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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1973
Page
18
Reader seeks ginger aroma trick using an open jar. Many readers offered methods, but none worked yet. The writer describes attempts like burying ginger in wet sand and other ideas, asking for proven steps to make a heavenly house scent.
Mrs Blanchard notes a method to keep current reading neat by threading a metal coat hanger between the page and hanging it in the closet, avoiding clutter and misplaced pages.
Mrs. Miles T. Powell presided at the fall District I meeting of the Garden Clubs of Alabama in Russellville with 160 members. State president Mrs. Thomas Miller spoke. plans for a district advisors board and an arboretum at Ivy Green were announced. awards were given after luncheon hosted by local clubs. spring meeting will be in Tuscumbia.
Alana Steele, 25, of Dallas, a former schoolteacher, left teaching after trading her certificate for a bricklayer job. She says she seeks hard cash, not women’s lib, noting union bricklayers earn $8.33 an hour versus teachers’ pay. An AP Wirephoto accompanies the story.
Joyce Elaine Badgett, bride elect of Richard Louis Mueller, was honored at a Sept 5 bridal tea in Birmingham with co hosts and a luncheon at The Club. Attendees from Decatur and Athens, Ga included relatives of the bride. A second Sept 5 event was a luncheon at The Club. The couple will wed Friday at Southside Baptist Church. Also included is a vintage recipe for Cream of Potato Soup with Parmesan coating.
Doris and Vangie recount working as welders at Brown's Ferry under IBEW rules. They note lunchtime camaraderie with male coworkers, the need to pass welding tests for Atomic Energy Commission compliance, and that welding carries similar risks to driving a car. They recall more female welders in wartime shipyards and on the West Coast, but few locally today.
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