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Newspaper

Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1953

Page

2

City College groups elect spring semester officers

City College clubs and the Viking band chose spring officers. Kassai election at Sonia Shafto’s home names Gloria Walker president and Linca Flaisted vice president with other LB G c officers. Coast Inn banquet sets February 7 for installation. Frank Goodman heads Thane club with Jack Brewer as VP and Sam Starock as secretary treasurer. New members Ed Braden Joe Dobbs Ronald Gersten Tom Parkins Ralph Royce Don Schlosser join Thane. Viking band taps Bob Dill as president and appoints Jim Finch first VP Nancy Kealey second VP Barbara Friendson secretary Donna Edwards treasurer Dixie Langston librarian Harry Fiesel member at large. Engineers install Earl Garrison president Ralph Reece secretary George Hensley treasurer Charles Youde corresponding secretary. Ramayana installs Maureen Leed president and Shirley Toms VP with Margaret Miner secretary Diane Ones treasurer Mariene Nodami Libby Martin sergeants at arms Lee Ann Shumway historian. Doni Schlosser elected president of rang with Dave McDonald VP Bill Johnson secretary Bob Nelson treasurer. Supporters elect Jack Greer president spring Ron Sisler VP Wally Cassperson secretary Bob Nelson treasurer Vern Buer sergeant at arms Jack Donahoe athletics rep. Junior Exchange officers pick Ted Ford president Dan Meade VP Don Brown recording secretary John Barreto corresponding secretary Jack White athletic representative. Frederick keeps scrapbook.

Kassai Thane Viking Band City College Sonia Shafto LB G.c Service Club II Gloria Walker Linca Flaisted Mary Denton Glatys Weyant Shirley Toms Coast Inn Frank Goodman Jack Brewer Sam Starock Coast Inm Ed Braden Joe Dobbs Ronald Gersten Tom Parkins Ralph Royce Don Schlosser Bob Dil Jim Finch Nancy Kealey Barbara Friendson Donna Edwards Dixie Langston Harry Fiesel Herb Beggs Kris Real Imperial Restaurant Earl Garrison Ralph Reece George Hensley Charles Youde la Vanta Inn Palos Verdes Maureen Leed Margaret Miner Diane Ones Mariene Nodami Libby Martin Lee Ann Shumway Doni Schlosser Dave McDonald Bill Johnson Bob Nelson Jack Greer Ron Sisler Wally Casperson Vern Buer Jack Donahoe Ted Ford Dan Meade Don Brown John Barreto Jack White Ob Frederick

Wilson to Present Angel Street Feb 26 in Pimlico High

A Pimlico London setting in 1880 hosts Wilsons ulkschool production of Angel Street on February 26 and 27. Cast includes Shirley Ann Petro Mrs Manningham Jack Nessel Mr Manningham Donald Kline Inspector Rough with Bobbie Haynes Jeanette Wallace as Nancy Marilyn Edes Evangel Williams as Elizabeth the housekeeper. The three act two hour melodrama opens to the public.

Angel St Pimlico London Angel Street Wilson Shirley Ann Petro Mrs. Manningham Jack Nessel Mr. Manningham Donald Kline Inspector Rough Nancy Bobbie Haynes Jeanette Wallace Marilyn Edes Evangel Wiliams Elizabeth

Jordan Elects New Officers At Danville Jordan

Shirley Kuster and Terry Schroeder led the election as heads of the Girls and Boys Leagues at Jordan, with Bonnie Myers and Dick Westphal among new officers. The slate includes Sharon O Bergh and Mary Lou Vega in key roles, and justice week and a school picnic are planned along with pie sales to aid the budget.

Shirley Kuster Terry Shhroeder Jordan Ly Seeond Jor Shirley Bonnie Myers Sharon O'Bergh Carolin Brown Mary Lou Vega Charles Martinson Spat Dick Westphal Kuster Clara Gott Marion Zinn Walter Smith

Campanile Staff Sets Book Sales Record

Campanile staff sets all time record for books sold with 1910 to date. Marty Schaffer leads with 255 books, 20 above the prior high of 235 in 1943. A new staff system fines students who delay payments and imposes a $5 charge if purchases are made in June.

Wison Campane Marty Schaffer High Point

Final Day of Villa Riviera Flower Shop Opening

The Villa Riviera Flower Shop at the Villa Riviera Hotel closes its three day opening with owners Harry Marks Ray Solomon and Carol Cohen offering every caller a full sized corsage or boutonniere as a courtesy gift to both ladies and gentlemen.

