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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1957
Page
12
Schedules for public use of the swimming pools at Jordan Wilson and Waly High Schools during the Easter holidays were announced by the recreation department. Pools open daily from 10 am to noon and 1 to 5 pm with structured instruction for boys and girls and general recreational swimming for all ages.
William Lee Miller a longtime Temple Baptist Church deacon died Monday at age 93. A Long Beach resident for 23 years he was born in North Carolina and is survived by five sons two daughters a sister many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral services by Rev Virgil Fisher will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Dilday Mortuary.
A private funeral service will be held today at Dispay Mortuary Chapel for Vinton A. Holbrook, a Long Beach attorney and former Department of Justice lawyer. Holbrook died Saturday at his home 400 E Arbor St. He served as night Librarian at Long Beach Yaw library for 11 years and was a California State Bar member. He leaves his widow M Genevieve Holbrook and sister Mrs Ruth Boettcher.
Police report a theft at Ralph Gordon Anderson’s Professional Prescription Pharmacy on Atlantic Avenue. A thief stole narcotics valued around $100, ignoring cash. details incomplete from available text.
Multiple death notices list names Wilcox Q, George P., Hazel Bell Bryant, Ida Arnold, Virginia Fouts, John Witt, Joyce Summers, Minnie Maria Smith, Frank Clarence Weskil and relatives. Surviving spouses and children named. Services held at Mottell's & Peck Mortuary or San Francisco church. rosary and requiem mass dates noted where readable.
Moyle, a Signal Hill council member and businessman, was elected mayor to succeed Harold Clark who resigned for church matters. Also noted are obituaries for Mrs. Trene E., 76, Verna L. Asher, 63, and Pascal Ray Powell with funeral services upcoming. several memorials mention surviving family members.
Leo Vander Lans, chair of the Citizens Dental Health Committee, asserts conclusive proof that water fluoridation is safe, economical, and effective against tooth decay. He urges residents to seek information from the Dental Society, Medical Society, or Health Department, noting public health proposals often meet skepticism and cost concerns. He references historical debates on vaccination, chlorination, fortification of milk with vitamins, and flour enrichment as examples of lengthy public acceptance processes.
Funeral for Roy Ernest Bowling 17 of 237 Terming Ave near Joshua Tree will be at Country Church of Cypress at 2 pm Wednesday conducted by Rev. David D. Schmidt. Smiths' funeral home Huntington Beach directs. Bowling born Beckley WV, lived Long Beach 334 years. He leaves parents Melvin Bowling, sister Patsy Ann Green, brother Ray Kenneth, grandparents Lawrence Bowling and Roy L. Williams. Interment Rose Lawn Gardens of Memory Huntington Beach.
A damaged report promotes an unnamed stainless formula claimed to stop pain instantly for internal and external piles. It urges at home use, cites six clinical tests, and promises rapid relief, reduced swelling, and healing with no staining or mess.
Eighteen Long Beach oil men from eighteen companies will speak at the fifth annual Southern California Oil Industry Safety Conference. The event, sponsored by the Western Oil and Gas Association, runs Wednesday and Thursday at the Lafayette Hotel with 47 top executives attending lectures on thirty two safety topics. The conference features sessions led by notable speakers including Long Beach harbor commissioner John P. Davis and various presidents from Monterey Oil Company, Drilling and Production Company, and other firms. A Living Picture dramatizing the Last Supper will be presented by East Side Christian Church as part of Maundy Thursday services.
A four year old boy, Treil Reign Grosz of 2680 Faust Ave, was hit on Faust Ave north of Deborah St around 4 p.m. He had two skull fractures and was treated at Sea side Hospital. Driver Andrew Arnold Augustine 29, said the child darted from behind a parked truck. No citation was issued. In a second Monday crash, John Bruce Dyer 36 of 742 S Thorson St Compton broke a rib when his car collided with Mary C Shafer 29 of 6316 Raymond Ave on Cherry Ave near 3rd St. Shafer’s car knocked down a 20 ft wooden fence at 2000 E 63rd St before stopping at the residence. Neither driver was cited.
Good Friday services scheduled from 1 to 2 pm in Lakewood and Los Altos as announced by Robert C. Welker executive director of the Long Beach Council of Churches. Lakewood Community Methodist Church 4300 Bellflower and Palo Verde Christian Church 2501 Palo Verde Ave host speakers Chaplain W. R. Hall and Rev. Harry E. Chase. Part of area wide services sponsored by the Long Beach Council of Churches.
The Long Beach Oil Development Co reported thefts of equipment valued at 2500 dollars from harbor oil wells. Superintendent J. M. Gray said the thievery occurred over a six month period.
Long Beach Fire Department logged a Monday sequence of calls across multiple streets and stations. Ambulance responses were recorded at 10:01 a.m. 11 a.m. and later, with incidents listed near Pacific Coast Highway, Euclid Avenue, and Mira Mar Avenue. The entries show mixed alarms, standbys, and partial addresses with abbreviated notes and garbled OCR remnants.
Two men from Laguna Beach and Santa Ana were sentenced for the $41,902 October bank robbery at the Long Beach Viking Way Branch of the Bank of America. Joseph Novotney, 22, got six years with a narcotics treatment recommendation. Convay D. Pilcher, 25, drew five years. Pilcher, identified by bank employees, brandished a pistol and fled in a waiting car. Novotney aided by driving the getaway car and sharing loot.
Two firms compete to operate limousine service between Orange County points and Los Angeles International Airport. Britton of Long Beach Limousine Service and D W Boyles of Airport Coach Service applied to the State Public Utilities Commission for passenger and express carriage between Santa Ana and the airport. Mercury International Transit Co also seeks a certificate with plans for a Long Beach stop.
Four men arrested in Wilmington and San Pedro over the weekend were charged with narcotics possession in complaints issued Monday by the district attorney. The defendants are William Charles Cadis 27 of 939 Lincoln Ave Wilmington James W Sharp 21 of L711 Neptune St Wilmington Douglas A Herbert 24 and Leo F Dobbin 30 both of Los Angeles. District officers accuse each of holding marijuana.
Navy seaman Ralph B. Jones, 19, USS Maddox, reports he accepted a ride near Ocean Boulevard and Magnolia Avenue. The passenger assaulted him and stole $20 during the encounter. Police were notified this morning.
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