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.
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Frank Ridder
Long Beach Cancer League
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Long Beach Harbor-Southeast
American Cancer Society
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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.
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James Craig
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Frank Ridder
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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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