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Newspaper
Seal Beach Post And Wave
Location
Seal Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1944
Page
2
The column, renamed Post Scraps, notes election bets, odd items like Japanese invasion money and souvenirs, Deb Ward’s horse news, and readers’ curiosities. It teases personal ads, jokes about inflation, and urges saving bonds to beat black markets. The tone is informal, local, and playful about small-town happenings.
A Seal Beach city council committee investigated objections to the trailer camp and reported it well kept and as clean as any seen. Chairman W D Gamtner said minor objections existed but the camp conformed with health laws and city ordinances.
In a Monday Brownie meeting at 706 Ocean 31 members work on sun frocks with some nearly finished and others still sewing. Mrs Henkey outlines a day camp for 7 8 and 9 year olds at Bellflower Ave with a 50 cent fee to cover instructors. Upcoming events include a weiner bake and swimming at 3 pm with required bathing suits and towels. New girls must bring Parent Consent slips and enrollment fees. Plans for a Mother Goose Jack and Jill wedding playset and another play are discussed for next week.
A retrospective note from Seal Beach recalls civic tensions and local events. It mentions political pressure, a tainted town atmosphere, the burning transit between Seal Beach and the county seat, and a May 11 lost evening. It highlights a flagpole ceremony on Main Street Ocean Avenue, a school program with a recitation by Jack Whittington, a furnished house for rent at 15 dollars per month, and a Wheatless Day observed by local Hoover pledge supporters.
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