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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 5, folder \"4/22/75 - Ladies of the Senate\" of the\nSheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nSome items in this folder were not digitized because it contains copyrighted\nmaterials. Please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library for access to\nthese materials.\nDigitized from Box 5 of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nMEMORANDUM TO: PETER SORUM\nFROM:\nAction $ 10 Memo\nSUSAN PORTER\nSUBJECT:\nMrs. Ford has accepted the following out-of-house invitation:\nEVENT: Luncheon\nGROUP: Ladies of the Senate (Red Cross Unit)\nDATE: Tuesday, April 22, 1975\nTIME: 12:00 noon\nPLACE: S-318 Caucus Room\nOld Senate Office Building\nCONTACT: Mrs. Lawton Chiles (Rhea), Luncheon Chairman\nCOMMENTS: Per our conversations, this luncheon is an annual event\ndating back years and years. The Ladies of the Senate\nmeet once a week to tie bandages, etc. for the Red Cross.\nThey annually honor the First Lady. All will be in Red\nCross costumes. Their President is, of course,\nMrs. Rockefeller and Mrs. Clayborne Pell is their First\nVice President. The First Lady traditionally reciprocates\nwith a luncheon at the White House. This, as the calendar\nreflects, will be held here on Monday, May 5. Thank you.\nc: BF Staff\nRed Cavaney\nWarren Rustand\nJohn Marsh\nMax Friedersdorf\nBill Nicholson\nRex Scouten\nStaircase\nApril 7, 1975\nI\nTo remind\nE-h\nVs.\nThe Ladies of the Senate\nrequest the pleasure of your company\nat lunch\non Tuesday april 22, 1975\nat twelve\nc'clock\nS-318 Concus Room\nold Senate\nOffice Building\nFORD RATOR & RALD LIBR\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nMEMORANDUM TO: PETER SORUM\nFROM:\nAction $ Memo\nSUSAN PORTER\nSUBJECT:\nMrs. Ford has accepted the following out-of-house invitation:\nEVENT: Luncheon\nGROUP: Ladies of the Senate (Red Cross Unit)\nDATE: Tuesday, April 22, 1975\nTIME: 12:00 noon\nPLACE: S-318 Caucus Room\nOld Senate Office Building\nCONTACT: Mrs. Lawton Chiles (Rhea), Luncheon Chairman\nCOMMENTS: Per our conversations, this luncheon is an annual event\ndating back years and years. The Ladies of the Senate\nmeet once a week to tie bandages, etc. for the Red Cross.\nThey annually honor the First Lady. All will be in Red\nCross costumes. Their President is, of course,\nMrs. Rockefeller and Mrs. Clayborne Pell is their First\nVice President. The First Lady traditionally reciprocates\nwith a luncheon at the White House. This, as the calendar\nreflects, will be held here on Monday, May 5. Thank you.\nc: BF Staff\nRed Cavaney\nmrs. Emele\nWarren Rustand\nJohn Marsh\nphoto- opp 8471\nMax Friedersdorf\nBill Nicholson\nRex Scouten\nRenken\nStaircase\nPeasy\nSen 224-6112190\nApril 7, 1975\nphone booth 225 225-6100\nI\nTo remind\nE-b\nVs.\nThe Ladies of the Senate\nrequest the pleasure of your company\nat lunch\non Tuesday, april 22, 1975\nat twelve\nclock\nS-318 Concus Room\nold Senate\nOffice Building\nSinete Wives Red\nGoss Luncheon -\nders. Ford were out fit\nlot Joan leslie by\nKasper - white Units to.\nskirt; compsterved there slue, Unit ARY\ntop with epaulets on\nshoulder\npas de deux\nFIRE\nI\nSen. Wines\nTHE WHITE HOUSE Med Goss\nwashington\nLuncheon Capitol\nCAPMI 22)\nMr. Ford - notes on\nremarks\n24 yrs. here - mede\na good many trips\nto Mt, Vernon Wondering\n& perfect fn Bricentenmel\nwere gethip reved up for,\nHow grateful\n/\nI miss you & will\nSheeh in on Tues.