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Bill Lundigan and his wife, Rena, celebrate five glorious years with anniversary weekend
By Elizabeth Wilson
THE William Lundigans recently celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary. The fifth anniversary, according to Hollywood tradition, is the one where your friends stop saying, "It won't last." So, if you can get past your fifth, you have a good chance of getting past your fiftieth. I'm only taking sure bets this season, like the Chase National Bank and the Rock of Gibraltar, and I'm not going out on any limb for any money stars. I consider them as big a risk as Hedy Lamarr's jewels. My one exception is Bill Lundigan and his bride of five years. I've got them across the board, win, place and show.
Bill and Rena celebrated their fifth anniversary at that most pleasant and hospitable of Inns, the Apple Valley Inn, in a picturesque valley near Victorville, California. Bill, an enthusiastic golfer, had heard about the new golf course recently opened in connection with the Inn. Right out there in the middle of the desert with nothing but yuccas, joshuas and sagebrush is one of the greenest, grassiest courses you'll ever be seeing even in the Everglades of Florida. Just like a mirage it is. But it doesn't play like a mirage, as Bill can testify, it plays like a mean, cantankerous course that guarantees even the best of the pill-chasers a hard fight. Even Bill, who can knock off eighteen holes and still look as fresh as a daisy, seemed a little on the pooped side when he appeared for cocktails and dinner at the Inn.
There was the customary bottle of wine at dinner for anniversary toasting (Rena responded with a snappy Coke) of which poor William got just about
Left: Bill Lundigan prepares to saddle one of the spirited Bass colts at Apple Valley Inn. He's an excellent rider.
Below: Bill watches enviously as his wife, Rena, eats her strawberry shortcake. He has to keep his weight down.
Rena and Bill on dance floor at Apple Valley Inn. Naturally they asked the band to play "The Anniversary Waltz."