Villa Riviera Villa Riviera Hotel Harry Marks Ray Solomon Carol Cohen

Stage Door Players to Present Irish Farce and One Acts

The Stage Door Players at City College present Spreading the News by Lady Gregory along with three other one act plays on February 25 and 27 at the Polytechnic High School Auditorium. Cast includes David Butler, Maryaryce Rivard, Knates Smith, Jim Bridgeman, Bill Curtain, Helen Bogen, Wayt Middough, Earle Hayes, Tom Urrity, and Mario Murray. The program features Spreading the News along with Noel Coward's Red Peppers, Kaufman's Stir Alarm, and Edna St Vincent Millay's Aria Da Capo.

Noel Coward Stage Door Players Polytechnic High School City College General Matio Urrity Lady Gregory Dublin Abbey Theater David Butler Maryaryce Rivard Kntes Smith Jim Bridgeman Bill Curtain Helen Bogen Wayt Middough Earle Hayes Tom ‘Urrity Mario Murray Red Peppers George Kaufman Edna St. Vincent Millay

Poly Orators Win Finals at Junior Speech Prelims

Three Poly High students Myrna Kelly Rose Ann Wood and Kenneth Riedman earned finalist spots in the junior speech preliminaries on January 20 and will deliver five minute talks on Famous Immigrants for the finals sponsored by Trip. Topics include Alexander Graham Bell inventor of the telephone Rose Ann threads Andrew Carnegie steel magnate and Myrna Joseph Pulitzer. Finals set for March 6 with cash prizes for class of 1953 entrants.

Poly High Myrna Kelly Rose Ann Wood Kenneth Riedman Knouf E. Lively Trip Kenny Alexander Graham Bell Andrew Carnegie Rose Ann Myrna Joseph Pulitzer Lively Poly Chamber] of Commerce

Wilson's Key Club Holds First Meeting

Wilson's newly organized Key Club held its first meeting to elect temporary officers and form committees for a constitution. Sponsored by East Long Beach Kiwanis, the petition for a charter will go to Key Club International in Chicago.

Wilson Key Club Hank Viets Kim Meyer Rodney Rumble East’ Long Beach Jack Beeks Walt Cox Sheldon Gebp Lerry Baum Julian Randolph Jon Meyer Tom Jory Walker Geer Ramsey Alge Moore Lawrence Creasey Jim Hopkins Jim Meyer Bill Baker Bob Thompson Lloyd McGinnis Bill Sweningsen Bill Krenwinkel John Hancock Ted Lyman Bill Marmion Atlee Arnold Marsal Resler Ted Brekke Richard Hall Ronald Butler Danny Jameson Jack Bosna Phil Putnam Phil Goddard Kiwanis East Long Beach Kiwanis

Poly High School Musical Ends Run Tonight

Poly High School presents the second and final performance of Fascinatin Rhythm in the Poly Auditorium tonight at 8. The show features music dance and surprise comedy bits with student cast and director David Bullock and promises a full house. Keats Tyler plans to bring Movie Star Tab Hunter to attend. tickets 69 cents at the box office.

Poly Poly High School Andi Scassius David Bullock Keats Tyler UCLA Tab Hunter Hunter Keats

Poly Launches Freedom Crusade Campaign Here

Jo Ann Downing announced a local campaign for the Crusade for Freedom to fight communism through money radio and Freedom Grams. The effort has 25 million supporters and $3.5 million raised for Radio Free Europe, plus the World Freedom Bell in Berlin. Les Brown’s Winds of Free music and a Freedom Grams leaflets drive accompanied a March of Dimes event with 4,000 to 5,000 attendees at Municipal Auditorium. Proceeds support 1953 infantile paralysis work.

Poly Jo Ann Downing Jo Ann Radio Free Europe Berlin Les Brown Municipal

Fall From Cafe Stool Injures Diner Head

Ira F. Hood, 38, of 2241 W. Esther St., fell from a cafe stool early today and struck his head. Four stitches were required to close a scalp laceration. The accident happened at a cafe on 412 West Coast Highway, police said.

Ira F. Hood W. Y Esther St Pack Coast

San High Students Seek Entry To Freedom Program

A fragment notes San high school students showing interest in joining a program to help fill the Iron Curtain. Jo Ant mentions that registration cards may be obtained by writing to Cru sade for Freedom care of the postmaster.

Ao San Jo Ant Crusade For Freedom

Ex-POWs Plan First State Convention in Long Beach

Films for the American Ex Prisoners of War first state convention were discussed at a Long Beach dinner meeting. Convention chairman George S. Eisen announced plans for welcoming and admitting Americans taken prisoner during the present Korean incident once released.

Long Beach George S. Eisen Fourth St Eisen

Weekly Business Pulse Sees Gains Despite Labor Strains

Rising production narrowed labor shortages across sectors as steel and automobile output climbed to near postwar peaks. Tax talk surged with calls for cuts. Quaker Oats staff joined a broad employee push for lower federal taxes. Industrie leaders forecast strong conditions into spring, with ad spending hitting new highs and stocks rising toward a new peak.

