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Newspaper
Seal Beach Post And Wave
Location
Seal Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1955
Page
11
A terse Surfside Colony item by Connie and Denise notes a local event and community update with placeholder contact line 9488. The concise notice provides no further details.
On Friday July 15 Dr and Mrs J D Gillis marked their 19th wedding anniversary. Mrs Gillis received silver earrings and the couple dined out before returning home to cake baked by neighbor Mrs Alex Magarian. Dr Gillis was an early Surfside resident buying his home in 1930.
Mr and Mrs Norman Poul plan a move to Garden Grove. Norman will teach at a local school next fall and wants to be nearer his new workplace.
General and Mrs Ralph Snavely entertained guests at a dinner party on Sunday July 17. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Stuart Briggs General and Mrs Robert Oliver of Lakewood and General and Mrs Clyde Duncan of Santa Ana.
Mrs Whitey Horsetmann has left for Jamestown North Dakota for a brief vacation. She will be away from her duties and is expected to return in a few days.
Mrs. Bob Hites of Spenard Alaska stayed a week with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dye. She has departed to return home after her visit.
Mrs. John Kroening hosts her mother in law Mrs. Florence Haefmeister of Illinois for a three week visit to California. The guest enjoyed a wonderful stay and shared time with family during the trip.
Mary Wilson of Pasadena purchases A-61 South Surfside Avenue from James Murphy. W Wiegand of Pasadena buys A-51 South Surfside Avenue from Violet Butler of Seal Beach.
Dennis the Menace was found bleeding from the mouth with a broken jaw after an incident. He was taken to a doctor for treatment and left at the hospital to be patched up, with a return home expected in a few days. The cat belongs to Loretta Gesell.
A seven year old girl from Barstow wandered away while playing on the beach. Lifeguards searched for an hour and found Linda two miles from home at Tin Can Beach. She apparently lost her sense of direction and was walking the wrong way. Mr. and Mrs.
Quainey residents were housed at B-21 for the duration of the week, with arrangements noted for lodging and weekly activities.
David Macomber A-24 leaves for Toledo Ohio to compete in the National Rover Skating Championship with six teammates for a ten day stay. He and partner Gerry Daniels Lomita plus another couple will perform precision skating, after ranking first at the Fresno regionals with competitors from California and Utah.
Third place finishers from the regionals head to Toledo for the nationals. The speaker wishes David luck and hopes he adds another trophy to his collection.
Mr. Arleigh Wheeler Sr from West Chicago Illinois visited his son and daughter in law for a two week stay. The family gathering included 27 adults, spanning residents from Illinois and nearby areas.
Senator Williams and Mrs. J. Howard Williams plus family spent a week at the Seal Motel in Seal Beach. They traveled from Port ersville and enjoyed the beach together with the entire family.
Howard C. Van Ausdeln III, son of Mr and Mrs Howard Van Ausdeln of Van's Upholstery, was promoted to first lieutenant at Scott Air Force Base Illinois. He reports enjoying baseball games in Chicago and light opera in St Louis while continuing three months of training in personnel at the Illinois base.
Trans-World Airlines offers a special direct flight for all VFW members attending the Boston encampment on August 28. The airline pledges to provide comfortable arrangements and full assistance to the traveling veterans.
Mr and Mrs Paul Shockley and son Paul Jr recently visited Seal Beach combining business and pleasure. Mrs Shockleys mother Carrie Whittington Funk of 228 Eighth St is noted as sister to Mrs Thomas Hardy of 220 Fourth St. Mr Shockley works in real estate in an Arizona town and has offices in the Garden Grove area. He conducted necessary business that brought them to the coast.
In Sea Beach area E nest L Kellogg a Crowell Colier salesman will sell goods to raise funds for sick room equipment and to sponsor a nursing student of their choice.
Long Beach girl Jacklyn Tilley visits grandfather Martin S Hanson Sr in Long Beach. She sails aboard the foot schooner Diablo owned by Frank White. stays three weeks at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Honolulu with family in Hawaii.
Steven Johnson son of Mr and Mrs Bud Johnson celebrated his tenth birthday on Sunday July 17 with a dinner party after a game attended by several of his baseball friends.
In a chop suey restaurant a diner found a slip of paper inside a rice cake that read Help I am a prisoner in a Chinese bakery. The odd note sparked immediate investigations and local chatter.
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