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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1964
Page
5
The column analyzes a four spade contract from a recent tournament deal. It explains how declarer can obtain the game despite flawed heart and club holdings and outlines key signaling and defense missteps by East and West.
Mr and Mrs Frank Hiser returned from a week at Jekyll Island on the Georgia coast. Mr and Mrs Add Randolph Danville attended decoration services near Lewisburg Tennessee last weekend.
Local residents entertain relatives while students prepare for Girls State at Huntington College in Montgomery June 7 to 13. Center Springs youths Kendall Jones heads to Berkeley after a surgery stay in Chattanooga. Family visits span Cullman, Florence, Tuscaloosa, and Speake as parents vacation in Europe.
Reader tips span keeping a shower dry with a bag over a cast, wall washing with two-tone paint, slicing cake before icing for neater cuts, spout sponge bumpers to guard glassware, rubbing alcohol for shiny stainless surfaces, and cardboard or wooden sick-in-bed tables as bed trays for children.
Decala Toastmistress Club held its inaugural speech contest for high school girls. Kristine Belnap of Austin High School won a $25 Savings Bond for her speech The King. Finalists Ann Gray Emily Duke and Yvette Faught received bracelets.
Sunday notices require a call to 353-4612 by the preceding Thursday. General women’s interest items use 353-4612 8 30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays the department is closed. Wedding stories and photos due five days before the wedding. Photos must be 5 by 7 or 8 by 10 glossy prints. Snapshots not accepted. Engagements announced only if at least one month before the wedding.
Athens College Woman's Club hosted a spring luncheon at the Lyons Hotel on Saturday drawing about 35 guests from Huntsville Athens and Decatur. Committee members include Mrs Shelby Phillips Mrs George Porter Mrs James E Harris and Mrs J O Belew. Straw hats and garden flowers themed the tables with mini hat place markers, Athens College key rings and favors from First National Bank Athens.
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