Ambassador From Turkey Feted
There wasn’t a spot of garden space vacant at the fete honoring the Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to the United States, Nuzhet Kandemir, and his wife, Sadiye. Turkish Consul General Mehmet Emre and his wife, Sema, were exuding smiles and directing the crowd to the cerkez tavuk (chicken with walnuts), doner (beef on a spit), patlican kizartma (eggplant with green chiles), borrek (fried pastry) and rice pilav.
Prominent were Mission Viejo real estate broker Vasif Canli, Los Angeles developer T.K. Kutay, civil engineer Nezih M. Gunal, Chasen’s assistant manager Orhan Arli and Turan and Judy Kahraman.
Why the visit? Explained the ambassador: “To explain the business opportunities that exist in Turkey.” J. Jamison Moore, who owns Atlantis Inc., already knows. He and his wife, Mara, have sold their house and will live abroad for the next five years to oversee his $552-million resort development near Izmir. Yachting was on the minds of Bud and Virginia Carpenter. He’s in charge of the Los Angeles Yacht Club plans for 75 Southland sailors to sail on seas off the coves of Turkey next year.
BOUQUETS: The Friends of Robinson Gardens garden tour has become one of the can’t-miss events of spring. This year the gardens of Irene Kassorla and Norman Friedmann, Stephanie and Louis Snyder, Otis and Dody Booth, Don and Kathleen Spiegelman, plus the Virginia Robinson Gardens, were picked by benefit co-chairs Carol Mancino and Donna Kamin and co-presidents Donna Wolff and Bridget Martens. They also chose famous gardener Georgie Van de Kamp (mother of gubernatorial candidate John Van de Kamp) for honorary chair.
WOW! It helps to have former President Ronald Reagan joining entertainers Jose Feliciano and Maureen McGovern for fund raising. The folks in the background also deserve applause for raising more than $450,000 at the fourth annual “A Night Under the Stars” gala to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Assn.
At the party Mr. Reagan presented August Busch III, chairman of the board and president of Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc., with the Dennis Day Memorial Award for the $4.7 million he’s raised. More in on the fun, Ed McMahon; Jerry Lewis, national MDA chair, and comedian Norm Crosby, given the Humanitarian Award.
PAST PERFECT: “ Milagros! (Miracles) at The Norris,” a party raising oles and $35,000 for the Auxiliary of the Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Hospital, USC, and planned by Lorna Reed, president, and Jan Cherrie and Heather Hunter. . . .
Shirley Graner and Aileen Iannucci’s sherry/tea for UCLA Medical Center Auxiliary. . . .
Dotty Greenawalt’s Villa Esperanza fashion luncheon. . . .
Dr. David Sibley’s Hancock Park Concerts fete for World Vision. . . .
Claire Shea and Kathy Gray dinner for Loyola High School Mother’s Guild. . . .
Roger and Betty Medaris’ brunch for his chums who studied with Thomas Hart Benton. . . .
The Pansy Brunch co-chaired by Susan Glazer and Susan Emerson for Delta Delta Delta.
MEDALLIONS: Saluted at the Assistance League of Southern California’s Medallion Ball at the Beverly Hills Hotel were 19 high school volunteers: Allison Adams, Sara Katz, Amber Russell, Katherine Harahan, Marika Krissman, Lara Cardin, Danielle Davidowitz, Nancy Citron, Katherine Peterson, Kathryn Wheat, Robin Bessenbacher, Amy Rodd, Rebecca Roe, Melody Rose, Erika Chiquette, Deena Edington, Michelle Silver, Molly Cooper, Michelle Arnold.
KUDOS: To Bea Papadopoulos, honored by Philoptohos Society of Saint Sophia Cathedral for voluntarism. . . .
Former opera diva Dorothy Kirsten French, who received an honorary doctorate from Loyola Marymount University. . .
Jerry Magnin and Gene Barry, saluted at the Beverly Hills Ball at the Beverly Hilton. . . . Ann Sothern, exhibiting paintings at Elizabeth’s Staircase. . . .
The Grand Peoples Co. (serving a growing senior population) with its new name--GrandPeople.
SHINING HOSTS: At her Pacific Palisades home, Carolyn DeWald hosts the spring luncheon Wednesday for the Irene Dunne Guild of Saint John’s Hospital. (Father Maurice Chase baptized Irene’s great-granddaughter Haley Marie Streibich over Mother’s Day at the actress’s Holmby Hills estate). . . .
Steven Lavine and Janet Sternbury toasted the 20th anniversary of California Insitute of the Arts at a cocktail party at their Encino home. . . .
Lorna Reed lends her San Marino home Wednesday for the Trojan league luncheon headed by president Janice Boswell.
IN HEAVEN: St. Peter at the Pearly Gates greeted party-goers for the “Thank Heaven” Mayfield Junior School in Pasadena benefit co-chaired by Kathy Dooling and Carolyn Hubbs. They raised a heavenly $80,000.
PLAUDITS: To Gretchen Schlegel, new director of the Coronet Debutante Ball of the National Charity League Los Angeles chapter. . . .
To Helen Korman, president of The Muses 100. . . .
To 20th Century Fox Studio’s vp Leslee Perlstein, named Boss of the Year by the Women of the Motion Picture Industry. . . .
To CARES president Louise Barker, announcing the “no horse show” mail appeal raised $30,000. . . .
To Fashionettes and Noreen Mills, presenting $35,000 to Queen of Angels-Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center. . . .
