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DETROIT FREE PRESS 40 Tuesday. June 20, 1961 sans '5 l- jf- vi 'A ir 1 i I If it 1 4- i rn --imurn i mrl -imiiir-nirifi i- BRITISH BEAU of Charlotte Ford poses with her at dinner preceding Anne Ford's debut ball. He is Lord Richard (Dickon) Lumley, son and heir of the Earl of Scarbrough (Lord Chamberlain of the royal household). British press calls him Charlotte's favorite European escort. CHARLOTTE FORD, deb's older sister, helps Anne's escort Raymond Peter Sullivan III of Glen Head, Long Island, adjust gold and green usher's decoration.

Anne is in center. Charlotte's white dinner dress was loose fitting with twin panels of ruching extending from the shoulders. Two hundred young people attended the dinner. THE HENRY FORDS' youngest daughter, Anne, radiant and lovely for her coming out party Monday night. Three members of her stag line crowd around her at dinner party her aunts and uncles gave at Grosse Pointe Club before 10 p.m.

ball. Left to right, Tom Ford, head usher; Mike O'Brien; Brian Mullins. Grandmothers Proudly Watch Their Anne Bow BY FRANCES GIVENS Free Press Staff Writer Among the happiest guests at Anne Ford's debutante party were the two handsome women who are her grandmothers, Mrs. Edsel Ford, of Grosse Pointe Shores and Mrs. James Francis McDonnell, of Southhampton and New York City.

band's death in 1943, she controlled the Ford Motor Company because she held the-shares of her two younger children, Mrs. Walter Buhl Ford II and William Clay Ford, who had not yet reached the age of 25 years. Her charities have always been numerous and personally administered. Her volunteer activities started early. if.

Jr. '-Hvffl I rrnTTFr: TuZ'h V4 i4 i If w'4 K- I Hi '-J. 4 4 1 i- I I I' Ji-Jx'f' Both are widowed. And although they have, followed different paths, their lives have always been fruitful and full of many interests. And both are devoted to their children and grandchildren.

Mrs. McDonnell is the mother of 14 and she and her husband, a wall street broker and investment banker, enjoyed the youngsters so much they once took the entire crew on a European holiday. mrs. McDonnell was the daughter of the famous inventor Thomas E. Murray, who was credited with 1100 patents, second in number to his great friend, Thomas A.

Edison. When their children were youftg the McDonnells lived next door to her brother, Thomas E. Murray who had 11 children. Each family had a summer home in Southampton, facing the ocean with some 50 rooms In each. The 25 children roamed at will over an area of 53 family acres.

Each of them had the automobile of his choice the very moment he was old enough to drive. MRS. FORD, the mother of four, enjoyed an equally happy life. She has always been one of Detroit's leading art supporters and her gifts to the Detroit Museum of Arts, many of them in memory of her late husband, have been munificent. At one time, after her hus Clerics See Finery Early arrivals were Msgr.

Frank J. McPhillips, of St. Paul's on the Lake, and Father Clement Kern, of Holy Trinity. Said Mrs. Henry Ford II: "They are my best friends.

I wanted them to see it first." Merle Oberon arrived in pale pink dotted swiss over mauve pink silk, turquoise silk flashing at her waist and in magnificent turquoise and diamond bib and earrings. Edsel Takes Charge At the party, young Edsel Ford became overseer for his five boy cousins and a troop of girl cousins and friends who made perilous expeditions into the wet summer houses. The little girls, in the confusion, were stealing sips of champagne. Charlotte's pale mauve pink faille bodice over tangerine skirt. The sisters wore different gowns for dinner.

sister Charlotte, and brother Edsel. Mrs. Ford's gown was pale green lace; Anne's gown, white organza and THE HENRY FORD FAMILY at the ball. From left Henry Ford II, Debutante Anne, Mrs. Ford, Anne's THE TOWN CRIER Finn President to Visit Here 5 ttirX ''a n.

