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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1977
Page
12
A Wichita appearance features humorist Erma Bracken discussing changing roles of women and aging, mixing wit with serious notes. She reflects on cooking, housekeeping, etiquette, and family worries while promoting her I Hate to Cook Almanac and other works.
Five hundred players from Los Angeles County participate in the Fifth Annual City of Hope Tennis Tournament across Long Beach and surrounding cities. Co chairs Karen McBride and Gerirank from Lakewood guide matches on 32 courts from morning to afternoon with a no-host party at the Petroleum Club. Proceeds fund a $180,000 radiographic unit for cancer diagnostic research at City of Hope.
In the Villa Riviera Williams apartment a spring bouquet with a thank you message was sent to celebrate Jim and Barb McCormicks watching Mario win. The scene included many local residents from Adrian Beach and a keen interest in the Vernon Avenue Oil Painting Contest and Bridge Tournament. Jerrie Smiley displayed watercolors at Beach Community Playhouse while her son-in-law Jerry Tovine directed a production.
A series of Saturday and Thursday weddings in Long Beach and nearby cities featured Donna Lehmann and Robin Christopherson at the Los Angeles Temple, Cathy Catanzaro and Jim Arvizu in Costa Mesa, Desmond Benavidez and Julie Kerwin in Los Altos, Linda Jackson and John Bennett in Paramount, and Patricia Lassen with Donald McGowan in Long Beach. Attendees included maid of honor Lori Ursano, best men Randy Arvizu and Marcos Benavidez, and numerous local graduates from Jordan High, Long Beach State, and LBCC. The couples planned honeymoons in San Luis Obispo, San Francisco, Acapulco, and Northern California, then residence in Long Beach or nearby cities.
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