Sea to land access boosts Catalina Island tourism
Catalina Island unveils an 150 foot sea to land ramp built by Pugh Construction to connect Avalon with a water landing area for Catalina Channel Airlines. The underwater highway reduces reliance on hillside airstrips and supports year round amphibian service. Additional upgrades include revamped offices restrooms lounge and shop plans as hotels and shops expand for a record summer tourism season.
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Catalina Island
Catalina Channel Airlines
Maphihiang
Am- Albion
Pugh Construction Corp
San Tedro
Avalon
Rob Hanley
Don Pugh
Santa Catalina
Hanley
Raymond McClure
Channel Airlines
John Phelps
Gall
Themughaul
Death notices for Haak McPherson Garth and others in Seal Beach
Death notices from Seal Beach list Harry McPherson Kate Haak and several others. Services set at Westminster Memorial Park Dilday Mortuary Lakewood Mortuary and others with survivors including spouses children and siblings. Memorials note WWII veteran status and multiple private services.
Chiefs of Crews State OKs Library Decision for Census
Long Beach district supervisor Anca G. Bowler announced appointments for the 1960 population census. Grew leaders were named to guide the census taking in the district, with the schedule nearing a two week due date.
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Oks
Long Beach
Anca G. Bowler
Service Held for Dr Walter Garard Osteopath
Funeral services were held Thursday for Dr Walter R Garard 50 orthopedist on staff at Magnolia Hospital and Long Beach Osteopathic Hospital, a Glen Dale resident and past president of the American Osteopathic Association. Surviving are his wife Wilma daughter Sheila and mother Mrs Margaret Weid. Arrangements by Sannah & O'Connor Mortuary Los Angeles. Donations to California Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons library fund requested. Many names and details follow from Long Beach Lakewood and LA County districts. State Board of Education votes to purchase nearly eight million textbooks in a historic order costing over ten million dollars.
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Walter R. Garard
Magnolia Hospital
Long Beach Osteopathic Hospital
Wis
Calvary Cemetery
Los Angeles
Garard
Glendale
American Osteopathic tAssa
American College of Osteopathic Surgeons
Wilma
Sheila
Margaret. Weid
Sannah & O'Connor
California Osteo- Apathic Physicians and Surgeons
State Board of Education
Long Beach State College
State Curriculum Commission
Sacramento
Andl
Seek Vote on Oil Funds Shore Use Landing
The committee debated whether to vote by written ballot or show of hands. Appleton ruled for an unwritten ballot. The panel did not decide on improvement priorities beyond confirming land fill must come first.
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Appleton
Choir to Present Cantata Esther the Beautiful Queen
The First Seventh Day Adventist Church at 3rd St and Bonita Ave hosts a cantata Esther the Beautiful Queen by William B Bradbury. 85 voices under Ulysses M Carbajal MD director, assistant professor of ophthalmology at the College of Medical Evangelists.
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Esther
William B. Bradbury
3Rd St
Bonita Ave
Ulysses M. Carbajal
College of Medical Evangelists
Teens Clubhouse Project Advancing With Donations
Adults aid teens to build a clubhouse with lumber donated by Consolidated Lumber Co. Funds from a Tumimage sale exceeding $160 will buy patio paint curtains and workshop tools. The workshop repairs toys for rummage sales as therapy. Paul Kanagley handles difficult tasks while teens run most work. The group plans to finish soon and keep it open. invites new members even if they cannot work.
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Consolidated Lumber Co
Richmond
Paul Kanagley
Volunteers of America
Mrs Gothnne K Naramore Rites Slated Saturday
Mrs Go thnne K Naramore, 98, of 245 Kennebec Ave died Thursday. Survivors include nieces Mrs Violet Bell and Hattie M Parsons. Service Saturday at 3 p m at Dili day Mortuary.
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Naramore
Gothnne K
Kennebec Ave
Violet N. Bell
Hattie M. Parsons
Diliday Mortuary
Candy store holdup repeats at Pine Avenue
A young bandit with eyes likened to Loretta Young robbed Lee's Candies at 242 Pine Ave Thursday afternoon, taking 35 dollars. It was the store’s second holdup in two weeks. clerk Florence Tatum, 54, described the gunman’s eyes as matching the actress’s.
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Loretta Young
Lee
Pine Ave
Florence Tatum
Fire Boat Aids Disabled Fishing Boat Tow
A Long Beach fireboat towed a crippled 15 foot outboard fishing boat with three men aboard into Alamitos Bay at 5 am. The outboard was disabled 300 yards off 70th Pl. It was towed to the launching ramps at 54th Pl. The owner Tom Farchager of Fullerton was one of the men aboard.
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Long Beach
Alamitos Bay
70Th Pl
S4th PL
Tom Farchager
Fullerton
Automobile Seller Ad J Myl Dies at 64 in Long Beach
Ad J Myl a Long Beach automobile salesman for 30 years died Wednesday at 64 after 20 years with Harbor Chevrolet. A World War I veteran, he is survived by his wife Elsie E a son James and brothers Joseph and Frank. Funeral service will be Saturday at Dilday Chapel.
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Garth
James Harold
Pasadena Ave
Helen
Helen Shook
June Tomer- Mn
Mottell’s & Peek Mortuary
Ad J. Myl
Long Beach
Myl
Harbor Chevrolet Co
Elsie E
James
Joseph
Frank
Dilday/ Chapel
Castagna Sees Benefit in Two Building Proposals
Castagna favoring an all new semo center building but glad to have two proposals to choose from. He cites better parking access and long term utility with potential for enlargement and future growth as major advantages. An Easter party at Bullums features a multilevel building plan with extra staff, clown entertainment, and an egg-decorating contest for children ages 3 to 6, 7 to 11, and 11 to 44, judged by Mildred Flanary of the Independent Press Telegram.
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Castagna
Semo Center
Hearh
Bullums
Regiant Easter Brinny
Bozo Suis
Mildred Flanary
Independent
Press-Telegram
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Huntington, Beach
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Arnald Kenneth
Rosebay St
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Joyce Eishensen
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Adolph Anderson
Neel
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Isaacs
Robert Walker
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Kalin
W. 19Th St
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Cathleen
Jamin
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Ada Witt
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William Pugh
Daneland St
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Gertrude Chapel
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Margaret S.rogers
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Richard Morrow
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Hines
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American Book Co
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State Department of Finance
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California Federation of Labor
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