Balm Suit Filed in Compton Seeks $106,500
Two damage suits totaling more than $106,500 were placed on the Compton Superior Court calendar against Willard Ready Mix Cement Co of Lynwood. The cases stem from a November 17 collision involving a Pacific Electric train and a Willard cement mixer truck near Wright Road, with claims including injuries to Mrs. Cynthia A. Smoot and action by motorman Rodney J. Price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Compton
Compton Superior Court
Willard Ready Mix Cement Co
Lynwood
Jack Willard
Pacific Sea Electric Railway
Pacific Electric
Willard
Wright Ra
Paramount
Cynthia A. Smoot
Second St
Railroad
Willard Company
Rodney J. Price
Coplaintiff
Harry E. Smoot
al Wilbeck
Bishop St. Cypress
Orange County to resume PMA cover crop payments
Santa Ana November 3 The Production Marketing Administration will resume assistance payments to Orange County orchardists who return to growing cover crops during the rainy season. Beem PMA chairman announces the move noting erosion and fertility concerns and urging interested farmers to apply at the county office 622 NN Main St Santa Ana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Ana
Orange County
Production Marketing Administration
R. Fe, Beem
PMA
Beem
Main St
Norwalk Junior Class Plans George Washington Slept Eve
Excelsior High School junior class publicity committee met to outline a publicity plan for the three act comedy George Washington Slept Eve. Napkins with ad copy will be distributed in the school cafeteria and local restaurants. Posters will grace shop windows in Artesia Bellflower and Norwalk with Peggy Holman and Sharon Flansburg in charge. A Pilot auditorium preview for students is planned. tickets for the Nov. 16 performance will go on sale soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Excelsior High School
George Washington
Bellflowey
Artesia
Peggy Holman
Sharon Flansburg
Bellftower
Pilot Auditorium
Shiela Moore
Lou el Jen Farnum
Sally Cameron
Clark Gilchrist
Donna Canninger
Thanksgiving Services Set in Paramount
Community Thanksgiving Day services will be held November 22 at 10 30 a m in the Methodist Church under the sponsorship of the Paramount Ministerial Assn Rev Henry Kent treasurer and pastor of the Clearwater Presbyterian Church will preach the sermon Thanksgiving Message All Protestant churches in this city unite for the observance Election of officers will be held November 6 at noon at the Reform Church Rev G Van derlinden of the Reform Church is chairman and Rev Philip Norvel pastor of the Methodist Church is secretary
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Vanderlinden
The
Reform Church
Philip Norvel
Methodist Church
Dentist Dr Folsom and family move to Buena Park
Park newcomers Dr Herbert L Folsom a dentist from Corona del Mar and his wife and daughter will relocate to 6252 Grand Ave Buena Park announcing their arrival for the community.
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Buena Park
Herbert L. Folsom
Corona de Mar
Grand Ave
Scholarship Unit Initiates 22 at Norwalk Event
NORWALK Nov 3 Initiation of 22 Excelsior High School students into the California Scholarship Federation was held in Pilot auditorium. Ed Carrigan presided over candle light ceremonies. Janet Hummel Jeanie Daniels Dick Piggens and Genevieve Ooms entertained.
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Norwalk
Excelsior High School
California Scholarship Federation
Pilot
Ed Carrigan
Tom Eldrige
Janet Hummel
Jeanie Daniels
Dick Piggens
Genevieve Ooms
C. S
Sun Garden Fete Set for November 8 at Fire Hall
Sun Garden Association invites all to its annual harvest festival at Sun Garden Fire Hall on November 8 starting at 7 30 pm. Vaudeville skits movies dancing and games will highlight the evening as Len Brown, association president, urges community turnout.
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Sun Garden
Sun Garden Association
Len Brown
Association
Sun Garden Fire Hall
English Minister to Talk at Mesa
Costa Mesa report states Rev Francis Glasson M A D D pastor of Richmond Methodist Church and College Chapel London will preach Sunday at 10 50 am in Community Methodist Church. An every member canvass will be conducted Sunday afternoon and continue through the week if needed. Chair man Raymond K Eastman.
