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Newspaper
Seal Beach Post And Wave
Location
Seal Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1955
Page
4
At First Assembly of God on Tenth and Electric Avenue under Pastor Donald E. Curry. Sunday Bible School at 9 45 am Worship at 10 45 am Youth Fellowship 6 30 pm Worship 7 30 pm. Wednesday 10 30 am Women Missionary Council. Thursday 7 30 pm Praise Prayer and Bible Study.
A church bulletin lists services at First Brethren on Eighth and Central with minister Jerry A. Yerian and St. Ann's Catholic at 340 Nth Street with Rev. Thomas O Sullivan. Masses at 8:00 a.m and 10:00 a.m. and contact details.
The advertisement lists church times for First Baptist Church at 143 Main Street. Sunday School 9 45 a m Morning Worship 11 00 a m Training Union 6 30 p m Evening Worship 7 30 p m affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention and one of about 30 000 churches.
Sunday worship at 9:00 a.m. in the chapel with the sermon Arise and Build. The Senior Choir and Methodist Choristers sing. Coffee-Hour Fellowship at 11:15 a.m. Week events include Boy Scout Troop 3 at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday Circle One WSCS at 10:00 a.m. and Choristers rehearsal at 3:30 p.m.
Fifth Church of Christ Scientist Long Beach California holds services at Fox Belmont Theatre 4918 East Second Street at 11:00 a.m Sunday with 9:30 a.m Sunday School and 12:00 noon Wednesday Testimony meetings Reading Room at 194 Park Avenue The Lesson Sermon subject is God faith and divine science as taught by Mary Baker Eddy excerpts from Bible and Science and Health referenced.
Rev. Guy Newton reports the First Baptist Church Christmas program held on December 21. The event featured music readings and plays including In the Path of the Star and This Man Called Jesus with participants such as Trudy Chilcote Don Duke and Janelle Newton. The Dorcas Sunday School class and Intermediate Sunday School class hosted Christmas parties at members homes.
Seal Beach may file a formal protest against private water companies seeking to supply a subdivision. City Engineer Hal Marron says the subdivision should fall under Seal Beach service, and private firms should be kept out. Councilman Al Leonard asks for discussion between the engineer and City Attorney Robert Buck to file a protest if needed.
Ormon Reynolds selects eleven year old Mark Johnson as Boy of the Week. In sixth grade he excels in class and on the field, enjoys shop and physical education, built a wood shop bookshelf, and is known for strong blocking in football. He loves fishing swimming coin collecting and butterflies. His mother is a homemaker and his father runs a local drug store.
The Salvation Army places personnel and facilities in northern California and Oregon on call for flood relief. Lt. Colonel Frank Wilmer, Southern California divisional commander, says welfare funds are released to stricken communities. Donations may be sent to the Los Angeles division headquarters at 832 West Ninth Street, Los Angeles 15.
The Belmont Shore VFW unit meets January 3 1956 to drape a charter for Vernon Kerr WWI comrade who died. Four new members will receive the works. VFW Week January 22 28 urges member six for fifty six. Commander Hickers reports visits to injured veterans. The Magic Bond film premieres nationwide during VFW Week detailing American soldiers from Spanish American War to Korea.
Frederick Lewis Allen notes how symptoms like exhaustion and weariness mirror broader social strains. He links personal malaise to cultural shifts and era’s rapid changes in values.
Regular 1956 dividends will be paid to Nation Service Life Insurance NSLI holders and U S Government Life Insurance USGLI participants. NSLI totals about 195 million dollars to roughly five million policies. USGLI about 24 million to roughly 370 thousand permanent plan policies. Payments come as single checks after each policy anniversary in 1956.
California sports and events dominate January 1956 according to the State Chamber of Commerce. Winter sports ski clubs schedule championships while Pebble Beach hosts two major golf championships and San Diego hosts a sailing race. Yachting regatta, horse racing, folk dancing, flower shows and the Rose Bowl Tournament and Game complete the calendar.
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