Hemlines Rise in Paris Fashion Showdown
Paris fashion as fall looks feature vanishing waistlines and knee to mid calf hems. Dior leads with spindle waists and deep evening necklines but keeps mid calf hemlines. Lanvin Castillo shortens skirts to kneecap while Balenciaga and Givenchy debut knee-length looks with boxy jackets and fringe trim.
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Nora W. Martin
Paris
Ins
Christian Dior
Dior
Antonio del Castillo
Lanvin
Lanvin-Castillo
Jean Patou
Pierre Balmain
Balenciaga
Hubert de Givenchy
Givenchy
Miss Indian America 1957 Named From Navajo Applicant
Dolores Jean Shorty a 19 year old Navajo from Brigham City Utah won Miss Indian America 1957 at All-American Indian Days in Sheridan Wyoming. She competed against 105 candidates from 21 states and Canada and will attend the Miss America contest in Atlantic City as an observer. Rubee Dee Larson of Butte Montana finished second and Jamie Belle Brown from Wewoka Oklahoma finished third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolores Jean Shorty
Brigham City
Utah
Sheridan
Wyo
States
Canada
Atlantic City
Rubee Dee Larson
Butte, Mont
Jamie Belle Brown
Wewoka
Okla
Paris Designer Pioneers Plain Jane Dress Lines
Paris designer champions a simple silhouette with straight lines round necks and short sleeves. Pierre Cardin debuts the lasso line featuring short skirts loops of draping from shoulder to hem and even draped fabric between the legs tucked into the waistline.
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Paris
Pierre Cardin
Brunch at CRCC Honors Two Florida Visitors
Mrs. John Bailey of Ocala and Mrs. E. H. Wyant of St Peters burg were honored at a Cedar Rapids Country Club brunch for 16 hosted by Mrs. A Perry West and Mrs. George T Wilhelm. Bailey spends weeks in Cedar Rapids. Wyant visits the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bailey
Ocala
Fla
E. H. Wyant
St. Petersburg
Cedar Rapids Country Club
A. Perry West
Blake Boulevard
George T. Wilhelm
Linden Drive
Bailey
Cedar Rapids
Wyant
Charles J. Smith
Seventeenth Street
Board of Managers to Meet at Home for Aged Women
The board of managers of the Home for Aged Women will meet Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Home For Aged Women
Greenawalt couple return from Middle Cullen Lake trip
Dr and Mrs R A Greenawalt of 1912 Blake boulevard SE returned Saturday from Middle Cullen Lake in Nisswa Minnesota after a six week stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Greenawalt
Blake Boulevard
Middle Cullen Lake
Nisswn
Minn
Visit of Frank Rance family from Sioux Falls
Guests in the home of Mr and Mrs Frank Rance at 120 Bowling Street SW include their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Frank Rance Jr and their children Marlene Jane Frank Ili and John arriving Saturday from Sioux Falls South Carolina for a week's visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Rance
Bowling Street
Frank Rance, Jr
Marlene
Jane
Frank Ili
John
Sioux Falls
S. C
Elaine Schminke Wed at Newhall
Elaine Schminke and Duane Kromminga were married Saturday at 2 30 in St John s Lutheran church Newhall The ceremony featured a double ring rite with palms and white flowers The bride wore a Chantilly lace gown with a fingertip veil and carried white roses lilies of the valley and stephanotis The bridal party wore blue gowns and pink flowers A reception for 250 followed in the church parlors They will farm near Keystone after August 15
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Richard Grovert
Sabrina
Ruth Schminke
Frank Wes‘sling
Marion
Cliff Thompson
van Horne
Karen Kueny
Copenhagen
Robert Waymen
Cedar Rapids
Ed Kromminga
Don Kromminga
Keystone
Kenneth Selk
Harold Ritcher
Wilfred Schminke
Julie Schminke
Mark Kromminga
Lawanna Tischer Marion Weds Ronald Ottoway
Lawanna Tischer of Marion and Ronald Ottoway were married Saturday at 8 30 a m in St Matthew's Catholic church. The ceremony included attendants Shirley Yirkovsky and Jerry Ottoway. A 125 guest reception followed at the bride's parents home. The couple plans a honeymoon to the Black Hills and will reside in Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Matthew’s Catholic Church
Lawanna Tischer
Robert L. Laker
Marion
Ronald Ottoway
Ray Johnson
Sabula
Shirley Yirkovsky
Jerry Ottoway
New London
Conn
Mr. Ottoway
University of Iowa
Black Hills
Couple to Wed After Short Wedding Trip in Iowa City
A senior in the SUT medical school this fall plans marriage this year. After a brief wedding trip the couple will reside in Iowa City following the ceremony.
