Board to Appraise Civic Center Site in Long Beach
The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors approved appointing two appraisers to value the Long Beach Civic Center site, parts of which will house the county courthouse. Supervisors Burton W. Chace and Herbert C. Legg sponsored the resolution, with Legg absent.
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Long Beach Civic Center
Board of Supervisors
Los Angeles
Arthur J
Burton W. Chace
Herbert C. Legg
Legg
Chace
Lyman B. Sutter
Sam E. Vickers
Werner Ruditi
Long Beach
Civic Center
Magnolia
Cedar Aves
Broadway
Ocean Blyz
Rudhti
Rain Brings Rash of Accidents on Slippery Streets
Police report three injuries from traffic crashes during rain plus six minor accidents. Eddie Johnson 17 rode with Lonnie Flanders 19 when their car was rear ended by a skidding vehicle at Sixth Street and American Avenue. Mungo 28 said braking failed on a slippery street. Marvin James 12 north of Lemon Avenue treated after bike collision at Cerritos Ave. and Rhea Street. Marguerite Paul 25 injured internally in a Baltic Avenue collision involving William Caron and Richard Dilday. A police pursuit skid hit a jewelry store but caused no damage. Ronald Anderson 21, cited for mis demeanor hit run after skidding into another car and fleeing.
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Eddie Johnson
Patero Way
Sixth St
American Ave
Johnson
Lonnie R. Flanders
Cherry Ave
Salvatore C. Mungo
California Ave
Mungo
Marvin Clyde James
Lemon Ave
Seaside Hospital
Cerritos Ave
Rhea St
William
Henry Toneda
Lewis Ave
Baltic Ave
Marguerite L. Paul
E. HI St
William H. Caron
Richard B. Dilday
Elm Ave
Dilday
27Th St
Norse Way
Lakewood
R. G. ‘Clifton
3. R. Taylor
Ronald R. Anderson
Robert G. Fitzhugh
12Th St
Anderson
Marguita St
Council Cool to Board's Water Plan
City Council cools to a proposal by the Board of Water Commissioners to bill other city departments for water use. City Manager Samuel E. Vickers requests a full report before action, noting questions on its impact on the city budget and possible reciprocal charges on the Water Department. Vice Mayor Bazil A. Carleson supports weighing such charges, while Vickers points out Water Department tax exemptions and district assessments.
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Board of Water Commissioners
Samuel E. Vickers
Bazil A. Carleson
Vickers
Water Department
Metropolitan Water District
GP Engineer to Be Feted in 30th Year
John C. McDonald of 5336 Ap pian Way was honored at the Apple Valley Inn for 30 years with General Petroleum Corp. He has served as supervising engineer in the marine department since 1951 after 17 years as chief engineer on tankers. J. Moore hosted a luncheon for about 15 associates at the Terminal Island offices.
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John C. McDonald
Appian Way
Apple Valley Inn
General Petroleum Corp
McDonald
General Petroleum
Marine Department
J. Moore
McDonald 'S
Te Company
Terminal Sland
Illness Fatal to Official of Mottell's
Ernest Seymour longtime Mottell's official and Long Beach resident dies after a months long illness. He served 20 years with Mottell's and held roles in First Christian Church Seaside Lodge 504 FE&AM and the Optimist Club. Survived by wife Lena two daughters Jeanette Collins Relon Van Liew a son Harold and four grandchildren services set at Mottell's Chapel with entombment at Sunnyside Mausoleum.
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Ernest Seymour
Mottell's
Long Beach
Mr. Seymour
Vista St
Minneapolis
Reuben L. Anderson
First Christian Church
Sunnyside Mausoleum
Harbor Board approves Lomita Gas Co pact agreement
The Harbor Board on Monday approved a five year contract with Lomita Gas Co for payments to the harbor from Well No 1960 southwest of Ocean Blvd and Tulare Pl. The board also reduced the bond from 3000 to 100 due to dwindling production. The old 30 day lease would have expired January 19.
