Dooley Couple Honored Before Westminster Move
Mr and Mrs Joseph F Dooley of Westminster decorated by friends and groups at over a dozen parties as they plan to move to Columbus Ohio next Sunday. Mrs Dooley received the first lie membership from the Catholic Women's Club where she once served as president. Rev Robert Ross praised her Christian work in the parish. The Dooleys have lived in Westminster 11 years and previously in Long Beach and Midway City. Dooley retired from Sears Roebuck after 18 years. Richard L Kelley of Long Beach is their only local relative. They hope to return someday to settle here.
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Westminster
Joseph F. Dooley
Westminster Catholic Woman's Club
Columbus
Ohio
Lindemuth
18Th St
Catholic Women's Club
Dooley
Society
Robert Ross
Dooleys
Long Beach
Midway City
Sears Roebuck and Co
Richard L. Kelley
Nimena
Ave
Tal
Huntington Beach Streamlines Parking Meter Changes
Huntington Beach city council adopted an ordinance to simplify changing meter setups by simple resolution. A resolution fixes Walnut Ave restrictions with a one hour limit and directs posting of plans, enabling easier holiday and hour adjustments by council action.
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Huntington Beach
Martech ii
Walnut ‘Ave
Walnut Ave
Ben H. Dulaney
Bloomfield PTA Elects Officers This Evening
Bloomfield Parent-Teacher Association will meet at 7:30 p m at the school to elect officers. A science themed demonstration from students and a school chorus will be featured. A snack breakfast to raise funds for PTA welfare work is planned for March 19 starting at 8 o'clock.
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Hawaman Ganwvend
Bloomfield Parent-Teacher Association
L. D. Donnell
PTA
Educator in New Position at Whittier District
Leonard A. Grandy 35 longtime Whittier school official becomes assistant superintendent of the district next summer. He has served since 1949, formerly teaching drawing and directing child placement, and holds a master’s in school administration from Columbia. A Navy veteran of World War I, he resides at 923 North Lasl Ave.
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Whittier
Leonard A. Grandy
Whittier High School
Grandy
Whittier High
Las
Navy
New Jersey State Teachers’ College
Columbia University
X Ray Screening at Huntington Beach High School
Juniors and seniors at Huntington Beach High School underwent X-ray screening by a TB unit that visited the campus during March.
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Huntington Beach
Huntington Beach High School
Newport Water Bill Assessment Ended
Newport Beach council ends a controversial water bill assessment effective last Feb and adopts an amendment after second reading. The measure, tied to a $205,716 windfall from selling a sewer line, aimed to fund park development over a ten month period begun last September. Fred Stephens withdrew his court challenge as the city moves to execute sale and easement documents for sewer district ownership.
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Newport Beach
Fred Stephens
Stephens
Corona del Mar
Coast Hwy
Former Deputy Sentenced for Bank Fraud
Mitchy Naumcheif, 41, of Phoenix, Arizona, a former special deputy sheriff, was sentenced to two consecutive terms up to 10 years each at San Quentin for defrauding Anaheim and Santa Ana banks on small loans. He gave false names and addresses, with $250 and $400 amounts, and previously had a forgery conviction in Oregon. The judge denied a new trial and probation.
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Santa Ana
Mitchy Naumcheif
Phoenix
Ariz
San Quentin
Anaheim
Naumeheff
Kenneth E. Morrison
Naumcheff
Naumehetf
Oregon
Whittier Plans Special Census This Spring
Whittier moves to start a special census by mid April after a council vote. City Manager Deane Seeger says federal officials will begin within 30 days once requirements are met. The council may approve up to 3750 dollars for the census, with potential for 24 dollars extra annual state and county revenue if results meet expectations.
Man's Life Saved by Detective in Gardena
EL Ison L Luke, 29, was alive today after a Los Angeles detective armed with a felony warrant from San Luis Obispo knocked and was let in by the landlady. Luke was found unconscious from fumes from a gas heater, and after awakening he revealed the warrant related to domestic difficulties.
