Calm League Leader Joyce Duffy's Quiet Rise in California
Mrs. Ward Duffy, a serene advocate for the League of Women Voters, rose from San Anselmo local posts to state vice president by 1953. Since 1948 she mentored voters on ballot measures, balancing interior decorating and home life while guiding civic work amid a busy election year.
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Joyce Kent
Ward Duffy
League of Women Voters
League
California
Chicago
San Anselmo League
Long Beach
Lafayette
Dally
Ing
Dent
Paul Holmer
Fairfax
Duffy
Lang
Alexis Jacoubowsky
Silver Curl home permanent advertised for gray hair
An NY reader shares how her daughter praised her gray hair after using Silver Curl home permanent. The ad touts easy application with waving lotion and self-neutralizing steps, claiming softer, longer lasting waves and odor-free Fresh Air Waving Lotion.
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Loap News
Toni
State AAUW Convention Heads to Berkeley
Three Long Beach women attend the state annual AAUW convention in Berkeley from Thursday through Saturday. Mrs. Ray W. Townsend leads an administrative workshop, with Miss Hazel M. Collins as recording secretary. The Claremont Hotel hosts the event with delegates from 98 branches, totaling 20 000 members. Mrs. Walter C. Fell will preside over Saturday sessions.
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Long Beach
American Association of University Women
Berkeley
Ray W. Townsend
AAUCW
South Pacific
Hazel M. Collins
Parkinson Hayward
Claremont
Wll
Walter C. Fell
San Francisco
Teas Honor June Bride In Twin Goodwill Gatherings
Mrs. John Munholland hosted two teas for about 300 friends in her home at 3371 E. 1st St to honor future bride Anne Hazlehurst. The June 20 wedding to Kim Munholland will take place at St Luke's Church with both couples’ families and Wilson High School alumni present.
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John Munholland
Inlaw
Anne Hazlehurst
Miss Hazlehurst
Kim Munholland
St. Luke’s Church
Dorr Hazlehurst
Toledo
Munholland
Trewellyn Bixby Jr
Robert Harcus
J. W. Evans
Fred E. Tucker Jy
John K. Hunter
Don Williams
James Munholland
Hazlehuest
Wilson
War I Widows Memorial Service in Long Beach
California Chapter Four of Widows of World War I holds a memorial service Monday at 6 45 pm. Members meet in the Veterans Building Cedar Avenue and Broadway in Long Beach.
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Long Beach
California
Veterans
Cedar J Ave
Broadway
Resort visit of Karen Elmore and sisters in San Diego
Karen Elmore and her sisters Mrs. Doug Lay and Mrs. Don Griffith traveled with prota ler Lark Wester from Spokane. They recently spent several days at the Town and Country Hotel in Mission Valley, San Diego.
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Karen Elmore
Brittain
Bayside Honeymoon Ends With Lakewood Church Wedding
Mr and Mrs Millard Williams Evans reside at 5638 Cerritos Ave after returning from a honeymoon in San Francisco. The couple exchanged rings at Lakewood Community Church. The bride is the daughter of Mrs Made lyn Bowman, a Wilson High and LBCC graduate.
Wales Resident Visits Brothers in Southern California
Zenobia Powell of Wales arrived to visit her brothers Jack P. Jones and Bob Jones after more than 20 years apart. She stays with Mr. and Mrs. Jack P. Jones at 1720 Bath St. Plans include trips to local sites of interest in the Southland during her visit. Separately, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mannex of 3020 Vista St. cruise the Caribbean aboard the SS Alcoa Corsair for 16 days after departing New Orleans.
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California
Zenobia Powell
Necrews
Wales
Lane
Jack P
Bob Jones
States
Jack P. Jones
Bath St
Southland
Caribbean
Henry Mannex
Vista St
New Orleans
Marriage Rites Unite Rosemarie Sassa and Marvin Feuerborn
Belmont Heights Methodist Church hosted the wedding of Rosemarie Sassa daughter of John and Mrs Sassa of 1905 East Ist Street to Marvin L Feuerborn son of Mr and Mrs Vincent Feuerborn of Grand Junction Colorado The couple now reside in Long Beach and honeymooned in Colorado and Massachusetts.
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Belmont Heights Methodist Church
Rosemarie Sassa
John Sassa
E. Ist St
Marvin L. Feuerborn
Vincent Feuerborn
Grand Junction
Colo
Long Beach
Colorado
Massachusetts
Lullaby Tales At Ebell Highlight Mothers Day Program
An Ebell meeting featured lullabies from Rockabye Baby to Now Sleep Gently as a tribute to Mothers Day. Mrs. Claire H Becheraz chaired. Sven Reher and Anne Reher performed, sharing histories of cradle songs and customs from various countries.
