Mrs. Betty Joe Michael

International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) · May 13, 1955

Their only difference-since their separation-was "Pretty Boy," a Long Beach couple admitted yesterday. In fact, it grew into a Superior Court matter and Judge Joe Raycraft awarded "Pretty Boy," a parakeet, to the husband, George Michael, 38. The wife, Betty Jo, 25,(shown in pic) who has a mental cruelty divorce action pending, testified the couple had settled all their property matters except the bird. The husband told the judge: "I love my wife and if you give me the bird, maybe she'll come back to me." Mrs. Michael has visitation rights.