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The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 16

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The Fresno Beei
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Fresno, California
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1 3r Pag TIIE FRESNO BEE THURSDAY NOVEMDER 19 1942 Social News Club Music Womens Features BETROTHED EEEmaraB First Child Is Born To Walter Martys Walter Marty former world's champion high Jumper and his wife the former Miss Gloria Miles became parents Sunday afternoon when a son was born to them in the Burnett Sanitarium The baby has been named Miles Ryan Marty His grandparents are Mr and Mrs Virgil Miles of River-dale and Mr and Mrs George Marty of Fresno Cheryl Walker Rose Bowl Queen Of 1938 Gets Stage Door Canteen Lead By Loualla Parsoni (International News Service) HOLLYWOOD Nov Sol Lesser just waved a wand that would make the original godmother In Cinderella look like an amateur when he handed the top femme role in Stage Door Canteen to Cheryl Walker You may or may not remember Cheryl as the girl who rated a lot of publicity when she was chosen Rose Bowl queen of 1938 And then her career took as pretty a nose dive as can remember From time to time heard Cheryl was working as a standln for Veronica lake and accepting stunt girl Jobs But things certainly were far from rosy for the Rose Bowl quern financially is so happy she was ery- Clieryl ARMY BRIDE I Fresno Couple Entertain At Annual Dinner Mr and Mrs Mitchell Briggs were hosts last evening when they entertained at a dinner in their home on Saginaw Avenue in honor of the leaders of men student activities at the Fresno State College The host Is dean of men at the college and the dinner is an annual event in the Briggs home The dinner was served from a buffet table which was covered with a lace doth and centered with White chrysanthemums arranged in a silver bowl flanked by Ivory candles burning in silver csndlestlcks The living rooms of the home were decorated with arrangements of Autumn foliage and chrysanthemums Mr and Mrs Briggs were hosts to Frank Thomas the president of the college: Gilbert II Jertberg a member of the board of directors and Earl Wight director of college athletics with the gnests of honor Stanton Levy Robert Bennett Robert Walton Earl Yocum Floyd Hyde Thomas Craven Howard Henderson Sarkis Peloyan James Molich and Robert lleeren Mrs Harmon Will Join Husband At Kentucky Post Mr Raymond Harmon left Tuesday by train for Louisville where ahe will Join her hushand who ii a lieutenant In the United States Army Air Forces and Is stu-tinned at Bowman Field 1 Harmon formerly a teacher In the city schools and a son of Mr rand Mrs Ira Harmon of Modesto was commissioned a second lioutrn--ant in October at Miami Bench He entered the air forrrs in March and was stationed at Camp Callan Mrs llnrmcn remnlned In Fresno with her parents Dr and Mrs Earl Coleman w'htle her husband attended the training school Jane Addams P-TA Plans Jitney Supper A Jitney supper Is planned by the members of the Jane Addnms Tar-ent-Teacher Association Saturday at II in the school auditorium Mrs Dorothy Hyde will play accordion numbers and George Byers will present vocal numbers with banjo accompaniment' A fish pond will be one of the entertainment features Mrs Robert Morgan the unit president Is general chairman of the arrangements committee Emery Is New York bound to replace Vincent Price In Angel Street because Price is due in Hollywood to start his Twentieth contract Maria Manton Marlene Dictrlch'a daughter has lost a lot of weight and while she isn't as glamorous as her famous mother she's a pretty girl Her new atage show Quiet Wedding opened at the Pasadena Community Playhouse and the Hollywood scouts tip me off If she loses just a little more poundage she is a cinch for a movie bid Those huddles between Hedy Lamarr and James Andrews big advertising executive from New York may mean Hedy Is planning a radio show a A Xw 4 A lias Wanda Hill Maxwell Photo Snapshots of Hollywood and Chicago collected at random: this I hear about Jackie Cooper buying Linda Darnell's dinners two nights in a row in Hollywood? Mrs Bing Crosby is in Chicago at the Kdgewatcr Beach Hotel and the stork rumors still are being whispered they say Townsend Netcher and Bernice rarks are colder than greetings from Iceland Mary Howard and the younger of the Topping boys Jack are ablaze Lily Pons so smart looking was a werk- end Chicago visitor swell cable from Kay Francis Bcbe Daniels Ben Xo'ons Hal Roach Gena Raymond and Martha Raye who were holding a Hollywood gathering in far off London