VPI Specialist To Conduct Gardening Program Here
Dr. Wesley Judkins of Virginia Tech will lead a Monday August 25 session on Home Storage of Garden Produce and Winterizing Your Garden at the War Memorial Building. The Frederick County Extension Office sponsors the free program with the Extension Homemakers Council to aid harvesting storage and soil improvement.
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Wesley Judkins
VPI & SU
War Memorial Building
Frederick County Extension Office
Frederick County Extension Homemakers Council
University of Maine
University of Connecticut
New Mexico A & M College
Ohio State University
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
National Council of State Garden Clubs
Virginia
Land- Grant University
Frederick County
Miss Apple Blossom Visits Palm Beaches
Clarke County’s Carol Pidgeon crowned Miss Apple Blossom begins a week long goodwill tour in Palm Beach Florida as the festival winner tours the area from the Palm Beach Hawaiian Ocean Inn. She meets dignitaries and civic groups during the trip with her parents accompanying her.
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Florida
Palm Beaches
Clarke County
Carol Pidgeon
Apple Blossom
Palm Beach
Miss Pidgeon
Winchester
Gerald Ford
Susan
Mr. Entertainment
Bob Hope
Mary Ann Clowser
Carol
Frank Williams
Palm Beach Hawaiian Ocean Inn
Hemlines Swirl Back as Fall Fashion Embraces Long Skirts
In the 1950s patio dresses return as maxiskirt style recurs with cool comfort and feminine appeal. Designers and shoppers including Andrea Swenson and Aida Nelson praise long skirts over pants, noting airy movement and ethnic influences. Tamar Peleg and others showcase embroidered and sari inspired looks while denim skirts also gain defenders.
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Andrea Swenson
India
Tamar Peleg
Israel
Old City
Jerusalem
Soviet women adopt spontaneous maksi skirts in Moscow
In Moscow the patterned ankle-length maksi becomes a summer fad on Gorky Street. Reporters from Moskovsky Komsomolets note 38 women in long skirts passing Revolution Square and hear that the look is seen as feminine and fashionable, spreading from Warsaw via Western Europe.
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Moscow
Gorky Street
Moskovsky Komsomolets
Revolution Square
Soviet women embrace the maksi skirt trend in unexpected wave
In a rapid fashion shift, women across the Soviet Union adopt the cotton maksi skirt, outpacing state industry and triggering headlines about accessibility. Amateur seamstresses flood shops while officials assess safety and ideological concerns amid a two year fashion cycle.
No Separation for First Lady Sleeping Quarters
Betty Ford says the White House should not have separate sleeping chambers for the First Lady. The AP report notes debate over historic tradition and living arrangements at the executive residence.
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White House
New York
Betty Ford
Ford
McCall’s Magazine
Country
Myra’ MacPherson
Mrs. Ford
Equal Rights Amendment For Women
ERA
Nude Beach Scandal Drops Case In Seaside Park
Seaside Park dropped its complaint against three year old Jessica Santos for nude romping on the beach after the mother and aunt were involved. The case caused national attention due to an ordinance fine and municipal missteps.
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Seaside Park
N.J
Jessica Santos
Jessica
Sharon
Alma
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Loudoun St. Mall
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Miss Swenson
Helen Listfield
Midtown
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Greenwich Village
Elaine Dennis
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Warsaw
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All-Union
House of Fashion
Ludmilla F. Turchanovskaya
Cluding
McCall’s
Publishers’ Weekly
Mister Goodbar
Rossner
the Moneychangers
Hailey
Ragtime
Doctorow
Crichton
Shogun
Clavell
Clearbrook Woolen Shop
Abnana
Elwood
McIntire
Bank of Clarke
Berryville
Boyce
Ember Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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