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Block party marks mortgage payoff on Knoxville Avenue
A Knoxville Avenue block party celebrated mortgage payoff with 250 residents and relatives in red white and blue balloons. Long Beach area homeowners recalled 26 year spans since moving in as Glenn Miller era band music played, and residents fielded games and picnics under a festive canopy. Franny Wilkins Joyca O Connor Elaine Cooper and Stella Smith organized the January planning committee for the 1977 celebration.
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Knoxville Avenue
Long Beach
Glenn Miller
Tommy Dorsey
Les Brown
Don Graham
Bob Ellington
Hi Carter
Franny Wilkins
Joyca O'Conner
Elaine Cooper
Stella Smith