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ROMAN'S WORLD plan Trim New Dresses for Fall Vfhile Fabric Selection is Good bij £*rtta . J~lti ft ts rr SOMETIMES is hard to realize I Haring hot summer days that all ,he S stores and foresighted worn ! are planning their wardrobes for S, but that’s a fact. If you plan fall wardrobe now, your chances of getting better material a wider selection of colors and “eaves is greater than if you wait few weeks. Every woman likes a few trim dresses for faU, and the matter n eas iiy solved by selecting pat terns and materials that will be figure flattering as well as practical. One dress for the woman whose wardrobe does not permit the ex penditure of too much money is a j oo d basic style with several changes of collar and cuffs. She might like one set of collar and cuffs in a prim and dainty sheer fabric in frosty white. For more dressy wear, a good choice would be s gay stripe or plaid, in taffeta or one of the rayons. Then again, the basic dress may not need collar or cuffs for really formal, dressy occasions. For this you might like to splurge on some clever costume jewelry—a touch of glitter at the neck, and a matching bracelet. Remember how popular pearl type necklaces were—and still are— and how much they do for a simple black, brown or navy blue dress? That’s what I mean. Basic Dress Must Flatter Figure Unless you select the most figure flattering basic dress you won’t be able to do a thing with it. The side drape is only good on some figures. Others look better in gored or slight ly flared skirts. Still others prefer neat pleats or strictly straight lines. Select figure-flattering material. All of these things must be im portant considerations in choosing a dress that will take the place of several. Select, too, one that has good sleeves and neckline. If you know for example that a V neck doesn’t do a thing for you—and it doesn’t do much for the very thin, flat-chested woman then choose something with a little fullness in the bust. If, on the other hand, you have a well-set pair of shoulders and are well-filled, stay away from too much material at the top of the dress. Should you be planning several changes of collar and cuffs for the dress, then you will want a basic style that will be usable with collars most flattering to you. Buy a good pattern, a good ma terial, put the dress together as carefully as you know how, and you will then have the most important ingredients of the successful dress. Black, navy blue, brown, dark green and gray are the classic col ors for this type of dress. The one you look best in should be first, second and third choice. Small Details Make Dress Fit Wearer Recent figures prove what most of us have always suspected. That is that few women come close to the perfect figure. This means that small adjustments must be made on pat terns and clothes to make them fit Perfectly. Adjust clothes to your figure. Some women run narrow in the shoulders and need an extra dart there or at the collar to make the dress lie smoothly. Shoulders, of course, can be built up with padding Fashion Forecast A good fall pick-up for last year’s suit or this year’s tot) is a smart stitched dickey. It’s fine foil for the felt hats which are destined to a PPear soon. H you’re buying a good skirt for hay wear, select at least two Wouses to go with it for extra wear, may be tailored and in bright, iewtl-iike colors, while the other tttay be crisp tubbable white. Saw It In The News BUY BONDS AND KEEP THEM Easy to Sew fra j9hb&' . m : A simple pattern plus a simple rayon fabric that is easy for a be ginner to handle makes this a nice frock on which to start sewing. The neckline can be worn high or low, and the fluffy peplum at the hip adds nice detail to the cos tume. so that they will balance the figure, but this is an individual problem that must be handled directly in front of the mirror. Another important problem in fit ting is the bodice. To give a well molded line, it’s advisable to take one or two darts under the arms to get this effect. How much of a dart, and just where it should lie, is best determined by basting and fitting. Just where the hemline should fall is another point that has troubled many of us for a long time. This should not be determined, I feel, so much by what the fashion is, but rather by where the line is most attractive to you. If you are short and plump you will want a longer skirt to give you the long line that is most flattering. The shape of the legs is often the most impor tant factor in the length of the skirt. Waistlines and sleeve