Engagement told at Cherimayas meeting in Harrison home
Mr and Mrs Finis Garrett Harrison announce the engagement of their daughter Joyce Anna Harrison to Jerry Duane Kramer son of Mrs Irene Pringle Kramer and Albert L Kramer. An October wedding is planned. Both brides and groom attended Compton Junior College where Joyce was a member of the Mermathenians honor society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finis Garrett Harrison
Mayo
Compton
Joyce Anna
Jerry Duane Kramer
Irene ‘Pringle Kramer
Curso Ave
Albert L. Kramer
Colorado
Cherimayas
Harrison
Miss Harrison
Kramer
Compton Junior College
Mermathenians
Two Harbor Homes Blaze at Same Time
Wilmington reports two fires in San Pedro at Fifth and Gaffey Streets and at 13th and Averill Streets. Fire companies stood by while San Pedro crews battled both blazes, tying up engines and prompting Wilmington reserves. Dolores Sellers and Louis R. Hielm announce engagement. November wedding planned. Dolores from Long Beach, daughter of Garden Grove residents.
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Wilmington
San Pedro
Fifth and Gaffey Sts
13Th
Averill Sts
Willington
Rainer
Compton Cafe Looted of Meat and Soft Drinks
Burglars entered a cafe at 2265 Bliss St and carried away bottles of soft drinks and a pot of cooked meat. Owner Isaias V. Castro reported the theft to police. Missing loot valued at $10.
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Compton
Bliss
Isaias V. Castro
Downey Drain Request Sent for County Ballot
The Downey chamber of commerce has sent a proposal to the county board to place a $93,000,000 county wide storm drain program on the November ballot. Secretary Anthony Cavalli said the cost would be funded by a six percent assessment on a 20 year bond. The plan includes unincorporated areas and flood control work in cities, totaling $125,000,000, to address drainage during storms along Firestone Blvd.
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Downey
County Board of Supervisors
Chamber of Commerce
Anthony Cavalli
Firestone Blvd
Postmaster Seeks Bellflower Service Expansion
Bellflower postmaster Don ald C Tierney announced a request to extend local post office service to about 1200 new homes in the northern part of the community. He noted partial delivery is already to 196 of 500 homes and additional units are planned along Lakewood and Downey avenues, with a third subdivision in the 383 tract south of Foster Road.
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Bellflower
Donald C. Tierney
Tierney
Lakewood
Gardendale Ave
Lakewood Blvd
Downey Ave
Rosecrans Ave
Bellflower Post Office
Bellflower Blvd
Woodruff Ave
Foster Re
Batonist to Show at Bellflower Fete
Bellflower July 29 Ted Otis a nationally known baton twirler and five time winner at the Chicagoland Music Festival will be featured as one of the entertainers at the Ranger Band Show in Excelsior High School auditorium Aug. 4 8 p.m. Walter P Reeves director announced. The 70 piece juvenile band presents the stage show to raise funds for part of an eight day concert tour in the northern part of the state next month. The band has won more than 25 first place trophies and recently captured first in a Veterans of Foreign Wars contest in Santa Monics. The group will enter further competitions while touring the north.
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Bellflower
Ted
Otis
Ranger
Excelsior High School
Walter P. ‘Reeves
Santa Monics
Westminster Oil Drilling to Start on R. W. Edwards Ranch
Westminster Petroleum Co plans to begin drilling an oil well on the R. W. Edwards Ranch along Goldenwest Avenue before Aug. 19. The lease area spans about three miles by one mile, from Sun Garden Village to Huntington Beach and Garden Grove Boulevards, southwestward. Landowners will share profits individually, not via a community lease, with 30 years of prior test activity noted in area records.
