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League luncheon lives up«io traditional style showBclClsisih.f!ETraditionally, the Cooperative Women's Civic League ha$, along with its cultural contribution, tipped off the spring fashion display at its annual luncheon.It's 35th annual event, Saturday, was complotoly in context. League House, packed tight with as many guests as could possibly b-e soatod, was abloom with pretty hats, chic ensembles, flower-filled tables and corsage pinned diners.On the cultural end, Miss Bertha McNeill, former Washington teacher and now on the staff of Howard University,with Lula Jones Garrettand a top official in the Worn-Freedom, ‘was speaker, en’s League for Peace and Miss McNeill issued an eloquent plea for club women to devoto more time to tho sponsoring of better education for youth in America, and for peace throughout the world, flower hat, white gloves, triple strand of pearls and a huge In a chic gray suit, white purple orchid, she did a lot for the esthetic end of the program too . . . hut no more than didPresident Vivian Cook, whose smart black silk suit was enhanced with pale, blue chiffon blouse, smart black hat and corsage of camelias.Mrs. Spencer Dobson, luncheon chairman, was in an ensemble of blues, her frock a stunning print, her hat of flowers, and her corsage of roses and carnations. . • -Her generalship was evidenced in the smooth running of the affair, from.the food, which was both hot and tasty,9wlchItlSSirtl1BnIInE
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Baltimore Afro American

Baltimore, Maryland, US

Sat, Mar 07, 1959

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