lengths are another detail which would be judged by the figure. For this there is no guide like the full length mir ror. Another detail which can be used with the basic dress is to have one of those soft sheer wool or wool jer sey jackets to wear over it. There are some gathered-at-the-waist styles that are nice. There are oth ers that are more tailored. If you wish to have a bolero jack et as another change of costume with the basic dress, select enough material and then choose a contrast ing print for lining it and make a belt of the print to have with the dress. Lingerie Touches A dress will always do more for you if you have proper cloth ing to wear underneath it. A bulky slip can ruin the good lines of a dress, and a sagging slip is a mark of poor groom ing. Slender figures can wear bias cut slips; the stout figure should have one with gores. Pay just as much attention to the seams on the slip as the fit. A too-small bias-cut slip will ride up and yield little comfort. Select the correct length for your height. They now come in short, medium and tall lengths and everyone can be fitted prop erly. Leave only the minor ad justments for the straps. Seams on slips should be flat and double-stitched. The zig-zag stitched seams wear well, but they may look wrinkled if you are wearing a sheer dress. The top of the slip gets hard wear and should be flat and self stitched around the edge. Lacy tops are pretty and dainty, but if a Ughtweight dress is worn, a simple slip will give the best lines underneath the garment. Tailored frocks for business and school carry ever-popular saddle sfitching, leather belts and other bright accents that liven the cos tume. You’ll notice some influence from men’s wear in some of the sports wear. Some plaid jackets are tai lored like the men’s, and there are coats, so very sporty looking, that have four , xkets. 4 OLD FORT NEWS Don Jones Heads American Business Club Don Jones was elected presi dent; Paul Richardson, vice president; I. L. Caplan, Jr., trea surer, and Joe Crawford, secre tary, of a new chapter of the Na tional Association of American Business clubs which was organ ized recently at Old Fort. The mfeeting was held at the Arrow head Tea Room. Twenty men at tended. The new chapter will be chart ered and the officers installed officially at a dinner on Thursday evening, October 3 at the Com munity Club house in Spruce Pine which has been recently completed by the Spruce Pine chapter of American Business clubs. Joe Crawford was elected chairman of the charter dinner committee. Members will have their wives as guests, and there will be mem bers and guests from other chapters in the state. To Install Officers Members will be officially pledged at Spruce Pine by E. E. Stone 111, of Greenville, South Carolina, Lt. Governor of the dis trict, which includes North Caro lina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Officers will be installed by Charles Robins, of Spruce Pine, district governor. The Charter will be presented by Pete Neu mann of Danville, Illinois, execu tive secretary of the National Association. Committee chairmen appointed by the new president on Tuesday evening are: William B. Early, social committee; Ralph Harris, program; Guy Hogan, membership and attendance; C. H. Stirewalt, civic projects; L. Bernard Rainwater, bulletin. American Business Clubs is a national civic club that encour ages particularly the younger men to take an active part in civic affairs of towns in which they live. Lee Saettele of Potts town, Pennsylvania, field repre sentative of the National Associa tion, has assisted in the organi zation of the Old Fort group. Charter Members Charter members of the Old Fort chapter are: William H. Condry, I. L. Caplan, Jr., Joe Crawford, William B. Early, J. R. Harris, Jr., Paul Richardson, Paul Simmons, A. Parks Hunter, C. H. Stirewalt, Arnold B. Yytle, L. Bernard Rainwater and Mal vern Terrell. Others are expected to join before the charter dinner on October 3. , VISITING PASTOR The Rev. D. C. Wesson, pastor of Old Fort Baptist church, is as sisting the Rev. Jeta Baker jn a meeting at the Rhodhiss Baptist church this week. The Rev. Oren Bradley, Blue Ridge Associational missionary will fill the pulpit at Old Fort during the pastor’s absence. Say You Saw It In The News DONT WAIT TILL yOUR CAR FALLS DOWN ON THE It can put you in an awful fix! That’s why we’d like a chance to get its minor disorders corrected RIGHT NOW! ROCKETT MOTORS OLD FORT, N. C. Enlarge Hughes Department Store o In order better to accomodate their customers, the Hughes De partment