Norwalk Church Services Listed
Norwalk churches list Christmas worship plans across multiple venues. St John Lutheran will move services to First Methodist Church on Dec 24 at noon with Rev. Carlson speaking on A Visit to Bethlehem. Choir and organist Mrs. Stafford provide special music.
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Norwalk
St John's Lutheran Church
First Methodist Church
Perry A. Carlson
Bethlehem
Russel Stafford
Albert Grimsdahl
Dorrance’ Moore
Owen O'Connor
St. John of God Catholic Center
Louis Buechner
Pioneer Blvd
Orange St
Cornelius Ravile
Norwalk State Hospital
Baptist Church
The
Temple Baptist Church
E. Sproul St
Joe Nation
Bethany Congregational Church
Pine St
Funston Ave
Paul T. Lauby
Lauby
Legion hosts Newport Beach Christmas party for youths
More than 75 youngsters were feted at the Newport Harbor American Legion Post and Auxiliary Christmas party at Legion Hall. Christmas carols were sung by the group and an entertainment program was presented.
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Newport Beach
Newport Harbor
American Legion
Legion Hall
Bellflower schools receive state grant to add classrooms
A state grant of 72620 will fund 11 classrooms and an administration building for the Bellflower grammar school district, enabling full-time instruction for 2150 pupils by February. Funds also cover 7102 for foldable cafeteria tables. Opening 40 new rooms at multiple schools allows full-day sessions and meals for younger pupils.
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Bellflower
Norman Wampler
Wampler
Sacramento
Reeien
Washington School
Foster School
Lakewood Park
Roosevelt
Jefferson
Norwalk
Soule
Nettie L. Waite
Ross Jarvis
Julia B. Morrison
Studebaker Rd
Garth
Rosecrans Ave
Jarvis
Waite School
Choir to Present Oratorio Sunday in Downey
Downey churches announce Christmas programs with Saint-Saens oratorio by First Presbyterian Church Choir and Downey Boy Choir at 8 p.m. Sunday 10520 S Downey Ave, orchestra under William Hollenbeck. Christmas Eve Communion at 11 p.m. and community carols. Lutheran services begin Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and run through Christmas Day with sermons and children’s programs. Messiah Lutheran Church hosts three services including a midnight candlelight service on Christmas Eve.
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Downey
Camille Saint-Saens
First Presbyterian Church
S. Downey Ave
William Hollenbeck
Luetheran
J. H. Hohengarten
Messiah Lutheran Church
Coatthiine
John the Baptist
Ed Gottschalk
Hohengarten
Jesus
Leo Woot
Park Church
Buena Park
John Schulmacher
Winter Deer Hunting to Be Asked of State Agency
Santa Ana December 22 report that the Walton League urges the State Fish and Game Commission to approve a winter deer hunting season in the Santa Ana Mountains. The plan covers Cleveland National Forest areas and parts of San Diego Riverside San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties starting January 1953. organizers cite orderly harvest reduced crop damage and hunter access when fire danger closes areas. The commission may open additional Southland areas if the experiment proves satisfactory.
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Santa Ana
Santa Ans Izank Walton League
Fish and Game
Santa Ang Conservationists
Forest Service
Santa Ansa Mountains
Cleveland National Forest
San Diego County
Riverside
San Bernardino
Los Angeles
C. Perry Maynard
Fish and Game Commission
Southland
Beach Guard Rail Installed at El Morro Bay
In Laguna Beach on December 22 the State Highway Department installed about 800 feet of steel guard rail along Coast Highway near El Morro Bay to curb cars leaving the road and landing on the sand. Additional footage is planned to enhance road safety.
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Laguna Beach
Coast Hwy
el Morro Bay
State Highway Department
Oratorio Society to Present Messiah in Norwalk
Handel's Messiah will be performed by a 125-voice Southern California Oratorio Society chorus at Ex igelsior High School in Norwalk on Sunday at 2 30 pm. Soloists include lyric soprano Ike Phylliss Moffet, Katherine Hilgenberg, William Olvis, Ralph Isbell. Doris Ryan will be pianist and Robert Prichard organist.
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Norwalk
Southern California Oratorio Society
Exigelsior High School
Ike Phylliss Moffet
Katerine Hilgenberg
William Olvis
Ralph Isbell
Doris Ryan
Robert Prichard
Freak Mishap Kills Motorist in South Whittier
Bell Gardens resident Joseph Burt Hansel, 41, died after his light truck rammed a parked truck loaded with two inch pipe in a new housing tract on Oval Road in South Whittier. He died at a Whittier hospital shortly after arrival.