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Costa Mesa
Francis Glasson
Richmond Methodist Church
College Chapel
London
England
Community Methodist Church
Joseph McShane
Raymond K. Eastman
Methodist Sermon Topics Planned for Sunday Services
In Garden Grove on November 3, sermons at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. will feature "Methodism's Call to Evangelize" and "Remember Me" delivered by Rev. Bernard C. Brewster and Rev. Kenneth Wahrenbrock. Sunday School is at 9:45 a.m.
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Garden Grove
Bernard C. Brewster
Kenneth Wahrenbrock
Lynwood Plans City Hall Funding and Site
Lynwood will not build immediately but has a $6500 state grant for engineering fees on a future city hall. The proposed site is a civic center on Bullis Road south of Century Boulevard. Estimated cost runs near $300,000, contingent on selling the present city hall.
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Lynwood
Frank Limber
Limber
Bullis Rd
Century Blvd
Los Angeles County
Lyn Lwood Unified
Compton Court
Board of Education
Time to talk turkey Bellflower growers ready for market
Mrs Percy L McQuillan of 15736 Woodruff Ave in Bellflower described turkeys as vain birds and showcased a 32 pound broad brained gobbler that even removed a pipe from a man’s mouth. She raised 45 two day old poults to 30 pound gobblers and 20 pound hens without loss through scientific feeding and vaccination.
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Bellflower
Percy L. McQuillan
Woodruff Ave
Burglars Net $263 in Loot
ANAHEIM nov 3 two residents of the Vermont National Camp learned a mattress is a poor strongbox Allon Jesus Hernandez reported $118 hidden in his bed had been stolen Juan Vermonte also housed there reported $52 missing from the same hiding place James W Gubbins Orange Park Acres near Orange reported a burglary through a bedroom window taking cuff links and other valuables worth 50 Irvine Cafe at Central and 101 Hwy Tevine was burglarized cigars and candy worth 43 65 were taken
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Anaheim
Vermont National Camp
Allon Jesus Hernandez
Juan Vermonte
James W. Gubbins
Orange Park Acres
Orange
Irvine
Atl Central
Hwy. Tevine
Mesa Man's Car Dumped in River
Covington Tennessee November 3 Tipton County Sheriff Jesse Sanders was puzzled today by a man in Air Force uniform who drove an automobile off a bluff into the Mississippi River. The man jumped out before the car went over and then fled in another car. The submerged car, with California license plates, was recovered. License plates on the car that went in were registered to Carl B. Lester of Costa Mesa California.
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Covington
Tenn
Tipton County
Jesse Sanders
Air Force
Mississippi River
Sanders
Richardsons Jtanding
California
Carl B. Lester
Costa Mesa St
Costa Mesa
Calif
Blaze Causes $2000 Damage in Bellflower
A fire in Bellflower on Center Street caused about $2000 in damage to two garages and homes. Vernon Mills 9716 E Center St reported $1400 loss for his building and contents. Harry Basinger 9724 Center St sustained about $600 damage to his garage and house. The blaze is thought to have originated from spontaneous combustion in one of the garages.
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Bellflower
Center St
Vernon Mills
Harry Basinger
Deepest Huntington Well Reaches Offshore Pool Depths
Huntington Beach reports the deepest producing well in the offshore pool at 10 380 feet drilled, with a vertical depth of 4 400 feet below sea level. Onshore producers reach 5 300 feet, and the deepest non producer is 9 112 feet deep.
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Huntington Beach
State Department of Natural Resources
Marriages and Personal Notices From Local Registry
Fragmentary marriage notices list names such as SANTS and ANA, INGRAM and FAYNE, BALDI and ARAWEACAGULL, and WHITE with various locations like Rosario and Santa Ana. Readable fragments show ages around mid twenties to early thirties and cross references to partners, but many details are garbled.
