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San Antonio March 15, 1970 Page 5-F- SOCIETY PARADE imcncz-DiPe rna DOLL COLLECTOR Mrs. James E. Planner collects Japanese dolls, a hobby she acquired while in residence in Japan. She assembles the dolls and creates and hand sews their costumes. Mounted on the plaque held by Mrs.

Planner ore labels from wine bottles collected along the Rhine river. Wig Designer To Be Available For Personal Consultation Jerome Alexander, designer of fashion-wins, will ba in San Antonio Wednesday to 1 e- a Ihe opening of the Jerome A 1 a nder Wig Boutique on the I i of Frost's Downtown. Mr. Alexander i both human and synthetic hair and the wigs are'hand-tied (o a stretch bass especially constructed to never The wigs, falls and hairpieces come in a dozen colors, which include blonde, gray, frosted, "graduated" shadings, plus natural looking browns, auburns and dark tones. Mr.

Alexander and his English born wife now make their home in New York where he is president of Jerrax Imports Inc. counseling i the choice of a wig or hairpiece. Alexander-trained consultant will at Frost's Downtown and fastiion Square Monday Ihrouclt Saturday for fur- I consulalaiion. He uses The Rev. Barrett It en fro of- fidnled al the S-Uurday wedding of Miss Cheryl Jean Pue and Slehle in Laurel Heights i Church.

The New Look in Bridals! 40fi W. Commerce Southtidf 423 S.W. Military Planner Family Has A House of Hobbies A May. 30 in SI. Leo's Catholic Church is planned by Miss Mary Jimenez and Paul T.

DiPerna. Parents of the couple are Mr. and Mrs. Escquicl Jimenez and Mr. and Mrs.

Paul C. DiPerna of Somerville, Mass. The bridc-elccl is a graduate of Luther Burbank High. School. A graduate of Christopher Columbus High School, Mr.

Perna attended Northeastern University in Boston and land University. ALICE BONNETT Society Editor There is always something going on in the home of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Planner al 323 a a a in Harmony Hills, for in addition to dad and mom, there is James E.

i Flanner Barbara Joyce and Brian. Jim, who will be 16 on April is a sophomore at Churchill High School; Barbara Joyce 14, attends Eisenhower Junior High, as does Brian, the 11- year-old. Mrs. Flanner is a native of Emory. She is the Joyce Slced, daughter of Mrs.

Ocela K. Sleed of Emory and the. laic Mr. Steed, who was of Indian descent. Mrs.

Planner's sister, Mrs. McTaggart, is a resident of Emory, and her brother, Noble Steed, is at home in Fort Worth. Mrs. Flanner is looking forward to April for (here is to be a reunion of the 1337 grariu- a i class at Emory High School of which Mrs. Flanner was a member.

i Mrs. Planner's "career girl" days she resided in Washington, D.C., she was associated with the Civil i Commission Methodist Ceremony Unites Cheryl Pue, Vernon Stehle Parents of Ihe bride are Mr. and Mrs. James Lee Pue. Mr.

and Mrs. Joe E. Stehle are parents of the groom. Maid of honor was Miss Pamela Gates. Bridesmaids were Miss Linda and Donna Stehle, i I of the groom, Miss a a 1 Matlock and Miss Robin Hagens.

Thomas L. Talcott served as best man. Groomsmen were A Celaya, Ronald Pue, Paul Hill and James Morrison. Ushers were Robert Blanco, Charles Maddnx and Jackie Mitchell. A reception was held in Ihe HomisPair Suite of lil Tropi- cano Hotel.

v. i. STKIIU-: office as a secretary and in Dallas with Ihe office for Regional Civil Service Commission. Mr. and Hrs.

Flanner met at a luncheon in San A i i bells chimed for them in Washington on June 24, 1953, Mr. Flanner was in San A i on temporary duly with the Office of the U. S. Surgeon General. He is presently affiliated i I Ihe Personnel Division Headquarters 4lb U.S.

Army, Ft. Sam Houston. Washington is birthplace of the Flanner children. After Mr. Planner's Inur of duty in Washington, which terminated in litfiO, Ihe Flanner family look up residence in Japan, where Mr.

Planner was associated with Headquarters U.S. Army. The order to depart from the slates was and within 24 hours they a bag and a a and were on their way to the Orient. It was in Japan lhat Mrs. Planner's collection of dolls began.

There are some 30 dolls in the group, each has a history of a real personality or a fictional character. Planner assembles each doll by hand and each strand of hair is placed on the head by hand. The costumes are handmade by Mrs. Flanner and there are dolls in (he i for "Dolls Day" in Japan which on March 3, in the third month of the year, "Doll Day" dolls are handed down from generation to generation. Also while in residence in Cam)) Zama, a hop, skip and jump from Tokyo, Mrs.

Fhn- ncr became interested in Ihe art of flower arranging. In Tokyo she studied flower arranging and in tho Flanner henna are examples of her talent in flower arranging. Germany was the Planners' next homo away from home with Heidelberg as their resident city. There were many drama festivals staged in the theatrical ruins i the Flanncrs' sojourn, as well as concerts held in the open air to the accompaniment of fireworks. A hobby that began in Germany for Mrs.

Flanner was collecting wine a from along the famed Rhine River This collection has a Mrs. Planner on another hobby of mounting the labels on plaques which arc framed in gold or silver with matching ring hooks, for a i a wall, table or desk. Mr. Flanner a i from Marcelina, Mo. His i Mrs.

W. E. Gray, is at home in Kansas City. Mr. Planner is a Little League enthusiast and his son Brian is a i League player.

He enjoys all sports, but fishing is his principal pastime interest, plus gardening, and Ihe yard lhat surrounds his home is i that he has a green thumb. "Everyday cooking is a bore for me," Mrs. Flanner said, "but 1 1 i in preparing Chinese foods, and credit goes to the Benedictine Sisters in Tokyo for they taughl me all I know of i foods and their preparations." The lami- ly favorite in Chinese foods are sour pork and spring roll. Mrs. Planner's cur rent project is creating and making quilted bed spreads Each of the Planner children has a hobby.

Jim i starter collection on boa constrictors a reptiles He has two boa constrictors thai he parks in the family garage. His a a at Churchill High and neighbor hood chums frequently go on field trips i reptiles. Mrs. a called Jim a "budding hcrpetologist." II buys, sells and trades for the reptiles. Barbara enjoys music and is clarinetist in Ihe school band.

She enjoys her hnincmiiking courses principal interest is working and assisting i retarded children in patterning Brian, like bis father enjoys He bowls in league competition and he plays is kclball. "Tracy" the dachshund, and "Tiger" the cat arc the family pets. Tiger is a world traveler via air. She Iwcame a member of Ihc Planner household in Japan. When they moved she traveled with Ihem and when Ibe Flamier family came slate- side, Tiger cnme along.

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