First Armistice Ball and Gold Star Mother Ceremonies: Friday, Nov. 11, 1949

A program for a social ball at the newly constructed V.F.W. building in Santa Cruz. Filled with local advertisements near the end, it contains many photographs of members and displays messages and progress reports from officers as well.

Notables: Emmet Rittenhouse / Emmet C Rittenhouse, A W Wyman, Willis Fry, Robert E Smith, Thomas M Kelly, Arthur V Hipperson, Les Davis, Arnold Kohen, Hardy P Cave, Victor Gondolfi, George T Edwards, George A Bertolucci, N D Navarette, La Mar Cureton, Don Clayton / Don B Clayton, Barbara Bishop, Leona Bertolucci, Theo Davison, Anita Canepa, Isabell Doolittle, Jean McMahan, Maude Quiggle, Antonia Hines, Fern Weasa, Dolly Strohbene, Mary Wick, Pearl Marshall, Mary Edwards, L Lloyd Pringle, Bert H Normand, W P Staples, Harvey Crowe, John J Johnson, R G Harvey, Earl Blair, Elmer Daken, George Henery, Sam Thorneburg, Clyde Potts, Antone Gaxiola, Vidorn Lee Smith, Al Chipman, Norman Doyle, William Cottoam, Harris Lane, Louis Rayles, Hans Peterson, Howard Rogerson, Richard I Mobley, W C Graham, Edward Hansmann, Ben Churchill, Robert Smith, Arthur E King, Irving J Klein, Harold T Gustafson, Claude H Roberts, George W Stewart, Steven Bland, Robert E Aldrich, Arthur E Hills, Robert M Morrow, George W Goodwin, George H Anderson, William M Robinson, Arnold C Johnson, Walter M Berglund, Chester R Olmanson, Amel A Glaser, Violet W Fitzgerald, Anita Woods, Pauline Davenport, Hortense R Ledesma, Dorothy Wong, Odile Groat, Florence K Titus, ALyce Williamson, Evelyn M Fung, Mabel Peckham, Olive L Palacek, William J Harry, Donald L Warner, Darold D Decoe Jr, M C Herman, Jerome J Sullivan, John T Walker, Dr Albert R Agmar, Alva J Fleming, Robert Murray, B C Hesser, Wallace Carraher, Francis S Stich, Kilcoyne, Frank Koschnicke, Melba McKenna, Vera Clayton, N H Snow, Calvary Episcopal Church, Sam C McNeely, Edward M Secord, Franz Koschnicke, Raymond Squires, First Methodist Episcopal Church, Leroy L Martella, Alta Blesh, Merle Williams, Erma Miller, Florence Harvey, Anne Pringle, Mary Barsa, Mary Manning, Hazel Johnson, Margaret Holm, Louise Holbrook, Katherine Crowe, Rose Blair, Olive Doyle, Catherine Holm, Veronica Holm, Eleanor Martine, Julia Smith, Emma Jenks, Mabel Stocking, Josephine Rittenhouse, Mike Demos, Bernie Bourriague, John Davis, Jim Mills, Carl Jorgenson, Ernie Venturini, Silvio Tambellini, Gene Terrini, John Reis, Ray Fomasi, Ronnie Daugherty, Ray Sutherland, Temp West, Jack Daugherty, Fenner Angell, R E Smith, Lester Davis, Theodore L Smarszcz, Amos Fleener, Clinton K Bastedo, Delmar W Scotter, William E Smith, Don Page, Victor A Gondolfi
Source:
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 888
  • Private Fay Wyman Post 888
Date: 1949-11-11
Type: PROGRAM; BOOKLET; REPORT; PHOTO; ILLUSTRATION; ADVERTISEMENT
Coverage:
  • Santa Cruz
  • 1940s
  • Associations
  • Events
  • War
  • Sports
  • Softball
Identifier: MS-SANTA CRUZ-EVENTS-24

Citation

Gray, Ralph. “First Armistice Ball and Gold Star Mother Ceremonies: Friday, Nov. 11, 1949.” Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 888. 1949-11-11. SCPL Local History. https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/138610. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.