They want to ssy hello to all their pals Alan LA haa been told to fatui so Carol takes horns cooked lunches to him on the set every day Miriam young son Michael in tha hospital for observation Miriam is hoping he have to undergo a threatened appendectomy evidently the lift of the $25000 salary freeze didn't rhange Franchot Tone's mind about making a movie right away He is in Idaho on a fishing trip the romance between Eric Von Stroheim Jr end Mary Lou Simpson Loi Angeles socialite is getting serious Lana Turner has been showing her mother in law Mrs William Crane from Crawfordsville Ind the Hollywood sights Hunt Stromberg has grabbed Victoria Faust who is so good as the show girl in Cry Havoc on a contract She goes Into the String Murders with Barbara Stanwyck But Tommy Unger Plainfield says: We'll win the that's for sure and this will be the permanent cure Buy victory bond 695 Main Floor COAT Of The MONTH Aliss Leola Moxsy Fetes Attendants At Luncheon Party The friends who will be Miss Leola Moxsy's attendants when she become Corporal Robert Miner's bride Saturday afternoon in St James' Episcopal Cathedral were feted by Miss Moxsy at a luncheon Inst week in the Moxsy home on Poplar Avenue The group were seated around the dining table which was centered by a mirror on which pink chrysanthemum blossoms were spattered Gift! were presented to the guests by the future bride after the luncheon Those entertained were Mrs Anderson Jr who will be the matron of honor Mrs Albert Lawless Mrs Leslie Beckman Mrs Avalyn Savatcer and Miss Roicllle Phillips who will be the bridesmaids and Miss Bette Jean Miner who will be the soloist Moore-Hill Troth Is Announced At Afternoon Party Miss Wanda Hill of Berkeley and formerly of Fresno announced her betrothal to James llsle Moore of the United States Coast Guard -t a party Sunday afternoon In the Patterson Avenue home of her fiance's mother Mrs Violet Moore No definite date for the wedding has been chosen The troth was disclosed when the guests saw the bride elect's engagement ring in an open ring box on the table Refreshments were served at the dining table which was decorated in Autumn colors The guests invited were Mcs-dnmes Mura Relnlcs Winifred Quick Charlene Reeves Ellen Moore and Lilllnn Watson and Misses Mary Grant Ruth Hughes Betty Bragg Roxnnna Swearingen Patricia Quick and Sandra Sue Moore Miss Hill Is a daughter of Rev Islie Crossen of San Francisco She attended the Fresno State College after her graduation from the Fresno High School She hns lived in Berkeley since August Morre stationed in San Francisco with the coast guard was graduated from the Roosevelt High School Reservations Are Received For Big Game Dinner With a large number of reservations rereived for parties and smaller groups the Big Game dinner dance In the University-Sequoia Club Saturday evening promises to be one of the features of the club season A broadcast of the Stanford-CalU fornla game will be the Incentive for members and their guests to gather in the club In the afternoon After the game a cocktail party will be given and a buffet dinner will be served at A strolling accordion player will play during the dinner hour and college songs will be sung A football show given by club members with the cast being kept a secret will be presented after dinner The show according to the members of the entertainment committee Is filled with unique features and surprises The remainder of the evening will be spent in dancing Reservations for the dinner must be made at the club at once Galen McKnight Home Will Be Setting For Party Mrs Galen McKnight will be a hostess this evening when she will compliment Mr Robert Pickford at a shower in her home on Clinton Avenue A dessert course will he served at small tables which will be decorated in a pink and blue color scheme Small porcelain shoes centering the tables will be filled with Cecil Breuner roses The evening will he spent in play lng games of bridge Prizes will he awarded for high score and Mrs Pickford will receive a shower of gifts Mrs McKnight will entertain with Mrs Pickford Mcsdames Ernest Martin Jr Charles Aynes-worth Blaine Pettltt George Vawter Keith Collins Rollln Pickford Jr Oliver Jamison Willard La Franchl Charles Hightower George Brown Hammond Kenneth Hickman and Harry Markowitz Jr and Misses Betty Schutz Patricia Pickford JoAnnc Ilickman Betty Cooper and Anna Louise Aynesworth and Mrs Richard Brothers of Bakersfield The Drunkard Cast Is Entertained At Dinner After rompletlng a series of eight performance the soldier and civilian enst cf The Drunkard gathered for a dinner Tuesday night in the Basque Hotel The twenty five members