\nF\nw\nhelp Red Goss .\nGERALD\nHappy to de here -\nthis year lunchem\nesser for me they\nlest years. Thank you\nand\nxoub st 209\nzov:W NID\nzion saV 38UOH 3TIHW 3HT\ndign) MOTONIHSAW\n(ss ss 1,449\n,Jon had mill\nNO Maria Twis\neo 224-6348 sep us\nsween boog a\nnever ,FUI of\nlimistment not tretney B\nand qu bever giHay ww\nwill\nView $ nup ZLINN I\nR not Neev.,\n720m) bil yes\nnew of raynts\nmedium) veep\nwell ew wt very\nwp Newp the\nunder\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nA\nReceiving line -\nx\ncenterpeces all reflect\n/\ncoloncel time 1 toaste,\nplete made of new ter,\nCooper shilet, piplins\ndrenu: Explanation\n2\nShed we very plenhhl\nin that day.\nCras suit Soup - Wash\nliked ct. so did\nD Eisenlemen\nRecipes awailes,\nCERTIFICATE\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nVa. Allen - -Ale,\nLeyettes to\nhave made hear) love gaments\n1265 dressings to have made\na Slood Samle,\ndin Rochefeller intro\nNin. Curtis - -\nMin. lyndan Johnson\nam Henry Wallea\nden. Spin Agnew\nMrs. James Schles.\nMin Roger Mutry\nUn. Earl Butz\nMr. John Dunlep\nHis T\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nBreentenmel thems\n2, ministrye prints S, S Henry\nHiges middle of\n1800s. George wash pt\nHome Walefuld (ensuy),\nlast home Mt. Vernin\nPresented to Mr. Ford.\nI\nMrs.\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nwashington\ncity\nPrincipal dencer w in NY,Ballet\nNatl Conncil of the Arts. camp.\nMusic 5 John Philip fonsa\nBollet - clessicel\nchocography by Ballanchin,\n1st performed ch 1968\nfor Finelle\nMn. Chiler\n-one of the\nmust mines\nworking Awang Belles.\nMrs. Clair Engle\n434 New Jersey Ave. S. E.\nWashington, D. C. 20003\nMarch 26, 1975\nMrs. Sheila Weidenfeld\nThe White House\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Mrs. Weidenfeld:\nEach spring, The Ladies of the Senate give\na luncheon honoring our First Lady. This year we\nare entertaining Mrs. Ford on Tuesday, April 22, 1975.\nThe luncheon will be given in the Caucus Room of the\nSenate Office Building.\nMrs. Ford will arrive at 12:00 noon and will be\nmet by Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller, the President of the\nLadies of the Senate; Mrs. Lawton Chiles, Chairman of\nthe luncheon; and Mrs. J. Glenn Beall, Co-Chairman of\nthe luncheon, who will escort her to the Caucus Room.\nOther guests invited include the wives of former\nPresidents, the wives of former Vice-Presidents, and\nwives of Members of the Cabinet.\nThe press and photographers are invited to the\nCaucus Room for a preview of the luncheon between\n11:00 and 11:30 a.m. when a press information sheet,\ngiving details about the committee, decorations, menu,\nentertainment, etc. will be available.\nThe committee requests that the press and photo-\ngraphers leave the Caucus Room promptly at 11:30 and\nmove out to the hall to await the arrival of the\nluncheon guests.\nSincerely,\nMrs. Clair Engle\nPublicity Chairman\nP.S. Perpops you would like to post this,\ninfo on the press room bulletin board if\nyou have such L.\nBERA\nLIBRARY\nBenjamin West\nWASHINGTONG\n1975\n20\nAmerican artist\n10 cents U.S. postage\nMrs. Sheila Weidenfeld\nThe White House\nWashington, D. C.