MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON
IIiu;m)AY, NONE.MISEH 28, 1963
Bing Crosby Picks San Francisco Area As Home for Family
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i HILLSBOROUGH, Calif. (UPI)
A 24-room Tudor-style man
sion, shaded by fine old oak
,trees and overgrown with ivy,
,is to be the next home of the
Bing Crosby family.
J Leaving Southern California
Jand their West Los Angeles
(mansion behind, the singer is
expected to move his wife,
JKathy, and their three young
children to this exclusive San
Francisco suburb sometime af
Jter the first of the year.
J The cost of the house is $175,
,000. The reason for the move,
Crosby says, is that they have
a lot of friends around here.
f Another reason, according to
c'some, is that the Crosbys want
to raise their children well away
from the Hollywood hustle and
Dustie.
All's Quiet
If it's quiet and seclusion that
they want, they should find it
in Hillsborough. The community
is one of the wealthiest suburbs
of San Francisco. It rests in
patrician isolation among the
steep wooded hills of the San
Francisco Peninsula skyline 18
miles south of the city.
, The house Crosby has ar
ranged to buy is at 101 Robin
Road in, Hillsborough's Crolands
section. It is situated on six
acres of land reached by driv
ing down a road lined with
white picket fences. The house
itself is almost hidden from the ' six cars, has a patio of its own,
road by tall trees and shrubs,
It has three stories and an
ivy-covered white brick exterior,
with a sloping slate roof and
old-fashioned leaded windows.
The garage, which can house
a sitting room and two bed
rooms. ' Beamed Ceilings
There is a large (oyer inside
the entrance to the house, with
Spanish-style wrought iron light-
Senior Citizen Pleased With Gift of Chair
A really comfortable lounge
chair is one of the most prized
possessions of the senior citizen.
And when chosen with fore
thought and care it makes a
Christmas gift a grandmother
or grandfather will appreciate
every day of the year.
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COLLECTION
At Trowbridge Electric, Main and Fir St.
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I Here are a' few pointers ex
perts give on selecting a lounge
l chair for a person past the
I prime of life: -
I I.' Tell the salesperson the
j height and weight of the per
son for whom the chair is in-
I tended. Older persons lose the
I ability to adapt to furniture
that is not scaled for their di
mensions. The proportions of
the chair should permit the
user to have adequate support
for feet, back and neck without
strain.
i 2. The chair should be styled
' to be gotten in and out of
easily. Low sling loungers or
molded plywood shells should
i be avoided as being too diffi
i cult to negotiate. It should be
high enough off the ground tq
; be slipped into without a sud
den drop. And the scat should
be no deeper than 21 or 22
inches. Arms should be high
enough and forward enough for
.good leverage in rising.
I 3. Cushioning, should give the
' user buoyant support without
impeding circulation. Latex
foam rubber cushions are rec
ommended by many medical
ing fixtures. To the right of the leads to the upper floor and the
foyer is an oak-paneled library , bedrooms,
and an enormous drawing room ' Crosby bought the place from
with beamed ceilings and fire- i the estate . of the late Mrs.
places. j Phoebe Carter Alexander, widow
A curved wooden staircase of Douclas C. Alexander, a
stockbroker.
In choosing the San Francisco
Peninsula for his home, Crosby
joins two other famous former
Hollywood residents Mrs. Shir
ley Temple Black, who lives at
nearby Woodside. and Tennessee
Fmie Ford, who moved his
family to P o r t o 1 a Valley,
another community near here.
authorities as best suited for j
this purpose and they are used I
in many hospitals because they
provide the utmost in restful ,
comfort without impeding blood i
flow. Down, and other sink-m
cushioning material should be
avoided.
4. The back should be high
enough for comfortable dozing '
and forward enough at the top
for relaxed TV viewing. A !
small toss cushion to fill in with
extra spine support is often a
welcome addition to women's
iounge chairs.
5. The chair must be stable
in weight yet mobile enough to
be easily moved for cleaning,
A chair with casters that make
it roll away at a touch is not
to be recommended for the
elderly who often lean on fur
niture when standing or
walking.-
6. A matching hassock or
built-in foot rest is needed for
maximum relaxation. A retrac
table foot rest does not become
a stumbling block in a main
traffic area and is therefore
preferable to an oversize otto
man that sticks out into a room.
REFILL LAKE
PALM SPRINGS, Calif.-(UPI)
Lake Elsinore is going to get
a $750,000 refill. The lake, west
of here, ran dry in 1051. It cur
rently is used for auto races.
The money, will be spent to
build pipelines and . buy water
to fill it up again.
An important part of the fun
of Christmas is in preparing for i
it and since Christmas is for
children, you'll want your
youngsters to participate as
much as possible in all the ac
tivities that the Yule season
brings. Not only will it be an
excellent opportunity for Ihem
to gain a sense of responsibility
and to express themselvesy cre
atively, it will also afford your
family many hours of being to
gether and getting to know each
other Better.
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