Lakewood Civic Symphony Formed Under Fitterman
Lakewood residents organize the Lakewood Civic Symphony led by Nahan Wolfe Fitterman of 4445 Greenbrier Ave. About 74 musicians, many women, rehearse weekly in Pan American Park Lakewood. A June 10 concert at John Sims Park in Bellflower is planned. expansion seeks more strings percussion and brass.
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Akewood Village
Lakewood
Nahan Wolfe Fitterman
Greenbrier
Pan American Park
Fitterman
Los Angeles
Europe
Canada
South America
Jack Wood
John Sims
Bellyflower
No Pickpocket Taxpayer Says Purse Found in Car
Sydney D. Preen of 174 La Verne Ave reports his wallet and $15 tax refund disappeared at the city tax office. Police investigated a pickpocket but were told yesterday that the wallet and money were recovered from his car after apparently dropping to the floor.
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Sydney D. Preen
la Verne Ave
Preen
Notice of Sale of Real Property by County Sanitation District No 23
Public notice invites sealed bids for several parcels owned by County Sanitation District No 23 of Los Angeles County in Long Beach. Bids due by 3 PM on a specified date, with terms including 10 percent bid guaranty and 30 day bid withdrawal limit, auction to be held June 13, 1951.
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Los Ange
Long Beach
Notter
Los Angel County
Beverly Bivd
Na. F
Los Angeles County
Long Breach
Lae
Board of Directors
County Tie
District S
Ofounty Sanitation District No. 2
E. H. Harding
Totary
Memorial Service Set at Seal Beach
Seal Beach holds Memorial Day services in City Park at 11 a m with Cmdr E L Considine speaking. The event is conducted by United Veterans Council and American Legion Post 300 and VFW Post 404, with Edward W Bell in charge, and features music by Veterans Community Band and vocal performances by Janey Tornquist and James Jay. A wreath is laid on the Star Beach monument with a firing squad salute and Taps. Air Force Chaplain M A Fanning gives the benediction.
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Seal Beach
E. L. Considine
Los Alamitos Naval Air Station
City Park
United Veteran's Council of ‘American Legion
VFW
Edward W. Bell
Veteran's Community Band
Long Beach
F. Bruce Ellis
Seal Brack Community Methodist Church
Janey Tornquist
Cmdr
Considine
James Jay
Buddy
Star Beach
Sam Wolf
Harry V. Fernald
Seal Beach Naval Ammunition
Air Force
M. A. Fanning
Junior Flower Growers Parade With 30 Floats
North Long Beach youngsters staged a second annual Junior Flower Growers Parade featuring 30 floats on toy wagons and doll buggies. Tommy Wood won sweepstakes for his “April Showers” float, with Rose bedecked lawn mower. Cub Scout Pack 39 led from Lime Avenue to Houghton Park where judges announced winners and queen Gail Kirkpatrick.
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North
Long Beach
Tommy
Cub Scout Pack 39
Bret Harte Pta
Lime Ave
6Th St
Avantic Ave
Harding St
Myrtle Ave
Houghton Park
Atlantic
Hardington
Tommy ‘Wood
Sidney Shepherd
la Yerne Shepherd's
Brethren School
Sandy’s Nursery
Gail Kirkpatrick
Cay Saunlers
Long Beach Juvenile Bureau
Bill Walton
American Begonia Society
Frank Fitzgerald
J. Litlefield
Pasadena
Harvard telescope camera tracks tiny meteors
The Harvard College Observatory in Cambridge announced a new tele scope camera that will photograph meteors as small as buckshot. The super Schmidt meteor camera is the first designed to catch meteors exclusively and should capture about 40 times more meteors than existing sky cameras.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard College Observery
Lumberjacks jailed for forest fire near Sudbury
Two young lumberjacks in Sudbury Ontario began 60 days of hard labor after admitting they started a 4300 acre forest fire by lighting a blaze to dry their sacks. The incident occurred on May 20 and prompted an investigation into the accidental blaze.
