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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 24, 1963

Page

5

District Meeting Of Garden Clubs In Hartselle

HARTSELLE First Methodist Church hosts District I Garden Club of Alabama on October 2 with 9 a.m. registration and a 9:30 a.m. meeting. Guest speaker is landscape architect Philip C. Brosemer Jr. State president Mrs. Roy Taylor outlines duties of new presidents. Lunch at noon, reservations $2 with Mrs. Charles Ham.

Hartselle Philip C. Brosemer Jr Roy Taylor Charles Ham Audubon Circle

WSCS Meets In Courtland at Mrs. Ray Home

The Woman's Society of Christian Service met in Courtland at Mrs. Clyde Ray's home for a spend-the-day. Seven members attended along with two visitors, Mrs. Maude Birdyshaw and Miss Janet Summerford, and a new member, Mrs. Ella Holderfield. The president, Mrs. Price Terry, led a brief business session after lunch. A rummage sale sponsored by the group was noted.

Goren on Bridge by Charles H. Goren 1963

A bridge article notes South in 3NT over South’s overcall leads to a dramatic diamond run. declarer wins with a heart finesse, ends up eight tricks, then executes a winning diamond barrage to reach game. West mispositions on diamonds and spades as the hand unfolds.

West North East South King of South Declarer West East North

NSA Members At Institute In Huntsville

Nine area secretaries attended the Third Annual Secretarial Institute in Huntsville hosted by the Huntsville Satellite Chapter of the National Secretaries Association. Delegates from Decatur and Athens joined over 50 secretaries from Birmingham and Tuscaloosa. Mayor R B Searcy welcomed attendees as Dr. John Tyson of Snead College Boaz gave the keynote.

Huntsville National Secretaries Association Decatur Fran Haverick Louis Fliszar Frances Scott Bettie Gunter Athens H. W. Edwards Cecil Allbrooks Helen Childs Madge Sibley Donald E. Poole John Tyson Snead College Boaz Ala

Society Announces November District Meeting Host

The Society announced plans and signed cards to send to shut ins. The Decatur District meeting will be hosted in November. Mrs. R. S. Summerford delivered the devotion.

Decatur R. S. Summerford

Topsy-Turvy Miss-Pretty Doll Gift Pattern

Topsy-Turvy Miss-Pretty doll pattern sale offered for 35 cents plus 15 cents mailing. Pattern 7349 includes doll and clothes directions. Send name address zone and pattern number to Alice Brooks at The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept New York. Also notes Needlecraft catalog 1964 and a sun Earth travel time.

Alice Brooks Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept P.O Old Chelsea Station New York N.Y

Plum Nelly Art Show Returns to Lookout Mountain Farm

Plum Nelly, in its 17th year, showcases paintings and crafts along clotheslines at founder Fannie Menn en's Lookout Mountain studio near Georgia 143. The event features new artists Ronald Logan Doyle Wolfe Mary Louise Crutchfield Lou Myers and Helen Bullard Kretchniak with a diverse crafts lineup and a puppet show The Little Witch Who Wasn't plus food tents and a bake house. Visitors should wear warm clothes and expect rough paths with dirt roads access from Decatur via Huntsville Scottsboro Trenton Ga to Plum Nelly with rain dates the following weekend.

Plum Nelly Fannie Mennen Lookout Mountain New Salem Georgia Plum Tennessee Nelly Plum NeHy Helen Bullard Kretchniak Ozone Tenn O. L. Miller Rossville Marion Levy Atlanta Fred G. Smith Brasstown N.C Prof Edwin D. Walter Troy Teachers College Troy Alabama L. Don Potts Chattanooga Bernice Stevens Alice Zimmerman Gatlinburg Young Fred Arnold New Salem Methodist Church Troy Martin Monroe McKaig Frank Blakemore Golden Mountain Walker County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs Helen Autry Decatur Huntsville Scottsboro River Bridge U.S. 11 Trenton

Cranberries in One Pound Packages for Winter Markets

Fresh cranberries appear in fall and winter markets in one pound packages. Window box or film bag options are offered and can be stored in home freezers for lengthy storage.

Garden Club Plans Cemetery Landscaping Project

Falkville Garden Club met at Mrs. Hugh Morris home to finalize plans for landscaping the cemetery plot started two years ago. Members and interested persons will gather at the cemetery on the second Wednesday in November to plant shrubbery and bulbs. Mrs. James Prater to host next meeting. Mrs. Morris, club president, served refreshments.

Falkville Falkville Garden Club Hugh Morris James Prater Morris

Lt George Nix Visits Parents Before Cincinnati Posting

Lt. George Nix U S Army recently of Korea visits his parents before reporting to the Nike Hercules base in Cincinnati.

George Nix U. S. Army Korea Cincinnati

Around The Valley Highlights and Visits

Mrs. H. L. Ogle visits Wilmington Delaware to see her son Charles Ogle and family and a newborn daughter. Bob McWhorter returns to his office after a two week illness. The Johnson families and the Kel l eys visit relatives in Athens Georgia and attend the Alabama Georgia game. Harold F Huffman of Vanderbilt University in Nashville was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Schultz in Flint City.

Edward John Denton Margaret Louise Denton Jerry Edward Minton John William Minton Piedmont Ala Rohrer H. L. Ogle Wilmington Del Charles Ogle Mrs. Ogle Bob McWhorter Johnson Hoyt Kelley Athens Harold F. Huffman Vanderbilt University Nashville Bob Schultz Flint City

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