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Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1976

Page

23

Sewing chiffon dress guide and reader questions from Mrs Kelly

Instructions for cutting sewing and finishing chiffon for a granddaughter’s formal plus reader questions on waist alteration and zipper handling. Sandra Kelly offers tips on grain lines, selvage buckling, cutting through multiple layers, chalk marks, machine settings, stitching lines, and edge finishes. Readers are invited to submit further sewing problems for Mrs Kelly’s column.

Sandra Kelly

Timing and entries shape nine tricks in bridge puzzle

In a Mid Atlantic Regional game in Atlanta, declarer aims for nine tricks after spade lead. With East winning the spade ace and back to dummy, entries must be timed. two top diamonds early risk losing hearts. The defenders' rhythm and careful entry management create the path to nine tricks, if entries survive.

Ji.g. Hunt East South Declarer West Dammy

YMCA Offers New Fitness and Yoga Classes in Long Beach

The Downtown Long Beach YMCA at 600 Long Beach Blvd launches a women’s cardiovascular fitness program starting Monday with a preprogram physiological test. An eight week session costs 815. A yoga exercise center opens May 18 with a free 6 30 p m demonstration led by instructor Gowan Delaura. classes meet Wednesdays at 7 p m and cost 815 for eight weeks.

Long Beach Long Beach Blvd Gowan Delaura

Editor to Speak on Women in the Media at UC Irvine

Mary Alice Kellogg associate editor at New Week magazine will recount experiences as a reporter during a UC Irvine talk on Woman in the Media. The 3 p.m. event in Social Science Hall is free and sponsored by the Career Planning and Placement Center the Office of Affirmative Action and the Women's Program Board. Kellogg has covered major events including the Patricia Hearst kidnapping the Squeaky Fromme trial and the 1973 siege at Wounded Knee.

Mary Alice Kellogg Newsweek Magazine UC Irvine Social Science Hall UC Career Planning and Placement Center Office of Affirmative Action Women's Program Board Ms. Kellaga Patricia Hearst Squeaky Framme Wounded Knee

Dear Mother Earth Responds To Piggyback Plant Puzzles

Reader asks why piggyback leaves brown despite transplanting and sun. Advice: prefers cool light and humidity. avoid hot south exposure and stove gas draining humidity. Suggest north or northeast light, ceramic tray with pebbles, water just below cover, and keep violets in bright light with humidity.

Dear Abby: Divorces and tangled marriages shock family

In a troubling Dear Abby letter, a mother explains that her son and daughter each married wrong partners who fell in love and are divorcing their spouses to wed each other. The husband now pursues a separation while entangled with a woman, leaving the family distressed and seeking guidance.

Abigail van Buren Abby Dave

Becks feted on 50th anniversary

An open house in Lakewood honors Mr and Mrs Cyril Beck on their golden wedding anniversary. They married May 12 1920 in Provo Utah and the couple celebrate fifty years of marriage with family and friends.

Lakewood Cyril Beck Provo Utah

California State Chapter of PEO convention noted

The 73rd annual California State Chapter PEO Sisterhood convention will run Tuesday to Thursday at the Hilton Hotel in San Francisco with State president Sally Langmade of Irvine presiding. Genevieve Partin of Wilmington is listed among state officers. the group has 22 000 members in 539 chapters, including 32 in Long Beach. The PEO educational fund supports women’s education and Cottey College. it also runs an International Peace Scholarship program.

PEO California PEQ Sisterhood Hilton Otel San Francisco Sally Langmade Irvine Genevieve Partin Wilmington Long Beach Lowa Wesleyan College Cottey College Nevada PEG

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