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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1946
Page
4
John Hall, a nationally known hair stylist, explains fall and winter hairdos. Pillboxes remain popular, bun silhouettes provide height, and the Beret adds dramatic profile. Gail coordinates new hairstyles to pair with fashionable hats, including chignons and swirled buns for varied face shapes and hair lengths.
Fashion notes discuss long hair versus short hair with a severe cloche at the neck, oval face type, and side wave buns. A modified cloche reveals part of the face beneath and is seen as youth and beauty driven. Lois Leeds promotes hair and hat tips along with a dry skin care leaflet offer.
Dorothy Dix urges teens to delay marriage, citing Marriage License Bureau data showing younger brides face higher divorce risk. She argues love in youth is often mistaken, warns of lost freedom, and stresses readiness to be wife and mother through maturity and stable habits.
A columnist argues that women who marry in their early twenties are best prepared for married life. They are adaptable to husbands whims yet old enough to resist becoming a doormat. The piece critiques rushing into marriage and notes lessons learned from experience, warning against precocious bobby-soxers.
The women's auxiliary of St. John's Episcopal Church hosts its annual bazaar and turkey dinner in the Parish House today. Hand-made articles and Christmas gifts go on sale from 2 p.m. Dinner starts at 6 p.m. Tickets available from guild leaders or the church office.
Union Mission board reelected A W Laing as president and other officers Tuesday in the annual poll. Laing begins his fifth year. Oscar H Lindow starts his 16th as secretary. Mrs Frank Cox is honorary president. Pat B Withrow Jr named superintendent. Army Mothers post No 2 elected Mrs Evan Moody as commander with Mrs Harry Burger first vice commander and Mrs QO Walker second vice commander. Officers to be installed December 16 after a Christmas party. Board members reelected for four-year terms include Harry R Howell treasurer and others with Kelley Weaver, Bruce Bartlett, C S Foutche, G Walker, and E Harmon.
Mrs Harry Aver and Mrs George Irving Graves organize a dinner and bazaar at the Military and Naval club in Tooms Kanawha Blvd Tuesday at 7:30 PM. Proceeds fund a Christmas party for veterans at Huntington Veterans Hospital with volunteers and color bearers listed among attendees.
Cedar Grove American Legion Post No. 116 will meet this evening at 7 30 o clock in the Perine funeral chapel. All veterans are invited to attend.
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