Plant Permit Up to Board
SANTA ANA September 3 Leonard Precision Products of Garden Grove plans a new manufacturing plant in western Orange County if the board of supervisors approves next Tuesday the planning commission recommendation. The Garden Grove factory on Larsen Street was enlarged recently and the proposed facility on Bolsa Avenue near Cannery Street southeast of Westminster would be 280 by 180 feet with a 242 by 108 feet wing housing offices, employing up to 50 people. A variance permit for Emil Goessens to build a business structure on Westminster Avenue near Locust Street Westminster was deferred pending parking review. A second public hearing on oil field boundaries and filling regulations is set for September 23.
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Santa Ana
Leonard Precision Products of
Garden Grove
Orange County
Board of Supervisors
Planning Commission
Larsen St
Zplant
Bolsa Ave
Cannery St
Westminster
Emil Goessens
Westminster ‘Ave
Locust St
Santa Ana Man Given Jail Term
Santa Ana building superintendent Martin Lee Elzea, 29, convicted of grand theft of lumber and building supplies from his employer contractor George M. Holstein of Costa Mesa, received 90 days in jail as part of three years probation. Superior Judge Raymond A. Thompson allowed starting a week before reporting to jail. Elzea claimed Holstein owed him money and he took materials with permission.
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Santa Ana
Sept
Martin Lee Elzea
George M. Holstein
Costa Mesa
Raymond A.thompson
Elzea
Holstein
Gold Burglar Strikes Again in Whittier
Whittier police seek a recurring gold burglar who has stolen about $1,400 in gold from two dentists offices within a month. The latest break in by Dr. Gurney L. Compton at 101 Philadelphia St. yielded $500 in gold nuggets and bars with a passkey entry. The prior burglary nearby had $858 in gold taken.
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Whittier
Gurney L
Compton
Philadelphia St
Dairy Owner Faces Charge in Downey Court Case
Nelson Souza, 35, of 11961 196th St, Artelia, allegedly struck dairy inspector Rawlins Perkins, 42, in Downey Justice Court. The complaint accuses Souza of interfering with duties as Perkins served a notice reducing Grade A to manufacturing, citing unsafeguarded milk containers.
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Artelia
Nelson Souza
196Th St
Los Angeles
Downey Justice Court
Souza
Rawlins
R. Perkins
Perkins
Jenlins R. Perkins
Los Angeles City
Press-Telegram
Buena Park Couple Visit Relatives for Wedding
BUENA PARK Sept. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lindgren and son Stevie of Seattle visit Mrs. Lindgren's parents Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hesse at 6572 Rostretta Ave. Mrs. Lindgren attends her brother William Hesse's wedding to Carol Jean Kirby Friday evening.
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Buena Park
Donald Lindgren
Stevie
Seattle
Wash
Fred Hesse
Rostretta Ave
Lindgren
William Hesse
Carol Jean Kirby
Lagunan to Attend Hastings College of Law
Ed win N. Hess of 903 Meadow Lark Lane Bluebird Knolls will leave with his family for Hastings College of Law in San Francisco to pursue a law degree. Hess is former Laguna Beach Realty Board president and has been active in Rotary and civic projects.
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Laguna Beach
Edwin N. Hess
Meadow Lark Lane
Bluebird Knolls
Hastings College of Law
San Francisco
Ness
Laguna Beach Realty Board
Bellflower Legion Women Elect Vice President and Ratify Heads
The Bellflower unit of the American Legion Auxiliary meets with president Mrs. Loren Cole overseeing. Evelyn Graf elected first vice president and several chairmen ratified including Mrs. Raymond Coon as district chair. Next meeting set for Tuesday at 10 am at 9511 Clive Ave for sewing and a noon potluck lunch.
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Bellflower Legion
Bellflower
19Th District
American Legion Auxiliaries
Loren Cole
Evelyn Graf
Raymond Coon
19Th Distret
Mmes
Eveyn Graf
Warren Lough
Jack Sorenson
Mary Jackson
Rex, Howard
Frank Mitchell
Fred Hines
Lucille Law Count
Rosales Marotta
Bertha
Spinella
Laura Gerad
Rae Standley
L. H. Cross
W. Moore
Julia Shephard
G. Gerard
Joan Schmidt
Mabel Raymond
Hattie Kempton
Clive Ave
Planners Vote Denial for Laguna Canyon Concrete Yard Permit
The Orange County Planning Commission recommended denying Ralph H. Coke’s permit for a retail sales yard and office for concrete products on a private Laguna Canyon road. The plans included a 6 by 14 foot illuminated sign at Newport Harbor Motel site, with Lulu B. Messall as applicant for Newport Boulevard near Westminster Avenue, Costa Mesa. The panel also approved extending the Davis Brown Co. electrical appliance repair shop addition on Harbor Boulevard near 19th Street.
