Lions Hear Naval Officer Tell Pacific Battle Story
Lieut. Commander Roger O Neill, USN, spoke at the Lions Club about U S forces in the South Pacific, recounting ship losses and battles near Guadalcanal and the sinking of the Juno crew. The meeting included songs, a piano accompaniment, hobby talks, and birthday acknowledgments for Jack Whittington and Jolly Jones.
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Pacific
Com. O’neill
Roger O'Neill
USN
Naval Hospital
Lion
O’neill
Juno
Hornet
Wasp
Boise
Com
Guadalcanal
Biel A Fay Wins Promotion To Staff Sergeant
Biel A Fay, formerly a private, has been promoted to staff sergeant by Allied Force Headquarters in North Africa. He hails from 124 Highth Street and previously worked for the Pacific Electric Railway. He now serves with a unit of the Military Railway Service in North Africa.
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Allied Force Headquarters
N. Africa
Biehl A. Fay
124
Highth Street
Military Railway Service
Transportation Corps
Armed Forces
Sgt
Fay
Pacific Electric Railway
North Africa
Junior Woman's Club Cooked Foods Sale Tomorrow
The Junior Woman's Club will hold a cooked foods sale tomorrow Saturday at 10:30 in front of the Boys Club. It is the third sale by the group and last time all items sold within an hour. attendees are urged to arrive early.
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Junior Woman's Club
Salary Measure Modified in First Reading
City council gave the salary measure first reading to raise wages for police and several other posts. Amendments set starting rates, allowing an experienced new hire to start at the highest rate, while inexperienced hires begin at the lowest bracket with early year increases.
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Ye Wag
Menith
PTA Meeting Features Musical Program by Pupils
The Seal Beach PTA January meeting opened with a musical program by Clark Higginbotham and four students. An accordion duet, a clarinet solo, a saxophone solo, and French horn numbers highlighted the event, followed by a tribute to Mrs Dorothy McEachran and the annual donation to the Infantile Paralysis Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA Meeting
Clark Higginbotham
Mr. Higginbotham
Howard van Auscheln
Danny Braddock
Fred Lusk
Tommy Moore
Hubert Tyler
Clarence Braddock
Dorothy McEachran
Nfantile Paralysis Fund
New Pup Private From Seal Beach Enlists In Army
Pudgy MacPherson and his dog Doloress MacPherson joined military service as a puppy private from Sixteen Street. The pup will undergo extensive training and be sent to a location within the United States Army for prep and assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pudgy MacPherson
Dog Doloress MacPherson
Sixte Street
U. S. Army
Mrs Clara Frye Called by Death Services Held
Funeral services were held at Mottell's Mortuary for Mrs. Clara Frye who died Saturday at the home of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs E W Reed 316 Tenth street Reverend William Hodgson of Belmont Heights Methodist church officiated She was born in Washington county Iowa and moved to Long Beach in 1919 residing in Seal Beach six years Surviving are daughter Mrs Jessie W Reed mayor of Seal Beach sister Mrs Dora Kurtz Burlington Iowa granddaughters Mrs Norma Pranter Seal Beach and Mrs Dora Greenough Escondido and great grandchildren Lynn Pranter and Vicki Greenough Interment was in Sunnyside Memory Park.
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Mottell’s
Clara Frye
E. W
Frye
Washington County
Iowa
Long Beach
Seal Beach
Jessie W. Reed
Dora Kurtz
Burlington
Norma Pranter
Dora Greenough
Escondido
Lynn Pranter
Vicki Greenough
Sunnyside Memories Park
Lenore Braddock Wirs Honored by PTA in Santa Ana
Seal Beach PTA member Lenore Braddock Wirs received a life membership pin at the Fourth District meeting in Santa Ana on Thursday. The gold oak leaf pin, awarded by the Orange County board, honors outstanding service over years, with Helen Morrison being the only other Seal Beach woman to receive the award.
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Lenore Braddock
Santa Ana
Orange County Board
Helen Morrison
Seal Beach
Printing Prices Keep Prewar Levels, Inquiry Urged
Classified notice asserts all kinds printing services retain postwar prices matching prewar levels. Encourages immediate investigation to verify and capitalize on ongoing value, noting standards remain steady after the wave.
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Matic Way
Ralph Cole
Clyde “Miller
Seal’ Beach
OPA
Ellen Congreve
Rollie Vinzant
Tail Twister
Vinzant
All Lions
Neil E. Adams
Jack Whittington
J. Jolly Jones
Biel A. Fay
M. C. Schifano
FUR
Lambert Bldg
A. Nieto
Louise Morrell
Louise
Ocean Ave
Tobilaas
Pat Burns
Mgr
PTA
Wirs
The
PTA Was
Sam L. Collins
California
Chapman Bldg
FULJ
ERTON
Needham
New Prames
Belmont Shore
Amond Ann
America
N.B.C
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