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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1961

Page

5

Miss Willis Wed in Iowa City Ceremony for Penelope Willis and Frank Verges

Penelope Gay Willis and Frank G. Verges wed in a small Iowa City ceremony attended by family and close friends. The couple honeymooned at Lake Geneva Wisconsin and reside in Iowa City. Willis is a Wilson High School graduate and student at the State University of Iowa. Verges earned BA and MA at the State University of Iowa and is pursuing a PhD in philosophy.

Iowa City Iowa Penelope Gay Willis Frank G. Verges Lake Geneva Wis Lloyd Willis Wilson High School Long Beach State College State University of Iown

Fashion's Star Actor Does Disappearing Act

New York fashion week saw Cassini absent from the fall shows for press week as he flew to Paris. Vaseckis presented the line amid questions about Jackie Kennedy and the First Lady, while critics noted a shift away from the Jackie Kennedy Look with sleeker, more fitted designs and a White House stamp only on a tweed Chanel jacket.

New York New York Couture Nations Leg Cassini Paris Crown Prince John Vaseckis Cassini Vaseekis Martini BJK Jacqueline Kennedy White House Jackie Kennedy

Miss Pound Re-Elected as Union Leader for Fourth Term

Olive Pound is re elected president of the First Union of the Women's Christian Temperance Union for a fourth term. The installation at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the First Christian Church will have Chaplain Fred Crumb as installing officer. Music by the union and mixed quarters. Delegates will be elected for the national convention in San Francisco on Aug 3.

Olive Pound Women’s Christian Temperance Union First Christian Church Fred Crumb Women's Christian Temperance Union San Francisco

Engagement Is Revealed for Downey Couple Doe Jenet Garrett

Mr and Mrs Sammie Garrett of Downey announce the engagement of their daughter Dorothy Jenet to Robert Warren Crane son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Crane of Lakewood The bride elect attended Long Beach City College He is a senior at Long Beach State College and attended the University of Southern California The wedding is planned for September 9.

Sammie Garrett Downey Dorothy Jenet Robert Warren Crane Raymond Crane Lakewood Long Beach City College University of Southern California Long Beach State College

Arrival of the Can berne marks a Long Beach home move

The Can berne sails into Long Beach on its maiden voyage next Sunday. Olive Laubscher welcomes aboard Vai and John Tattam and their five children from Brisbane to settle in the area with Vai's mother in Los Altos. John plans a transportation career in the United States as Kiwanis hosts at the dockside. The Larks aid as hostesses for Canberra’s arrival. Thelma Robbins notes ties between the service club and community efforts. Lew and Leota Cox plan a September whale cruise to Europe and the Holy Land, spanning Greenland to Russia.

Canbern Olive Laubscher P&o Orient Finer Long Beach Vai John Tattam Brisbane Australia Vattain Gordon St. Clair Los Altos John United States Canberra Kiwanis Landlarks Community Chest State Thelma Robbins Cidi Gals Hope Lew Leota Cox Ronking Greenland Scandinavian Countries Ialy Spain Portugal Monaco Holy Land Russia Black Sea

Navy Circles Report Ship Command Changes and Social News

Long Beach notes cite change of command aboard USS Kearsarge in Kobe with Capt. L. E. DeCamp relieving Capt. P. W. Jackson in Okinawa. Departing captain to Norfolk for projects coordination. DeCamp to Long Beach with family in September. Ward room farewells, new relief Capt. Hugh M. Robinson welcomed from Newport. Also mentions Marcia S. Lewis graduating at Notre Dame and bound for Middlebury and Illinois, plus visits by retired officers and social events at Allen Center and Navy Station Hamul.

USS Kearsarge Kobe Japan Okinawa L. E. DeCamp P. W. Jackson C Of-S Norfolk DeCamp Jupiter Dorothy Stephanie Lee Louis E. DeCamp Jr Long Beach Floyd B. Schultz BuShips College of Notre Dame of Maryland Marcia S. Lewis WE. Lewis Eta Sigma Phi Modern Language Club Marcia USS Okanogan Middlebury College Vermont University of Allen Center Audrey Share Frank Silk Adm Draper L. Kauffman Hamul Silk Bryce Canyon Keithly DesRon 13 Fred McEntire ComDesRon 23 Grand Canyon Newport

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