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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF FRANCESCA TURNER
TO BENEFIT THE FRIENDS OF TONY PATINO FELLOWSHIP
Francesca Turner was born in Texas with Southern roots dating back to the Colonial days. In Texas, Francesca worked at the Tad Advertising Company making commercials and trailers using the stage name of Francesca Sims.
Francesca left Texas and became a top Powers Model, appearing for such accounts as Chesterfield, Beech-Nut, Cream of Wheat, I.J. Fox (America's largest furrier in the 1940s), Krogers and other major companies. She was chosen as the Chesterfield Girl of the Month in 1940 from a large number of talented models who sought this important honor. In February 1943, Francesca was featured on the cover of Look Magazine in a pictorial tribute to our wartime ally, Great Britain.
Combining modeling with acting, Francesca appeared on Broadway at the Grand Opera House in "Hold On To Your Hats," the Al Jolson musical comedy. She also appeared in George Jessel's show "High Kickers" in Hollywood.
During World War II, as a model and member of the Actors Guild, Francesca entertained the troops at camps in the United States. She also visited wounded servicemen in military and naval hospitals, working with the American Theatre Wing Hospital Committee. Francesca was also active in raising funds for the war effort, working with the artist McCelland Barkly, who was later killed in the war.
Because of her stunning beauty and successful modeling career, Francesca became a social celebrity. Newspapers reported her activities--with whom she was seen, with whom she was dining and with whom she was romancing. Francesca dated several prominent men, including Antenor Patino Sr. She married Mr. Patino and together they had a son, Antenor Patino Jr.
From 1974 until her death, Francesca was employed as a staff writer in the Special Projects unit at Universal Studios. While at Universal, Francesca pioneered the art of editing offensive language and content from movies, enabling them to meet broadcast standards required for television and airlines. She was a member of the Writers Guild of America and has several screen credits as a writer to her name.
In 1974, Francesca founded the Tony Patino Fellowship in memory of her son, Antenor Patino Jr. This Fellowship program provides merit awards of not less than $8,500 per year to qualifying law students at Hastings, Chicago and Columbia Law Schools. The Fellowship seeks to identify law students who will become leaders people of character and capability who will use their law degrees to serve others. Since 1974, the Fellowship program has designated over 120 law student graduates as Fellows.
AN ART DECO SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND NECKLACE, MEISTER
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AN ART DECO SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND NECKLACE, MEISTER
Designed as two graduated rows of oval-cut sapphires topped by a graduated row of rectangular-cut diamonds, flanked by baguette and circular-cut diamond scrolls, joined to a chain of alternating circular-cut diamond platinum bar links, mounted in platinum, with French assay marks, circa 1925--16 ins. long
Signed E.M., Meister
Designed as two graduated rows of oval-cut sapphires topped by a graduated row of rectangular-cut diamonds, flanked by baguette and circular-cut diamond scrolls, joined to a chain of alternating circular-cut diamond platinum bar links, mounted in platinum, with French assay marks, circa 1925--16 ins. long
Signed E.M., Meister