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Santa Ana
Orange County Planning Commission
Ralph H. Coke
Laguna Canyon
Coke
Laguna Canyon Rd
Laguna Beach
Newport Harbor
Lulu B. Messall
Newport Blvd
Westminster Ave
Costa Mesa
Davis Brown Co
Harbor Blvd
19Th St
Anaheim Adopts After School Plan
Anaheim outlines an after school program using district facilities for children and adults. Supervisors oversee extended activities from afternoon to early evenings on school grounds including sports leagues, theatre, volleyball, swimming, and ballet classes. Church league basketball and social fencing classes are also planned through Fremont Junior High and other district sites.
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Anaheim
Don Cerr
David Hernandez
Horace Mann
Benjai Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Pat Sullivan
Anaheim Union High School
Fremont
Fremont School
Recreation Department
National Real Estate Chief to Speak at Hub
Fred B. Mitchell vice president of the National Association of Real Estate Boards will address an open meeting of the Compton Lynwood Board of Realtors at Hollandease Cafe 11912 S Long Beach Blvd at 7:30 am Wednesday. Mitchell from San Diego will discuss national events with mayors Laugharn Willard and Assemblyman Porter invited as guests.
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Compton
Fred B
Mitchell
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Lynwood Board of Realtors
Hollandease Cafe
S. Long Beach
San Diego
Harry Laugharn
Jack Willard
Lynwood
Carley V. Porter
Grove Sunday School to Award Promotion Certificates
Garden Grove reports that the Free Methodist Sunday School Promotion Day will feature promotion certificates and assignments to new classes and teachers for students. The Sept. 16 program at the church on Pine and Acacia Streets is announced by Rev. D. V. Abbott.
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Garden Grove
Pine and
Acacia Sts
D. V. Abbott
Grove Junior Civic Club to Expand Hospital Work
Garden Grove Sept. 8 The Grove Junior Civic Club plans to enlarge its annual service program for the Orange County Hospital and study aid for the Orange County Society for Crippled Children and Adults. More than 60 members and guests attended the opening meeting hosted by Mrs. Leroy Bush. A committee will explore high school woodshop help for equipment. A tea for prospective members is scheduled Sept. 22 at 2 to 4 p.m. at Mrs. Woolcock’s home.
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Garden Grove
Orange County
Orange County Society For Crippled Children
Society For
Woolcock
High ‘School Woodshop
Betty ‘Wade
Bellflower Fire Victim Succumbs To Burns From Blast
Bellflower, Sept. 8. Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis, 73, of 1760 Lakewood Blvd, died in Los Angeles General Hospital at 3:15 this morning after being critically burned in a trailer home explosion believed to be caused by an open butane gas stove valve. John D. Filbeck, 35, resident of an adjoining trailer, rushed to aid after the blast. Body removed to county mortuary, funeral arrangements pending.
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Bellflower
Elizabeth Lewis
Lakewood Blvd
Los Angeles General Hospital
John D. Filbeck
Santa Anna Found Guilty on Multiple Charges
Santa Ana man Robert Gaittan Mendez, 22, was sentenced to San Quentin after a jury convicted him of assault with intent to save Mrs. Martha Trumpy of Garden Grove and felonious assault following luring her into a grave with a whistle. The judge imposed up to 20 years on the first count and up to five years on the second. Morrison revoked his probation from an April 1950 burglary conviction, adding a five-year term.
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Santa Ana
Robert Gaittan Mendez
San Quentin Prison
Martha Trumpy
Garden Grove
Raymond H. Thompson
Car Looted by Clean Thief at Lake Cafe Lot
A car burglary in the Lake Cafe parking lot at 17227 Lakewool Blvd. netted three vacuum cleaners and a floor polisher valued at 265 dollars. Entry was via a windwing window and broken door handle, reported by owner Thomas Hume of Cen ter St. Earlier, burglars raided Mary Margaret Cox’s home at 13143 Lakewood Blvd, stealing 14 dollars in coin and currency after cutting a window screen.
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Bellflower
Lake Cafe
Lakewool Blvd
Thomas Hume
Center St
Sheriff's Deputies
Mary
Margaret Cox
Lakewood Blvd
Man Returned to Korean Front
Huntington Beach reports Private First Class Fred Glen Stephens, 18, son of Mr and Mrs William R Stephens, has returned to the Korean front with the First Marine Division after hospitalization for a shell fragment wound to the leg. Stephens was wounded June 11, six days after receiving a beret in Korea. A Huntington Beach Union High School alumnus, he joined as a Marine reservist and was called to active duty July 29, 1950. He serves as an automatic rifleman in the Fifth Marine Regiment.
