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The Times from San Mateo, California • Page 8

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The Timesi
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San Mateo, California
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8--Son Motoo THE TIMES Soturdoy, Oct. 5, 1974 Tropical plants, chilled beverages, hors dbeuvres and music all contributed to the Polynesian atmosphere at the Green Hill Country Club week ago this evening Poolside activities preceded a luau in the Hawaiian Sunset Room that had as its focal point a pale green ice- sculptured palm tree Mr. and Mrs. Allan Goldfinger, decorations chairmen, took advantage of the evening to celebrate their 17th anniversary with their guests, Mr. and Mrs.

Stanley Batt They shared a table with Cheryl and Bob Arenson, new members, and Paul and Linda Carlson. The Dan Bernards were telling Louise and Pete Maffei. about the Reno -bus trip enjoyed by 11 Green Hills couples in the month Dave and Tlllie Baer took a two-month business trip through Chicago, Milwaukee and points East and relaxed at Aptos for a week before returning home Marily and Max DelFonte, former members, were their Margaret Kerr drove to the party from the airport where she had picked up her sister and brother-in- law, Mr. and. Mrs.

Charles Jarvis of Seattle She was telling the Joe McNabbs, Wayne and Bette Pugh and Alice and Gene Witt about the 2,500 mile excursion she made with her Terry, through Canada. A big sign, spelling out "Aloha" greeted members and their guests when they arrived at the Green Hills Country Club for a luau a week ago this weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Robert W.

Woodall and Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Woodall Jr. arrived together.

Sampling Hawaiian delicacies at the buffet table were (from left) Frank Puccini, Mrs. Neal Moorhouse and Mr. and Mrs. C.L. Summers.

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Harry Riskas and the and Don Stanaway invited" Stan and Joan Fenton who man Marge and Edwin Arnold Loias Birthday her mother to join them Dale and Shirley Pinkerton were introducing Mr. and Mrs. Simon Tashjlan, new members, to Glnny and Elio Bonuccelli, the i i a Wrights, the John Kellys and the Tom Munros The Pinkertons had just returned from a golfing excursion and are off to go steelhead fish- (he has several patents on lures) The Joha Kellys (Arlane was also brating her birthday) extended congratualtions to Tom and Cecelia Munro on their' upcoming move to a new town house in San Mateo and on the completion of their new home in Hawaii Joe and Nadine Hart; guests of the Munros, had recently returned from the islands. James O'Conner, newly appointed Greens chairman, and his wife. Pat, related experiences of a vacation at the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone in their niotor home They were seated with Carl and Joyce Sanders, new members, the Tom a i and their guests, the Robert Giannlnis Don Scranton cele- A tropical fruit tree was one of the buffet table highlights at Green Hills' annual luau.

Helping themselves to the offerings were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph friends, the Charles Maloni Corrodo. and the Robert Harrises. Former Hostage to Discuss Captivity in China: A young'woman's account of her captivity in the People's Republic of China highlights the latest club activities.

South San Mateo Women Mary Ann Harbert, who was held hostage by the Red Chinese for 44 months, will discuss her book "Captivity" at Tuesday's luncheon meeting of the South San Mateo Women's Club. Miss Harbert, who lives in the Bay Area, will address the group at the Black Angus Restaurant following an 11:30 a.m. luncheon. Brain Diseases Auxiliary The Ladies Auxiliary of the i Brain Diseases Foundation will meet Monday at 11 a.m. at the Mill Valley home of Mrs.

Richard Rider. Mrs. J. Alfred Rider of Mill Valley, auxiliary president, will conduct the business session preceding luncheon. The agenda will include discussion, of the group's second annual.

Bay Cruise April 6. Comprised of Bay Area women, the auxiliary raises funds for research into Batten's Disease and other brain diseases related to children. Church Guild The Carlosian Women's Guild of St. Charles Catholic Church will honor its past presidents at a pot-luck dinner Tuesday in the upper hall of the school. The evening will include punch at 7 p.m.

and a talk on the history of the group by Mrs. Frank Hunter. Engineers Auxiliary Mrs. Kenneth French will open her Sunnyvale home for Tuesday's meeting of the San Francisco section of the Women's Auxiliary to the American Society of Engineers. The 10:30 a.m.

get- acquainted session and brunch will be followed by a tour of Mrs. Terry Anderson's decorative greenery garden and greenhouse, The Topiary. are being accepted, through Sunday by Mrs. French and Mrs. Edward Pipes of Cupertino.

The auxiliary is open to all women on the Peninsula and in the East BajrgjpiJBse husbands or fathenB 3lire affiliated with DAR Grant Buckley, an expert on early -American private carriers of the First Class Mail, will be the guest speaker at Tuesday's meeting of the Anson-Burlingame Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. "The US Mail Before It Was" is the. title of Buck- iley's talk, which will be given at 1 p.m. at Mrs. Joseph Gilchrist's San Mateo home.

The afternoon also will include a silent auction to raise for charity. Members are requested to bring an item to go on the block. A special historical bus trip has been planned for Oct. 26. Organized in cooperation with the San Mateo County Historical Society, the trip will be available to DAR members, their families and friends, the expedition will start at 9 a.m.

and will include a tour of Ralston Hall at the College of Notre Dame. Mrs. B. E. Williams may be contacted for more details.

Sisterhood "Rendez-Vous Francaise" is the theme members of the Peninsula Temple Beth El Sisterhood have. chosen for their annual membership luncheon meeting Tuesday. Setting for the event will be Fellowship Hall of the- Temple which is located at 1700 Alameda de las Puglas, San Mateo. An 11:15 a.m. hospitality hour will precede the 11:45 meal.

