Elks Honor 3 Grads From Long Beach High Schools
Three Long Beach high school graduates receive additional Elks scholarships totaling 959 dollars after already earning local Elks scholarships. Barbara Bakken Marilyn Joy Martin and Frances Tanikawa all attend University of California campuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
California
The
Elks Club
Barbara Bakken
Wilson High
Marilyn Joy Martin
Jordan High
Frances Tanikawa
Polytechnic High
Raymond Peterson
California State Youth Activities Committee
Elks
Howard A. Bakken
University of California At Berkeley
Wilson
DAR
David Martin
Girls’ League
David Starr Jordan
Saint Anthony’s opens with class officer elections and new staff
The St. Anthony's boys department notes senior and junior class officers elected last week while sophomores await votes next week and freshmen vote next month. New principal Grother Cyriac, C.S.C., joins amid several new faculty members. Senior talks on driver safety were given by Frank Dunn of Th Dialog Texicab Co. Homecoming Queen petitions circulate as the event nears and the homecoming game is set for October 16. Seniors will choose class dockets next week and class rings have arrived for those who ordered them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Anthony's Boys' Department
Joseph Remley
Arthur Schilz
Wayne Kingsbury
Edward Keveny
Cass
Richard MecGreevy
Ambrose Fury
Robert Lenske
Roger Stanton
James Diffley
James McElieney
Anthony Lever
Grother Cyriac
C.S.C
Alfred
CSC
Paul
Donald
J. C
O'Donnell
Vincent Devaney
Leo Haggerty
Frank Dunn
Diathong Texicab Co
Poly GAA Welcome Meet Held Wednesday
The Girls' Athletic Association at Poly opened its 1953 54 calendar with a welcome meeting on Wednesday presided by new president Feye Crater. An advisory board includes Sue Terry Marlene Hada Irene Sul Joy and Carolee Houser. Sponsor Mrs Hiefield replaces Mrs Cole and invites all sports lovers to join. A big event on Oct 4 is the Girls' Athletic Federation Convention to be hosted by Poly with GAA representatives from Southern California schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls’ Athletic Association
Feye Crater
Faye Crater
Sue Terry
Marlene Hada
Irene Sul- Joy
Carolee Houser
Hiefield
Cole
GAA
Ole
Girls' Athletic Federation
Poly
Southern California
Ted Lyman Named Bruin Chief Justice in School Government
Wilson High School appoints Ted Lyman as chief justice of its Bruin government court. The list includes Dorothy Augtrim, Sherry Hossam, and Don Reeve as supreme court justices with a wider slate of associate justices, a prosecutor, and a board of commissioners to oversee student law enforcement and school activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson of
Bruin
Ted Lyman
Supreme Court
Dorothy Augtrim
Sherry Hossam
Don Reeve
Dick Butler
Ed Dreyer
Terry Fanders
Mareta Hart
Ben Iverson
Ben Johannassen
Bill Krenwinkie
Faye Pearson
Barbara Powers
Brank Smead
Bill Sweningson
Scott Chelius
Safety
Larry Wohlstatler
Ann Adams
Peggy Alfano
Dianne Barrett
Carol Bartlett
Jo Anne Beistle
Heather Blair
Jean Bixby
Joy Bybee
Pat Carey
Lucretia Chase
Sandra Cotler
Darlene Denerlien
Margaret
Desmond
Sue Dikeman
Caroline
Panther
Ruth Elliot
Corrine Elis
Jordan
Worth
Geralding
Fairchild Ihell
Barbara Fenner
Jo Garverick
Nancy Gayette
June Gaston
Gale Gonick
Carol Gregory
Jenirit
Vicki Grubaciek
Mary Henderson
Marion Hodge
Gloria How
Responsionicie Anu News
Norma Humphrey
Jeran Tions
Ivanovich
Neney Kleinhammer
Cornelia Kline
Donna McLellan
wWndy Makrauer
Jo McDuell
Lynn McCullough
Margaretj
Betixx
Elizabeth Moody
Barbaral
Otis
Shirley Plemon
Maureen
Pohlien
Margery Rosebolt
Judy Ryder
Carol Schwenn
Carol Servance
Esther Sharpe
Sally Sterr
Dora Tilley
Carol Wallack
Land
Carolyn Welch
Bob’Peptan
Susanne Soltysik
Yvonne Sharpe
Edward
Oliver
Local Youths Win Ford Contest Awards
