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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1951
Page
4
The Protestant Mission at Long Beach Air Force Base began last night and will continue Friday at 8 p.m. Talks by Wr. Singer, pastor of Riverside First Congregational Church, will be featured. Mission activities focus on enjoyable categories amid the duties of base life.
Evangelical Brethren Church announces ministerial appointments after annual conference in Santa Ana. Reassignments include Floyd LaMavre to Burns Memorial Long Beach, B W Roloff Santa Ana Faith, John Visick Torrance, Homer Miller Whittier, J Albert Smith Chaplain US Army Davis. northern district Walter Stanton to Riverside Sacramento, D E Schier named southern district superintendent based in Los Angeles.
Obituaries list multiple residents including Howard, Ward, Conner, Cearley, Johnson, Sneed, Ferguson, Lycan, Bigler, Root, and Smith. Died Sunday in various California hospitals. Survivors include spouses, children, and siblings. Services set at Mottell's MortuaryPomona and other local chapels with interment at Sunnyside Memorial Park and Rose Hills.
Emergency crews from the Long Beach Fire Department handle a series of calls including a trash fire at Wardlow Road and Pacific Avenue, an ambulance standby near Park Avenue, and additional incidents across streets such as 101 Park Ave, Appian Way, and Luctile Avenues.
Arthur F. Benzer 56 a Long Beach Republican leader and chair of the 28th Congressional District central committee died at 104 Park Ave from a heart attack. A North Dakota former mayor and state senator, he moved to Long Beach in 1936 and held party posts here while directing campaigns for Wilkie and Dewey. Survivors include widow Ferner, two sons, four daughters, a brother, two sisters, and numerous relatives. Services will be announced by Mottell’s Mortuary.
A light aircraft struck radio station KXLA's 200 foot transmitter tower near Pasadena, killing two people. Victims are Marlon Lois Metzler, 13, of Ventura and Albert J. Woodcock, 44, of Glendale. Woodcock was an LAPD radio technician. Plane had five seats and crashed in a vegetable patch. tower damage was slight.
Long Beach Chamber of Commerce leaders voted to oppose AB 3112 creating a metropolitan rapid transit district and a state owned monorail. They urged an impartial engineering survey before any system is established.
Mrs C E Huntington longtime club and philanthropic figure in Long Beach died in Community Hospital after a month’s confinement. Widow of C E Huntington bank director she was born in Hillsboro New Mexico and lived in California since 1910. She served on Community Hospital board and led antique department at Ebels Club while active in Women’s City Club HT Club and St Thomas Episcopal Church. Survived by two sons a grandson a stepdaughter and a daughter who predeceased her. Body at Holton’s Mortuary service 2 30 Thursday at All Saints Episcopal Church cremation to follow.
Local brief notes the Chamber of Commerce board opposing proposed plan checking and rechecking fees by the city building department. They argue permit fees should cover actual costs and the department should not aim to match operating costs with income. Also mentions elections, meetings, and a bridge club results section.
Parents of World War II veterans who died in service must file proof of dependency by June 20 under the amended Social Security Act. J G Bretherton, manager of the Long Beach Social Security office, notes that any person with active service between June 16, 1940 and July 24, 1947 may receive wage credits of 165 dollars per month for each month of service if they meet duration and discharge conditions.
Frank E Wall president of the Board of Water Commissioners announced the completion of five water expansion projects totaling about 2 185 000 financed from a 6 400 000 bond issue voted in May 1947. An additional 783 000 treatment plant was paid from current revenue. Expansion aims to finish by July 1 1952 creating two systems from Johnson Reservoir on Dominguez Hill and Alamitos Reservoir on Signal Hill. Water storage will reach 100 000 000 gallons, a three day supply as a safety factor. Major finish includes 12 steel storage tanks at Johnson Reservoir worth 1 134 000 and two large pipe lines to Citizens Pump Plant plus booster pump station near 32nd St and Walnut Ave. A new intake line for Colorado River water into Johnson Reservoir is completed. Ongoing work includes the 54 inch main from Jason Reservoir to feed river water into the harbor and six steel storage tanks at Alamitos Reservoir costing 570 000.
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