New School Completed and Crossing Guard Sought
The J. H. McGaugh Intermediate School is finished and the Seal Beach School District asked Chief Lee Howard to provide a crossing guard at the Bay Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway intersection. Students will cross only at that intersection and a police officer will handle the duty before school opens.
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J. H. McGaugh
Seal Beach
Lee Howard
Bay Boulevard
Pacific Coast Highway
Howard
Police Department
Dick Ward Home On Ten Day Air Force Leave
Airman 3rd Class Dick Ward based at Parks Air Force Base near Oakland is home on a ten day leave. He is the son of Mrs. Grace Knighton of 122 Seventh Street. He will report to Lowry Field in Denver on August 10. Welcome home Dick and enjoy your leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Ward
Parks Air Force Base
Oakland
Grace Knighton
Seventh Street
Lowry Field
Denver
Seal Beach Taxpayers Seek Removal of City Engineer
A letter from the Seal Beach Taxpayers Association led by Mrs Jesse C Jensen requests removal of the city engineer, arguing the position is unnecessary to cut the budget. The mayor tabled the letter for due consideration and filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seal Beach
Steinmans Host 150 at Trojan Alumni Barbecue
Long Beach and Harbor Trojan Alumni Club held its third annual barbecue at the Charles Steinman home 1107 Central Avenue with about 150 guests. Jess Hill USC coach and Bob McNeish Alumni Association official spoke. USC spring football films were shown. USC alumni groups fund scholarships through branch clubs nationwide.
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Trojan
Seal Beach
Charles Steinman
al Vignolo
Harbor Area
Jess Hill
USC
Esther Steinman
Bob McNeish
General Alumni Association
Steinmans
University of Southern California
the University
Long Beach and Harbor Trojan
Central Avenue
Naples
Hill
Mr. McNeish
McNeish
Henry Sellek Honored by Sears Roebuck
Henry Sellek 61 of 314 Fourteenth Street was honored at a Sears Roebuck breakfast in the LaFayette Hotel banquet room by about seventy company employees and officials. Sellek retired after 22 years with the firm, beginning in San Francisco before moving to the Long Beach store on 450 American Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears, Roebuck and Co
LaFayette
Henry Sellek
Fourteenth Street
Sellek
Star Beach
Sears
San Francisco
Long Beach
Seller
New Parking Rules Adopted by Seal Beach City Council
Seal Beach officials approve changes to parking on Fourth, Sixth and Seventh Streets with no parking allowed at any time. Westside parking permitted on Twelfth to Neptune streets, after resident Bonnie Abata advocates for dual-side Dolphin Street parking.
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Seal Beach
Ocean Avenue
Neptune
Abata
Dolphin
Bonnie Abata
City Accepts Bid for Seventh Street Paving Work
City Engineer Hal Marron reported to the council that bids for paving Seventh Street exceeded the original estimate. Three residents wrote letters, with James Hood owning 8 percent and Stanley Wiedrick 5 percent opposing the plan.
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Hal Marron
Seventh Street
James Hood
Stanley Wiedrick
Seal Beach Property Valuation Up $334 425 in 1955 56
The Seal Beach assessed valuation rises to 11 038 270 a 334 425 increase from 1954 55. The tentative tax rate is 1 50 per 100 assessed, subject to change before ordinance adoption. City needs 163 918 to fund departments and bond payments for the year.
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Seal Beach
Ed Rivers Dies at 66. Funeral Planned in Long Beach
Edward Rivers aged 66 of 1007 Ocean Ave died Thursday morning August 4 at the Veterans Hospital after a three year cancer illness. He was a former printer in Los Angeles and is survived by his widow Gertrude, a sister-in-law Bernice Turner, two nephews G. D. MacWilliams Melrose Mass and J. E. Mac Williams Buffalo NY, and a niece Mrs. John Marchley San Antonio TX. Funeral Sunday at 2 p.m. at Mottell's Mortuary Long Beach.
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Edward Rivers
Ocean Ave
Veteran’s Hospital
Mr. Rivers
Rivers
Los Angeles
Gertrude
Bernice Turner
G. D. MacWilliams
Melrose
Mass
J. E. MacWilliams
Buffalo, N. Y
John Marchley
San Antonio
Texas
Mottell
Long Beach
Heart Fund totals reveal county and Seal Beach contributions
Seal Beach contributors were responsible for 431.78 of the Orange County Heart Fund drive total of 44537.50 collected this week.
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Seal Beach
Orange County
Attendance rise at Seal Beach Youth Center programs
The Seal Beach Youth Center reports growing attendance among grade school students. New classes in swimming bowling table tennis badminton volleyball dancing and fishing are opening as enrollment fills. Adults can volunteer by contacting June Marshall at 90 1055.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seal Beach
June Marshall
Dennis Honey Returns Home From Oregon Visit
Dennis Honey 13 son of Mark and Becky Honey owners of the Melodie Television Shop is home from a trip to Oregon visiting his grandmother. He earned 75 dollars picking strawberries to pay for his own school clothes.
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Dennis Honey
Mark
Becky Honey
Melodie Television
Oregon
Dennis
Larry Whitson to Perform Solo Piano on KGER
Larry Whitson 16 son of Mr and Mrs James Whitson of 221 Central Avenue will appear solo on radio station KGER Monday August 8 from 2 15 to 2 30 p m. He studies with Dr Peter Slack Long Beach and has appeared on KGER before. Seals Beach residents urged to tune in and note him as one of Huntington High’s promising pupils nicknamed Liberace by local teens.
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Larry Whitson
James Whitson
Central Avenue
KGER
Larry
Liberace
Huntington High
Peter Slack
Long Beach
Seal Beachers
City Council OKs Removal of Sand Route Permit
The R. L. Basich Company won a permit to cross city property to acquire land from the mouth of the San Gabriel river for a fee of 250 dollars and to protect streets from damage. The project will use Bay Blvd Bolsa First Street Ocean to enter the beach with protection in writing emphasized by the city attorney.
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R. L. Basich Company
San Gabriel River
Marron
Basich
Robert Buck
Bay Blvd
Bolsa
First Street
Ocean
Green Parrot Cafe Gets New Owners
Ina Mowery sells the Green Parrot Cafe due to ill health. Ted and Ruth Graves of 1213 Seal Way take over and report that cook Norma Bowman and waitress Barbara Barnwell will remain. The cafe will keep its home made pies and home style cooking.
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Ina Mowery
Green Parrot Cafe
Ted and
Ruth Graves
Seal Way
Norma Bowman
Barbara Barnwell
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Sidelight
United States
How
Sears Roebuck
7Th ST
Ed Rivers
Funeral Sun
P.M
Response To Heart Fund
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