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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1963
Page
6
Local social notes detail visits and travels around Decatur and nearby areas. Highlights include Bennie Nelson playing in Alabama-Houston in Tuscaloosa, relatives and friends visiting from Greenwich and Detroit, Jaycee members at the state fall convention in Anniston, and guests in town for family events and college activities.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Bernard entertained Saturday with three tables of dessert bridge. Halloween decorations and pumpkin themed decor filled the house. Winners were Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Kucera and Mr. and Mrs. George Kellen. Other guests included Mr. and Mrs. Phil Raths and Mr. and Mrs. John Lamartire and Mr. and Mrs. Frank McLaughlin.
Miss Jeanette Paulette Woodall, bride elect of Ralph Chapman Sellers, was feted at a miscellaneous shower by Mrs. Shelton Barnett and Mrs. Lenn Weeks at the Austinville Club House. About 50 guests attended as white net and green satin framing, pink roses and ivy decorated the room. Woodall wore berry red wool tailored A line with tooled leather accessories, following a lingerie shower hosted recently by Mrs. Billy Ray Parker and companions Lila Shaneyfelt and Bertha Warren.
Mrs. Collier led a program on contemporary American flower arrangements including line massed line and mass styles. She explained balance and proportion with containers tools and plant materials. New member Mrs Bechtel and several guests were welcomed at the Priceville gathering hosted by Mrs John Collier.
Mrs D N McCoy Mrs Woodrow Houser and Mrs Jack Hart hosted a tea shower at the Houser home for Miss Rachel Holmes of Decatur prior to her wedding to Jimmy Skelton. Gifts were arranged by Miss Joy Holmes and seating by Misses Nancy Holmes and Lucy Jeanne Shelton with staffers serving. A second shower for Mrs Johnny Skelton honored Miss Ann Glenn of Hartselle with white lace, yellow chrysanthemums and magnolia leaves decorating the mantels and tables. About 20 guests attended punch and finger foods hosted by Mrs Raymond Vinson and Mrs David Loughmiller. Also noted is a decade trend: military aircraft output declined from about 9 090 per year to about 2 699.
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