In a nationwide Ford Motor Co contest, 25 local junior and senior high students from 1016 schools in 609 cities won 1953 Industrial Arts Awards. Roy Johnson of Lakewood Junior High placed third earning $4. Jay Sully of Lindbergh Junior High won $20. Several other local pupils earned honorable mentions for group projects and top finishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ford Motor Co
Roy Johnson
Lakewood Junior High
Apenort
Jay
Sully
Lindbergh Junior High
Glenn Warrick
Jerry B. Brown
Hughes School
Michael Fulgham
Jefferson School
Tom Gray
Jack Simms
James Logue
Jordan School
Lloyd Pollard
Robert Harrison
Polytechnic School
Roy Baxter
Gerald Gillies
Bill Harley
Bob
Segel
John Magill
Edward
Mathews
Payl E. Rogers
Jim Winards
As of
Don Miller
Stephens School
Jacob Fabarea
Stephens Junior
Michael Nekashina
Milvin Ramos
Fred Sleep
John Tarpley
Wileson School
Wate
Newcomers Indoctrinated At Jordan High Panther Rite
The sophomore Familiarization program at Jordan High annually welcomes newcomers by teaching school traditions. Sopho mores learn Jordan songs and yells, recite them to upperclassmen, and obtain handbook signatures. After three signatures the student earns the title Panther.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jordan High School
Gcauain
Jschool
Jordan
Jordan Rearranges Student Government at Jordan High
In late 1952 to early 1953, Jordan High School held an election by the Student Council to pass a new law altering the student government. The change shifts from a single Student Council to a system modeled on the federal government, with representatives from each third period class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jordan High School
Jordan
St Anthony's cheer squads named for fall events
Wen selected as sign squad for St Anthony's with John Provencal Nayne Shulmeyer Sandy Nash and others at Serra Ave game. Signboard change planned to interchangeable red letters for a theater marquee style. Girls Athletic Association lists officers Gail Jankovsky Sheila O'Brien Kathryn Ferguson Paula Tarber and others with 300 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wen
St. Anthony's Igh
John Provencal
Nayne Shulmeyer
Sandy Nash
Jony Nieto
Dick Medvitz
Joleen Corikery
Seon Wilson
Ment
Tenth St
Ximenoit
Serra Ave
Redondo Beach
Oxnard
St.Inow
Anthony's Stadium
Girls Athletic Association
Ers
Anita Iwasky
Jo Ann Pegg
Mary Ann Wood
Carol Wallace
Gail Fankovsky
St. Anthony'’s Girls High School
Navy fliers rejoin quickly chief says
Rear Adm. Dan Gallery says Navy reserve pilots who are discharged often return within a month. He notes this has raised reserve pilot quotas nationwide with waiting lists in some areas. A year earlier reserve units were generally under strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Washington
Dan Gallery
Adm
Gallery
Naval Reserve Training
Wilson Senior Class Council Plans Busy Semester
Senior Class Council at Wilson maps an active term led by president Lloyd McGinnis. Plans include a Sok-Hop after the Wilson Linwood game on Oct 23, bid sale by council members, and selecting the year end school gift. The council has 21 members with a competitive selection from 120 applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Lloyd McGinnis
Wilson-Lynwood
Lloyd
Gary Allen
Dorothy Allgrim
Carolyn Chaffee
Doris Crase
Sue Davis
Terri Flanders
John Gilmore
Janice Gald
Janet Hill
Bill Krenwinkle
Elaine Lindsay
Jim Mu
Dave Alderman
Terri Enders
Nora Censtin
Marshall Rosier
Donna Chase
Edward Dilberto
Sharon Bird
Don ‘Stutzman
Barbara Bower
Nancy Nettleman
Joan Willis
Joan Halling
Edward Drone
Muriel Vaughn
Julia Brown
Elaine Griffin
Ralph Clark
Phil ‘Smoot
Ken ‘Mature
Margo Robertson Installed as Lambda Phi Proxy Leader
Margo Robertson, a senior, becomes full president of Lambda Phi Alpha Chapter at a candlelight ceremony. New officers include Sandy Zeaser as vice president, Sandy Welker as pledge mistress, Dorene Burton as treasurer, Sue Lettwick as corresponding secretary, Corrine Buffington as recording secretary, Emily Dennis and Yoann Smith as welfare and publicity chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambda Phi
