MARRIED 50 YEARS: PHILLIP AND MIRIAM SKARIN.Phillip and Miriam Skarin of Van Nuys celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Nov. 18. More than 170 friends and relatives joined the couple for a luncheon and dancing at the Encino Glen Banquet Room banquet room n. A large room, as in a restaurant, suitable for banquets. in Van Nuys. Miriam was born in Santa Ana Santa Ana, city, El Salvador Santa Ana (sän'tä ä`nä), city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region. and graduated from Sana Ana High School. She attended Stanford University as part of the U.S. Army Cadet Nurse program. She worked as a registered nurse at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and for the Los Angeles City Schools. Now retired, she volunteers for the Red Cross Clinics. Phillip was born in Los Angeles and graduated from North Hollywood High School North Hollywood High School, originally called Lankershim High School when it opened in 1927, is a secondary school in North Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. The school mascot is the husky, and the school colors are blue, white, grey. . While attending Los Angeles City College Los Angeles City College, known as LACC, is a public community college in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California. A part of the Los Angeles Community College District, it is located on Vermont Avenue south of Santa Monica Boulevard. , he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. In 1943 he was ordered to active duty at the University of California at Berkeley (body, education) University of California at Berkeley - (UCB) See also Berzerkley, BSD. http://berkeley.edu/. Note to British and Commonwealth readers: that's /berk'lee/, not /bark'lee/ as in British Received Pronunciation. , where he received his degree in Civil Engineering. Philip worked for the Los Angeles City Engineer for nearly 41 years, retiring in 1987 as the Division Engineer. He is currently the newsletter editor for the Retired Los Angeles City Employees Association. The couple met after being set up on a blind date by Phillip's sister, who worked with Miriam at Childrens Hospital. They were married on Nov. 18, 1950, at the First Presbyterian Church First Presbyterian Church is a generic church name, and can refer to hundreds of churches within the English speaking world. If you followed a link here, please consider making it more specific by including the city or town in which the church resides. in Hollywood. Miriam is an avid hiker, volunteers for her church and enjoys spending time at their cabin in the San Gabriel Mountains San Gabriel Mountains, S Calif., E and NE of Los Angeles, running c.50 mi (80 km) westward from Cajon Pass. San Antonio Peak (10,080 ft/3,072 m) is the highest of the range. Citrus fruits are raised on the southern foothills. . Phillip was the State Heavyweight Weight-lifting Champion from 1946 to 1949 and resumed the sport in 1997. He is the current National and World Masters Champion and makes time for his weekly golf games. They have four children: Ronald Skarin of Chatsworth; Kenneth Skarin of Northridge; Carol Williams of Oregon; and Barbara Hunt of Monrovia. They have eight grandchildren. - Kimberly Armendariz MARRIED 50 YEARS: STAN AND GENIA WOLF Stan and Genia Wolf of Sherman Oaks celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Nov. 18 with dinner and dancing at Castaways Restaurant in Burbank. Stan graduated from Los Angeles High School Los Angeles High School, founded in 1873, is the oldest public high school in the Southern California Region and in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Its colors are blue and white and the teams are called the Romans. and went straight to work. He is now semi-retired from Equifax, Inc., after 30 years in the sales department. Genia arrived in the United States from Poland in 1947 with her older sister, Rosa, both orphaned during World War II. They stayed with a sponsor family, and Genia graduated from Fairfax High School Fairfax High School can refer to:
When each of their blind dates ended up sick, Stan and Genia decided to go out on a blind date of their own. She was 17, and he was 21. They were married just 10 months later, on Nov. 18, 1950. They exchanged vows on the television show ``Wedding Bells,'' believed to have been the first Jewish wedding ever televised. They settled in Arleta and later moved to Sherman Oaks, where they have resided for the last 33 years. They have three children: Lawrence Wolf of Orange; Halaine Blekier of Los Alamitos; and Bert Wolf of Sherman Oaks. They have three grandchildren. - Kimberly Armendariz CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- 2) Miriam and Phillip Skarin, left, and on their wedding day in 1950, above. (3) STAN AND GENIA WOLF |
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