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will at by is a Mrs. Stephen hat Choose a 24-Pittsburgh Press, March 27, 1958 It As 'Therapy' Shellcraft Hobby Rival Of TV In Home Of Mrs. Max Wolfe She Works Hard As She Watches By JOAN HERROLD Even in icicle weather, Mrs. Max C. Wolfe of Pueblo Drive fashions pansies, roses and violets on her dining room table.

Outside the picture window behind her, rain driz- zled. In her right hand was a pair of eyebrow tweezers and in the left a tube fast dry cement. Nearby was a single edge razor blade. "Those and a slab of glass to are all anyone needs shelleraft." she said easing group of coral and technicolor shells onto the lid of wicker purse. Spread before her were rows of plastic boxes.

Inside were shells dyed in pastel Faster egg colors. "Shelleraft is a hobby anyone can enjoy," she said. "It can cost as much or as little as you want." Michaele Wolfe recently ordered $60 worth of shells from Clearwater and sota, Fla. She expects that by May all will be used. Already she has completed a dozen each of letter holders, candy dishes made moon shells, bud vases, candlesticks, earrings, pins and five different kinds ash trays.

These she'll deliver to gift and glamor booth Mt. Lebanon Woman's Club plans at its Picadilly Fair May 20. Mrs. Wolfe is booth chairman. I don't sell my work except as a philanthrophy." she says.

This has included bazaar at Mt. Lebanon United Lutheran Church. Describing shell craft, she says it's "a therapy for anyone my age." Then she admits it is "tedious work and requires a steady hand." Mrs. Wolfe is a grandmother and the wife of a Mt. Lebanon real estate broker.

She accomplishes much of her shelleraft while watching TV in the evening, a spot where she also has of do a a of MRS. MAX C. WOLFE Preserving nature's bounty atop a wicker as for pill, tissue or jewel boxes. Mrs. Wolfe's latest deviation in shelleraft is teaching a class of 18 women at the Mt.

Lebanon club. There the Timely Fashion Hints Those bibs of beads in vivid colors (rose, peacock, citrus, beige or whitened versions) are just the thing to pick up a navy suit or dress for spring. Time to think of a spring bonnet. from turban. cloche or roller brim, but mastered knitting, crocheting.

felt and paper crafts. Her shell work is divided into items made entirely of shell, like jewelry, and that forms which decoration, such pick with height. The new designs are meant to balance the slim lines of spring clothes. Change off for your dark CLASS AT MT. LEBANON WOMAN'S CLUB likes bridge tallies best.

Teacher is Mrs. Max C. Wolfe. MRS. WOLFE DECORATED plastic purse with shells.

coral She makes roses of fish scales JEWEL BOX AND LETTER HOLDER make attractive gifts Loose shells are raw material STOPS TOOTH ACHE IN SECONDS ORA JEL Virginia Laughlin Engaged Studies Recession One way to halt the present business recession is passage of the Mutual Se. curity Bill in Congress, Mrs. Oscar M. Ruebhausen said yesterday. Zelia Ruebhausen, a board member of the League of Women Voters of the U.

urged Pittsburgh League members to write congressmen recommending the 3.9 billion dollar bill. "People don't realize that 80 percent of that money will be spent right in the United States," she protested. Mrs. Ruebhausen spoke before a luncheon meeting in Kaufmann's dining room. She has been an accredited UN observer for the league since 1946.

"One reason for people in Pittsburgh to want that bill is she said. "We buy iron ore, manganese and other raw material and alloys abroad. "Foreign countries need money to develop mining and production." She added "If war comes, I hope it will be an economic war. In that case, we'd jolly well better be able to fight." Mrs. Ruebhausen, the wife of a New York City lawyer, lives in an apartment on the East River.

On the first floor of the building lives Edgar Kaufmann. whose family founded the store at which she spoke. For her speaking engage. ment Mrs. Ruebhausen wore a bright red straw hat.

a navy dress with brass buttons and gold jewelry. The betrothal of Virginia Rose Laughlin has been announced by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Laughlin of Hoodridge Drive, Mt.

Lebanon. Her fiance is Robert Royal King son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. King of Edgewood Drive, Upper St.

Clair. Miss Laughlin attended Penn Hall Junior College and I Mr. King is a junior at Washington Jefferson College. Anita Claire Bonebreak, a senior at the Presbyterian Hospital School Nursing, has become engaged to Lt. Edward J.

McGowan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. J. McGowan Sr.

of Trevanion Street. The announcement was made by the bride parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. Bonebreak of Williamsburg, Pa.

Lt. McGowan, an alumnus of the University of Pitts. burgh, is stationed at Fort George G. Meade, Md. The engaged couple will be married in July.

Mr. and Mrs. Gerard A. Hufnagel of Castle Shannon Boulevard, Mt. Lebanon, have made known the engagement of their daughter, Patricia Ruth, to Dr.

Allan Bloom. Miss Hufnagel and Dr. Scholarship Award The Woman's Club of Mt. Washington will present Nancy Teckemeyer with a scholarship tonight at the Cinosam Club. Miss Teckemeyer is a student nurse at Sewickley Valley Hospital.

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winter skirt; a floral print silk blouse with tie front neckline and three-quarter length sleeves. This is the time to add a silk print dress to your wardrobe. Wear it under your winter coat while the cold lasts and under your spring coat when warm weather rolls around. Those bulky, wool-knit sweaters in the waist length style and in pastel colors are ideal for wear both with slim skirts and with sheaths. Add a chiffon scarf.

Little flower and straw head-dresses are beginning to bloom for spring. These come in vivid and pastel colors. Flower Lecture Planned Mrs. Emily Stuebing will present her lecture "Leg. ends of Madonnas" at 1:30 p.

m. tomorrow at the Garden Center. The well known lecturer and teacher will also ereate compositions of flowers and fruits mentioned in the Bible with the Madonnas. Hostesses will be Mrs. Howard A.

Power, Mrs. Samuel J. Leezer, Mrs. Roy A. Hunt Jr.

and Mrs. Henry A. Anderson. Hosting District 7 of the Garden Federation on April 9 will be the garden department of the Woman's Club of Mt. Lebanon.

Some 250 members of the federation, including state officers, are expected to attend. Mrs. D. B. Perrin will speak on "Bulbs" at the morning session at 10 a.

m. Following the one o'clock luncheon, Mrs. Emily Stuebing will lecture on "Flower Arranging for Our Homes." Penn Hebron Garden Club will gather April 3 at the Holiday House, Monrocville, for a President's Day lunchcon. Mrs. B.

W. Otterman succeeds Mrs. Ralph Scherger as president. Speaking 011 "Let's Face It. We All Love A Play" will be Jane Ellen Ball.

April 11-12 are important dates for the Little Garden Club of Sewickley. Members will again offer for sale a collection of white dogwood trees. Pink dogwood will also be available, but only if ordered through Mrs. John M. Trainer of Sewickley.

The sale will take place at the Chevrolet show room on Broad Street. DIAPER PURE GET STOPS Diaper DIAPERS DIAPER SWEET PAIL CLEAN ODORS AT FOOD DRUG STORES TRADEMARK Program Set The Tuesday Musical Club hear a program presented new members on April 8 Foster Memo- rial. Fred N. Cunning. ham chairman of reception ers.

to honor the perform- to.