First Meeting of Local PTA Next Tuesday
The Seal Beach Parent-Teachers Association opens the school year with a 2:30 PM reception and tea in the elementary school auditorium. PTA executive board members hosting include President Blanche Linfesty and others. enterta ined last Tuesday at Linfesty home as plans for the year and a possible membership drive were discussed.
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Tary
Seal Beach
Parent-Teachers Association
PTA
Blanche Linfesty
Carol Shelby
Lola Peterson
Thelma Taylor
Dorothy Larsen
Ruth Calkins
Vera van Ausdeln
Florence Tyler
Kathryn Garrity
Vala Musselman
Lenore Braddock
Linfesty
15Th Street
Dewey Headquarters Opened in Seal Beach
A Dewey and Bricker club has secured a headquarters at 114 Main Street in Seal Beach. Beginning Monday, hours are 10:00 to 12:00, 1:30 to 4:30, and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Dewey buttons windshield stickers and literature will be available for distribution.
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Dewey and Bricker Club
Seal Beach
Main Street
Navy Veteran Chief Melberger Joins Local Base
John A Melberger, a Navy veteran from Seal Beach, narrates a career spanning enlistment in 1917, convoy duty, service on ships including the Oklahoma, Edsall, Moody, Saratoga, Ranger, and Wanda, and shore duty at Bremerton with a marriage noted in August.
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John A. Melberger
Seal Beach
Melberger
Navy
John Melberger
Army
Kelly Field
Norfolk
Virginia
Atlantic
New York
England
France
Azores
Edsall
China
Mare Island
Moody
Saratoga
Philadelphia Navy Yards
Ranger
Bremerton
Washington
Plans Complete for Outstanding Program Here Next Thursday
Miss Imogene Warder appears Thursday October 12 at 7 30 p m in the school auditorium sharing world travel experiences from 25 countries Her program features a 2000 mile bicycle trip through Ireland Easter Sunday in Spain a walk through Andorra and scenes from many nations She will wear foreign costume display Spanish pottery play folk music recordings and answer audience questions A social with cookies tea and coffee follows and Mrs Carolyn Cunningham presents a dance recital by her students Miss Warder and the performers promise an engaging evening for Junior and Senior Woman's club members
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Imogene Warder
Arctic
Africa
Theaers
Ireland
Spain
Andorra
Republic
Pyrenees
Lourdes
Mardi Gras
Nice
Russian Lapland
Paris
Austria
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Holland
Belgium
Warder
Carolyn Cunningham
Lenore Braddock Becomes Seal Beach Postal Messenger
Lenore Braddock assumes duties as mail messenger at Seal Beach post office in a wartime shift toward women taking over men’s jobs. Ralph Woodworth retires after many years as messenger, announced by postmaster J. Jolly Jones.
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Seal Beach
Lenore Braddock
Ralph Woodworth
J. Jolly Jones
Sewer Water Line Work Receives No Bids
No bids were submitted for sewer and water line installation in alley Block 203 Tract 698 and Tract 1084. The work was to support a new contract by Philip Norton. Council did not disclose next steps due to lack of bidders.
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Philip Norton
Local Groups Boost War Chest Quota to $4000
Three local groups join the area drive in the National War Chest effort, raising the local quota from $2930 to $4000. Seal Beach Boy Scouts receive 333, Girl Scouts 333, and the local Boys Club 333, with 71 extra for committee expenses. Ben Krenwinkel resigns as building inspector citing ill health after 24 years on the peninsula. Lee S. Wihridden to replace him with a 300 monthly salary and 25 car allowance.
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Mast
Krenwinkel
Lee S. Wihridden
National War Chest
Orange County
Seal Beach
Sunset Beach
Surfside
Los Alamitos
Boy Scouts of America
Girl Scouts
October 14 Last Day to Mail Overseas Packages
Postmaster J. Jolly Jones warns residents that overseas mailing to servicemen must be completed by noon October 14. Last day is the 15th. local post office closes at noon Saturday. Rules for overseas packages available at the post office.
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J. Jolly Jones
Jones
Boys Club to Host First Home Football Game
The local Boys club prepares for its season opener facing the Ross Snyder Midgets of Los Angeles this Saturday at 10 am on the elementary school field.
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Ross Snyder
Los Angeles
Disaster Relief Class to Be Held Oct 19
Red Cross Disaster Relief chapter of Southern Orange County offers a registration and information class in Seal Beach on Thursday October 19 from 9 30 to 11 30 am. Eligible volunteers are urged to register at local Red Cross offices and indicate preferred session with an evening option in Huntington Beach at 7 30 pm.
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van Rusdeln
Seal Beach
Red Cross Disaster Relief
Red Cross Chapter
Orange County
Red Cross
Huntington Beach
Mrs Jessie W Reed Named Chairman of Local Red Cross
Mrs Jessie W Reed elected chairman of the Seal Beach branch of the American Red Cross at a board meeting held last Monday night. She succeeds Mrs Kermit Moore and will lead a new War Fund drive office planned for November. Officers include H H Van Ausceln vice chairman Norma Pranter treasurer and Lois McGrail secretary with several committee chairs retained from last year.
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Jessie W. Reed
Seal Beach
American Red Cross
Reed
Kermit Moore
Parent Teacher's Association
H. H. van Ausceln
Norma Pranter
H. C. VandAusdeln
Kathleen Martin
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Elemen
Dewey
West Coast
Oklahoma
Alaska
Ben Krenwinkel
Naval Ammunition and Net Depot
Central
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