Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1952)

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John decorated their second-hand station wagon with family emblem — 3 derricks Daddy’s picture! John, amused, finds he’s the current attraction at a local theatre. He’ll be seen next in "Scandal Sheet” Hi-ho, Silver! John and Patti, shopping for one of the zany hats everyone wears, couldn’t resist buying son a cowboy suit Palm Springs WEEKEND The desert called — and the Dereks were off on a rest cure that sent them home happy — and exhausted! The Dereks, with Russell safely anchored on John’s knee, look down at hundreds of palms that give Palm Springs, located on an old Indian reservation, its name “Let’s drive down to the desert for the weekend,” suggested John. And Patti Derek didn’t have to be urged! John and Patti swam in the Racquet Club’s turquoise pool, took Russell sightseeing and shopping in the village. At Palm Canyon, John had to explain to Russell why there were no Indians. Wise in the ways of Nature, the Indians had warned everyone that great storms would soon come and flood the Canyon and, for the first time in many years, the entire tribe had moved up into the hills. When Howard Duff, also a guest at the Club, offered to babysit (he needed the practice, he said, now that he’s going to be a poppa!) the Dereks jumped at the chance to join friends on the tennis courts, and go for a tandem bike tour of the picturesque village. It was over all too soon. Even Russell, nodding sleepily in his new cowboy outfit, protested, “I don't want to go home yet!” Life at the Racquet Club centers around the r beautiful pool. Here guests swim, play games and lunch on patio surrounding pool