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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1962
Page
9
A procession of Knights Templar from the Grand York Rite of Masonry marched Thursday afternoon. The parade route went from Broadway and Linden Avenue to the auditorium for a team competition.
Long Beach investigators study door to door fundraisers for missionary armies amid reports that 60 percent of donations go to solicitors and 10 percent to crew chiefs, leaving only about 30 percent to the charity. Clergy and rabbis urge oversight and receipts, while groups like Western Missionary Army and United Missionary Army operate with unclear use of funds.
The Musafia and the Pacific String Quartet will give a chamber concert at 8:30 p.m. in Long Beach State College’s Little Theater. The program features Julien Musafia and Akira Endo with William Hyman’s quartet, plus Albert Falkove and Naoum Benditzky as guest artists.
State Controller Alan Cranston predicted a rise of over 1L percent in motor vehicle license fee apportionments to California cities for the 1962-63 fiscal year. Long Beach is expected to receive 1,823,800 with other city figures listed, including Bellflower 243,400 Comp ban 381,600 Downey 437,200 Gardena 190,500 Torrance 577,100 and Anaheim 419,200 among many others.
Probate and funeral notices commemorate deaths of Miartha Carroll, Lugene Headley, Kathryn Wickey, Alice White, Margaret Rosenberg, Louis Woods, Tressie D’Lask, James Clancy, Bertha Baker and others. Each entry notes age, residence, survivors, and funeral arrangements including dates, times, and attending funeral home.
Schedule lists events across Long Beach State College venues from May 2 to May 4. Performers include Julien Musafia piano Naoum Benditzky cello Akira Entle first violin William Smymanson and guests such as Knut Nystedt director guest adjudicator. Admission free on some events, with a $1 donation requested for others.
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