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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1950
Page
2
Mr and Mrs Charles W Ward celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Christmas Day with a family dinner and open house for friends from 2 to 5 pm on Saturday. They married December 25 1900 at the home of Mrs Ward’s parents with Rev Francis M Archer officiating.
AP report notes a shift in fashion as women increasingly favor low necklines. Ida Rosenthal, founder of Maidenform with her husband, argues high busts constrain space and that the American bosom is returning to a natural look after a decade of shaping trends.
The marriage of Miss Dorothy Ellen Dunston to Russell Frank Hauskins will be performed today at 1 p.m. in the Mission. The couple will make their home in Cedar Rapids.
New York based painter Marion Greenwood started at age nine winning prizes and later studied at the Art Students League. She painted in New Mexico Mexico City and Morelia, frescoed in a university, and created war and cultural commissions before settling in New York and Woodstock. She emphasizes art as communication and a deep interest in people.
Elinor Day urges families to make Christmas gifts at home with cookies candy and crafts. Packaging ideas include painted oatmeal cartons wicker baskets and see through plastic boxes. double up gifts like a planter filled with sweets. Camp Fire forms Ta Ki Luoka with officers Jane Scott president Jolene Johnson vice president Barbara Morgan secretary Teddy Ralston treasurer Ruthanne Upah scribe Guardian Mrs S M Ford Acacia OES holds Christmas potluck dinner in Masonic hall.
Washington society gears for a lavish debutante season headlined by Eleanor Tydings daughter of Millard E Tydings and granddaughter of Joseph E Davies. Mayflower Hotel hosts a costly coming out with flowers contracts and top secret plans as previews note social ascendancy and a plan to rival New York cotillions. Margery Clifford and Mary Stuart Montague Price feature among rising debutantes with white house attendance rumored for the gala. More than 500 invited bachelors and guests attend with tickets priced at six dollars each.
More than 60 women attended the Traer Woman's Club general meeting Monday. Speaker Mrs. George Loonan of Hudson discussed Christmas in the Home and displayed Christmas home decorations.
Three couples in Eastern Iowa announce marriages and engagements. Bonnie LaVonne Cahoon will wed Maurice I. Meyer at the Methodist church on December 27. Jeanne Ann Harms will marry LeRoy Stenersen at the First Presbyterian church on December 31. Doris Morrison will marry Harold Weidlein of Wellman, with no date set.
Mr and Mrs Robert Bender announce the engagement of their daughter Char lene to Russel Hansen son of Mr and Mrs V A Hansen The ceremony is set for 1 pm January 20 at St Pauls Methodist church Miss Bender works for the Hamilton Company and Mr Hansen for Quaker Oats Company
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