Paramount Youth Air School Grad
Naval Aviation Cadet Burt A. Barr aged 20 son of Mr and Mrs Charles P Barr of 14110 S Orizaba Ave graduated from the U S Naval Pre Flight School at Pensacola Fla in the most recent class Barr was a graduate of Paramount Junior College before entering Pre-Flight last July He is now assigned to the U S Naval Auxiliary Air Station Whiting Field Milton Fla where he is engaged in primary flight training Upon completion of training at Pensacola and Corpus Christi Texas we will be awarded the gold wings of a naval aviator and assigned to the fleet B A Barr
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Paramount
Naval
Burt A. Barr
Charles P. Barr
S. Orizaba Ave
U. S. Naval Pre Flight School
Pensacola
Fla
Barr
Parmount Junior College
U.S. Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Whiting Field
Milton
Corpus Christi
Texas
Mesa Youth Faces Judge Monday
A Costa Mesa youth, 18 year old Robert Davis Ayers, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor hit and run driving charge after a traffic mishap on Main Street and Camille Avenue. The incident involved Walter Harold Long, 48, who owned the other vehicle. Ayers was scheduled to appear before City Judge Ronald Crookshank in Santa Ana.
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Santa Ana
Costa Mesa
Ronald Crook Shank
Robert Davis Ayers
Canyon Dr
Ayres
Main St
Camille Ave
Walter Harold
Long
Cedar Ave
Rone Beach
Buena Park Youth Transferred to Islands
Buena Park reports that ard Coleman son of Mr and Mrs Howard Coleman of 6431 Kingman Ave has been stationed in the Coast Guard San Diego and has been transferred to the Hawaiian Islands He informed his wife and parents upon arrival here on leave His wife will live with her parents Mr and Mrs Robert Allee Redondo Beach temporarily
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Buena Park
Howard Coleman
Kingman Ave
Coast Guard
San Diego
Hawaiian Islands
Robert Allee
Redondo Beach
Square and Round Dances Planned by Whittier Jewish Group
Whittier will host its first community event tonight at Jonathan Bailey School gym. Dorothy Howey of Los Angeles will call square and round dances at 8 o'clock with refreshments for the public.
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Whittier
Dorothy Howey
Los Angeles
Jonathan Bailey
Grove Baptist Church Sermons Revealed
Garden Grove notices reveal two sermons at First Baptist Church on Sunday with the 10 45 a m service and an evening topic Lost and Found A Sunday School class at 9 30 a m and midweek service on Wednesday at 7 p m
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Grove Baptist Church
Garden Grove
Vic C. Hayman
First Baptist Church
Births at Santa Ana Area Hospitals
Birth notices from Santa Ana hospitals list several families welcoming newborns. Including Alderson at St Joseph and Santa Ana Community Hospital with girls born Oct 31 and Nov 1, plus a boy born Oct 30 and another on Nov 1. Names include Benson, Elan, Smiley, Penscer and Dietz with listed addresses in Santa Ana and Costa Mesa.
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Santa Ana
Alderson
William
San Aua Et Paplatranc
St St. Joseph Hospital
Iy. Nav. Benson
Itr
Mra. James
Btanton Ave
Ansheim
St Joseph
Richard
Parton
Santa Ana Community Hospital
Bay
Elan
Fay
Verano
Smiley
Lewis
N. ‘Harwood
Grange
Sania, Ana Community Hospital
Gabrilis
Costa Mesa
Ania Ana Community Hospital
Grove School Construction Hinges on State Approval
Garden Grove November 3. Grove School plans to build 22 classrooms at three elementary schools to serve up to 770 pupils. State approval of a revised financing plan could start work around December 1. If funded, Nylan P. Hurd of Santa Ana would handle a $440,000 project including Fitz and Bolsa schools with shops and music rooms omitted.