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Westminster
Westminster Petroleum Co
R. W. Edwards
Goldenwest Ave
Nelson Jenses Hansen
Sun Garden Village
Huntington Beach
Garden Grove
Hansen
John Edwards
Eucalyptus Ave
Park Doctor Takes Midwest Practice
BUENA PARK July 29 Dr Thomas I Durm and his family leave for their new farm home in Cassville Mo He will take over the practice and home at 1582 Fifth St Arthur C Feree MD will move in to take over Dr Durms practice and home Dr Feree served in the Army Medical Corps and has been based in Fuller ton with an additional role at a Los Angeles emergency hospital.
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Buena Park
Thomas I, Durm
Cassville
Durm
Fifth St
Arthur C. Feree
Feree
Army Medical Corps
Fullerton
Ls Angeles
Eagles Initiation At Long Beach Aerie Night
A large delegation from Fraternal Order of Eagles No 2749 is expected to attend the class initiation sponsored by Long Beach Aerie at 317 E Broadway on Tuesday starting at 8 p m Dinner will be served at 6 30 p m
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Bellflower
Order of Eagles
Long Beach Aerie
Broadway
Lynwood school tax hike urged for new district
Voters will decide on August 4 whether to approve a one dollar rise in the maximum school tax rate to fund the newly formed Lynwood Unified District for its first year, as state high school apportionment will be unavailable. The same election also seeks approval for a $2,500 state construction grant for Lynwood elementary facilities.
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Eltizena
Lynwood Unified
Compton [Union Secondary Tstriet
Lynwood
Reactivate Civil Defense Setups Urged in Orange County
July 29 in Santa Awa, Orange County leaders moved to organize civil defense programs. Burton Washburn of the California Disaster Council urged immediate reactivation by local jurisdictions. Mayor Charles A. Pearson of Anaheim, head of the League of California Cities, pressed for council coordination with the state to prepare for war threats and peacetime disasters.
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Santa Awa
Orange County
Eliles
Burton Washburn
California Disaster Council
Orange County League of Cities
Charles A. Pearson
Anaheim
League of California Cities
Pearson
Paramount Sewer Line Construction Underway
Downey Avenue sanitation sewers are being installed through Paramount by Bacich Construction Co. County Engineer C. E. Arnold said the $30.55 project is slated for completion November 28.
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Paramount
Downey Ave
Bacich Construction Co
C. E. Arnold
Arnold
Hawaiian Gardens Home Thrills Displaced German Youth
Hans Wolfgang Knur an 18 year old of Brethren placement in New York after fleeing north Germany amid postwar displacement expresses delight at his new home with Mr and Mrs M T Killings. He plans to study agriculture at Excelsior High School and aims to become a horticulturist. He is learning English and views television as a marvel while tending a rose garden. A separate note shows a stray dog named Mr Fleabody found in Wilmington cared for by local residents until the owner is located.
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Hoans
Wolfgang Knut
United States
M. T. Killingaworth
Violetta Ave
Hawaiian Gardens
Killingsworth
Knur
the Killingsworth
Church
The
Brethren Displaced Persons Project
Pras
Hawaian Gardens
Hans Wolfgang Knur
New York
M. T. Killings
Wotln
Hans
Po‘tigh
North Germany
Breslatt
Germany
State Department
Brethren Service
Knut
Excelsior High School
MR. Fleabody
Geneva Erdahl
Lomita
Wilmington
Dick Lofthus
Neptune Ave
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Oeth
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Carson
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San Antonio Drive
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Sveeeve
Bixby Knolls
Haskell Kelley
Peter van Buiten
Cypress
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Constable Kelley
Elmer Luty
Julia Bouse
Happy Kreissler
Frank Burro
J. E. Smith
Press-Telegram
Ellflower
Center St
County Department of Building and Safety
Harvey Brandt
Ono
Ajax Lakewood Co
South Gate
Center’ St
James H. Sellers
S. Brookehurst Ave
Dolores
Louis R. Hielm
A. C. Hielm
Arthur Hielm
Wright St
Thebride
Pacific Ave
Long Beach
Garden Grove High School
Hjelm
Santa Ana
Chan
Matho
Rau
D. C
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County Board
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