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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Sep 28, 1968

Page

12

Tour Long Beach Market Hosts LA Ad Executives

Sixteen advertising and marketing executives from Los Angeles toured Long Beach this week hosted by the Independent Press-Telegram. The group, visiting Queen Mary harbor and downtown, included Joe Ayres Campbell Sales Co Phil Calentino Hunt-Wesson Foods Bill Dallas Peugeot Western Distributors Pat Fraley Kitchens of Sara Lee Bruce Gilbert Needham Harper Steers Al Harrison Campbell Sales Co Dick Hayser Southern California Edison Ray Kohler Trans World Airlines Nick Lucas Four Roses Distillers Joe McCord Volkswagen Pacific Frank Moore Philip Ford Dick O'Hearn Gillette Blade Division Andy Rutledge R J Reynolds Food Products Berne Vaaler Pictsweet Foods Don Walsh Renault West Ivan Warshawsky Carson-Roberts Inc.

Los Angeles Independent Press-Telegram Long Beach Joe Ayres Campbell Sales Co Phil Calentino Hunt-Wesson Foods Bill Dallas Peugeot Western Distributors Pat Fraley Kitchens Sara Lee Bruce Gilbert Needham Harper & Steers al Harrison Dick Hayser Southern California Edison Co Ray Kohler Trans World Airlines Nick Lucas Four Roses Distillers Joe McCord Volkswagen Pacific Frank Moore Philip Ford Dick O’hearn Gillette Blade Division Andy Rutledge R. J. Reynolds Food Products Berne Vaaler Pictsweet Foods Don Walsh Renault West Ivan Warshawsky Carson-Roberts Inc

Gardening tips for Colorado Blue Spruce and conifers

A front lawn displays a 9-foot Colorado Blue Spruce as a centerpiece with other conifers in containers for patio beauty. The piece advises choosing acclimated, well-rooted balled or container trees from local nurserymen, ensures ongoing growth with proper care, and promotes bulbs as permanent beauty.

California Fuchsia Society Pancake Brunch and Plant Sale

Club notes announce the California Fuchsia Society annual pancake brunch from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Logue 6053 Lime Ave with an emcee Joe Littlefield and prizes. Adults cost 1 dollar and under 12 cost 50 cents. Also Los Altos Garden Club hosts a luncheon Wednesday at noon at St John’s Community Presbyterian Church 2345 Ximeno Ave.

California Fuchsia Society Herbert Logue Lime Ave Joe Littlefield Los Altos Garden Club St. John’s Community Presbyterian Church Ximeno Ave

Garden care notes for flowering plants and cuttings

The text provides practical garden tips including taking cuttings from desirable fuchsias for propagation, continuing fertilization of chrysbmidians, keeping pots off soil to dry pot bottoms between waterings, feeding mums that lack flower buds or visible color, and applying insecticide spray if pests like aphids thrips or spider mites appear. It also instructs trimming faded floribunda flower heads just above a leaf or leafless bud to encourage new branch growth and larger flower heads.

Christmas Tree Growing Might Suit Dry Smoggy Climates

The article notes a tree tolerating dry air and smog, imagining the sight of Christmas decorations with fir and pinon pine nearby. It discusses growing a Christmas tree as a concept, despite seeming out of season.

Elizabeth Loomis to Be Buried in Long Beach Church

Elizabeth Cook Loomis, long time deputy city clerk and church organist, died at 63 after an illness. Services set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Our Saviors Lutheran Church. Survived by son James Loomis and daughter Jo Anne Giulliano, plus an aunt and four grandchildren. Mottell's Funeral Home in charge.

Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church Elizabeth Cook Loomis City of Long Beach Bluffton Ind Grace Methodist Trinity Lutheran Our Saviour Mottell James Malibu Lake Jo Anne Giulliano Calabasis Alice Bethea

Talk on Child Narcotic Use By Dr Lorhan At Harbor General

Dr Paul H Lorhan of Palos Verdes Estates will discuss child narcotic use in a Harbor General Hospital Auxiliary talk at 1 pm Monday in the hospital auditorium located at 1000 W Carson St. He will cover which age groups are most affected by pushers, why youths hide sources, and how parents can improve communication when drug supply is suspected. Lorhan is a UCLA anesthesiology professor and chief of the hospital's anesthesiology department.

Paul H. Lorhan Palos Verdes Estates Harbor General Hospital W. Carson St Lorhan UCLA

Gardening Clinic Column Guidance

The clipping directs readers to address questions to the Garden Editor at the Independent Press Telegram Long Beach. It specifies 604 Pine Ave Long Beach California 90801 and notes no stamps or self addressed envelopes. Answers are provided only in this column.

Independent, Press-Telegram Pine Ave Long Beach Calif

Remedies for Johnson grass and apple tree water sprouts

Johnson grass is a tough weed best controlled by soil fumigation done with care and away from trees. For water sprouts at the apple tree base, remove by digging and pulling, or cut them off and re-cover soil, then water well.

W. N. Jester

School Night for Scouting Aims to Boost 351 Units

The 1968 School Night for Scouting program runs October 1 to 3 in Long Beach Lakewood Bellflower Signal Hill and Dominguez elementary schools. It is part of a three month drive by 351 Scout units to recruit 250 new members. Information at the Scout Service Center 401 E 37th St Garfield 70911.

Boy Scouts Long Beach Lakewood Bellflower Signal Hill Dominguez Scout Service Center E. 37Th St Garfield

Willowbrook lighting district seeks more street illumination

Willowbrook Lighting District residents petition for added street lighting near Alameda Street and Santa Ana Boulevard. I L Morhar, county road commissioner, urged County Supervisors to allocate funds for the project. Petitioners say new poles are also required.

Willowbrook Alameda Street Santa Ana Boulevard I.L. Morhar

Planting Bulbs For Spring Blooms In October

The article describes planting fragrant grape hyacinths, scented treesias, showy sparaxis, ixias, narcissus, and bulbs like daffodils, Dutch hyacinths, tulips, and Dutch iris. It advises leaving bulbs in ground for years or storing for next season, notes mid October planting for better spring blooms, and mentions refrigeration for tulip bulbs.

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