Office visitors cause stir and Dollar Lake noted
A journal entry recalls two Revenue Bureau agents visiting an office unannounced, leaving the writers puzzled and amused as others fled. The piece shifts to Dollar Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains, frozen since November and a three hour hike above Bacton Flats, with locals noting mid day shadows and ice still on the water.
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Doller Lake
Ydollac Lake
Les
San Bernardino
Mts
Bacton Flats
Sutter Kunkle
Dolar
Tye
Dollar Lake
Kunkle
Thief Drains Wallet From Shopper in Pine Avenue Drugstore
Shaw 73 of 54491 Abbeyfield Avenue reported to police that a thief took his wallet containing BRET while he shopped in a crowded Pine Ave drugstore. Loss valued at 247 dollars. The incident occurred during a busy period and police are reviewing surveillance footage.
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Shaw
Abbeyfield
Ave
Bret
Pine Ave
Long Beach Honors MS Workers at 1956 Drive Plaques Awarded
Long Beach leaders received plaques for community work in the 1956 Southern California Multiple Sclerosis Hope Chest Fund drive. Miss Carol Davis and Miss Valerie White spoke for Delta Delta Delta Sorority and the Mines, Vivian Showalter and Dorothy Miller represented Zonta Club, along with Zeno Stephens of the Associated Car Clubs. Sam Vickers and Pat Bastien of Polytechnic High School’s student body were also noted for their roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Southern California
Hope Chest Fund
Carol] Davis
Valerie White
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
the Mines
Vivian Showalter
Dorothy Miller
Zonta Club
Zeno Stephens
Associated Car Clubs
Sam Vickers
Pat Bastien
Polytechnic Hgh
Hobby Show Opens Doors Free to All
The 17th annual Pacific Coast Metal Trades District Council convention closes at the Lafayette Hotel with Atomic Energy talks by UC Berkeley scholars. The Long Beach Hobby Show offers a free exhibit with diverse crafts, coin displays, needlework, woodcarving, and a MS clinic and hospital program at Rancho Los Amigos.
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Pacific Coast Metal Trades District Council
Lafayette
Arthur M. Ross
Institute of Industrial Relations
University of Caliifornia
Benjamin Aeron
Institute
Atomic Energy Commission
Hardin Jones
Donner Laboratory
University of California
Herman ML. Somers
Odd Fellows Select Long Beach for 1959 Convention
Delegates meeting in Fresno approved Long Beach as the 1959 convention site of the Grand Lodge of California and its Auxiliary after examination by John Teed, secretary of the Long Beach Lodge, and other local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Grand Ledge
California
International Order of Odd Fellows
Fresno
John Teed
Drunk Roll Game Trial Reveals Cheating Motives
A downtown court heard a former waitress testify that participants in a drink fueled gambling game cheated customers and each other. Virginia Bergman said she planned to split profits with Bob Holston and Tom Burke but sometimes hid money and kept larger shares. She cited theft from a patron as part of the scheme, detailing several skewed payouts and misdirections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
Robert W. Holston
Tom
Thomas Burke
Virginia Bergman
Martin DeVries
Water rate hike approved by Board of Water Commissioners
A 21.5 percent rise in water charges for consumers was approved by the Board of Water Commissioners and sent to the City Council for ordinance passage. Domestic rates rise about 70 cents monthly. budget figures show total appropriations at 5.14 million versus 5.56 million this year. Auditor Mansell reported net earnings of 913 thousand, down 59.9 thousand from last year, due to higher costs and prior rate cuts.
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Board of Water Commissioners
Cou
Commission
Clery
John R. Mansell
State Board of Equalization
Deadlines Loom for City Assessors Office Valuations
Monday marks the final day for owners to file property valuation declarations for 18738 taxes and for veterans to submit tax exemption claims. Delinquent filings risk loss of exemption and higher bills. City officials report streamlined veteran eligibility and canvass work proceeding with reduced staff and adjusted procedures.
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Co G. Hoover
Himelf
Night Students to Be Honored at City College Banquet
Three City College night division students will receive $100 scholarships at the Evening Division scholarship banquet Saturday at the Hawaiian Restaurant. Winners are Joan Fish Harold Copping and Francis XLecker. President Shirley Clark leads the event with guests from the Board of Education City College administration instructors and the evening student-body executive board.
