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Easter Paraders Make Navy Blue Top Fashion Choice as Detroiters Throng to Church was of the palest pink we had seen all morning. Sh topped her navy suit with a broadtail jacket. To us, it was a fine Easter parade because it proved what we've been hearing the fashion experts say for months: that 1949 styles are the most versatile and wearable they've ever seen. But our bouquet for the most forward-looking miss in the parade goes to Betty Bliss. To enhance her beautiful southern tan, she chose a white tropical wool crepe frock and a matching hat that had a rose at dead center in the front.

To complete the outfit, she anticipated summer with a pair of blue and white sling pumps. found a parking spot on a car-clogged street near Memorial, the congregation was eddying out of church. It was easy to spot Frederick M. Alger, because of his striped trousers and top" hat. With him were Jlrs.

Alger, in a gray, epauletted suit brightened with a polka dot scarf at the neckline, and Suzette Alger, in a full-skirted navy frock under a fur jacket. Mrs. Harold R. Boyer, chatting over the service with her husband and son, Alger, wore an apple blossom-trimmed green straw hat with her coat dress of rustling navy faille. Mrs.

J. Stewart Hudson and her son, Jeffrey, came out of church together and we decided that her tiny straw bonnet mtK mm mw V. fW WWMWWW WHWt HMMMC Mm BY MARGUERITE RILEY Free Press Society Editor One of the Easter Parade photographers slung his camera case over his shoulder and threw out a question to a knot of society reporters standing nearby. "Why don't women wear bright colors on Easter any more?" he asked, with typical masculine fondness for the good old days. Before we had a chance to advance our theory on how navy blue has moved in to monopolize the fashion spotlight, one of the newest reporters in the business sighed wistfully.

"If you're lucky enough to own a mink jacket," she allowed, "Easter Sunday is certainly the time to wear it!" And she burrowed down deeper into the collar of her covert coat. There's no doubt about it, fur jackets were certainly the fashion story as socialites paraded to church Sunday morning. Sunny skies brought out every hue in hats and shoes and there was a unanimous sanction of corsages as a necessary complement to every costume but the fact remains, the accent was on furs instead of on the pastels so dearly loved by cameramen. Orchids A-Bloom THE BENJAMIN S. WARRENS, and young Ritchey, cannily timed their arrival at Christ Church, Grosse Pointe, early in order to be sure of seats.

For the 11 o'clock service, they arrived shortly after 10 o'clock. Mrs. Warren wore a corsage of blue and white violets on her fur jacket, which topped a navy outfit. Her off-white straw bonnet was trimmed in blue. Orchids went to church all over town, mainly because they -m pin-' tw v.p i mtt fcfti hD 'J Cv.

I- 1 i made bright color accents for the preponderance of navy and black ensembles. Mrs. E. Mead Baker, pinned hers to her fur scarf, which she wore over a black sheer wool suit. Two rows of box pleating, one on the jacket and one at the hemline were the only punctuations in the pencil-slim lines of her suit.

Mrs. Jewett Dwyer and her daughter, Diane, both elected fur jackets to wear over their navy Easter outfits. Another family salute to navy was offered by Mrs. John W. Finken-staedt and her daughter, Mrs.

Lyle A. Devlin, Jr. Mrs. Finkenstaedt introduced red and white into her ensemble, while Mrs. Devlin chose a white hat for contrast.

Navy Plus Color SPEAKING OF red, white and. blue, Liz Robb's peaked straw hat had a loop smack on the crown from which flew a double streamer of red velvet ribbon. She had gardenias pinned to her fur jacket which topped a navy frock. Mrs. Edwin R.

Stroh, decided on a tri-color, patriotic costume for Easter, too. The blue and white were in the pin checks of her flying-jib jacket suit, but her navy straw bonnet emphasized red, white and blue in three narrow rows of ribbon circling the brim. Mr. and Mrs. Walter B.

Ford II stood in the doorway, upon their arrival at church, to wait for Wrally's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Ford, so we had a chance to make a note of both women's outfits. The younger Mrs.

Ford wore dramatic navy faille, which swirled out under her capelet of silver-blu mink. Her hat was a starchy white straw, ear-hugging navy flowers at each side. Her mother-in-law wore a fur jacket over her cafe au lait crepe frock, with which she wore a tiny, avocado green, be- eathered hat. Eyes Right and Left FROM CHRIST CHURCH, the route led to St. Paul's on the lake shore, where the first couple we saw was Mr.

and Mrs. Frank Couzens, Jr. Our navy-under-f urs story was emphasized not only by Mrs. Couzens, but by Mrs. William J.

Croul, who walked slowly up the steps as she waited for her husband to park the car. Creamy white orchids, matching her beribboned straw hat, were pinned to the skipper blue lapel of Mrs. Michael P. O'Donnell's flared-back coat. You have to keep your eyes traveling in all directions at St.

Paul's, where many of the worshippers whisk around from the back parking lot. That was where Mr. and Mrs. William Callery, parked their car and we looked up to see them flashing into church. Lanie's brief -jacketed suit was persimmon and navy, the bright jacket marked with a scroll design of navy braid.

A circle of tiny field flowers defined the brim of Mrs. Walter B. Connolly's navy straw. hat. She wore a gray suit under her furs.

She shepherded one son up the church steps while Mr. Connolly marshalled a smaller-sized brother a few feet behind them. Between St. Paul's and the end of services at Grosse Pointe Memorial is coffee time for all the working press covering the parade and this time it was Margot Downing who played hostess at her Fisher Road home. BY THE TIME we had put our shoes back on and had WTwm Mff aasar n.r., wi-v ntnmiff.mifipinnniwwrinriH.

MRS. HERBERT I. LORD, CHARLES LORD At Christ Church MRS. J. STEWART HUDSON AND JEFFREY Mother-son duo at Memorial MR.

AND MRS. H1LLIA5I CALLERY, JR. In St. Paul's throng 1 I i. -t -v .1 1 i 1 Free Press Photos by TVally Steiger and Vincc "Witek MR.

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Carl G. Wonnberger is direct- ing the comedy with Robert Hoffman as his assistant. In charge of sets are Robert Loh-man and John Roberts. Property man is Mike Redfield. We imagine there will be about twenty-five Kingswood gals attending the Friday production because they won't be In town on Saturday evening.

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