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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1957
Page
4
Purely Personal column lists numerous holiday visits and family dinners across Castro Valley, Hayward, Oakland, and surrounding areas. Residents from Poole and Silva families to Jensen and Leslie clans share Christmas Eve and Day plans, plus a bridge luncheon hosted by Louvi se Grimshaw and notes on a local 9er football game appearance.
Wardrobes for men are described as in definite need of more and smarter clothing. Retailers promote complete outfits including two suits, one sports coat, two pairs of slacks, with multiple coats and trousers forming 12 outfits. The plan offers 12 months to pay as you wear, aiming to boost fashion rotation and value.
California Federation of Women's clubs with Junior members gathered toys and gifts to fill Christmas stockings for Indian children. Paper dolls beam bags and other items were collected, with districts reporting full cooperation. Toys go to Rev. Robert Pimo in Ganado Arizona and Fay Jensen at Owyhee School in Nevada.
Carving sets price around 25 dollars and last nearly a lifetime. Modern stainless sets include two prongs to aid serving. Some sets have stag handles and carved wood scabbards. Store the knife separately, keep a sharpening steel, and wipe with a damp cloth after use to avoid dulling from hot water.
Chicago department store fashion director Kathleen Catlin, a size 16 brunette in her 40s, travels often to couture openings to keep the shop current. She urges looser waistlines, shorter skirts, and brighter day colors while stressing adaptable pieces that can be altered as figure needs change.
Lynn Townsend White of Mills College argues California leads a new democratic lifestyle pattern spreading nationwide. He cites open servantless housing, East Asian influenced furnishings, compact gardens, diverse cuisine, and dominance in sportswear as signs of a living pattern tied to political and economic democracy and rising education levels.
The piece urges readers to sew their own couture inspired garments. It advises picking a neckline or skirt style from high fashion magazines, selecting a close standard pattern, modifying necklines, adding flair, and following pattern directions. It suggests hand finishing seams for luxury.
The Independent Improvement Club will meet on January 3 to elect officers. Nominations from the December meeting include Markle as president Edmund Jensen as vice president Mrs Laura Kinney as secretary and Mrs Emmatene Dye as treasurer.
Attache cases for women shift from diplomatic status to practical carryalls for the tailored woman. They appeal to both career women and homemakers with plastic coverings and leather-like stitching. Available in many colors to match feminine attire, they resist spills and scrubbing with a sponge and mild soap to stay neat.
OL’s editorial mockingly critiques rising corset traps and undergarment fashion shifts. It notes a shift from busty silhouettes to straight hips and the lure of modern devices from waist cinchers to navell to hip harnesses. The piece questions dieting and the industry’s push for new undergarments.
Haywera Elementary School secretaries concluded their year with a Thursday night dinner at Castlewood Country Club. Dorothy Patrick chaired this annual event with committee members Pierina Pertino Dorothy Jerding Mae Duncan Blanche Schaal and Mary Jane Johnson. Santa Claus arrived to distribute gifts to about 200 guests.
The Credit Women's Breakfast Club at Hayward held a Christmas party at Frenchy's on Castro Street. Bruce Wallace of the Credit Bureau of the Greater East Bay spoke. Honored guests included Ruth Fleming, president of the San Francisco club, and her escort Pat Belmont. January meeting planned at Central Valley National Bank in Washington Manor. It will be a study meeting.
An energy-saving kitchen built by the U.S. Department of Agriculture will be shown with pictorial slides from 1 to 3 p.m. December 30 at Alameda County Building, 1304 Winton Ave, Hayward. The demo aims to aid January home group discussions led by UC Extension Home Advisor Mrs. Addie Reyves, supporting area homemaking leaders.
Si Epsilon Nu members and their husbands from Beta Sigma Phi gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Russell McElroy for a Christmas party. Secret sisters were revealed during gift exchanges, husbands joined in, and a midnight buffet followed. In December they completed three snowmen for Sunset School in Hayward, and a holiday food basket was donated to a needy family.
Mrs E J Koski of 1387 Russell Way Hasward starts teaching sixth grade at John Muir School in Hayward. At 43 she graduates cum laude from San Francisco State College after a brief college path, aided by a career as a restaurant owner and chef across Missoula Portland and San Luis Obispo, with three children and five grandchildren. She now studies mathematics for secondary teaching credentials at a UC extension in San Leandro.
The Crown Canyon Extension Group held a Christmas party at Channel Lill in Oakland with eleven members present. Gifts were exchanged and card games were played. Mrs Eleanor Montero was the hostess for the afternoon.
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