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FROM MARCUS, BOOTERY
THE ABILENE REPORTER NEWS 4-A
Abilene, Texas, Friday Evening, Sept. 21, 1951
Fashion Forecast for Fall ‘51
Given by 14 Manikins on Parade
Verna Bee Brown, James R. Toney
DR "JIM” ALEXANDER is pictured as he responded to
"Happy Birthday” played by Jack Free s orchestra and sung
by more than 100 guests at a dinner-dance at which he was
honored by his older son, Minor Alexander, and Mrs. Alex-
ander in the Abilene Club. In spite of a "decree" of "no
gifts" from the hosts, gift flowers were included along with
commodore fern trees and bankings of chrysanthemums in
:un.groima dior-perTained #nd AR TENERP CHLOpIREIRLEA
medicine in West Texas for 60 years. (Staff photo by Clint
Kapus). ___
Some 300 women and men
viewed the Fashion Forecast. Fail
*51 given by the Auxiliary to the
Veterans of Foreign Wars Thurs-
day evening at the VFW hall. Cos-
tumes, modeled by 14 man ikins,
were by Marcus and footwear by
Bootery. Hair styles were by
Beauty Box No. 1 and No. 2
Fall leaves and arrangements of
bronze and gold flowers by Abi-
lene Gr eenhouses and Smith Hinds
bedecked the stage. Music before
the forecast and background dur-
ing the show was presented by Mrs.
Raymond Banowsky.
Jim Baugh, VFW president, was
“weather man” for the forecast.
Committee chairman were Mrs.
Jim Baugh, president, ticket sales;
Mrs. L. F. Wallace, decorations;
Mrs. Henry Cole, hostess chair-
man; and Mrs. Ben F. Bird, pub-
licity
Refreshments followed the show-
ing.
LaFawn Green, commentator,
said that news in fashions might
be found in the cut of the button
front, the neckline, the pockets set
in angles, double button skirt, or a
two piece suitdress.
Models included Mrs. Arthur
Taylor, Mr*. Thomas Brasher,
Mrs. Babe Meeks, Mrs. John Bai-
ley, Mrs. Jimmie Roe. Mrs. Ben
F. Bird, Mrs. Morris Hanks, Mrs.
Russell Kirby, Mrs. John Fowler.
Mrs. Bill Couch, Gracie Thor-
man. Mary Beth Logan, Rita
Burns, and Jeannette Thomas,
by Mary Beth Logan, who chose
storm grey wool. Her grey flannel
coat by Sportleigh has a red satin
lining with deep turnback cuffs on
the three-quarter sleeves. The
dress had contrast of stripes run-
ning parallel around the bodice.
The peg-top skirt was achieved
with a gay red velvet throat tie.
The velvet bonnet was by Coralie.
Satin and taffeta novelty check
in tones of brown and grey fash-
ioned the ensemble by Helen of
Mrs Taylor modeled a Dan Mil-
with
stead black gabardine suit
gold
FOR GUESTS
Book Review Unit Reassembles
With ’Caribbean Cruise’ Party
velvet collar sprinkled with gold
sequin, rhinestone and pearl trim.
The curved and molded jacket
over a straight skirt with inverted
pleat was "news" in tailoring. A
fitted silhouette. It had the "hand
District Officers
Attend Meeting
For Garden Club
Two officers of the District 8.
Texas Garden Club, Inc., attended
a meeting of the Dirt Gardeners
group of the Abilene Garden Club
Wednesday at the home of Mrs. O.
O. Hillyard, 881 Santos St.
They were Mrs. Richard Dyess,
new district counselor, and Mrs. R.
G Murrie, Albany, secretary. Mrs.
J. Carter King. Albany, and Mrs.
Max Leach, local club president,
were guests.
Mrs. Guy Pope spoke on peonies
and Mrs. O. V. Farnsworth spoke
on daylilies.:
Group officers are Mrs. Sam Ken-
nedy, chairman: Mrs. A. B. Mor-
ris, program chairman; and Mrs.
C. M. Osburn, secretary. Members
are flower show judges and mem-
bership is by invitation only.
Fifty two members and -
attended a “Caribbean Cruise" to
guests open the fall program of the Book
Review Unit of the Woman’s For-
um. The cruise took ^* form of
a luncheon Wednesday at Hotel
2197
SMALL
MEDIUM,
LARGE
EXTRA LARGE
Drake. S
Following the luncheon, colored
slides were shown by Mrs E. E.
