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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1951
Page
8
Pensioners are offered a courtesy filled eye plan at Fridham Davis Optometrists with a wide range of glasses and special payment options. Dr Pridham Davis advertises offices in Long Beach and Compton with contact numbers.
Bridge winners at Long Beach Duplicate Bridge Club in Town Hall were reported by Mrs. Jean Parker. North-South pairs included Drue DeVico with Golda Gridley, Anne Jones with J S Huskey, Kelsey Petterson with R C Kennedy. East-West pairs were Jean Hayes with Mrs Percy Crawley, Jane Sosa with Anne Mitchell, Mrs G BR Browder with Al Jacobs.
Harold Woodhouse and David Oldham will play the Mikado with Henri Scanlon as Nanki Poo and Ko Ko shared by Arthur Carrah and John Levy. Cast includes Don McRoberts Pooh Bah Cecil Cumberland John Noschese Pish Tush and Marylou Peterson as Peep Bo. JoAnn Dennett Ruth Bradford Fitzi-Sing Myra Brannon Oldham and Mary Ellen Pervin as Yum Yum Katisha and Robert Powell as Umbrella Bearer. Richard Preston directs musical with Henri Scanlon as stage director and Vernon Lehman handling costumes and sets.
Long Beach will mark National Printing Week with a Wednesday night meeting at Hit Top Cafe. Printers from the harbor area will attend as guests of the Long Beach Printing Trades Association. John G. Gerken, former president of Hurnford Press, will discuss business management in printing. Roy Green Jr. will chair. Walter F. Richardson will lead the event. The week runs January 15 to 21 to commemorate Benjamin Franklin, father of American printing.
The Long Beach unit at 2405 American Ave joins a chain of 10 Southern California stores. A. B. Robertson will manage. the store offers wallpaper, linoleum, paints, enamels, and a large paved parking area. The policy includes an unemotional money back guarantee and expert staff to assist homeowners with paint projects.
Oswell's London Journal 1762 1763 arrives at public library readers will enjoy a year of escapades social converse and anticipate future volumes. Other biographies histories include H G Wells Prophet of Our Day and Why War Came in Korea. New fiction includes Walk With tha are Ana Zenger and Cry and the Covenant among others.
Long Beach chapter of the American Red Cross announced public first-aid courses for the week with calls for volunteers to train as instructors and join civil defense teams. Aiming to train 80,000, the program begins with sessions at Dominguez Methodist Church, Red Cross HQ, Latter-day Saints Church, and the YWCA, with classes across multiple schools and PT A groups.
Twenty years ago Barret Hoyt edged back from death with a new iron lung device that took over his breathing during a severe polio attack. Dr Philip Drinker and Dr S D Kramer helped set up the machine at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, saving Hoyt after four weeks of use. The iron lung has since saved thousands and became a national symbol for the March of Dimes with depots and thousands of units nationwide.
Mrs. Marie M. Winters becomes most excellent chief of North Long Beach Pythian Sisters temple 44 at Pythian Hall. New officers include Marie Kemple senior, Anita Search junior, Lindilt Petryka manager, Edith Perkir secretary, Mary Frances Young treasurer, Joyce Draper protector, June Seils outer guard, Florence Smith sitting past chief. May Harris Santa Ana past chief installing officer. Betty Backer Bellflower mistress of ceremonies. Opal Mayer past chief acting grand manager. Cecile Mortimore past chief acting grand senior. The candlelight ceremony featured candlelighters Mary Lee Young and Sharon Draper.
Long Beach State College will participate in the 1951 California Intercollegiate Press Association convention at UC Santa Barbara on February 23 and 24. The campus is among 11 member schools, with two more expected to apply. Elizabeth McLaughlin of Los Angeles State College will serve as second vice president and oversee arrangements, as reported by United Press.
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