participating in the dinner Tuesday night have presented the show to eight audiences of offirera and enlisted men stationed at Hammer Field A Drawing Cant Describe Them! ing when she called to tell mo about her break I must say it is something for a former slandin to top stage stars of the caliber of Gertrude Lawrence and other ardent canteen worker who will ploy bits in the movie Sol himself got on the phone to tell me Cheryl had won out after 600 actresses had been considered and Director Frank Borzage snys Cheryl haa the same heart appeal that made Janet Gay-nor a star Monty Woolley and Grade Field should make a tram in movie And that is exactly what Twentieth Century-Fox thinks in bringing Grade out from New York to test for Buried Alive the next picture on tap for the pink bearded actor Grade would get the role of (he shrewdish wife in Arnold Ben classic story about the man who feared his frau so much he assumed the identity of his dend but ler Before I left Hollywood both Universal and M-G-M were angling for Grade who hasn't made a movie since 1939 There was a time when the English comedienne was stung to the quick by criticism about leaving her native country in wartime But sinre then she has raised terrific amounts on bond tours through the United States and Canada which should slop all snip-lng This is not for the and they will please skip it But with the fat men and even the thin ones doing service for Uncle Sam there is an alarming shortage of Santa Clauses on hand for the many charity and studio parties on schedule in Hollywood I got a real chuckle out of the newi Warners had asked Alexis Smith to play Santa at their studio Christmas benefit party which Is what I call si reamlining Santa to perfection With Alexia wearing the red tights and the jingle bells I'm betting there will be more in long pants than short ones at the festivities Seems like 1000000 years ago that we were Interested when somebody flew down to Bermuda to give the duehess of Windsor a new hairdo That was all in the days before the war We have far more serious things to think about today But that "somebody" Wayne Forrest who used to shuttle by plane back and forth across the ocean coiffuring smart women suddenly is In oar midst on a term contract at Twentieth Century-Fox Keeping pretty girls looking prettier is one of the morale building factors about our movies Forrest who created coiffures for Baroness Kitty De Rothschild Princess Paley Mildred Vanderbilt and many other aoclal leaders also conceived Annabclle's cute haircut His first movie model will be Alice Faye in Hello Frisco Ilello Grand stopover in Chicago Everybody was talking about the charmed life of Eddie Rickcnbacker Ernie Byfield who is an old friend of Eddie is planning a party for him lo end all parties when he reaches Chicago Ernie was host to some of us Hollywood folk at luncheon Mrs Jack Warner Joan Bennett and Walter Wanger Pauline and Skeets Gallagher and Sid Silvers in uniform were around the festive board Ben Bernle came in while we were at luncheon and said Gall Robbins who is going to Twentieth Century Fox Is a cross between Lana Turner and Betty Grable She used to sing with orchestra and he says she is a beauty A line or two: Frank Morgan and Lionel Barrymore were discussing an oldtimer who has retained his youthful appearance remarkably well why shouldn't he retain his waist line?" snapped Lionel hasn't chewed anything hut scenery for years" Sam Wood is doing a little shin his own He could have bad the stage rights to the sensational Cry Havoc for peanuts and he let it get away Now he's got the stage bug again and Is looking for another bit In the making to star his blond daughter Stevens on Broadway Wat ners changed Bernard Zanville't name to Zane Clark and then to Dane Clark Too many ronfused Zane Clark with Jane Clark John They ars just that beautiful For your formal shirt or cocktail dress Rayon crepe most of them zipper fastening Purple black red kelly white copen pink equa and fuschia Embroidered in gold and silver braid Neckwear Dept Sira Harold Lyle Sergeant Harold Lyle Marries Carol Smith In Reno Ceremony Miss Carol Smith and Teehnical Sergeant Harold Lyle of Hammer Field were united in marriage November 6th in the Methodist Church in Reno The bride wore a blue street frock with wine colored accessories and a corsage of gardenias Mrs Lyle is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Smith of Fresno She has lived in San Diego for the past two years The bridegroom formerly of Colorado is a son of Lyle of Long Beaeh After a brief wedding trip the oouple returned to Fresno and have established their home at 639 Park Avenue Six