Beckman to retire after 23 years as city finance director
H P Beckman ends a 23 year city service career this week and will retire on December 1 shortly after his 70th birthday. He joined in August 1937 as an accountant and rose to city accountant in 1946 and finance director in 1988. He oversaw tax, purchasing, budget and research. City Manager plans to appoint S M Roberts to the finance office.
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S. M. Roberts
Roberts
Harbor Department
Three New Instructors Added by School
Beckman, a prominent Emanuel Lutheran layman and city employee, is described as a warm friend to many in the city. He plans only light traveling in retirement and resides at 27444 Bennett Ave, as the school adds three new instructors.
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Massie
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iMobile Home Travel Trailer Exhibit Opens at Lakewood
Over 50 models from eight Long Beach and Lakewood dealers are shown at the iMobile Home Travel Trailer Exhibit at Lakewood Shopping Center Del Amo Birds. The display runs Friday through Monday with noon to 9 pm on weekdays, 10 am to 6 pm on Saturday, and noon to 5 pm Sunday. admission is free.
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del Amo
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Lakewood-area
Emergency response tally after Wednesday afternoon crash and fires
A public safety update lists emergency calls since noon Wednesday including a traffic crash on Ore Avenue and a grass fire near 1205 E. Grass. Responders were dispatched to stand-by incidents at Municipal Aiba Pamawanby and other nearby locations as crews managed multiple scenes.
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Gale
Death notices of multiple residents in local area
A batch of death notices lists Albert Edmund Ryan 86 of 953 Park Circle and others including Alfred A. Maloy 72 of 1054 Pennswood Ave and Margaret G. Smith among the deceased. Entries provide surviving spouses, children, and other relatives, with service details at various mortuaries and churches, plus mass times and donation requests to Heart Fund.
Funeral Set for Investor T M Rankin
Funeral service for Thomas Murray Rankin 87 resident of Long Beach for 50 years will be held at 3 p m Friday in Mot I s & Peek chapel He died Tuesday in St Mary s Hospital His home at 953 Park Circle was a showplace once visited by Grover Cleveland and Nellie Melba The Rankin family from Scotland homesteaded in what is now Cambridge Nebraska Surviving are a son Thomas Nell and a daughter Mrs Dorothy Rankin Bembridge The Rev Isaac McRae will officiate
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Lena Wood
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Dilbroth
Mauriee R
Bembridge
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Joseph
Mottell
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Peek
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Long Beach
St. Mary’s Hospital
Pan
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Nellie Melba
Balboa Tation Picture Studios
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United States
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Cambridge
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Midwest
William Jennings Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
Hazel
Thomas Nell
Pacific Maritime Association
Dorothy Rankin
Jordan High School
Isaac McRae
Tirst
Congregational Church
L B Doctor Grades Can Be Heaved Lauded for Penmanship
L B Doctor earns praise for neat penmanship as educators applaud the clear handwriting. The feature continues from page B-1 detailing methods and the impact of legible script on record keeping.
Long Beach Doctor Praised for Paraplegic Rehabilitation
A formal commendation lauds Dr. Ernest Bors, chief of spinal-cord injury treatment at Long Beach VA Hospital, for fourteen years of sustained service to paraplegic veterans. The praise by VA Medical Director Dr. William Middleton credits his leadership with developing a model spinal-cord service and delivering significant rehabilitative gains in psychology and physical recovery.
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William S. Middleton
Washington, D. C
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Hibernian Banquet Honors Commodore Barry 215th Birthday
The Ancient Order of Hibernians will mark Commodore John Barry's 215th birth anniversary with a banquet at the Sheraton West Hotel in Los Angeles on October .
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Hibernians
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Sheraton West Hotel
Los Angeles
City Park Board Leadership Goes to MacDonald
City officials report George D. MacDonald elected president for a one year term by the City Park Board on Wednesday. Woodrow W. Baird named vice president to succeed MacDonald, while Otho Cordray retires as president.
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City Park Board
MacDonald
George D. MacDonald
Woodrow W. Baird
Otho Cordray
Red Gifts at Library Defended by Professor
Long Beach State College political science professor defended the Long Beach Public Library display deemed communist propaganda. A protest postcard to City Council cited items like The Weekly People and Khrushchev in America. Professor Lorch supported the display as a public learning resource for readers to judge.
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Long Beach State College
Long Beach Public Library
Long” Beach Public Library
City 5. Cmanager’s
Reception for Adlai Stevenson in Orange County
Adlai E. Stevenson will appear in Orange County at a reception in his honor on September 30 at the Los Alamitos Race Course Club House. He will deliver a major political address at 7:30 p.m. on behalf of the Kennedy-Johnson ticket.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Orange County
Katella Ave
Stevenson
Kennedy-Johnson
Democrat -Headquarters
Minister Ave
Santa Ani
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