Feting Marlborough as It Turns 100

Marlborough School, a Los Angeles private girls school, celebrates a century of preeminence in 1989, but alumnae and students are already gung-ho in their enthusiasm for the milestone anniversary.

On opening day of school, doves were released into the air as the student body cheered, wearing “Celebrate!” T-shirts, to officially launch the 100th birthday party.

Sunday the Los Angeles Pops Orchestra will be the centerpiece when supporters spread blankets for a lawn party planned by Joan Graves and Corki Clark. Campaign steering committee chairman Susanne F. Donnelly will carry the torch all year to establish the Centennial Endowment Fund.

And social events are nonstop: the Christmas tea Dec. 1 for alumnae mothers and daughters, a February educational symposium, a Celebration Weekend next April including an alumnae luncheon, musical revue, speakers, seminars, reunion brunches (organized by each class) and a Centennial Gala April 29 at what’s called “an exciting location.”

CAMPAIGN FANFARE: Huntington Memorial Hospital has embarked on an aggressive campaign to increase its donor base and raise $1 million annually--or $5 million by 1992--through its new Henry E. Huntington Society.

It’s the preliminary fanfare to the $15-million capital campaign, two years away, for the Huntington’s building replacement project.

Kim and Bob Rollo and Dennis and Dottie Juett head up the annual appeal. Through the summer they and others, including Dr. Allen and Weta Mathies (he’s the Huntington’s president), Linda and Jim Dickason and Elsie and John Sadler, have hosted numerous dinner parties for 20 to 60 in private homes.

More parties are scheduled in the next few weeks by Kathy and Mike LeRoy, Cathy and Scott Alexander, Clarence and Bunny Fleming and the Juetts.

The entry level for the Society is $150 annually, but the bulk of funds will come from the 1992 Associate category. These members will pledge $1,992 a year for five years, leading up to the Huntington’s Centennial Celebration. The Rollos and the Juetts are well on their way to recruiting 100 of that ilk. The annual funds are designated for maternal and child care, stroke rehabilitation, senior care network and trauma/emergency services.

CAPER: “Shimmering attire, black tie” is specified for the American Diabetes Assn. “Caper in Space” Saturday at the Aerospace Museum in Exposition Park. Benefit chairmen Sunny Deutschman and Barbara Prober say the event will put the Caper Committee over the $1 million mark in funds dedicated to diabetes since the annual capers began four years ago. Honorary chairman Ella Fitzgerald is expected as well as astronauts Richard F. Gordon Jr. and David R. Scott.

GOOD NEWS: Suzy Moser and Christopher Berrisford, the former headmaster at Harvard School for 17 years and currently headmaster of The Trinity School in New York, were married in the Church of the Angels in Pasadena by the Rt. Rev. Oliver B. Garver, bishop suffragan of the Los Angeles Episcopal diocese. They’ll be moving to New York, and Suzy will leave her position as director of development at Westridge School in Pasadena.

TEA: Sally Brant hosted tea this week at her Bel-Air home honoring her niece, Carolyn Chandler, the daughter of Otis Chandler, chairman of the executive committee of the Board of Directors of Times Mirror Co. Carolyn Chandler weds Jeffrey Mitchner Barr at the home of her mother, Marilyn Brant Stuart, on Saturday.

Among those walking through Sally’s garden and enjoying the chicken salad sandwiches and brownies at Isabele Linenberger’s tea table were the bride’s grandmother, Jane Brant Ward, and relatives and friends including Susie Brant, Peggy Miller, Dorothy Off, Carrie Ketchum, Barbara Royce, Tommy Spear, Alyce Williamson, Marie Jones, Mia Frost, Ginger Ludwick, Biddy Liebig and Carol Patterson. Denise Chandler brought Margot Chandler, 6, who is to be the flower girl.

AWARDS GALA: The Costume Council of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the California Mart join forces Sept. 28 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for the fifth annual California Designer Awards Gala.

Dinner and dancing in the Times Mirror Central Court will follow the Designer Fashion Show and “Rudi” award presentation. Nominees are Marina Spadafora, Leon Max, Body Glove by Robin Piccone, Glenn Williams and Karl Logan. The awards pay tribute to the late Rudi Gernreich and his influence on the fashion world.

A WHIRL: The Friends of French Art have been touring through French chateaux and castles and dining by candlelight in evening dress. Friday evening Elin Vanderlip and her set will be at the Embassy Ball at the Paris residence of the U.S. Ambassador to France Joe M. Rodgers, dining over Dixieland jazz.

Among the Southern California contingent will be Robert and Beatrice Scott, Francine Bardot of Hermes Beverly Hills, Daphne Bondoc, Felip Isaacs and Serena Sanafellos, and Gep Durenberger of San Juan Capistrano. Yvonne Lenart is on the honorary ball committee along with Baron et Baronne Elie de Rothschild.

CITY LIGHTS: The board of directors and the Acorn Society of Hillsides Home for Children celebrate Hillsides’ 75th anniversary Saturday with guest of honor the Rt. Rev. Frederick H. Borsch, bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Los Angeles. . . .

The Fraternity of Friends of the Music Center will hit the tennis courts Saturday evening at Riviera Country Club, to be followed by dinner and dancing. Expected are Ronald and Jane Olson, Thomas and Debbie Tellefson, Roger and Joanne Kozberg, Dick and Ronnie Lippin. . . .

Andy Williams headlines the entertainment for Torrance Memorial Hospital Medical Center’s “Evening of Music” Saturday at the Torrance Marriott. . . .

Melva Miller heads the Goodwill Guild’s “Yachts of Fun” party Sunday at the Alamitos Bay Yacht Club in Long Beach. . . .

Pacific Lodge Boys’ Home board will purchase a van with proceeds from its 65th anniversary starlight party tonight at the Marriott in Woodland Hills. . . .

The Los Angeles Children’s Museum benefits from the special performance of “Steel Magnolias,” the new comedy at the Pasadena Playhouse. According to Joyce Rosenblum, benefit chairman, the performance is being donated by Playhouse owner and museum trustee David Houk.

BY DAY: Nineteenth-Century architecture expert William Seale will present “The Irresistible Stage: The White House and Its Personalities” next Thursday morning at Banning Residence Museum in Wilmington. Luncheon on the green follows. . . .

Luminaires, tanned and rested from the summer, met this week at the Annandale Golf Club. Led by president Nancy Payne, members heard Dr. Stephen J. Ryan, medical director of the Doheny Eye Institute. . . .

The California/International Arts Foundation sponsors a “Sunday Afternoon with Tony Berlant” Sunday, the first in a new series of studio visits with Los Angeles artists. Cost is $50 for single events or $500 for the series of 12. Artists involved include Peter Alexander, Joe Fay, Mineko Grimmer, Charles Arnoldi, Peter Shire and Joe Goode. . . .