Navy honors consular corps at reception
Rear Adm. and Mrs. Horace V. Bird at Los Angeles Naval Base hosted a reception honoring 51 consular representatives and their ladies. Jacob Levy of Israel urged adopting an international language, while Haiti’s consul general Roland Cayard praised cross cultural friendship as a practical substitute until a common tongue exists.
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Horace V. Bird
Los Angeles Naval Base
Consular Corps
Los Angeles
Jacob Levy
Israel
Roland Cayard
Haiti
London
Great Britain
A. A. E. Franklin
Island
Edward Leonard
Webster couple to celebrate golden anniversary in Long Beach
Harry E. Webster and his wife will mark 50 years of marriage since a 1918 Santa Ana ceremony. The celebration at 1803 Montair Ave Long Beach is hosted by daughter Alex Benjestorf and son-in-law with another daughter and son-in-law, plus their three grandchildren. Websters lived in Ensenada before retiring from Shell Oil in 1946 and later resided in the area. Webster is a longtime Palos Verdes Masonic Lodge member.
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Harry E. Webster
Ensenada
Mexico
Long Beach
Alex Benjestorf
Montair Ave
Webster
Shell Oil Co
Palos Verdes
Masonic Lodge No
At Wit’s End Selling House Becomes Family Trial
In this second column of The American Gypsy series the family chronicles two paths to selling a home. DIY approach provokes calls and looks while a real estate agent triggers red alert and frantic, comic preparation maneuvers as the house finally sells after weeks of stress and odd tricks.
Community group calendar notes for Long Beach area events
YWCA hosts Books to Read talk with Alice Appell at 9 30 am coffee hour at 550 Pacific Ave open to public. child care available for a fee. Woman's City Club opens its 57th year with open house at 1309 E Third St presided by Mrs Robert S Langdon. international songs performed by Joyce Aimee and Earl Colbert. prospective members invited. Mu Phi Epsilon Long Beach Alumni meets at 3 pm at Verna Rae Harkey home. Phyllis Smith reports on Dallas convention. Bobbette Cameron piano recital. Delta Gamma opens fall season with 56 year members honored at 6 30 pm potluck at Brain Den. Eileen Streeide narrates Dallas convention photos. Tri County Lodge invites Italian lineage to 8 pm open meeting at Church of the Beatitudes Hall La Mirada. Architect Edward Killingsworth speaks for Faculty Wives Club, 7 45 pm at CSULB Chart Room on master plan. CSLB president Carl H McIntosh as guest.
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Alice Appell
Long Beach
City Club
E. Third St
Robert S. Langdon
Joyce Aimee
Earl Colbert
Verna Rae Harkey
Phyllis Smith
Dallas
Tex
Bobbette Cameron
Fullerton State College
Edward Killingsworth
Faculty Wives Club
California State College
Carl H. McIntosh
CSLB
Night racing kicks off Los Alamitos event as luncheon notes
A St Marys annual Day at the Races luncheon at Virginia Country Club previews the switch to night racing at Los Alamitos October 16. Ida Frances Lawry introduced leaders including Katie Harper, with program by Laura Killingsworth and Marvin Cloyd. Ken Fretis spoke on quarter horse racing. Gladys Chapman returns home after a hip fracture. she plans longer walks. Belmont Shore Optimists prize goes to Mark Rundell for selling 53 pancakes tickets, plus Catalina trip prize with Bob Basham. Baby shower for Betty Fort highlights include missing hostess Patsy Holtz due to a hospital stay for surgery and stitches.
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St. Mary’s
Virginia Country Club
Los Alamitos
Ida Frances Lawry
Katie Harper
Helen Brightman
Laura Killingsworth
Marvin Cloyd
Rose Bishop
Ken Fretis
Belmont Shore Optimist Club
Mark Rundell
Catalina
Bob Basham
Betty
John) Fort
Patty
Evelyn
Bill) Pangborn
Patsy
Johnny) Holtz
Johnny
Phyllis
Gary) Watkins
Mary Kay
Pete) Nottage
Charlene
Don) Jenkins
Janelle
Mike) Gibb
Carol
Bill) Temple
Barbara Ambruster
Oriental cooking class wing dinner at YWCA Grace Presby
Ellen Krec recounts the first of five lessons in Oriental cooking by Issei members of Grace Presbyterian Church at the YWCA. The note describes preparing chicken wings with sweet and sour sauce, step by step, and invites readers to join the next Sukiyaki dinner on October 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Issei
Women’s Association of Grace Presbyterian Church
YWCA
Mesdames Yamanoto
Otsuki
Ishida
Shiba
Nakamura
Sakimoto
Rose Richards
Grace Presbyterian Church
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Alma Kirkland
America
Harry Websters
The
Websters
Robert Brown
Lakewood
Bration
Santa Ana
Elsie de Tremaudan
Anacortes, Wash
Mrs. H. E. Webster
Wit's End
United States
Colum
Woman’s City Club
Woman's
MU Phi Epsilon
Delta Gamma
Nae
Brain den
Seventh St
Eileen Streeide
Tri-County Lodge, Order of Italian Sons and Daughters of America
Gladys Chapman
Memorial Hospital
Gladys
Mae Otsuki
Toshiko Yamamoto
Aiko Sakimoto
Joanne Shiba
Ellen Krec
Oriental
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