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Garden Grove
C. A. Peters
Bolsa
Newhope
Fitz
Nylan P. Hurd
Santa Ana
Peters
New Fitz
Prison Terms Meted to Due
Two men were sentenced to San Quentin prison. Dean William Wheeler, 17, Orange Park Acres, attacked his employer's wife and stole 34 dollars and the family car. Rape, robbery and auto theft terms run consecutively. Clifford Thomas Russell, 44, Morongo Valley, pled guilty to morals offense against a 13 year old girl. statutory rape dismissed. Wheeler arrested by border patrol at Kingman Arizona. Judge Morrison and Judge Thompson presided.
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Santa, Ana
San Quentin
Dean William Wheeler
Orange Park Acres
Wheeler
Border Patrol
Kingman
Ariz
Kenneth FE. Morrison
William 5. Must Felt
Santa Ana
Clifford Thomas Russell
Morongo Valley
Raymond Thompson
Job Hunters Return Home in New Mexico Search
CARDEN GROVE NOV 3 Two boys reported missing have returned after traveling to Las Vegas New Mexico to seek work. Deputies identified them as Erwin Franklin Hoare 14 of Santa Ana and George Junior Springs 17 of Garden Grove.
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Carden Grove
Las Vegas
N. M
Erwin Franklin Hoare
Flower St. Santa Ana
George Junior Springs
Larson St. Garden Grove
Downey DeMolay Installation Sunday Ceremony
Downey Chapter DeMolay installs Lynn Cook as master counselor at a public service in the Masonic Temple Sunday at 4 p.m. Robert Douglas will be master of ceremonies. Other officers seated include Fred Monroe, Roger Fredrickson, Paul Saby, Davy MecClusky, Carl Kardinal, Bill Monroe, Don Hudson, Fred Kruger, Ward Dawson, Bill Hunt, Lyle Severance, Bert Walker, Pata Welch, David Pinkser, James Holland, Ronald Warren, Thomas write and Jack Hayes as precedors.
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Downey
Lynn Cooks
Downey Chapter
de Molay
Masonic Temple
Robert Douglas
Ward Dawson
Bill Hunt
Lyle Severance
Sentinel
Bert Walker
Pata Welch
David Pinkser
James Holland
Ronald Warren
Thomas Write
Jack Hayes
Mesa Traffic Violator Given Jail Sentence
Costa Mesa on November 3 Ray mond A Garden 27 of Costa Mesa received a day jail term from Santa Ana City Judge Ronald Crookshank for driving without a license and violating a traffic right of way. Garden was arrested October 20 by Santa Ana police after entering a guilty plea.
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Costa Mesa
Raymond A. Garden
Costas Mesa
Ronald Crookshank
Santa Ana
Garden
Bay City Show at the Grand National Livestock Show
Mrs. Raymond James and her son Bill of 216 16th Place attended the Grand National Livestock Show at the Cow Palace in San Francisco on November 3 in Bay City Show at COSTA MESA.
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Bay City
Costa Mesa
Raymond James
Bill
16Th Pl
Cow Palace
San Francisco
Too Many Organizations Leave Cypress Men Busy
Community headaches rise as Cypress men juggle duties across Kiwanians Chamber of Commerce fire department Odd Fellows Elks Masons Veterans of Foreign Wars and other groups. Despite shifting meetings to Tuesday Thursday and other days congestion persists as officers seek a solution to overbooked calendars.
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Cypress
Chamber of Commerce
Fire Department
Elks Club
Anaheim
Buena Park
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Disabled Veteran Leaders Meet in Lynwood
Disabled American Veterans leaders from across California gathered at the Lynwood Community Center with commander John Kanka of the Seventh District presiding. Local hosts were the Lynwood Post and auxiliary, hosting honored guests including Roy Bonds Willa Mae Bryan Floyd Ming Henrietta Mills and Ruth E. Barrett. A district business meeting preceded a dedication of new colors and banners for local units followed by refreshments.