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Huntington Beach
Korea
Fred Glen Stephens
William R. Stephens
Main St
Marine
Stephens
Marine Wasp
Marine Reserves
Huntington Beach Union High School
Fifth Marine Regiment
First Marine Division
Newport Moose to Note Birthday Celebration
Newport Beach Sentinels reports Newport Beach lodge 1457 marks its second anniversary on September 18 at 8 00. A mass initiation of 50 candidates will be led by Santa Ana Moose ritual team at Magns Home 2300 Ocean Front Newport. A September 30 fish fry and bazaar by Newport women moose are planned, with 1200 Harbor Area Boys Club youths guest. Herb Shoemaker oversees junior governor civic affairs role.
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Newport Beach
Sent
Santa Ana
Herb Shoemaker
Lodge
Sailors Admit Robbery and Seek Probation
Two U S Navy sailors aged 19 admitted robbing Marine Lance Corporal Rey Andrade in Huntington Beach after he was beaten and robbed. They asked for probation from Superior Judge Kenny Morrison, who set September 21 for sentencing. Charges of felonious assault and grand theft of a Long Beach man's car may be filed at probation.
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Santa Ana
U. S. Navy
U. S
Hikehhiker
Loren Emery Dausener
Archie White Templeton
Huntington Beach
Rey Andrade
Keneath E. Morrison
T. W. Garrett
Long Beach
Garrett
San Diego
Andrade
Ready Special Scout Troop Formed in Garden Grove
Garden Grove unveils a new special scout troop selected for high ratings from Garden Grove and New Snape units. Organizer Alex LeBouef notes senior patrol leader John Kinsman, with Marvin Powell as assistant and Kenneth Woods as scribe. Training covers rabbit cutting, meat prep, fishing tackle use, and casting.
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Garden Grove
New Snape
Alex LeBouef
John Kinsman
Marvin Powell
Kenneth Woods
Dent Reed
Warren Wheeler
E. L. Dobbins
Don Pinera
Water Pollution Lab to Be Set Up
AIWAHEIM reports that Orange County Agriculture Department will establish a water pollution analysis laboratory with muffle furnace priced at 265 and tubes and gadgets valued at 2500 to study water purity. Garden Grove notes urge to make a will as an estate tax improves heirs' shares. Santa Ana attorney James B. Utt speaks to Lions on wills and inheritance tax. attendance week set for Sept 9 to 15 with pins for full attendance through April.
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Aiwaheim
Orange County Agriculture Department
Counhrs
D. W. Tubbs
Garden Grove
James B. Utt
Santa Ana
Tions Club
Teacher Training Program Slated
In Santa Ana on September 8, a teacher training program will train monitor-teachers to detect and protect against atomic warfare. The session at Orange Union High School on September 14 will be led by Vernon Shippee Henry Mansfield Jr. and Paul E. Norris, with Dr. Kenneth W. Tabor announcing the plan.
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Santa Ana
T P.m
Orange Union High School
Kenneth W. Tabor
Orange County
Vernon Shippee
Henry Mansfield Jr
Paul E. Norris
Artesia School Employees to Hold Breakfast Meeting
Artesia School District announces a breakfast for all district employees at 8 30 a m Monday in the district cafeteria to open the new school year. Following the assembly teachers and principals will hold planning sessions at their schools. Registration for kindergarten and other pupils is set for Tuesday from 9 30 a m to 12 40 p m and 1 30 p m. Regular classes begin in all grades Wednesday.
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Artesia
Sept. S
Darcy Skaggs
Newport Zonta Club Picnic Hosts Outdoor Gathering
Newport Beach reports the Newport Zonta Club held its annual picnic at the Hummels' patio in South Laguna. Participants enjoyed croquet shuffleboard canasta and color pictures recalling the Hummels' trip into Mexico and northern parts of South America.
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Newport Beach
Monroe Hummel
Laguna
Zonta Club
Boulder Jury Convicts Checkpasser in Confidence Scam
William Edward Jameson, formerly of Santa Ana California, was convicted by a Boulder District Court jury of a confidence game. The FBI says he belonged to a group that passed $12,000 in counterfeit checks across seven western states last spring. Co-defendant Miss Den Doehla alias Mary Burn, also of Santa Ana, pleaded guilty earlier and awaits sentence. Jameson claimed no involvement or knowledge of the operation.