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Norwalk
Joseph Burt Hansel
Barnish St. Bell Gardens
Whittier Hospital
Oval Rd
South Whittier
California Highway Patrol
Hansel
Leon Richardson
Birdvale Ave
Downey
Los Angeles River Bridge
Imperial Hwy
Alec M. Gonzales
Dune Ave
Olive
Garfield Ave
Mother collapses as son gets prison in Santa Ana burglary
In Santa Ana on December 22 a mother fainted when her son Tory Garcia Delfine was sentenced to up to three years in Chino State Prison for burglary connected to a looting case. Fellow suspect Fortuna Ramos, 22, also received a similar term. Raymond Garcia Deltfine, 18, won probation and was ordered to contribute to $1500 in damages.
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Santa Ana
Chino
Margarita Delfine
Kenneth E. Morrison
Tory Garcia Delfine
Orange County Hospital
Fortunato R. Ramos
Define
Raymond Garcia Deltfine
Sewer Line Sale Slated For County Transfer
The Corona del Mar coast sewer trunk will be sold to County Sanitation Districts 5 and 6 for about 205716 dollars. The deal allows Costa Mesa trunks 17th Street and Newport Boulevard to connect to the Newport line while the city may retain use and use proceeds for debt service.
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Newport Beach
Harry Ashton
Margarite Ave
Corona del Mar
Coast Hwy
Costa Mesa
Newport
17Th St
Newport Blvd
Ashton
Road Blocks Continue in Orange County DUI Crackdown
In Santa Ana December 22, a 14-man California Highway Patrol team led by Sgt. James Booth mounted a second four hour road block at undisclosed locations to spot drunk drivers and vehicle violations. Last night near MacArthur and Newport, 731 cars were checked producing 73 warnings and 26 arrests. The patrol targets drunk driving and defective equipment as part of the holiday enforcement.
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Santa
Ana
Orange County
California
James Booth
MacArthur Blvd
Newport Blvd
Booth
Captive War Prisoners Debate By Returning Soldier
Buena Park soldier Sgt. Edward Hardman, home after 18 months in Korea, questions Communist prisoner counts and wartime treatment. He cites UN prisoner aid by Chinese forces, North Koreans’ harsh handling, and asserts fighting there protects American life. He plans to report Jan 9 for reassignment at Camp Roberts after receiving the Purple Heart.
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Buena Park
Edward Hardman
Hardman
United
Alice Hardman
Eighth St
Korea
Camp Roberts
Airborne Santa Lands at Beach in Huntington Beach
In December 1922 Santa Claus arrived by plane and rode a red fire engine to the Paval ion Ballroom for an Elks Lodge 784 Santa party in Santa Ana. More than 200 local children received gifts as films were shown and police and fire officials aided the event.
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Huntington Beach
Santa Claus
Pavalion
Elks Lodge
Santa Ana
Henry Garrish
Paget
Santa
Ben Dulaney
Harry Hyde
Charles Derigo
Allen Gisler
H. M. Hepburn
John Dolan
D. G. Higgins
R.A. Brown
Howard Roubidoux
Jack Roble
Jack Robertson
Billi Hoppock
William Gallienne
Yale Concert Slated Sunday
Garden Grove December 22 a sacred Christmas concert by the church choir will highlight 5 p m Sunday services at First Baptist Church Rev Vic C Hayman pastor The public is invited Patsy Needler Barbara Oughton Barbara Donovan Bertha Carlton Gordon Hammond Jim Wright sing and a mixed quartet with Oughton Brown Hammond Moore Wallace directs with Betty Miller at the organ Rev Hayman to leave for Norwalk in January delivering farewell December 30
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Garden Grove
First Baptist Church
Vic C. Hayman
Patsy Needler
Barbara Oughton
Barbara Donovan
Bertha Carlton
Gordon Hammond
Jim Wright
Ruth Brown
Dick Moore
Oan Wallace
Betty Miller
Hayman
Norwalk First Baptist Church
Market Looted for $98 at Artesia Street Market
Market theft reported by owner Ralph R. Grant after a $98 currency loss from a small cash box kept under a counter at 9402 Artesia Street. Deputies were notified Friday by the Bellsflower sheriff’s office.
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Bellflower
Artesia St
Sheriff's Deputies
Ralph R. Grant
City to Erase Parking Lines in Whittier
Whittier will sandblast and erase the old diagonal parking lines in January after the holidays. City Manager Deane Seeger announced the move to replace the tin parallel system, aiming to ease parking for shoppers who kept diagonally parking out of habit.
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Whittier
Deane Seeger
Horse Injured in Car Mishap at Main Street
Police report a horse from 29 Main Street owned by Sis Seracus was slightly injured after a collision with a car near 12th and Main. A 14-year-old passenger had been riding the horse when the accident occurred as it headed to its stable. Driver was Wayne Andrew Miller of Oklahoma, visiting Huntington Beach.