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Sudbury
Ont
Greatest Show on Earth staged by Culinary Alliance Local 681
Hilo Hattie will headline the 15th annual Greates t Show on Earth at Municipal Auditorium on June 4 with Harry Owens Royal Hawaiians, Jack Arnold as ringmaster executive secretary. The program includes Ben Laske orchestra Paul Gordon trick bicyclist Betty Yeaton Lillian Gilbert Keaton Armfield Marcel Brothers Robert Rose and partner London Song Brokers. Members and friends invited per Arnold.
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Hilo Hattie
Harry Owens
Royal,Hawaiians Orchestra
Culinary Alliance
Municipal Auditorium
Jack, Arnold
Alliance
Ben Laske
Paul Gordon
Betty Yeaton
Lillian Gilbert
Keaton
Armfield
Ravel
Marcel Brothers
Comet
Robert Rosé and Company
London
Arnolds
Boy Injured As Bicycle Overturns on Sixth and Maine
Donald Wienss, 12, of 521 Golden Ave, suffered a broken collarbone and abrasions when his bicycle overturned yesterday afternoon at Sixth Street and Maine Avenue. He was taken unconscious to the hospital.
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Donald
Wienss
Golden Ave
Sixth St
Maine Ave
Library Catalogs 7000 Cities Aid Business Users
The Main Public Library houses more than 7000 city and telephone directories including London Paris Mexico City and Honolulu. Blanche Collins reports the collection serves credit investigators insurance firms and real estate offices. Local Long Beach and Los Angeles directories dating back to 1902 1921 and 1931 are included along with Incal files added at North Long Beach Branch 5571 Orange Ave.
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Blanche Collins
Science
London
Paris
Mexico City
Honoulu
Long Beach
Los Angeles
North Long Beach
Orange Ave
Eugenie Leroy Weds Count Leone Gaetani de Laurenzana
Eugenie Leroy a 20 year old stepdaughter of Hollywood director Mer vyn Leroy wed Count Leone Gaetani de Laurenzana Duke of Rocca Mandolsi in a ceremony reported from ROM on May 26. The couple joins prominent families in a high profile marriage that links film industry circles with European nobility.
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Rom
Eugenie Leroy
Mervyn. Leroy
Leone Gaetani de Laurenzana
Duke of
Rocca Mandolsi
Retiring Teachers Honored by City Teachers Club
The City Teachers Club honored 31 retiring educators who have served 815 years in the school system. Their resignations take effect at term end. About 350 members attended. speeches by Superintendent Douglas A. Newcomb, Board member Elizabeth Hudson, and club president Douglas A. Barnes marked the event. Dorothy Rankin Smith led a Jordan music program at Town Hall, with social committee members Clara Cramsey Elva Richards Olgar Grizzle and Ruth G. Wilson assisting.
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Elva Richard
Poly High
Ruth Marvin
Addams Elementary
Norman Baker
City Teachers Club
Telegram
Town Hall
Clara Cramsey
Elva Richards
Olgar Grizzle
Ruth G. Wilson
Trees and Weather
The passage explains how universities study tree rings to read past weather cycles and forecast future climate. It argues this knowledge will help forecast long term weather and stock first-class lumber from virgin timber and tree farms, offering satisfactory lumber and prompt service.
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Fichiv
Tommy Wood
J. J. Littlefield
By Mary Lou Zehms
Kealer
Mike Jones
ABBEY
L, B
American Ave
Coll Abbey
F.H.A
Santa Ana College
Santa
Teachers Club
Robert Shattuck
Calvary Presbyterian Church
First Congregational Church
Barbara B. Watson
Paramount
Chevy Avenue
San Antonio Rive
Long Heath
Hammond Lumber Company
Anaheim ST
A. H. Heller
Wedgewood
Pine Avenue
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