Margie Eisenhower

A life of movie stars and adventure for Victorville resident Margie Eisenhower
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"Their grandfathers were brothers," Margie says, "but there was a 17-year difference in their ages, and Dwight always signed his letters to L.B. 'Uncle Ike.' "
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According to Margie Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States was the most down-to-earth of men and took a genuine interest in his young cousin.

At home in Victorville, she leafs through old papers and finds a letter Uncle Ike wrote from Palm Desert on Feb. 12, 1961, on handsome stationery marked with a chaste DDE:

"I was interested in learning more about your work with Librascope, Lowell."

Designed for the Douglas DC-3, the Librascope was a balance computer used to calculate an aircraft's center of gravity and total weight.

Margie and L.B. met while working at Librascope's plant in Glendale.
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"My husband's father had a dairy business in Topeka, Kan.," Margie says.
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Margie Eisenhower grew up in Riverside.

"When I was in high school," she says, "I was 5 feet 8 inches tall and extremely self-conscious.

"But I had an aunt who was 5 feet 9, and she told me to stand up straight and 'carry myself like a queen,' the best advice I could have been given."

In the early 1950s, Margie became a free-lance model.Her first job, for a Red Cross fund-raising ad, required her to look grief-stricken.

"But at that age, I didn't know how," she says, "and so they placed a glycerin tear on my cheek."

There were no tears of any kind when, at the Mocambo with a photographer, Margie was introduced to Gene Tierney.
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"She was dancing with Desi Arnaz," Margie says.

Later, in addition to being co-workers at Librascope, L.B. and Margie shared a love for singing.
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In 1965 Margie Eisenhower was working for the developers of Century City when they gave a reception to mark the completion of the first apartment tower.

"Among the guests," she says, "were Ron and Nancy Reagan, Alfred and Betsy Bloomingdale, and Zsa Zsa Gabor.
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"When I took them up in the elevator," Eisenhower says, "Zsa Zsa kept looking me up and down, up and down.
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Dated Jan. 13, 1966, it is a thank-you to L.B. and Margie for having served as host and hostess at a reception, held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, to kick off Reagan's candidacy for governor of California.
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According to Margie, during the reception a phone started ringing, and L.B. answered it:
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"When L.B. said, 'I'm Eisenhower,' the drunk hung up.
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"We'd been going to Guadalajara, off and on," Margie says.
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In Mexico, Margie wrote a column, "Between You and M.E.," for the Guadalajara News.

"It was a gossip column," she says.
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"The doctors didn't tell us that open-heart surgery gives you another five years," Margie says.
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After her husband's death, Margie Eisenhower, finding herself adrift, looked for a job.

When prospective employers asked about her knowledge of computers, she had to say, "None," and so she took computer courses at Victor Valley Community College.

Once more into the fray, she interviewed again.

"This time," she says, "employers asked, 'What experience do you have with computers?' and I'd explain about classes and labs.

life of movie stars and adventure for Victorville resident Margie Eisenhower
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David Eisenhower and Margie Eisenhower,s late husband, Lowell
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B. ,L.B., Eisenhower, were second cousins. ,Their grandfathers
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were brothers,, Margie says, ,but there was a 17-year difference
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According to Margie Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States
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Margie and L.B. met while working at Librascope,s plant in Glendale.
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but changed the spelling of his name to Eisenhower, presumably
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My husband,s father had a dairy business in Topeka, Kan.,, Margie
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Margie Eisenhower grew up in Riverside.

When I was in high school,, she says, ,I was 5 feet 8 inches
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the early 1950s, Margie became a free-lance model.Her first job, for a

Red Cross fund-raising ad, required her to look grief-stricken.

, But

at that age, I didn,t know how,, she says, ,and so they

placed a glycerin tear on my cheek.,

There were no tears of any kind when, at the Mocambo with a

photographer, Margie was introduced to Gene Tierney.
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In 1965 Margie Eisenhower was working for the developers
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When I took them up in the elevator,, Eisenhower says, ,Zsa Zsa

kept looking me up and down, up and down.I don,t know what she was
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We,d been going to Guadalajara, off and on,, Margie says.
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In Mexico, Margie wrote a column, ,Between You and M.E.,, for
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After her husband,s death, Margie Eisenhower, finding herself adrift,

A life of movie stars and adventure for Victorville resident Margie Eisenhower
...
"Their grandfathers were brothers," Margie says, "but there was a 17-year difference in their ages, and Dwight always signed his letters to L.B. ‘Uncle Ike.' "
...
According to Margie Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States was the most down-to-earth of men and took a genuine interest in his young cousin.

At home in Victorville, she leafs through old papers and finds a letter Uncle Ike wrote from Palm Desert on Feb. 12, 1961, on handsome stationery marked with a chaste DDE:

" I was interested in learning more about your work with Librascope, Lowell."

Designed for the Douglas DC-3, the Librascope was a balance computer used to calculate an aircraft's center of gravity and total weight.

Margie and L.B. met while working at Librascope's plant in Glendale.
...
" My husband's father had a dairy business in Topeka, Kan.," Margie says.
...
Margie Eisenhower grew up in Riverside.

" When I was in high school," she says, "I was 5 feet 8 inches tall and extremely self-conscious.

" But I had an aunt who was 5 feet 9, and she told me to stand up straight and ‘carry myself like a queen,' the best advice I could have been given."

Margie in her modeling daysMargie in her modeling days.

In the early 1950s, Margie became a free-lance model.Her first job, for a Red Cross fund-raising ad, required her to look grief-stricken.

" But at that age, I didn't know how," she says, "and so they placed a glycerin tear on my cheek."

There were no tears of any kind when, at the Mocambo with a photographer, Margie was introduced to Gene Tierney.
...
Later, in addition to being co-workers at Librascope, L.B. and Margie shared a love for singing.
...
In 1965 Margie Eisenhower was working for the developers of Century City when they gave a reception to mark the completion of the first apartment tower.

" Among the guests," she says, "were Ron and Nancy Reagan, Alfred and Betsy Bloomingdale, and Zsa Zsa Gabor.
...
" When I took them up in the elevator," Eisenhower says, "Zsa Zsa kept looking me up and down, up and down.
...
Dated Jan. 13, 1966, it is a thank-you to L.B. and Margie for having served as host and hostess at a reception, held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, to kick off Reagan's candidacy for governor of California.
...
According to Margie, during the reception a phone started ringing, and L.B. answered it:
...
" When L.B. said, ‘I'm Eisenhower,' the drunk hung up.
...
" We'd been going to Guadalajara, off and on," Margie says.
...
In Mexico, Margie wrote a column, "Between You and M.E.," for the Guadalajara News.

" It was a gossip column," she says.
...
" The doctors didn't tell us that open-heart surgery gives you another five years," Margie says.
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After her husband's death, Margie Eisenhower, finding herself adrift, looked for a job.

When prospective employers asked about her knowledge of computers, she had to say, "None," and so she took computer courses at Victor Valley Community College.

Once more into the fray, she interviewed again.

" This time," she says, "employers asked, ‘What experience do you have with computers?' and I'd explain about classes and labs.