Meet the Beatles for Real: Bahamas

Lifelines

by Trudi Cowen

BellMoore Life

June 23, 1965

Probably one of the most popular fathers in the community is Herbert Bleiweiss, who not only met the Beatles but conversed with the four newly honored Britishers and had his picture taken with them. The lucky incident occurred when Mr. Bleiweiss, senior editor of McCall's Magazine, went to the Bahamas for the magazine's July issue Beauty story.

This month's issue of the magazine shows pictures of the happy Bleiweiss, getting his hair combed, Beatles style by Mr. Lennon of the musical quartet. Mr. Bleisweiss is now designing the book for the Beatles concert tour. Mrs. Bleisweiss, who says she's a longtime Beatles fan, just flipped when her husband returned from the Bahamas and told of his five days with the Liverpool lads. Also absolutely thrilled were the two Bleisweiss sons, Richard, age 7, who attends Shore Road School, and Jeffrey, age 12, a student at the Maplewood school.