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The original documents are located in Box 42, folder “Ford, Susan - Events - 5/31/75 - Holton Arms Senior Prom (2)” of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Copyright Notice The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid copyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Some items in this folder were not digitized because it contains copyrighted materials. Please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library for access to these materials. Digitized from Box 42 of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library . )'... l 0 t• L ; r: \. ·i:: •'. r .. - - .... 1 l '\ - 1'' ·1 i - . J J.' "'.~ y .l ,. .. •. :... c~~I J t , i "" Ju -., .1 T- L Ct. L :. ; {I~ • l i 1 \ •• I y : l t. J. I • 4 ~\: i ·- ~·i:.1' f Y, ',.u A ,.~ ..... ,;.• ~ 1 'f ' C Ar\It ~•.1. I: H:t.n t!.G,., .::JAY .. .-C ~ • 1.,; ll • W\r'I l : :- - 1.) 1 : 1 • ') .... .J ..... .~ ~:.~~·~"· . .. p.·~ {-. ~::~:· nMlL\) 1 • '10. ('t'I> -- -; ·. ,i FORJ Hl-\~3 OBTA!NiLl 111:..R PARENTS• :·SI . 1'0 }'OLD 1L .l :.1 SCHOOL .:.ii:.Nl0H PROM -.1 THE WHITE. H•.- S • L p,o i, PROBABLY TH:... r'IRS1 ONt.. LV •• ~ HELD l1J '£HE EXECU1IVt. '\ :I ., Ht1:: .... Et:N SCHEDULE).) fO· MAY ~·1, f.. SATURDAY NIGHT. 1 1 O -A.lD ~ -- THE "OUTER SPACE" AND THE. "SAND CASTLE .. -- HAVi.:. r..>i:.Lill , t t TO ?LAY FOR THE WHITE ttOU::>t PROM AND THE GUESTS '.HLL BE ..>::.KVi:.D ~flFT ~!.'KS ·'\!~t.; ONALCOHOLIC PUNCH . T .u OF SUSA l' S .5ROIHERS ;.LANwHIU:. WILL CELEBRATE BIHTHDAYS 1'HL; L 1 L 1 • MIK A !Hl.OLOGY JTUDfN; ~.r A MASSACHUSETT:-> .::t..ilNARY, WILL fE 25 ~·--: :r:-: y AND JACK, A S!UDr,~.T AT UTAH STA Th. UNIV£~...> ITY, IA' ILL fil. 23 ON 'D Pt • r 5POKE.S'trAN SAID THE. PRLSlDt.NT AND HIS ~IF., :..r~TTY, WHO STILL IS ~l:.COV-,.JH:G FROM A RECENT ATTACH OF ARTHR ITIS 11'1 Hl!.R NEC}( , \f/11..L TELEPli01H.. THEIR SONS TO t 1 ISh Tl*.M A HA_PPY B!Rf,~.;AY. UPI 0~-1 3 01: 14 Pr.D 1·· •• ••"ti. WASHINGTON CUPI> -- SUSAN FORD'S SENIOR PROM WAS NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER, EXCEPT IT WAS HELD IN THE ORNATE SPLENDOR OF THE WHITE HOUSE. MISS FORD, HER CLASSMATES AND THEIR DATES SATURDAY NIGHT DANCED THE "BUMP" TO ROCK MUSIC IN THE EAST ROOM, FEASTED ON TINY HORS D'OEUVRES IN THE STATE DINING ROOM AND SIPPED A NON-ALCOHOLIC PUNCH. THE PROM WAS FINANCED ENTIRELY BY MISS FORD'S CLASS AT HOLTON ARMS SC)ft)OL FOR GIRLS. EACH OF THE 72 COUPLES ALSO PAID $17 TO COVER A $1,300 WHITE HOUSE BILL FOR THE COST OF FOOD, FLOWERS AND TWO BANDS. MISS FORD WAS ESCORTED BY BILLY PIFER, 21, A MEDICAL STUDENT FROM WINCHESTER , VA. PRIOR TO THE PROM, SHE AND PIFER AND TWO OTHER COUPLES HAD DINNER ON THE PRESIDENTIAL YACHT, SEQUOIA. UPI 06-02 11:23 AED - ~045 R WHITE HOUSE PROM WASHINGTON CAP> -- SUSAN FORD'S HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATES ARE EXPECTING A $1,300 BILL FROM THE WHITE HOUSE FOR HOSTING THEIR SENIOR CLASS PROM, BUT THEY'RE NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE COST. CLASSMATE MARGI BRAWNER CALLED SATURDAY NIGHT'S PROM A ''BIG GIG.'' GALE FRAWLEY SAID SHE ''FELT LIKE MARILYN MONROE OR GRETA GARGO'' AFTER ENTERING THE WHITE HOUSE DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION ROOM ON HER DATE' S ARM AND WALKING PAST A LINE OF REPORTERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS AND TELEVISION CAMERAMEN. FOR 4 1/2 HOURS, STUDENTS DANCED TO TWO BANDS IN THE WHITE HOUSE EAST ROOM UNDER CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS AND THE SOLEMN GAZE OF GEORGE AND MARTHA WASHINGTON, WHOSE PORTRAITS HANG ON. THE WALLS. WHITE HOUSE CHEFS HELPED IN THE PREPARATIONS AND STAFF WAITERS IN BLACK TIE SERV ED FRUIT PUNCH. BEFORE THE PROM, SUSAN AND HER DATE BILLY PIFER, 21, OF WINCHESTER, VA., DINED WITH THREE OTHER COUPLES ABOARD THE PRESIDENTIAL YACHT SEQUOI A. 06-02·75 11:19EDT ...... ,~ . Monday, June 2, 1975 QUOTES AND NOTES Champa2ne After ihe Prom Quotes and notes from Washington parties, uncover· Allen; this one is fl 1V commentator) gave a benefit ed for The Washington Star by Ymelda Dixon: for the family at the Swanson home. "It's all in the good old American tradition of lending a helping There was no alcohol served at Susan Ford's senior hand," Mrs. Allen said. Contributions were voluntary. prom