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Newspaper
Seal Beach Post And Wave
Location
Seal Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1945
Page
1
A reflective editorial voices concern over postwar unrest between capital and labor in the United States. It urges peaceful dispute resolution, congressional action, and cautions about atomic power yet to be mastered. It ends with a magazine verse encouraging perseverance.
The Seal Beach Chamber of Commerce sent letters this week to metro banking concerns urging a bank in Seal Beach. City Council instructed City Clerk John Mulcahy to reiterate the council's backing in writing to these banks to secure a banking institution for the city.
The day starts with local fog in the morning and becomes generally sunny and warmer by the afternoon. Highs rise modestly as conditions brighten, with light winds and clear to partly cloudy skies.
A Seal Beach Lions meeting at 101 Ranch House Cafe featured humor from Tail Twister Robert Poindexter and speaker Vince Rabern, with about 100 percent attendance. The club approved a $50 War Chest contribution as plans for a Seal Beach airport move forward under a national development program with CAA backing.
The Municipal parking lot expansion will add room for up to 100 extra automobiles next season. Maintenance Superintendent Roy Thomas said the project should be finished by week’s end if progress continues as scheduled.
Seal Beach city council voted Thursday night to place stop signs on all streets intersecting Central Avenue from Main Street to First Street. An additional sign will be installed at the Central Avenue highway intersection to reduce accidents. Councilmen Shufelt and Reed were tasked to review the need for more signs, and their finding was approved.
The Seal Beach City Council voted to seek sealed bids for a five year pier concession ending with operations starting next year. The lease includes restaurant, fish market, live bait boats, pleasure boats and mussel removal rights. The council also approved buying a $265 two way police radio to link with nearby cities.
E L Mortenson of 3 Dolphin Street has come home after three and a half years in the submarine service. He served as ship's cook and butcher, engaging in attacks on merchant ships and serving five months with Philippine guerrillas. He earned the Purple Heart and Philippine Liberation award along with battle stars and service ribbons. He plans to visit Omaha to see his mother and will resume life in Seal Beach, aiming to attend school while keeping Seal Beach as home.
Mrs Faye Moffitt and her second grade pupils at Seal Beach elementary won the $15 PTA prize for enrolling the most new members in the drive held October 9 to 16. The class earned 304 percent, with Miss Joyce Wilson's fourth grade close behind at 87 new members and 300 percent. PTA reports total membership at 567, up from 300 last year, and attributes growth to city expansion and parent involvement.
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