Huntington Set for Five Parades
Huntington Beach plans five parades this year, a city record says Secretary Bill Gallienne of the chamber of commerce. The events include Memorial Day Fourth of July Armistice Day Christmas and a western-state twins convention. The Armistice Day and Independence Day parades are county wide and the city promotes its parade friendly streets and facilities.
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Huntington Beach
Bill Gallienne
Chamber of Commerce
Ing
Twins
Guallienne
Chamber
Norwalk Couple United in Candlelight Wedding
Norwalk April 15 Clara Ann Wilson daughter of Dan E. Wilson and Mrs Wilson wed Jimmy Richard Mellen Navy in candlelight rites at First Methodist Church The couple will reside at 12727 Woods Ave after a trip to San Francisco Attendants included Miss Mary Wilson maid of honor and Edward Wilson best man A reception for about 100 guests was held in Carter Hall.
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Norwalk
Clara Ann Wilson
Dan E. Wilson
Woods Ave
Jimmy Richard Mellen
U.S. Navy
First Methodist Church
Mellen
H. B. Mellen
Bellflower
Herbert J. Riley
Mary Wilson
Edward Wilson
Dale Wolfley
Allen Taylor
Carter, Hall
Mira Wilson
Ethel Frost
Charles Wilson
Ila. Mellen
San Francisco
PTA Leaders Back Bond Election In Laguna Beach
Three Laguna Beach PTAs pledge support for a forthcoming school bond vote after installing new officers. Aliso PTA names Mrs George Reay as president and Park Ave PTA lists Mrs L C Hemus as president with fresh officers across the three groups, including secretaries and treasurer roles.
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Laguna Beach
Laguna
PTA
Walter Ossehner
Jewell Sumners
Albert M. Davis
Glenn Hall
William Kentle
John Nola
Mildred Ottaway
Carl Nash
John Hayes Beaver
Aliso Pta
George Reay
Edward Gray
Clifford Kopitske
William Rohn
Patricia Hain
Edward Hind
Edgar Smith
Park Ave. Pta
Surplus Water Supply to End in Orange County
Flood Control Engineer Jack Bradley said 21.5 percent of 25 000 acre feet contracted for 250 000 dollars had been released into the Santa Ana River by March 31 as Metropolitan Water District imports of surplus Colorado River water near term end.
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Santa Ana
Orange County
Metropolitan Water District
Colorado
Jack Bradley
Trio Receives I Combat Medal in Korea
NORWALK April 15 Three service members from Norwalk and Downey were awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge for front line action with the 40th Infantry Division in Korea. Pvt Walter Sharp and Sgt Ronnie L Graham of Norwalk and SFC Albert Sharp Jr of Downey are all in 160th Infantry Regiment I Company L. The 40th ID, from Southern California, first National Guard unit overseas after Korea’s start, trained 16 months in Japan before deployment.
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Norwalk
Downey
40Th Infantry Division
Korea
Walter Sharp
Carmenita
SFC
Albert Sharp Jr
Kingbee St. Downey
160
Cypress
Pic
Harry B. Reynolds
Nelson St
William J. Coburn
S. la Salle
James R. Coburn Jr
S. Walker Rida
Moose Women at Beach Plan Activities
Newport Beach April 15 Senior Regent Winifred Randel presided over a Newport Beach Chapter 1153 Women of the Moose meeting. Committee reports covered library, Moose haven, Mooseheart, publicity and membership. Treasurer Joyce Edick will attend a Girl Scout leader training school. she leads Costa Mesa Girl Scout Troop No. 23 sponsored by the chapter.
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Newport Beach
Winifred Randel
Women of the
Menca
Library
Lemna Massey
Moosehaven
Myrielle "Tipping
Wilma Corbin
Mooseheart
Elsie Porter
Alda Gorton
Joyce Edick
Costa Mesa
Clubroom for Boys at Westminster Looms
Westminster April 15 prospects are bright that a national organization may help build and operate clubrooms for boys in Westminster School district Rotary Club leader Richard F Harris and Anderson Trust Fund representative EL L McKenzie will confer with local leaders on local support For Mrs Arthur C Anderson San Diego two trust funds over 2 000 000 were established for boys club work.
