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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 13, 1968

Page

23

Ann Landers Columns on Demanding Calls and Personal Dilemmas

In a 1968 column, Ann Landers addresses office wives flooded with trivial questions and offers blunt guidance. Readers discuss divorce and remarriage, a clingy friend, and how to handle social pressure from parents. She urges individual choice and practical steps.

Ann Grandmother Foley Gran Ann Landers Rock Lexington

Miss Compton To Wed In January

Trinity engagement announced for Miss Mark Ann Compton and Gabriel Peluso. Bride to be is granddaughter of local and extended families. Peluso lineage links to Memphis and New York. The January wedding is planned at Central Baptist Church.

Trinity Mark Ann Compton Gabriel Peluso Decatur J. R. Compton Miss Compton John Gillespie Ben C. Compton Mr. Peluso F. B. Ayres Memphis Tenn Mr. Ayres Frank Peluso New York, N Morgan County High School Morgan County High Monsanto New Center Baptist Church

Sunshine Club Calendar Sale Plans At December Meeting

Sunshine Club members agreed to sell calendars to raise funds for club projects at a December meeting. Guest speaker Mrs Otto Biles shared her European trip slides. The charity committee discussed purchases for a needy family. Members met with Mrs Sidney Shackelford. Cotton era notes reference 1500.

West Decatur Sunshine Club Otto Biles

Moonlighting Stewardess Organizes African Safaris

New York AP feature follows Joan Tognali a longtime Eastern Airlines stewardess who organizes Nairobi area safaris mixing travel by truck with camping safaris for largely female clients. She recalls romance and danger in Africa, from leopard encounters to dusty traffic jams as she blends aviation and wildlife tours.

Jean Sprain Wilson New York Joan Eastern Airlines Globe Africa Carr- Hartley Nairobi

Raineys Beauty Advice Promotes Natural Make-Up

Raineys advertises skin care and makeup for fall addressing acne allergies and texture issues with medicated cleansers and tinted bases. It promotes translucent foundations and powders, plus free makeup lessons at multiple Raineys locations and a lighthearted cartoon strip ending with a joke.

Rainey

Miss Brenda Blankenship Engaged to William Halbrooks

LACEY'S SPRING Mr and Mrs Jefferson Wiley Maples announce the engagement of their daughter Brenda Gail Blankenship to William Jimmy Halbrooks son of Mr and Mrs William Darris Halbrooks of Hartselle. The couple plan to wed November 8 at New Center Baptist Church.

Lacey Jefferson Wiley Maples Brenda Gail Blankenship William Jimmy Halbrooks William Darris Halbrooks Hartselle

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