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Gardena
EL Ison L. Luke
Los Angeles
San Luis Obispo
Luke
Pasie
Former Bellflower Citizen Succumbs
Bellflower reports the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Dunn, wife of Wilbur A. Dunn, former elder of the Bellflower Seventh-day Adventist Church. Funeral held in Monrovia where the couple resided, with their only daughter Jean, 13, at 343 Myrtle Ave.
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Bellflower
Elizabeth Dunn
Wilbur _A. Dunn
Bellflower Seventh-day Adventist Church
Monrovia
Jean
Myrtle Ave
Westminster Women to Visit Newport
Westminster Women plan a 1 a.m. Wednesday trip from the First Presbyterian Church to Newport for a meeting of the Newport Women’s Missionary Group at their Presbyterian church led by Mrs. Suzell Bebermeyer and Mrs. Esther Robinson as officers.
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Westminster
First Presbyterian Church
Women’s Missionary Society
Suzell Bebermeyer
Esther Robinson
Newport Women’s Missionary Group
Presbyterian Church
Oil City Wells Increase by Five
City council approved permits to drill five oil wells by Southwest Exploration Co on Hunting ton Beach Co property on 2rd St. The move, part of a broader authorization, also covered a lease for use of two buildings for the PTA and noted a separate one day authorization for refinishing Memorial Hall at a cost of $486.
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Huntington Beach
Southwest Exploration Co
Huntington Beach Company
Orange County Society For
PTA
Sellflower
Ger
Ajald G, Lance
Vivian R. Lance
Stephen Foster
Doering Innoua Ithe
Freeway Bridge Bills Asked for San Gabriel Route
Downey March 11 state officials call for bids on a 635000 Santa Ana freeway bridge over the San Gabriel River two miles east of Downey. The 670 foot reinforced steel and concrete span will carry two 28 foot lanes with no pedestrians. Completion is set about a year after bids.
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Downey
Santa Ana
San Gabriel River
State Department of Public Works
Los Angeles
Downey Business District
Lakewood Blvd
Orr and
Day Rd
The
Highway Division
Eastman Ave
Lakeywood Blvd
Orr and Day Rd
Orr and Day
Pioneer Blvd
Dairy Agency to Move Heads to Pioneer Blvd
ARTELIA March 11 The Central Milk Sales Agency a dairy men’s group of about 100 members plans to relocate its headquarters from Downey to 77082 Pioneer Blvd due to new zoning laws centralizing the dairying area Clarence Smith president and manager said the agency acts as a liaison with federal state and county offices on milk prices and marketing regulations about half the members are in the Artesia Norwalk area Smith noted it is the first daily association to move into Artesia since the county approved the zoning last summer.
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Artelia
Central Milk Sales Agency
Downey
Pioneer Blvd
Clarence Smith
Artesia
Norwalk
Smith
Flood Relief Plea Planned for Artesia Area
At a chamber of commerce meeting in Artesia on March 11 a plan was outlined to obtain early federal aid from the Army Engineers Office in Los Angeles for flood prevention projects. Chairman James Alderson said efforts aim to have a flood control system built before next winter rains and warned that polluted water could jeopardize milk supplies for the metropolitan area. Orrin Krum presided, with A H Cawood noting ongoing traffic safety campaigns and a request to county to remove cement abutments at Studebaker and Gridley Roads crossings of Artesia Blvd due to past accidents.
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A. H. Cawood
Chamber of Commerce
Studebaker
Gridley
Artesia Blvd
Thugs Hold Up Norwalk Liquor Store At Front Street
In Norwalk on Monday at 7 p m two gunmen robbed a liquor store at 12158 Front St forcing clerk Ruby Eben Willet 47 and a customer to lie on the floor They escaped with 340 in currency A barber Jack Hastings and shopper William Lovett 29 were briefly forced into the ordeal as the bandits fled west in a car The raid marked the store s fourth recent B and E or robbery incident according to sheriff s deputies
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Norwalk
Ruby Eben Willet
Front St
Jack Hastings
William Lovett
Martimiale St
Auto Pole Crash Disrupts Service in Seal Beach
In Seal Beach on Bay Boulevard near Balboa Avenue an auto struck a utility pole causing a momentary citywide power failure. The driver was Edith Yates, 33, of 241 17th Street and she was not injured. Telephone lines were broken but repairs were quickly completed.
