Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 96

2-S Oakland Tribune, Sunday Jan. 3, I960 run Fifties Can HIGHTS' THE OR SVkTE She Also Cooks Be Described As 'Feminine' weaken." In spite of the fact Papa used to say "You burn from her studio so they could that Papa roamed the world so brightly, She' was be sure nothing untoward bap- gathering material for lectures always baby to both parents pened to baby. and speaking on, the culture who kept her a child as long The career was cut short circuit, Juanita chose the free as they could. Iwhen word of Papa's first seri- but' untraveled existence of Iater when Papa said, "You 0us illness reached her. Most of her life sinoe then has been By DOLORES WALDORF It Peter FanHdTiister her name would be Juanita Miller, for time means little to thla pixie-like woman who on New Year'a Day observed her 80th birthday.

nit in or near 'The Hights' Continued from Page 8-1 rupted by telephone calls from teen-agers who ask advice on etiquette, such as the subtletie's of getting a boy to take you to the Junior prom, when it apparently Isn't yet his idea. Usually on Sunday afternoons Miss Miller unlocks the Sanctuary and permits visitors to view the little museum of relics of Joaquin Miller who long dreamed of founding another "Brook Farm" colony on the West Coast but turned out to be the creator of a forest Today Miss Miller's visitors wlU, be friends come to honor her 80th birthday at an open house and informal recital The birthday celebration was to have been a testimonial dinner, given by officials of the Joaquin Miller Foundation (founded nearly 4 years ago). Miss Miller, however, prefers to give parties, rather than to with her "Heart Harp" of oak, -her memories her dreams and1 projects. Latest project is "The Green Room" a new structure for filing away iff strangely -orderly manner the mementos unearthed among the. heaps of papers in her "I'm 'C such a pack rat" "she admits with an unrepentant smile.

Whatever stories about Juanita's romances end heart break have made headlines in rority alumnae groups backing, The thought of Peter Pan the hospital, and 318 in-service came auddenly to mind the volunteeri. little quick stepping-woman in Booth Memorial HwpiUl, tw0 tone, 0, brown atln came which began to divid6its Women'! Couneil into krfxil- Pickin her wa7 down the laries in 1950, had eight groups woodland path near her cot-with a total of 318 members tage home at The Hights," then; has 17 groups with 550 3123 Joaquin Miller Road, members now. Annual cam- through a twilight cast by ings have increased 200 per trees planted as saplings in cent over the decade and have childhood by her famous facilitated building of a recrea- P0 father. tion and education building It was typical of Juanita for the unwed mothers housed Miller that while admitting 80 at the Salvation Army she should spray gold glitter Hospital, and allowed employ- on her fading hair yet slip off merit of a psychiatrist for the bright red slippers, donned for girls. photographs on the eve of her r- a i Mi 1 1- i the past are swept out or her memory today.

She prefers to recall only the positive and pleasant, makes a philosophy of Out of the happy, past come such comments as1 "You re- mind me of my music teacher with a gentle pat on the visi-tor's face. If her world today "Also" is hardly the word for Barbara Gillard Let's just say that she also does other things. Among them writing, publishing, advertising and promot Increase of units supporting, birthday. She liked glitter in be a guest, even a guest of ing books about cooking. And giving talks about decorating Mt.

Diablo Therapy Center in her hair but she knew better hnnnr nri her frirf mi 11 well for (at Oakland's Christmas decorations show as as many contra iosia uouniy nas man 10 wane uiai uneven pain author and dramatist Althya cjosely paralleled that coun- in high heeled red slippers. So Clark Youngman, will present is a little like Alice's Wonderland, it is a happy, kindly individual organizations). And raising Japanese dwarf (bonsai) trees in her extensive garden, and acting as chairman of the volunteer bureau at the Legal Aid Society. And she is also an enthusiastic homemaker, who' credits her husband, Lynn Gillard (who is the United States Attorney musiirooming grow in uur- sue wore uruau iiai neeiea ing the At the; outset sensible shoes, holding the red of the decade there were two slippers aloft in one hand as units in Orinda. Today, there she balanced herself with the for the Northern California District with a big assist are 17 units, plus five junior other' outstretched.

She was units in high schools, from bound for the Sanctuary where in her culinary writing. "I have a very appreciative a program or numbers which strike Miss Miller's fancy on the spur of the moment. Kiki, a fat jowled orange cat, with an amazing digestive capacity, will browse about in quest of crumbs as is his wont and prerpgative. Miss MilleV always consoles guests who spill or drop things with a quick, "Leave it alone, Kiki will get One of the paradoxes of Miss Orinda to Pittsburg and Mar- she has arranged and locked tinez to San Ramon and the away mementos of her father's funds thy raise provide one career. she says, "who likes good food and has an acute sense of taste, and sits down and enjoys what's prepared for him." In fact, it was because of her husband's Army service in World War II that she became an author.

