European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 the stars and stripes Friday. June 20. 1980 nature s music Box by Marge Booker of far from where the Pacific pounds san Franciso s Western Shore there s a wonder descend through tree ferns firs fuchsias and rhododendrons to a Grassy bowl100 feet below the Street. This Crucible carved out by a Creek which still flows through it is encircled by towering redwoods and what May be California s oldest eucalyptus Trees. At their feet is an open stage. Stern Grove is the Pride of Bay area music lovers ? the Joy of local to bureaus. " j an for most of the year it s a quiet Retreat. Only the Clarion Calls of Birds and children attest to its extraordinary acoustics. But for 10 sundays in summer the Glade lives up to its Billing As nature s music Stern Grove is the Home of the oldest continuous free Midsummer music festival in the country. Over the past 42 years virtually every virtuoso has played there com manding audiences up to 25,000. Sundays in the Grove run the Gamut from grand opera to Gilbert and Sullivan. The 1980 season which extends through August 31, includes performances by Thesan Francisco symphony the san Francisco Ballet and the preservation Hall jazz band. Puccini s la Rondin Cwill be fully staged by Merola opera program artists and the san Franciso lamplighters will Romp through Gilbert and Sullivan s Loh nth. Concert Lime is 2 . As it approaches the Amphitheater fills with an informal crowd carrying hampers blankets and folding chairs. Parents Are relaxed in the knowledge that they ran dispatch the kids to the adjacent playground when their attention spans expire. There Are benches seating about 5,000 tin the Meadow s floor and some 50 picnic tables which can be re served on a first come first served basis. But most con Cert goers prefer to stretch out on the surrounding slopes. Even in fog it s surprisingly Balmy in the bowl thanks to the thick foliage that shelters it the same Barrier shuts out traffic Grove s eucalyptus is Date from 1871. They were planted by George m. Greene jr., whose father trekked West from Maine in 1847 and homesteaded this then Virgin the civil War the elder Greene and his Broth ers built a fort and defended their property with firearm when claim jumpers threatened it. Sylvan concert at Sigmund Stern Grove. The son erected a combination hotel roadhouse resort with Trout farm Deer Park and dance Pavilion on the Homestead s East Side in 1892. It flourished As the Trocadero inn until the Advent of prohibition 28 years later. In 1931 mrs. Sigmund Stern searching for memorial for her late husband san Francisco Busi Ness Leader and philanthropist bought the Trocadero and its Woodlands. The following year she presented the site to the Cit with the proviso that it be used permanently for recreational victorian roadhouse was renovated with the help of two prominent san Francisco architects in 1931 and Isnow used for meetings and socials. The Grove was later enlarged to 63 acres with the acquisition of adjoining parcels including Pine Lake. In 1938, mrs. Stern founded the Stern Grove festival association to provide employment for depression Era musicians and enable the Public to enjoy Good music free. The concerts began that summer. For travellers few of whom find their Way to this Syhara Corner of the City Stern Grove off season or cd Felt b a san frauds co Sleeper. Heading to the states this summer for the 1980festival schedule and a City map Send a stamped addressed envelope to the san Francisco convention visitors Bureau at 900 Market Street san Francisco Calif. 94102, or top in at its visitor information cent Erin Halliie Plaza Powell and Market streets. Marge Booker b Newt director of m so Fri Dico Cove Nylon visitors Bureau. Modern living this is probably going to blow my image Buti m a real recipe Freak. I read cookbooks like other women read erotic novels English mysteries i am a student of cookbooks i have developed some insights Over the years. Especially witha Section that has become a Staple called celebrity Reci Don t mean to put them Down. I be contributed to them myself. Some of you May have even tried my recipe Erma s annual hot meal. Sedated Chicken breasts drown ing in a sea of canned mushroom soup and Broccoli. Serve three if guests love Broccoli 26 if they hate but mostly i m suspicious of them. Like Angl Dickinson s Dale ind Nat Brad. The picture store it shows Angle with her Long blonde hair falling overhear shoulders wearing a see though net dress that bugs her Bones. I m sorry but somehow i get the feeling if someone offered Angle a measuring cup she d laugh and say i Haven t wore that size since iwas Barbara Walter s cabbage Rolls seem out of charac Ter somehow. Nor did i figure Minachem begin sitting around in Israel one afternoon announcing begot any cinnamon my Mouth s just watering for some of my Apple Fidel Castro s bite the Bullet Chicken maybe some of the celebrity recipes Are predictable. First ladies i be discovered rarely Send in recipes for anything under budget. There s Bess Truman s Coconut balls Mamie Eisenhower s million Dollar fudge and Rosa Lynn Carter s Peanut Brittle. Every time i see one of Jacqueline Kenned Onassis recipes i know it s going to require be Chamel sauce and it s just As wed you Don t make i because you would t be Able to pronounce it if someone asked you what you served. Same thing with Princess Grace who always shows offend gives her recipes in metric. How soon they forget Philadelphia some of the most unlikely men contribute some of the most unlikely recipes you be Ever heard of. Would you try Joel Grey s Pepper Duck Bob Hope s Lemon pie or Ronald Reagan s truck Duro beef Stew the Latte contains 16 ingredients which is the kind of thorough Ness you d expect from a Man who declared his candidacy last december on Mother s Day however my Faith in celebrity Reci Pes was restored. My husband and the kids decided to get dinner for me. He rummaged through my Cookbook Sand two hours later set before me the most Beautiful roast i had Ever seen from the Grill. It was called Char coated roast a la Bert Lance. C Field enter Praml inc. Model rocketry olympics teams from 15 countries arc expected to compete in the fourth associated press association of rocketry. Final Check before test firing a glider rocket at Lakehurst . I world space modelling championships sept. 7-12 at the . Naval air engineering Center a Lakehurst . This year will Mark the first time the United slates has acted As Host for the com petition considered the olympics of Model rocketry. Previous competitions were held in Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria. The Model rocket designs and the events la which they compete Are de signed to closely resemble those of the actual space program. One event scale requires participants to build detailed flyable models of actual rocket powered vehicles. Other events will include Parachute duration Streamer duration boost Glide roofed Glide payload and scale . Team was selected at the 1979 National championships of the National Harold Youngren a former aeronautical engineering student at the Massachusetts Institute of technology who is wit the Lockheed corp., will defend his world championship. Members of the . Team include Philip d. Barnes Washington . Rob Ert n. Biedron South Plainfield. . David Cook pcs Moines Iowa Christopher c. Flanigan san Diego Calif. Georg Gassaway Homewood. Ala. Thomas Hoelle fort Wayne ind. Robert w. Jus tis Houston Texas Chris Morgan Silver Soring my. Robert w. Parks North Hollywood Calif. F. Randall Ringner Pearl River . Matt m. Sleeve Medina. Ohio and Charles m. Sykos som Erville . John s. Langford a . Team member in 1974 and 1978, is the Teim manager. The championships Are sponsored by the National association of rocketry and sanctioned by the federation aeronaut Tique internationale
