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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1953
Page
15
A town column recounts a comic Halloween costume fail, a motorist’s courteous bowing taxi gag, and a community-chest joke. Letters note Sioux name translations at Pine Ridge post office and a football game parking ticket moment. November’s weather description shows cautious Californians under sunny forecasts.
The California Watercolor Society’s 33rd national exhibition started Sunday at Municipal Art Center 2300 E Ocean Blvd and runs through December 6. First prize of 250 went to Leonard Edmondson Pasadena for Ascendant Number. Profs Gordon Nunes Venice Patricia Morris Inglewood Jules Engel Beverly Hills shared three 150 prizes. Other winners include Phil Dike Irene Lagorie Alexander Wepote John Levee Dorothy Brown George Post and Clinton Adams. Ninety three pictures entered.
A minor car mishap near Santa Fe Ave and Willow St escalated Sunday evening into an assault and robbery. Grant M. Hutcheson, 42, was robbed of $17 and clothing after two truck occupants entered his car and attacked him. In a separate incident, Harry W. Hepler, 35, a seaman, was chased in an alley between Ocean Blvd and First St and robbed of $18. he received medical treatment for a facial wound. Police noted both incidents occurred in alleys west of American Ave.
Ene 18th District Democrats stage a fund raising jam boree at Municipal Auditorium at 8 tonight. About 6000 persons expected. General public tickets available at the Auditorium.
Five Wilmington men were arrested after allegedly returning to the scene of a beating of 31 year old gardener Robert Smit hurst at a Wilmington night spot. Smit hurst was treated for facial injuries and a bruised leg after a confrontation over a ride home. Arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon were David E. Garcia, David P. Chavira, Tino M. Lopez, Lawrence Acosta, and Tony R. Perez, all denying the charges. Perez was quoted claiming innocence and warning officers.
Long Beach resident Glen R. Drey twenty four suffered serious injuries after his car jumped a curb and struck a utility pole near 1555 West Pacific Coast Highway. He received treatment at Seaside Hospital for facial cuts and possible fractures and was later moved to Harbor General Hospital. Edison Company crews repaired damaged power lines after an insulator dropped onto another wire triggering bright flashes.
Six Pomona College students from Long Beach will serve as student demonstrators at the seventh annual science day program on November 7. More than 400 Southern California high school students and teachers will visit the Pomona campus for the event. Demonstrators include Jack J. Duffield, Donald J. Ursino, Mary Just, David A. Leahy, Nancy E. Stice, and Betrick Thompson with listed addresses.
The Long Beach Children's Clinic schedules a noon meeting on November 12. The gathering will be held in the Armed Forces M.C.A. building.
The city received approval from the state fish and game commission for off shore seismic operations from December 1 to January 1 in connection with its planned oil production program from submerged lands.
Long Beach superintendent Douglas A. Newcomb warns that half day sessions will reach senior high schools soon unless major additions are built. He notes current enrollment already strains facilities and projects senior highs could triple as elementary growth feeds high school numbers, with about 8000 in senior highs and 13 000 in grades four six.
Long Beach City College opened its first exhibit of the year titled Tools the Hand Projected. The display surveys agricultural tools weapons cooking utensils and other hand implements from the Stone Age to today with items such as early American wood working tools a wheel jack from the covered wagon era Civil War surgical instruments and weapons from various cultures. Open to the public 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Thursday 7 pm to 10 pm Thursday and 10 am to noon Friday at the Lakewood campus art building.
Ex Governor Strom Thurmond, presidential candidate in 1948, toured California to stump for national defense. He is national vice president of the Reserve Officers Association, with Col. Geo E Sandy heading the local chapter. A dinner at the Los Angeles Athletic Club was planned, honoring Thurmond after his march from March Air Force Base amid fog.
Mrs Mildred D Thrasher a San Pedro housewife testified in Superior Court that she still loves her husband James despite being accused of firing a shotgun at him on August 21 at 932 North King Avenue after a quarrel over buying a female parakeet. Det Atty Willis T Lyman and Deputy District Attorney Lynn Compton pressed her on intent and memory during cross examination.
A 42 year old Long Beach woman Pearl Swanton Freeman died Saturday in Hitchcock Texas when she was electrocuted in a bathtub while attempting to turn off an electric heater. Her husband Henry Freeman found her shortly after she called for help. Funeral services were held at Emkins Linton Funeral Home in Texas City.
A 31-foot fishing boat the Milly S. sank after striking rocks off Ensenada, leaving a Sun Valley couple safely ashore. The incident occurred Sunday as the craft ran aground near Lis wardlow iada, Mexico, while a market burglary in the same area left $187 missing. Two customers, described as would-be thieves, were pursued after the boat’s sinking and were taken to San Diego by store employees who responded to the incident.
TheWomen's Christian Temperance Union of Southern California gathers in Long Beach for its 71st convention at Moore Memorial Methodist Church. About 500 delegates from 10 counties attend five days of sessions with state executives meeting, a preconvention prayer service, and the theme Advance With Total Abstinence. Dr Ewing Hudson will speak. Ruth Gates Miller opens the event. a flag salute by American Gold Star Mothers accompanies a memorial service Tuesday noon led by Lydia A Wood and Clara M Hardy.
Police booked six men for gambling after finding them playing poker for money in a pool room at 1009 E. Anaheim St. The arrestees included Johey Pleasy Faley 48 of 1167 E. 15th St Clem Robinson 25 of 1024 E. Anaheim St George Powell 54 of 1951 Cerritos Ave Henry Ryles Jr 22 of 1024 E. Anaheim St Scipio Elliot 35 of 2204 Willard St and Theos Warren 42 of 1009 E. Anaheim St Officers seized poker chips and $16 in cash.
A 41 year old Redondo Beach man James Eveland drowned off Vicente Point at Abalone Cove while skin diving in 50 feet of water. His breathing apparatus slipped from his face and lifeguards failed to revive him after a companion retrieved him to the surface. Eveland leaves a 3 month old son John. He was married to Betty Eveland. Companions included Leo Riley Ernest Walker and Al Purcell.
Rev. John Butler, 84, spent 39 years as a Presbyterian missionary among the Navajo in Arizona and New Mexico. He died Sunday in Glendale. He is survived by Warren Butler of Compton, Grace Wells of Burbank, three grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral is 2 p.m. Tuesday at Neel's Mortuary, burial in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Sailor John Caldwell and Australian wife with four young sons finished a 17 month voyage aboard the 36 foot ketch Tropic Seas. They battled four gales and a near tidal wave near Fiji during the crossing from Noumea to Australia. Caldwell previously attempted a solo crossing in 1946. He plans to stay in Australia to pursue sociology at Sydney University while his wife visits Sydney and their family.
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