukes Nixon Meguiar Calvin White Dwight Hooper Decatur Jaycee Morgan County Fair Hooper Geri Smith Athens Ruth Apperson Southern Bell Telephone Mrs. Apperson Huntsville Madison

Redistricting plan eyed as lawmakers weigh old and new county lines

A Mobile House member Rep Mylan R Engel introduces a congressional redistricting bill shaping incumbents. Grant would gain Mobile keep Pike Covington Grenshaw Es cambia Baldwin lose Montgomery Lowdes Butler Conecuh while Selden gains Lowndes Butler Conecuh Monroe Clarke Washington Wilcox Marengo Choc taw Dallas keep Hale Bibb Perry Greene Sumter. Roberts gains Shelby Chil ton keeps Calhoun St. Clair Talladega Clay Coosa Elmore Autauga. Rains gains Lee keeps Marshall DeKalb Cherokee Eto wah Cleburne Randolph Tallapoosa Chambers lose none. Elliott gains Tuscaloosa keeps Franklin Marion Winston Cullman Blount Walker Fayette Lamar Pickens. Huddleston and Jones no change. The plan may provoke opposition from Grant and Selden amid a competing bill. A separate audit of Lawrence County Board of Revenue shows longterm indebtedness of 3,067,000 as of Sept 30 1962 with a general fund deficit of 18,000 and a gasoline tax fund deficit of 20,000, urging halt to deficit financing to protect road repairs.

Grant Mobile Chilton Roberts Shelby Calhoun St. Clair Talladega Clay Coosa Elmore Autauga Lose Dallas Rains Gain Lee Marshall DeKalb Cherokee Etowah Cleburne Randolph Tallapoosa Chambers Elliott Tuscaloosa Franklin Marion Winston Cullman Blount Walker Fayette Lamar Pickens Huddleston Jones Selden Clayton Center A. C. Shelton Washington Choctaw, Clarke Marengo Hale

Chilton to Speak at North Alabama AIChE Meeting

Cecil H. Chilton editor in chief of Chemical Engineering magazine will be guest speaker at the North Alabama Section AIChE meeting on May 21 at the Lyons Hotel. Social hour starts 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7:15. Reservations via R. C. Libey 353-9393 ext 63. Topic: Professional Obsolescence.

Cecil H. Chilton Chemicalngineering North Alabama American Institution of Chemical Engineers Lyons Hotel R. C. Libey 3-M Company Chilton

Roasted Barbecue Duckling Cut and Glazed

Cut the duck into quarters and roast slowly until tender. Remove pan fat, brush with barbecue sauce, and return to a hot oven to glaze.

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