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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1959
Page
14
A reader laments church fundraising and quality while a neighbor Mrs Newcomer enacts charity. She faces insults from Mr Xentric but doubles giving, aids sick, and volunteers at a crippled children's hospital, prompting debate on helping despite perceived flaws.
James Edward Slanley of Long Beach married Silvia Norma Alcantara Padilla in St Matthew's Catholic Church. The couple, after a Mexico City upbringing and a California wedding reception, plan to reside in this city after a honeymoon in San Diego.
Initiate tonight Adah Ruth Swanson worthy matron and Joseph C Cox patron will conduct initiation of new members at All States Chapter 502 Order of Eastern Star at 8 oclock this evening in Monte Vista Temple 1120 E Market St Ina Herman will be chairman.
The Tuesday meeting of Women of St Luke’s Evangelical Lutheran Church will convene at 1 pm at the church. Guest speaker will be Mrs Donald Baker , immediate past president of Walled Church Women.
Local readers are invited to place For Rent notices in the Classifieds. Quick response and wider exposure help you reach tenants fast. Call HE 2-5959 to start.
The Rev. Francis O Briar officiated a double ring ceremony at Holy Innocents Catholic Church uniting Beverly Marie De Meulle and Gary Gene Cheatley. Guests included many relatives and friends as the couple, after a Palm Springs honeymoon, began life in Long Beach. The bride, a kindergarten teacher, and the groom, a soon to be graduate, are noted locals with ties to Emerson Elementary and Long Beach State College.
Gay Pauley urges American manufacturers to fix common packaging annoyances from brown sugar hardening to spill-prone lids. She lists ideas for lunch bags, one-person meals, easier openers, marked measurements, and labels to suit homemakers and singles. The piece blends humor with practical consumer complaints.
California attorney general office exposes the cost of narcotics enforcement with Rogan detailing duties and penalties. He cites 1958 homicide figures and argues death penalty fairness, while stressing nonpartisan state legal services and low starting salaries for attorneys. Attendees include Chi Omega alumnae and local officials.
A party honored Treva Ann Walker and Elmer C Wilson of Paramount, who will marry May 17 at West Lakewood Baptist Church. They are the daughter and prospective son-in-law of local families, with both sets of parents named.
Mr and Mrs David A Mize longtime Morley Missouri residents celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at home with about 200 relatives and friends. The couple, married March 18 1909 in Morley had seven children and eleven grandchildren. They moved to Long Beach California during World War II and later settled in Northridge California.
More than 300 piano students from Morgan Hall, University and Piedmont College audition for three weeks ending April 23. Participants range from beginners to young artists, performing one to 20 pieces by memory. The event is part of National Piano Playing Auditions by the National Guild of Piano Teachers, led locally by Billa McReynolds Branyon with Linda MacKechnie Knox as monitor.
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