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Westminster
Richard F. Harris
Rotary Club
EL L. McKenzie
Anderson Trust Fund For Boys Club of America
Arthur C. Anderson
San Diego
Journalist to Speak at Legion Meeting
Hermann Westerbrook announced Laguna Men's Club president that Dr. A Th Polyzoides a native of Athens Greece a lifelong journalist and world affairs pioneer will speak at the club meeting tonight in Hotel Laguna on present world problems. Dr Polyzoides has taught international relations history and journalism at USC since 1935 and joined the Los Angeles Times editorial staff in 1937. He covered the United Nations conference at San Francisco in 1945.
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Laguna Beach
Hermann Westerbrook
Laguna Men's Club
A. Th. Polyzoides
Athens
Greece
Hotel Laguna
Los Angeles Times
San Francisco
Orange County Farms Boast 4000 Tractors Now in Use
In Santa Ana on April 15 Farm Adviser Harold Wahlberg announced there are more than 4000 tractors in use on Orange County farms along with hundreds of other machines. He noted labor per acre has fallen while output rose. sugar beet work dropped from 128 to 90 hours per acre and yields increased from 10.6 to 13.2 tons per acre. Equipment includes electric motors bean viners combines alfalfa choppers harvesters hay balers milking machines sprayers and more for cultivation and pest control.
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Santa Ana
Orange County
Harold E. Wahlberg
Manufacturer Opens Plant in Midway City
Leonard Zerlaut, longtime mechanic turned inventor, opens a $50,000 all steel plant on Bolsa Ave in Midway City after years of growth in Garden Grove and Santa Ana. His tubing bending and forming machines are now used by major auto and aircraft makers, with expansion plans to consolidate and eventually relocate Garden Grove operations to Midway City within two years.
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Leonard Zerlau
Orange County
Zerlaut
Leonard’s Precision Products Company
Midway City
Lindemuth
Horatio Alger
Leonard Zerlaut
Stanford
Euclid Aves
Garden Grove
Bolsa Ave
Vultee Aircraft Co
Downey
Zer
Zerraut
Washington Ave
Santa Ana
Tate
Garflen Grove
Leonard
Zorlaut
Vale Stinson
Bellflower PTAs to Hear Panel
In Bellflower on April 15 at 7 30 p m the Thomas Jefferson PTA meets to hear a panel on individual guidance rheumatic fever and special training. Consultants include Mrs Jane Schisler Mrs Marie De Galler Dr David Trainer and Dr Margaret Louise Crear with questions by Mrs Beulah Ball Jack Thompson and Mrs June Duffy. Miss Sibyl Westbrook will sing.
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Bellflower
Thomas Jefferson Pta
Jane Schisler
Marie de Galler
David Trainer
Bellflower Health Center
Margaret Louise Crear
Beulah Ball
Jack Thompson
June Duffy
Sibyl Westbrook
Whittier May Get New Fire Engine
Whittier may obtain a $20,000 fire engine pumper in the next fiscal year from the city budget. Voters rejected a $150,000 fire bond last week, so city officials may need to extend fire defense improvements over several years.
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Whittier
Deane Seeger
Park Soldier Returns Home on Furlough
SUENA PARK April 15 Albert R Chapman arrived home from Korea after almost a year overseas. He left the country April 28 1951. His parents Mr and Mrs Albert R Chapman of 6652 Highland Ave were notified that he would be home for a 30 day furlough. Sgt Chapman is with the 1343rd Engineer Combat Battalion. He entered service in September 1950.
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Suena Park
Albert R. Chapman
Korea
Highland, Ave
Chapman
1343Rd Engineer Combat Battalion
Fair Flower Show Planned by Garden Club
Garden Grove April 15 Garden Club members plan a non commercial competitive flower show for the Orange County Fair with California Garden Clubs Inc providing opportunities for junior club and amateur gardeners. Maj C B Gilmore heads the committee with J Johnson and Barry Earl among members assisting.
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Garden Grove
Garden Club
California Garden Clubs, Inc
Orange County
Robert Knoll
Maj. C. B. Gilmore
J. Johnson
Barry Ear
Sunset Beach Girl Enrolls in College
Miss Jocelyn Schumaker of Sunset Beach has enrolled at Armstrong College in Berkeley to study a secretarial course. A Huntington Beach High School graduate, she was active in National Honor Society and several clubs.
