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Newspaper
Seal Beach Post And Wave
Location
Seal Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1955
Page
12
Mrs. Gladys Pangborn guest of honor at a Rivera patio party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Barnett celebrating 20 years of service to the Los Angeles School Board. More than 50 co workers attended. gifts included monogrammed luggage.
Mrs. Paul Hasley of 222 13th Street returned from a 4000 mile three week tour with her sister and brother in law visiting friends and relatives across mid Kansas and Oklahoma. In Durant they stayed with Murray Pritchard and family. In Frederick they visited Hasley relatives. Paul was raised there.
Steinmans Host confirms seven four year tuition free USC scholarships for Long Beach Harbor Trojan Alumni students in the program chaired by Howard Coy of Naples. The drive encourages non athletes to seek higher education via school authorities or financial need. Barbecue organizers Mr and Mrs Bud Johnson and Dr and Mrs Edward McClean aided the event in Seal Beach.
Martha Jackson, daughter of Mrs. Sylvia Burnside, 208 Seventh Street, writes from Texas she is having a wonderful time but is homesick for Seal Beach. She swims at the lake near her grandparents and attends many parties. She plans to return to Seal Beach early in the fall and is employed by Frosty’s Cleaners.
Larry Planje aged 18 enjoyed a birthday dinner at Bernsteins in Belmont Shore with family and close friends. Guests included Charley and Mary Plante and Pat Carson as they shared filet mignon and prime rib in a dinner for four.
The New England States Society of Long Beach schedules its 46th annual picnic at Bixby Park on Sunday August 14 with a town crier Pilgrims group visiting downtown before the event. Marines post colors at 1 PM, Rev. Axtell of the Salvation Army gives invocation, Mayor George Vermillion welcomes attendees, and a two hour entertainment program follows along with registration tables.
A witty remark from Betty Jane Balch circulates as she notes that confidence may hide valid points. The quip suggests skepticism toward boasting while acknowledging occasional merit in such boasts.
Mrs Gladys Drent hosted a family dinner and beach outing Sunday in Seal Beach with grandchildren Estelle Dianne Pat and Garret Drent coming from Barber City. Also present were Madelyn Eagle and her sons Howard Bob and Ronnie Eugene Eagle living at 246 Sixth Street.
Mr and Mrs A M Garcia and children Abie and Kathy of Modesto spent a week in ocean cooled Seal Beach with Mrs Rose Lopez at 225 Fourteenth Street. The trip came as a refreshing break through the San Joaquin valley.
Mr and Mrs Harry O Rear former Sea Beach residents spent a week in San Francisco enjoying the bay city. They stopped in here to visit their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Bob O Rear and their granddaughter Sherrill Ann of 1303 Electric Avenue on their way home to Anaheim.
A new idea in practical California homes is promoted at Sun Garden Park in Garden Grove this Sunday. HerbMac Construction with Bank of America financing invites veterans to buy homes for 195 dollars total plus a 297 dollar monthly income qualification. The homes feature enclosed back yards, hardwood floors, plastering, ceramic tile, and customizable interior colors.
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