Fall midi controversy stalls as longer hemlines rise
The midi skirt fails to catch on this fall with Macy’s and other retailers reporting weak sales and high stock. Designers push for longer lengths while buyers seek alternatives as some stores note strong demand for knee to ankle lengths and pants uptrends. Celebrites and consumers debate fashion dictates amid mixed retailer and designer signals.
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Dallas
Miami
Atlanta
Portland
Couture
Texas
Ceil Chapman
David Crystal
Fox
California
Memphis
Massachusetts
Women’s Liberation Movement
Los Angeles
Pooff
New York
Bonwit Teller
William Fine
Mrs. America
Boston
America
Donald Brooks
Oscar de la Renta
Charity Ball sends invites and tickets for Middletown drive
A Girl Scout executive and a Red Cross volunteer manage the 1966 charity ball in Middletown. Miss Mary Maurer heads invitations and sending tickets for about 2000 area residents, with ticket money and reservations handled by Mrs. John F. Kinder and cochair Mrs. Paul D. Gillen. A $7.50 ticket covers table reservation.
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Red Cross
Mary Maurer
Great Rivers Girl Scout Council
Middletown
A. Edward Cockman Jr
Charles Beck Jr
Miss Maurer
Middletown Federation of Women’s Club Board
Federation
Soroptimist Club of
The
Human Relations Council
American Association of University Women
Women's Center
Big Brothers of
Central Ave
Interstate Folding Box Co
Gloria
Todd G. Kovach
Patricia
John
Pucci Drops Fringe Hem Solution In Florence Show
Florence AP dispatch reports Emilio Pucci presenting spring and summer fashions with fringe tacked on to hemlines to elongate leg appearance. He favors long skirts with boots dead and featured handkerchief hems and beachwear with bold prints and color groupings. A cape with gold edging and a caped gown in brown and black also highlighted the collection. The model Charissa Craig from Washington, D.C. wore the cape and had been working for Pucci for a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonora Dodsworth
Florence
Italy
Emilio Pucci
Pucci
Charissa Craig
Washington, D.C
Vital Statistics and Dismissals Shaping Franklin Area
Local births report several new additions, including girls and boys born to families on Franklin area streets yesterday and today. Out of town military family welcomes a daughter in Heidelberg with maternal and paternal grandparents named. a list of hospital dismissals follows, naming Franklin residents and relatives.
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Ernest Coppock
Heidleberg
Germany
U.S. Army Hospital
Carl R. Trout
Long Place
Ernest Coppock Jr
Woodlawn Ave
William Wilson
Middletown Longview League Plans Yule Project
At a board meeting the Middletown Longview Social Service League outlined a holiday effort. Gloves will be bought for Ward 69 hospital patients. A Saturday luncheon for patients will be hosted by Faith United Methodist Church Sunday School class with co chairs Mrs William Call and Mrs Brack Little. The league will attend the Federation of Women's Clubs annual banquet on October 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Longview Social Service League
Elizabeth O'Neil
Faith United Methodist Church
William Call
Brack Little
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Bridge Club Averages at Middletown Session
Middletown Duplicate Bridge Club played seven tables using the Howell movement last night. Overall average score was 60. Winners were Mrs Gordon Nein and Mrs Leland Lynch Jr with 74, Mrs M L Johnston and Mrs Roy Granger with 70, and Mrs Dan MacLean and Mrs Robert Weatherwax with 69.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Soroptimists Attend Parley in Jubilee Year Parade
Three delegates from the Middletown Soroptimist Club attended the 1971 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Jubilee parade in Lima. Local reps were Betty Lessure, Homer Leffler, and Margaret Waczula. District speakers included Mrs. Marjorie Hewitt and Miss Louella Stultz, with workshops led by Mrs. Francis Barta and Mrs. Bernice McNamare.
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Pasadena
Middletownment of Roses
Sorop
Golden Timist Federation
Americas
Lima
Betty Lessure
Homer Leffler
Margaret Waczula
Marjorie Hewitt
Louella Stultz
Collegians Receive Honors at Miami University Oxford
Two Middletown girls among 22 coeds tapped into Mortar Board, a national honor society for senior women, at Miami University in Oxford. Jennie Estill and Alice Elizabeth Galeese are named, with Estill an English major in the School of Education and Galeese a elementary education major. Janet Galeese and Marianne Lampeier, Laurel Schuler, and Jane Keever also named to Owens, the sophomores' recognition group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Mortar Board
Miami University
Oxford
Jennie Estill
Alice Elizabeth Galeese
Estill
William M
Timber Trail
Miami Fonors
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
School of Education
Galeese
Paul D. Galeese
Central Ave
Chi Omega Sorority
Janet
Owens
National Recognition Society
Marianne Lampeier
Britton Lane
Monroe
Laurel Schuler
Karen Drive
Jane Keever
Lebanon
Middletown War Mothers Meet at American Legion Home
Middletown Chapter One of the American War Mothers will hold a 1:30 p.m. meeting at the American Legion Home. The group's chorus will practice at 10 a.m. the same day.
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Middletown
American War Mothers
American Legion
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FADD
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Helen Bass
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Mabel Kinder
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Bankamericard
Uvtcom
Feu
Gary Wolfensbarger
Skokiaan Drive
Franklin
Kenneth Clemons
W. Market St
Springboro
Bernard Straub
C Park Lane
Frederick J Jackson
Spring Ave
Elmer Sullivan
Moore St
Burnis Wright
Pershing Ave
Carol Ann Wilhoite
Nesota St
Nicholas
Rosanna Marchetti
Amedea Marchetti
Dixie Spencer
John McIntyre
Lewis
James Stagmyer
Taylor Ave
James Rhule
Trenton
Clyde F. Watson
17Th Ave
Esther Christofel
Columbia Ave
George Pence
August Ave
Donna Kroger
Michael Road
Mary Ruth Stidham
Roy
Stidham
Beulah Wells
Locust
Roland Hamilton
Mrs. Earl Hamilton
Yule
Artemis Hair Design
Diamond Crystal Salt Company
St. Clair
Michigan
Bridge Club
Sir
Dorothy Lawrence
Nos Eee
Soroptimist Federation of Americas
Jeweless
Osborne Studios
Manchester Ave & Verity
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