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Seal Beach
Bay Blvd
Balboa Ave
Lastonight
Edith Yates
17Th St
Small Change Stolen
Newport Beach police report a burglary at 116% 37th St. in which Mrs. N. Eldred says a thief entered her home and stole 14.22 in small change from her purse.
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Newport Beach
Newport Regatta Planned by Chamber for May 24
Newport Beach officials approved an intercollegiate crew regatta to be staged north of the harbor on May 24. Participating crews may include British Columbia Oregon State California Stanford USC UCLA and perhaps Washington University. Televised varsity and junior varsity races are planned with a trophy presentation at the Balboa Yacht Club that evening.
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Newport Beach
Chamber of Commerce
Sido Chan
British Columbia
Oregon State
California
Stanford
University of Southern California
University of California At Los Angeles
Washington University
Balboa Yach Chub
Cypress PTA Election Set For March Meeting
Cypress PTA will elect officers at a meeting on March 13. Wins list Dick Bakker as publicity chairman. Mrs. Harry Smits is the current president.
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Cypress
Cypress Pta
Dick Bakker
Harry Smits
Thief Steals Pup's Navy Jumper in Fullerton
Toby the year old Navy loving dog owned by Reed Backman 11 of 633 Golden Ave had his sea jumper stolen by a thief. The pup once wore medals and a Navy jumper but now yearns for his tight fitting blue jersey. Backman placed an ad hoping for the jumper's return.
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Toby
Reed Backman
Fullerton
Navy
Golden Ave
Hater Ote
Kaan Vianine
Lopywuv
Uccu
Backman
Santa Ana
Albert Backman
Newport Elks Plan to Build Modern Lodge Near Lido Wharf
Newport Harbor Elks Lodge seeks to construct a new lodge hall near Lido Wharf and obtain a long term lease on city property. Norton states plans to relinquish current lease to the Women’s Clubhouse if the city approves. A family potluck at 7 and a senior women’s meeting at 1 are scheduled, with a demonstration on streamlined sewing to be presented.
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Newport Beach
Newport Harbor
Elks Lodge
Lido Wharf
Focal Lodge
Norton
Tes Greene
Elks
Funtington Beach
Lin
Europe
Lane
Pear Sido
Fi Norton
Griffith Co
Russell L Johnson
M. Chapin
Sewing Machine Company Sreeeentanyey
Stanton Girl Hit by Polio Attack
Stanton 22 month old Lotas Mojica daughter of Manual and Mary Mojica is in the communicable disease pavilion of Orange County General Hospital in the second stage of poliomyelitis for 1952. Dr Edward Russell reports her condition serious. The prior case was Jean Watterbury of Seal Beach at home, and four polio cases had been reported by this time last year.
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Santa Ana
Lotas Mojica
Manual Mojica
Stanton Blvd
Stanton
Orange County General Hospital
Edward Lee Russell
Russell
Jean Watterbury
Harold Watterbury
Central Ave
Seal Beach
Magnolia PTA Trio Joins Stanton Chorus in Savanna
Stanton March 11 Magnolia School PTA lacked volunteers for a chorus. Three mothers joined the Savanna School group to form the Mothersingers now at 15 members. They plan benefits to fund a piano for the Savanna School auditorium with a forthcoming event on March 17 per PTA president Mrs Lewis Wolter.
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Public Silver
Lewis Wolter
PTA
Bellflower PTA Plans Breakfast for National Headquarters
Bellflower March 11 breakfast aims to raise funds for the building of a national PTA headquarters in Chicago. The event will be discussed at a board meeting at 20 a.m. at Frank E Woodruff School, where a date for a paper and rag drive will also be set.
