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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1954
Page
21
New York opens the world’s largest spring fashion event with cooler looks, peel costumes revealing inner dresses, and a skin-tight empire silhouette. Necks rise, collars spread, and light fabrics dominate coats, suits, and dresses for year round wear.
An ad touts a new diet combined with a compact home device that allegedly tightens muscles to reduce inches and weight. The machine, about the size of a small radio, is used at home during rest or sleep and supposedly enhances results without fatigue. Credit built on a seal from Underwriters Laboratories and a free trial offer with contact details.
The Long Beach Past Polio Club held its first monthly luncheon of the new year at Mrs. Haney Frese’s home on Daisy Avenue. Members discussed the March of Dimes kickoff luncheon and planned a booth for the Long Beach drive. A Jan 20 meeting at Community Hospital was announced with Mrs. Vincent Galante as president. Guardians Meet at Emmanuel Baptist Church discussed the 1954 birthday project “Let’s Be Different Together.” Hostesses Hazel Jenkins Catherine Slaughter Beverly Johnson Dorothy Baker and Helen Chuck wore foreign costumes and served refreshments. Story book dolls formed the centerpiece as Janice Denney led a group singing of folk songs.
Mr and Mrs Pete N Beno welcomed daughter from Somerville Mass as she wed in an afternoon Greek Orthodox ceremony at the Greek Orthodox Church. She wore white tulle and lace with a Juliet cap. bridal bouquet included carvations and orchids. Attendants included Virginia Vrattos bride’s maid and Sylvia Vrattos bridesmaid. Rev Nicholas Balliris officiated. groom is son of Mrs Helen Beno of Pocatello Idaho. Honeymooned in Las Vegas Nevada and at the Boulder Dam.
Martin Herrell, longtime producer of Grand Central Station, invites amateur scripts for Campbell's TV Sound Stage. He stresses basic English, imagination, and a strong, engaging character first, outlining steps from learning technique to drafting and revising, ending with a hook that keeps readers and viewers eager for what happens next.
Mrs John Gingrich wife of View Adm Gingrich USN Navy chief of material is the center of a Washington social season. Debutante Azalea Adelaide McDowell, granddaughter of Capt Percival McDowell USN, will make her formal bow at Chevy Chase Club on June 25. The article notes her education in Nashville Paris and Connecticut and mentions a baptism at St Anne's Annapolis with families and naval officials present.
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