European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 1, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                At marriage from wire reports Boh Hope who once starred in the movie How to commit marriage May be More of an expert than the comedians fans know. Documents in the Erie county courthouse in Pennsylvania indicate that Hope wed vaudeville partner Grace Louise Troxell on Jan. 25, 1933, 13 months by fore the Date Hope says he married Dolores Reade. Hopes publicist acknowledged that the entertainer and Troxell obtained a License  that a marriage never took place. Quot there a a mystery about it Aind its going to remain a mystery a publicist Ward Grant said Friday. Grant said Hope declined to comment on the matter. Grant Hopes publicist for 21 years said the entertainer did not give an explanation of Why the plans to Many Troxell fell through. Erie county marriage Bureau clerk Yvette Johnson said the 1933 documents would not exist if the ceremony had not occurred. A notarized affidavit signed by . Alberstadt a former Erie Alderman is Legal proof that he presided Over the wedding she said. The documents came to Light in a report in an Erie newspaper earlier last week. The Hopes show business marriage is considered a Bedrock of stability in an Industry where marital Bliss is often measured in months not years. Hope recently celebrated his 90th birthday with a three hour Abc to special that included a lengthy tribute to Dolores Hope the former nightclub Singer he says he married feb. 19, 1934, in Erie As his vaudeville career was peaking. No such marriage records exist in Erie county meaning Johnson said that the couple never married there. Grant acknowledged that the entertainer has no documentation proving that the marriage to Dolores took place is he says it did. Bob Hopes biographies frequently mention Troxell saying she became his Lover As they played clubs in Texas and the Midwest in 1929. After graduating to Broadway the couple split up according to the biographies and Hope soon met Dolores after seeing her sing at new York s Vogue club. Hope does not know Troxelle a whereabouts Grant said. Duet for clarinet and bees not to panic is Norm Gary s secret for playing the clarinet Aniie about 100,000 be a swarm All Over his body Quot done to swat them a advised Gary who is performing three times daily at the Santa Clara county fair in san Jose Calif. The fair began Friday and runs through mid August. Gary is a professor at the University of California Davis with a doctorate in Bee studies. During his 20-minute act he wears a Blue jumpsuit. To lure the bees to his body he uses pheromones a sexual attractant exuded by Queen bees. A be old hand nobody still got a a a a Quot a. _ a share of votes Ann Landers a a o Ltd v a i Norm Gary a professor at the University of Call Tomta Davis plays his clarinet thursday As a swarm of honeybees covers him at the Santa Clara county fair in san Jose Calif. He said that he often gets stung a few times during his performances but that he suffers no ill effects. During the fair he will perform inside a plexiglas Cage to make sure none of the bees escapes. Florida teen aces sat act Michael fran Culta has come up letter perfect on both the Scholastic aptitude test and the american College test. Francella a 17-Ycar-old from Winter Park  will enter his Junior year at Winter Park High school next month took the tests in june. The scores came Back 1,600 on the sat and 36 of the act. A i expected to get a Good score but not a perfect score a Francella said thursday. Officials with the educational testing service of Princeton n.j., said Only 51 out of 832,000 students who took the act exam last year managed perfect scores. Of the 1.8 million who took the sat in the 1991-92 school year Only 12 students acid it. A dear readers awhile Back a Reader wrote to me about a Man who ran for office in Clark county nev., under the name a almighty  another correspondent informed me that in Colwitz county wash., a candidate for lieutenant governor whose name was a absolutely nobody a had gotten 23 percent of the vote. 1 was told by the writer that absolutely nobody died before the election. I have before me a letter from Sally Powers Moody the Mother of absolutely nobody who tells me in no Uncertain terms that her son is living with aids and that he ran third in a it Ted of eight in the primary reeding 7 percent of the vote. Mrs. Moody also let me know that her son absolutely nobody was a serious candidate who served As chairman of the Young