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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1957
Page
7
Advice column note by Elizabeth Hillyer on using terry cloth as washable slipcovers for summer furniture. Highlights terry cloth durability, color options, and care tips like tailoring with welted edges and reattaching while damp after washing. Encourages restoring dingy pieces with refinishing.
New double duty cartons emerge as a major packaging trend for 1957 at Chicago shows. Boxes become lunch kits parakeet feeders and weatherproof bird feed stations while others serve as doll wardrobe chests and yarn holders. Foil and plastic innovations include built in graters for cheese and perforated bags for easy draining, with pastel colors replacing bold hues.
Mrs. Carl Vollmer will host the Kiwanees Thursday at noon at 1410 Quail Drive with guests to bring their own sandwiches. Adelia Smith Bible Class meets Tuesday evening at the First Baptist Church home of Mrs. Gladys Hingst 2145 Goldenrod St. Altrusa Luncheon set for Thursday at 1 p.m. at Martines. Pilot Club will dine Thursday at 6 30 p.m. at Osprey hosted by Mrs. Hubert McComb for a dinner program.
The text advises choosing hat size to balance dress lines. It suggests no strict rules, but prefer a large hat with a slender silhouette and a small hat for an important skirt. Your taste is final, but the guideline applies in most cases.
The guide explains broadloom meaning seamless widths up to 18 feet, viscose as rayon, and that blends require fiber percentages. It notes soil retardants slow soil but do not prevent staining, and stresses construction quality, tufts, backing, and even yarns as wear determinants.
Mr and Mrs Joseph L Smith formerly Barbara Jean Greene of Route three welcomed a son born June 18 at Memorial Hospital.
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