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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1946
Page
5
Gloria Weiser reports on Killian's annual fall fashion show with 14 college aged models parading back to campus wardrobes. Nearly 500 attendees heard Mrs John T Massey speak on a more effeminate college look as Skeet Davis provided music for outfits from suits to formals reflecting 1946 trends.
Mr and Mrs Ralph H Niemeier and children John and Jean of Sioux City visit Cedar Rapids this weekend staying with Mrs Niemeier s brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Raymond S Johnston 2120 Greenwood drive SE and with Mrs Fred Niemeier mother of Mr Niemeier at 1936 Higley avenue SE.
Mr and Mrs John J Jacobs III welcome guests Thursday evening at 607 Eighth Street SE for a bridal cocktail party honoring Margaret Jacobs and Donald Baker who marry Friday. Attendees include bridal party immediate families and a few friends.
Miss Joan Lattner of 2310 Fourth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids hosts Miss Florence Pavlik of Waukegan Illinois as a houseguest this week. The two were roommates at Iowa State College in Ames and Miss Pavlik arrived in Cedar Rapids last Monday and will depart next Monday.
The Elks club will host a Saturday evening dance at the Elks pavilion. Ray Long and his orchestra will provide the music for the event.
Miss Delores Hickey daughter of Mr. and Mrs H R Hickey of 127 Thirtieth street drive SE left Wednesday morning to attend the final session of Camp Lookout in Montrose. The camp operates as a King's Daughters camp and she is a junior King’s Daughter.
The Ben Hur club holds its annual picnic Sunday at 12 30 p m at the small pavilion in Bever Park. Attendees are asked to bring a covered dish and sandwiches.
Mr and Mrs F P Schultz entertained eight guests at a Wednesday night dinner honoring the birthday of F H Winters and L T Winters of Santa Ana. The Winters, formerly of Cedar Rapids, are staying with the hosts at 1001 Ninth Street SW and 417 Seventh Avenue SW.
Three former G Is veterans Edward Mulloy Charles Mulloy and Donald Hilton form a Florida Everglades snakeskin operation. They shoot snakes alive, skin and cure hides aboard a converted two ton army truck headquarters and a nearby tanyery shack, with processing in a Miami plant.
Workers transform skins into hats handbags and umbrella handles after processing. Each finished item uses two to three snakeskins and a $3.75 machete from a hardware store.
By ANNE ADAMS learn to button into this dress with easy wearing and good looks. Clean-cut slender lines highlight the shirtwaist beauty of Pattern 4508. Sizes range from 12 to 48 with 3% yards of 39 inch fabric for size 36. Send 25 cents to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Dept Chicago to order.
A fragment describes handbag profits and expedition gear including anti venom avoided due to refrigeration. It mentions a complete first aid outfit scalpel novocain station cups syringe and a couple of guns. Hunters wear tall boots to prevent fangs and use long pole tangs to capture snakes. Night hunts and a perfect Mulloy-Hilton record are noted. Nylon drinking glasses may appear.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Good and their son Ronald of Oklahoma City are visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Brondel at 529 Longwood Drive NE. They will depart Friday for Oklahoma.
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