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Huntington Beach
12Th
Main Sts
Sis Seracus
Main St
Wayne Andrew Miller
Oklahoma
Mystery Blast Puzzles Firemen
Santa Ana reports a mysterious explosion last night at 19th and N Ross Street drew firemen and neighbors to the scene. Investigators found an unoccupied house corner with no further hazards, and Fire Chief John Garthe led the crews in surveying the empty property.
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Santa Ana
19Th
N. Ross St
John Garthe
Tree Planting Project Launched in Paramount
Paramount Kiwanis Club launches a tree planting program to beautify parks and playgrounds. The first Deodar evergreen was planted in the county park with plans for a permanent Christmas tree in the future. Bernard Biyleven chairs the agriculture and conservation committee. A budget exists for reforestation and a progress report is due at the January 8 Legion Hall meeting at 6 30 p m. The group will focus first on school grounds as new campuses are built.
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Paramount Park
Paramount Kiwanis Club
Paramount Ave
Kenneth Sheller
Sam Klein
Fred Ehrmann
Leslie B. Duke
Charles Brinckley
Paramount
Legion Hall
Sheller
First Baptist Costa Mesa Concert This Sunday
The choir of the First Baptist Church of Costa Mesa will present a concert of sacred music at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the church on Magnolia Street and Santa Ana Avenue. Members and friends are invited and nursery care will be provided for small children.
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Costa Mesa
First Baptist Church of
Magnolia St
Santa Ana Ave
Churches Plan Yule Services in Bellflower
Bellflower Christmas services and music mark Sunday across churches. Youth groups from Community Presbyterian and First Christian will lead vesper and Bethlehem themes, with cantatas at First Baptist and North Bellflower Church of Christ. Choirs, dramas, and ensembles feature throughout the day and evening.
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Bellflower
Community Presbyterian Church
Robert A. Burns
First Baptist Church
Ernest Hasselblad
Merle Willcats
First Christian Church
Clark and
Walnut Aves
Bethlehem
Hary E. Berg
Assembly OF God
Florence Reid
Assemly of God
E. W. Odell
Church OF Christ
North Bellttower Church of Christ
Maurice Williams
Bethel Reformed Church
Bernard Brunsting
Stolen Horse Found Dead in River Bed
A seven year old chestnut mare valued at $400 was found dead in the Los Angeles River bed near Paramount after being stolen from Edward E. Dudley’s corral on Mount Paramount Blvd. Police believe the horse panicked and died trying to flee. An extra saddle was found near the animal.
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Paramount
Edward E. Dudley
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Mmes
Sue Denno
Esther Kitchen
Rose Rosenthal
Katherine Evans
Norwalk Church Services Listed
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Bellflower Schools
Oratorio Society
Bell Gardens
Yale
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SCINE
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Shonda Fleming
Mens Freeman Howard Duff
Lady From
Texas
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Nubel Vert
Montgomery Clift
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Guspr Romero
Gene Evans
FBI
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Torrey
Steve Cochran
Marie Aloon
Marguerite Chapman - Chet
Mitchell
Mars
Wayne
San Pedro
Cabrillo Techical
An Francis
Morris
Adrian Booth
Compton Roadium Drive-In
Paramount and
Compton Blvd
Ricardo Montalban
Cyd Chariss
Mark OF the Renegade
Amaritg
Mighty Joe Young
New Avenue
Topaz
Elisha Coox JR
Lawrence Thorne
Dillinger
Larry Sullivan
Belita
the Gangster
New Meralta Theatre
Ae. Naor Fireshow
Clark Gable
Across the Wide Missouri
Lona Turner
Exlo Finza
AN Pedro Drive
Gattey
Randolsh Scott
Jean Leslie
Man IN
Shatley Winters
Richard Conte
Torrance
Arbor Drive
Vermont
Derek - Osnen Reed
Broderick Crawford
Wilmington
Fox Granada
Dare Wyman
Cherisa Laughton
the Blue Veil
Stave Cochran - Marie Aloon
Cameron
Compton
Rosechans
Josg Seock Siva
Dene Wyman
Charlies Laughton
Cesar Romer
Gardeha
Wyman
Charing Laughton
Blue Veil
Cesur Womerg
Cadi
Gyhene
Shove Arto Ee
Broadway
Breadno West
Disney
Paulo Drive-in
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Corio
Mase
Walker Ede
Aaeen Bogart
Deower Farmer
Gary Cooper
Jaap Wyatt
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Eliott
Caria Salenda
Lery
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