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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1964
Page
21
A guide to using shower gifts as decorations for bride to be showers. It recommends repurposing kitchen and bath gifts as flower containers, with pyroceram utensils, demi tasse bowls, and other containers turned into vases. The piece notes a buffet layout featuring pyroceram sauce pans filled with tulips daffodils irises and freesias to evoke spring.
Elko residents can breathe easier as the city council repeals the 1918 flu mask requirement adopted during the epidemic. The ordinance, enacted during the 1918 flu outbreak, is now removed after more than four decades.
At the May 13 meeting at Decatur Country Club the Decatur High School Concert Chorus directed by Roy Woods performed a varied program including Elijah Rock and The Battle Hymn of the Republic. Newcomers wore crazy hats from a paper bag bonnet to a milk-carton creation.
Rose Garden Club plans a 1300 a.m. gathering at Mrs W L Greenwell’s home 1705 Woodmont Dr SE for lunch and officer installation. Women of Decatur and Hartseller hold an installation dinner at 6 30 p.m. Crescent Motel. Joe Wheeler UDC annual picnic at Wheeler Plantation 1030 a.m. Story Hour for children ages 6 9 at 10 a.m. Public Library.
In Topeka Kansas Dr Carl J Fyler and Dean McKenna a former POW reconnect after decades. Fyler a B 17 pilot and McKenna a Southwestern Bell manager both survived German camps and air battles over Bremen Brandenburg and were guests speaking about their wartime experiences.
The Decatur Women’s Chamber of Commerce held its final meeting of the year at the Lyons Hotel to honor past presidents. Mrs. James H. Crow read a poem by Mrs. Gladys Hughes as members and guests reviewed 25 years of achievements and installed new officers led by Mrs. W. G. Hall.
The guide recommends a moderate 350 degree oven for turkeys up to 12 pounds and a slower 325 degree heat for birds over 12 pounds. This approach aims to balance doneness and moisture, adjusting time and temperature to the bird’s size.
The North Las Vegas City Council ruled that homeowner June Sesma may keep her five Chihuahuas without a kennel permit if she does not acquire more dogs. The ordinance limits to two dogs before a kennel permit is required.
In Great Bend Kansas a utility mailed a final bill for one cent to a former customer. The customer paid with a one penny check that included the comment No dollars, little sense.
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