Store has added a bal cony which is devoted entirely to Ladies’ Ready-To-Wear, in cluding suits, coats, dresses, fall hats, sweaters, and lingerie. With this new addition the owner and manager Vann Hughes has moved men’s and ladies’ WQrk clothes and the household goods to the basement, while the first floor contains shoes, household furnishings, and the children’s de partment. Mr. Hughes plans further im provements as soon as materials become available. Conservation News By L. B. HAIRR E. G. Dysart and E. J. Burgjn, R. R. 4, Marion, Charles Greenlee and William Greenlee, R. R. 3, Marion, and other McDowell farmers have planted Alfalfa on their farms recently. These farmers in preparing their fields for alfalfa prior to the seeding applied several loads of barnyard manure, two tons of lime, 600 to 800 pounds of high grade fertilizer, and about 30 pounds of alfalfa seed per acre on a good seed bed. These men say alfalfa will make fine quality hay if it is cut when 1-10 to 1-4 of the plants in the field are in bloom. It can be cut two or more times during the year, depending on the season, and will yield from 3-4 ton to 1 ton of hay per acre per cutting. A large group of farmers, per sonnel of the Catawba soil con servation district, and State Ex tension workers met at Wade Cameron’s farm near Taylorsville, Alexander County, last Wednes day to see a ditch blasting dem onstration. The Soil Conserva tion service and Extension service held this demonstration to show the use of dynamite in drainage work. REALLY TOUGH THEN The green recruit was trying to pick up some information from an old-timer in his outfit. ‘What do they do to you for be ing AWOL?” the rookie asked. “Well,” answered the old-timer, “that depends. If it’s the first of fense, they’ll probably let you off with a stiff stretch in the guard house. The second time it’s pretty sure to be the firing squad. And,” he added, “the third time—well, look out! Social Events 0 STEVENS, AMMONS VOWS READ SUNDAY o Miss Mary Louise Stevens, daughter of the Rev. L. C. Stevens and Mrs. Stevens of Old Fort, was married on Sunday afternoon, September 29, at four o’clock at, Ebenezer Methodist church, near Old Fort, to Edgar Leon Ammons, son of Mrs. David L. Ammons of Waynesville. The Rev. L. C. Stevens, father of the bride, performed the cere mony. The church was decorated in white gladiolii, dahlias, greenery and lighted tapers. A program of wedding music was presented by Mrs. George Lindley, violinist, Mrs. Grady MacCauley and Mrs. Sidney Bryson, vocalists, and Mrs. D. T. Roughton, pianist, all of Old Fort. The traditional wedding march es were used. The bride wore a dress of gold crepe with black accessories, and a corsage of white snap dragons and baby chrysanthemums. Her only jewel was a single strand of pearls, gift of the groom. Miss Rebecca Ann Bailey of Old Fort was maid of honor. She was dressed in blue crepe and car ried a bouquet of pink and white dwarf dahlias. Ernest Snyder of Hazelwood served as best man. Ushers were Grady MacCauley and Sidney Bryson of of Old Fort. Following the wedding a buffet supper was given at the home of the bride’s parents. The bride is a graduate of Old Fort high school. She was employ ed for a year with the FBI in Washington. The groom is a graduate of Waynesville high school. He is connected with the Welleco Shoe Corporation at Waynesville where they will make their home follow ing a wedding trip to Indiana. Out-of-town guests for the wed ding were Mrs. D. L. Ammons, Mrs. Charles Pruitt, Miss Edith Rogers, Ernest Davis, and Bill Stevens, all of Waynesville. DEW DROPS Had you thought that when you leave some folks, you are looking down, when you meet others you are looking up? o We complain because there are thorns on roses, why not be grate ful that there are beautiful roses on thorns. o How very easy it is for some people to make excuses for not going to church, or teaching in the Sunday School. Sampson started to see his girl, a lion got in his way, and he tore the lion’s head off. I told a high school girl that it was the devil who made that argu ment. Girl said, “who is he?” o It has been said that more young men college age are in the penitentiary than in college. Re sult of not restraining children before they are five. o Some people boast they are broad minded—the truth is they are too lazy to study. All truth is narrow. God’s greatness is infinite. His nearness is intimate. STATE COLLEGE OPENS Over 1,300 N. C. State college freshmen and transfer students met last week in Pullen Hall for orientation and to open officially the 1946-47 