\nMrs. Clair Engle\n434 New Jersey Ave. S.E.\nWashington, D. C. 20003\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nApril 21, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nMRS. FORD\nVIA:\nRED CAVANEY\nFROM:\nPETER SORUM\nSUBJECT:\nYOUR ATTENDANCE AT THE\nSENATE WIVES LUNCHEON\nS-318 Old Senate Office Building\nTuesday, April 22, 1975\nAttached at TAB A is the proposed schedule for your\nattendance at the Senate Wives Luncheon.\nAPPROVE\nDISAPPROVE\nBERALD ? FORD\nB. é\nBACKGROUND\nThe Ladies of the Senate meet once a week to tie bandages for\nthe Red Cross. Each spring they honor the First Lady at\nluncheon at the Senate, with a reciprocal luncheon at the White\nHouse which you will host on May 5. By tradition, you will join\nthe Cabinet Wives and the Wives of the Vice President and former\nVice Presidents in a Receiving Line prior to the luncheon.\nFollowing the luncheon, a program with entertainment will\ninclude a presentation to you of two antique prints as a gift from\nthe Senate Wives. A brief response of appreciation is appropriate.\n4/21/75\n4:45 pm\nPROPOSED SCHEDULE\nMRS. FORD'S ATTENDANCE AT THE\nSENATE WIVES LUNCHEON\nS-318 Old Senate Office Building\nTuesday, April 22, 1975\n11:45 am\nMrs. Ford boards motorcade on South Grounds.\nMOTORCADE DEPARTS South Grounds en route\nOld Senate Office Building (Elevator Entrance).\n[Driving time: 10 minutes]\n11:55 am\nMOTORCADE ARRIVES Old Senate Office Building.\nMrs. Ford will be met by:\nMrs. Nelson (Happy) Rockefeller\nMrs. Lawton (Rhea) Chiles\nMrs. J. Glenn (Nancy) Beall\nB. é\n11:58 am\nMrs. Ford, escorted by Mrs. Rockefeller, Mrs.\nChiles, and Mrs. Beall, proceeds to the Caucus\nRoom of the Old Senate Office Building.\n12:00 noon\nMrs. Ford arrives Caucus Room entrance.\nNOTE: Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Rockefeller,\nMrs. Chiles, and Mrs. Beall will pause\nbriefly for press pool photo coverage.\n12:15 pm\nMrs. Ford joins receiving line to greet guests.\n12:40 pm\nMrs. Ford proceeds to her table and is seated.\nFORD in LIBRARY\n12:42 pm\nInvocation by Mrs. Henry Bellmon.\n12:45 pm\nLuncheon is served.\n- 2 -\nNOTE: During luncheon Mrs.\nFritz Hollings will introduce\nMrs. Russell Long, Mrs. Mark\nHatfield, and Mrs. Nelson Rocke-\nfeller for remarks.\n1:30 pm\nLuncheon concludes.\n1:31 pm\nMrs. Hollings introduces Mrs. Roman\nHruska and Mrs. James Allen for com-\nmittee reports.\n1:35 pm\nMrs. Carl Curtis introduces honored guests.\n1:38 pm\nMrs. Henry Jackson presents gift to Mrs. Ford.\n1:40 pm\nMrs. Ford responds.\nNO PRESS COVERAGE\n1:43 pm\nResponse concludes.\n1:44 pm\nMrs. Harrison Williams introduces Edward\nVillella of the New York City Ballet for\nentertainment.\n2:00 pm\nEntertainment concludes.\n2:05 pm\nMrs. Ford departs luncheon table en route motorcade\nfor boarding.\n2:10 pm\nMOTORCADE DEPARTS Old Senate Office Building\nen route South Grounds.\n[Driving time: 10 minutes]\n2:20 pm\nMOTORCADE ARRIVES South Grounds.