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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1951
Page
26
A Friday birthday party celebrated Mrs Preston Johnston with guests Mrs Johnston Harold Willhoit William Stanton and Harry Sel Nowling attending in a cordial social gathering.
A series of no host get acquainted parties for Junior League of Long Beach members and husbands was held across six homes. Hosts included the Prichards, Pearson, Bixby, Algo, Parks, Craig, and others with numerous guests listed, plus an ice cream social at the Gamma Phi Beta Sorority chapter house.
Jane Wilkinson from 140 Park Ave announces engagement to Ludvig Knagenhjelm Jr of boating Hills. Both are Wilson High School graduates. she trains as a nurse and he studied at Wilson High School City College and University of Utah. Plans for July 28 wedding in Salt Lake City.
MR. AND MRS. JAMES W. WOOD of 4265 Country Club Dr. returned from a yacht cruise in Mexican waters aboard the Lester Callahan yacht Alican. Accompanying them were MR. and MRS. ELLIS BRANT, MR. and MRS. H. M. FISH of Whittier, and MR. and MRS. HARRY Johnston of Westwood. The group sailed from Mazatlan to La Paz and inlets, fished for swordfish sailfish and cabrillas, then flew to Guaymas and stayed at Hotel Playa de Cortez before returning home.
A Friday brunch in Virginia Country Club featured a tropical motif. Mrs. John Cottrell and Mrs. William H. Morgan hosted with guests served fruit and punch in the lounge. Tables displayed Hawaii tea leaves cymbidium orchids and raffia mats.
Mi and Mrs Eloi Amar spent a week at their new residence in Catalina, enjoying the seaside locale and settling into their updated home.
Before moving to Boston the Totten family will vacation at the Royal Hawaiian in Honolulu starting July first. They sail on the Lurline Friday and return by plane June 25. Laura Totten has just finished her freshman year at the University of Redlands. The Tottens hosted dinner for J Carlton Harris and Frank Philo, and numerous farewell courtesies are planned including a luncheon hosted by Mrs E J Ballantyne with a California Heights Methodist Church choir gathering. Tonight a garden party buffet will honor the family at 3856 Breyton Ave with a Hawaiian themed table and gardenia corsages for guests.
Betty James, senior at University of Southern California and member of Gamma Phi Beta, will marry David Johnson June 30 at St. Luke's Episcopal Church. She has been feted at pre nuptial showers, including a sorority gathering at the sorority house and a linen shower hosted by Mrs. Jack Lindquist in Los Angeles. Dr and Mrs D LéRoy Leatart, marking 19th wedding anniversary, will host a dinner with guests including Dr Perry G M Austin and Mr and Mrs John A Burley and son Jerome.
Patricia Louise Capouch of Mills College is engaged to Lester Kephart of 1037 Ocean Blvd Balboa. Kephart studies architecture at UC Berkeley. The engagement was announced at Mills with Pfc. Fred G Capouch Jr. of Travis Air Force Base as a guest. No wedding date has been set.
Mrs Taubman of 274 Park Ave arrives home after a Washington trip visiting the capital and southern states. She attends cocktails hosted by Drew Pearson and by former Senator Stanley and Mrs Stanley of Kentucky in honor of Senator Tom Underwood and Mrs Underwood. She stays with Dr and Mrs Gayle Crutchfield in Charlottesville Virginia, visits relatives in Nashville Atlanta and Montgomery, and was hosted by Leslie Combs II in Lexington where the Derby was celebrated.
Residents gathered with family and friends for Memorial Day picnics dinners and sailing to Catalina Island and Huntington Beach. Notable attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Clifton G Lowen with children Michael and Katie, Mr. and Mrs. A C M Johnson and family, Mr. and Mrs. R Phil Dowds with Greg, Mr. and Mrs. Earl A Fast with Jane Jim and Joan, Dr and Mrs Charles Foulks Jr and son Bob aboard Weigner, Cy Young aboard Serena, and J Stanley Smith Glenn Gill Carl Spath James Nelson and Kenneth Houston at Huntington. Mrs Harvey B Freeman plans to travel to Honolulu for her son Ronald Freeman wedding June 27.
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