Centerville PTA hosts morning coffee and cake sale
Mrs. Ray Bean hosted a Centerville PTA coffee hour at 150 Fremont Avenue with fellow members assisting her cake sale tied to the group’s recent fundraising. The notice also lists participants and events from nearby Edendale Del Rey Hillview Crest Decoto and Warm Springs PTA activities including Christmas programs and fundraisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
Ray Bean
Fremont Avenue
Dennett Dosher
Ed Fabbri
Vernon Brown
Velvet Party Bolero Pattern From Velvet Institute
Reversible amethyst velvet bolero with white lining and Angora collar offered by Velvet Institute of America. Sizes 12 14 or 16. Pattern No 624 25 cents. Send name address pattern number to Carol Curtis The Daily Review 652 Miska Street San Francisco. Needlework Guide 36 pages 150 designs for knitting crochet embroidery transfers. Order as you go.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swanky
Velvet Institute of America
Carol Curtis
The
Daily Review
Misca
San Francisco
Fashion World Pattern Catalog Promo 1954 Fall Winter
Bey Fashion World offers Bey 1954 55 fall winter patterns with easy to make designs. The ad lists pattern numbers 3059 1243 4442 and sizes 16 to 39 inches for a princess style jumper and blouse. Send 35 cents with name address style number and size to Pattern Bureau San Francisco. Two weeks delivery. Extra pattern for first class mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Daily Review
Misaid Street
San Francisco
Brand Bey
Fashion World
Mrs Santa Claus Gift Drive Aids Fairmont Hospital Children
Mrs Santa Claus and the Saved to Serve Circle of the First Baptist Church Castro Valley donated and wrapped gifts for polio ward children at Fairmont Hospital. The Christmas party at Mrs Sybil McKenty’s home featured prayers, readings, and carols with co-hostesses Newton, Sledge, and Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont Hospital
Santa Claus
Saved
Circle of the First Baptist Church
Castro Valley
Sybil
McKenty
Sprague Court
Mesdames
Catherine Sledge
Doris Wright
Betty ‘Whitehouse
Lucille Gateley
Bertha Duncan
Sarah Sanders
Ruby Keatherington
Lois Hutte
Dorothy Cheney
Levie Dobesh
Plete Smith
Eva Newon
Choral Guests At Mrs Comenzind Home Castro Valley
Mrs Benedict Comenzind hosted twelve Castro Valley Business and Professional Women's Club members at her Almond Avenue home Tuesday evening. A buffet supper was served and Christmas gifts were exchanged. The group will entertain the full club December 18 at a Christmas party at Don's in Dublin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benedict Comenzind
Castro Valley Business and Professional Women's Choral
Almond Avenue
Don's
Dublin
Circle Church Announces Esther Circle Meeting and Mariners Party
Centerville Presbyterian church social calendar for the week includes Esther circle gathering and a Mariners Christmas party. Rev. Tom Fuhr announced events. Esther circle members meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Olive avenue home of Mrs. Myrna Dickerson in Irvington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
Sodality Group Holds Xmas Party at St Anthony's
Members of the Holy Rosary Sodality held their annual Christmas Party at St. Anthony's hall last week. Among the 44 members present were Mrs. Mary Trummer who will soon celebrate her Sind birthday and Mrs. Louise Farie who has been on the sick list. Hostesses at the breakfast were Miss Mary Silva, Mrs. Mary Souza and Mrs. Amelia Silva. Next regular meeting will be January 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Rosary Sodality
St. Anthony’s Hall
Mary Trummer
Louise Farie
Mary Silva
Mary Souza
Amelia Silva
the Sodality
Just Between Us Neighbors Shape Quiet Frightful Quietude
A reflective column recalls a once tight-knit neighborhood where perfect housekeepers and mothers created subtle pressures. The writer describes petty conflicts over a poodle’s grooming, routine cleaning wars, and child-rearing contrasts that provoke insecurity and self-scrutiny about livable standards and social judgment. The piece ends on the strain of neighborly perfection.
Washing and guilt trace a mother's daily grind
A neighbor recalls competing with a well organized mother over laundry and kitchen duties. The speaker reflects on dirty clothes, clean suits, and the pressure to appear a perfect parent while juggling chores and self doubt. The piece notes casual moments at neighbors homes and the strain of keeping up appearances.
Comrades in Babel Observe Neighborly Conversations
A speaker recalls a neighbor describing a three year old talking back and people consoling themselves that children pass through stages. The narrator notes comfort in small urban conveniences like schools and bus stops and feels at home when open doors greet neighbors without fuss over clutter.
