DANCE
EXTRA
VOL. 3, No. 14
PAN AMERICAN
PACIFIC-ALASKA DIVISION
Copyright 1945 by Pan American Airways, Inc.
DANCE
EXTRA
MAY 11, 1945
PAA May Dance to Feature Bond Auction
A&S Club Sponsors Invitations to Coast Guard, United, TWA and Western Airlines
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Bay Meadows Club, Maurice Anger Band Insure "Best Yet"
All “in the know” assure one and all that Saturday’s May Dance will be the “best yet” for Pan Americans and their guests. All who attended the last dance at the Beresford Country Club unanimously agreed that it surpassed all previous fun-fests, but every indication insures that this will be an evening of pleasure unsurpassed in A&S history. Topping the list of attractions is the beautifully appointed Club House of the Bay Meadows Race Track in the heart of the Peninsula, plus the all star array of entertainers secured for this function.
FIRST INVITATIONS
This dance is to be “different” in that this is the first time official invitations have been extended to the Mills Field neighborhood and will include United Airlines, T.W.A., Western, Coast Guard, and ATC.
Music for dancing will be in the very capable hands of Maurice Anger, his piano stylings, and 11 piece orchestra. Maurice, incidentally, is a local boy from the University of California who has made good in the band business and now has one of the top musical aggregations in the bay area. He held the feature spot at the Claremont before Russ Morgan and has played in the Mural Room of the St. Francis Hotel.
OFFICIALS TO ATTEND
Among the many peninsula officials who are to attend the dance are the following: Peter Dahl, the Mayor of Burlingame; Norman J. Corlett, President of the Chamber of Commerce; Colonel Fred Peterson, San Mateo County Executive; George McQueen, publisher of the Burlingame “Advance;” and Edward R. McDonald, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of San Mateo County.
If the amount of sincere effort put forth by the hard hitting A&S Club Dance committee—Chairman, Rod Rhea, Jessie Hall, Ken Radtke, and Jim Chadwick—is any indication, this coming event will surpass anything to date.
How To Get There
So you’re wondering how to get to Bay Meadows Club House? For those coming from San Francisco, just whiz down either El Camino or Bay Shore Highway one mile past San Mateo.
Bay Meadows is located between the two highways with numerous signs pointing to it along the way.
Parking facilities are on the north side of the club house with accommodations for approximately 5000 automobiles. The club house entrance faces El Camino Highway so just follow the crowds through the entrance the night of the dance.
Oh, yes, three huge bars are available and if it is a moonlight night the overflow crowd will have a joyous time on the terrace overlooking the race track.
Stags Invited? Why, Shore
Owing to the threat of an invasion of Airline hostesses, Spars, and Stanford Coeds, the stag line is invited to “be among those present,” and even if it weren’t for the beautiful gals, there’ll be entertainment enough to keep even confirmed stags happy!
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Carole Landis!!! Adds Glamour to Bond Auctioning
Climax to a night of gaiety, music, and pocket-opening auctioneering at the Athletic and Social Club’s May Dance will come when glamorous, vivacious Carole Landis—the serviceman’s idea of what he is making the world safe for—steps to the
Carole Landis
stage. She will assist in the ceremonies calculated to send the most reticent customers home with their arms full—no, not of Miss Landis, but something else we all want—WAR BONDS!
Conceived by Capt. H. L. Turner, Chairman of the Seventh War Bond Drive, the quota-killing project is the auctioning of Japanese war souvenirs collected from South Pacific battlefields and presented to the PAA War Bond Committee by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, and transported here especially for this part of the drive by Captain D. W. Tomlinson, COMNatsPac.
Mrs. Nimitz will be on hand to select the items to be offered by one of the West’s most well-known professional auctioneers, Mr. Bill Ford. The mementos consist of everything from life preservers and Jap money to weather instruments and sailor suits.
It all adds up to a wonderful evening— a fine band for dancing, a movie star for glamour, and the chance to acquire some Jap souvenirs the easy way.
