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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1957
Page
9
Seaside Hospital hosts bi monthly birthday luncheon where Betty Greer hands out cards. a guest mistakenly receives no card triggering embarrassment. Jerry Hardin reports on a car dent incident with a message hidden inside. Yolloe officers recount a creative arrest where groceries replaced a warrant. A Lindbergh student, Nels Hinman, wins top metal crafts prize despite blindness. Teen slang explainer ends the column.
Police report six people were arrested in a series of brawls on Saturday and Sunday. Names include James Biementa 29 Willie Shields 31 Alfred Reeves Les owner of a bar and Laura Chandler 35 along with others. Investigations focus on assault with deadly weapons and battery at multiple locations.
Police report lumber thefts at Foster and Kleise plant 1429 Magnolia Ave with tools valued 988 dollars stolen Saturday night or Sunday. An earlier burglary involved lumber valued 1000 dollars from Raymond Slevers residence and construction site on Harding St north of Cherry Ave in last six weeks.
The American Legion Auxiliary led by Mrs. Marguerite Horn outlines the Poppy Day drive with 200 sellers expected to raise funds for veterans. Populations of poppies are being crafted since January at the Veterans Administration Hospital and by Arthur L. Peterson Post Auxiliary members, targeting 30,000 poppies for distribution at city sites including the long beach area.
The Long Beach College Band will perform Tuesday at 4 pm in the Little Theater. It features a program of small wind instruments and two student soloists. Woodwind chair will perform Eric Satie's Gympadie and a piece titled Such a Tender, Witake ke ate wert.
Kansas rider Clark Gregory posed with Maybell a two year old registered Hereford. The five foot nine inch heifer weighs 215 pounds and became Long Beach Mounted Guards mascot after Gregory’s roping arena purchase saved her from slaughter. Maybell will participate in roping events and serve as a mascot amid grooming for her role.
The BBB warns readers about deceptive TV repair shops and rigged car deals. It cites cases of blank contracts, inflated repair costs, and pressure tactics, urging shoppers to research firms, read contracts, inspect goods, and avoid rushed sales to prevent recurring consumer harm.
Elmer C. Cons, 1200 W 35th St, a Long Beach resident and co owner, has been told he is a Kentucky Colonel but cannot recall any nomination. He plans to travel to Kentucky in June to learn more and reconnect with former acquaintances.
Fred Walker Rogers 34 of 9 E Ellis Street reported his home was entered Saturday night and about 600 in money plus securities and other papers stolen from secured boxes. Rogers owns a bar in Garden Grove. News item notes a police report filed Sunday.
Pre registration for the fall kindergarten term will be held at local elementary schools. Children entering kindergarten in September and those not yet enrolled in the district may pre register from 9 am to noon and from 1 to 3:30 pm. Children must be five years old on or before December 2 to qualify for the first grade. Parents unsure of their child’s school should contact the nearest elementary school. Enrollment requires an approved birth date verification such as a birth certificate or baptismal record.
Crews will start Monday to string miles of pipe from Hyperion sewage treatment plant into Santa Monica Bay. Installation of the 22 inch pipeline is expected to take two weeks and cost 2,629,000 dollars. When anchored at nearby 100,000 pound concrete block, the pipe will become the sludge disposal line for the City of Los Angeles.
Services for Clarence St. Lough co founder of Huntington Park Building and Loan Anan will be held Wednesday at 2 pm at the First Presbyterian Church 161 Et. 6th St. Dr Reuben F. Meters and Dr Johnston Calhoun will officiate. Lough died Saturday at his home 19 Cherry Ave he organized Huntington Park firm with his father and helped form Long Breach Building and Loan Anan in 1920. Interment will be in Sunnyside Cemetery Orange Age at Witow St.
Palos Verdes Estates hosts a Toastmasters meeting tonight at the Koths Club on Sedondo's Esplanade with two new speakers Jin McConnell and George Blair. Veteran speakers Gene Lepore, Bob Muncaster, Dr Clarence Ratcliffe and Fred Tweedy follow with talks on Woodcarving Value Optical Exercise and Redondo Needs a City Hall.
Marjorie Towle a North High junior 16 will study in Sweden next year after being chosen as an exchange student by the American Field Service. The service is also sponsoring an Adrian girl Christa Vollmann as a student at North High.
John Leonard son of Mr A Sperling and taking residence at 025 Irquala Street is named to the editorial board of the Harvard Crimson daily at Harvard College Cambridge Massachusetts He is a law graduate from Woodsrow Wilson and a freshman at Harvard.
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