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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1956
Page
5
Lawton Oklahoma witnesses a dog wearing what looked like a helmet from space trotted past a window causing alarm. Firefighters removed a glass jug lodged over the animal’s head to ensure its safety.
The Merkle Film Library at 1734 Pacific Ave offers a wide rental department with films for home church or club showings. Movie projectors are available to purchase or rent. Hemlock 17-8487 is the contact for entertainment needs.
Ace Rents expands inventory with garden furniture outdoor lighting and stocked chinaware glassware and holloware for rental. Free event advice offered. New department launches to supply booths and furnishings for trade shows and conventions in Long Beach. Located at 2467 Atlantic Ave phone GA 7-9995.
Crowell Mattress Factory at 151 South St. builds twin, regular, and king mattresses and box springs plus Goodyear Foam Rubber. It offers custom sizes and orthopedic options, mattress renovation, and a one day repair service. Joe Crowell, owner, took over in 1945 and the shop is open daily 8am to 6pm and until 9pm Mondays and Fridays. Call GA 2-2811 for details.
Southland Heating and Air Conditioning completes 105 tons of refrigerated cooling for Scottish Rite Cathedral at Stl and Elm Long Beach, aided by engineer Francis Gentry who helped design the original heating and ventilation system. The trend to modernize commercial buildings grows as air conditioning is added to existing heating systems at low extra cost. Southland lists Ricart's Restaurant Gardena Bowl Chicken Pie Shop Gordon Alexander Loan Co and other retail and medical buildings as installations.
Long Beach Refrigeration Sales and Service, in operation since 1946 and owned by Joseph T. Graves, markets a full line of Frigidaire Norge Tappan and RCA appliances with service. The original store at 40 E. Market St. remains, now joined by a second location at 5337 Long Beach Blvd. Ernest W. Baker, sales manager since 1952, invites the public to view the new 1956 stores, appliances, and televisions.
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