A Deep Bow to Debutante Ball Season
A flurry of debutante balls and the traditional early summer teas announcing young women to be presented next winter are under way.
The always beautiful Presentation Ball occurs June 6 in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton. It’s the yearly event of the Social Service Auxiliary and reflects service to the community by Sisters of Social Service. The first ball was April 7, 1958, at the Hilton.
Thirty years later, a new generation will be presented to Archbishop Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles. Many will be daughters or nieces of former presentees, according to president Betty Weiner and ball chairman Ann Porteous.
The 25 presentees are Michele Ann Althouse, Carre Kimball Calhoun, Kimberly Clark, Stacy Day, Ruth Develle, Melinda Fountain, Juli Goodwin, Erica Hoegee, Michaela Hollingsworth, Julie Hunt, Kristin Keegan, Carrie Krinock, Ashley La Shelle, Karen Lemons, Anne Majcher, Kathleen Morehart, Joy Mueller, Marisa Nunn, Christina Parker, Stephany Plut, Annabel Schwedes, Elizabeth Slocum, Meghan Thompson, Lara Williams and Heidi Yuja.
DEB TEA: Names of debutantes to be presented Dec. 22 at the Beverly Wilshire by the National Charity League, San Marino area chapter, will be announced next Sunday at a tea in the Crystal Ballroom at the Biltmore.
Julie Condon is chairman of the ball committee and Sue Seden is tea chairman. June Harwell, debutante chairman, will announce the debs: Nancy Addis, Jill Barry, Jana Bunn, Barbara Coberly, Lynn Crabtree, Melinda Fedde, Christa Gledhill, Mary Hanzel, Jennifer Hemming, Kristen Horgan, Michelle Hoy, Beverly Johnson, Grace Kibler, Mary Knaphurst, Michele Knechtel, Wendi Lind, Anne Milias, Stephanie Pearson, Kerri Ross, Julianne Saxton, Monica Seares, Julie Shannon, Nichole Tyler, Michelle Varner, Jennifer Weyand and Lisa Wines.
CORONET DIRECTOR: Peggy Snow of Brentwood has been named ball director of the 40th annual Coronet Debutante Ball by the Coronet Ball Board of the National Charity League Los Angeles founder chapter.
The Coronet Ball is the second oldest deb ball in Los Angeles. The debutantes, all in their first year of college, will be presented according to Coronet tradition the Saturday following Thanksgiving, Nov. 26, in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton.
The announcement luncheon for debutantes and their mothers will be Aug. 6 at Bel-Air Country Club. Arlene Lott of Marina del Rey is president of the Coronet Debutante Ball board.
WELCOMES: A new group of mothers of teen-age daughters are being welcomed as provisionals of the National Charity League Los Angeles chapter and were introduced at a luncheon at the Beach Club this week.
They, and their daughters, called Ticktockers, will embark on several years of mother-daughter social/philanthropic activities, according to Judy Needham and president Marcia Colwell.
DEBUT GROUP: Breath of Life, a new group of the Emphysema Foundation of Los Angeles, makes its debut with a benefit for parents and children Saturday at the Magic Castle. Roast beef for the adults and hot dogs for the young will mix with entertainment and magicians. The new group is the inspiration of Lucy Toberman, whose Sunday Night Supper series has benefited the foundation.
This next group of couples and singles is chaired by Edie and Christian Frere. Involved, too, are Hugh Bateman, Tink and Jim Cheney, Patricia Dayton, Christy and George Garmer, Caryn and George Harb, Nancy and Kyle Kirwan, Susan and Rob Lambert, Margaret and Tom Larkin, Kacey and Peter McCoy, Raylene and Bruce Meyer, Sue and Kirk Patrick, Linda and Christian Posner, Julie and John Prewitt, Cheryl and Peter Ziegler, Meg and Jim Wolf, Chris and Dan Wolfus, Pamela and Jerry Singer and Janice and Craig Studwell.
PAST PERFECT: Joyce and Fred Hameetman hosted their good friend Tony Frank, U.S. postmaster general, at a cocktail party at their home.
PEPPERDINE: Gov. George Deukmejian spoke at Pepperdine University’s School of Law commencement at Malibu campus and advised graduates “to be better than you have to be” and to “follow three precepts: work hard, adhere to stick-to-itiveness and use common sense.” For down the line, he suggested, “Making a little money will keep the kids in touch.”
RED LETTERS: Michael Landon is honorary chairman of the John Tracy Clinic Women’s Auxililary Tennis and Crumpet benefit, already under way, and culminating Saturday at the Playboy Mansion West.
That evening John Sedlar, owner and chef of St. Estephe restaurant, will provide the authentic Southwestern dinner for guests. Party chairmen Linda Staum and Michelle Oyler are re-creating a Santa Fe adobe village on the mansion grounds. Comedian Paul Rodriguez will be master of ceremonies for the afternoon tennis exhibition. Actor Henry Polic III will be auctioneer.
Proceeds benefit hearing-impaired preschool children at the John Tracy Clinic and the clinic’s correspondence course for parents of hearing-impaired children around the world.
COMING OUT: The consul general of the People’s Republic of China, Ambassador Ma Yuzhen, was introduced this week to Southern California business leaders at a banquet at Fung Lum restaurant in Universal City. The Los Angeles-Guangzhow Sister City Assn. and Mayor Tom Bradley’s office co-sponsored the affair. Among the speakers was Caroline Ahmanson of the Sister City group.
THIS WEEK: Gerald and Iris Canton hosted the cocktail reception at the Bistro in Beverly Hills to honor first-novelist Elaine Gordon and launch her “Intimate Terms,” about a Eurasian beauty who becomes a successful New York businesswoman (via the financial district of London, Paris jazz clubs, Aspen ski slopes).
