The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 17, 1952, Page 3

Fleet Training Group Officers Wives Fashion Show For Mothers Delights Fleet Training Officers’ Wives’ Club A fashion show yles for candidates for “The Stork Club” delighted approximately 60 women who attended the Fleet Train- ing Group Officers’ Wives’ Club coffee at Echoasis Wednesday morn- ing. Frocks, cocktail gowns, daytime dresses, playsuits and even a} special bathing suit were exhibited by Mrs. Mildred Bauer who made the trip from Miami by special request. She owns two maternity shops, “Mothers Béautiful” in Miami and Miami Beach. Mrs. Bauer also commentated the show « The models were recruited from members of the club and) Repeat included Mesdames A. M. Bowen, | Jr, P. W. Michaels, L. J. Hoit,! Performance Jack R. English, C. P. Mason, T. E. ‘ Slayton, Harold N. Paulson andj as J. L. Koons. \ Mrs. English introduced the fashion expert, and the dels circled the patio floor while Mrs. | Bauer described the garments. material and price range. Nearly all the clothing was of moderate price with only a few more ex pensive dresses in the formal classification. One of these was a turquoise off the shoulder cock tail dress with white beaded} trimming studded with rhine- | stones. It featured a flared top and was made of shantung silk Another, of the c dance | frock order, was of shimmering apricot with gold stripes. | Also appropriate for evening occasions, was 2 lovely whit pique with flower-flare skirt tied | with a black velvet band at the waist and featuring a petal-cut neckline. In category | was a gold-shaded pure silk shan- | tung taffeta dress with a sun-| back effect and a duster top with jewel button trim. Mrs. A. M.| Bowen, Jr., modeled this as well| as the white pique. | The duster-style dress, so popu lar for mothers-to-be, was shown in sky-blue with a white net in set top and a high collar tied at) the throat with blue cord. It pos sessed an Empire style charm and assic same could serve as a lounge-at-home pegnoire. | Insets on the pockets were also’ part of the details on a lilac cham- | bray suit-dress with a dainty white organdy color crossed at the high neckline. This practical but “dress-up” number also comes in coral, green and other tropical colors. Mrs. J. L. Koons looked most Citizen Staff Photo attractive ina turquoise dre trimmed in white braiding. It was| DOUBLE DUTY DRESS is this two-piece, as most of the selec White pique frock with black tions were, with a full jacket top.| velvet ribbon sash displayed by Equally lovely was the “puckered \. M. Bowen, Jr., for her butterfly” nylon dress in a cleat! second modeling stint at the aqua tint modeled by Mrs. Harald | j,,,thers’ style show at Echos Paulsen. For gala occasions, ti It ean serve for dres: ter evening party- dress was pointed up with er tal and rhinestone butt rhinestone spray on the colla White accessories were worn with it Mrs. L. J fashiona white checked two piece moi frock with patch 5 1 © early May Fellowship Day Observed By ose ea Church Women bow at the tl tual Secur Distinguished travel, s F Families” Holt in a small g ckets on t white y for Today's was the thane of May p Day May 13 of United spectator's sport dre ew | very h observed favorable co nt as M WwW Women, The s was St Paul's Tuesday ry q & | # Night Time And Daylight Saving es, aN wrt Sai le SOIR —s Citizen Staff Photo ROUND THE CLOCK STYLES are exhibited at the fashion show for mothers sponsored at a coffee held at Echoasis, Wednesday morning, by the Fleet Traniing Group Officers’ Wives’ Club. Clothes were from Mildred Bauer's Mothers Beautiful Shops in Miami and Miami Beach. Her collection included formal and sports togs. Left, Mrs. J. L. Koons wears a lovely classic cock- tail dress in turquoise with off-the-shoulder neckline embroid- ered in tiny white bead work studded with rhinestones. Right, Mrs. P. W. Michaels models one of the most popular numbers in the show. It’s a comfortable suit in Black Watch plaid of soft blue and green with black lines. The white collar is of white pique. The style is shown as the new Queen Elizabeth Busy Mothers Take Time Out Ninel tin i te IP WHAT THE WELL DRESSED STORK CLUB WEARS is s! ( ak asis Wednesda MAIN SUSPECT IN (Continued Fre ge € Fiee > mt ¥ s he ‘ e K We had bee 2 tived guide pam en ets aboard feyr s 68. Coast