The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 11

Soturdoy, Dec. 3, The IJneolii Star 11 TALK around Town That snowflake a day been having recently may not have done much for the mositure content oi the soil, but it definitely has produced a bumper crop of Christmas spirit around to lighted outdoor Christmas trees. It will come as no surprise, of course, that this morninig we have more news of Christmas guests And in addition to guests we also have some pre-Christmas activity to mention. Adams, Janet Bradley, Debbie Chapin, Lynnie Chapin, Peggy Davidson, Katie Edgecomb, Pam Edwards, Frisch, Ginni Gloe, Terri Grove, Higgins, Jill Howard. Kristi Joyce, Barbara Kuklin, Julie Kushner, Nancy Magee, Janet Marshal, Sallv Martin.

Kathy Mulder. Julie Marv Poteet, Kathy Register, Chris Salem. Sue Simon, Nancy Tanner, Jane Tinstman, Pat Warner, Charla Watts and Connie Wiemers. The teenage crowd, especially that part of it involved in ninth grade activities at Irving Junior High School, has plans for Wednesday evening, Dec. traditional Christmas Ball.

The 8 to midnight party is to be held at Hotel Lincoln. The chairman for the affair is Betsy McCown who is assisted by Penny Greer, vice-chairman and treasurer. The ball hostesses, in addition to Miss McCown and Miss Greer, include Tina Ceremony Our guest book tells us that Mr. and Mrs. C.

L. Walker (Jeannette Turner) and their three children. Bob, Rich and Anne, will come from Denver, and will be pre-holiday guests of Mrs, parents, Mr. and Mrs. George H.

Turner. Four of the five Walker and the arrive in Lincoln on Dec. 17, and later that week Mr. and Mrs. Turner will drive them to Grand Island where they will join Mr.

Walker at home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald SHOWER Honored winter bride-elect fun of the about honoring the many town brides-eleet of the winter season. A 'future bride who has chosen a January date for her wedding is Miss Ann Childs, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.

Gayle B. Childs, whose marriage to Ronald Eugene Bauers will be solemnized on Jan. 27. ils an obsession DEAR fiBBY: I have a dear after 9 years of childlass marriage has given uitljiil bearing a child. arranged UiTadopt a baby next February when the expectant mother (who is now in home for unwed mothers) my friend iptcnd to tell anyone adopting a child.

going to say she gave birth to it herself! Only her husband and I know scheme. Her own mother even know. confided that she is to herself in frobT with pillows so look like carrying a child. even planning on checking into a hospital when the baby is due! getI told her never away with it. Last night she wore a maternity dress and a small pillow and she really looked pregnant.

She says she has pillows of all sizes. What do you make of this? HER FRIEND DEAR FRIEND: Ithtnk shockingly obsessed with bearing a child. If she were my friend, suggest that she i her scheme to her doctor. Anyone who is so far out of touch with reality strikes me as a very poor candidate for motherhood. Any kind.

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I disagree over this matter and like you to settle it for us. After 20 suc- BRIDG reaching deo(d end B. Jay Becker N(x1)h dealer. Both tides vulnerable. AVES'T t472 a K953 496432 4Q3 IT AlOT 4 J10875 10 SOITH 4 A 10 9 4 Q842 4 9 2 4 5 The bidding: Kurtli South 14 2NT ,8 NT EAST 4KJS654 4 J6 4 Ai3 487 a vital link with West, since he will have a spade to return whenever he re-enters the fray with a diamond.

The duck is crucial and eventually pays off. Note that declarer goes down even if he plays the queen of spades at trick one. In that case all you have to do is resist the impulse to cover the queen with the king, which would permit declarer to duck. Instead you play the eight on the queen and South eventually runs into the same dead end. years, I have finally ceeded in locating my father.

He and my mother were divorced in 1940. I was only 6 then, but I remember him well. My husband is very much upset because I took such pains to locate my father and then wrote to him telling him all about my life since he last saw me. My husband said that as long as my father bother about me in the last 25 years I should have left it that way. I think my children should know him as their grandfather.

What are your views on this? TWENTY YEARS LATER DEAR TWENTY; So much depends upon why your parents were divorced and what kind of man your father is. If he made another life for himself and was content to exclude you from It, then you would have been wiser to have left it that way. If your father had wanted to locate you, difficult to believe that he have done so. Walt. You may be in for another 25 years of silence.

DEAR ABBY: Someone told me that girls who wear glasses look more intelligent than girls who wear glasses. Do you think this is true? CURIOUS DEAR CURIOUS: Possibly. But only an optical illusion. How has the world been treating you? Unload your problems on Dear Abby, Box 69700, Los 90069. For a personal, un- pujjlished reply, inclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

Entertaining for Miss Childs recently were Mrs. Thomas Moore and Mrs. Bruce Thompson who were hostesses Sunday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Moore. From the left are Mrs.

Thompson, Mr. grandmother, Mrs. Edna Minner; his mother, Mrs. A. L.

Bauers; the honoree and her mother, Mrs. Gayle B. Childs, and Mrs. Moore. The bride-elect is a senior at the University of Nebraska, where her fiance was a former student.

The marriage of Miss Marilyn Louise Langemach. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman F. Langemach, to Dennis Jay Gormley, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Robert W. Gormley, was solemnized F'riday evening, Dec. 2, in the home of the parents. The maid of honor and only attendant was Miss Mary Beth Elm.

William Kling served as best man, and the groomsmen were Richard Langemach and Norman Langemach, brothers of the bride. The bride selected imported white silk lace over taffeta for her wedding gown, and she carried a nosegay of white sweetheart roses and satin petals. Mr. and Mrs. Gormley, both former studervts at the University of Nebraska, will live in Lincoln.

Walker. Mr. and Mrs Turner, however, will not spend the Christmas weekend in Grand Island, nor in Lincoln. They will go on to Denver to be the Christmas guests of another son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.

James Osbourne and their children, Jimmy. Matt and Katie. from Peoria, 111., for the Christmas weekend will come Mr. and Mrs. Stan Wilson and the two small Wilsons, John and who will be the guests of Mr.

parents. Mr. and Mrs. John J. Wilson.

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Gown only $11. West Pass Opening teld seven of spades. say dediairer 4 three jiejrump and West leads a When you play low dummy, Fisst prijduces and now, to make -eofitraet, you must let the jack win tlie trick! This is not a difficult play, in view at bidding, since you can still get two spade tricks by means of a finesse. Hut it is essential to duck the jack to make the Had you taken the jack ith the ace, entered dum-: my with a club, and finessed, the jack of West would have won with the queen, played a spade to the king, and another spade back woMld then have put you out of commission. Now shift seats and i imagine East defending against three notrump.

When your partner leads the seven of spades and dummy plays low, your proper play IS to put on the eight, not the jack! If you do this, declarer must eventually go down, regardless of how he plays. He wins the spade with the nine, probably enters dummy with a club, and finesses a diamond. Wmt takes the queen, returns" a to force out the ace, and the ace of diamonds provides the entry to cash yufcuuapades. By aiWfog declarer to Win the opetrmg spade lead w'ith ihaalie, you maintaiA UNGERIE, 3RD FLOOR DOWNTOWN. MALL LEVEL GATEWAY Come and enjoy the showings of Original Oil Paintings from European Galleries ON EXHIBIT SUNDAY, December 4th from 1:30 to 5:30 This exhibit will be continued on Monday ond Tuesday during our regular store hours.

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