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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 03, 1958

Page

6

Best Dressed List Honors Queen Elizabeth in Fashion

Queen Elizabeth II tops fashion notes in EW York as she earns fourth place on the Dress Institute list. Duchess of Windsor and Mrs. Winston Guest place high, while Mrs. Paley leads, with Countess Crespi and Audrey Hepburn among notable entrants. Missing Grace of Monaco and other stars noted. City Council hosts style show-card party for United Cerebral Palsy Center. Proceeds go to the center. Mrs. John Lynch chairs the event.

New York Dress Institute Duchess of Windsor Winston Guest Lacey Cochrane Boston Princess Margaret Duchess of Kent William Paley Columbia Broadcasting System Uncle Sam Queen Elizabeth's Court Consuela Crespi Home New York Consuela O'Connor Elesenhower Clare Boothe Luce Dress Institute Paley Guest Miss Hepburn Ford Countess Crespi Vicomtesse de Ribes Ars Hancroft Miss Colbert Count Bismarck Harrison Williams Countess Bismarck Farone Count Edward von Bismarck Paris Panther Streen Hollywood Marlene Dietrich Irene Yunne Rosalind Russell Princess Grace of Monaco Grace Relly Prince Rainier Epsilon Sigma Alpha Francis Pidik First Street Eagles Club Ta Pn United Cerebral Palsy Center John Lynch Sia Mildred Kupka Couture Queen Elizabeth II William R. Hearst, Jr

Welcome Wagon Meeting Highlights at Al Bishops

The Welcome Wagon Mothers club gathered Thursday evening at Al Bishop's cafeteria. Miss Kay Perkins spoke on interior decor rating. New member Mrs Charles Scheer of 136 Seventeenth street SW attended.

Welccome Wagon Mothers Club al Bishop Kay Perkins Charles Scheer Seventeenth Street SW

Grafft Family Returns From Florida Vacation

Mr and Mrs Date Grafft and daughters Fran and Dayle return to 226 Mound avenue SE after a two week vacation in Indian Rocks Florida. They arrived home Tuesday from Indian Rocks Beach Florida.

Dale Grafft Florida Date Grafft Fran Dayle Mound Avenue SE Lome Indian Rucks Fla

Sally Reitz Weds Blaine Gibson in New Year’s Eve Methodist Ceremony

Sally Reitz daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Reitz married Blaine Gibson son of Mr and Mrs Reginald Gibson at a New Year’s Eve double ring ceremony in a Methodist church. Rev Kenneth Harden officiated. The bride wore Chantilly lace with a pink carnation bouquet. Attendants included maid of honor James Carstensen and bridesmaids Beverly Luke Barbara Luke and Marjorie Jamison. Best man Jerry Melberg with groomsmen Rodney Willilers Douglas Take aul Dun Griswold Usher Nick Homan and Eugene Rahnsen. Reception for 150 followed. The couple plan to reside in Wreming. The bride is with Northwestern Bell in Cedar Rapids. the groom with Clinton Machine in Maquoketa. BLUE BIRD OFFICERS elected Pam Current president others named.

Wyoming Sally Reitz Ernest Reitz Blaine Gibson Reginald Gibson Kenneth Harden Janice Huggins Kathrice James James Carstensen Beverly Luke Cedar Rapids Barbara Luke Marjorie Jamison Sandy Smith Center Jerry Melberg Rodney Willilers Douglas Aul Dun Griswold Marshalltown Nick Homan J Oxford Junction Eugene Rahnsen Wreming Northwestern Bell Telephone Company Gibson Clinton Blachine Maguoketa

Streamliner OT SELLA WRITE Laundering Rugs Advice

After laundering braided rugs, avoid full drying. While damp, spread them on the floor and press flat to prevent shrinkage and bulges.

Massachusetts Woman First in Army Reserve

Miss Frances Ann Tacoboni, 20, of Leominster, is sworn into the Women's Army Corps as a private under a new army medical specialist program. She attends Framingham State Teachers College, will receive 232 monthly with allowances, and upon graduation will become a second lieutenant dietitian on a minimum three year duty term.

Boston Frances Ann Tacoboni Leominster United States Army Reserve Tacoboni Women's Army Corps Framingham State Teachers College Army Medical Specillst Corps

Junior Thomas Following in Lowells Steps in Africa Adventure

Dorothy Roe reports on Tay Thomas wife of explorer Lowell Thomas Jr and their children continuing the family legacy. Lowell Jr describes early travel with his father including a 1954 Africa and Middle East trip in a self piloted airplane.

Dorothy Roe York Tay Thomas Lowell, Thomas, Jr Thomas Lowell Lowell Thomas Tay Lowell, Jr Anne Lowell IH Africa Middle East Himalaya Mountains Air Force South America U.S. Navy

Enthusiasms of Child Should Be Aided by Parent

The piece argues parents should support and share in a child’s enthusiasms even when adult interests differ. It stresses not stifling curiosity while guiding zeal to allow other tasks to proceed, and to help children channel their enjoyment constructively.

Fred

Svoboda Stamps Spark Family Television Party

A gathering honors Fred Svoboda who avidly collects stamps amid wartime tales on DEW line defense and Arctic reporting. The evening blends stamps, air force life, and a lesson on sustaining child enthusiasm for hobbies and learning.

Queen of a Day Named For Polio Victim at Warm Springs

Jane Floyd a 21 year old Columbus Georgia polio survivor was crowned at Warm Springs Friday but remained in a wheelchair. Her baby Carol born Sept 17 by cesarean section survives as Jane vows to regain some independence and someday hug her child. Her husband Robert Floyd wheels her through the ceremony as nurses note his smile.

Warm Springs Patrician McCormick Jane Floyd Georgia Warn Springs Jane Columbus, Ga Fitzgerald School Georgia Robert Floyd Georgia Warm Springs Foundation Sal National Foundation For Baby Carol

Engagements And Weddings Across Communities

Chelsea The Tama Methodist church will host the marriage of Miss Maryann Nekola and Fred Dolash at 9 a.m. January 13. In Hopkinton, Dorothy Ryan and Richard Murray plan to wed in Omaha at St. Peter’s church. Earlville records Ruth Gibbs and Roy Frericks’s wedding after Gibbs teaches in Hopkinton. Frericks works for Walnut Grove and the Hopkinton Creamery. The couple will reside in Dyersville.

Chelsea Tama Methodist Church Maryann Nekola Charles Nekola Fred Dolash Jund Mus Albert Dolash Hopkinton Raymond Ryan Omaha Dorothy Richard Murray Ray Murray Ruth Mary Gibbs Celious Gibbs Roy Frericks Edward Frericks Pyersville St. Joseph's Church Oiumwa Heights College Hopkinton Public School Frericks Walnut Grove Company Hopkinton Coverative Creamery Company Dyersville

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