Small town notes on manhole covers and local chatter
A barber shop talk about manhole covers aligns a resident's wish for better alignment of painted lines on covers. Also includes a breezy roundup: Long Beach EL Bekal Latino band in India, dialing lessons for blind children, Alcoholics Anonymous meeting plans, Abbey Rents in Dretwood, a Propeller Club essay contest, and Pine Avenue chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
India
Bert Ellis
LB. Shriners
Shriner
Dretwood— Abbey Rents
Saturday Evening Post
Propeller Club
Pine Ave
Liberatski
Long Beach residents win Freedoms Foundation honors
Three recipients from Long Beach area are among Freedoms Foundation winners for 1954 noted at George Washington Birthday ceremonies in Valley Forge. Dorothy I. Lievmark of North Long Beach earned an honor for a poem Speak Up for Freedom, editor Joe McMillan of Grayson Controls Division received a citation, and Clyde Winslow of North Long Beach earned a $30 prize and medal for It Tolls for Thee. Winslow also marked his fourth consecutive recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freedoms Foundation
Long Beach
North Long Beach
Press-Telegram
George Washington
Valley Forge
Dorothy I. Lievmark
Cerritos Ave
Joe McMillan
Grayson Controls
Robertshaw-Fulton Controls Co
Clyde Winslow
Walnn Ave
Winslow
Sunday Independent
Press- Telegram
Winslow Artist
Independent
Liermark
van Air Force Base
Maywood
City College
David Arthur Pilan
175Th St
Torrance
Pilon
Compton — Enterprise
Stephen C. Foster
Frank L. Walton
Whaley
Willowbrook
Marx Keppel
Fullerton
Fullerton Union
Gardena Gardene
Will Rogers
Wilson
Sf State Supreme Court
National Patriotic, Veterans and Service Club
Kenneth D. Wells
Jail Inmate Escape Just Before Release
A 3 year term prison inmate escaped from the City Jail parking lot an hour before release to avoid being handed to the Army as a deserter. Raymond F. Hall, passing as John M. Tucker, fled during work detail with four other prisoners. the real Tucker remained jailed. Hall, 5’11”, 165 pounds, brown hair and blue eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Mail
Army
Raymond F. Hail
Aday
Hall
John M. Tucker
Tucker
Perseus Aids Grounded Schooner Goodwill Off Baja California
Coast Guard cutter Perseus reached Cedros Island near Baja California to refloat the 161 foot schooner Goodwill grounded 75 yards offshore since Monday. Seventeen aboard reported safe as tug Kanak and Canadian destroyer HMCS Crusader assisted briefly. the yacht had just completed the 1953 transpacific race to Hawaii from Long Beach and Newport Harbor, with owner Ralph Larrabee aboard and guests and crew listed.
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Coast Guard
Perséus
Cedros Island
Baja California
Goodwill
Per i
Rne Peast
Perseus
Thesland
Here
Kanak
Pavifiee Towboat and Salvage Co
San Diego
Crusader
Hawaii
Long Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
Newport Harbor
Cape San Lucas
Ralph Larrabee
Bay St
Newport Beach
Huntington Park
Floyd M. Clothier
Santa Monica
Hugo C. Hayter
Ernie Launder
Montebello
Willian Pruett
Colvina
Brad Green
Harold Bierley
Robert Varstand
Tordis Varstand
Helen Bush
Cook
George L. Arthur
Robert Gill
Charles L. Smith
Washington Paid Honors by Navy
The Destroyer Tender CSS Frontier anchored off the Naval Base fired a salute at noon today in honor of George Washington. Tied alongside Frontier were the flagship of Rear Adm. Co AL Buchanan and destroyers Brush Moore Thomas and Maddox participating in the ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Frontier
Adm
AL Buchanan
Brush
Moore
Thomas
Maddox
Wanted 46 Rides to This Advertiser
Classified ad pitch offering 46 rides and extra revenue through classified ads. Mentions 50 calls, leaving 45 people seeking titles. Includes phone contact 6-9071 for responses. No specific people or organizations identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iast
Douglas Earnings Doubled in Record Year at Douglas
Douglas Aircraft reports a fiscal year ending Nov 30 with net profits of 36.14 million dollars or 14.70 a share, up from 18.59 million and 7.73 a share after stock splits. Sales rose to 815.22 million, backlog reached 2.055 billion, and employment climbed to 71,900. Military sales totaled 756 million, while commercial sales set a postwar high of 159 million. Observance of Lent begins Wednesday in Long Beach and Lakewood with Ash Wednesday rites and a series of Lenten services across Protestant and Catholic churches noted for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Aircraft