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Bellflower
PTA
Chicago
Frank E. Woodruff
Parent-Teacher Association
Meeting Set Tonight for Missionary Chapters in Downey
In Downey on March 11 at 7 30 p m members of the Nazerene Church Mary Scott Young Women’s Missionary Chapter will meet at the home of Mrs Muriel Holt 9309 Muroe Street Midweek prayer and hour of power will assemble at the church on Second Street tomorrow at 7 30 p m Louise Chapman Missionary Chapter will meet at the home of Mrs Elizabeth Boals 10623 Clancy Street March 14 at 10 p m
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Downey
Nazerene
Mary Scott Young Women’s Missionary
Muriel Holt
Muroe St
Louise Chapman
Soldier Freed in San Luis Obispo Assault Case
Newport Beach March 11 Charges of criminal assault against a 24 year old Army man from San Luis Obispo were dismissed at his preliminary hearing before Judge D G Dage in Newport Township Court. The dismissal was recommended by the district attorney in furtherance of justice. Freed was James Gordon Gann who had been accused by a 25 year old Whittier woman of attacking her in a parking lot in Balboa.
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Newport Beach
San Luis Obispo
D. G. Dage
Newport Township
District ‘Attorney
Freed
James Gordon Gann
Whittier
Balboa
Four Face Dope Probe A L A Men Nabbed Near Bellylover
Four men aged 19 to 23 from Norwalk and Los Angeles were arrested by sheriffs deputies after a routine license plate check. Officers G S Wood and R F Denyer noted needle marks on the suspects and found a narcotic kit with two needles a spoon and eye dropper secreted in underwear. A wad of paper with four white capsules was also found as authorities questioned them in Los Angeles.
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Cone
Norwalk
Los Angeles
G. S. Wood
R. F. Denyer
Red Cross Nursing Classes Open Today
Red Cross nursing classes start today at the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 170095 Bixby Ave, Bellflower. Afternoon and evening sessions will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays until further notice, with child care for attending mothers. Mrs. Kragstad teaches day classes and Mrs. Greiner handles evenings. enrollments are taken at Red Cross headquarters in the Chamber of Commerce building.
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Bellflower
Mareh 11
Red Cross
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Bixby Ave
A. Kragstad
Kragstad
Marian Greiner
Chamber of Commerce
Woman Injured in Corona del Mar Crash
Mrs Beverly Mason a 27 year old Marine wife suffered injuries in a crash on Main Street near Newport Road Corona del Mar while her husband John Mason 28 and Bruce D Ross 20 from Los Angeles avoided injuries at the scene The accident involved Mason's car side swiping another vehicle and occurred on Monday at the location noted The injured woman was in the Santa Ana Marine Air Station dispensary for treatment
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Norwalk
Jerome Lee Silverman
Florence Silverman
Harcourt St
Rancho Los Amigos Emergency Hospital
Rosecrans Ave
San Gabriel River
A. L. Hicks
Clarence Hibmd
Grand Ave
Bellflower
Martin Nymeyer
John D. Howell
Everest St
Hen Nymeyer
Maynard DeVries
J. H. Webver
Howell
John H. Brown
Sherman Oake
Nymeyer Auto
Brown
Earl H. Sel
Corona del Mah
Beverly Mason
U. S
Santa Ana Marine Air Station
Main St
Newport Rd
John Mason
Fernleaf St
Bruce D. Ross
Los Angeles
Cash bid eyed to sell Huntington Library property
William L. Simmons, a Whittier realtor, offered 7500 cash for the Huntington Library site at Brighth St and Walnut Ave, with 150 cash enclosed. The council postponed action to next Monday due to Councilman LeBard's absence, amid talk Simmons might use the property as a meeting place for lodges or a rooming motel. no firm offer emerged and the council pressed for the 7500 price in cash.
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Huntington Beach
Brighth St
Walnut Ave
William L. Simmons
Whittier
Harry LeBard
Tom Talbert
Simmons
Siamnons
Talbert
Nother
Perty
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