Callaway who took pictures dur-
ing a trip to New Orleans, Cu-
ba. Mexico, and Central Amer-
ican countries.
Servanda Trevina, McMurry stu-
dent from Old Mexico, gave piano
selections from "south of the bor-
der" Guests accompanied him
with instruments typical of his
country.
Decorations were in keeping with
a Latin American motif.
Mrs. P. P Bond was social
chairman. Mrs. Max Randolph is
unit chairman.
Guests attending were Mrs. C B
Gardner, Christine Collins, Mer-
kel; Mrs Fred Harper, Anson;
Mmes. M. A Walker, J. W Pool.
Jr., F. W. Snyder, A B Young
blood, E J. Anderson, Clark
Boyles, Thomas E. Hayden, E E.
Hayden, H H. Rowe, J F Clark,
Harry Hipsher, C. A Wright. Jar-
rell Hale, H. A. Martin, Sr.. W T.
Crier, Jr.. F.d Melson. H B. Hil-
debrand. Frank Grimes, Leon Mil-
son Luther Collett. E. E. Jones.
A. I. Jenke, J. W Walker. Gor-
don Bennett. Loyd Huff. Harold
G Cooke, Sam Kennedy, W B
McDaniel, B W Bridges; Julia
Luker, and Maurine McKenzie
span” waist. The black velour
Marche hat had its own gold and
rhinestone trim and was called
“sugar scoop.” She wore sling
pumps of alligator - lizzard Paliz-
zo and carried a matching bag.
A Kay Saks suit was worn by
Jeannette Thomas. Designed with
its own detachable cape, the suit
had a straight skirt, fitted jacket.
Of grey wool sharkskin, the jacket
carries a contrasting arrow detail
emphasizing lines of the suit. Her
jewelry was a silver choker, ear-
rings. and bracelet. Her black
felt Pyramid hat was jeweled
trimmed. The low-cut open - toe
shoes were Barefoot Originals.
Her suede bag matched.
Another suit — this a casual one
— was modeled by Mrs. Thomas
Brasher. Six - buttoned, it was of
menswear grey flannel. Above the
straight skirt was worn an inter-
esting jacket with horseshoe neck-
line and multi pockets in odd num-
ber. two on the right shoulder and
one on the right hip. Glitter was
afforded by a rhinestone pin. The
coral Marche velour hat, worn off-
the - face. boasted a wealth
of feathers, swooping toward the
chin. She wore a pump of black
calf and grey Forstmann’s woolen
checks. Her bag matched.
Mrs. Babe Meeks wore Swans-
down in cinnamon and black
check, fashioned with a four gore
full skirt and arched jacket. The
pockets emphasized the flatter-
ing hipline. A brown scarf was
worn at the neckline. Silhouette-
Friendship Club Is
Entertained in
A. J. White Home
Mrs. A. J White entertained
members of the Friendship Club
at her home. 1126 Sycamore St.
Games were played.
Mrs. J. W Chaney was honored
with a birthday gift party.
Two new members, Mrs. Bennie
Malone and .Mrs. Dick Smal-
dridge, were introduced. Mrs. R.
H. Sinclair and Mrs. Carrie Mel-
ton were visitors.
The next meeting will be in the
home of Mrs. Lloyd Brown, 1201
Marshall St. ____________
California Guest at
Know Your Neighbor
California and modeled by Mrs.
Roe. Uniquely - cuffed were the
push-up sleeves. The soft curved
silhouette for 1951 was revested
in the dress design. Black gloves
and velour hat, rhinestone trim,
and shell operas by Tweedies were
accessories.
Mrs. Bird wore a Rembrandt of
black crepe with peacock blue
velvet forming a petal neckline,
which was repeated on the pock-
eta. Rhinestones sparked the vel-
vet. The peg - top skirt was
achieved with pleats. A Sportleigh
coat was in nubby tweed. Long
and full, the coat was satin lined.
The peacock blue velvet coolie
waa by Marche. Her black suede
platform allngs were by Palizzio
with matching bag.
Black velvet combined with
white Cluney lace in a Carlye late
day dress was modeled by Mrs.
