Registration Board Ready For 4 A Day This Weekend
Preparations are complete for Fourth Registration Day when men ages 45 to 65 will register. In Seal Beach the process runs from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday Sunday and Monday April 25 26 and 27. Mrs Fronia Robinson chief registrar heads a competent board with volunteers for efficient registration. New volunteers include Miss Alice Dodge Mrs Thelma Upham Miss Stella Thompson Mrs Martha Nuckols Mrs Ruth Butler Mrs Sara Markham and Fred Finch. Regulars returning are Mrs Velva Witten Mrs Stella Smith James Zoeter Mrs Margaret Snell Mrs Minnie Snider Miss Eleanora Markham Mrs Flo Newton Mrs Evelyn Prentice J Jolley Jones and Fred Lusk. Fred Smith and Al Corriveau may fill in. Mrs Burma Bourne is typist with assistants Jean Yokem Dorothy McEachran Lucile Smith Charlotte Corriveau and Mary Zoeter. On call interpreters are Mrs Helen Viosca and R C Smith. Brig General Joseph O Donovan state director of selective service notes three main requirements for this registration. The three points are summarized as: every male citizen and male alien in California who has not attained 65 and has turned 45 by February 16 1942 is eligible.
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Seal Beach
Fronia Robinson
Alice Dodge
Thelma Upham
Stella Thompson
Martha Nuckols
Ruth Butler
Sara Markham
Fred Finch
Velva Witten
Stella Smith
James Zoeter
Margaret Snell
Minnie Snider
Eleanora Markham
Flo Newton
Evelyn Prentice
J. Jolley Jones
Fred Lusk
Fred Smith
al Corriveau
Burma Bourne
Jean Yokem
Dorothy McEachran
Lucile Smith
Charlotte Corriveau
Mary Zoeter
Helen Viosca
R. C. Smith
Joseph O. Donovan
Selective Service
Donovan
California
How You Can Do Your Bit to Win the War
A wartime appeal asks households to donate or loan a baby buggy to the Red Cross. Mrs Mary Ekberg can arrange placement with a mother of three, noting transportation limits and fuel constraints as crucial factors in aiding Uncle Sam’s war effort.
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Red Cross
Mary Ekberg
Sam
Sugar Rationing Details to Be Announced Soon
Local School officials in Seal Beach plan to notify the public through the Post & Wave and home notices when the War Ration Book 1 sugar booklet will be issued at Seal Beach Elementary. J H McGaugh, district superintendent, said details discussed with Paul D Orr, state rationing officer, at a Santa Ana meeting are being studied.
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Seal Beach
J. H. McGaugh
Santa Ana
Paul D’orr
Post & Wave
New First Aid Club Plans Fund Raising Drive
The First Aid Club met at the Community M. E. church on Thursday April 16 with 25 attendees. Miss Stella Thompson received a war stamps gift for teaching, and Dr. Homer De Sadeleer endorsed a planned fund drive for equipment through local first aid stations. Mrs. Ellen Congrove was elected chairman of the drive with a committee including Susan Koch Marvin Miller F J Smith Marjorie Payzant Mary Wilson Helen Goodrich Florence Huntsman.
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Community M. E. Church
Stella Thompson
Edna Shumaker
Florence Huntsman
M. E. Church
Seal Beach
de Sadeleer
Congrove
Ellen Congrove
Mesdames
Susan Koch
Marvin Miller
F. J. Smith
Marjorie Payzant
Mary Wilson
Helen Goodrich
Jessie Reed Named New Mayor of Seal Beach
Jessie W. Reed becomes mayor after city council reorganization and April 14 election canvass. Three new council members Max Henkey Fred W Postal sworn in by City Clerk Ollie B Padrick. Reed elected unanimously after nomination by Henkey as Hughes ends ten years as chief executive and Felts acts as mayor pro tempore during transition.
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Seal Beach
Jessie W. Reed
Max Henkey
Fred W. Postal
Ollie B. Padrick
Jessie Reed
Elmer J. Hughes
J. C. Felts
School distribution plan for ration booklets outlined
The Elementary school will serve as the distribution point for booklets to be issued to individuals. Commercial sugar users will obtain their ration books from the high schools of the district of residence. Booklets for sugar rationing for commercial uses have not been obtained in Orange county.
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Orange County
Public School Week Set With Open House And Demos
Seal Beach observes Public School Week April 28 to 30 with visiting day on Tuesday and a Thursday open house and exhibit at Seal Beach Elementary. Incendiary bomb demonstrations led by Fire Chief W S Knighton will be held Monday to Wednesday evenings at 7 o clock in three city sections to show residents how to put out fires.
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Seal Beach
W. S. Knighton
Main Street
City Hall
Eighth Street
Central Avenue
Electric Avenue
Twelfth Street
Main ,Street
Peninsula Area
Anaheim Landing
School
Eleventh Street
Landing Avenue
Masonic Organization
R. E H. Dolley Lodge F
A. M. No. 616
Anaheim Bay improvement completed and accepted by city
Seal Beach retirees wrap a two year term by approving a resolution to accept all work on the $198 750 Anaheim Bay improvement project. City Engineer J A Woolley reports final payment to Taveras Construction and completion by Newport Dredging with 15 percent retained for 85 days for cleanup and repairs.
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Seal Beach
Anaheim Bay
J. A. Woolley
Taveras Construction Company
Newport Dredging Company
Woolley
Elmer J Hughes To Carry On as Defense Coordinator
Elmer J Hughes will continue serving the City of Seal Beach as Defense Council Coordinator. At a Sea Beach Civilian Defense Council meeting, Mayor Jessie Reed requested his appointment, noting his ten years as mayor and fourteen on the city council. Confirmation by the city council and an ordinance amendment are required.
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Seal Beach
Elmer J. Hughes
Jessie Reed
Sea Beach
Civilian Defense Council
Defense Council
Hughes
Aircraft Warning Service
Aircraft Warning Service urged as home defense line
Army and defense officials stress the Aircraft Warning Service as a first line of home defense. In Seal Beach area, observers are needed for a reserve list. The 24 hour post operates with volunteers, praised for efficiency, but criticism has risen. If volunteers fail to man posts, a draft may be used.
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Aircraft Warning Service
Point Fourth
State Defense Council
Ben l Leiberman
Seal Beach
T. L. Burns
Los Angeles
Defense Services
Army
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Miss Thompson
Thompson
Dr. de Sadeleer
Homer de Sadeleer
Army and Defense
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