Traveling to Oregon for trout and fellowship on backcountry streams
A travel note from Malcom Epley recounts four Long Beach men’s fishing trip in South Central Oregon near Deadhorse Creek Camp. They enjoyed pristine wilderness, shared tales from local anglers, and earned nonresident licenses while supporting local business. The writer reflects on fishing’s joy, family memories, and a post-trip return to city life.
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Esterday
Deadhorse Creek
Oregon
Long Beach
Bear Creek
Chewaucan
Portland
Sheba the Turtle Rules a Mamoth City Apartment
A long, quirky tale about Mrs. J. Emerson Hamilton and her turtle Sheba at 738 Pacific Ave. Sheba, once part of a Ti. Smart mart display, grew into a household ruler living on a steady diet including roast chicken and raw beef steak. The piece blends humor with oddball observations on pet life and quirks.
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Pete Hann
J. Emerson Hamilton
Pacific Ave
Sheba
Port Board Votes Harbor Oil Survey
The Harbor Commissioners voted to ask the city attorney to determine possible legal stumbling blocks in the path of planned unitization agreements for city owned wells in the harbor district.
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Lee Craig
Board of Harbor Commissioners
Harbor District
Long Beach sales tax share totals and city lists
The City of Long Beach reported four point five million eight hundred and nineteen dollars in sales tax income for the program year with June distributions totaling nine hundred five thousand three hundred fifty eight dollars. The report itemizes city and county distributions across Orange and Los Angeles counties, naming Avalon Compton Dairy Valley Downey Gardena Lakewood Lynwood Palos Verdes Estates Redondo Beach Signal Hill South Gate Torrance Anaheim Brea Buena Park Costa Mesa Fullerton Garden Grove Huntington Beach La Habra Newport Beach Orange Santa Ana Seal Beach and more. Also notes legal work to clear the way for unitization may take longer than engineering and discusses potential amendments to Long Beach Oil Development contracts.
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Long Beach
State Board of Equalization
Los Angeles
Orange County
Los Angeles County
Avalon
Compton
Dairy Valley
Downey
Gardena
Lakewood
Lynwood
Palos Verdes Estates
Redondo ‘Beach
Signal Hill
South Gate
Torrance
Anaheim
Brea
Buena Park
Costa Mesa
Dairyland
Fullerton
Garden Grove
Huntington Beach
LaHabra
Newport Beach
Orange
Santa Ana
Seal Beach
Span Removal Contract Awarded to Atkinson Company
The Board of Harbor Commissioners authorized a 143,830 contract to Guy F. Atkinson Co for removing the Broadway Bridge over the Flood Control Channel. The bid was the lowest and under the 225,000 estimate. The work follows an agreement with the Los Angeles County Flood Control District.
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Asward
Guy F. Atkinson
Broadway
Board of Harbor Commissioners
Atkinson
Reparmene
Crosby named to Recreation Commission post in Hold
The Rev Hiram B Crosby of 44325 Faculty Ave was appointed to the Recreation Commission to replace Rev Reuben F Pieters who resigned June 13 to take a new pastorate in Webster Groves Mo. Council informal delaying confirmation due to only three of four signing members on the appointing committee and Ahern ill. Crosby, director at St Thomas of Canterbury Episcopal Church, Dartmouth and Cumberland educated, has past recreation leadership in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. Appointment runs to May 1960.
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Hiram B. Crosby
Faculty Ave
Recreation Commission
Reuben F. Pieters
Webster Grove
Samuel £. Vickers
Bouglas A. Newcomb
Welter H. Boyd
Board of Education
Ncon Manties
D. Pat Ahern
Gerald Desmond
Ahern
Crosby i Sirector
St Thomas of Canterbury Episcopal Church
Arbor Rd
Dartmouth College
Cumbberland University
Easteenn
Riverside
San Bernardino
Playground Association of America
12 Cent Increase in School Taxes
The Board of Education approved a 12 cent tax increase to fund the 1957-58 budget. The plan includes a new Lakewood High School, a 20 car parking lot, and higher salaries for teachers and staff. State aid under Assembly Bill 3045 is expected to help, with projected increases in enrollment and bond costs.
