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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1958
Page
16
New York designers unveil spring 1958 silhouettes echoing 1920s but with modern fit. Chemises gain bust room, skirts stay short, girdles advised, and Chanel style suits with box jackets rise in Easter wear. Navy hems and vivid prints appear in dresses and gowns, with sleek chiffon and wool blends on show.
City College patrons meet Friday at 1 30 pm in the Garden Room of Montil s Peck for a discussion on the divided city with Dr. Adolf Stone of Long Beach College faculty. Coffee will be served by the hospitality committee led by Mrs. Ana John.
Long Beach Gamma Phi Beta alumnae present a program on summer travels with color slides and movies. John L. O'Brien showcases Hawaiian Island footage, joined by Patricia as guest. Mrs. Jean Moore narrates Hell's Canyon raft trip while hosts serve refreshments and presiding president Mrs. Walter Drew leads the meeting.
The Navy Officers' Wives Club postpones its January luncheon previously set for the second Wednesday. Officers and members will devote effort toward a dinner dance in February, delaying regular gathering to support the event.
The article suggests using a perky ribbon in the hair as an easy update. It notes both hair and ribbon should be clean and shine, then describes washing, rinsing, and ironing the ribbon with a moderate hot iron to restore a neat appearance.
The public is invited to a noon luncheon and yard party Friday hosted by the Army and Navy Auxiliary at the Veterans Memorial Building. Proceeds or details not specified.
Better Homes & Gardens invites readers to enter a January home improvement contest offering a spectacular prize of $125000. The feature includes rules and entry blanks and shows photos from a previous winning entry to inspire submissions.
Downtown Lady Lions attended a Campus Room screening of the Foundation for the Junior Blind presented by Norman Kaplan founder and executive director. The program showcased recreation methods for blind children ages 3 to 20 and featured music, square dancing, archery, clay modeling, checkers, and cooking. The foundation at 4005 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles serves free services to blind children with volunteers needed for transport.
Mr and Mrs Robert Lindengren of Salinas Lomas pause for a brief stay at the Carmel Highlands Inn while en route to San Francisco for a holiday reunion with former college friends.
Mr and Mrs Lon E Peek and their children have returned from a trailer vacation in Death Valley where they enjoyed the desert scenery and warm sunshine.
Cambridge music teacher Mrs Elsa Roedebush argues that almost any child who is not deaf can be taught to sing in tune. She cites attention training games and the “Musical Twins” interval exercise as effective methods, noting inattentiveness as the main obstacle and urging parental involvement.
An aviation education workshop is planned for June 16 to July 17 in Hawaii. Civil Air Patrol, led by seminar director John V. Sorenson, aims to train teachers and school administrators in wing design and aerial technology. Sorenson warned about aviation responsibility and the need to educate youth, citing Sputnik and postwar advances.
Philanthropy tops the agenda as Erin Jens Mira Pon and Junior Women’s Clubs hold their annual joint meet tonight at 8 in the home of Mrs. William R. Barton Long Beach. Mrs. Kenneth Newton presides, Mrs. Ruel Hird officiates, and social hour follows with a musical program by speaker Mrs. Pond and soloist Mrs. Phillis Fairey. The group will discuss Save the Children Federation needs and a February 15 bridge fundraiser hosted by alumnae president Mrs. Wayne Fitzgerald to aid rural schools and undernourished infants.
Nancy Kathryn Tucker and James F E Hamm Jr. were married in a Lakewood Village Church double ring ceremony. The bride wore silk satin brocade with a satin lace cap veil and carried white camellias. A reception followed with out of town guests from San Bernardino Palm Springs and Houston. The couple plans college and service with the U.S. Air Force then will live in Long Beach.
A student panel discussion titled Youth vs Delinquency will be held Wednesday at the Catholic Center. The event occurs during a St Anthony's High School Mothers Club meeting and aims to address youth issues and delinquency.
Samuel Roberts Long Beach director of finance and Edward Hoover city assessor will discuss focal methods of taxation at the Los Altos Library 3614 Britton Dr Wednesday at 12 30 pm. The public meeting is sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Long Beach and Service to those citizens interested in good efficient and economical government. Hoover and Roberts will present arguments for and against current methods of assessing and collecting local taxes versus contracting with the county.
Mr and Mrs Gerald Brown hosted an informal reading at their Los Altos home Sunday to line up The Theatre’s 1953 season. Guests included Dr and Mrs Leslie Irwin and several attendees who read aloud and discussed multiple plays after a buffet luncheon.
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