Pely
Margo
Robertson
Sandy Zeaser
Oly
Sandy Welker
Dorene Burton
Sue Lettwick
Corrine Buffington
Emily Dennis
Wide Choice of Clubs Offered Jordan Pupils
Students at vornan oiga School boast one of the widest selections of campus clubs and organizations in the country. Panthermen of varied interests can work with peers in activities from chess and bowling to rifle firing, radio and amplifying work, photography, ice and roller skating, public speaking, fraternities, sororities, horseback riding, and many more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vornan Oiga School
Home TV theft prompts neighbor watch tale
Mrs. G. M. Galloway visited a neighbor to watch television Friday night. Returning home she told Alice she found thieves had stolen her own television set from the residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake
G. M. Galloway
Alice
Dallas Feind Hunt As City Quakes Over Rape Killer
Police questioned a 23 year old ex Marine in Dallas after the Parker murder and rapes rumors trigger panic. Citizens arm homes, vigilante patrols form, and police boost shifts as rewards exceed seven thousand dollars with local business figures aiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
H. C. Parker
Stavis Ellis
Love Field
Parker
Dallas Negro Chamber of Com
Merce
Buzz Clarkson
Willie Brown
Rockefeller Worker Kills Love Rival in Heber Springs
In Heber Springs Arkansas a Rockefeller worker, Joe Colvin 35, shot Sanford Reynolds 45 a farm foreman alleged to have broken up Colvin's home. Reynolds died instantly. a horse was killed. Colvin admitted the slaying and surrendered to authorities after reporting the act to his estranged wife. No charge had been filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heber Springs
Ark
Jess Baldridge
Winthrop Rockefeller
Petit Jean Mountain
Esttate
Joe Colvin
Sanford Reynolds
Baldridge
Reynolds
Gale
Colvin
Rockefeller
Little Rock
Her Springs
Clewirne
Mystery Over Bobby Greenlease Kidnapping Deepens in Kansas City
Six days into the Bobby Greenlease disappearance the case remains unresolved as rumors and tips multiply. A family spokesman denied reports of a $500000 ransom while police pursue routine leads. Bobby was taken from Notre Dame school by a woman posing as his aunt. a taxi driver described the kidnapper as a tall, good looking woman in her 30s with a light skin tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Bobby Greenlease
Robert C. Greenlease
French Institute of Notre Dame de Lion
Bernard C. Brannon
Peatedly
Bobby
Mother's Plea to Turncoat Soldier
Mrs. Zaily Pate, mother of nine, appeals to prisoner of war Cpl. Arlie Paste to return home from Communist imprisonment. She describes hardship on the Carbondale farm, urges him to come back, recalls family illness and a desire for freedom, and fond memories of their fried chicken dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zaily Pate
Defense Department
Cpl
Arlie Paste
Carbondale
J; Atlie
Arlie
Maryland Governor Appeals to Reluctant POW in Baltimore
Maryland Governor Michael McKeldin records a plea to Corporal John R.H. Dunn, prisoner of war in Korea, urging his return home. The tape, arranged with WFER Baltimore and aided by Veterans of Foreign Wars and NBC, features Dunn’s mother Irene and others appealing for him to come home to freedom and dignity. The message also notes the St. Louis Browns’ move to Baltimore and includes a request for Dunn to contact family and meet in San Francisco if possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
John RH. Dunn
Leu Corbin
Bill le Fevre
WFER
Truce Commission
Korea
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Broadcasting Co
Thomas
John
America
McKeldin
United States
Irene Dunn
Seaside Blvd
Edison Co
Dunn
William Dunn
San Francisco
Mother
Barbara
Barbour
Fifth Air Base Group
Travis Air Force Base
California
Wayne E. Richards
VEW
Maj. Barbour
McKeltin
Young Dunn
St. Louis Browns