Artesia Man Dies as Car Overturns

Maurice Bingham, 51, of 11857 Flora Vista St Artesia, died when his car ran off Westminster Blvd west of Cannery Rd and overturned after plowing into two ditches. CHP said he was westbound at about 8 30 a m.

Garden Maurice Bingham Flora Vista St. Artesia California Bingham Westminster Blvd Cannery Rad

Car Crash Injures Pedestrian Near Laundry Plaza

Lowie Yong, at Quan Chi Chinese Laundry on 630 W Pacific Coast Hwy, was seriously injured Friday evening after being struck by a car at Pacific Coast Hwy and Maine Ave. He received treatment at Seasidel Hospital for a possible fractured skull, shock, and chest, shoulder, and ankle injuries. Driver John E B Kirk, 58, of 2267 Mira Mar Ave, was cited for violating pedestrian right of way.

Lowie Yong Quan Chinese Laundry Pacific Coast Hwy Maine Ave Seaside Pallee John EB. Kirk Mira Mar Ave

iSteel CIO Unionists Meet Over Indiana Harbor Dispute

Representatives of iSteel Co and the CIO United Steel Workers will meet with a federal conciliator to settle the dispute that idle 18 000 workers after picket lines formed at the Indiana Harbor plant. Company officials call the strike needless illegal and unauthorized.

Gary Ind Tiiand Steel Co CIO United Indiana Harbor, Ind

Washington Name OK Records on Road and General Washington Arrest

Long Beach police arrest a 21 year old man nicknamed General Washington for traffic warrants including noisy muffler speeding and failing to appear in court. He lives at 3856 E 15th St and works at an auto bubble bath establishment. Bail totals 379 dollars.

General Washington Delaware Beacd E. 15Th St H. R. Rogers R. EB. Cabot

Trend of Stock Prices for Past Week Analyzed

The piece analyzes stock market behavior over two weeks with Dow Jones around 286 to 288 and eyeing President Eisenhower’s State of the Union as a market cue. It notes potential upside if the message favors business or downside if it disappoints, citing industry moves, rails, and averages. It also discusses tax policy, depreciation, OPS and EFT timelines, and signs of rising demand in furniture, cement, lumber, and home-building.

Paul H. Macgregor S. F. Hauen & Co Eisenhower Congress de la Chapelle WWF Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis Standard & Poor Ient Reed Moscow EFT Internal Revenue Bureau Boston Chicago Big Spring

Theft Suspect Nabbed Hiding in Restaurant

Chester Reymond Frasure, 24, an unemployed laborer, was nabbed hiding at the Star Dust Date restaurant after neighbors heard noises and police found him with a screwdriver. He admitted climbing walls and burgling two garages recently, with about 300 dollars in cash and tools taken. Police traced his address to a Wilmington hotel.

Chester Reymond Frasure First St Frasure Avalonia Wilmington

Hotel and Cafe Union vote okd after strike talk in Gardena

Leaders of the Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union AFL authorized a strike vote for Tuesday as four drug chains face a contract deadlock ending today. Pay raise disputes cited while talks continued for a month. In a separate crash at Western Ave and 120th St near Gardena two Long Beach men were injured. William Stevens 21 Truman Boyd Werner 22 and Robert V Castle 22 of USS Rendova received hospital treatment for cuts after a collision with Avin Olson 34 of Ventura who drove the other car at Long Beach Naval Base early today.

L. B Gardena Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union AFL Los Angeles Long Beach Western Ave 120Th St Garfiena California Highway Patrol William L. Steyven Truman Boyd Wener Robert V. Castle Rendova Long Beach Naval Base Steven Avin A. Olson Ventura

City bids for Facinitave and Broadway traffic realignment

A low bid of 6418.50 from Sully Miller Construction Co. was received for construction of dividing islands and relocation of curbs in the proposed traffic realignment at Facinitave and Broadway. Other bids were Anseo Construction Co. 7152.74 and BL. Peterson 7967.30. council will authorize in early next month.

Sully Miller Construction Co Facinitave Broadway Anseo Construction Co Bl.peterson

Young Thugs Beat Sailors on Magnolia Beach

Two sailors from the USS Algol were assaulted early today near Magnolia Avenue and the Pike by two young men who knocked them down and robbed James Thomas Atkins of a wallet containing $38. Atkins and his companion Roy Dee Smith 18 were walking with two girls when the attack occurred.

James Thomas Atkins Algol Roy Dee Smith Navy Magnolia Ave Atkins

Livestock Prices Weak as Receipts Rise in Chicago Market

Chicago livestock prices fell across the board with hogs and lambs down while cattle receipts rose about twenty percent from the prior week. Slaughter cattle and yearlings eased $2.50 to $3.00 per hundredweight, hogs declined, and vealers and sheep showed mixed shifts. The Agricultural Department noted weak demand and a broad decline driven by higher receipts and lower bidding.

Chicago Gendlesmle Dow'h. Merciay Moose

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