1955 seal beach events highlighted in local notes
Summary of key happenings in Seal Beach during 1955 drawn from 52 weekly issues. Topics include council actions on street widening and parking, recalls against Mayor Clark and Councilman Calvo, oil drilling activity, bridge orders, tax measures, public meetings, and community events such as Easter services and fundraisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seal Beach
Robert Buck
al Leonard
Buck
Fifth Street
Benny Rapp
Chevron
Main Street
Coast Highway
Kenny Nash
Drent
Holland
Ome
Ross Mobilgas
Ray Shaver
Jackie Taylor
F. W. Hickman
Francis J. Nichols
George Clark
Paul Calvo
Monterey Oil Company
First Street
W. L. Robertson
Dorothy Leake
Fourth Street
Parent-Teachers’ Association
George H. Clark
Paul F.calvo
George
Sam Arvanitis
Sam’s Sea Food
American Legion and Auxiliary
Woman’s Club of
James Utt
House
Bea de Armond
Seal Beach Taxpayers’ Association
California Taxpayers’ Association
Superior Court
Franklin G. West
Ocean Avenue
F. J. Nichols
Clark
Calvo
John McKinney
L. A. Bennett
Job
Ocean
Twelfth Street
Electric Avenue
San Francisco
Hellman Attornies
Lions Club
Taxpayers’ Association
Ane
Airport Club
Bay Theatre
Vernon E Kerr V F W Man Dies At 62
Vernon E Kerr longtime Seal Beach V F W member died December 6 at age 62 from a cerebral hemorrhage. A World War II Sea Bee veteran born in Chanute Kansas he moved to Long Beach in 1922 and leaves wife Gladys M Kerr two sons Vernon E Jr and George W and brother Dean D Kerr. Funeral services were held December 9 by the Searchlight Masonic Lodge with burial at Sunnyside Mausoleum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon FE. Kerr
Seal Beach
Veterans of Foreign Wars
V.F.W
Mr. Kerr
Chanute
Kansas
Long Beach
Sea Bees
Bartlesville
Oklahoma
Lodge 284
Forst Scott
Consistory
Scottish Rite
Mirza Temple of the Shrine
Pittsburg
The
Brotherhood of Trainmen
Editor Mistakes Trigger Midnight Silence Bechtel Briefs
Bechtel Briefs from December 1955 contrasts professions and how errors are handled. It notes plumbers overcharge lawyers retry cases carpenters expect mistakes judges codify them preachers go unseen doctors bury errors and editors provoke a sharp wake up call.
Einstein Quote on Consciousness and Universe
A succinct Albert Einstein reflection asserts that the external universe exists independently and can be understood only through a cosmic intellect. The line emphasizes the separation between subjective experience and objective reality.
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Albert Einstein
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Sunset Cleaners
Sunset Beach
Laverne & E
Second ST. Belmont Shore
Vernon E. Kerr
V.F.W. Man
Bechtel Briefs
Atimer
Audie Murphy In
Hell and
Demetrius “and the
Gladiators
VICTOR/ MATURE
Susan Hayward
Seal Cafe
Ted and
Ruth Graves
Ross Armagost
Notary Public
Alyce Dowle
14Th Street
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