A beautiful view of the Garden City Country Club’s room and all of the happy diners The Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead held their annual Friendship Luncheon for members and guests at the Garden City Country Club on Tuesday, September 27 th. A good time was had by all. There was good food, good friends, a beautiful atmosphere and delightful entertainment. The Club season is now in full swing with many wonderful programs and tours from now until June. For information about membership in the Community Club, call the club’s office on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The following pictures should tempt you to join.

During audience participation they managed to get a soldier into the act Photos by John Ellis Kordes

A Success

From left: Reservation ladies Florence Frieda, Eleanor Singer, and Doris Buck registered members and guests and gave them their table number with a bit of Hawaii displayed in the table arrangement.From left: seated, are Shirley Jessen, Barbara Flanagan, Connie Kelmanowicz, Jackie Polon and Valerie Lemkul. Standing are Mary Gagliardo, Marye Heston, Florence Dieterich, Muriel Urban and Marilyn O’BrienFrom left: Marjorie Maher, Sally Papoulas, Renate Monteiro, Joan Kuster, Prem Chauhan, and Past President of the Community Club Betty Pupke, all awaited the delicious luncheon that was soon to follow.From left: seated, are: Anne Marie Smith, Mady Tjioe, June Kwee, Margaret Heinrich, Gertrude Westphal, Josephine Krawczyk and Josephine Cotugno. Standing are Liz Miller, Pat Molen and President Julie Fehler, all smiling for the camera.Marilyn Kerr (left), Friendship Luncheon chairlady, and Muriel Urban, decorations chairlady greeted friends wearing Orchid Leis. Julie Fehler, president of the Community Club, greeted assembled members and guests with welcoming words.Willa Ward (left), secretary of the Community Club, shared a moment with Chairlady Marilyn Kerr.Valerie Hegeman (left) Gloria Mercante are seated with Ann Gordon standing behind themFrom left, seated, are Maybelle MacNicol, Dell Dalton, Betty Bangert, Dorothy Hedwig, Mildred Wickesser and Mary-Louise Wallendorf. Standing are Noel Burks, Marilyn Kerr, Florence Frieda, Gladys and Clemmensen.Chairlady Marilyn Kerr bid the ladies a fond Aloha - which, in the language of the Islands, means both Hello and Farewell!Those at Table #9 are, from left, Joy Billhardt, Catherine Forshay, Pat Hale, Eleanor Singer, Florence Freida, Mary Hassett, Dolly Rabal, Lucille Koop and Eleanor Henning (center)It’s time for the awarding of the table prize and Muriel Urban announced that it would go to the lady who was wearing the oldest watch at each table. Only wind-ups need apply Bring on the dancers! They brought the dances of the Islands with them for everyone’s enjoyment The lead dancer was certainly enjoying herself as she performed A change of costume, and a change of beat, and the dances of Tahiti filled the roomNow it’s time for the winning of the four lovely door prizes. Marye Heston did the drawing. The winners were Sue Hall, Rosalie Kelly, Dee Devries, and Mary Morran. They all received a beautiful orchid plant.