Address Error in Gambling Story Misidentifies Resident
Glarence Caraven of 3020 Fashion Ave. said his address was used for William Ciec Jarrett in a city gambling case report. Jarrett, 51, is one of five men cited by police for violating the gambling ordinance but no longer lives at the Fashion Avenue address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glarence
Caraven
Fashion Ave
William Ciec Jarrett
Jarrett
Hurricane Gail Found Far Out in Atlantic Ocean
The hurricane Gail was discovered far out in the Atlantic by a passing ship, about 1500 miles east southeast of San Juan Puerto Rico and roughly 2500 miles from Florida. The ship SS Thorbjorg reported position near latitude 14.6 north longitude 42.9 west with a 29.12 inch barometer as winds veered around the compass. Miami weather forecaster Walter R. Davis warned there’s no doubt the hurricane is forming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Gail
Atlantic
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Florida
Thorbjorg
Walter R. Davis
Miami Weather Bureau
Driver Burt Meaker Hospitalized After Car Hits Guard Rail
Burt Q Meaker 20 USN of Te Island was treated at Seaside Hospital for head and arm abrasions after his car cut in front of another vehicle. Passenger Carl W Lewis 25 USN Terminal Island also hurt. Stanley Miler USN Terminal Island escaped injury. Meaker swerved to avoid collision and hit the guard rail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burt Q. Meaker
Usn
Te Island
Seaside
Carl W. Lewis
Terminal Island
Stanley Miler
Island
Tee ' Meaker
Man Held in Slaying Kills Himself in Cell
In Somerset, a 32 year old farmer charged with the murder of his sister in law an English war bride was found strangled today in his county jail cell. Sheriff Paul Miller reported the inmate Fochtman committed suicide by tying a cord to jail bars and twisting it around his neck, causing him to slump forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumeres
Sher
Paul Miller
al Regis Fochtman
Bride Dies in Beating With Baseball Bat
ST JOHNS Mich A 16 year old girl Betty Leffler died from a skull fracture after her husband Delmer Leffler 19 allegedly struck her with a baseball bat as part of a dispute over married life The autopsy was planned and Delmer was to be arraigned on a first degree murder charge Investigators noted the couple had married three months earlier and lived with her parents in Clinton Memorial Hospital was the place of the outcome
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St, Johns
Mich
Clinton Memorial Hospital
Betty Leffler
Delmer
Youth admits string of thefts to fund car craving
After night long questioning a young man told of scores of thefts to fuel his love for new cars and fine clothes. Det Capt William Browne said Fred M Barris, 20, of Santa Cruz Calif, estimated stealing 375000 to 100000 dollars in two years. He financed about 36 new cars and a four piece airplane before his arrest for a May theft at Fred Meyer where 4400 dollars vanished from a safe as customers shopped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etena
William Browne
Harris
Fred Meyer
Browne
Poses as Painter Bandit Steals Five Thousand Dollars
HURBANE-47 reports a bandit disguising as a sign painter forced Vega Food Center to open its safe and fled with $5000. Manager Arthur Allen says the suspect came Friday claiming a painting contract, then took him to a crowded market and into an alley before escaping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paice
Arthur Allen
Vega Food Center
Allen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elks Honor
L.B
Remley
Poly Gaa
Virgie Cole
Herbert Smith
Woodrow’ Wilson High School
Ariteras Ana Ahltoa
Ford
Eugene Sully
Saint A's
Helene Allison
Margo Robertson
Stan
Guy R. Highee
Boycroft Ave
Billy W. Harmon
Coronado Ave
C.L. Appling
Raritos
BSA
Recreation Park
Ue Yy Souusen
Zady Pate
United Press
Bride
Bandit
Sid Samy
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!