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Sunset S&ach
Jocelyn Schumaker
H. R. Schumaker
Coast Hwy
Sunset Beach
Armstrong College
Berkeley
Huntington Beach High School
Schumaker
Hah
National Honor Society
Nearby Area Short Shorts Messiah Guild Plans May Sale
Buena Park April 15. The Ladies Guild of Messiah Lutheran Church schedules a food and white elephant sale for May 1 and a variety show for June 19, per Rev. John Schumacher. Hostesses for May 1 are Mrs Elmer Fisher and Mrs William Dillon. Downey April 15. U S armed forces equipment will be demonstrated at Downey Union High athletic field May 29, with an Air Force helicopter landing. Clifford Shambaugh says school will dismiss for the demonstration.
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Buena Park
Ladies Guild of
Messiah Lutheran Church
John Schumacher
Elmer Fisher
William Dillon
Downey
U. S
Union High
Magnolia Juniors Feted in Home Party and Dances
Stanton on April 15 Mrs Paul Clark hosted the Magnolia Junior Study Club with cohostesses Mrs Ruth Reith and Mrs Robert Ramm. Canasta prizes awarded. Upcoming events include a May 7 dance in Laguna Beach and a Huntington Beach dance on April 18 at 8:30 pm.
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Laguna Beach
Stanton Lions
Frances Peterson
Lagunal
PTA
Orange County Public Health Department
Peterson
City Recreation Center
Huntington Beach
Newport Plans for Sea Race
Newport Beach hosts the fifth annual Newport Beach to Ensenada Yacht Race starting May 1, billed as America's only yearly international race and the world's largest ocean sailing event. City attorney Harry Blodgett, association president, announces the Night Before the Starting Gun Dinner on April 30 at Balboa Bay Club with dignitaries from Mexico and the 11th Naval District. Paul Whittler's cruiser Paullope will escort the start, with race chairman Bob Boyd aboard.
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Newport Beach
Newport Ocean Sailing Association
Balboa Bay Club
Paul Whittler
Paullope
Bob Boyd
Downey School Work Completed in Alameda District
Downey area reports completion of major additions at Alameda School District plants totaling about 2.5 million dollars. The new kindergarten units and a combined cafeteria auditorium at Alameda School cost roughly 153 thousand dollars. Construction included two new schools and improvements at Ed C. Lewis School Foster Road and Bellflower Boulevard, largely funded by state allocations, with E W Ward and C Carpenter schools among the new facilities built at costs near 500 thousand dollars each.
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Alameda
Ed C. Lewis
Foster Rd
Bellflower Blvd
E. W. Ward
Adoree Ave
C. ©. Carpenter
E. Foster Rd
News of County Servicemen Told
Buell area dispatch reports Lt Malcolm L Bizzle earns Army officer commission after six month OCS training in 1952 He is a Ful lerton High School graduate and formerly Merchant Marine officer Sgt Albert R Chapman receives orders to return to U S from Korea
Queen Hopeful Files First For Lions Club Carnival
ARTELIA April 15 Miss Joyce Vantine is the first candidate for queen of the sixth Lions Club Carnival to be held July and Aug. at the midway Orangethorpe Blvd and Pacific Electric tracks. Four more candidates are said to be entering. Last year the carnival raised 614 dollars for needy children and the blind. Club President Herb Findley spoke.
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Artelia
Joyce Vantine
Earl Vantine
Pioneer Bird
Rhea Wells
Wells
Orangethorpe Blvd
Pacific Electric
Herb Findley
Stanton Cub Scouts Presented Awards
Stanton April 15 Cub Pack 182 met at the Roy al C. Marten home 9761 S Western Ave Lions Club sponsor Cal Vin Pebley presented Bob Cat and Wolf awards and gold arrow points Committeemen Marten Farris H Brown and William Mohler Jr introduced new member Robert Domries Denner badges went to Dennis Millonzi and Terry Marten
Circle 1 Women’s Society to buy chairs and robes
Activities of Circle 1 of the Women’s Society of Christian Service at the Methodist Church include purchasing folding chairs for the social ball and sewing robes for the junior choir. New officers are Mines Garland Young vice president, Gerald Norton recording secretary, Robert Knoll corresponding secretary, Harold Yett treasurer. Next meeting is May 5.
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Garden Grove
Circle 1
Women's Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
John Off
Garland Young
Gerald Norton
Robert Knoll
Harold Yett
Paramount Street Paving Petitions Out
Paramount April 15 county supervisors have authorized circulation of a petition for the paving of Lionel Street and adjoining streets west from Garfield.