Henks. The lace formed the back-
yoke and sleeves. It was anchored
to the velvet in front by rhine-
stone half moons. Long black
gloves and a white feather hat
hugging the head were worn. Her
black velvet opera pumps with
vee-vamps were by Tweedies,
Mrs. Kirby wore a coat said "to
answer your problems." It was
black reversible by Swansdown
which combined velvet and broad-
cloth. Her dress was a Brannell
Original of black velveteen with
beige faille vest. Grosgrain trim
concealed the buttons reaching to
the hemline. Grosgrain was used
on the shoulder end centered with
a rhinestone pin. Her black
Marche hat had a peacock blue
bird perched to one side. The
black suede Palizzios were D’Or-
MRS L. M. WILLIAMS was
Jamelle Nuckols before her mar-
riage. Her parents are Mr. and
Mrs. C. O. Nuckols. 1109 South
7th St. She is leaving Abilene to
join her husband in Virginia
Beach, Va.
open
the
say-cut with closed heel,
toe and beads punctuating
tear-drop cutouts.
A romantic and dramatic suit
of black velvet was shown by Mrs.
Quickly Made Apron
wise, a crinoline petticoat was
worn beneath. Her - black velour
Robin Hood hat had stick-up feath-
ers. She wore India lizzard low-
cut slings by Palizzio, with open
toe and feminine bow.
Members attending were Mmes.
Douglas Jarrell, C A. Galbraith
J. W. Bettis. Horace Carpenter.
W E. Smith. Max Randolph, P P.
Bond. O P Thrane. Anna 1.. Short.
W L. Grogan, Carlos Ferguson.
L F. Bookman J L. Pritchett,
Sportswear — for that casual and
active look, — was modeled by
Rita Burns. Her skirt of black
gabardine was belted, straight,
with pointed pockets. It was worn
with red, ribbed baby turtle neck
Harry A Martin Jr . Malcolm sweater that had a pocket insignia.
Gray, C. A Mitchell, C M Frost. Her bill cap was of red corduroy;
Ada C Wilkins, H E Gardner, the hand - sewn moccasin loafers.
_____1---------Old Maine Trotters, completed the
Has Slimming Midriff Curriculum Topic
Here’s a quickly-made coverall
apron that's much more interest-
ing than most! Its slim - making
midriff and flowerpot pocket furn- |
ish the extra appeal!
No. 2197 is cut in sizes small,
medium, large, extra large Med.,
2% yds, 35-in., 9 yds, ric rac Ap-
plique (included) can be made
from scrap pieces.
Send 30 cents for PATTERN with
Of AAUW Program
Slated Saturday
costume.
Tangerine corduroy with winged
standout collar, flanking a low vee
neckline was the dress worn by
Mrs. Bailey. News in sleeves re-
vealed the very fitted and very
buttoned. The dress had its own
green kid belt above a full skirt.
Mrs. Ollie Carpenter of Alham-
bra Calif., was a guest of the
Know Your Neighbor Circle when
it met in the home of her host.
Mrs. Austin Boyd. Buffalo Gap
Road, for a covered dish luncheon.
It was an all-day sewing meet-
pieced
ing. One quilt top was
and pieces cut for other
The club members sang
Marry in Home of Bride's Brother
Mrs. Horace Fowler ladled punch
from a cut glass bowl.
For a wedding trip to San An-
gelo the new Mrs Toney wore a
beige suit with pink blouse and
accessories.
They will live at 1310 Jeanette
Verna Bee Brown, 1442 Portland
St., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.
B. Brown and James R. Toney,
1310 Jeanette St exchanged nup-
tial vows Sept. 16 in the home of
the bride's brother. Cecil Brown,
and Mrs. Brown, 1601 Green St.
The Rev. E W. Robb, Jr., pas-
St.
bride is a graduate of Clyde
School and attended
ice. ! Draughon’s Business College. She
The couple stood before an im- has been employed at Toney Drug
provised altar under an arch of Co. owned and managed by the
greenery and white dahlias, Bas- bridegroom,
kets of white dahlias and green-
ery completed the nuptial setting.
The bride wore a pink lace
dress made streeth length. She
carried a white Bible topped with
an orchid.
Her attendant was Jackie Knif-
fin of Clyde. She wore a light
brown crepe dress with yellow rose
corsage and dark brown accessor-
tor of the local Evangelical The
Church, read the double ring serv- High
CASUALS!
• WOOL
SPORT 8 05
COATS 0.70
B’wood Rebekahs to
Visit Local Lodge;
Initiate Candidates
B A. Carter Rebekah Lodge No.