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Lynwood
California
Lynwood Community Center
John Kanka
Seventh District
Roy Bonds
Willa Mae Bryan
Rational
Floyd Ming
Henrietta Mills
Ruth E. Barrett
Roy Barth
Chest Agencies Aid in Cutting Taxes
SANTA ANA, Nov. 3. Each person in Orange County paid $6 through taxes last year to the county's juvenile court and probation department, according to computation of Community Chest officials. Agencies supported by Community Chests throughout the county serve to counteract influences which make necessary the juvenile court and probation department, it is pointed out. Almost without exception, Community Chest campaigns for funds are languishing, the officials maintain. "The people must pay one way or another and it is cheaper to use preventive medicine than expensive cures," Judge Kenneth E. Morrison, president of the Orange Empire Area Council, Boy Scouts, commented.
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Santa Ana
Orange County
Kenneth E. Morrison
Orange Empire Area Council
Boy
Trio Injured in Pole Car Crashes
Hecate Perkins, 30, of 1425 W Third St, taken to Santa Ana Community Hospital for minor injuries after losing control of his car and hitting an embankment on MacArthur Blvd two miles south of Newport Blvd at 2 30 am. Two men treated for minor injuries after cars struck utility poles: Jesus Alarcon, 50, of Los Angeles, ran off Bolsa Ave east of Cannery St. W D Taylor, 48, of Yuma, lost control on Orangethorpe Ave near the Santa Fe Railroad tracks in Fullerton.
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Santa Ana
Hecate Perkins
Third St
Santa Ana Community Hospital
MacArthur Blvd
Newport Blvd
Jesus Alarcon
Los Angeles
Bolsa Ave
Cannery St
W. D. Taylor
Yuma
Orangethorpe Ave
Sunta Fe
Fulerton
Anaheim Forger Sent to Prison
SANTA ANA November 3. Leroy J Sauer aged 43 of Anaheim was sentenced to the state prison by Superior Court Judge Franklin West for passing a bad check. Sauer admitted the offense while intoxicated and was on parole from San Quentin where he had been confined for a check charge from Imperial County.
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Santa Ana
Leroy J. Sauer
Anaheim
Superior Court
Franklin &. West
Sauer
San Quentin
Imperial County
Elusive Watts Man Arrested
Norwalk reports a drunk driving suspect from Watts, Alex J. Hernandez, 22, who escaped from a CHP squad car after a midnight collision on Firestone Boulevard. He fled on foot, later found miles away and recaptured, facing grand theft auto and drunk driving suspicions.
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Norwalk
California Highway Patrol
Alex J. Hernandez
Watts
J. W. Faddis
K. W. Cox
CHP
Firestone Blvd
Regent View Ave
Studebaker
Leffingwell Rds
Hernandez
Anahheim Telegraph Rd
Washington Bly
Los Angeles
Herandez
Norwalk Sheriff's Station
Pico High School Plans Completed
Whittier Union High School District trustees will accept final plans for El Rancho High School Project No 2 from architect William Harrison. The Pico Rivera project follows a bond approval of 2924 to 260 for a 1,850,000 school bond. Bids for the second project are set for December 15 with construction to begin late December.
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Whittier
el Rancho High School
Pico-Rivera
William Harrison
Whittier Union High School
C. H. Wenerberg
Pico Rivera
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Bellflower Farm
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Paramount Gardens
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Merk Stevens
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Jan Sterling
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Firestone
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Patricia Neal
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Ann Blyth
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Lew Ayres
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Dick Powell
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Ha Payne
San Pedro Drive-In
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Ricards Montalban
Missouri
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Tompton
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Long Beach
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Virginia
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Roy Milland
Gayti
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MOB
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Se Walker
Nweny
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Wilding
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Micheling Prelle
Capt
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Shalley Winters
Elusive Watts
Pico High
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