Local and Personal Items Recap Week’s Guests and News
Several families hosted guests this week including Miss Imogene McClure visiting the Reed home after eight years, and Mrs. Glenn Lewis and daughter Carroll with Mr. Glenn Lewis expected to join. Others hosted relatives from Watsonville, Compton, and Lake Elsinore. A Long Beach newborn weighs 9 pounds 14 ounces, and Chares E. Ward involves Army training at Camp Roberts.
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Les Reed
Imogene McClure
Hubert Tyler
Herman Stegen
Magnolia Hospital
Long Beach
Stegen
Ronnie
Lieut Henkey Receives Second Air Medal Cluster
The Oak Leaf Cluster was awarded by General Harmon in the South Pacific on April 16 1944 to First Lt Wilfred R Henkey fighter pilot for meritorious achievement during sustained hazardous missions with the 13th Army Air Forces He is the son of Mr and Mrs Max Henkey of Seal Beach and recently promoted.
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South Pacific
United States Army
SO. Pacific
Millard F. Harmon
South Paific
Wilfred R. Henkey
13Th Aaf
Henkey
Max Henkey
Seal Beach
America
Southern Pacific
Great Salt Lake
Lucia
Sierra
Leland Stanford
Mark Hopkins
Charles Crocker
Collis P. Huntington
Ditch Day Observed By Huntington Beach Seniors
Last Thursday Huntington Beach high school seniors celebrated Ditch Day with Elaine Wigton Billie Gauntner Jackie Howell Georgia Ann Pool Madge Idom Tommy Rae Idom and Barbara Lee. They traveled from Seal Beach to Pasadena Griffith Park Altedena Grahman's Chinese Theatre and the Browm Derby then dined at Melody Lane and Italian supper before returning to Long Beach. Teachers reportedly forgave nodding heads over textbooks the next day.
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Huntington Beach High School
Elaine Wigton
Billie Gamntner
Jackie Howell
Seal Beach
Georgia Ann Pool
Madge
Tommy Rae Idom
Surfside
Barbara Lee
Huntington Beach
Pasadena
Washington Park
Griffith Park
Altedena
Billie ‘Gauntner
J. H. Sylvester
Grahman’s
Browm Derby
Melody Lane
Local Officer Promoted To First Lieutenant
From a second lieutenant his wife Dolores Holland and three year old son Gary live at 2734 Hope street in Huntington Park, the article notes the family residence accompanying the officer after promotion.
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Dolores ‘Holland
Gary
Hope Street
Huntington Park
City to Advertise for New City Truck
The city council authorized buying a new truck for the maintenance department and directed the city clerk to advertise for bids.
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CITY
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Mrs. Milton Johnson
Knot’s Berry Farm
W. J. Pearl
Sunset Beach
Charles Kersey
Ruth
Nancy
Constance
Erlene Brown
Chares E. Ward
Willis Ward
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Camp Roberts
Army Surveying School
Los Angeles
George Kafori
Ollie B. Padrick
Lake Elsinore
Jerry Thomas
Sf3c
14Th Street
Mr. Thomas
South Carolina
Milton Johnson
Thirteenth
Phil Huff
Sadie Smith
Stewart, Julie
Patty
Bellflower
Marion Price
Paso Robles
California
F. Bruce Ellis
Ellis
Price
Mr. Ellis
Deb Ward
Pauline Shepherd
San Fernando Valley
Surf Theatre
James Cagney
Oklahoma
Humphrey Bogart
Marsha Hunt
Sun
Yan Lupino
Paul Henreid
Laurel and Hardy
Tom Conway
Lieut
Chet
the Golden
David Hewes
San Francisco
Stanford University
Wells Fargo Bank
Congress
United States
Sierra Nevada
China
Japan
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