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Paramount Street Paving
Lionel St
Garfield
Marriage Licenses and Naval Cadet Graduation Feats
Marriage licenses issued as outlined by Supervisor Herbert Legg include address changes and property moves within the Ave area. Separately, U S Navy Preflight School Pensacola reports shipboard cadet Russell Boyd and others graduating. families acknowledge son’s military training status.
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Ave
Herbert Legg
Marion T
Jon Orizaba
Anderson
Water-Wenson
Rey Halleck
Paramount Blvd
Satan Ae Ariz
Catherine Smheartt
Arvil Ray
Kanegan
Cliv
Barbara “Roberta
Madnigal-Ortega
Frank ‘Gareta
Laguna Beach
Lou
Roberts
Parks-Ellis
Charies
U. S. Naval
Beltianets
Pensacola
Fla
Medongugi
Riephan
Soldier Appeals for Letters for Buddies
Cpl. Anthony J. Weeds Jr appeals for letters to two buddies in Korea who are being passed up at mail call. Pvt. Bill Marley of the 11th Marines First Marine Division and Cpl. D. F. Griffith share the care address FAO, San Francisco, California.
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Bellflower
Korea
Anthony J. Weeds, Jr
Anthony J. Weeds
E. van Buiten Ave
Pvt
Bill Marley
11Th Marines
First Marine Division
F-M.ef
Care Fao
San Francisco
California
California, and Cpl
D. F. Griffith
Fire Bomb Damages Auto in Newport Beach
Newport Beach patrol reports an auto owned by R. W. Johnson of 515 Poinsettia Ave was damaged when a fire bomb was tossed into the back seat. The fire was extinguished. the car was parked on the street near Johnson’s home.
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Newport Beach
R. W. Johnson
Poinsettia Ave
Johnson
Dinner for Three N Twenty Club Held April 19
Garden Grove plans a dinner on April 19 during the Three N Twenty Club event. Mrs. Vesta Griffith, club vice president, announced the details.
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Garden Grove
Vesta Griiffith
Pediatric Discussion Series Opens in Costa Mesa
The Rancho Mesa Nursery School hosted the first in a series of parent discussion groups led by Dr. Hugh J. Plumb Jr, a pediatrician. Sixty-five parents attended the April 15 session as the program began.
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Costa Mesa
Rancho Mesa Nursery School
Hugh J. Plumb Jr
Combat Infantryman Badge Awarded To Pvt Adamson
Pvt Robert D. Adamson of 11661 Cold Brook Ave receives the Combat Infantryman Badge for service in Korea. He is a member of the 160th Infantry, 40th Division.
Beach Plans Aired Tonight At Huntington Beach City Hall
Huntington Beach officials plan a public hearing tonight on a master Beach Development Plan. The chamber of commerce urges adding a supplementary plan by City Engineer Harry Overmyer to permit parking for 263 autos on the beach, alongside landscaping and park areas near the highway.
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Huntington Beach
Mang
Pracs
Chamber Or Commerce
Harry Overmyer
Downey to Host Musical Festival
Downey Union High School will host the annual Ye Friendly High School Glee Club festival April 18 in the University of Southern California auditorium. About 100 students from seven area high schools will participate in a mass chorus directed by USC music director Dr. Charles C. Hirt. The event features Downey mixed chorus and the girls glee club joining the program.
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Downey
Downey Union High School
Eovard
Uni*versity
California
Charles C. Hirt
USC
Girl's Glee Club
Taft Supporter Ackerman to Address Whittier Club
William J Ackerman of Los Angeles will speak to the Whit tier Young Republicans Clubs in the Whittier Att Galery at 727 S Painter Ave on Thursday April 15. The event promotes Sen. Robert Taft for President.
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Whittier
Sen
Robert Taft
Young Republicans
Galery
S. Painter Ave
William J. Ackerm
Los Angeles
Park Pastor Returns Home from West Coast Campaign
ELENA PARK April 15 Rev. Cecil Poal of the local Pentecostal Church has returned from Bellingham Washington where he constructed a church campaign. He appeared in his former role as a singing cowboy evangelist. Mrs Poal conducted Rev Poals radio program and church services while he was away.
Downey YMCA Names Field Supervisor for Girls Clubs
Mrs. W. Elton Rogers of 1525 E Laura Street has been chosen as the field supervisor for YMCA girls in Downey. She plans an extensive program for the 2% girls clubs of the local area for the coming season.
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Downey
W. Elton Rogers
E. Laura Sty
YMCA
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