He was in the judge advocate's division, and world without any roaring queens and but one conflict a grimly muted running battle -to keep workmen' from-cutting I too deeply into the thicket that surrounds her cottage, fire hazard or no fire hazard. The biggest project in her life today continues to be the Joaquin Miller Foundation, led by Harvey Lyons Joseph Knowland Sr Harold Holmes and Miss Miller since its founding in 1953. Her days are spent in sorting Miller me- preparing for a third of the income for center Common sense, not Time, guides Juanita Miller in her actions. The only concession she has made to Time is the operating expenses. The Winter Ball was born of women in the 1950s and the first of these debutante presentations, in 1958, netted for the Children's Hospital.

decision tq give up toe dancing Miller's life is that she lives lessons, begun when she was the pioneer existence her 77. father loved so well although Trlbnnt pht JUANITA MILLER mementoes amid trees planted by poet Joaquin Miller she befan life in New York The Headdress Ball queen con The past is dear ani near to pageant or play' Joaquin test ramp nlnncr rWl. raisins Juanita Jnnnnina Millo-r wVin Pifw on1 wn rooi in ih the receipts of that benefit to fondly recalls the days when tradition of conservative, well poetess, dramatist, singer and must try to amount to some- Miller Day, which is i ta fiw a nrmrv anA "Pano Roar- 'Moms Tn nJ TTi- 1 I il. 1 Kt V.in eha nrant hacV in NPW tit S3mfi date tWO years in 1 'A the Junior League gave its Baby Bear" were all together father admitted the tug-of-war Quite candidly Juanita Mil- York City to make a career succession and which always first Daze of. Gold in 1958, at "The.

Hights." But she is a in the girl's life when he said, ler says today, "Papa was a for herself. Mama and Aunt as spontaneously and blithely adding luster to the February vital part of the present, too. "Between your mother and my genius I have a little Harriet promptly took an informal as today's birthday social scene. A visit with her is often inter- 'Bravest Battle' you must not talent "jthoueh she recalls that apartment, across 57th street celebration is sure to after the war was in charge of the war crimes trials in Shanghai. Back on the home front Barbara worked in a gift store, and decided there was a need for small, inexpensive books as accessories to larger presents.

"It all happened by accident, really," she says, "I got together with a printer, a friend of Lynn's, and we put out this book on hors d'oeuvres. I tramped the sidewalks selling, I did all the billing and publicity, and I had a very interesting time, but it was a lot of hardwork." Now the work has added up to three books, "Pass Me Another," "Pot On the cultural front, the OAKLAND 19th and Broadway WALNUT CREEK Broadway Center MRS. GILLARD Oakland Junior League, Art League of the East Bay and East Bay Children's Theater raised close to $75,000 early in the decade to match a Recreation Department stipend for building the Junior Center of Arts (now the Junior Center of Art and Science) 'in Moss-wood Park. The Center's doors were opened in 1954 and here children are offered classes in art, drama, science and dancing. There is also a library for, them at the center, and a junior museum with ex-Jhibits beamed to their age Later in the Fifties, the Women's Board of the Oakland Museums Association was organized and a drive for a new museum launched.

Their goal still unaccomplished, the Am sMis ran mi Luck," and Clock Wise." A fourth one is in the hands of a Nfew York publisher, since both Barbara and her friend are tired. This bock, also a a selectivity feature, and readers "will be able to arrange their own menus through its pages. A Berkeley girl, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. William H.

Ivie, Barbara was a psychology major at the University of California, "I started in journalism," she says, "but I found out I had no talent for writing." (Only for writing three Books!) She says her great love is gardening. "I wasn't the least bit interested in cooking," she recalls, "it just sort of grew on me. Of course, when you get married, you just sort of have to learn to cook. And it's really a fascinating hobby. I feel a little Main Salon Women's Shoes sorry for those wives who spend a cotlplrof hours preparing1 ZfizL a ot if 4 daunted and have this on their and their children sit down and eat it in something good, up agenda for the Sixties and NATURALIZERS 842 fairs formerly to 14.95 NOW.

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For instance, we've ust taken up golf together." One of her favorite recipes, which is in her new book, is for broccoli and pine nuts, "just a vegetable" but with a difference. Like so: rCook 2 boxes frozen chopped broccoli according to directions on box, drain. Dice finely 4 slices bacpn, fry until partially done. Drain off half the drippings, add cup pine nuts, continue cooking till bacon and pine nuts are brown. Toss in broccoli, stir till heated through.

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