BY MARK BELTAIRE DETROIT will be on the Itinerary in October when Urho Kek-konen, president of Finland, makes a state visit to the United States. Heikkl Mert of Airlines of Finland conferred with Hari Virjo, the Finnish consul here, on setting up window displays in 40 stores fea-t i Finnish historical back- ground plus dis- Kekkonen plays of such unlike products My Answer BY BILLY GRAHAM QUESTION We have a minister who is very optimistic, and he says that God is running the universe, and that everything will come out all right. Do you agree? F.D. ANSWER I agree that God is omnipotent, but we must also understand that God is just, and being just, He will judge the unjust. There were no doubt people in Noah's day who were optimistic, but their optimism didn't avert the flood.

The fact that God is running the universe should cause us to love righteousness, and to fear to do evil. We can't have our 'cake and eat it too', and Jesus said: "Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish." I am optimistic when I think of God's sovereignty, His love, and His grace, but I am discouraged with man's persistent desire to build a world apart from God for His purposes. I fear for a world in which Communism can flourish, where Truth is rejected, and where God's laws are ignored. Jesus said: "As it was in the days of Noah, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. They were eating and drinking, marrying and giving of marriage until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away as hunting knives and fashions.

Final thought on Father's Day: in the income tax it sure cuts down on bragging." Afterthoughts Now that the Yankees have come and gone, whittled down a bit, time to take to the verbal woodshed a few idiots who remove a lot of shine from Detroit's boast of being The Greatest Sports Town in the World. They pop out of the concrete in the upper deck, especially when the stands are filled, and enjoy deliberately spitting over the railing, spilling soft drinks, snapping lighted cigarets, or dropping mustard -filled napkins. Neither management nor The Law can adequately police a good-sized cityful of people out to enjoy themselves, and in most cases it isn't necessary. But the lunatic fringe can certainly make it unpleasant for a flock of helpless people below. Tip of the Topper to Kenneth Aiken who for over 20 years has been teaching piano to the small fry of the Rose-dale-Grandmont-Strathmoor districts.

High point of his, the parents' and the children's creative year arrives every June when they all gather in the Rosedale Community House for the annual recital. As Charles Goodenow puts it: "Parental hearts are filled with gratitude at the demonstrated contribution Mr. Aiken makes to our homes and families." the size and price the same but reduce the contents so you get less for your money with net weights printed inconspicuously or given in fractions of ounces that make comparative price shopping impossible. Overheard: I don't know what in the world he wants with a boat when he gets seasick carrying an umbrella in the rain. What They Say Senator Barry Goldwater, speaking of the Arizona water shortage before the National Association of Plumbing Contractors in Cobo Hall: "I was 21 before I heard about putting water in whisky.

It's not uncommon to see jack rabbits carrying canteens and I've actually watched trees chasing dogs." Charley Manos, newly appointed to the permanent public relations staff of Detroit Edison, defining a -feature story: "If you hear of a man carving his initials on his front door, that's not a story. If the incident occurred at 2 a.m., you're getting warm. If you press harder and find he did the job with a .22 rifle, you got yourself a story." Former IT. of D. trainer Dad Butler, rapidly approaching 91, sighing after a pretty girl and observing traditionally but with real zest: "Oh, if only I were 85 again." Paul Light: "One thing about I i it.

1 I I' I ye- mi i linn mil iJ jLi Uf ff Biblical times it was considered a crime, punishable by death, for a son to disagree with his father. And in ancient Rome, a child who rebelled against parental authority was subject to the curses of the gods. Times have changed. Publicist Sam Arnold, 'back from a sojourn in California, ailing in Room 502 of Sinai Hospital. Dr.

Junius Taylor and other officers of the Businessmen's Youth Club No. 10 ready to celebrate the Club's 11th anniversary at 7 p.m. Wednesday with 11th anniversary dinner and installa- tion of officers in the Knights of Columbus Hall, 13530 Lesure. Floyd Starr to be guest speaker, with Fr. Clement Kern as toast-master.

Look for the government to start an investigation of packaging techniques that keep 7 AMONG EASTERNERS at the debut was Nicole duPont from Greenville, escorted by Detroiter Charles Cudlip. THE 1200 GUESTS included prominent local residents like the Harry Winstons, art collectors, from Birmingham. 1.