New Spring Fabrics Inspire Hobbyists to Start Sewing
Home sewers drive a peak in the pastime with 96 percent of U.S. women over 12 sewing. Cotton dominates spring wardrobes with varied fabrics from cotton silks to chambrays, stripes, and pima blends. Patterns favor slim sheath lines, longer jackets, dropped waistlines, and easy fits, with wrinkle resistant fabrics for travel and spring ensembles.
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U.S
National Cotton Council
National Needlecraft Bureau
Auto Collision Brings Neighbors Together
At 12:45 a m on April 1 two cars collided at Bay Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway. Clyde Jenkins 30 of Long Beach said he had the green light while Rex Whiseneant 26 also of Long Beach ran across his path. Jenkins car spun and Whiseneant’s was dragged 39 feet injuring him and two passengers. Officers Lochamy and Garza of Sea Beach Police formed the scene.
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Bay Boulevard
Pacific Coast Highway
Clyde Jenkins
Greenbrier Road
Long Beach
Rex
Whiseneant
Pepperwood Avenue
Bay
Jenkins
Lochamy and
Garza
Sea Beach
House Movers Beware Strict Laws Adopted
Seal Beach adopts first reading of Ordinance 469 to regulate house moving. The measure requires building department examinations fees signage and rigid homeowner conditions after a neighbor dispute over a moved house on Sixth Street.
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Seal Beach
Sixth Street
Essay Winners Named in Legion Auxiliary Contest
The American Legion Auxiliary and Post announced judging of essays by 5th to 8th graders. Winners include Denny Buell and Linda Crooks in 5th grade for George Washington, Betty Smith and Jaula Strother in 6th, Leslie Little and Sharon Merrill in 7th, Rosemary Ferguson and Gwen Birt in 8th for Star Spangled Banner or related topics. Awards presented at May PTA meeting with medals and certificates.
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George Washington
Denny Buell
13Th Street
Miss Skelsey
Linda Crooks
Ocean Avenue
Mr. Bankston
Betty Smith
10Th St
Miss Tolman
Jaula Strother
Sth St
Miss Schleicher
Seal Beach
Bridges
Voight
Post
PTA
Birthday Celebration for Sea Beach Post Marks 25 Years
American Legion Auxiliary and American Legion sponsor a Sea Beach Post 25th birthday event. Loretta Dillon presents a birthday cake to Commander Doo little, Frank Upham also celebrates his birthday, and Hawaiian dancers entertain after cake and ice cream.
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Sea Beach Post
Loretta Dillon
Doolittle
the Post
Bill Bridges
Edythe Hindsley
Edythe
Marie Mays
Katherine Bridges
Margaret Coutts
Marie Doolittle
Michigan Visitors Win TV Show Prize
Bea DeArmond’s visiting family watched as Linda Ball from Michigan was chosen from the audience at Art Linkletter’s House Party to compete in a spelling quiz. Linda won a prize of lingerie to be mailed to her Michigan home as she returns there soon.
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Bea DeArmond
East
Hollywood
Art Linkletter
Bea
Long Beach
The
Sunbeams
Linda Ball
Michigan
Linda
Tinting laundry with a Whirlpool washer in spring redecorating
In 1955 a home service director from Whirlpool explains tinting fabrics using an automatic washer. Steps cover cleaning wet articles, choosing color remover, using HOT water, adding a water softener and dye, running a full cycle, and finishing with hot salted rinses for color fastness.
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Marcia Mead
Home Service
Whirlpool Corporation
Wife and husband joke about housework fatigue
A humorous exchange shows a wife claiming weakness for housework and her husband agreeing he is not strong enough either, turning domestic labor into a light moment.
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Stegen
California
Dts Iy
Glideer Inn
Jimmy Arnerich
Nina Bennis
Coast Peony
American Legion Auxiliary
By Vivian Nicodemus
American Legion
Seal Beach Lumber & Supply
Coast Hiway Seal Beach
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