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Newspaper
Seal Beach Post And Wave
Location
Seal Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1955
Page
3
In Seal Beach the Majestic theatre opened on July 14 with a Charlie Chaplin film as the inaugural showing across from the big coaster. Adult admission was 10 cents, children 5 cents. A new building on Seal Way east of the bath house houses seven concessions. Bee Hive sold dresses for 50 to 75 cents.
The board announced a surprise honor for Mrs Zoeter, naming a school after her while she was away in Colorado. She expressed disbelief yet gratitude for 16 years of service as the Seal Beach Elementary School on Pacific Coast Highway adopts the new name effective immediately. The article also notes staff fashion commentary and mock stylistic trends.
The writer recalls a puzzled child asking why his 15 year old son Jimmy sleeps late and links it to his birth time two fifteen in the afternoon. He notes Art has released a recording of a cheerful song and plans to send copies to over 4,000 Little League presidents as a promotional idea. The fragment ends with 1955 being noted as a watershed year.
Dorothy Marshall age 12 of 206 First Street departs Los Angeles with her grandmother Mrs. Kate Weller for Denver Colorado. They travel on the Santa Fe Chief to visit Dorothy's aunts and uncles Mr. and Mrs. Paul Weller and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Weller for the rest of the summer.
Art Kassel writes Little Leaguer inspired by his grandson Jimmy on the Sherman Oaks team. Granddad watched the game and reflected on the boy’s play and the family tie to baseball.
A three year old asks if a neighbor’s baby is in heaven and replies that God would be surprised to see her back so soon. The brief joke ends with a friendly farewell.
The Johnson family Tim Steve Marilyn and Gary travel with Mr. and Mrs. Bud Johnson from 343 13th Street to the San Diego zoo Coronado and parts of Mexico this week. They plan a leisurely coastal trip and expect to return to town early next week.
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