Entertain At Party For Hammer Field Womens Club Mrs Cedric Davis assisted by Mcsdames Wayne Hansen Saul Dai-ell Martin Lipsker Ludcking and Marvin Haw was the hostess at the Hammer Field Womens Club party Tuesday afternoon in the officers' clubhouse They used lavender and yellow colored chrysanthemum! on the buffet serving table and decorated the fireplace mantel with garlands of ivy and yellow-orange berries After a business session and the dessert course bridge games were played Prizes were awarded to Mes-dames Joseph If Rutherford Ilugcn John Warren George Emery Ellis Slater and John McDonald Mrs Harris Returns From Visit In August Muenter Home Mrs Harris returned yesterday from a visit in Berkeley where she spent several weeks with her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs August Muenter While in Berkeley Mrs Harris assisted Mrs Muenter in entertaining at a dancing party in honor of Miss Janice Muenter and Ronald Muenter The affair was given in the recreation room of the Muenter home Junior Musical Club Will Welcome New Members At Meeting Four new members of the Fresno Junior Musical Club selected after auditions conducted last Saturday will be Introduced at the group's regular meeting Saturday at 2:30 in Room 141 of the Fresno State College Thpy are Mildred Fathy soprano Mary Virginia Baker soprano Betty Jnne Friberg pianist and Keith Canfield pianist A program to be presented after the business session will inrlude Sonata In Minor (Crleg) Claire Howland pianist Sleep Why Dost Thou Lenve Me by Handel Alleluia by Morart and Come To The Fair by Martin Miss Fathy areompanled by Miss Phyllis Edgar paper by France Lynn Karon and Paplllons by Schumann Mias Fid gar The hostesses for the meeting will he Misses Dorothy Ohannesian Ann Frollk and Ernestine Miss Margaret Jones Is Guest Of Honor At Prenuptial Linen Shower A linen shower feted Miss Margaret Jones last Wednesday evening In the home of Mrs Wilson In Calwa Miss Jones left Tuesday for Pecos Texas where she will become the bride of Staff Sergeant Niles After the presentation of the linen gifts the evening was spent Informally The hostesses who are members of the Panama Lodge included Mesdamcs French Arthur Converse Ethel Bookout Rita Ma-haffey Effie Gale IL Jones Moore Wcedlne Woodson Fred White Mina Mosher Stauffer Patton Leah Mortensen I FL Fhy Gardner 1 Richey Bonnie Compton Pippig and Vernon Bowen and Misses Betty Hill Verna Mahaffey and Phyllis White Visit In Texas Is Made By Mrs Albert Thorpe Mrs Albert Thorpe Is expected home fhls weekend from Wichita Falls Texas where she has visited with her husband who is in the United States Army Air Forces Thorpe Is attending an officers' training school at Sheppard Field Mrs Thorpe Wednesday left Fresno last Mrs Phil Prescott Returns To Englewood Mrs Phil Prescott who has spent the past two months in Fresno returned to her home In Englewood yesterday Mrs Edwin Prescott accompanied her daughter in law and the daughters Ann and Constance to their home She will remain for a visit of several days Sorority Alumnae To Meet A meeting of the Delta Sigma F'psilnn Sorority alumnae Is set for Saturday at 2 in the home of Mrs Edwin Doyle 1552 Adolinc Avenue The hostesses with Mr Doyle will he Mr Philip Pos-son Miss Vclda Durham and Miss Eu re Klyver Sport Dance Is Next In Junior League Party Series The members of the Junior League Danrlng Club will stage a apart danee tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock In the Unlvrraity Street Playhouse It will he the second in the series of dances planned by the group The patrons and patronesses of the dub are Messrs and Mesdnmes Newell Cosier Walter lllnes ilnrry Baker and IHIrlck fc'BANDMA Casual yet smart enough for any occasion this smart fleece beauty in ll 00 wool will take first place in your wardrobe parade for the season Note the smart "collarless" effect and the smart tuck back Truly a coat to "take you places" In nude wool fleece only sizes 10 to 20 Another Hartfield "First'' with amazingly priced at only QUALITY met VITAMINS FOR YOUR WARDROIE tflOvl Who pinesfor ways Mid-VictorishlS? Not age I glory in For instance when I shop dandy To buy ZEE FAMWAKso handy tycf Protect yourself against night chilli A with these handsome pajamas Made from "Downs" fabric they're soft as down warm as flannel We have your size in an assortment of attractive patterns including the stripe and check shown here Sizes ABCD -Mmap sim four rollsEfcPElof modertifO quality At a pricethat suitsjjmoum to 4 KoH-Zimify-Pak TOILET TKSUC TOILET TISSUE 1011 FIJLTOX ST FRESNO PHONE 2-1613 Mens SHap Main Floor.

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