MAR APR 1955 - River Rouge Historical Museum

cleaning fluids into your home – use only safe fluids or send your things out to the
cleaners. Don‟t – by all means – give fire a place to start which, the inspectors say, is the
whole point to a Spring Clean-Up.
The Legend of Dogwood – There is a legend, that the time of the Crucifixion the
dogwood had been the size of the oak and other forest trees. So firm and strong was the
tree that it was chosen as the timber for the cross. To be used thus for such a cruel
purpose greatly distressed the tree, and Jesus, nailed upon it, sensed this, and in His
gentle pity for all sorrow and suffering said to it: “Because of our regret and pity for my
suffering, never again shall the dogwood tree grow large enough to be used as a cross.
Henceforth it shall be slender and bent and twisted and its blossoms shall be in the form
of a cross – two long and two short petals. And in the center of the outer edge of each
petal there will be nail prints, brown with rust, and in the center of the flower will be a
crown of thorns, and all who see it will remember.”
New Long Torso For Sportswear – One thing is certain in looking forward to Spring
1955: The new long torso, higher bust line silhouette with the long, supple and eased
body line will dominate sportswear. Manufacturers are showing more sheer wools in
separates and costumes. Span-season merchandise is the form of linen-like rayon‟s,
worsted cottons and cotton tweed are due for new prominence. Dacron and Dacron – and
– wool blends are receiving emphasis in spring dresses and separate. Biggest news in
sweaters for spring is the introduction of a longer length, said fashion writers. Sweaters
are expected to be carried through for summer wear with more scoop necklines, more
synthetics, cottons and other lightweight fibers. New importance for cotton knits is seen
in bulky stitches, liked for summer jackets, and fine sweater-like treatments. The new
look for spring separates centers on over-blouses, yoker skirts, knife-pleats and long
jackets. The jackets, with slim or pleated skirts, are big for spring in wools, linen and
linen-like rayon‟s. Many pleated or flared skirt seem fuller by the use of sheer,
lightweight cottons. Simple shirtwaist tops, both tuck-in and over-blouse. Types, and
camisole or tanks with higher, square-cut or shallow scoop necklines are fashion leaders.
Silk Suiting‟s Span The Season – Lightweight silk suiting‟s will play the major role in
the late spring-into-summer suit story for 1955. Rustic silk weaves, dupions and silk
tweeds (some in monotone nubby effects, others in mixed colors) are regarded as the
backbone of late spring suit styles. Cotton continues as the top suit choice for spring and
post-spring. Quality types including blends of silk and cotton, linen and cotton, brocaded
cottons and tweedy mixtures are favorite high fashion choices. Linens in fine silk-like
weaves, linen tweeds and lightly slubbed monotone linens in sheer weights are strong
considerations in designer plans for late spring. The longer jacket silhouette is expected
to bloom as the leading spring-into-summer type. The lightweight rustic silks, in sheer
linens and polished cottons, the slim box coat and the fitted dress coat are most popular
candidates for town wear as well as suburban wear. Cropped short coats, some waist
length and bloused and proportioned to complement full shirts, are popular in lightweight
wools and colored cashmere.
Our Men in the Armed Service
Pfc. Robert T. Lisicki, son of Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Lisicki, 365 Genessee St. RR.
Graduated recently from Jump School at Fort Bragg N.C., to become a full
fledged Army Paratrooper. A medical Specialist with the 77 th Special Forces
Group, Pvt. Lisicki made five actual jumps to complete the course and earn the
distinctive badge that paratroopers are entitled to wear.
March 27, 1955 – Dear Sir: I wish to thank you for sending the River Rouge
Herald to me in Germany where I am stationed. It is always nice to know the
things that are going on at home. The home newspaper is like a friend and a