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SUT Medical School
Iowa City
Iowa Girls Nation delegates tour Senate chamber
Two Iowa teens Joyce Lamparek and Karen Branson returned from Girls Nation in Washington wiser about government. Guided by Senator Thomas E. Martin and Senator Hickenlooper, they toured the Capitol, sat in Nixon's chair, and inspected Webster's desk. The program, run by the American Legion auxiliary, trains youths through leadership, character, and civic knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Williams
Gazette
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
U.S. Senate
Senate
Daniel Webster
Joyce Lamparek
Cedar Raplds
Karen Branson
Waterloo
Girls Nation
Eisenhower
Iowa
U.S
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Thomas E. Martin
Joyce
Karen
Martin
Nixon
Webster
Capitol Building
Coe College
Girls Nations
Federalists
American Legion Auxiliary
Girls State
Colleen Hillier Becomes a Bride
Colleen Hillier and Plenny J Bates wed in a double ring ceremony at Our Savior's Lutheran with Rev R H Baur officiating. The bride wore Chantilly lace and taffeta with a silk illusion veil and carried white roses. Attendants included Corrine Hanson and Peggy Neff. Harold Ecklund was best man. ushers were Richard Waste and Herbert Gamber. The setting featured gladiolas mums and pompons in the altar arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Colleen Hillier
Harry B. Hillier
Thirty-third Street
Plenny J. Bates
John Bates
Des Moines
Mr. Bates
R. H. Baur
Baur
Peggy Neff
Joliet
Harold Ecklund
Iowa City
Richard Waste
Herbert Gamber
Dolores Boyles Wed in Double Ring Ceremony
Miss Dolores Boyles daughter of Mr and Mrs Sidney Boyles married Allen Dale Armbrecht son of Mr and Mrs Elwood Armbrecht in a double ring ceremony at Rev F A Munneke home. They plan to live in Cedar Rapids after a trip to the Ozarks. Armbrecht works for Collins Radio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolores Boyles
Sidney Boyles
Thirty-fourth Street
Allen Dale Armbrecht
Elwood Armbrecht
Center Point Road
F. A. Munneke
Sixteenth Street
Boyles
Ozarks
Cedar Rapids
Armbrecht
Collins Radio Company
Barbara Melichar Repeats Vows at Kenwood Park Church
Barbara Ann Melichar and Everett L. Staskal wed at Kenwood Park Presbyterian Church in a Saturday ceremony at 7:30 p.m. The bride, daughter of Louis and L D Melichar, wore a French lace gown with empire bodice and a Chantilly lace crown veil. The groom is the son of Everett W. Staskal of route one. A reception for 240 followed. They will reside on route one after August 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenwood Park Presbyterian Church
Barbara Ann Melichar
Sixteenth Street
Everett L. Staskal
Route One
Louis D. Melichar
la Mesa
Calif
Staskal
Everett W. Staskals
R. F. Galloway
James Lewis
Lenita Chadiman
Fairfax
John R. Dunlop
Delores Melichar
Donald Jondahl
Grand Forks
N.D
Ronald
Kelly
Donald Hulbert
Dennis Best
Donald Schloss
Wisconsin
Engagements And Weddings: Marguerite Niemeier to William Andrews
Announcement of multiple engagements and weddings with details on dates, locations, and participants. Marguerite Celia Niemeier marries William Franklin Andrews on July 12 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. Marilyn Elizabeth Taylor and James E. Smith wed July 27 in Winnetka. Joyce Mary Thompson and Howard W. Madison wed at Salem Evangelical United Brethren Church. Shirley Ann Peterson to Lawrence Kohls with Sept. 15 wedding planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker
Henry Niemeier
Marguerite Celia
William Franklin Andrews
Harley Andrews
Troy Hills
Little Brown
Nashua
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Rhinehart Loop
Rowley
Cedar Rapids
Joseph Taylor
Northfield, IL
Marilyn Elizabeth
James E. Smith
Walker F. Smith
D Avenue
Christ ‘Church Chapel
Winnetka, NL
Chester Boynton J
Salem
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Joyce Mary Thompson
Mamie Smith
Oakland Road
Howard W. Madison
George E. Madisons
Twenty-third Avenue
Leonard E. Deaver
Collins Radio Company
West Union
Shirley Ann Peterson
Lawrence Kohls
Elmer Kohls
Clermont
Senford Peterson
Kohls
Clermont Co-op Company
Janet M Clark Weds Samuel G Humble in St James Church
Janet Merle Clark, daughter of Mr and Mrs Merle Clark of 315 Twenty second Street NW, married Samuel G Humble of Central City in a Sunday 2 pm ceremony at St James Methodist Church. Rev Arthur F Schuldt officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Merle Clark
Merle Clark
Twenty-second Street
Samuel G. Humble
George Humbles
Central City
St. James Methodist Church
Arthur F. Schuldt
Minnie Lou Humble
Sue Clark
Tom Holland
Gerald Manley
Fairfield
Marvin Buscher
Mr. Manley
South Dakota
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CRCC
Florida
Minnesota Lake
Elaine Schminke
Newhall
Tritles
Rosewater
Newman’s
Tritle
Newman's
Lone
University of Iowa College of Curry
Barbara Melichar
Everett Staskal
Janet M. Clark
Samuel Humble
Martin's
Martins
RUG Cleaners
Sistas Eve Geack
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