Guard rescue ¥ his ros t Coast Guard patrel Prov bim a nd the «destroy ap es 3 subg Barb. Three This ss s = K At 3 p a A Stars a Key W A a Gold Duster & Citizen Siaffi Photo GILDING THE LILY. attrac- tively, might be the sub-title the sunback dress with duster in a gold-toned material worn by lovely Mrs. A. M. Bowen, Jr., at the fashion show sponsored by the Fleet Training Grou Officers’ Wives Club for p last Wednesday. Teday’s Siock al Market prices were arily traded € e2 F session. h Rhode i re k x f Club Sponsors Mothers | Saturday, May 17, 1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 3 Day re For That Bright Summer “ Citizen Staff Photo COOL AND CHIC are the two-piece maternity dresses with full jackets worn by Mrs. L. J. Holt, standing, and Mrs. Harold Paul- sen, seated. Mrs. Holt’s morning or afternoon shi ig dress featured a dainty white organdy collar with cuffs to match. Mrs. Paulsen’s dress is of the new “puckered butterfly” nylon fabric. ‘The deep aqua shade was pointed up with rhinestone and crystal buttons and a rhinestone spray on the collar. Pretty detail is added by the tiny bows on the sleeves. For Fun In The Sun ciipiieuion to or PLAYTIME MAKES JILL A HAPPY MOTHER. M s The beach t M Baue f STREETS TAKE | first ¥ pares * (Continued From Page One) ei . € qua alf oe d The volume came to aD exis from fines & 7 mated 300,000 shares r ee i for a Saturday since May reve t an t « and ( ‘ $ Natural is were quictly Ma < ks we a aod imperial Ou. 3, 1352. tyle Show NEWSPRINT RISE Continued From Page One) < ee out iministration im- the Canadian gov- ment to reconsider and reseind its approval of the price hike. Price Director is Arnall, in a telegram to C. D. Howe, Canadian minist of defense production, said 749 American daily newspa- pers have disappeared within the past 20 years through consolida- tions. ergers and failures. If newsprint prices continue to rise nall said. the trend will ontinue and—in » end—the Ca- an newspr industry itself vould ultimately be injured, Sen, Edwin C, Johnson (D-Colo.), hairman of the Senate Commerce Committ Suggested a study to determine whether the U. § should retaliate by upping the rice of sulphur, which these news- print producers must get from The increase will boost the price newsprint delivered k to an all-time high of $126 a ton e Depression years of the early 30s newsprint cost $40 a ton, It was $50 a ton at the time of Pearl Harbor Here's what happened since: In 1946 the price mounted to $84. he next year it climbed to $90, nd reached $100 by the end of 48. A further increase in 1950 aiscd the price to $106. It soared to $116 last July, nudging the pre- vious high of $120 set in the early 1920s. The tightening cost squeeze on the nation’s newspapers was a |topic of major interest at the re- | cent convention here of the Ameri- | can Newspaper Publishers Associa- tion Subscribers’ prices have in- | creased and apparently ever-rising | costs of operation and inability to find increasing revenue to meet | those costs, are beginning to won- der what the answer may be for them—they are reluctant to say that merger and suspension is the solution.” The obvious solution, it was held, is bringing in more money and cutting ¢ Publishers are expected to give increasing attention to the delicate balance between news and adver- tising—between unpaid and reve- nue-producing space—in their col- umns. Last year the ratio averaged about 60-40, with news and other unpaid editorial matter filling 60 per cent of the space and display and classified advertising the re- mainder As to boosting advertising rates, many newspapers have hiked their rates several times since the war. The weightiest argument in favor of higher rates is the unquestioned impact of newspaper advertising on retail sales, Boosts in newsstand and sub- scription rates appear to be en- ountering greater publisher re- sistance. Most Los Angeles papers, however, have now been raised to 10 cents py for week-day edi- tions and in the East the Macy ht Westchester County, dailies ntly increased stand price to seven cents, e Canadian price increase is to the search for newsprint. As hain of ei es rec pected spur rials as sugar se), straw and an hardwoods, the soft spruce n abounds in Canada's n American news- i for r rint is voracious, timated that by rs will be de- rate of Amerie ar was °