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Loimita Gas Co
Ocean Blvd
Tulare Pl
Board of Harbor Commissioners
Harbor Department
Kin of Taft to Speak in Celebrity Series
Charles P. Taft, brother of the late Ohio Senator, will be the final speaker in the 1953-34 Celebrity Lecture Series. He is slated to address an audience in Long Beach on March 24 on the topic Moral Foundations of Government.
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Charles P. Taft
Ohio
Forum
Fred A. Daw
Taft
Long Beach
Lakewood Chamber Names Candidates for Director Seats
The Lakewood Chamber of Commerce announces nominees for four director-at-large posts. Candidates include Earl Webb Anne Nebeker Kenneth Baichtal Francis Cannon Al Barcus Charles Boyes Lionel Rosenfeld L Call and Tommy Williams. Members will vote by mail.
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Lakewood Chamber of Commerce
Earl Webb
3Nne Nebeker
Kenneth Baichtal
Francis Cannon
al Barcus
Charles Boyes
Lionel Rosenfeld
L. Call
Tommy Williams
Lakewood Chamber
3 Year Bike License Begins At 50 Cents
Long Beach youngsters were told to buy a three year bicycle license for 50 cents instead of a yearly fee. Inspectors collected at city schools under Supervisor Frank Slem and Collector Frank Brejcha. The price rises to 1 dollar after March 1, plus 1 dollar for impounded bikes. Schedule lists school locations for the week and next week with dates through January.
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Long’ Beach
Frank Slemmet
Frank W. Brejcha
Barton, Addams and Burnett
Birney
Bixby
Burbank
Fremont
Bullum
Lincoln
Edison
Franklin
Mann
Garfield
Gant
Signal Hill
Harte and Gant
Hughes and
Stevenson
Grant
Suit Faced on Dockage for Avalon
Harbor board authorized city attorney to sue Catalina Steamship Line for 8649.52 dockage charges after the company denied liability. Avalon, tied at Berth 22 Pier C, faces delinquent list status and double dockage of 30 per day. Audit argued 15 a day or 450 a month, per port tariff, for May 1951 to Nov 1958. Catalina Line denies liability and referred the matter to its attorneys. Commissioner Sullivan urged referral to city attorney to collect and sue if needed.
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Board of Harbor
Catalina Steamship Line
Avalon
Pier C
E. J. Amar
Harbor Department
John R. Mansel
Tarff
J. J. Fennie
Pennie
Emmet Sullivan
John P. Davis
City Council Renames Street To End Self-Turing Intersection
Lakewood Plaza officials vote to remove the confusing one block Josie Ave segment between Ladoga Ave and Rose Say St. It will be renamed Niparme Ave extending one block northwest to eliminate the turn that made Josie Ave meet itself.
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Josie Ave
Lakewood Plaza
City Planning Commission
Ladoga, Ave
Rosesay St
Nipame Ave
Niparme
Funeral rites arranged for L B Lyricist in Long Beach
Funeral service for Gladys Comstock Smith, longtime composer and poetess, will be Wednesday at 10 30 a m in Christenlsen Pine Chapel. She died Sunday at 335 Temple Ave and is interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery. Survivors include husband Rollin Smith and mother Mrs Comstock. She founded and led several music groups and sought school board office in 1953. Born in Lexington Missouri she moved to Long Beach in 1925 from Seanees City.
