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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1948
Page
4
More than 160 fashion editors attend the New York Dress Institute fall styles show in Manhattan. Designers introduce metallic fabrics and satin gowns with jewel necks and cape effects, priced from about 70 to 125 dollars, highlighting luxurious fabrics and slim silhouettes.
The piece describes Miss Carnegie and designer Joseph Halpert presenting evening wear in black velvet and satin with rhinestone embellishments, plus Tilly Schanzer showing sport and tweed outfits with jewel tone velvets and wing back earrings for fall. It also includes a salad suggestion of crisp lettuce beds for lobster or chicken.
Mrs Harvey McClary of 4324 E avenue NE has returned after a two week visit with her parents Mr and Mrs L O Weakley in St Joseph Missouri.
A miscellaneous shower for Ellen Spaight bride elect was held Thursday evening in the French room of the Montrose hotel. Hostesses were Agnes Fiala Dorothy Park and Robert Morley. Twenty one guests, including past National Oats Company employees, attended. She plans to marry Paul Putt on August 1.
The Toastmistress club schedules a dinner meeting Monday in the Lincoln Jefferson Rooms at the Roosevelt hotel. Those unable to attend should call Helen Bassin at 4551 by Saturday noon.
Andrea Johnson daughter of Mrs Elizabeth Johnson 1034 F avenue NW entertained at a theater party on Wednesday to celebrate her seventh birthday Guests included Karen Townsend Sharon Townsend Carol Ann Townsend Carolyn Prusek and Martin Johnson
Miss Cynthia Ann Starr of 616 Fourteenth Street SE has been notified that her poem Youth is accepted for publication in Sermons in Poetry. Starr, a senior at McKinley High School, previously appeared in the Annual Anthology of High School Poetry.
Mr and Mrs John Gray of Mt. Pleasant Utah left for their home after visiting six weeks with Mr Gray's parents, Mr and Mrs C O Gray of 825 Twenty first Street SE, and Mrs Gray's parents Mr and Mrs E S Frantz of 116 Eighteenth Street NE.
Thirty two women played bridge at Elmcrest Golf and Country Club for Ladies Day. Winners were Mrs I W Busby Mrs Chester Reesink Mrs David Bleakley and Mr Tom Jackson. Hostesses were Mrs N J Gorman and A J Maton. Qualifying rounds continue in the club’s women’s golf tournament. A compact heater device heats cans without a home range using a six inch stirrer and cartridge charge.
Mr and Mrs Verne D Swanson and daughters LaVerne and Joan return from a week in Ohio and Illinois visiting relatives. In Wooster they visited son in law Mr William Quayle and family. Gladys Prew of Cedar Rapids wed Cecil Whitehair in Cedar Rapids at Church of the Open Bible with Rev L W Kolb officiating. The bride wore blue crepe and pink white carnations. Mrs Whitehair works at the bus depot and her husband at Tony's Three-Sixteen.
Advertisement for a dress pattern Pattern 4850 from The Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Dept. in Chicago Illinois. Describes a divine boat-neck date dress long or short with a large floating half-circle skirt and pouf sash available in multiple sizes with yardage. Send 25 cents and include name address size and style number.
Junior floor lamps rise in home fashions, standing 54 to 59 inches tall and better suited for modern interiors than taller lamps. They come in sleek styles from Eighteenth Century to Provincial and include tray designs with shelves or plant trays. Some offer adjustable arms or convert trays into plant holders, ideal for small rooms and corners lacking table lamps.
Perry Williams reports on Ellis park activities with a river pavilion picnic, a street dance, and a Ce-Mar rink roller skating night. He notes two engagements and scores from boys and girls games, previews next week’s Diamond 8 matchup, and mentions Don Williams orchestra on Saturday. The column marks the club's first birthday approaching its one year anniversary.
Mary Haworth replies to E L about whether men desire mothering. She notes a new psychoanalytic view that some men seek mothering yet remain reserved and self contained. Her advice favors respecting his privacy and avoiding pressure, aiming for a relaxed, responsive partner dynamic.
Katherine McNamara suggests frozen salad ideas using canned corn almonds cream cheese and fruit. Recipes include Corn and Almond Salad and Frozen Cheese Salad with whipped cream lemon juice dates pineapple and mayonnaise.
A fragmented recipe describes making a fruit salad to freeze in a refrigerator tray. It lists pineapple juice orange juice lemon juice maraschino cherry juice sugar egg yolk whipping cream mixed fruit gelatin water and directions to thicken custard then fold in cream and fruit before freezing. It also covers a mayonnaise based version with gelatin and whipped cream folded in before freezing.
Free 32 page 1948 edition of Finer Canned and Frozen Fruits promises brighter color, firmer texture and richer flavor through a single change in canning and freezing syrups. Card requests sent to Helen Holmes Dept. 5 P O Box 3346 St Paul MN.
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