\nPress Information Sheet\nLuncheon given by The Ladies of the Senate\nin honor of Mrs. Ford\nApril 22, 1975\nCaucus Room - Senate Office Building\nCommittee:\nChairman\nMrs. Lawton Chiles\nCo-Chairman\nMrs. J. Glenn Beall\nGift Chairman\nMrs. Henry M. Jackson\nCo-Chairman\nMrs. James L. Buckley\nDecorations Chairman\nMrs. Russell Long\nCo-Chairman\nMrs. Jesse Helms\nMenu Chairman\nMrs. Mark O. Hatfield\nCo-Chairman\nMrs. Sam Nunn\nEntertainment Chairman\nMrs. Harrison A. Williams\nCo-Chairman\nMrs. Dewey F. Eartlett\nHostess and Seating\nChairman\nMrs. Carl T. Curtis\nChairmen Pre-Luncheon\nMrs. Ernest F. Hollings\nProcedure\nMrs. Gaylord Nelson\nPublicity Chairman\nMrs. Clair Engle\nPrayer\nMrs. Henry Bellmon\nChairmen, Invitation and\nMrs. Milton R. Young\nTicket\nMrs. Ted Stevens\n\"A Glimpse of a Colonial Kitchen\"\nDecorations\nBi-centennial theme; culinary artifacts from\nMt. Vernon and The Octagon. Herbs from National Cathedral\nGardens.\nMenu\nMartha Washington's Crab Soup\nMt. Vernon Specialties\nRevolutionary Cornbread Bisketts\nHerb Garden Salad\nMinuteman Trifle\nSpirits ( Tavel Rose)\nCoffee\nOFFICE FORD LIBRARY\nPress Information Sheet\n-2-\nLuncheon April 22, 1975\nEntertainment\nStars and Stripes\nPas de Deux\nMusic: Sousa - Kay\nChoreography: Balanchine\nVIOLETTE VERDY\nEDWARD VILLELLA\nCourtesy New York City Ballet\nGift\nThe gift for Mrs. Ford from The Ladies of the\nSenate is a pair of small prints X 3\"):\none of Wakefield, the original residence of\nthe George Washington family and the other of\nMt. Vernon. They were done by Henry Hays who,\nalong with his son by the same name, was\nproducing about 1850.\nThe only social activity of The Ladies of the\nSenate is giving the luncheon each year for the\nFirst Lady. The usual activity of the group is\nmaking blood bank sponges, layettes, and knitted\ngarments for the Red Cross every Tuesday in\nRoom 155 of the Old Senate Office Building.\nGEEATE FORD TIE\ndel\nSENATE WIVES LUNCHEON FOR MRS. FORD APRIL 22\n11:00\nEverything should be in place in the room and on tables\nready for food service.\nSherry and glasses ready at opposite end of room from\ncommittee table\nPress review of room hostessed by Lou Engle\n11:30\nPress people leave room\nSenate wives convene\nSherry is served (at least two people serving)\nAnn Stevens to be at station in hall to receive dues\n11:45\nCabinet wives and special guests arrive to be greeted by\nhostesses appointed by Mildred Curtis who will give them\ntheir nametags and see that they have sherry\n11:50\nMrs. Rockefeller arrives and is to be greeted by Nancy\nBeall and Rhea Chiles. All three will go to downstairs\nelevator entrance to meet Mrs. Ford.\n12:00\nMrs. Ford arrives with escort committee. Peatsey to see\nthat Mrs. Ford and Mrs Rockefeller are offered sherry upon\narrival.\n12:15\nPeatsey to supervise forming of receiving line. Hostesses\nshould guide cabinet wives to left of door as you enter where\nline will form. Peatsey will have order of line for receiving\nline.\n12:45\nSEATED\nPROGRAM\nPeatsey introduces Shirley Bellmon for invocation\nDuring lunch Peatsey will give short welcome and intro-\nduce Carolyn Long to give remarks about artifacts and\nAntoinette Hatfield who will talk of Colonial food.\nPeatsey introduces Mrs. Rockefeller\nAfter coffee is served Peatsey will introduce Vicki Hruska\nand Maryons Allen for red cross committee reports\nAlso Mildred Curtis to introduce honored guests\nAlso Helen Jackson who will present gift to Mrs. Ford\nMrs. Ford responds\nPeatsey introduces Jeannette Williams who will introduce\nEdward Villella and instruct the ladies as to procedure for\nviewing entertainment.