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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1957
Page
7
Mountain View resident former warden at San Quentin and Folsom prisons Smith died Sunday night in a rest home after a long illness. He was 81. Smith served as new warden at Folsom during the 1927 Thanksgiving riots.
Roy A Mears an optician in Long Beach since 1946 died of a heart attack at his Los Angeles home Sunday after ten years of heart illness. He was a Kiwanian affiliated with Mears and McCreary optical dispensers 903 Heartwell Building He was born June 15 1891 in Silver City Iowa and came to Long Beach area at age 21 He survived by wife Ruth and son Roy Jr Funeral service set for 10 30 a m Wednesday at Utter McKinley Mortuary 2719 W Slauson Ave Los Angeles
The retractable pontoon bridge on Seaside Blvd across the entrance to Long Beach Inner Harbor will close to vehicles on specified dates and hours in July including July 4 1 30 p m to 6 30 p m and July 5 2 30 p m to 7 30 p m among other nightly closures through July 34 8 30 p m to 2 a m.
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