195 will entertain the Brownwood
Lodge at 8 o'clock Friday evening
in the Woodmen’s Hall. 1158%
South First St.
All members are asked to dress
formally. The Brownwood team
will initiate local candidates. Re-
freshments will be served.
Fowler. Sparkling rhinestones be-
decked the tabs. The fitted jacket
had three-quarter length sleeves
and padded hipline. Lined in black
taffeta, the jacket had a winged
cuff. Her black velvet sugar scoop
hat had rhinestones encircling the
brim. Her black velvet opera
pumps were round throated.
A cocktail dress for important
“little” evenings was modeled by
Mrs. Couch. Black embroidered
velvet with peg-top skirt was its
design. She wore rhinestone clips
at the neckline with miniature
clips on the velvet operas.
Miss Thorman chose a mist blue
brocaded satin with skirt, curv-
ing out like a bell Its taffeta pet-
ticoat had a crisp net ruffle
around the hemline to “do nice
things for the overskirt." With
the bare - shouldered design, she
wore a stole, trailing around her
shoulders. Her choker and ear-
rings were of rhinestone.
quilts,
while
they worked.
Devotional was a favorite
thought or verse from the Bible
concerning children.
Abilenians Return
From Westbrook Party
Mr and Mrs. Wayne Armstrong
and son. Bob, of Abilene attended
a surprise birthday dinner given
in honor of his mother. Mrs. H. H.
Armstrong, of Westbrook. The
party, given at the Armstrong
home there, marked her 75th
birthday.
She was presented a corsage
and gifts, after which pictures
were made. A white cake was in-
scribed “Happy Birthday, ------
Moth-
Others attending were
Myers Galloway. Mr. and
Edd Swan and children.
Mrs.
Mrs.
_______Jimmy
and Margaret. Big Spring; Mrs.
Charles Haller and son, Paul. Sny-
Out of Town Guests
Visit Odell Millers
les.
Horace Fowler of San Angelo;
was best man.
The bridal table at the recep-
tion was lace-lald and centered
with an arrangement of white dah-
lias and fern. The three-tiered
wedding cake was topped with a
miniature bridal couple. Mrs. Ce-
cil Brown served the cake and
Cutest little things you've
seen!
• CORDUROYS •
The statue of a soldier on the
Pont de l'Alma in Paris serves!
as a flood warning. When its knees
are submerged, residents know
their cellars will soon be flooded
and they should remove valuables.
SLICK 8 05
SHIRTS .....
DUST-OR- 1E OK
RAIN 10.7-
All Colors
Come in and look!
Casual
Clothes
1934 Hickory. Ph. 4-5654
MRS. BOYD WISDOM
1333 North Second St.
September 21, 1951
Recent guests in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Odell Miller, 441
Jeanette St., were their sons. Jer-
ry Miller, student at A&M College,
and CpI. Floyd Miller and Mrs.
Miller of Wichita Falls.
Jerry was accompanied to Abi-
lene by his roommate, Bill Dun-
can of Pamp.
The Floyd Millers were also
guests of Mrs. Miller’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Conrad,
1018 Cedar St.
Dear Customer:
The cold snap we enjoyed a few days ago was
a welcome change from the vicious summer.
It's reasurring to know that winter is really
on the way. We are preparing for winter by
offering you:
CHRISTMAS
LAYAWAY
$1.00 DOWN
$1.00 WEEK
H & B Variety
No 1 2542 s % Phone 2-9553
No 2 858 Butternut Ph 2-1091
No. 3 1617 Lilius Ph 2-4103
OVERALLS for 1c!
I honestly doubt that you can make them for
that price! Buy one pair at regular price, get an
additional pair for only one cent! we have a good
selection of new shirts and T-shirt to mix or
match with the sale overalls, if you desire.
Sincerely,
Jimmy Glasser
P. S. We have added new items to our 25c and
$1.00 Grab Tables.
HEAVEN-TO-SEVEN
1 1333 North Second Phone 4-7997
All Sales Final
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Tweedies opera pumps of green
Curriculum development in pub-,calf had baby doll toe. Her lam
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Mr. Wells’ speech will also ex-
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following in today's schools. He
also will discuss, administration of
this new curriculum
Types of courses offered both in
Abilene and other public schools
will be discussed. 2
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