Dressmaker Keeps Bobbin' Along On Drill Uniforms
Lucille Barnes runs a busy shop at 3131 E Broadway tasked with producing nearly 700 drill-team uniforms for five high schools by September 1. Measuring starts in April as fabrics and fittings fill the shop, with Lakewood Wilson Jordan Millikan Poly all sourcing designs and contracts.
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Lucille Barnes
Lucille
E. Broadway
Lakewood
Wilson
Jordan
Poly
Poly Pepsters
Millikan
On-the-move Navy wife turns houses into havens
Rosamond Leonard uses found pieces and patient effort to create warm home settings in Long Beach Naval Station quarters. She hunts antiques and restores them herself, arguing that familiar items gain value with time. Her braided rug project reflects coast life and a steady, hands-on approach to homemaking for Navy families.
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Newport
Long Beach
Rosamond
Polyprod
Capt
F. Leonard
Wilson
Leonard
Navy
California
British Isles trip ends with Long Beach praise
Elizabeth Murray and her mother Mes. Astle Murray toured England and Ireland by bus plane and boat. A radio miscue crowned Long Beach the winner. locals in Britain praised the city while some questioned the ship’s return.
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British Isles
Elizabeth Murray
Mes
Astle (Fay) Murray
Olive
Murray
London
Queen Mary
Long Beach
United States
Elizabeth
Plana
Pan Am
Mrs. Murray
Ireland
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Janet Bailey
Barbara Benson
Barbara Blethin
Candy Angle
Gay Lind
Carol Rosecrans
LaDene Otsuki
Linda Tomkin
Millikan High School
Kidette
Latille Barnes
Wilson High School
Linda Knox
Sherri Archer
Tom Shaw
Alma Kirkland
Rosamond Lann
Leonards Quarters
Rosamond Lenard
Carlran B. Jones
Long Beach Naval Station
Mine Force
Heavan McCoy
Nancee Holland
Mary Rivers
Omdr
J. Bentley
Herman McCoy
Golden Door
Lional Hampton
Duke Ellington
Shirley Rosendahl
Edmund
Sandy Robinette
Hillary
Juanita Lynch
Thomas
Joyce Witherow
Cmdr
Wilson Song
Ed Leonard
Merrie England
Beth Tame
Mrs
Sara Betts
Washington, D.C
Los Angeles
Carol
George Nyé Jr
Tower
I Umpieen
Occidental Center Building
Pild ‘Louse
Atlantic
Bixby Knolls
Miller
Customcraft
Palizzio, Joyce
J. Jerro
Ferry
le Phone
Orfers
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