at the White House on Saturday. A bubbling foun Swanson himself was abroad again, this time on a tain splashed out the night's beverage: lemonade. free-lance assignment with the President in Europe. But according to one knowledgeable young itJest, the situation was different after 1 a.m.. when the White' When Abe Fortas and his attorney-wife, Carol House portion ended and the Holton-Arms group troop· Agger, give a party, it tends to draw high-priced legal ed over to the Chevy Chase home of Deborah Packard talent as guests. Friday's cocktail buffet brought out for a splash party. three Supreme Court justices and their wives and The Packards' fountain splashed out champagne, Attorney General and Mrs. Edward Levi. "very good champagne," according to the knowledge Insurance executive, art collector and music lover able young guest. There also was considerable dunk David Lloyd Kreeger gave a little musicale at their ing, voluntary and otherwise, and dancing until 4 a.m., Foxhall Road residence Saturday. A trio played Men· when the die-hards departed for breakfast. delssohn on string insturments borrowed from the Incidentally, Susan Ford's senior prom wasn't the Corcoran, and the guests strolled around the Kreeger same as any other. There were Secret Servicemen to home that is filled with Monets, looking at the sculp accompany Susan and her date, William Pifer. But tured garden on the terrace or at the lighted pool. they blended in as well as Secret Servicemen can:.they "To think," said Judge Arnold Raum of the U.S. Tax wore black tie at the White House, informal attire at Court, "that David and I used to play duets in our $75- the Packards. Probably the only swimmers with ear a-month apartment when we first knew each other." phones. And more musical notes: The Georgetown home of When Saigon was about to fall, photographer Dick Sen. and Mrs. Claiborne Pell will fill with sounds (of Swanson took off for Vietnam with four credit cards some sort) on June 11 when three other colleagues of and $200, and returned with 14 members of the family Sen. Frank Moss gather to help collect $100 a head for of his wife, Germaine Loe. The family members have his re-election campaign. been living in the Swansons' three-bedroom house ever "Music from the Senate Chamber" will feature Sen. since. Robert Byrd on the fiddle, Sen. James Abourezk on the Yesterday, Mrs. George Allen (no, not that George guitar and Sen. Frank Church at the piano. ., . It was lemonade in the White House, but cbam- pagne in Chevy Chase for Susan Ford and BiJl Pifer. "Bumping" went on at both places. 1 20 C fi THE NEW YORK TIMES, MC ---- amil~/style -------_:_.:_.-------........_~~- \ Susan Ford and her escort, WilJiam Pifer, dancing at her senior prom in the White House, a1 Two High School Proms Are Wo In the White House, t~e Setting In Roxbury, N. Y., MakesFunCompeteWithAwe Is. the Year's Big So By ENID NEMY By GEORGIA DULLEJ Specl&l to Tht Ntw Y«k Tim.. Special to Tile New Y«k Tim• WASHINGTON, June 1 - bf. Albert Capraro, was a ROXBURY, N.Y. - Ah, Parnell, .Tames W. Lewis, the head- gift from her mother. Her prom night. Night of nights. per'ennial master of.Holton-Arms, a pri- graduation present, a below Full moon over the Catskills, business vate ~ool for girls In Beth- the-knee muskrat coat with lilac in the air, pink punch and des esda, l'ld., was a guest and fox trim, wasn't needed. chilling in a 10-gallon mHk ot'.ts chaperone at the senior prom The young men settled for can. · And, for the children n ~ r last night. He was as .calm dinner jackets, tails and of Roxbury hamlet (popula· Do old and collected as one could white suits, some owned and tion 600), a single question: patent-lei be, considering the circum- many rented. Their frilly "Do you know where your Surve stances. shirts were in every known parents are tonight?" 250 pron "It just happens that this color and a few never before They did indeed. Almost noted thi the home of one of our stu- seen, and the boutonnieres everybody's parents, grand- bered the dents," he said as he stood at ran the gamut from cama- parents, aunts, uncles and of the to the head of the receiving line tions to iris. ,, cousins were dressed in prom he went in the Grand Hall of the In ~tween the dancing, clothes and were dancing in to the mi White House.