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Newspaper
Seal Beach Post And Wave
Location
Seal Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1942
Page
6
The list details 1942 Coast Association committees including Finance and Membership Fishing Harbor and Junior College with members from Huntington Beach Newport Beach Laguna Beach and Santa Ana among others. Notable names include Arthur J Stead J A Wooley M M McCallen L A Patch and Dr Howard W Seager along with officials from Balboa San Clemente and Irvine Ranch.
Taxation Committee lists W J Bristol Huntington Beach Loren Cloud Los Alamitos T B Talbert Huntington Beach S Dawson Laguna Beach P A Dinsmore Irvine Ranch N E West Laguna Beach Highways Committee includes F W Hickman Seal Beach BE Crawford South Laguna Dr Paul Esslinger San Juan Capistrano Dr C G Huston Costa Mesa Frank Bundy Huntington Beach Donald Beach Kirby Balboa Island Ray Gveracker Huntington Beach William Holmes San Clemente Water Committee names D J Dodges Costa Mesa W B Hellis Irvine Ranch C J Marks Santa Ana Roy Smith San Juan Capistrano H H Henshaw Laguna Beach R L Patterson Newport Beach Harry Overmyer Huntington Advertising Committee S A Meyer Newport Beach William Gallienne Huntington Beach D Olmstead Huntington Beach Dave Olmstead Ben Reddick Long Beach T N Gaines Costa Mesa C I McDonald Santa Ana J S Farkuhar Huntington Beach R C Hoiles Santa Ana Ted Hodges San Juan Capistrano Committee on Defense L A Patch chairman Mr Patch will confer with mayors of coast cities in compiling the membership of this committee President Miller will be glad to hear from any member who is willing to serve on any of the committees.
Popular Science article by Magner White in The American Weekly, distributed with LOS ANGELES EXAMINER, explains sudden advances in photography and lens coatings enabling a hundred percent improvement. It highlights how the massive telescope could see twice as far at a modest extra cost.
Fifth graders in Miss Eleanora Markham's class present originals and copies of verse. Norma McNeil contributes a short poem about a little bird asking how it flies high in the sky.
Cornelia Morrison writes about dogs with playful rhymes as Jack White, Skippy, Tippy, and many others fight, bite, and leap over logs. Millicent Dewar envisions white roses arriving and dancing across the sea in a dreamy scene. Dolores MacPherson dreams of sheep and stars at night and a horn at dawn.
A playful column features verses about girls with varied styles and a cheerful couplet about Dolly Dear. The piece notes Dolores MacPherson and Dolly Olsen, hinting at a light entertainment page with rhymes on hair length skirts and a Saturday masquerade expected to be funny.
A team rides out to hunt a dragon and returns with its tail in a sack after a hard struggle. The adventure centers on Tfreen Honkey and the crew as they pursue the feared drake and triumph in the end.
Aircraft seen flying high in the sky with swift, hard movements as several planes were reported in the airspace. Quentin Flagler noted multiple flights moving rapidly across the region.
The War Production Board reports to Governor Olson and the California State Council of Defense detailing how passenger car cuts save key materials. For every 24 autos not built this year, steel and rubber fund a 27-ton medium tank. for each car, tin stocks cover 1 000 food cans. for 700 fewer cars, aluminum funds one fighter plane. nickel saved yields 100 pounds for armor and projectiles. zinc and copper save brass cartridge cases for .380 ammunition.
Soldiers anxious to dispose of private motor vehicles without required titles were told by the Department of Motor Vehicles to use power of attorney. If no trusted acquaintance is available, they may use a bank service at a small fee to act as agent and hold funds or forward them until the sale completes and ownership papers are secured.
A mysterious object descended from the sky and landed in a front yard prompting curiosity. Neighbors reported a loud impact but found no injuries or clear identification. Police and investigators collected fragments for analysis. Local residents recalled similar unexplained incidents in recent months.
A lighthearted note describes skates behaving oddly, making the writer uncertain whether they are walking or running. The quirky reflection captures a playful moment of confusion with footwear.
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