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Newspaper
Coronado Compass
Location
Coronado, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1948
Page
2
Miss Betty Ellis niece of Mr John Hartman of 918 Tenth Ave will leave Coronado for Vancouver Canada next Sunday She will there await the arrival of her sister from England on December 12.
National Art Week is sponsored by the San Diego County Art Council with 23 member groups. Exhibitions will line major shopping streets and an outdoor Art Mart drew crowds at Balboa Park. Coronado hosts a Fine Arts gallery show open 3 to 5 pm weekdays until the 19th, and writer Paul Peery speaks Friday at 2 pm on The Appeal of the Artist.
The Catholic Daughters of America plan a benefit dance in the Continental Room of the San Diego Hotel next Friday to raise funds for a Sacred Heart parochial school high school scholarship. Reservations linked to dance chairman Mrs. Caterina and Mrs. Trepagnier.
Last night Rear Admiral Bieri hosted a dinner party with guests including Maj. Gen. Leo Hermie and Gen. Harry Schmidt among others. Bieri is slated as Parade Grand Marshal for the Armistice Day event in San Diego tomorrow as Capt. Perkins receives orders to command the carrier Princeton in China waters.
Rear Admiral Elliott Buckmaster and Mrs Buckmaster return to Coronado for winter after summer in Addison Maine. Comdr James Lay and family arrive. twin sons Chester and Richard meet for first time. Generals and officers including Admiral Nimitz family, Gen Patrick Farrell, Rear Admiral Cam Edgar and others stay at local hotels and clubs.
Lieutenant C. L. Schell hosted a reception at 328 Palm Ave after the christening of their son Michael Brannon. Godparents were Lieutenant William F. Calloway and Miss Alice Scull. Attendees included Alan Laing, John McGeelainge, Commander G. R. Tucker, Mary Alpert, Harry Northover, Lt. and Mrs. McHale, Lucille Dugall, Pat Scull, James Poynter, Samuel Wood, M. A. Ray, and W. F. Calloway.
A dessert bridge party and Children's Fashion Show start at 12 30 p.m. next Saturday in the elementary school gym to benefit Graham Memorial Presbyterian Church Building Fund. Mrs W T Powell chairs the entertainment committee with assistants Mrs P Critten den and Mrs H Rundberg.
A state college merchandising class compares men's fashion ideas with Vogue's November guidance. It notes blue as preferred color, dislike for sloping shoulders, and mentions jumpers in bengaline jersey gaberdine and crepe with or without blouses. A velvet or satin Christmas robe with shawl collars and peignoirs is suggested as a gift.
Gary Cooper shot bridge scenes aboard the USS Antietam for Warner Bros film Task Force. The cast lived on board. loud ship noise kept them awake, prompting a late hotel sleep at the Del. Cooper age, charm, and fatigue mark his naval officer role as the project spans Langley to Yorktown and beyond.
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