Horse Pens 40 Announces Fall Arts Festival Oct 26 27
The Horse Pens 40 Fall Arts and Crafts Festival returns October 26 and 27 atop Chandler Mountain forty miles east of Birmingham near Ashville. Seventy five artists display hammer-mark iron work and white oak baskets while Baptist Biscuits and Smoked Chicken share space with hot buttered cornbread. Events run from eight a.m. Saturday to sunset Sunday with a campfire supper and a quilt contest finale.
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Horse Pens
Chandler Mountain
Birmingham
Ashville
Decalas In Huntsville Toastmistress Club Meeting
Members of the Decala Toast mistress Club visited Huntsville for a Wednesday meeting held in the Crown Room at the Pen Palace Bowling Alley. H. Shuptrine of Technifax Research and Training Center discussed Communication. Delegates from Decatur included several named members.
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Decala Toastmistress Club
Huntsville
Handicraft Catalog offers patterns and mail order details
The Decatur Daily advertises patterns 7009 Butterly Bright Applique 7348 Funny Bunny and 7061 Pretty Protection with transfer patterns. Readers can mail 25c to Alice Brooks in New York for a 206 Handicraft Hits catalog featuring toys fashions and needlework projects.
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Funny Bunny
Bunny
Alice Brooks
Decatur Daily
P. O
Old
Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
Legislator Speaks To Women's Chamber On Compromise
State representative Ralph Slate told the Friday Woman's Chamber of Commerce meeting at the Lyons Hotel that most bills pass through compromise. He outlined legislative processes and how opposing sides reach deals. Hostesses welcomed guests and floral decor enhanced the speaker's table.
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Ralph Slate
Morgan County
Woman’s Chamber of Commerce
Lyons Hotel
Slate
Emmett Barran
Joe Elliott
Robert Evans
W. E. King
Phil D. Raths
Walter Jackson
D. O. Thomas Jr
Altrusa Club Meeting Notes and District Visit
Decatur Altrusa Club met at Harry Bell's Restaurant for a dinner meeting and welcomed a new member Mrs Carrie Bager. Vice president Miss Vida Rae Norman led the session in the absence of the president.
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Decatur
Miss
Dorothy Holbert
Astronauts receive tattoo markers for sensor placement
To locate sensor sites on the astronauts, tiny tattoo dots are applied to their skin. These marks guide doctors in accurately placing cooling and measuring devices during medical monitoring.
Personalities Attend Football Weekend Across Cities
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Jervis travel to Atlanta for the Tech Auburn game with a weekend stop. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Waller, former Decatur residents now in Knoxville, visit Birmingham for the Alabama Tennessee game with Mr. and Mrs. Erskine Terry. The Moon couple from Ryan attend a Sylacauga funeral for Allen McDaniel, an uncle to Mrs. Moon.
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Bob Jervis
Atlanta
Tech
Auburn
Vernon Waller
Decatur
Knoxville
Erskine Terry
Birmingham
L. W. Moon
Ryan
Sylacauga
Ala
Week's Activities Calendar at Local Churches and Clubs
Wesleyan Service Guild meets 7 30 p.m. at Mrs B M Nash 621 NE Canal. First Christian Women’s Fellowship meets 7 30 p.m. at the church. Decatur Civinettes meet 7 30 p.m. at First Federal Savings and Loan penthouse. Div nettes meet 7 30 p.m. at Mrs William Gann 1809 Birch SE. Bruner Circle meets 7 30 p.m. at Mrs Pete Durham 108 Church NE. Tuesday Questers Club meets 7 30 p.m. at Mrs L M Halfacre 409 Jackson. National Secretaries Association International dinner 7 p.m. Tower House Restaurant. Duplicate Bridge 7 30 p.m. Pet Dairy C hospitality room US 31 S. Wednesday Trellis Garden Club 9 30 a.m. at Mrs John Collier Priceville. DecALa Toastmistress Club 7 30 p.m. Pet Dairy Co hospitality room US 31 S. Thursday Morgan County Republican Fund Raising Dinner 7 p.m. penthouse First Federal Savings and Loan. Promenaries Square Dance 8 p.m. American Legion building Bank St. Saturday Story Hour for ages 6 9 at 10 a.m. Public Library.
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Wesleyan Service Guild
First Methodist Church
B. M. Nash
Canal
First Christian Women’s Fellowship
Decatur Civinette Club
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
City OF Opportunity Divinettes
William Gann
Birch SE
Bruner
Questers Club
Morgan County Republican
Promenaries Square
American Legion
Bank St
Explain Brick Headers and Stretchers in Masonry
Brickwork terms explained. Headers are bricks laid lengthwise across the wall to bond front and back. Stretchers are bricks laid with their lengths parallel to the wall face. Individual questions cannot be addressed in this column.
Alice Thompson Circle Formed In Southside Baptist Church
Mrs. Ed Self’s missionary group at Southside Baptist Church met at Mrs. William Baggett’s home with five members. They voted to name themselves the Alice Thompson Circle, elected officers, and assigned hostess months. Refreshments were served.
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Ed Self
Missionary Circle
Southside Baptist Church
William Baggett
Alice Thompson
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Women’s Chamber
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Frank Bros
Trellis Garden Club
John Collier
Priceville
Pet Dairy Co
U.S
Justin McCarty
Andy Lang
Brenda Steenson
DE Ann Payne
Brenda
de Ann
House OF Beauty
ZIPPO
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Bulova
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