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Christen lsen-Pine Chapel
Gladys. Comstock Smith
Temple Ave
H.B. Long
Inglewood Park Cemetery
DAR
Gladys Comstock" Smith
Board of Education
Smith
Lexington
Longnee
Seanees City
Willis Bradley
League
Rollin
Ling
Bb.c. Comstock
Long Head
YWCA
Charlotte Hill
Les
As- Angeles
Henry
United States
Herb Klockheim
Samuel T. Yuster
UCLA
Long Beach
Missy Harriett Ashlund
B. W. Coon Chapel
Harold L. Proppe
Sunnysside Memorial Park
Loneliness in New Yorkfelt by a thriving publicist
Virginia Wicks, once a Long Beach artist now a Manhattan press agent for stars Eartha Kitt Ella Fitzgerald Nelson Eddy and Jean Pierre Aumont, says loneliness accompanies success in Look Magazine. She describes quick swings from despair to engagement in the busy city.
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New York
Virginia Wicks
Long Beach
Manhattan
Eartha Kitt
Ella Fitzgerald
Nelson Eddy
Jean- ‘Ierre Aumont
Virginia
Look
State Leader to Visit Long Beach Chapter
Cora Welch of Oakland, president of the state department of American Gold Star Mathers Inc., will make her first official visit to the Southland at 1 PM Wednesday. The Long Beach Chapter meets at Veterans Memorial Building. Esther Burgard and Martha Murphy hold state department offices, while Mrs. Margaret Winter chairs the local chapter.
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Cora Welch
Oakland
State Department of American Gold Star Mathers Inc
Long Beach
Memorial
State Department
Esther Burgard
Martha Murphy
Margaret Winter
Welch
Southland
Obituary notices list Long Beach area passings
A column of obituaries from Long Beach area papers notes Olive A. King 64 of 3202 Ladoga Ave died Sunday with service at B W Coon Chapel and Sunnyside Memorial Park in the works. Other notices include LeRoy Woodruff 1962 Pasadena Ave retired clerk of the Long Beach Municipal Court and Addy Orla Norris from 343 Newport Ave, plus multiple survivors and memorial arrangements across several local mortuaries.
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Woodruff
Charles
LeRoy Woodruff
Pasadena Ave
Ng Beach
Los Angeles
Ringgold County
Iowa
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Blanche
Ray Evans
Lloyd E. Woodruff
Long Beach
Las Vegas Engineer Studies Up-to-Date Building Dept
Richard K. Cliphi, Las Vegas project engineer, studied Long Beach’s building bureau to learn reforms. He said Las Vegas issued about 3600 permits worth 21.9 million dollars, with 70 subdivisions and a department overwhelmed by demand, mirroring Long Beach’s growing pains.
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Las Vegas
L. B
Long Beach
Sehat
Richard K. Cliphi
Las Veges
Nev
Ciupht Ds
Clupht
Desert City
Laboratory Fieldman Job Tests Scheduled
The City Oral Service Board announced an exam for the Laboratory Fieldman position on January 22 with a salary range of 328 to 398 dollars per month. Applicants must be men aged 21 to 55 with education or experience in physics and materials testing.
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City Oral Service Board
Chelan County Picnic Slated in Silverado Park
Chelan County Association of Southern California will stage its annual picnic at Silverado Park on Sunday January 31 starting at 1 PM. Picnicers are asked to bring a basket dinner and table service will be provided.
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Gaelan County Associaton
Southern
California
Silverado Park
Kansas State Picnic to honor admission day
Kansas State Society members will celebrate their admission day with a picnic Sunday January 24 at Hixby Park from 10 p.m. to 4 p.m. The event invites members to gather for the commemoration at the park location and time.
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Kansas State Society
Hixby Park
Harbor Board OKs Details on New Sportfishing Dock
Harbor commissioners approve details for an east side sportfishing dock to host Pacific Sportfishing Landing after Berth 27, with sublease discretion for activities such as charter boats cafe bait shop and night tours. The dock opens after the 1954 fishing season starts. fees scale from 4 percent to 3 percent of gross receipts with monthly payments.