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City College
Joan Fish
Ievelside Ave
Harold Copping
Fidler Ave
Francis Xlecker
Junipera Ave
Shirley Clark
Aucation
City College Instructor Honored at USC Meeting
Dr. Leslie J. Nason, mathematics and engineering instructor at City College, was honored for outstanding achievements in education at USC’s sixth annual Education Alumni Awards convocation. His USC press published dissertation, Patterns of Circumstances Related to Educational Achievement of High School Pupils of Superior Ability, dates to 1984. He led a Long Beach high school survey linking superior pupil success to positive thinking and parental ambition, while negative factors were less impactful. Nason earned an engineering BS from Michigan State and USC advanced degrees, and he served as a Navy lieutenant commander in 1946. He and wife Frances live at 5101 Ey Ave.
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Leslie J. Nason
City College
USC
USC Press
Nason
DR. Nason
Michigan State University
Zan Bete Fi
Phil Delta Kappa
Omicron Delta Kappa
Delta Epsilon
Navy
Frances
Recreation Department
Tom
James
Alan
Coroner urges broader death investigations at bar meeting
Dr. Theodore Curphey county coroner told Long Beach Bar and Medical Society members that U S examiners do less for justice than peers in other nations. He urged shifting focus from homicide checks to all deaths, noting his role blends politics and science since his Nassau County tenure. He cited Weinberger kidnapping cases and advocated scientific inquiry of all deaths.
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U. S
Theo Dore J. Curphey
Nigos
Curphey
Long Beach
Medical Assas
Nassau County
N.Y
New York
Weinberger
Lafa Ivette Hotel
Johnny Onteel
Secretaries Arriving for Lafayette Parley Opens State Meet
About 200 secretaries from 35 California cities converge on the Lafayette Hotel for the fifth annual National Secretaries Assn convention hosted by the Long Beach chapter. Marie Bishop of Oakland is state president. Betty Mahaney is convention chairman. Rosemary Garmony reservations chair. Registration and open house top Friday’s agenda. keynote address to be delivered by Dr Bois Swanson of Long Beach State College. Officers to be elected Saturday. banquet master is John Brumfield from Sheriff of Cochise. Convention closes Sunday morning.
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California
Lafayette Hotel
National Secretaries Assn
Frogross
Marie Bishop
Oakland
Betty Mahaney
Rosemary Garmony
Bois ‘Swanson
Long Beach State College
John Brumfied
Cochise
Erelmantes
Tourism leaders map master program in California sessions
Twenty eight tourist industry leaders from Southern California met at the Lafayette Hotel Thursday to discuss a master program. Three more sessions will be held in other communities, sponsored by the California State Department of Education. Keith Jones of Long Beach public schools hosted the Long Beach conference.
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Califor
Southland
Lafayette Hotel
California State Department of Education
Keith Jones
Long Beach
Unitization OKed in Assembly for Long Beach
Long Beach sponsored AB 930 clears the Assembly with a unanimous vote to allow voluntary unitization agreements in tidelands for the Washington oil field. The bill, awaiting Senate action, protects the city’s rights as tideland grantee while abatement district plans push for compulsory unitization. Meetings with operators and beneficiaries highlighted subsidence impacts shown in a City Office briefing.
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Long Beach
Assembly
Sacramento
Senate
Tidelands
Long Beach Assembly
William S. Grant
Long Beach OU Development Co
Richfield Oil Corp
Hancock Os Co
Signal Gi
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Noten
Internal Revenue Bureau
Harry Karns
Harry Fulton
Eft
Anne Barrows
Revenoeers
Bob Buse
Csty
Percy Powell
Santiago Ave
Powell
Harry Maxwell
Feree
Booner
Gertrude Stein
American Legion Auxiliary
Long Beach VA
Department of California
Malcolm Epley
Blair Field
Recreation Park
Pittsburgh-Des. Moines Steel Co
Park and Recreation
the Southland’s
Robert Cabot
Smith
Walley
Hobby
Howard Conrad
Aea
Charlotte
Blavins
Robert Cebot
Police Dept
Associated
Car ‘Clubs of
Long
Beach
Don Gill
Marvin Tincher
MS Drive Here
Eee
Rancho Los Amigos
Board of Water
Brennan
Thomas
Orange Ave
Wardlow
We Spiuaku Vy i Geetemeneee
Cluts Council
Odd Fellows
Buikh
Holston
Dewnk
Burke
E. Grean
E. 1St St
Metropolitan Water District
Gergman
Wscld
Anj
Stardust
Holstin
Mansell
City Assessors Office
Hoover
Tar Assesiue
Frank W. Brejehe
Lola Lyons
Hugh Gibbs
Oer Ina
Tcuss
Leslie J. Nyson
Vera Williams
Queen Beach Chanter
Lone Beach
Long Birch Cag
Macs Kapert
Queen Beach
Cenfer
Union, Pacific Rails Road Co
Southern Caliifornia Edison Co
Long Beach Coal Shipyard
Emploves Assn
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