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Claire H. Becherazh
Daniel H. Hughes
Homer D
Will-H. Win-Day
Platston
Kent Hanbery
Sven Reher
Anne
Ebell
Anne Reher
Scandinavia
United States
Ann Jarvis
Asia Minor
Hi Teen Alumnae Fashion Show Delights Local Audience
Former Hi-Teen favorites and guests attended a summer fashion show at the Fine Arts Center. Two models per year showcased outfits from swimsuits to formals to an audience of about 200 as children of former favorites joined their young mothers on the runway.
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Fine Arts Center
Lois Williams
Gaviota DAR Chapter Awards Gold ROTC Medal Honor
Gaviota Daughters of the American Revolution met at the Long Beach Art Center with regent Mrs Rupert McCook presiding. Under state plans the chapter sponsored a Gold Medal ROTC award to Polytechnic High School cadet Michael E Hemesay who also won the Long Beach Cadet Colonelship. The chapter earned the Gold Medal Honor Award for excellence, and six hundred Citizenship manuals were given to foreign nationals. New officers were installed by regent Mrs Charles L Carpenter with Mrs Frank Ritchie hosting tea.
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Gaviota Chapter
Daughters of the American Revelation
Long Beach Art Center
Rupert McCook
California
Gaviota
Kenyon Burch
Ses
Polytechnic High School
J . R. Barber
Sgt. C. C. Buckman
Polyuait
Michael E. Hemesay
Long Beach
Ata
Los Angeles
U. S
Carroll R. Thorn
Frank Reid
Charles L. Carpenter
R. M. Brougher
W. H. Gillis
H. P. Dunlop
Bessie Skinner
E. d. Weller
John B. Bell
L. H. Waller
A. I. Murray
Frank Ritchie
Arthur Phillips
Helen T. Moore
South Sea Mood for Gay Benefit
Soft strains of Hawaiian music and the aromas of pit roasted pigs will set a carefree mood for a May 26 benefit. The Auxiliary to the Long Beach Osteopathic Society and guests meet at the home of Dr and Mrs George Scouten 9725 Rose Bellflower for a gay social hour authentic Hawaiian menu and dancing to follow.
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Long Beach Osteopathic Society
George Scouten
Engagement of Shirley Keaster to Allan Simmons Reported
Mr and Mrs Q B Keaster of 1308 16 59th Street announce the engagement of their daughter Shirley to Allan J Simmons son of Mr and Mrs Brown Stamls of Inglewood They state the bride elect is a junior at Wilson High School and the fiance a graduate of Excelsior High School No date has been set The couple’s engagement was noted during a social gathering hosted by Mr and Mrs J B Smith in their Park Estates home with Air Force officers and wives in attendance.
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Q. B. Keaster
Shirley
Allan J. Simmons
Joe
Brown
Park Estates
Air Force
Southland
Raymond yCallahan
Seventy Year Old Woman Slims 52 Pounds in Nine Weeks
Mrs May Hurley of 839 Valley Blvd Burbank sheds 52 pounds in nine weeks without dieting exercising or drugs and regains youthfulness after a figure analysis and personalized plan at a Pat Walker Salon.
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May Hurley
Valley Blvd
Burbank
May Muley
Ware Waite
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Wilton St
Keith H. Schuldt
Waverly
Iowa
Redondo Ave
Yosemite
Wilma
Ocean Blvd
Wilma Hastings
Occum
Algalie Ave
Hastings
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By Jean 8. Moore
Walker's
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Betty Toy Gessenbauer
Frances Myers
Leis Perry
Susan Lewis
Dorothy Meneh
Leland
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Vickie
Janet Foster
Vicki
Bonnie
Jesse
Kathy
Sandra Mahieu
Johnoe Miller
Evelyn Henry
Jeani Sprague
Denise Parr
Nona Byrnes
Lenora Hendricks
Myr. Walker
Cherie Miles
Judy Windsor
Betty Beard
Darlene Skillman
Denna Richardson
Carolyn Byrd
Stephanie Berger
Darlene Warder
Marilyn Florida
Iaré
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Air Force Party
John Welch
Boston
Mass
St. Joseph
ODEN
Callaghan Music CO
Penny-Ownsley ) Music Co
Atlantic Ave
Spode
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Gainsborough Rosebud
Chelsea Wicker
Victor
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Atlantic
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