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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Apr 11, 1961

Page

5

Wonderfu n Washington cooknaping tale and recipes

Consternation in the capital over alleged cooknaping as diplomats, embassies, and a famed chef are courted with offers. Miss Gunhild Lesund shares a Norweigan recipe for soupe. Bui Van Han, a Vietnamese chef at the French Embassy, recounts a White House bid. White House staff deny. past cooknapings at Blair House and embassies surface amid calls for better regional American dishes.

Madame Aldphand Bui van Han London Madame Chauvel White House Bui Bill Senor Don Fernando Berckemeyer Clarthel Rapp San Francisco Berckemeyers Stanley Baudon Berckemeyer Rosa Ponselle Baltimore Blair House America Virginia Gulf Coast California New England

Checks Summon Officials to Cash In on Tea Date

Facsimile bank drafts for one share in democracy have gone out to about 250 city officials of Long Beach Lakewood and Signal Hill inviting them to the League of Women Voters annual coffee hour at Recreation Park Clubhouse. The event includes booths on local issues, a business session with officer elections and a noon luncheon. Membership is open to all women citizens of voting age.

Long Beach Lakewood Signal Hill League of Women Voters Recreation Park Board of Education League Mmes Samuel Gladstone Nathan Lombrozo Katie Dupli-Kate Harry Simon George C. Underhill F. Lowell Bowton

Nine Day Diet Promises Rapid Weight Loss Plan

A newspaper column promotes a nine day reducing diet claiming rapid weight loss between five and ten pounds for many, with hunger kept low and a switch to 1200 to 1400 daily calories afterward. Sample menu for tomorrow includes grapefruit toast egg fish and vegetables. Readers can mail ten cents for a full diet booklet and substitutions.

Dress Up that Small Window With Plywood Cornice

Create a slim plywood cornice for a tiny window then cover it with Marvaton adhesive coverings. Press the material smoothly onto the window molding sill and apron to simulate a framed picture effect.

Marvaton

Shanes Celebrate Silver Wedding Anniversary at Open House

Mr and Mrs Hubert D Shane of 3714 Gardenia Ave were honored at an open house marking their silver wedding anniversary. Hosted by Mrs Feral Yoder and Mrs Myrtle Ashby with help from their son and daughter in law My and Mrs Ronald Shane. Mrs Shane a California native and her husband a Nebraska native are members of Olive Hill Bethany Baptist Church.

Hubert D. Shane Gardenia Ave Shane Feral Yoder Myrtle Ashby Ronald Shane California Nebraska Olive Hill Bethany Baptist Church

Luncheon to Honor Madam Jeanne Danan Hero of Belgium Jews

Madam Jeanne Danan, credited with saving Belgian Jewish lives during Nazi occupation, will speak at the United Jewish Welfare Campaign luncheon at Tenderloin Restaurant. A teacher who refused Nazi indoctrination, she organized an underground escape network aiding Jewish families. Her courage cost relatives their lives. The event was organized by 32 members of the Mitzvah division. Reservations via Jewish Community Center.

Women’s Division United Jewish Welfare Fund Tenderloin Restaurant Left) Mines Ronald Safren Jerome Taube Harold Stein Jeanne Daman Madam Jeanne Danan United Jewish Welfare Campaign Belgium Madam Daman Storm Traopers Israel Hazelbrook Ave Jewish Community Center Grand Ave Charles Savitz

CLUBS Film Tells Communist Threat Tonight

A Delta Delta Delta alumnae gathering hosts a screening of Operation Abolition at 7 pm in El Dorado Park Clubhouse. Dr. William E Fort Jr of the California Free Enterprise Association will comment. Public welcome.

Delta Delta Delta el Dorado Park William E. Fort Jr California Free Enterprise Association Long Beach City Panhellenic

Navy Wives to Entertain at Los Alamitos Spa Dinner

Navy Wives of Clufy 217 plan a Sunday spaghetti dinner from 4 30 to 8 00 pm in the non commissioned officers ballroom at Los Alamitos Naval Air Station. The event features candlelight and Italian style music with dinner and wine. Proceeds benefit the Scholarship Foundation to aid children of enlisted Navy Marine Corps or Coast Guard personnel in pursuing education.

Los Alamitos Navy Los Alamitos Naval Air’ Station United States Navy Marine Corps Coast Guard

Pipe Cleaners Husband out of pipe cleaners

This fragment notes a common occurrence when stores are closed and suggests substituting paper tissues as an emergency pipe cleaner for home use.

Grandchild Brings Big News at The Wild Wallesley

A reader reports unusual events at The Wild Wallesley noting Mac Epley’s hospital stay coinciding with the birth of a granddaughter Jane, fifth for Mac and his wife. Johnny and Norma Epley are named as the parents. Details mix with playful corrections about a past item and a thrice-told tale.

Mac” Epley Mac Johnny Norma Epley Jane

New Leader at Helm of GOP Unit

Mrs. Fred H. Cordes installed as president of Long Beach Council of Republican Women will lead a Wednesday meeting in Wilton Hotel Pageant Room. An 11:30 a.m. legislative session features Brad Trenham on Federal Aid to Education. Afternoon talk by Donald Jackson on Communist Action in the U S. Public welcome. coffee hour noon to 1 p.m.

Fred H. Cordes Long Beach U. S Donald Jackson House of Representatives Jackson American Republic

Newlyweds At Home After Las Vegas Wedding

Newly married Mr and Mrs Ted Michael Johnson reside here after their Las Vegas nuptials. The bride Carol Ann Parsons is the daughter of Howard Burl Parsons of Long Beach and is a Poly High School graduate who attended Long Beach City College. The groom is Claude Johnsons son from Townsend Tennessee and serves in the U S Navy.

Ted Michael Johnson Las Vegas Nev Carol Ann Parsons Howard Burl Parsons Long Beach Poly High School Long Beach City College Business and Technolopy Claude Johnson Townsend, Tenn U.S. Navy

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Washington Virginia Kelly Sador Roth Gunhild Lesund Lesund Balhroom Saturday Evening Post Harry Hughes TWA New York Europe Atlantic Los Angeles Polar Paris Rome Milan Frankfurt Lisbon Madrid Athens Bombay TWA Newmark By Josephine Lowman Josephine Lowman Hubert Shanes Anna Etheridge DUVCW Fellowship Singers of Volunteers of America Sunset Club Sixth Street Pacific Avenue Butchery Union Jotn Keefer Deeboyar Ave la Estrallita Club All States Veterans Memorial Park E. 28Th St Pipe Cleaners the Wild Wallesley Melba Dorian Fickling Eddie Driscoll Corlyne Gene Driscoll Ellen Dick Driscoll
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