Decatur Little Theater Presents King Midas and the Golden Touch
Decatur Junior Service League presents King Midas and the Golden Touch at the Decatur High School auditorium on February 15. Four performances cost 1.50 with Irene and Wayne Summers guiding design. The set will show objects turning to gold, with Esther Wood Hector Wood Pat Patterson assisting and LeClaire Dewey directing.
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Decatur Little Theater
Irene
Wayne Summers
Decatur Little
King Midas
Hansel and Gretel
Esther
Hector Wood
Pat Patterson
LeClaire Dewey
Bob and Marjorie Opferbach
Fay ‘Taylor
Matthe Mae Smith
Jimmy Vaughn
Midas
Decatur Junior Service League
Mrs. Davis Speaks on Forcing Bulbs at Petal Path
Petal Path Garden Club met Wednesday with Mrs. Gerald Davis discussing forcing bulbs. She outlined three methods sand earth pebble and fiber culture and noted planting guidance for tulips daffodils Narcissi and hyacinths. Hostess Mrs. Clyde Smith welcomed guests Mrs. Robert Harris invited members to a November 7 workshop by City Federation and a Girl Scout troop sponsorship was voted.
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Gerald Davis
Petal Path Garden Club
Davis
Clyde Smith
Robert Harris
City Federation of Garden Clubs
Billy Watterson
Carey Cockrell
West Decatur School
Albert Little
Bookmobile Schedule Along Several Stops
Friday routes list visiting W. O. Wrights Station on Highway 20 from 9 to 9 30. Trinity Kimbrall’s from 9 45 to 10 15. West Morgan School from 10 30 to noon. Moulton Heights School from 12 15 to 1 15. Liberty Walker’s from 1 30 to 2 00. Bassham Jones from 2 30 to 3 00. Summitt Baker’s from 3 15 to 4 00.
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W. O. Wrights
Highway
Trinity, Kimbrall
West Morgan
Moulton Heights
Liberty
Walker’s
Bassham, Jones
Summitt
Baker’s
Finnish student Heidi Lindblom stars at Alabama on Panhellenic scholarship
Heidi Lindblom, an 18 year old Finnish freshman in Arts and Sciences at the University of Alabama, holds a Panhellenic foreign student scholarship. She arrived from Tikkurila by train, bus, bicycle, plane and ship to study English and language, living in sorority houses and adjusting to American foods while sharing her hopes to embody Finland in her new role.
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America
University of Alabama
Panhellenic
Heidi
Alabama
Tikkurila
Finland
Heidi Lindblom
The Taltys Are Feted Before Moving to Danville
Dr and Mrs Robert Talty of Hartselle were honored at an informal party hosted by Mr and Mrs Shelby E Roop. Guests enjoyed fall flowers finger foods and refreshments. The couple received a reproduction of Master Simpson by James Freeman and the gathering included Carlos del Dio Theo de Graffenreid Paul Hendry Neil Geary Ralph Layman Lawrence Ferguson and Gene Paret.
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Robert Talty
Hartselle
Danville
Ill
Shelby E. Roop
Taltys
Master Simpson
James Freeman
Carlos del Dio
Theo de Graffenreid
Paul Hendry
Neil Geary
Ralph Layman
Lawrence Ferguson
Gene Paret
Goren on Bridge by Charles H. Goren
Bridge column discusses a 1963 hand where South selects a line of play avoiding excess guesswork. South finesses hearts and spades with careful discards, draws trumps, and establishes the queen to claim ten tricks despite split spade honors.
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Declarer
South
East
West
King of Diamonds
Stephens DAR Meets In Hodges Home In October
Stephens Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution held October meeting at Miss Nina Hodges home with regent Mrs Harry Wyatt presiding. Members heard program notes, donated to Gunter Mountain school, and set Dedication Day for Kate Duncan Smith School October 22 23.
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Stephens Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Nina Hodges
Harry Wyatt
I. B. Schmidt
W. F. Frazier
DAR
Gunter Mountain
Kate Duncan Smith School
John M. Chenault
Willie Esma ‘Hodges
Frazier
Miss Hodges
Clyde McEntire
Wyatt
Alabama
Grady Jacobs
Scottsboro
B. V. Hilgadiack
Nashville
Harold Russell
Birmingham
Curtis Oden
Eva
Ala
Last Wild European Bison Died Out After World War II
The remaining 200 European bison live in zoos or protected preserves. The last wild individuals are believed killed during World War II in Lithuania forests.
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Europe
Lithuania
Decatur Club Delegates Attend Tuscaloosa Event
Around The Valley notes Decatur Business and Professional Women’s Club members Rose Lawrence Doroth y Woodall and Evelyn McCullough in Tuscaloosa for Wednesday evening activities. Also mentions visits by Todd Meadows and baby Gip to see parents Reneau Carrell, plus trips of Helen Sims Reed to Hot Springs and Wilmington, and a Fayetteville death affecting G H Dixon family.
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Rose Lawrence
Dorothy Woodall
Evelyn McCullough
Decatur Business and Professional Women’s Club
Tuscaloosa
Todd Meadows
Gip
Lowndesboro, Ala
Reneau Carrell
Helen Sims Reed
Hot Springs
Ark
Troy McKleroy
Fort Lauderdale, Fla
Madge Rockwell
Pearson
Church Meetings Feature New Member at WSCS Session
Stimson Circle of Central Methodist WSCS met at Mrs. Dallas Vickers home with welcome to new member Margaret Wicker. Circle leader Jesse Stimson opened with prayer and devotion by Mrs. John McBride. Program on our Methodist heritage chaired by Holmes Turner. Dunlap Circle met in the education building with presiding Mrs. Charles Dunlap. Jimmy Denmark opened with prayer. Devotion on trust and obedience by John Wesley. Program on our Methodist heritage by Mrs. William Levin and Mrs. Jimmy Denmark. Refreshments by Mrs. Eugene Grady and Mrs. Charles Dunlap for 17 members and one guest, Mrs. John Williams.
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Stimson
Central Methodist Wscs
Dallas Vickers
Margaret Wicker
Jesse Stimson
John McBride
Holmes Turner
Dunlap
Charles Dunlap
Jimmy Denmark
Ralph Jackson
John Wesley
William Levin
Eugene Grady
John Williams
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W.T. Grant CO
Decatur Shopping Center
Jeff Brown
Jeffrey James Brown
James W. Brown
W. M. Hale
Zeb Brown
Wetumpka
Marion Namie
Namie
J. W. Hillems
Mrs. Davis
Petal Path
Lorne
Anne Adams
Decatur Daily
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N.Y
Sec
Bama
By Mickey Ellis
Goren
Charles H. Goren
The
Chinese Tribune
North
Howard Johnson
Decatur Nursery
Timothy Darrell Hollaway
William D. Hollaway
G. W. Stewart
Guy Hollaway
Stephens Dar
Hodges
G. H. Dixon
Fayetteville, Tenn
Hugh Rawls
David DeWayne Hale
Mr. Namie
W. A. Hale
Killen
Kodak
Mar-Kay
Decatur
Drexel
Cushman Colonial Hickory Mfg. CO
Willett
Wienman
Magusta
Key City
Western Carolina
Philco
Lees
Nituri
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