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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1963
Page
13
The Decatur Woman's Club met August 23 at the Pet Milk Dairy Co. with Mrs. Dale Crites presiding. The first regular meeting is announced for September 10 at noon at the Shan-Gri-La Restaurant. A. J. Coleman III will speak after luncheon.
Readers urged to provide extra length mattresses for teens five feet six inches or taller to ensure proper rest. The note recommends choosing a mattress that endures daytime bed flopping as well as nightly use.
Local store promotes a Johnson Brothers sale with Exton Brown Avon Pink and Wiltshire Blue patterns at $1 for a 4 piece place setting. Night lights and decor items like denim place mats in multiple colors join a flood of new stock and frequent openings as customers rush in.
Miss Shirley Ann Bedingfield married Gary Gene Hill at seven Saturday evening in a Beech Street Church of Christ ceremony. Officiating was O. D. Morrow. Attendants wore yellow and rose, reception followed at the bride’s aunt’s home. They will reside at the University of Alabama.
Mrs. H. A. Bartlett hosted the Cotaco Culture Club August gathering in Falkville with guest speaker Mrs. J. W. Gentle of Russellville district director who spoke on aims of club work. Thirty guests later enjoyed punch and finger foods prepared by Mrs. Drinkard Skelton Mrs. S. C. Gordon Mrs. Hugh Morris Mrs. C. W. Crow and Mrs. H. G. Long.
Miss Emily Stanford, engaged to Ronald Ferguson, was feted at multiple gatherings over the past days. A linen shower hosted by Mrs. Larry McRae and Mrs. Walter Morris featured pink gladioli, finger foods, and a scrapbook for the bride. Frances Boseck and Vernon Page hosted a Coke party in Mooresville with informal garden decor. Each guest brought a canned item to stock the pantry.
Mrs. Annie Wallace was honored for her 79th birthday with a dinner at her home. About 65 guests attended, with relatives traveling from Shelbyville Tennessee Guntersville Hartssle Oak Ridge Priceville Liberty community Forest Chapel Flint and Decatur.
A joke notes President Kennedy slept on a seven foot extra length mattress while the first kingsize bed in the White House was ordered for Abraham Lincoln who stood six foot four.
Report states that producing one pound of rayon consumes about 75 gallons of water. Industry notes emphasize the environmental impact and resource intensity of rayon fiber manufacture.
Miss Martha Louise Hicks daughter of Mr and Mrs Julian Hicks married James Wesley Cain son of Mr and Mrs John C Cain of Decatur Friday evening at 730 in the First Baptist Church Athens Rev Kermit M Gore officiated The ceremony featured a white gladioli and yellow pom poms arch with lighted tapers The bride wore a nylon lace gown with a portrait neckline sequined bodice and a chapel train Her veil was seed pearl adorned and she carried a tuberose bouquet with a white orchid The maid of honor wore a mint green sheath and organza overskirt with daisies The bridesmaids were Patsy Gore Judy Trousdale Patricia Covington and Mrs Jerald Dou
Mr and Mrs Thomas Newton Garnett Jr announce the engagement of their daughter Marguerite Garnett to Jimmy Appleton son of Mr and Mrs Ray Appleton Grandparents on both sides are named and include the late Garnett and Appleton families Marguerite a 1961 Decatur High School graduate attended Howard College member of Service Guild Dorm Council BSA and YWA Jimmy also a 1961 Decatur High School graduate and both students at Florence State College The wedding is set for November 29 at Central Baptist Church
Home screen repairs can be tightened by clamping a wooden frame to a table to prevent buckling. Remove the old mesh, place the frame on support, clamp ends to table, attach screening loosely, then release clamps to draw the mesh taut and regain a professional look.
This column notes that questions of general interest are answered here while individual correspondence cannot be undertaken.
Morton Da Costa, famed Broadway director of Auntie Mame and The Music Man, has been signed to create and stage the main attraction, a cavalcade of highlights from 1000 years of musical comedy at the Music Hall of the 1964 World's Fair.
A 1950s style ad invites readers to a two to three hour Miracle Morning at Raineys salons on Mondays to Wednesdays for face and hair treatments and a new coiffure. It lists multiple Raineys locations and ends with a playful note from under the dryer.
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