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Newspaper
Seal Beach Post And Wave
Location
Seal Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1945
Page
12
The Seal Beach Chamber of Commerce voted to award a $5 prize to the home most attractively decorated for Christmas. With outside decorations now allowed for the first time in four years, the chamber hopes many residents join in beautifying the city. A three member committee will judge and pick a winner on December 21.
City Engineer Lee S. Whidden said December will reach a new high in building permit value. Since December 1 the total permits total $65,266, led by a $36,660 Dow Chemical plant expansion at Seal Beach. J. L. Quilitch of Long Beach follows with a large permit for a one story building at Electric Avenue corner.
Main Street will house three spaces for stores and a five room apartment at a cost of 12000 dollars. Six other applicants seek permits to erect new homes or business buildings or to add to existing buildings.
Lee Benno and John Johnson began work on a 50 by 100 foot building at the northeast corner of Main and Central to house a supermarket and bakery. Ground levelled, area staked, foundation to start soon, with lumber purchased and fixtures to be installed by the partners.
A tip notes slightly dampening string before tying packages helps keep mail-bound bundles intact in transit because the string tightens as it dries. This reduces looseness and loss during shipment.
A kitchen note describes heating butter or oil, pouring over popcorn, and stirring in a spoonful of peanut butter. The mix blends with the hot fat and is salted to taste after pouring over the popcorn.
A fragmented note describes a sugar free sweet labeled sFors with a suggested serving. It mentions halved grapefruit spread lightly with hokey and broiled briefly, with optional additional portion. The text reads as a kitchen tip or experimental recipe fragment without clear author or full instructions.
Long Beach residents are urged to attend the Long Beach Franchise Commission hearing at City Hall on Tuesday December 18 at 1 30 p m. Dr Homer E DeSadeleer president of the chamber says the commission may decide Seal Beach deserves better bus service via Broadway and urges citizens and officials to attend and present reasons for the needed transportation improvements.
A newsroom states readiness to provide fast accurate and effective reporting. The team emphasizes efficiency and reliability to meet deadlines and serve readers with dependable coverage.
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