Topper's Dance Club Dance November 2009

You can dance anywhere, even if only in your heart. ~Author Unknown

Autumn Celebration With The Toppers

(November 20th 2009) Last Updated: 09/11/2019 10:38:AM

The Topper's are at it again!  Please join us for another delightful evening of friendship, fun and dancing!

Important Events In History On November 20th

To The Pictures

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
Bob is in his Autumn outfit! Barbara is ready for the holidays!

Did you know? - Bob and his wife (who has passed on) were professional Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus for almost 30 years doing private upscale parties.... Sometimes they had four or five appearances in an evening. He even had the full Santa beard as a permanent fixture! Look at the twinkle in his eye even tonight!

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
The music starts and the Topper's hit the floor running!

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
The Ashcroft's keep the floor warm

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
Neal and Nita are just warming up!

Topper's Dance Club November 2009

Did you know? - The record high temperature in Long Beach was 111 in 1944. The record low was 25 in 1904.

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
"Dancing with the feet is one thing, but dancing with
the heart is another." ~ Anonymous
Tom & Kathy Berg

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
Dancing off a little bit of dinner

Let's Visit Some Tables While The Dancers Are Getting Warmed Up

Topper's Dance Club November 2009

Topper's Dance Club November 2009

Topper's Dance Club November 2009

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
Jack Taylor & Joyce Rothrock

Did you know? - Long Beach is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the sixth-largest in California. As of 2008, its estimated population was 492,682. In addition, Long Beach is the 2nd largest city within the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
Clark & Donnis Weygandt

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
Jerry & Nancy Ellis - Our President

Nick Thomas Always Has Pictures From The Previous Dance

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
 Ray & Mary Ruth Ashcroft - "Look... I am on that picture screen!"

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
New Members - Joe Maloney & Ginny Rodhner

Topper's Dance Club November 2009

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
The webmaster's slip out from behind the camera - Paul & Sue Liles
(Thank you Neal & Nita)

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
The band was especially good this evening... Sam Conti

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
Salad is served

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
Our past President (Earl & Jeannine Eakle) relaxes and enjoys the evening

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
Ace & Martha Yeam

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
The Petroleum Club Staff work hard to
make everything nice... They succeed

Topper's Dance Club November 2009

Topper's Dance Club November 2009

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
Edward Weyer & Natalie Emery

Topper's Dance Club November 2009

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
Bobbie & Buck Catlin

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
Sue visit the tables

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
Dean & Lori Fronk

Topper's Dance Club November 2009

Topper's Dance Club November 2009

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
"We are not together"

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
Nothing like an old fashioned swing dance!  George Zabish & Terry Kroy

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
The floor was always a blur with people dancing the evening away

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
Sue & Paul Liles escape from behind the camera

Time For Some Pronouncements From The Leadership!

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
Mr. Roy Ashcroft.... Mr. Vice President....

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
A hush grows over the crowd

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
Waiting with baited breath

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
"What is he going to say I wonder???"

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
The President speaks!

Guests Introduced

Topper's Dance Club November 2009

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
The band is introduced

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
Nice sized crowd this evening

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
Keeping those drinkie-poo's coming

Did you know? - November's birthstone is the yellow topaz. Its birth flower is the chrysanthemum

Topper's Dance Club November 2009

Buck Catlin Share's His Secret 1945 Assignment (Read More)

Topper's Dance Club November 2009

Topper's Dance Club November 2009

Did you know? - At the end of WWII, the U.S. Navy captured the subs and had exclusive access to their technology. When the Soviet Union demanded access in 1946 under the terms of the treaty that ended the war, the U.S. Navy sunk the subs off the coast of Oahu and claimed to have no information on their precise location.

The wreckage of the submarines will be seen for the first time in high definition in Hunt for the Samurai Subs. The film includes the WWII-era 16mm film footage shot by Charles Alger, a retired U.S. Navy chief in charge of the I-14. In an interview, Alger says of the sinking, "It was very sickening, the moment of the explosion. But like any good sailor, a job is done, and we've done it ... I never ever thought that it would ever be seen by a human being again." Retired U.S. Navy commander Buck Catlin explains the rationale behind it: "It was decided to take those submarines out to sea off of Pearl Harbor, one at a time, and fire torpedoes and sink them. One of the main objects was to keep them away from the Russians, so we kept it quiet. And that's one of the reasons why the Submarine Force never advertised what we're talking about today."

Topper's Dance Club November 2009

Topper's Dance Club November 2009

Did you know? - Long Beach once had a sizable Japanese-American population mostly working in the fish canneries on Terminal Island and small truck farms in the area, but the Japanese and Japanese Americans were removed for internment in 1942, and most did not return after their release from the camps. Due to this, and other factors, they now make up less than 1% of the population of Long Beach.

Birthday Announcements

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
Happy birthday Mary Ruth Ashcroft

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
Happy birthday Nancy Ellis

Did you know? - November starts on the same day of the week as February in common years, and March every year.

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
Our President knows all... A December birthday with
a member who cannot make the dance

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
Happy birthday December

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
Dean Fronk just told a whopper!!!

The Evening Is Beginning To Take Its Toll On The Party Goers

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
The harvest decorations were beautiful

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
We know who the dancer's are now!

Topper's Dance Club November 2009
"Dear, it is 1:30 am and everybody has been
gone for three and a half hours!"

Another Wonderful Topper's Event...

Oil

Did you know? - Long Beach is composed by 52 neighborhoods. Some neighborhoods are named after thoroughfares, others are centered around parks or schools. They include (alphabetically): 4th Street Corridor, Alamitos Beach, Alamitos Heights, Arlington, Artcraft Manor, Belmont Heights, Belmont Park, Belmont Shore, Bixby Knolls, Bixby Village, Bluff Heights, Bluff Park, Broadway Corridor, California Heights, Carroll Park, Central Area, Craftsman Village, Downtown Long Beach, Drake Park, East Village, Eastside, El Dorado Park, El Dorado Park Estates, El Dorado South, Hellman, Imperial Estates, Lakewood Village, Cambodia Town (Little Phnom Penh), Long Beach Marina, Los Altos, Los Cerritos - Virginia Country Club, Memorial Height, Naples, North Long Beach, Park Estates, Peninsula, Ranchos, Rose Park, Shoreline Village, South of Conant, Stearns Park, Saint Mary's, Sunrise, Terminal Island, Traffic Circle, University Park Estates, Washington School, West Long Beach, Willmore City, Wrigley North and South, Wrigley Heights, Zaferia