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Boulder
Colo
William Edward Jameson
Santa Ana
Calif
FBI
Jameson
Den# Doehla
Mary, Burn
Boulders
Longmont
Beach Women to Meet Sept 11
Huntington Beach Sept 8 Mrs. Dixie Sturgis will speak at the Senior Woman's Club on Sept 11 at 12 30 p.m. at the Women's clubhouse. She will speak on charm and personality development. Intro by Mrs Ray Carroll first vice president. Secretary resignation accepted and vacancy filled. Dinner planned for Library Association on Oct 24.
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Huntington Beach
Dixie Sturgis
Ray Carroll
Howard Rebidoux
Florence Tunis
Tunis
Port Parents Club hosts parish gathering and plans
In Wilmington on September 8, the Holy Family Grammar School Parents Club heard Rev. Father Theodore Francis urge parental cooperation for children’s interests. He asked for volunteer carpenters to build a shelter on L Street yard, noted a new convent replacing a small playground, and outlined roles for a bus schedule, card party coordinators, and bazaar planning with Pete Espinoza chairing aided by Ramon Arrayo and Joe McKenna.
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Wilmington
Holy Family Grammar School
P Parish
Theodore Francis
L St
Francis
Jhuilt
I Small Childrens
Midway City Folk Entertain Guests
Midway City on September 8 hosts a social gathering at the Reichardt home with visiting Houchin family from Creston Iowa. Son S/Sgt Richard Reichard, 26, U S Air Force, recently transferred from March Field to Lake Charles AFB Louisiana, and Miss Sharon Rascoe of Midway City travel with relatives to Bass Lake to visit Mr and Mrs John Allen and Stanton area residents. Mr and Mrs Harry Dulin entertain with daughter and son in law Pfc and Mrs Donald Stegen from El Paso Texas visiting Ft Bliss.
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Midway City
Russell Houchin
Billie
Creston
Iowa
FE. F. Reichardt
Harper St
Houchins
Huntington Beach Blvd
Reichardts
Richard Reichard
U. S. Air ‘Force
March Field
Lake Charles Air Force Base
Louisiana
Sharon Rascoe
Elmer Rascoe
Jackson St
A. E. Killingsworth
Monroe St
Bass Lake
John Allen
Stanton
Harry Dulin
Springdale Ave
Pfc
Donald J. Stegen
el Paso
Texas
Stegen
Army
Ft. Bliss
Six Join Legion At Buena Park Post 854
At a meeting of American Legion Post 854 in Buena Park six new members were introduced Richard A Meeks Robert Sharp Ray M Crooks James W Bird Earle D Skinner and Homer A Gay Homier A Gay joined the post in a brief ceremony with the group welcomed by officers and members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buena Park
American Legion
Richard A. Meeks
Robert Sharp
Ray M. Crooks
James W. Bird
Earle D. Skinner
Homier A. Gay
Employed School to Note Birthday at Norwalk
Norwalk Sept. 8 registration at Excelsior Continuation High School runs Sept. 23 to 15 from 9 to 2:30 with regular classes opening Sept. 17. Principal L. H. Brummel announced a flexible curriculum for employed youths aged 16 to 18. Helen Toelle joins as homemaking instructor, teaching Wednesday and Friday mornings. William Felburg will teach woodshop feathercraft youth problems and other courses. Brummel also leads personal counseling and math classes.
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Norwalk
Excelsior Continuation High School
L. H. Brummel
Helen Toelle
William Felburg
Lynwood Pair Evade Capture at Vaughn's Market
Police reported two suspects fled after a man drew a gun during questioning of an $84 bad check at Vaughn's Market 11471 Long Beach Blvd at 8 p.m. Friday. Officer George Payne and market manager Carl Alexander stopped the pair as the woman fled to a car and sped off. The check matched a stolen series from Sandler Construction Co. in Los Angeles.
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Lynwood
George Payne
Chheck
Vaughn's Market
Long Beach Blvd
Carl Alexander
Payne
Alexander
Sandler Construction Co
Los Angeles
Delegation Attends State Junior Chamber Convention
A five member Junior Chamber of Commerce delegation led by state director Vincent Dalsimer attends the state junior chamber convention in Santa Monica through Sunday. Also accompanying are immediate past president Lloyd Simon, Bill Bula, Gene Gleck, and Ronny OX.
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Bellflower
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Vincent Dalsimer
Santa Monica
Lloyd Simon
Bill Bula
Gene Gleck
Ronny ‘Ox
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