Dream grows as Grace Home for the Mentally Handicapped Children expands
Grace Koster and a group of parents formed the Grace Home for Mentally Handicapped Children nonprofit to build a sheltered community of small cottages with educational facilities for twenty children. They began two years ago with 50 cents and a house on Second Street that was bought with help from a friend who lent funds.
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Grace Oster
Second Street
Hayward
Koster
Laura. Frances
Handi
Grace Home
TV Brings Back Embroidery Hoop in TV Era
A 1950s feature notes television inspires a revival of embroidery. Women sew during commercials and dull spots, turning to patterns from Paragon Needlecraft of New York offering high fashion at low cost. Embroidery now includes blouses, aprons, skirts, and tablecloths rivaling costly handwork.
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Paragon Needlecraft Company of
New York
Fur Year Ahead as Prices Drop for Women's Minks
Mary Ann Harlién reports United Press that as fall approaches many men face a shift in fur fashion. The piece notes low fur prices, government excise cuts, and a surge in demand from women seeking mink.
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Mary Ann Harlien
United
Preas San Cortes
Mero
Uncle Sam
Decorator Warns Against Fans in Home Furnishings
New York decorator Melanie Kahane urges restraint on fashion driven home trends. She favors logical, economy minded changes from industry advances, noting open living spaces over formal dining rooms and the removal of heavy walls, with color and varied materials shaping modern interiors.
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Gay Pauley
United Press
New York Tn
Christian Diors
Melanie Kahane
New York
Kehane
Kahane
TV Ottoboys Bring Televisit Group To Small Rooms
The International News Service notes a TV trend where the Televisit Group designed by Sherman Bertram of Culver City folds into a four foot space yet seats six around a circular cocktail table. This compact furniture idea taps into television influenced living spaces.
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Televisit Group
Sherman Bertram
Culver City
Calif
Round Robin event by St. Joachims guild tonight
St. Joachims guild hosts its biggest round robin tonight at the parish hall on Hesperian Boulevard. Women gather at 8 p.m. and plan to attend the Indian summer luncheon next Wednesday at 12:30 p.m.
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St. Joachims Guild
Hesperian Boulevard
OES Party Planned by Hayward Chapter 331 Chairwoman
Hayward Chapter 331 Order of Eastern Star hosts a Saturday line officers party chaired by Mrs. Etta Gouldthorpe. Guests will include line officers from East Bay circles attending the event.
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Hayward
Order of Eastern Star
Etta Gouldthorpe
East Bay
Warren Johnson Nuptials Held by Candlelight
In a candlelight ceremony Friday at First Christian church Hayward, Mrs Ethel Warren and Samuel Wesley Johnson were married. After a honeymoon at Clear Lake they will reside at 98 Groveway. The Rev Harry Nissen officiated. The bride wore a blue tailored suit with navy and white accessories and red rosébud corsage. Beverly Ann, the bride’s daughter, participated. Honor attendant Eva Lee Tripp wore gray with pink accessories. best man was Joe Bratton. Floral decor was by Mrs L Beemer. reception planned by Miss Gertrude Lourna. The bride works for a Hayward telephone company. Johnson with Western Pacific railroad.
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Ethel
Warren
Samuel Wesley
Johnson
First Christian Church
Hayward
Clear Lake
Groveway
Harry Nissen
Beverly Ann
Evalee Tripp
Joe Bratton
Gertrude Lourna
L. Beemer
The
Telephone” Company
Western Pacific Railroad
Wife and Mother Is Bridge Tender on Inland Waterway
Alberta Bruneau, a young homemaker and one of the nation’s few female bridge tenders, operates an electrically controlled drawbridge over a busy inland waterway. She and her husband share a 24 hour watch, responding to signals up to 125 times daily while managing family duties and hurricane season preparations.
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Alberta’ Bruneau
Bruneau
State Road Department
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Meltzer
Fin
Woodminster
Marna Yeans
Red Mill
Woodminster Amphitheatre
Ottoboys
Steve
Steve Rubiolo
Cherry Wey Hayward
Foothill Blvd
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San Leandro
OES Party
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Mer-Lew's
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Warrenty
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