republicans of Oregon in 1981 but became disenchanted with the major parties and decided to run for lieutenant governor on his own ticket. Absolutely nobody promised if elected to abolish the office which he called a a do nothing ceremonial drag on the  now that a what 1 Call an honest politician. Dear Ann Landers v i wrote this letter to the editor of our local paper the Day my 8-Ycar-Oid son was in. A bicycle Accident. I believe this message needs a wider audience. Will you please print it in your column 1 am a a thankful Mother in la Crosse w1s. Dear Mother your message is indeed a vital one and i am delighted to print it for All mothers whose children have bicycles. Thanks for sending it on. Here it is. Please Wear a Bike helmet some people think you look like a Geek when you Wear a Bike helmet. Today my son looked like a Geek but that Becky Bike helmet saved my son from serious injury and possibly saved his life. Today my son was hit by a car while Riding his Bike. He shattered the Windshield of the car with his head. Glass was imbedded in the helmet. It would have been imbedded in his head had he not been wearing the helmet. The styrofoam inside the helmet is broken. His head could have been broken had he not been wearing the Bike helmet. Tomorrow my son will be stiff and sore but he will be Home -7 alive and healthy. Tomorrow we will buy a new Bike helmet. Lotion to Ann London should to addressed to Hor it . Dos 11562, Chicago 111.60611-0562. C croat Ora Syndicate reunions Are not always class act dear Abby 1 know this subject has been discussed before but its that time of year in bin a High school reunions my husband recently received an invitation to his 35th class reunion. There will be a banquet for graduates and their spouts on saturday night but on saturday afternoon there win be a Pool party for graduates Only atthe Home of a graduate. I think this is Tacky. 1 can think of Only a couple of things old schoolmates would want to talk about without their spouses around and 1 doubt that a Pool party with drinking going on is a Good situation to put these Middle aged schoolmates in. I Don t care How innocent it May Start out when they Start drinking the old feelings associated with their Carefree school Days will cause people to say and do things they normally . I think you get the picture. I would like to know what other wives and husbands of graduates think about this. Sign Mead in Decatur a. Dear mad so would i. Readers dear Abby if my husband Ever stopped looking at other women id consider him either Blind sick or dead. We be been married for nearly 50 years and in be yet to be embarrassed because he looked at another woman. Its of with me As Long As he Isnit touching or sampling. Its just the nature of the beast and As harmless As looking at lingerie ads in a Catalon. Nearly 50 years of marriage have taught me a lot about men especially mine. He May have More faults than an earthquake zone but As Long As he Kee me Happy he can flirt All wants to. But if he wer starts chasing and sampling other merchandise ill be Long gone. Winnie in Wichita letter inspired varying re dear Abby ii dear Winnie the Quot Ladylike lady a Ponsch. My favorite dear Abby before my marriage my Wise italian Mother said Quot if you want a Happy marriage always keep one Eye  winking inu3any dear Abby we have the following posted a opus guests. Its Alt in fun but your readers might enjoy it. Or. An amp mrs. Max Skidmore Eaton Park Fla. Caution to pious guests _ i. Open All closet doors and drawers with caution. Do not move any heavy furniture a there May be dirt. 3. Done to draw your Finger across any picture Frame. We rarely dust 4. Do not open the Box under the Kitchen Tabic. That a where we keep grandmas ashes 5. Done to be afraid to use a clean Towel and Washcloth. We have plenty As you can see we have travelled a lot. 6. If you take a Book from the shelf beware of Moths and bookworms. 7. Done bother looking under any bed a there a not room enough for a Man. Fyk please sit Down very carefully a the cat  there. 9. If you should find a Long hair give it Back to me i need them All 10. Feel free to help yourselves to anything you find in the fridge. Its always too full anyway. 11. Do not remove the toilet paper from the bathroom sink a it takes care of the Leaky faucet. 12. Done task Why the dragonflies Fly Only in the Side Yard. Nobody knows. A n1ta Skidmore daughter in Law letters Lor this column should be addressed to dear Abby at . Bos 447, mount Morris. Iii. 61054. A c Una Virsal press Syndicate