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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1957
Page
10
An old hotel advertisement describes rooms with private baths and wall to wall carpeting at the Huntington Hotel on Ocean Elvd. Beach. It touts daily maid service, a large oceanfront dining room, and rates around 24 dollars per person per week with meals and steady menu options.
London officials report that five of Prince Charles new boarding school classmates are sick with Asian flu while eight year old Charles has not been affected by the outbreaks.
Funeral for Mrs Ida B Schroeder 64 of 5120 Los Flores St will be at 11 am today at Disday Mortuary. Her husband John 64 hurt seriously and president of Schroeder Manufacturing Co survived. Survivors include daughter Mrs Ethel Rush and sisters Mrs Helen Plainse and Mrs Viola Plainse.
Ira Burton Glemons 79 of 3924 E 3rd St died Sunday. Survived by wife Allma brother Ernst and sister Mrs Sarah Cary. Service Wednesday 3 p.m Christensen Pine Mortuary. Emma Mary Arruda 400 E 52nd St died Monday. Husband Manuel J and daughters Dorothy Brubaker and Lillian Roberts survive. Service Thursday 2 p.m. Mottells Peek Mortuary. Linda Lou Tones 13 of 5965 Pierce Ave died Saturday. Survived by parents Archibald Jones and Mrs Alicia R Jones and grandparents Mrs Louanna Jones and Rev Gerrit Busch. Service Wednesday 10 a.m. Whites Funeral Home. May J Hoor 68 of 5322 Downey Ave died Monday.
Surviving are son Edward daughter Mrs Frances Stair nau four sisters and a brother. Service Wednesday 9 a.m. Mot tell's & Peek Mortuary. SCHALLER- La Puente George 85 1646 Ewis Ave formerly of Long Beach died Monday. Surviving sons Leland C and James B. Service 2 001 pm Wednesday Patterson gne Snively Chapel. BLATT- Mrs Tinna Fisher TT OF 1029 Stanley Ave died Sunday. Surviving sons Wallace John and Robert daughters Mrs Sarah Van Brunt and Mrs Marguerite Holms and brother Alzo J Fisher. Service Wednesday at 10 am Patterson Snively Mortuary. The family asked that donations be made to the Cancer Fund in lieu of flowers.
R C Baker, founder of Bakers and Oil Tool Co of Los Angeles, died at 85. Born in Purcellville Virginia, he moved to California in 1874 and entered oil work in 1894. His firm specializes in rotary drilling tools. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Lyle Funeral Home in Fresno. Surviving: wife, son, daughter, six grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren. White-Emerson Mortuary Whittier arranging.
John Robert Buchanan 83 longtime Long Beach resident and former battalion chief dies Sunday Born in Gainsborough Kentucky he moved to Long Beach in 1902 He belonged to Masonic Lodge 527 Retired Police and Firemen of America and the Presbyterian Church Surviving are son Dave Preston and Gideon Masons will officiate the service at 11 am Wednesday at Mattell and Peek Chapel
Polio stricken 11 year old Harry Smith, son of Mrs. Nore Smith of 1042 Stanley Ave, won second prize in the wood working division of the Home Arts Exhibit at the Los Angeles County Fair. He made the lamp as part of physical therapy at Casa Colina Rehabilitation Center for Children in Chino.
German missionary Rudolf Thuemmler age 25 and his wife Ruth 24 left for Paraguay Monday to combat a rising polygamy trend among German settlers there.
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