Donald W. Douglas
Long Beach
Lakewood
Raman Catholia Climshis
All Saints’ Episcopal
Ainsley M. Carter
Atlantic Ave
Willard A. Schurr
Belmont Heights
Royal W. Stanton
Faure
Tallis
J. Wealey Neal
Jgraver C. Bagby
Erich V. Qelschlaeger
William Harrison Myers
Holy Trinity American Lutheran
Oscar C. Nees
Lakewood Village
Wilford R. Hall
I Happy Birthday Art Students Portray Washingtons Legends
Thirty two Bit ney Elementary third graders created drawings and crayon portraits of George Washington in a Monday classroom art lesson led by Mrs. Betty Weaver. Some depictions cast Washington in a sterner light while others showed a smiling, less grim visage. At Washington Junior High, Karl Hall spoke on civic vigilance and democracy, crediting Washington as Father of Our Country. Long Beach schools observed Washingtons birthday with activities and otherwise closed.
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Bitney
George Washington
Betty Weaver
George
Washington Junior High School
Karl Hall
E. 16Th St
Washington
Karl
Long Beach
Port Board seeks five million for subsidence and bridge work
The Board of Harbor Commissioners on Monday sought 5 million from the Public Improvement Fund to fight subsidence and finish Ocean Blvd and St. St. bridges. Funds would rehabilitate the Seaside area and support riverbank, maintenance yard, and channel work while questions circulate about using public improvement money for upland subsidence projects and a new Harbor Department administration building.
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Board of Harbor Commissioners
Public Improvement Fund
Ocean Blvd
St. St
Los Angeles River
Long Beach Oil Development Ca
Harbor Department
Seaside Blvd
Water St
Broadway
Ocd Sts
Entrance Channel
Ocean’ Blvd
Public Improvement
Harbor Revenue Fund
Harbor Reserve Fund
Iweara
Eloi J. Amar
el Embarcadero
Harbor
LBOD
Richfield
City Attorney's Office
Harbor District
SP to Move Ticket Office to New Loc in City
The Southern Pacific ticket office at 140 W Ocean Blvd will relocate Saturday to 303 Locust Ave, with the district passenger office at 132 W Ocean moving to the new site. Both offices open 8 30 a m Monday, introducing new telephone sales and mail delivery options for reservations and tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific
W. Ocean Blvd
Locust Ave
Lawson Overman
District
W. Ocean
Man
Hair Stylists to Exhibit at 12th Beauty and Trade Show
Exhibitions by Charles Slough and other Southland hair stylists headline the 12th annual Beauty and Trade show at Wilton Hotel in San Diego. Sponsored by the Long Beach Hairdressers Guild, the program draws more than 3,000 stylists with seven trophies and a $200 cash prize to be awarded in separate men and women hairdresser contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charies Slough
San Diego
Southland
Wilton Hotel
Long Beach Hairdressers Guild
Tuna Boats Pay Fines in Peru Seizure Leads to Payments
Fourteen tuna boats from the United States and including San Pedro and Monterey vessels paid a 52050 filhe fine for fishing within Peru’s 200 mile zone. Peruvian destroyers seized eight boats, later docking them at Talara. State Department warned of a strong protest if fines persisted.
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U.S
San Pedro
Peru
Alaska Reeter
Arctic Maid
Sea King
Stanford
Marsha Ann
Santa Ana
B. F. Lucido
Monterey
U. S State Department
U. S
Edgar L. McGinnis Jr
State Department
Department
Britain
Chile
Ecuador
Talara
Local readers invited to pen traffic peeve letters
Readers are urged to write their traffic irritation to the Peeve Editor at The Press Telegram Long Beach. Submissions should be mailed to 6th St. and Pine Ave, avoiding phone calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Press-Telegram
6Th St
Pine Ave
Long Beach
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ALA
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L. B. Given Freedoms Foundation
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