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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1955
Page
3
Wanda Orton notes fashion cycles echo music, with classics like shirtwaist blouses and belted coats returning in variations. Torso and empire lines persist, tunics may rise, Bermuda shorts gain traction, and a future Bermuda look could join the classics alongside blue jeans.
West Berlin's garment industry rebounds six years after the blockade, employing about 45,000 in 450 firms and exporting over 175 million dollars this year. U.S. aid funds modernization and a planned garment center near Kurfuerstendamm. two major firms push into New York's Fifth Avenue. A second site near Nuernberger Platz is planned. production centers will replace bombed buildings.
A woman focused survey reviews Sun newspaper trends in fashion, food, home decorating and gardening, plus child care tips, beauty ideas, health notes, and a personality sketch. Readers share comments on routines, style, nutrition, and daily life.
A Highlands Methodist church wedding joined Bette Sandlin daughter of Mr and Mrs J T Hopper 128 Wood St and Fred B Gregerson son of Mr and Mrs John Gregerson 606 North Main Highlands. Rev T P Hendrick officiated. Travis Craig and Mrs Bill Bradbury attended. The couple will reside at 2105 West Main Baytown after a brief trip.
The Writers guild will meet at 7 30 pm on September 21 in the Community House conference room. Beginning this fall the guild will meet the first and third Thursdays each month. President W A Read led a business session. Norman D Ol ive was accepted as a new member. A screening committee for manuscripts was announced. Read's Sports Afield article was shown. Treasurer F G Cloud will replace E T Panowich, who is moving to Ohio. The group adjourned to Rebel Inn for coffee.
Baytown women travel Saturday to Pineywoods for the YW A and WMU district meeting. Memorial Baptist delegates include Eula Potter Malcolm Sheffield Bertie Walker Allen Hamilton Edward Conway and Helda Casey. Ann Westerman a Brazil missionary and WMU president R L Mathis speak. About 250 businesswomen and 100 YWA attendees expected through Monday.
Gardenia is a genus within the madder family of tropical trees and shrubs. Cape jasmine is the common florist gardenia, named after the original specimen brought to England from the Cape Province.
Miss America 1955 Lee Ann Meriwether says she will remain single until she pursues acting. The San Francisco State College student plans Broadway stardom, turning down Hollywood offers, after earning fame and rewards from her Miss America year. She aims to crown Miss America 1956 and dedicate her future to the stage.
Memorial Baptist church senior intermediates and the young people's department were feted at a back to school banquet in the fellowship hall. Allen Lane hosted the program with Rev A L Jordan sounding the invocation and a football themed evening featuring a sing song, magic tricks by Rev Wade Hopkins, and a closing message by Miss Elia Potter. Honored guests included 50 teens enrolling in college this fall with department superintendents present. Tables showed football field decor with crepe paper posts and miniature players. programs resembled footballs and the speaker table bore yellow bronze mums and goal posts.
A parent teacher procedure course was taught at 7 30 p m in Liberty for the Liberty Chambers Bi County council. Material from the packet was discussed at a council meeting in Barbers Hill school cafeteria. Twenty one officers and delegates attended. Fourth district president Mrs C D Cole of Beaumont was a guest. Refreshments were served by Mrs Harvey Cotton Mrs W E Merritt and Mrs William Sallec.
Federated women’s clubs will host a district executive board meeting in Houston. Mrs. L. A. Hawking announced at a Baytown Woman’s Club gathering in Mrs. L. D. Wilburn’s home that the meeting begins at 10 a.m. with lunch at River Oaks Country Club. The Baytown club’s first regular meeting is planned for Oct. 4. Two new members, Mrs. L. C. Ferguson and Mrs. Buck Turner, were welcomed with hostesses Mrs. L. A. Hankins and Mrs. Gordon Lillie presiding. Hawkins led the serving. Seventeen members were present.
Mr and Mrs B H McGaher announce Mary Hele McGahee daughter of Bay Town residents and Charles Dunaway son of Highlands residents. Mary is a student at Robert E Lee High School. Charles, RELHS graduate, will attend Lee College this fall. No wedding date yet.
Memorial Baptist church ladies enjoyed a Thursday luncheon at Mrs. Homer Ammons home 503 East Sterling. Pink flowers adorned the serving table while committee workers listed include Mrs. Ammons and others. Guests featured Mrs. Otis Goss and a roster of church members. Dried Beef de Luxe recipe notes from New York describe a dish with creamed dried beef, mushrooms, and sherry served on waffles or stuffed potatoes.
Easy sewing guide features a tow waist dress with gathered alert style and cool neckline. Available pattern No 2848 large cut in sizes 16 12 14 15 18 20 with 4 yards of 35 inch fabric for size 1A.
A Baytown Sun pattern advertisement promotes wool panelled shirt jackets and dresses with sizes 12 to 49, highlighting pattern No 2278 and a spring summer issue. It invites readers to send 3 1/4 cents for each pattern with name, address, style number and size to Pattern Bureau, Baytown Sun, New York.
Pilot club members work this week on decorating the Cerebral Palay center. They spent Thursday and Friday nights cleaning, hanging pictures, and arranging the space. A noon Tuesday meeting at the Red Cross center organized committee reports ahead of the district governor’s visit this month.
The Women's Staff apologizes for publicity woes and urges better reporting this season. It candidly notes misspellings and phoned in stories and invites mutual exchange of favors, promising more personal event coverage when possible.
Six French women visiting Washington under the Labor Department and Foreign Operations Administration say American wives are spoiled by their husbands and that American television for children is debated. They noted American food and attire while visiting institutions, stores, and homes and expressed mixed impressions of American men and customs.
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