Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-02-03
BPW Enjoys
International
Costume Revue

AA4&SA
Costume Revue
Lands across the sea became
closer to nearly 70 members of Port
Clinton Business and Professional
Club and their guests at BPW's
February meeting in Trinity Metho-
dist church Wednesday night thru
, an international Revue of cos
| tunes.
The international Relations COM
mittee of which Dorotha Witten-
meyer is chairman, Lesta Shannon
co-chairman, Octa Klncaid, Eliza
beth Harris, Betty Gillum and
Colleen Gill members, was in
charge of a program delightful and
different. Ably assisting was the
news service committee of Anna
HurrelI chairman, Lois Kloock CO.
chairman, Norma Drusbacky, Doro-
thy Davies and Elma Miller.
Highlighting the Revue were four
specially loaned costumes. From
Philip Eisenberg, Takoma Park,
/ Md, associated with the Library Of
Congress, came costume of a
Korean woman. From two Oberlin
college foreign students, Boris OBJ
lesow and Chariene Chitambar,
} came costumes from their respec-
tive native lands of Russia and
India.
Sylvia Nakrin modelled the Kor-
| can costume with its four basic
elements: the china, or skirt; the
chogori, short bolero-type jacket;
posun, padded short stocking,
shaped like boot; and komooshin,
rubber shoes. A choomuni, bright
embroidered purse also was in
cluded. Mr.. Eisenberg is author of
a novel about Korea for young peo-
pie, to be published soon by Will
cox and Follett of Chicago, with
his wife Hilda as illustrator. Mary
Ellen Hostrup, as Revue commen-
tator, read his interesting letter on
background of Korean attire.
! Anna Hurrell modelled Mr.. Oble-
soW's native Russian costume. Miss
Chltambar sent two saris, Kash-
J miri silk stamped with a scene of
Indian festivities modelled by Doro-
thy Davies; and one of pure gold
thread, worn at weddings and fes-
tive occasions. 1t was modelled by
Karen Hostrup.
The Rev. Eleanor GaluSha's au.
thentic Bulgarian costume includ -
a vest, loaned by a member of her
Marblehead parish, which hao
twice been buried . in 1870 and
in World War l to keep it from
becoming booty of enemy soldiers
Colorful and fascinating were
these costumes: Mexican girl, Octs
Kincade, and peon Betty Gillum
! Chinese girl, Ruth Rofkar; Irish
Colleen, Colleen Gill; japanese
geisha girl, Florence Specht; Ru
manian gypsy, Elizabeth Harris
Cherokee Indian girl, Lesta Shan
non; Egyptian pharoah and queen
Leonardo Stein and Ann Bolte
I American Gay 90's", Verdi Vor
Thron; Arabian chief, Dorotha Wit
tenmeyer; Roaring 20's" flappers
Helen Sanders and Pauline Bugbee
Dutch girl, Norma Drusbacky; Ha
waiian costume, Elma Miller
Scotch costume, Gretchen Claus
| gypsy, Lois Kloock.
On each of seven dinner table.
were costumed dolls from collec
tions of Mrs. Virgil Revenaugh anC
Leonardo Stein, and a wide array
of articles from many lands. Anon!
the owners were Betty Gillum
Norma Drusbacky, Mrs. Charles
Salts, and Erma Whiting.
Ethel Shaw, Toledo, state BPW
Federation international relations
chairman, was an honor guest anC
was highly complimentary at til,
fine program. Other guests includ
ed Mrs. Wittenmeyer's mother, Mrs
]. E. Deffenbaugh of Ottawa, Mar
garet Potter, Alice Fachman, JUNE
Mcleod, Betty Woolley, Sally De
| Witt, Bella Russell, Patricia Milaz
20, Marge Anderson, Agnes Mat
thews and Karen HoStrup.
| Ann Bolte, district director
spoke briefly as did Miss Shaw
whose explanation of BPWs Worlt
Friendship Fund to aid foreign stu
dents studying here was climaxet
by announcement of the local in
| ternational relations committe,
] that it is giving away mink scar