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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1964
Page
6
Garden Club women from 77 cities will gather in Charlotte North Carolina this week to discuss city blight and related urban problems. Decatur will be represented among the delegates at the HANDS conference addressing municipal decay and community improvement.
The piece outlines Vogue style pattern 4596 with fabric needs and flat mailing cost, plus an invitation to order a spring summer catalog. It then describes the Seventh Annual HANDS conference in Decatur with participants Mrs. Noel Callahan and W. Clyde Greenway, sponsored by Sears Roebuck Fund, featuring five workshops on city beautification and civic leadership.
A note clarifies that green corn refers to ordinary fresh corn on the cob. The term appears in traditional cooking contexts, signaling early-season or unripe ears used for flavor and texture.
Col John Robins Chapter DAR held its annual spring luncheon in the Lyons Hotel private dining room. Mrs R P Geron Huntsville state regent assisted by Mrs William A Estes and Mrs C F Beasley discussed the 73rd Congress in Action with remarks on religious observance education and government by executive order. New officers installed included Mrs Alfred Stevens regent and Mrs Redus Collier vice regent. Guests included Mrs A Barksdale and Mrs Charles Gunthorp.
Classic cardigan pattern 7243 designed to be knit in one piece from neck down with baby cables. Sizes 32 34 and 36 38 listed. Price 35 cents with 15 cents extra for first class mail. Send name address zone and pattern number to Alice Brooks The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept P O Box 163 Old Chelsea Station New York 11 NY. Include 25 cent for other catalog items.
A simple stovetop idea uses leftover whole kernel corn stirred into scrambled eggs for a fluffy mix. Serve with crisp bacon for a savory breakfast or brunch option.
Mr and Mrs Stanley Jones return to Montgomery after visiting his mother Mrs Jervis Jones now a patient at Decatur General Hospital. Miss Helen Jervis of Nashville and Winston Hodge of Huntsville visited Mr and Mrs Robert Jervis last weekend. Edmund A Hannay and daughter Elizabeth of Hillsboro left Saturday for Boston to attend the death of his grandmother Mrs Ellerton Lodge Dorr
Kitchen economy notes large loaves cost less per pound than smaller ones. For small families unused bread should be kept in the refrigerator to extend freshness.
Alpha chapter Beta Sigma Phi held a semi monthly meeting at Mrs Bill Biles home with Mrs James O Hara as cohostess George Corneil presented a program featuring interior decoration and fashion film Mrs Robert Campbell presided and welcomed three new members Pledge ritual received by Mrs Paul Harris Mrs Charles Howard and Mrs Donald Hutrison The Mizpah benediction closed the meeting
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