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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1968
Page
6
The Livingston family gathered for their annual reunion on the fourth Sunday in August at the home of Mr and Mrs Gillman Bullard. Attendees from Hartselle Danville and nearby areas included numerous Livingstons and spouses with extended relatives listing many first names and shared kinship.
Hard water raises soap use and dirt retention, causing stiff, discolored fabrics and a rancid odor. Insoluble calcium and magnesium soaps form on clothes, dulling colors and brightness. Home washing with hard water can use four to five hundred percent more soap than professional laundries for the same load.
A reader offers oral care tips for dentures using prune or apricot bites to soften and make plates stay, plus notes on taste. The page includes letters about Christmas stamps, making ice cream with buttermilk, and bedridden readers seeking at home remedies and easier routines for hot compresses and coffee use.
Mr and Mrs Marion Russell of Florence visited his sister and family the Wallace family this week. Mrs Tommy Clyce formerly of Decatur and her husband have moved to Birmingham after his graduation from the University of Alabama. Mrs Copeland Allen of Tuskegee has been visiting her mother Mrs John H Peebles in Mooresville.
The fabric adapts its temperature perception based on its weave. A dense weave feels warmer while a loose weave breathes and cools. This fiber behavior influences comfort in garments and textiles.
Dear Ann Landers urges there is no safe way to smoke in bed citing fire and asphyxiation risks. A fireman from the New York Firemen’s Association warns beds, blankets, and foam mattresses can smolder and cause fatal outcomes even if smoke alarms awaken the smoker.
Jane Muskie, wife of 1968 vice presidential nominee Edmund Muskie, joined the Democratic party as a condition of their engagement in 1948. The couple, with five children, live in Chevy Chase Maryland, with a summer home in Kennebunk Beach Maine, and she balances family life with limited civic work.
The Decatur Duplicate Bridge Morning Club met Monday at 9 15 in the Pet Hospitality Room with North South winners led by Mr and Mrs Jim Hunter and Mr and Mrs P H Alexander. East West winners included Mrs E E Rowsell and Mrs James Ratiliff. The Tuesday Night Club gathered at 7 15 with North South winners led by Mrs P H Alexander and Jim Hunter and East West winners led by Mrs A D Sample and Charles L Murphree.
Xi Pi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi held Beginning Day at Decatur Inn. Committee members include Mrs. Bittle Harris Rinehart Stephens. Past-president Mrs. Bittle received a club gift and Mrs. Charles Cutts led grace and opening ritual. Guests included Mrs. Jimmy Ray from Huntsville.
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