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Warren Walters
Educate
Shelars
Howard
Hus Losiner
Coolidse St
Bard
Martie Ava
Arthur A. Knoll
Schoot
Lakewood High Schoo
Bessonnel
Fuaness
Knoll
County Superintendent of Schools
Jocai
Thel
Parley Set With S F Geologist On Subsidence Plan
Long Beach officials will meet Wednesday with Dr. Frank Hudson, a San Francisco petroleum geologist, to discuss hiring him as a subsidence consultant. Hudson would replace Stanley, who will not renew his contract, and his duties include data collection and interpretation ahead of a state interim committee study.
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Frank 3. Hudson
San Francisco
Long Beach
Hudson
Bone Beach
R. Stanley
Wilmington
Long Beach Woman Reaches Century Milestone
Mrs Alice Ferguson turns 100 on July 4 and receives a birthday greeting from President Eisenhower. The Long Beach resident, born in Marshall Texas, has lived in the city since 1943 and celebrated with a White House note signed Dwight D Eisenhower.
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Alice Ferguson
Daymany Ave
Eisenhower
Gwight
Ferguson
Marshall
Tex
Long Beach
40 et 8 Will Parade as Legion Prelude
Members of the American Legion's 40 and 8 organization met in Long Beach for ceremonies ahead of the 87th annual state convention. A parade at 7 pm will move from E Ocean Blvd and American Ave to E 3rd St, Pine Ave, then back to Ocean.
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List St
Long Beach Blvd
American Legion
Long Beach
Legion
E. Ocean Bloc
American Ave
E. 3Rd St
Pine Ave
Ocean
City debates tire bids and Legion convention plans
The city faced criticism over selecting tire manufacturers with bids limited to five entrants. Armstrong Tires challenged the process as the council upheld it after debate. Meanwhile Legion events dominate sessions at Municipal Auditorium as 8500 attendees attend a four day convention with Lt. Gen. Robert N. Young as grand marshal and 40 & 8 activities continuing through Wednesday.
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Smong
Robert M. Devitt
Armstrong Tires
Leo W. Crawford
Municipal Auditorium
California
Robert N. Young
Sixth Army
Comncie
Island
Cher de Gare
Ladagetts
Armstrong
Elso
Lafayette Hotel
City to open tire contract bids Thursday
Assistant city manager R. McHenry told the council that bids will be opened Thursday for the tire contract with firms like Goodyear Firestone and General Tire & Rubber invited. The selections favor tires used as original equipment on sites and racks and tested by the city.
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R. McHenry
Goodyear
Goodrich
Ju. S. Rubber
Firestone
General Tire & Rubber
Three Men Rob L B Liquor Store on Santa Fe Ave
Three men robbed Friendly Liquors at 3606 Santa Fe Ave on Monday night stripping the cash register of about $35. The owner, Robert Moran, 43, of 3324 Gale Ave, said two assailants showed guns during the hold up and fled.
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L.b.liquor Store
Santa Fe Ave
Robert Joseph Moran
Gale Ave
License Bikes Auction Urges Public In Long Beach
Long Beach reports 418 unlicensed bicycles to be auctioned at the Los Arreles Hall of Justice Sam. Juvenile Officer Bob Brenner urged bike owners to register their wheels using city licenses. Licenses provide positive identification for owners of lost or stolen bicycles and may be obtained at bicycle shops or the city license division at 223 W. Broadway.
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Los Arreles Hall of Justice
Sam
Long Beach
Bob Brenner
City Ordienance
Brenner
Avision
W. Broadway
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Malcolm Epley
Daily Grind
Logan Jackson
L. B
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Virgil Gillespie
Crater Lake Lodge
Ernest Hemingway
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Reno
Golden Hotel
Pappy
Rand
Port Board
Harbor Oil Survey
John B. ‘Davis
Assembly
Long Beach Oil Development
Ee and
Richfield Oil Corp
LEOD
Roy Brown
Pres
Crosby Lon Board of Recreation
Hiram Crosby
Joseph H. Edgar
S. F
Stanley
Cenistery
M ‘Roberts
Iman
Sam' EB. Vickers
Europe
Mayet
Raymond C. Kealer
William 5
U Grant
Celearam
Southland
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