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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1957
Page
10
George Grieb of the UK Treasury Department savings bond director will address the Uptown Kiwanis Club during National Thrift Week in Lakeland County Chile with a program titled The Future of Your Dollar. The talk covers how global events affect savings and bonds sold legally.
O T Sills of Havana Avenue was among 15 Baptist leaders cited at the University of Redlands during the 66th annual Southern California Baptist Convention. Ellis, longtime member of First Baptist Church, helped organize Baptist Laymen of Southern California and served on convention boards. The citations praised outstanding leadership and bringing the university into being.
A memorial service for Henry Arnold Johnson 64 of 627 Euclid Ave is set for Wednesday at 1pm at Mottel's and Peck Mortuary. He died Monday in a local hospital after coming to the United States in 1918 with the British Expeditionary Force and lived in Long Beach 33 years. He was an auto parts dealer and known in local automotive circles. Surviving: wife Winkfred a son Lt Comdr Roy G Johnson USN a brother Reg Johnson and sister Mrs Dorothy Crapper.
A Los Angeles stevedore John Harbon Turner, 41, was acquitted by a Superior Court jury of assault by force and magi c. Turner admitted breaking his foreman's neck and biting off part of his ear during a weeklong trial. Victim Harry Worsnap, 43, suffered injuries aboard the USS Massmar at Berth 25 Pier C. Turns out his defense claimed self defense.
Henry E. Hari, 45, Los Angeles, was fined $150 in Superior Court by Judge Beach Vasey after a July 11 assault by force case. Hari, a produce buyer, struck a rival wrestler with an iron bar during a dispute over crops on East Carson Avenue. Tanaka, 56, also of Los Angeles, was involved in the altercation.
A father and his 43 year old son were jailed after a dispute over a speeding citation. Police said the son refused to sign the citation after being stopped on Regondo Ave. the vehicle allegedly traveled 43 mph in a 25 mph zone. Officers documented the incident and issued the citation.
Report describes a cab driver assault case with Sgt Kleinschmidt and John J Watkins involved. Plea to lesser charge follows signing a required ticket, while an aged father clashed with officers during the arrest process.
Harold L. Biggerstad reports two men robbed his truck at a Long Beach delivery site after he returned to the cab. They demanded the ignition keys and fled, leaving the victim shaken and reporting the incident to police.
The Marine Corps traveling exhibit will be in the May Co parking lot at Lakewood Center on Wednesday and Thursday. A fighter cockpit with a projector simulates flight including a takeoff and landing as visitors view the display. The exhibit features a boot camp display weapons medals and decorations Marines Around the World and an historical display. Hosts include the 15th Rifle Company of Seal Beach and the Sun Communications Company of Terminal Island.
A 13 month old girl was seriously hurt when a door handle pierced her side as a car carrying her and her brother on a lap collided with a second car at 4th Street and Orizaba Avenue. The dash of the Maygren vehicle involved was driven by Pearl M Maygren with Loren present. Raymond W Barrett drove the other car.
The widow of H Scott Goodfellow a 8 year old San Francisco attorney who died after choking on steak in a San Francisco restaurant is a Long Beach native. They married in Long Beach six years ago. Surviving are a son Geoffrey 18 months and three sisters. The couple’s home is in Menlo Park. Goodfellow was raised in Berkeley a Yale graduate a Navy lieutenant commander and a patron of the arts. His wife a Mills graduate is a granddaughter of the late John F Craig and related to Craig Shipbuilding Co. executives.
Thelma George Palace, 36, of 2000 Britton Dr., loses control and crashes into a Hathaway Ave power pole. Sparks ignite a transformer, causing grass fires and over 50 street lights and many homes to lose power. Minor head cut for Mrs Pilate, no treatment.
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