Farmer' Brothers
Makes New Friends
At Hospital Dinner
• The Fresno Bee
Sun., Nov. 26, 1978
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A FARMER CAME TO DINNER
and delighted the Century Circle
members of Fresno Community
Hospital! The farmer was Dr. Joyce
Brothers who revealed to Leon Peters, president of the board of trustees, that she owns a vineyard in New
York.
Dr. Brothers was the speaker for
the third annual dinner held at the
Sunnyside Country Club to thank
major donors of the hospital. A minimum contribution of $1,000 is made
by members to "support special
equipment purchases for quality patient care," said Chuck Sant' Agata,
director of public relations at Community.
Bud Richter gave the invocation
and noted that "hospitals have been
in existence longer than records can
determine —- they were originally
religious temples."
The Peters family was well represented by not only Leon and wife
Alice, but Leon's sister-in-law, Barbara Peters, and her son, Darell,
Aram and Gladys Peters and Madeline Melikian. Cindy Peters was
heard discussing plans for her spring
wedding to Richard TorOsian. Mrs.
Aram Bagdarsian, Pete Peters, Judy
Kister and Marjorie Case were
among those dining.
Century Circle members Mike
Nury and wife Zary were in Washington, D.C recently where Mike served
as the associate general chairman of
the 18th annual concert and dinner
for the United Nations. The gala
evening began with a concert at the
Kennedy Center and concluded with
dinner at the Washington, D.C. Hilton. A special guest for this event
was the ambassador from Uruguay
who shared the Nury's dinner table
there.
Frank and Jane Sanders brought
Gene Ford with them. Gene's wife
Lynne was ill with the flu. Joe and
Mabel Woo happily reminisced that
tabiemats Lowell and Eleanor Fir-
stenberger had attended Jackson
Elementary School with Joe and that
Dick Whitten had been a fellow student at Roosevelt High School. Dick
was accompanied to the dinner by
wife Margaret.
When Dr. Brothers concluded her
speech with "I hope I've made new
friends," Mel and Rae Willson led the
applause, assuring her she certainly
had.
IF YOU LIKE ANTIQUES, you
would have loved the 18th annual
antique show and sale sponsored by
the Fig Garden Woman's Club.
From shimmering amberina glass
pitchers to copper and brass cream
packing machines, from hand-paint
ed Nippon porcelain plates to Louis
XV ormolu bracket clocks — they
were all there and thousands more as
antique dealers came to display their
wares. Elegant cranberry goblets
were selected by Irene Popovich.
Ottie Belle White came for lunch
after she and Ida Davidson completed an art class in fruit arrangement.
Vicki Hatch was in charge of the delicious desserts made by the members,
and much enjoyed by Margaret Cole
and her grandchildren.
Mrs. Hugo Miller and Mrs. H.D.
McKinnon were in charge of duties at
the door, a chore the two have handled for all of the 18 years. Lory
Rowell joined Barbara Abbate for
lunch while show chairman Dorothy
Crocket kept the event going smoothly-
EVEN POGO, the cartoon character, wished a happy birthday to surprised honoree Bud Fisher!
In an ingenious feat of engineering, hostess Phyllis Fisher made
temporary walls of large sheets of
black plastic and adorned them with
clever Pogo murals painted by Laura
Delzatto to transform the carport
into a birthday dining room, complete with electric heaters.
Gary Fisher had accompanied
father Bud to Marysville earler that
day and then insisted their private
plane needed minor repairs in order
to delay their return to Fresno — so
that party preparations could be
completed. Busily working on the
event were the Fisher's daughter,
Patti, and daughter-in-law, Susan,
who brought her 5-month-old son,
Gregory.
Betty Seaver played the piano and
those gaily singing along included
her husband Charles and Eleanor
and Tom MacMichael. Eleanor was
still elated by daughter-in-law Sue
MacMichael's completion of the first
Fresno Marathon where Sue ran 26
miles, and "was not the last by a
long shot," said Eleanor proudly. In
fact, the event even prompted Eleanor to buy some running shoes for
herself!
As a special surprise, longtime
friend Jimmy Wise flew out from his
Jacksonville, Fla. home to attend the
party and will houseguest through
the Thanksgiving holiday.