Paid up and new members will be admitted without charge; the fee to guests is nominal. During the day. the one act play "We, the Family" will be presented. Plays for Living, sponsored by the Family Service Agency. Members of the group will be on hand to lead discussion about the play which deals with current family problems.

Reservations are being accepted by Mrs. W. R. Durlester, 1591 Aschension -Drive, and "Mrs. Donald Sugarman, 608 MacArthur Avenue, both of San Mateo.

Symphony Auxiliary Donald Ockerman has' been elected the new chairman of the Hillsborough Guild to the Peninsula Symphony Auxiliary. A longtime resident of Burlingame and Hillsbor- MRS. DONALD OCKERMAN ough, the new executive formerly a school in Burlingame. She has been affiliated with the American Association University Women, the Girl Scouts and the Children's Home Society. Rosemary Ockerman has two children.

Her son, is a junior at California State University at Chico and her daughter. Lisa, is a student a Hillsborough School. Other officers include Mesdames Monroe Bloom, vice chairman and program Robert Crossan and Everett Hoffman, symphony membership; Betty McLea, recording secretary; Aladino Stefani, corresponding secretary; Ralph Groom, treasurer; and L. William Merchant, publicity, and Ronald Brenneck, monthly communications. The guild supports the Peninsula Symphony which is presenting its first fall concert Oct.

25 at the San Mateo High School Auditorium. Nicanor Zabaleta, an internationally known harpist, will be featured. On Oct. 26, the concert i be repeated at Flint Center at DeAnza College in Cupertino. The Peninsula Symphony Auxiliary also is making final plans for its annual Viennese Ball a week from tonight at the Cabana Hyatt House in Palo Alto.

Mrs. Stewart Dimon of Hillsborough is chairman. Federated Clubwomen i i i a Church in San Carlos will be the setting Tuesday for a noon meeting of the Federated Woman's Club of San Carlos. Guest speaker will be Jack Marbury, who will discuss Mental Retardation. Entertainment will be provided by the Lively Music Masters from Little House in Menlo Park.

Maurice Feni-. cal directs the group. The meeting also will include the sale of goods for which are asked to bring tions. Paperback books also'-: are needed for the Hospitals. i New of the group include Mrs.

Clarence Carlson of San Carlos and Mrs. James Spitzburg of Sunnyvale. Burlingame Woman's Club Members of the Burlingame Woman's Club will gather for a Guest Day and Tea on Oct. 17 at 1:30 p.m. at the clubhouse, 241 Park a i a At 2 o'clock, a program will be presented by soprano Mary Ann Gould of Menlo Park accompanied by Mrs.

Mar garet Douglas of Burlingame. The group's Annual Day at the Races will take place Oct. 18 at Bay Meadows. The North Durlingame Woman's Club is co-sponsoring the. event which will include a buffet lunch at noon in the Turf Club.

Mrs. Ellis Well of San Mateo, Mrs. Thomas Gilliam of Burlingame and-. Mrs. David Nicolaides may, be contacted for tickets.

Burlingame PTAs Slate Meetings and Programs 343-7413 or 343-0466 Town House Saton of Beauty ing wax hair' removal 'thair ityled PARK ROAD OWN 'BURLINGAME ACROSS FROM POST OFFICE) McKINLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL All parents of students in Kindergarten through third grade at McKinley School in Burlingame have been invited to attend "Back to School Night" on-Tuesday at the school. During the 7:30 p.m. PTA event, parents will have 'the opportunity to meet teachers. Atherton Woman Sets Exhibit of Shadow Boxes An exhibit of 28 shadow boxes by Mrs. Peter Towne of Atherton'will be'displayed Monday through Saturday at Rorke's, 241 Park Road, Burlingame.

For her shadow boxes, Eudele Towne collects miniatures to be used in them; fires some of the figures from clay and makes some of the clothing. She also constructs the boxes. The scenes are all scaled one inch to the Among the. scenes Mrs. Towne has done is one of the La Honda General Store as it was hi 1904; the store was constructed shortly after the Civil War.

That shadow box is on permanent exhibit at the San Mateo-County Historical Students at the school are preparing for a paper drive being supervised by the sixth grade class to help raise funds for the new creative playground. For the drive, Burlingame area residents are asked to save their newspapers and bring them to the school yard at the corner of Oak Grove and El Camino Real on Oct. 12 and 13 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. I A HIGH SCHOOL The PTA of Burlingame High School will gather for a combined board and general meeting on Tuesday at the Burlingame Recreation Department.

Coffee will be served at 9:30 a.m. and the program will start at 10:30. "The Operating Tax Override Issue," which will come before the voters in November, will be discussed by Dr. Carl Hammer, deputy superintendent of the San Mateo Union High School District. Mrs.

Ira member of the League of Women Voters, will also present facts about the override. Parents of children in the high school district have been urged to attend. BURLINGAME INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL A garage sale entitled "Bargains, Incidentals, Surprises" will be-sponsored Oct. 12 on the school grounds, 1715 Quesada Way. Donations are welcome and i a i may be obtained by contacting Anderson of game.

Profits will be earmarked for school projects. Mrs. Shirley Anderson arid Mrs. Mary Ploug, both of Burlingame, are co-chairmen of the event. Garage 1 sale items will include garden tools, household furnish-' ings and pictures.

Antique Faire Scheduled by Womenfc Center Antiques, collectibles7 memorabilia and furniture will be sold at the Antique Faire which will be sponsored Sunday by the women's Center of San Mateo County. The 8 to 4 p.m. event will take place at Carlmont-, Shopping Center in Belmont Proceeds will assist the. Women's Center and its pro-" grams. to "ffie fair is free and dealers or others- interested in selling their wares may, contact Gerry Mangue, fund rasing man, or write the Women's Center, P.O.

Box CG, mont 94002. Si.

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