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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Oct 14, 1975

Page

20

Auction in a French Garden Raises Funds for Cancer Society

The Long Beach Cancer League hosted an "Auction in a French Garden" at the Ridder home with 350 guests. despite power outages candles lit the scene as live and silent auctions raised about 30 000 for the Long Beach Harbor Southeast Unit of the American Cancer Society.

Independent Press-Telegram Daniel Frank Ridder Long Beach Cancer League van Cleef Long Beach Harbor-Southeast American Cancer Society Cancer League Charles Severson Ridder Long Beach Larry Allison Norris Bernstein Julie Bescos Llewellyn Bixby Jr Samuel C. Cameron John Connolly James Craig James H. Crocker Francis Fillipow Don Gill James Gray Alex Kadvany Harlan Miller Jr George Murchison Rodney Nisbet Myron Poe James Shively Miles Lines George P. Taubman Malcolm Todd Courtney Trostle Antoine Venne William Wallace Robert Westmyer Richard Wigod Travis Montgomery Mrs. Ridder Cliff Robertson Dina Merrill David and Yolande Armour Rye N.Y Bradley and Mary Jones Pasadena John Hennessy Siska Engineering Firm

Auction raises big bids for celebrity hosted dinners

A Long Beach auction drew rapid bidding as Robert and Bonnie Pyle paid 750 dollars for a dinner for 12 cooked by Master Chef James Craig at the Pyles home with Pat Craig and Frank Ridder. Celebrity Cliff Robertson attended briefly, and other items included a day on The Cortez, a Ragtime cruise, and Rolls Royce chauffeured transport.

Robert Bonnie Pyle Pyle James Craig Pat Craig Frank Ridder Dan Ridder Joann Jim Gray Sam Cameron Betty Severson Rollie Coltrane Bob Pruitt Grace Cameron Myrna Wigod

Ionia State Fair Hat Folly Ten Years Later

A family recalls buying a $1.39 Robin Hood hat at the Ionia State Fair that sparked a daylong cascade of mishaps. The trip included tickets, a punctured water tank, a wrecked trailer, and a final tally of $112 for the hat and misadventures, with a misspelled name on the souvenir.

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