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Harbor Board
Oks
Board of Harbor Commissioners
Oka
de- Bertenen
Pacific Sportfishing Landing
Lcensee
Legion to Hear News Reporter at Veterans Memorial gathering
Representatives of the 19th District American Legion will hear Reporter Gene Fuson of the San Diego Union as featured speaker Wednesday evening in Veterans Memorial. All Legionnaires and veterans are invited to attend the meeting observing the veterans' organization 28th birthday. The business session follows a dinner from 5:30 to 6:00 p.m. Clark J. Higgenbotham will direct the Long Beach Veterans Community Band.
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American Legion
Gene Fuson
San Diego Union
Veterans Memorial
Legionnaires
Veterans’ Organization
Clark J. Higgenbotham
Long Beach Veterans Community Band
Boys Clubbers Host Billiards Exhibition at Clubhouse
Charlie Peterson, billiards expert, demonstrated plain and fancy pool shooting before Central Boys Club members at their Chestnut Avenue clubhouse. Branch Director Low Van Torn organized the Monday program for the 260 members in attendance.
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Charlie Peterson
Central Boy's Club
Chestnut Ave
Low Vantorn
Denies Monkey Business in Odd California Court Case
A South American ringtail monkey named Jerry appeared in Superior Court to defend its owner Mrs. Lucille Bruns, manager of a pet shop, amid a suit seeking forty thousand dollars. Witness Frank Price testified the monkey’s toss at him caused injury and heart trouble, while Bruns argued the animal is harmless and identical to a deceased brother.
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Fred Schott
Jerry
Lucille Bruns
Anaheim St
Frank Price
Mra. Brung
Price
Nourse
Edwin C. Tiff
Don Lane
Montey
Jaycees Push Yearly California Legislature Sessions
Long Beach Jaycees propose a constitutional amendment to require annual California Legislature sessions with a minimum number of days for budget review. The plan, led by Oliver Speran, calls for no per diem during sessions and fixed annual salaries, aiming to curb last minute rushed bills and ensure thorough debate.
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California
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Long Beach Jaycees
Oliver W. Speran
Long Beach
Jaycees
John Cincaid
Singer Phyllis Lynne to Meet Fans at Brower's Luncheon
Fifteen members of the Phyls Lynne Fan Club from Wood Tow Wilson High School will meet the singer at a Brower's Restaurant luncheon. Phyllis Lynne, famed vocalist with Frankie Carle and others, recently appeared with Pinky Tomlin on TV and earlier with Johnny Wilby. Linda McKinney, 15, arranged the event.
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Phyls Lynne
Wood- Tow Wilson High School
Brower
Phyllis Lynne
Frankie Carle
Vaughn Monroe
Freddy Martin
Bob Crosby
Pinky Tomlin
Johnny Wilby
Linda McKinney
Ashbrook Ave
Defective defense case referenced in court notes
A fragment notes a courtroom scene where a monkey on Price is mentioned, a stand is taken in defense, and Jerry receives a bas tana reward for efforts. Judge Nourse excuses Jerry, who will not appear again.
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Jerry
Nourse
Harbor Department Plans More Than 30 New Wells
Harbor Department aims to drill 30 to 35 new oil wells in the first half of the year, bringing total wells drilled to 912 with 770 producing. Long Beach Oil Development Co. drilled 795 wells, 662 producing, 73 idle. Richfield Oil Corp. drilled 117, producing 110, with nine idle. Tests consider drilling one well per five acres instead of per ten, LBOD with 22 sites and Richfield 41. development expected by end of 1955. About two wells per month are affected by subsidence-related “creeping paralysis.”
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Harbor Department
Frank J. Hardesty
Board of Harbor Commissioners
Long Beach Oil Development Co
Jue, J
Richfield Oil Corp
Uemade
LBOD
Richfield
Ohe
Hardesty
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Sunnyside Memorial Park
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Wayne, Neb
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Lime Ave
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Neb
Atlantic Ave
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Wolfe
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Magnolia Ave
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Chelan
Legion
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M. College OF Commerce
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Fred Herman
Long Beachk
Mottell’s Mortuary
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Mattell
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