Fall festival ideas stir old town memories
Quirky town reminiscences mix with a 1906 press reprint as Malcolm Epley and Tong Beach Retailers Association figures appear in a lively downtown scene. Anecdotes recount parade costumes, garden displays, and a planned annual fall festival vibe despite chaotic past events.
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Romans
Wiemer
Tong Beach
Fine Ave
Egedir
Hey
Cary
Peppin Ly
Eto
Donney
Boy Found Dead in Drainage Ditch After Wandering From Home
A tenacious search by five lifeguards and police led to the discovery of Johnny, a young boy from Torrance, in a drainage ditch near homes on SAM Seall Ave. Barbara Jean Hooter guided volunteers to the scene as footprints indicated two boys entered the sump area, with only one returning. The body was removed to Myris Mortuary, while the mother, Mrs. Eerl Hooten, received medical care for shock.
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Barbara Jean Hooter
Sam Seall
Eerl Hooten
Johnny
Williams
Acal
Myris Mortuary
Dttnny
Jay Willams
Heovever
Banquets For Daughters Mark Evening Sessions
Two banquets accompany tonight's closing of the third day of the Grand Guardian Council of California Good Templars Daughters session. The junior banquet begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Municipal Auction Room with Marie Williams as toastmistress. The senior banquet follows at Wilton Hotel's event room with Evelyn Finley as toastmistress.
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Grand Guardian Council of California
Therstianal Order of Jobs, Daughters
Marie Williams
Wilton Hole
Evelyn P. Finley
Teen Guardian
Mrs Navy Will Ride in Vet Parade in Long Beach
Beverly Zill aka Mrs U S Navy 1956 will ride in Long Beach Veterans Day parade with other queens Sibyl Welcome and Ghirlee Miss California 1956. Maj Gen Clayton C Jaronia will ride at end of column near Evans Memorial. Marines from Pendleton and units from Army Navy Coast Guard and Air Force join. Victor McLaden's Motorcycle team and Presidios precision drill team also perform.
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W.va
Long Beed
Long Beach
Ghirlee
Marine Corps
Clayton C. Jaronia
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Samp
Tromshe Huntingtops Parte
Filks Ladze
Spon
Victor McLaden
Trish
6Th Army
Presidio
San Francisco
Presidions
Fandsetmal Y-Mounted
Alice
Numercisl
Metro to Buy PE Red Cars
Metro plans to purchase 78 rail passenger cars and related facilities from Pacific Electric for 52,400 dollars, with PE to salvage certain assets. The deal, discussed with the State Public Utilities Commission, involves a lease arrangement and tax considerations, while ownership and maintenance duties shift to Metro under specified terms.
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Pine Ave
Broadway
Chestnut Ave
Air Force
Nortal
San
Hong Beak
Beilah M. Seenan
Dhrectne
Fred Nesster
Rimer Altmerothecm Pacific Electric Railway Co
Mapicipal
Manderland
Linssheve
Tole
Witities
Mon Ka Monkeying Around UFO Sighting Report
Residents in Long Beach and Los Angeles counties reported strange lights in the sky Wednesday night amid claims of a Martian visitor Mon Ka and his flying saucer. Witnesses named Dorine Totten and others saw bright lights. TV promises led to a broadcast interruption.
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Ravborates
Fedey
Ives
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Martian Space Confederation
Arta
Loose Block Threatens Pedestrians on City Building
An engineering team removed a 1B-Inch block from a top parapet at 113 Broadway after it became detached from a perilous perch six floors above the sidewalk. City officials plan additional removals as part of a centralized drive to correct dangerous parapets in the central business district, with four years of prior enforcement actions noted.
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Aanzemas
Wallan
Down
City Building Department
Broéditay
Byrn A
Bart H
Josep Mcbytyre
Campatun
Tegen
Jessies
Ray Brostarhons
Building Department
Four Crimes Solved With One Arrest In Gardena
Raymond B. Armstrong, 21, of the San Pedro YMCA, was arrested in Gardena hours after a ram raid at Travelers Motors Inn. He confessed to four armed robberies and a burglary across Long Beach, Gardena, Signal Hill, Compton, Wilmington and Wilmington area firms between August and November. He allegedly used two revolvers after breaking into Spottisman’s Hardware Store to steal firearms.
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Raymond B. Armstrong
San Bedio
20Th St
Signal Hill
Amestrong
Atlantic Ave
Compton
Edward Keller
Paddie Coast Hwy
Wilmington
Armstrong
Spottisman
Seat
Chester Conklin Visits Good Old Days Event
Chester Conklin, original Keystone Kop, visits Pine Ave for the Good Old Days display of ancient automobiles. He will sign autographs at 2 p.m. at 637 Mat Nana Ave, sharing memories from his Keystone years with Mack Sennett’s company.
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Chester Conklin
Pine Ava
Conklin
Mat Nana Ave
Buttums
Long Beach Subsidence Relief Deferred by State Lands Commission
The State Lands Commission in Sacramento granted 511,023 for subsidence remedial work in Long Beach but postponed decisions on raising the apse wall and sharing costs. The panel referred Long Beach’s claim for 450,000 to the attorney general and delayed action until next month after debates over wall eligibility and connection to subsidence costs.
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Thormesion
Wig
Bay
Shore Ave
Commissions
IE Commission
Engmier
Jess Gilkerson
Iikereon
John M. Peirce
Finance
Commission
Asid
Long Beaeh
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