\nProperties:\nDecorations, tablecloths, chairs and tables and palms - Carolyn Long\nLectern and mike - Nancy Beall\nDancing platform and leaning benches - Jeannette Williams\nSpecial nametags, placecards and table numbers - Mildred Curtis\nSENATE WIVES LUNCHEON FOR MRS. FORD APRIL 22\n11:00\nEverything should be in place in the room and on tables\nready for food service.\nSherry and glasses ready at opposite end of room from\ncommittee table\nPress review of room hostessed by Lou Engle\n11:30\nPress people leave room\nSenate wives convene\nSherry is served (at least two people serving)\nAnn Stevens to be at station in hall to receive dues\n11:45\nCabinet wives and special guests arrive to be greeted by\nhostesses appointed by Mildred Curtis who will give them\ntheir nametags and see that they have sherry\n11:50\nMrs. Rockefeller arrives and is to be greeted by Nancy\nBeall and Rhea Chiles. All three will go to downstairs\nelevator entrance to meet Mrs. Ford.\n12:00\nMrs. Ford arrives with escort committee. Peatsey to see\nthat Mrs. Ford and Mrs Rockefeller are offered sherry upon\narrival.\n12:15\nPeatsey to supervise forming of receiving line. Hostesses\nshould guide cabinet wives to left of door as you enter where\nline will form. Peatsey will have order of line for receiving\nline.\n12:45\nSEATED\nPROGRAM\nPeatsey introduces Shirley Bellmon for invocation\nDuring lunch Peatsey will give short welcome and intro-\nduce Carolyn Long to give remarks about. artifacts and\nAntoinette Hatfield who will talk of Colonial food.\nPeatsey introduces Mrs. Rockefeller\nAfter coffee is served Peatsey will introduce Vicki Hruska\nand Maryon: Allen for red cross committee reports\nAlso Mildred Curtis to introduce honored guests\nAlso Helen Jackson who will present gift to Mrs. Ford\nMrs. Ford responds\nPeatsey introduces Jeannette Williams who will introduce\nEdward Villella and instruct the ladies as to procedure for\nviewing entertainment.\nProperties:\nDecorations, tablecloths, chairs and tables and palms - Carolyn Long\nLectern and mike - Nancy Beall\nDancing platform and leaning benches - Jeannette Williams\nSpecial nametags, placecards and table numbers - Mildred Curtis\nNot Just\nA Lunch, a\nProduction\nBy Betty Beale\nWashington Star Staff Writer\nMrs. Spiro Agnew had a new, blonde\nhairdo. Happy Rockefeller was there for\nthe first time and in a uniform. Lady Bird\nJohnson wore brown and white plaid and\na broad smile. And Betty Ford arrived\nwearing epaulettes on her navy blue top,\na subtle suggestion of the military that\nseemed made to order for the Bicentenni-\nal theme.\nSTATE\nFORD\nWednesday, April 23, 1975\nThe Washington Star\nC-7\nDEPAIL\n/\nAND THERE WERE\nsaid the erect, elegant-\n-Wakefield and Mt. Ver-\nsuch oldtime ex-Senate\nlooking Texan.\nnon-chosen by Helen Jack-\nwives as Mrs. Tom Con-\nWhen it was all over,\nson and Anne Buckley.\nnally, whose husband was\nMrs. Ford walked out with\nAs for Villella, he will be\nchairmen of the\nthe le\nback -- Vey d\nwash Post 4/23/75 P B3\nPEOPLE/CONSUME\n\"There isn't a woman alive,\" said\nVerdy, \"daughter, mother or grand-\nmother, who doesn't adore Villella.\"\nDining and\nDancing\nBy Sally Quinn\n\"Yes,\" he said, It was, in cerned that it has made very\nfact, the first time he had pleasant what could have\never danced at a lunch.\nbeen a a very tedious and dif-"
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