Word: santas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Westmont College in Santa Barbara, Calif. got a grant of only $25,000 from U.S. Steel, but it built a library that brought the school accreditation...
Married. Althea Louise Brough, 35, national women's singles tennis champion in 1947, Wimbledon champion in 1948, '49, '50, and '55; and Dentist Alan T. Clapp, 35, of Pasadena; in Santa Barbara, Calif...
...occasion for this idyl was the second concert in a series called Music at the Vineyards, held at the century-old Paul Masson Vineyards in the Santa Clara Valley, 40 miles southeast of San Francisco. The inspiration for the series came from four remarkable brothers-Paul, Herbert, Alfred and Norman Fromm. All of the Fromms except Herbert (who is a fulltime organist and composer) make their living in the wine trade, and regularly funnel handsome sums into the support of music. When Norman decided to give California some really fine summer music ("the kind the concert manager...
Chris first turned out for competitive swimming three years ago. George Haines, coach of the high-rated Santa Clara Swim Club, gave her a cursory look and ordered some laps in the pool. Haines checked back later, found Chris had done 115 laps, went to work at making her a champion. Haines was satisfied with her powerful kick, but worked long hours to strengthen her arm and shoulder muscles, taught her a high recovery stroke for greater power. In her basement at home, Chris wrestled doggedly with pulleys and weights...
Died. Franklin Pangborn, 60-odd, longtime cinemactor-comedian, stage and TV performer, who played foil to W.C. Fields in The Bank Dick and Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, to Jack Benny in The Horn Blows at Midnight and George Washington Slept Here; after an operation; in Santa Monica, Calif...