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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1955
Page
8
A series of marriage license records for Los Angeles County lists individuals including Brian Lowers and Geach Brown among others. Details are fragmentary but indicate recent license activity and holder names with limited personal data.
List of newborns across Seaside Memorial Hospital and nearby facilities. Includes parents’ names and addresses, birth dates in March, and newborns identified by gender, with multiple families such as BRIDGES, COSTGN, FIELE, HADE, HAUN, RODE GOSS, WORRICK, ST MARYS, GENERAL HOSPITAL, and WESTER among others.
A list of divorce filings shows several party pairs including BEACH MARTIN over Phe2 and IRPAY-patchla'ry over Gen P DUNHAM, plus remaining pairs WARNER-Wylmer W. vs Jane EREDITH-Jesse 7, KIRKPATRICK-3ean vs Tommy Bee, Anita J vs Sarin PI RCHHANER-Giern vs Heba T. NITROM-Cleconia J vs Normen.
A series of divorce decrees are granted for individuals including Johnny Long Beach from Twalla and Betty Jean from Philp De HeCaLi Lenore June from Troy C Ruth E Starks from Tseat Marie L Mompeon from Guernty Adeline M Robinson from Cet E Mikal Charles from Maceline George G Pitts from Dureile E Betidzoli Guida from Bonnie Julia Meres from James Dt Sroderick Eve Mt from William E Blair Vistan L from Theodore Ay.
Court records show annulments granted for several cases including Annulment Granted rave wpa TON-Doristrom Jay Ly C Dor Dorothy EB va Jimmy Cc XURSOVICH-Annette versus John ROURTREE-Rath 1 versus Jainen PF RRISIS-De Wain va De Etta BOOUMA-Myre M va Burnie AUGHTOR- Janet L ve Kenneth LLEN- Helen At versus Brice Bu Busselt-Jeaz BL vx Thomas A. Grebso-Slary 8. Raymon.
Duke Ernst II, last ruler of the German principality of Saxony Altenburg, died Tuesday in his Muenza castle in the Soviet Zone, with West German papers reporting the death today.
A scrambled list of crossword style clues mixing geography history and common terms appears with across and down entries such as Yugoslav leader Marshal and Greek war god and various short definitions, suggesting a complex puzzle grid with multiple intersecting hints.
A sequence of clue fragments appears to map to dictionary like entries. The list includes terms such as Coin Huge Ancient fish capital Highway Smell Roam and various others with numbers or abbreviations, suggesting a crossword or thesaurus style puzzle. The text lacks a coherent article structure or identifiable event.
A long business and industry week summary notes tax questions, mortgage rates, and rising production with stock and dividend trends. A separate report details a Poly High School performance of Alice in Wonderland with multiple showings and tickets for children and adults.
Analysis of Dow Jones Industrial Average movements over the past week discusses expectations for 1955 highs, seasonal patterns, and potential tests of 408 to 450 levels. It projects a 1955 goal near 483 with a 4.3 percent yield at 489, noting changes in the index composition since 1929 and tax influences.
Emelie Prodham, 98, of Ballinger Texas, applied for naturalization Friday. Born Aug 4 1857 in Aben Switzerland she entered the United States in 1881 at New York, supported by friends who signed the papers while she sat in a wheelchair.
Sunday services of all Churches of Christ Scientist focus on Real ly with a keynote lecture on permanence and perfection in true being. Golden text from Psalms is cited, and Mary Baker Eddy’s Science and Health explains divine Principle heals now as in Jesus time, dissolving sin and disease as naturally as darkness yields to light.
Color slides depicting Jesus pathway will be shown Monday at 8 p.m. in the Longfellow elementary school auditorium. Earl Kennell of Seattle created the photographs during a Palestine trip. Mrs. Kennell will narrate the Gospel. A freewill offering for Arabian children’s aid will be collected for Golden Throne, to Masonic Lodge of Damascus.
Two new fraternities Phi Sigma and Kappa Sigma Chi join Theta Phi at Jordan. Phi Sigma officers include Kenny Zommic president and Phil Miller vice president. Kappa Sigma Chi officers include Harold Garrison president and C H Macklin vice president.
Jordan World Friendship Club raises funds by selling ten cent tickets to a Disney cartoon show. Proceeds of fifty dollars will enable CARE to ship about 1 400 ponies of food to Germany Korea and South Vietnam.
New teen magazine The Coaster launches in Long Beach area with full department coverage of Long Beach Compton Lynwood Bellflower Norwalk Downey and Artesia. It features sports fashion interviews music and student stories with 10 photographers and student correspondents.
Inter-School session outlines all night dance planning with Elks scholarship winner Ban Heeler and national honors tied to upcoming auditions. Wilson and Jordan join Poly in presenting views for citizenship and perseverance as ticket design contests begin for the finale. Caved river tragedy and band auditions mark the week, with three schools contributing talent for the event running from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Wilson High Girls League to host the Backward Dance on April 1 in the girls gym from 9 to 12. Theme Knights Night features a Knight of the Night and court jester roaming among dancers, castle decorations line the walls, girls will escort their dates with corsages, and a planning committee led by Donna McLellan includes Jean Peterson and Dee Alexander.
Attention Poly boys the annual Boys League beard-growing contest begins next Monday and runs to April 22. Signups occur daily in the quad with judges assessing neatness length and bushiness. Winners receive trophies and final results are announced at the Hutch band dance. Paul Ailen leads the committee as director.
Matty Sloan won the Paley sophomores speaking contest over seven rivals with a speech titled Power of Optimism. Mike London placed second on The Atom and You and Janet Helms was third with Dont Obey That Impulse. Chamber of Commerce sponsored the event awarding $5 $3 and $2 in prize money.
Journalists conducted an extensive tour of the David Sterr Jordan campus on Tuesday March 22 to learn what awaits them as sophomores next fall. Guides included Robert E. Bilis the 16th grade counselor at Jordan.
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