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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1957
Page
12
Four West Point cadets on a weeklong Southland tour will visit Long Beach City College Friday for a forum on The Middle East. The notice also lists civil service exams, degrees, and various local notices across education and military circles.
A string of death notices from a local paper lists individuals including William Arthur W Lindley 96 of Crane Age George Luther Carlson Ida Alberta Rhine Artoinette Twardowski Eugene R Davis Emile Roberge Homer Knowles Charles Rayndall James L Subton Ollie Lewis Oliver Clarence Chase Sidney Grant Miller Elsie W Booth Mary Hawk Hazel Dell Millis M deceased alongside survivors, service times, and mortuary arrangements at Mottell Peek Patterson Snively and others with rosaries and requiem masses noted for the week.
Memorial service for the 86 year old retired Congregational minister Rev. Clyte Walters Greenlee of 30 00th Place will be held at First Congregational Church on 3rd Street and Cedar Avenue at 6 45 pm Wednesday. He died Sunday after a long illness and had lived in Long Beach since retirement thirty years ago. Survived by a daughter Mrs David Quackenbush of Ontario and sons Clyde Jr Don of Long Beach plus ten grandchildren. A committal service will follow at Forest Lawn Mausoleum at 11 am Wednesday. Pierce Bros Mortuary directing.
The president of Los Angeles Harbor Oil Development Corp is ordered to produce a canceled check alleged to fund 1953 campaign billboards for Norris Poulson. The subpoena targets Noah M. Dietrich as part of a taxpayer suit over a harbor lease and possible favorable treatment. Deputy figures include Union Oil and Hancock Oil executives to be questioned on bid submissions and royalty concerns.
ET3/e Paul Tucker, 22, of Greensburg Indiana, reports a five day search in Long Beach for half brother Fred Tucker and sister Elizabeth Tucker, children of Clarence Tucker. He plans to return to Seattle Naval base and asks for any information from readers. The period also notes Poly pool closure for public swimming five nights this week and next week.
General Telephone Co honors Theresa Comeau of Long Beach with a gold emblem for 30 years of service. She began in 1919 with Associated Telephone and rose from information clerk to service order clerk by 1949. Comeau belongs to Athena Sorority and Eastern Star Service Chapter 434.
Long Beach mortician Virgi Spongberg announces re election bid for Ninth Council district after receiving assurances of support. He notes his past service during Malton tidelands oil case bond vote and city improvements while praising citizen groups and counsel. Spongberg, a native of Tiaho, resides at 495 Market St with his wife and four children.
The ordinance committee voted to delay action on a $3,500 unit policy after Builders Exchange officials and city leaders reached a gentleman's agreement. City Manager Sam B. Vickers and City Auditor John R. Mansell discussed limits and timelines, with committee tweaks to advertising signs and train crossings.
A stranger in Los Angeles promotes a 64 page free booklet titled Beware of These Days The Voice of Two Worlds claiming it reveals prophecies and methods to improve power mind and personal success. He offers the pamphlet free by mail from the Institute of Mental Physics Los Angeles without payment, inviting readers to send name and address on a postcard.
A Long Beach housewife and mother, Anne Fa Roseen, 37, filed candidacy for one or two Long Beach school board seats in the April 5 election. She resigns as second vice president of the Long Beach League of Women Voters to run and faces incumbents Elizabeth Hudson and Bud Duncan. A campaign meeting is set for 7:30 PM Wednesday in Morgan Hall, open to the public, with filing deadline 3 PM Wednesday at the Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools office.
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