| i" i ; \ ¢ } ji | Doreen Nettic Patterson in West { i BAST tae NE bee ERT _ they plan to return home fol- Bree ene OD ENE moe a crt nT eG AEE MS EY TR NER ee OA tm ae Sestearvy nat tna gaye : week vacation as guests of Mrs. ' Ready-to-Wear [> Roderick Iraleoner,. a roadeasting Corporation pro- dueer for radio station CFPR left this morning by Canadian cific Airlines plane for Van- couver where he will marry Miss , Vancouver United Church, morrow night. to- Mr, and Mrs. George Sklapsky, 760 Alfred Strect, left this morn- Hing | by plane for a three-week vacation in Nakusp, Mrs. D. R. Barclay, 145 Sev- enth ‘Avenue East, leaves tonight on‘ the Prince George for Van- couver en route to Robert’s Creck, She Will be joined by Mr, Barclay in two week's time and lowing another three week stay. Mts. James Rennie and chil- dren Gordon and Barbara Jean of 400 Eighth Avenue East, left by CPA plane via Terrace for Vancouver en route to Seattle where they will spend a three- Rennie’s, parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sabedra, New Fashion In France ’ By PEGGY MASSIN PARIS (Reuters)-— Ready-to- wear women's clothes continue} to gain’ an increasing share of) the market in France. The industry’s annual volume has ‘Shown a Steady increase of 15 per cent each year since 1953. amounting to a gross turnover of 118.000.900.000 franes $337,- 000,000 in 1956. These figures are 75. times greater than those of 1939. . ' Before and shortly after ' war ready-to-wear clothes in| France were high in price, poor | in quality, and consequently in! small demand. Economically, both for the consumer and man- ufacturer, this market now ha3 stepped in to fill the gap be- tween astronomically priced custom-made clothes destined for a fortunate few, and home- dressmaking of the local seam- stress. Nothing can replace the cre- ative genius and importance of the ahute couture. But a signif- icant sign of the times is that each leading Paris high fashon designer today creates also a spe- cial commercial collection = of lewer-priced, mass - produced slothes for botitr the heme-and export markets. # At present the industry in- Fludes about 2,000 manufactur- ‘ers in all price ranges,” employ- {ng 70,000 workers. About 50 per gent of these employees are part- time home-sewers, paid by the Piece for each finished garment. | rince Rupert Daily News Friday, July 19, 1957 ‘ersona lly ae Speaking .. ‘ :at Tom-Boy .Store”’, the | to by the McLean-Hunter Pub- } Winnipeg visitor Norman Dix- on arrived this morning on the “Qucen of the North” for a ten- day holiday as guest of Mr. and Mrs. Louls Birchall, Elizabeth Apartments. Dr. V. Markin of Vancouver left this morning by plane fol- lowing a month's appointment at Miller Bay Indian Hospital. Dr. Markin js an eye specialist for Indian Health Service. Mrs. Dale Laird and children Susan and Gary of 915 Eighth Avenue East, leave tomorrow morning by CPA plane via Ter- race for Vancouver where they will spend an extended holiday with relatives. Mrs, A. E. Jennings, 821 Sum- mit Avenue, returned home last night by train after visiting her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Kincaid in Ot- tawa. While away for two weeks Mrs. Jennings also viisted ‘in Cornwall, Ontario. Daily News Advertising Praised Prince Rupert Daily News and Lyons’ Tom-Boy Store received plaudits in the July 6 edition of the trade publication “Canadian Grocer”. The article featured a reproduction of the Tom-Boy advertisment headed “Murder Says the national publication “they guar- anteed to stop the reader.” Canadian Grocer is publi$Shed _ every other Saturday in Toron- lishing Company Limited.