Holstein
(Continued from Pago B 4)
one was dressed to go out, al
though while atd home doing
housework a woman might just
wear a couple of layers of petti
coats topped by a wool or cotton
skirt
Long cotton or wool socks were
donned first, then a pair of bloom
ers or underwear. A long chemise
over that could alos double as a
nightgown. A half or underslip
might follow, along with the tradi
tional stiff, bone corset, which fe
males began wearing as early as
ige 12. The hoop and slip to cover
the hoop added yet more layers
and weight, topped with a blouse,
skin, gloves, jacket and hat
The “snood,” or loose hairnet
worn by most women, was some
times woven of their own hair
which was saved and painstaking
ly woven into a net
“The older you got the longer
your skirts were,” said Mcßae,
adding that hundreds of women
were burned each year in that eta
as their clothing caught fire.
A nostalgic fashion show of
wedding gowns wove some per
sonal history into the Holstein lad
ies’ program. The wedding gown
display featured those worn by
some ladies’ day participants,
heirloom ones of their mothers
and grandmothers, as well as new
and not-so-new gowns from Yes
terday’s Bridals Shop.
Wearing her own gown after 48
years of marriage were Athena
Beshore, New Cumberland. Also
modeling their own gowns from
more recent wedding days were
Holstein women Rhoda Crider,
Beverly Sease, Donna Woerth,
Melinda Johnson, and Deb Bru
baker. Gowns belonging to Ann
Kopp, Sandy Roth, Lily Nichol,
Leona Crider, Helen Cope, and
Ailene "Dick” Thompson were
also part of the fashhion display.
Stephanie Wagner and Sheryl
Horst both modeled their mother’s
gowns, and gowns worn by their
grandmothers were modeled by
Becky Sonnen, Diane Hoover, and
Barb Lentz.
Other models of the heirloom
re modeled
the white satin floor-length
Sown she wore In her 1946
wedding to 1994 PHA Hall of
Fame winner Wayne Be
ahore. Her string of pearls
was part of that original
wedding costume.
Ladies Look Back
and contemporary gowns included were given by 10-year-cake-dc-
Pennsylvania Dairy Princess Jen- sorating veteran Viola Haines, a
nifcr Grimes, York Dairy Princess dairy farm woman from Taney-
Cecilia Martin, Beth Raney, Nan- town, Maryland. Alma Wenger of
cy Myers. Katy Crider, Bridget Lancaster displayed a less tradi-
Boyer, Linda Miller, and Sally tional form of wedding cake, de-
Hill. Narrator was Mim Kauff- :oratcd in the Europeah-style with
mj>n, i rolled fondant icing and'decora-
Wedding cake decorating tips
jncy. me the gown worn by her mother, Lily,
when she larrled PHA executive director Bill Nichol In
1956. The gown is of Chantilly lace, chapel length, with an
off'the-shoulder scalloped neckline. After the wedding, the
couple discovered their ushers had removed and hidden
the front seat of their car.
, a gown white chiffon, Dauphin County dairy farm
daughter Deb Miller Brubaker married Lancaster County
dairy farmer Lowell Brubaker In 1979. The fitted bodice and
chapel length veil are finished with Alencon lace and seed
pearls.
(Turn to Pago B 7)
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 12, 1994-B5
Viola Haines made the Intricate decorating of a beautiful
wedding cake look ... well, like a piece of cake.
The organza and satin gown with a bridal train from her
mother’s 1947 wedding was modeled by Sheryl Horst. Cost
of the gown was $20.25. Returning to Pennsylvania in a
snowstorm, the couple finished their last leg back home
from the honr moon on a tractor.
gi jther jnnle Reltt In 1928, It modtled by lane
Hoover. The drttt It btlltvtd to have been made by a team
atrttt at a Lebanon drttt thop and had a hand-embroider
ed dttlgn above the box pleat line and at the walet.