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Name Game Reveals Owner Histories Of Sam’s Seafood And Local Press
A playful probe at Sam’s Seafood in Huntington Beach uncovers that Sam Arvanitis, founder of the longtime eatery, started it in 1923 and later sold it in the 1950s after expanding through years of fires and growth. The piece also recalls Palmer and Smith, original owners of a local newspaper later merged into the Press Telegram, illustrating how even insiders miss long-ago ties.
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Sam
Huntington Beach
June Wagner
Arvanitis Brothers
June
Jim Grahlman
Arvanitis
Sam Arvanitis
Jim
Sam’s Seafood
Headen
Sam’s
Pacific Coast Highway
George
Southern California
Arvaning Brothers
Nick Katsaris
John G. Palmer
J.H. Smith
I.pt
Dorothy Holcomb
Palmer and Smith
the Press
William F. Prisk
The
Press-Telegram
Long Beach Independent
Ridder Publications