Christmas Party At Washington Township Country Club
The Women's WI holiday gathering at the Washington Township Country Club drew about 150 members and guests for the annual Christmas meeting. Home arts chaired by Mrs Allan Walton hosted gift display booths while Joseph Roberts read Dickens Christmas Carol. Mrs Don Wolfe performed children’s carols from different lands and refreshments were supervised by Mrs Arthur Belshaw. Hall decorations were planned by Mrs Alwyn Searles with table bouquets by Mrs Margaret Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club of
Washington Township
Stebler Loze
Lore
Home Arts Section
Allan Walton
Home Arts
Hayward Speaker Discusses Fatima at Holy Name Breakfast
Edward C. Massa Hayward realtor gave an illustrated talk on Our Lady of Fatima at the Holy Name Society monthly communion breakfast in St. Joseph's parish cafeteria Berkeley yesterday. Society president Frank Janete praised Massa as a leading Northern California speaker and noted the Fatima topic fits this Marian year and the call for Russia's conversion. Massa, a St Marys College Notre Dame Law School graduate, is longtime alumni activist and Hayward resident with a wife and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C. Massa
Hayward Realtor
Holy Name Society
St. Joseph's Parish
Berkeley
Frank Javete
Society
Massa
California
Russia
Janete
St. Mary’s College
Notre Dame Law School
Graduate School of Education
Stanford University
Hayward
East Bay
United Crusade Division
Carob Branch Hosts Fundraiser Dinner at Hospital
The Carob Branch of the Children's Hospital held a bring the food and pay the tab dinner as its first treasury event. Charter members and spouses gathered at the James Meyer home in Glenwood Gardens to mingle and plan future activities. The Centerville branch, still forming, has no active projects yet but plans a pre-year event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carob
Children's Hospital
Children’s Hospital
Centerville
Cerah Branch
James Meyer
Glen+wood Gardens
Sorority Plans Dinner and Cocktail Party in San Leandro
Southern Alameda County Kappa Kappa Gamma alumnae plan a progressive Christmas dinner at Edgar Barr home 165 Daniel Drive San Leandro with cocktails at Allan Nie home 368 Maud Avenue San Leandro. Twenty four members and husbands will attend. local members are invited to contact Mrs. Mark Youngs for details.
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Alameda County
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Edgar Barr
Daniel Drive
San Leandro
Allan Nie
Maud Avenue
San Leardro
Mark Youngs
Trinidad
Xmas Party Plans at Mission San Jose Home
Toyen, a branch of Children's Hospital of the East Bay, will celebrate Christmas on December 15 at the home of Mrs. E. E. Huddleson in Mission San Jose. Members assemble at 1:30 p.m. for a business session led by Mrs. Stuart Nixon, before the entertainment portion of the event. Co-hostesses include Mrs. D. Witherly and Mrs. Huddleson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decoto
Hillview Crest Pta
Hisview Crest School
Toyen
Children’s Hospital of
the East Bay
E. E. Huddleson
Mission San Jose
Huddleson
Stuart.Nixon
D. Witherly
T. Nostess
Hesperian School Christmas Program Tonight Features Processional
Hesperian School offers a candlelight choir processional at 7 7 p m Monday with the theme How Christmas is Celebrated In Many Lands. Primary grades will exhibit demonstrations and The First Christmas, a play by teachers and students, will be presented. Music by the school choir directed by Robert Eastland, with Principal True Tourtillott at the Hammond organ, in the multipurpose room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edendale
Edendale School
PTA
Robert Crooks
Ronnie Ernest
Beverly Finke
Donald Nowell
Louise Doyle
Edith Crooks
Miss Doyle
Kathie Keyes
Josephine Noble
James Phipps
Hesperian School
Chris
Robert Eastland
True Tourtillott
Glass scratch removal with glycerine and red TOAge rub
Surface scratches on glass may be removed by rubbing with felt and a solution of glycerine and water with red TOAge. The method relies on gentle abrasion and chemical softening to reduce visible abrasions.
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Castlewood Country
Thane
Castlewood
Fairechild
Biit Pta
Kathryn McLarty
Dorothea Peterman
Hillview Crest
James Brown
San Lorenzo
el Portal Pta
At Sater
Hungry Five
Dan Walters
Harvey Hershmann
Sater
Ed Wilkening
Fairview
Fee
Fairview Pta
Tennyson
Tennyson Pta
Lois Jesse
Warm Springs
P-Ta
Wall Springs
Frank Marks
Joseph Bettencourt
Velvet Party
Bolero
C.V
BPW
Sodality Group
ST. Anthony's
Antoine
Bex
Bev
Babel
W.T. Country Club
Sorority
Higate
Brodway
Oakland
Cees
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