P T A Recreational Program Moves Forward in Seal Beach
Seal Beach parents through the P T A announce a developing recreational program for youth with a Holiday Dance planned for December 19 at City Hall. The effort includes high school student involvement and a proposed sports program using local school facilities on Saturdays and Sundays, needing three parents per day to join the organizing committee.
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City Hall
E. H. Gallen
Howard C. van Audschein
Callan
van Ausceln
Seal Beach
Water Department Delinquency Report from Seal Beach
Seal Beach reports under ten percent delinquent water accounts per superintendent Dc Miller. With 728 meters, 70 accounts delinquent. department revenue 1474.91, 1269.54 paid, 2.00 turn on charges, 200 from new meters, 3.37 penalties. Water sold 750886 cubic feet. city used 9040 cubic feet for total 809926 cubic feet.
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Seal Beach
Water Department
Dc. A. Miller
City Court Collects $737 for Street Improvement Fund
Dimont violations contributed to last month’s street fund as City Judge Fred J. Smith fines totaling $700 were earmarked for the fund. Of this amount $110 covered prior fines, $190 came from fifteen traffic cases, and $400 from four drunk drivers. An additional $37 entered the general fund from intoxication and disturbance offenses.
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Dimont
Fred J. Smith
Building Permits Jump Markedly in 1942
Building permits issued last month totaled 33, with 3 wiring permits and 1 contractor's license, generating 204.20 dollars in fees. For the first ten months of 1942, permit value reached 313,445 dollars, up from 181,908 dollars in the same period last year, and October permits exceed last year by more than double.
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C. A. Miller
October Tax Receipts Report For City Treasury
City tax collector C A Miller records total receipts to date totaling 4509.53 for October. Assessments paid reach 2434.39 with unsecured personal property taxes at 399.73 and miscellaneous credits of 7.30 for the month.
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C. A. Miller
October Arrest Summary From Seal Beach Police
Seal Beach police report 27 arrests in October with 18 convictions and nine cases pending. The department collected 6.00 dollars in license fees, according to Police Chief Lee Howard.
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Seal Beach
Lee Howard
Salvage Drive in Seal Beach Reaches 128 Tons
A.W. Armstrong, chair of the Seal Beach salvage committee, urges deeper digging to reveal more salvage metal for mills in California, Arizona, and Nevada. By November 19, 71,523 pounds has shipped since April, plus 87 tons of rails uncovered with WPA aid, totaling about 128 tons. The effort supports troops in the South Pacific, North Africa, and the Aleutians.
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Seal Beach
A.W. Armstrong
California
Arizona
Nevada
W.P.A
Pacific Electric
Armstrong
South Pacific
North Africa
Aleutian Islands
National editorial cites public apathy to war propaganda
A renowned editorialist argues Washington officials failed to stoke public fighting spirit after heavy propaganda. He blames partial truth and omissions, noting extensive stimuli through motion pictures and expert analysis, yet claims only the illiterate would miss the war’s purpose. Continued on page Two.
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Washington
Council Praises Dr. DeSadeleer for War Effort Role
The city council sent a telegram to the draft board praising Dr. Homer E. DeSadeleer as essential to the community amid a potential reclassification. He serves on the defense council and operates a large practice for four to five thousand residents, many defense workers, making his continued status critical to the war effort.
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Homer E. DeSadeleer
DeSadeleer
Defense Council
Selective Service Board
Dr. DeSadeleer
Three Navy Men Involved in Accident Near Electric Lane
Three Navy men were injured when a car driven by Ray Lebker crashed into a telephone pole on Electric Lane near Twenty fourth Street at about 8 30 p m. J L Johnson 27 and J J Kuski 37 were taken to the navy hospital with facial and hand lacerations. Lebker 25 escaped with minor injuries as the others tended to Long Beach.
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Navy
J. L. Johnson
J. J. Kuski
Navy Hospital
Ray Lebker
Aimout
Twentyfourth Street
Lebker
Long Beach
Los Angeles Planning Commission Recommends Dump Direction
Los Angeles Planning Commission urges locating a waste dump near the outskirts of Seal Beach. Thanksgiving Day dinners are sought for soldiers stationed there. Seal Beach families willing to host two soldiers should contact Red Cross camp chairman A. W. Armstrong.
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Los Angeles
Seal Beach
A. W. Armstrong
Red Cross
Armstrong
Twelfth Street
City Hall
Los Angeles County backs Long Beach incinerator dump plan
Protests by Orange County and Seal Beach against a rubbish dump and incinerator on the LA OC line had no effect. The LA County Planning Commission recommended the county board grant a permit to Long Beach for an incinerator and dumping ground using the cut and cover method. A prior hearing had suggested the proposal would be ruled against because municipalities should not dump outside their boundaries. Seal Beach residents were surprised by the ruling.
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Orange County
Seal Beach
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Planning Commission
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
B. F. Shrimpton
Old Records Wanted by American Legion Post 300
The American Legion Post 300 and the Auxiliary urge residents to donate old records to create new discs for entertaining troops. Records For Our Fighting Men will ship four kits per unit worldwide, each kit containing 12 double faced records, as drives continue to supply material. Call Nola Thomas at 811-01 to contribute.
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American Legion Post
Auxiliary
American Legion
RFOF
Nola Thomas
Children to Give Program at Seal Beach School PTA Meeting
A Thanksgiving program by second and third grade pupils of Seal Beach Elementary, directed by Faye Moffitt, Margaret Switzer, and Norma Parks, will headline the PTA meeting Tuesday afternoon, November 24 at 2 30 in the school auditorium. The show includes songs and a play with roles for Bobby Parker, Mrs Parker, and other student performers, concluding with a note per page continuation.
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Seal Beach
Faye Moffitt
Margaret Switzer
Norma Parks
Parent Teacher’s Association
Brian McEachran
Uncle Sam
Nancy Reed
Carol
Lee McCalister
Marcia Spielman
Sue Walker
Mary Jane Franco
Elvanna Bender
Kay Livick
Lee Hollister
Victory
Steven Eddie
Song
Barbara Gayle Atkinson
Joan Hunt
Aurora Villalobos
Faye Phillips
Jackie DeArmond
Carol Essert
Bobby
Bobby Parker
Delmar Epton
Mrs. Parker
Marlene Wilson
Carol Wolf
Norman Phares
Home Food Production Drive by Woman's Club
A Woman's Club talk by Harold Wahlberg, county agricultural agent, urged starting a Home Food Production drive to boost victory gardens as Southern California truck gardens shrink next year and labor shortages persist nationwide. The program ties into the broader war effort, inviting participation from urban and rural residents alike. Continued on page Four.
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Woman’s Club
Seal Beach
Victory Gardens
Harold Wahlberg
Wahlberg
California
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