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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1966

Page

31

Girls at Anaheim gas station swap desk for grease work

Two Anaheim women, Dianne Hoxsie and Judy Playter, run and staff a Mobil station on Harbor Boulevard. They service cars, pump gas, and handle basic repairs, attracting curiosity and steady business from mostly male customers while dreaming up uniforms for lady mechanics.

Anaheim Hoxsie Mobil Harbor Boulevard Miss Hoxsie Judy Playter Miss Playter Mr. Hoxsie Dianne Hoxsie Judie Playler Kent Henderson

Engaged Couples Announce Plans In Long Beach Area

Mr and Mrs James R Shannon of Lawndale announce the betrothal of their daughter Eleanor Rae to Stephen Myles Claunch son of Mrs William E Evans and the late Leonard Claunch of Long Beach. A late summer wedding is planned with Eleanor noted as former Sigma Delta Phi president at Long Beach City College. Claunch served four years in the Marine Corps. Linda Susan Boehm and John Howard Kinchloe also announce engagements by Mrs Howard Gaphart of Long Beach at a family gathering. Kinchloe is son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Kinchlee, Long Beach, and Boehm is the daughter of the late Frank Boehm, a Polytechnic High School alumna. Both attended Long Beach City College. Carol Ann Lodwick and Bert Ryan Davis plan a September wedding. Lodwick, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles L Lodwick of Palos Verdes Peninsula, has studied at Los Angeles Harbor College and UC Santa Barbara. Davis is the son of Mr and Mrs Bert Edison Davis of Wilmington and is a student at California State College at Long Beach.

James R. Shannon Lawndale Eleanor Rae Stephen Myles Claunch William E Evans Long Beach Leonard Claunch Sigma Delta Phi Long Beach City College U.S. Marine Corps Linda Susan Boehm John Howard Kinchloe Howard Gaphart Frank Boehm Polytechnic High School Wilson High School Charles L. Lodwick Palos Verdes Peninsula Carol Ann Bert Ryan Davis Bert Edison Davis Wilmington

Trials of a Tourist in Mexico City

A travelogue recounts Pat John Wilhelm's Guide to Mexico City advising strolling Paseo de la Reforma for morale and flavor. The writer describes Sunday art markets near Sullivan Park, a tense yet lively scene around the Latina Americano Tower, encounters with locals and businessmen, and a hotel dinner where luxury and safety mingle for a lone woman.

John Wilhelm Mexico City Paseo de la Reforma Wilhelm Refarma Sullivan Park Mexico Madero No. 1 Latin America

Laura Jennison and Mark Du Bose Wed in Grants Pass

In a quiet Grants Pass Oregon ceremony Tuesday Laura M Jennison and Mark A Du Bose wed. Du Bose is the Long Beach native son of Mrs L M Peterson and Jennison the daughter of Mr and Mrs Perry L Jennison. Both graduates of Jordan High School with Jennison continuing at Long Beach City College. The couple will reside in Grants Pass.

Grants Pass Ore Mark A. du Bose L. M. Peterson Long Beach Laura M. Jennison Perry L. Jennison Lewis Ave Jordan High School Long Beach City College

Yule note in WMC card plans Christmas party

Members of the Woman's Music Club of Long Beach host a Christmas card party at 1 pm Friday in Leisure World Clubhouse Two Seal Beach with a $1 donation. Reservations to Mrs James H Payton. The club's Christmas program occurs at 1 30 pm Dec 14 at Ebell Auditorium with Wallace R Herrewig directing the Choral Section Georgia Miller on piano Akira Endo violinist with Bobbatte Brock following by a yuletide tea on the patio with Mellocrino Trio

Woman's Music Club of Long Beach Leisure World Clubhouse Seal Beach Ebell Wallace R. Herrewig Georgia Miller Akira Endo Bobbatte Brock

Santa's shopper brings animal friends to life for kids

A Santa's Shop announces a new animal kingdom collection with Duke Cricket in formal attire, a two foot tall tiger, Lord Leap Frog as a sock pillow or decor, and a lifelike Lassie replica vinyl face. By Knickerbocker.

Animal Kingdom Duke Cricket Lord Leap Frog Lassie Knickerbocker

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Dianne Hoxie Yowen Long Beath Calif Southern California Edison Company Electric Living Center Barbara Kay Duffy Karen Lindsay Independent, Press-Telegram Mildred Flanary Edison Phil Lockwood Landlarks Marguerite Volker Miss Duffy Edison Home Shannon Claunch Boehm Kinchloe Ralph Kinchlee Lodwick Davis Miss Lodwick Los Angeles Harbor College Santa Barbara Banning High School Harbor College California State College At Eleanor Shannon Linda Bofrhil Pat Rossano Brazzi South America New Jersey Continental Hilton Laura Jennison Mark du Bose Oregon WMC John B. Brown Ways and Means James H. Payton Olive Ave
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