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Times Cups for Achievement Eleven women of distinguished achievement have been named 1969 Times Women of the Year. Nearly 500 civic leaders, friends and relatives applauded as silver cups engraved "For Outstanding Achievement" were awarded Monday afternoon in Harry Chandler-Auditorium of The Times Building JFimes Mirror Square. The honorees join 192 recipients chosen since the awards were inaugurated in 1950 by Mrs. Norman Chandler, assistant to the chairman of the board, Times Mirror. Subsequent editions will carry full-length profiles of each recipient.

.4 1 Eleven Receive npj0 losansele KVTk ICS xJ Mf'T mn PART IV TUESDAY, DEC. 9 969 MARGE CHAMPION DONNA MARIA' CAPONI ELLEN STERN HARRIS Times photos 1 4 -1 It 1 V- I- fl) rv i II S-v; Jl pia i mm 4 SHIRLEY. VERRETT ANNE DOUGLAS MRS. SIDNEY BRODY CLAIRE FALKENSTEIN 3 i 1 SHARON' SITES ADAMS RUTH GORDON ANN SHAW ISABELLE BUCKLEY Profiles of 1969 Women of Year series of successful benefit premieres for Women's Guild of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center including "Hello, Dolly!" which was sold out several weeks before its Dec. 19 "premiere.

i CLAIRE FALKENSTEIN, internationally noted sculptress, continually searches for synthesis in lif4 as well as in art. She calls Venice, where, shq has one of her studios, the "greatest place in thd world" for social integration because ethnic groups can be themselves with each other. In her work, shd continually strives not only to use but to penetrate and change the materials she uses and to understand the space they occupy. This led her to experiment with clastic and metal techninups vpars bpfnrd SHARON SUES ADAMS said "I wiU never sail alone again" her 39-day excursion from Marina Sdel Rey to Hawaii in 1965. No one believed it, especially Mrs.

Adams. As a result, last summer she became the first woman to sail the Pacific alone. Her seagoing adventures began only five years ago when she enrolled in a sailing school run by Al Adams, to whom she was married 1 years Adams, who made her first solo run 38 minutes after her first sailing lesson, admits there were times at sea when was terrified," especially during the storm In which her boat suffered a knockdown, but with her faith and persistence, she came out a winner. "MRS. SIDNEY BRODY, who believes beauty gives life pleasure and meaning, works to share this joy with everyone through art.

Since helping to found the UCLA Art Council, Francie, as she is known by her friends, has held down every position, except membership chairman, including helping with catalogs, acquisitions and fund raising. With her husband, an investment broker and 'president of the board of the County Museum of Art, lhe mother of two was one of the prime forces which decided that the two groups should be compatible, not competitive. As a result, she has worked on museum projects, and he has helped with the Council. ISABELLE BUCKLEY was unpopular with many parents when she first emphasized discipline instead of permissiveness in education. 36 years later, however, others are following her and consider her a leader in the field.

Her success can be measured, in part, by the opening of the new Buckley School on a $3 million campus in Sherman which houses pre-school through junior high while the high school remains on Woodman Ave. site in Sherman Oaks. In her "leisure" hours, the 69-year-old widow of Harold Buckley and mother of four enjoys reading, tennis, small parties and traveling. DONNA MARIA CAPONL'24, cries whether she wins or loses. But her tears have been mainly for joy since clinching the U.S.

Women's Open last June in Pensacola. It took dedication and determination for her to continue in pro golf competition, because she hadn't won a major tournament in her amateur career, though she finished second many times. And the victory in Pensacola was her first victory after her four and a half years on the pro golf road, accomplished with a 4 under par 69 on the final round at Scenic Hills Country Club proving her previous theory that with a little more experience, she could be a winner as a pro. MARGE CHAMPION, wife of her dancing partner Gower Champion, uses her combination of dancing skills, understanding and compassion to help others. One of her latest projects is her work with the Watts Mafundi Institute, which seemed until Mrs.

Champion was asked to help. It is now in a storefront with spaces partitioned for workshops in drama, dance, painting, music, film-making and broadcasting. Through her fund-raising efforts, a new building is under construction for neighborhood cultural projects. The mother of two also continues to teach bi-weekly dance classes at the institute, where she demonstrates that black and white people can work together. ANNE DOUGLAS is the kind of well-organized woman others envy.

In addition to running a home for her two sons and helping with casting for her actor-husband's firm, the Bryna Mrs. Douglas works to support a number of civic, cultural and philanthropic projects. Currently, her volunteer work includes serving on the executive board of the Center Theatre Group and the board of the Arts and Education Fund for The Music Center and as a president of Blue Ribbon 400. She also has headed a younger American artists became intrigued by thd interrelation of art and technology. Above all, shd demonstrates that the aritstsV creative ideas must not be dominated by technology.

ELLEN STERN HARRIS is a conservationist whd helped make cleaning up California a popular sub' ject This year, for example, largely through he efforts on the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board, the state set stringent standards on what may be dumped in Los Angeles Harbor or; Dominguez Channel. Formerly known as "Brown'J Revenge" because she was a late appointment by a lame duck governor, she now even has new friends Pleae Turn to Faje 18, CoL 1.