school year. Over 80 per cent of the new comers are World War II veter ans. W. L. Mayer, registar, said the college is prepared to receive 4,000 students during a four day registration period which opened Monday for freshmen and low credit transfer students. About 2,500 students will live in dormitories, which normally are equipped to handle 1,500. Patronize Your Local Merchants Thurs. October 3, 1946— BLACK Officers Elected By Old Fort Baptist For Coming Year Two Injured In Accident 0 Two men were seriously injured and several others received minor injuries when the railway motor cars in which they were riding collided on Thursday morning. Sam Burleson of Old Fort and Bill McHarge of Inman, S. C., were carried to the Marion hospi tal in an ambulance from Old Fort. Troy Kelly and Jeter Davis, both of Old Fort, were treated for cuts and brusises. The other five occupants of the cars escaped without serious injuries. The motor cars were demolished. The accident occurred on the curve just west of Dendron be tween Old Fort and Ridgecrest. The signal work car had gone from Old Fort to Dendrom to pick up one of the workmen. The maintenance car which was behind the signal had started to work. Freight cars going east and west had been announced. Both cars were trying to reach a stopping place before meeting the freights. The crews have been working out of Old Fort for the past six months, replacing the 100 pound steel rails on the mountain, for 130 pound rails for the Southern Railway. LOCALS BY MRS. D. T. ROUGHTON o Mrs. Marian D. Stewart and daughter Patty from Pueblo, Col orado, are visiting Mrs. Stewart’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Zach Smith of Old Fort. o Mrs. George Ross has returned to her home at Greenville, South Carolina after a visit of several days at the home of her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. W. Howard LeFevre at Old Fort. o Mrs. S. F. Mauney, Mrs. J. B. Johnson, Mrs. Harold Dysart and Miss Jeanne Johnson attended the district meeting of the D. A. R. at Brevard this week. The Greenlee Chapter of D. A. R. will entertain the district meeting next year at Old Fort. o Miss Margaret Lu Caplan of Old Fort has resumed her school work at Ljenoir-Rhyme college. She is a member of the Junior class. LAUNDRY THE OLD FORT CLEANERS IS AGENT FOR KEY CITY LAUNDRY IN BLACK MOUNTAIN Expert Repairing Now as never before that car of yours is import ant. Be sure it’s ready for fall and winter driving by bringing it to us for a complete check-over. C & W MOTOR COMPANY Old Fort, N. C. « ASK y OUR TO®! DOCTOR lifOl H Have Your Prescriptions Filled Here With You can be assured that only the purest and finest quality ingredients are used. • Old Fort Drug Company j Officers of Old Fort Baptist church elected at a recent meet ing for the coming year have been, announced by the pastor, Rev. D. C. Wesson as follows: Church of ficers: secretary, Miss Mary K. Byrd; pastor emeritus, the Rev. H. C. Marley; church clerk, Fred M. Bradley; assistant clerk, Miss Mary E. Byrd; treasurer, Jack Thompson; organist, Mrs. I. I*. Caplan; Assistant organist, Miss Margaret Marley; music director, Clark Early. Board of trustees: H. R. Early; J. L. Lackey, I. L. Caplan. Ushersr- Clyde Norton, chairman; David Silver, James David Shaw; Paul Grindstaff; Marley Caplan, Mil ton Hollifield, Thurmann Paog ham, John Tilson and James L. Dalton. Communion chairman, Mrs. Carl Morris; Sunday School superintendent, Vann Hughes, as sistant superintendent, Clyde Nor ton; Sunday school secretary Mrs. W. E. Hensley; assistant Sunday school secretary, David Silver; pianist, Miss Margaret Marley, assistant pianist, Mrs. Viola G. Nesbit. Chorister, William B. Early, Teachers: Men’s Bible Class, H. C. Marley; assistant, Mrs. J. H. Dew; Adult Women’s class, Mrs. H. C. Marley; T. E. L. class, Mrs. Vann Hughes; Gleaners, Mrs. D. C. Wesson; Young Men’s Class, J. P. Padgham; Young Women’s Class, Mrs. Carl Morris; assistant, Miss Ruth Hughes; Intermediate Boys’ Class; Jack Thompson; In termediate Girls’, Mrs. Roy Camp; Junior Boys’, S. E. Tilson; Junior Girls’, Mrs. Mary Terrell; Pri mary, Miss Mary Byrd; Nursery, Mrs. W. H. LeFevre; assistant,. Mrs. Grady McCauley. B. T. U. officers are: Mrs. Roy Camp, director; Miss Mary Byrd, secretary; Mrs. Viola G. Nesbitt, pianist; James L. Dalton, choris ter; Young People’s Leader Mrs. Viola G. Nesbitt; Intermediate Leader, Mrs. A. J. Harris; Junior Leader, Mrs. Roy Camp; Story Hour Leader, Mrs. James L. Dal ton. ■ BLACK MOUNTAIN NEWS Page 3
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