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Newspaper
Seal Beach Post And Wave
Location
Seal Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1955
Page
9
Dalmas Club organizes a benefit dance at Meadowlark Country Club on Friday July 1. Admission is 1.50 per person with tickets available from Annie Randall at 34-2185. Five Bits of Rhythm will perform making the event worthwhile for attendees.
A notice urges Sunset Beach and Surfside residents to support a community center fund. It clarifies funds go to the Community Center, not Youth Center, and asks everyone to contribute regardless of attendance.
A note indicates someone returns from a vacation seeking rest. No further details or names are provided.
Edythe Hindsley moved in and tackled grass and weeds around the Clubhouse. She received help from Bertie Brockmiller Ada Meenk Bertie Pears and Frances Earley plus Crockett McNeil who organized a picnic lunch at the clubhouse.
Keith Bish leads cast in The Moon is Blue at The Theatre 2409 Magnolia Lengach with Don Jesham played by Bob Bish and Cliff Meduagh as Don's former fiancée. The show, extended through Sunday June 3, has drawn Long Beach audiences and features the Bish family genealogy including Mrs. Charlotte Bush of Bayview Drive.
Ernest Locke of Sunset Date fished the San Diego River on Friday and reported catching a single fish while enjoying the day on the water.
Ann Richards finished a three week visit in the San Joaquin Valley staying with her Fresno brother. A Richmond niece flew to Fresno to see Aunt Ann after 15 years with the pair enjoying many gatherings and relief from Fresno heat upon returning home.
The W E Galles Jack Johns and Richard Starlings attended the Long Beach Community Playhouse to see Suds in Your Eye. The venue features no stage with performers in the middle surrounded by the audience indicating an intimate compact theater setting.
Mrs. Grace Schlesson? Grace Schlessers' daughter and G. L. Hudson from Los Angeles visited three days at her home. They cut the visit short as Craig, her grandson, prepared for Scout Camp on Saturday for a week. Craig was excited about his first camp experience.
Josephine A. Sheeley of Park Avenue, president of Silver Sands Parlor No. 286, Native Daughters of the Golden West, attended the 96th annual Parlor Convention held in Stockton.
Mrs Minnie Higgins of Huntington Beach led a delegation from the Parlor with Jo as a delegate. They traveled June 20 to June 24, enjoyed fine weather, and returned home Saturday.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Locke of Sunset Cafe traveled to the Palomar mountains to visit their daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Gene Wallace at their new ranch home. They returned home Sunday evening.
Charles Price and Sharon Wakefield attended a housewarming in Westminster for Doty Watkins on Saturday June 25. About 15 couples were present and Doty received many gifts. Refreshments were served.
Lifeguard Stephanie Belcher returns to duty at the lagoon starting Wednesday. A five mile per hour speed limit sign on the bay for water skiers and speedboats is now law and clearly enforced to protect bathers.
Mr N A King was pleasantly surprised with a family reunion birthday dinner Sunday at the home of his brother and wife Carl and Mrs King.
Helping him celebrate his birthday were Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth King and family of Westminster, Mr. and Mrs. Paul King and family, his daughter Mrs. Ruby Marona and two granddaughters from Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Mrs. Ethel Williams.
Ethel Berch presented Arnold King with a large birthday cake she baked. He carried it into the King's Cafe and invited everyone to join him for cake and coffee.
Bob Peterson of 611 Ocean Ave drives a customized 1948 Plymouth with Frenched headlights a louvered hood and a nosed and decked fore and aft. He pours time and money into the car after wrecking his previous Plymouth.
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