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MANY GRASP SPIRIT OF CENTENNIALBIRTHDAY PARTY. DRESS ACCORDINGLYBy BERNETA PEEPLESLast Friday, when time ran backward foi a hundred years, many of Bell county’s residents got their first glimpse of styles of a bygone day and age, and those who dressed up in great-grand-ma’s clothes had mote fun thananybody.• 4/1 he loin Bowles, Jr., family arrived in an old-fashioned buggy,i • * 4with Mr. Bowles expertly driving a spirited dun mare. Their daughters, Anne and Margaret, wore blue and white cheeked gingham dresses, with full gathered skill . white split bonnets and white cotton stockings. Mrs. Bowles wmra 1 ori-yenr-'Id brown bomba/inci rock that belonged t her eicat-gr: ndmot her. Mrs. William Reed. Mr. Bowles wore ,, black frock ro«Jt, tali silk hat, (*mf noidered\\ aistcoat1 ! oU^el lt;.I.'tight-fitting tarlJte yoke, which had honing to make the high neck fit. snuglyunder the chin. Black head fringe outlined the lace yoke.Mrs. Neeley Sams wore a white embioidered skirt and basque,with a black fialle bead-workcape. Mrs. W. T. Hammond wore a black fi lie skirt with boned basque, cerise shawl with matching milts and a black sailoi hat.Mi -. R. 1. Noiuund and daughter, Joan, presented a smartnun iHi - daughUu comb in lion.Mi -. Vumand wore, a black skirt Mill a r« d i i in! calico bustleI louse, and Joan wore a white,'* • o'.;.' cd l;tw n fi ock which had con 1 lie graduation dress ot her g' (‘uf *aunt.Mi'S Kathc ine James wore a red aid Mac rtiped dre-s, with black \ ( k cl cul l ' and a black velvet lt;oil who b w.is honed 11 bugII e i chin.
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Belton Journal and Bell County Democrat
Belton, Texas, US
Thu, Apr 27, 1950
Page 5
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