In the group toasting Bud were
Marge and Newton Russell, Virginia
and Lewis Eaton, Martheda and Don
Fortune, Monigne and Waiter Clark
and the Bud Bucks. Betty Bonner —
who looked terrific in long black
harem pants — and husband Chuck
were delighted when Bud told them,
"I truly was surprised!"
HEARTS OF ORANGE SHER-
BERT inscribed with "Dorothy and
Stanley" were the festive climax to
the dinner honoring the newlywed
Carlsons. Dorothy — formerly Mrs.
Chalmers Lones — and husband Stanley Carlson, who have just returned
from their Alaskan honeymoon
cruise, traveled from their home in
Corona Del Mar to Fresno for the
party hosted by Angie and Bob Woot-
ton.
Baskets of multi-colored chrysan-
Alice Peters, left, smiles approval as husband Leon, and Mel and Rae Wilson Welcome Dr. Joyce Brothers to the Century Circle Dinner for
the Fresno Community Hospital.
themums centered the green table- ^| ^H ™
cloths for the affair where "everybody brought their favorite dish",
said hostess Angie. The Pauls —
Genevive and Harold — returned
from a fall foliage tour of the New
England states just in time to make
their special chicken casserole for
the buffet table.
Georgina and Ken Hickman celebrated their 40th anniversary that
day, so a champagne toast was given
to them. Speaking of anniversaries,
the Woottons had their first in late
October. The couples, all of whom
have been friends for over 20 years,
included Lily and Galen McKnight,
Bernice and Orval Minnis, Marie and
Carly Dyer and Ruth and Bob Pick-
ford.
"WE'RE DANCE PEOPLE" said
Dolores Bloed as she and husband
Charlie celebrated their 30th anniversary dancing to the smooth sounds of
Harry James. The Bloeds brought
with them fellow Merced residents
Marlene and Jim Hagerman, and all
promised Bud Noble — who had arranged for the local appearance of
James — that they will be back for
tonight's Peter Nero show.
Ed and Elly Orrin came from
Madera bringing their daughter
Lynn. It was a special treat for
Lynn's 10th birthday. Geneva and
Bill Tait and Diane and Jerry Gil-
lmore joined the crowd of 400 for
dinner and dancing.
Linda and Hal McKinney shared a
table with Ed and Ann Mayo and
Walter and Dorothy Lake. Mr. and
Mrs. Henry C. Brock, Jr., said they
have been attending Harry James
performances for 30 years. Lois and
Guinn Sinclair hosted a table of
guests. Others enjoying the music
included Paul and Mae Fansler,
Stewart and Reta Rose and Wally
Johnson.
THE ENTRY HALL of the Ripe
Tomato restaurant was literally
stuffed with well wishers for Liz
Smith's birthday.
When Carol Marsella and Carlene
Fig Garden Woman's Club Antique
Dorothy Crocket, left, shows a
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Kyan invited Liz to lunch, little did
Liz know it would be a birthday parts
in her honor. Joining those at the
door singing "Happy Birthday" werel
Kay Giel, Lola Benneyan, Dottiel
Kolligian and Judy Griffith. Judy and'
her family have recently returned
from a trip to Australia.
Tennis partners Jane Barnett and
Ann Wanger were there, but Rosette
Drew missed the affair as she and
Show chairman
handpamted dish
to Barbara Abbate from the collection displayed by
Belle Bloise from her shop, Arabella's.
husband Ralph were holidaying in
Lake Tahoe after a three week tour
of France. School days chum Francie
Jones came from her Stockton home
to help celebrate the event. Shirley
Blum and Wendy Diamond — Wendy
is just back from Boston — both
admired the group gift, a jade pendant,, given to Liz, who immediately
slipped it on the gold chain she was
wearing. "What a lovely way to
spend a ramy day," remarked Liz
gleefully!
Carol and Jay Marsella — whose
daughter Julie is a UCLA freshman
— took Liz and husband Marvin —
he's a USC alum — to Los Angeles
for the Rose Bowl-determining clash
between the football teams of the two
schools and then to a festive dinner
at the plush new Beverly Hills restaurant, Jimmy's.
