Local OPA Board to Hire Paid Clerk in Seal Beach
The Seal Beach War Price and Rationing Board will receive a paid clerk and office equipment funded by a state allotment. Ellen Congreve shifts from volunteer to full time office manager, with OPA providing telephone, furniture, typewriters, and supplies for the new Highth and Central office. Utilities will be city funded, and the board plans to move in once the building is ready.
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Seal Beach
John Gustin
OPA
F. W. Hickman
Orange County
Ellen Congreve
Highth
Central
School Bus on New Schedule
An official order from the Federal Office of Defense Transportation requires discontinuing some bus routes. The current schedule ends October 30, 1942, with a new schedule starting November 2, 1942. Morning service will depart at 8:20 from the school, travel Bolsa Chico Road via Garden Grove Boulevard and Highway 101 toward the east.
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Federal Office of Defense Transportation
Bolsa Chico Road
Garden Grove Boulevard
Highway 101
Page Hight
Firemen Demonstrate for Defense Council
Fire Chief W S Knighton directed auxiliary firemen to extinguish incendiary bombs at three sites Fifth and Central Highth and Central and Twelfth between Landing and Coast Highway. Demonstration attended by Defense Council members as bombs prepared by Knighton were ignited on schedule and promptly put out.
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W.S. Knighton
Defense Council
Knighton
Fifth
First Aiders Train Council Members at Civic Auditorium
Friday night at the civic auditorium advanced First Aiders under Miss Stella Thompson first aid instructor conducted a drill for Defense Council members. The First Aid Club treated mock victims with approved methods while Dr Homer DeSadeleer offered criticism and demonstrated medical treatment for injuries likely in a bombing.
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Civic Auditorium
Stella Thompson
Defense Council
Defense
Thompson
First Aid Club
Homer E. DeSadeleer
Government pamphlets in Seal Beach aid war effort
A limited supply of government prepared books titled What Can I Do are available to citizens. Applications may be made at the Civilian Defense headquarters in Seal Beach City Hall to learn how to assist in the war effort.
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Seal Beach
Recreational Plans for Young People Inaugurated by P T A
The Seal Beach P T A discussed a community recreation program to engage youth and counter transportation shortages. Mrs. Knighton appointed Mrs. Kobernik and Mrs. Shufelt to consult high school students on appealing activities including movies and tennis. Mothers will host Halloween parties to keep children off streets and ensure they go home safely. Next meetings focus on planning and reporting progress.
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Seal Beach
Parent-Teachers Association
Civic Auditorium
W. S. Knighton
Arthur Kobernik
Frank Shufelt
Hallow
del Kimball
Ocean Avenue
P.T.A
Controversy Over Long Beach Incinerator Near Seal Beach
Citizens of Seal Beach and Orange County protest a plan to build an incinerator and dumping ground across the county line in Los Angeles, a proposal that has sparked strong opposition voiced by Seal Beach officials led by Mayor Jessie Reed and Councilmen Max.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seal Beach
Long Beach
Los Angeles County
Orange County
Jessie Reed
Max
Former Ball Player Joins Army Air Corps
Carl Curly Flesner, brother of Mrs. Arvel Glenn and known as a former Seal Beach baseball pitcher and city fireman in 1936 and 1937, dined at the Glenn home Monday evening and reported for duty Tuesday morning with the United States Army Air Corps Maintenance Mechanics Division.
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Carl
Curly
Flesner
Arvel Glenn
Seal Beach
Glenn
United States Army Air Corps Maintenance Mechanics Division
Legion Guests at Sam's Cafe Dinner Honors Local Legion
George and Sam Arvinitis hosted 61 members of American Legion Post 300 and Auxiliary Unit 300 at Sam's Seafood Cafe last Thursday. Kenneth Edwards, post commander, introduced speaker William Nesbit of Consolidated Shipyards who described ship building from planning to final outfitting. Frank Upham, Bond Rally committee chairman, previewed the November 13 event and pledged engaging talent.
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George
Sam Arvinitis
Sam’s Seafood Cafe
American Legion Post
Kenneth Edwards
William Nesbit
Consolidated Shipyards
Nesbit
Frank Upham
Local W E O A Joins Demonstration
Members of the Seal Beach unit of the Women's Emergency Organization of America joined southern Orange county units to perform first aid radio communication and semaphore before a crowd. About 250 state militia members were commissioned by Governor Olson the previous Sunday. The Seal Beach group included Captain Dora Jones First Lieutenant Frances Mitchell Second Lieutenant Juanita Stanley First Sergeant Lucille Grenier and Private Helen Martin. They offered first aid kits and inhalants when three boys fainted in line.
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Orange County
Seal Beach
Women’s Emergency Organization of America
Olson
Dora Jones
Frances Mitchell
Juanita Stanley
Lucille Grenier
Helen Martin
W.E.O.A
County Planning Commission backs Seal Beach dump protests
Orange County Planning Commission votes to support Seal Beach in opposing a rubbish dump and incinerator near the city border. The panel urges county supervisors to protest the Long Beach plan and to have its representatives at the Los Angeles hearing. Proponents for the project outline site plans and argue the need for the facility. Tires must be turned in before November 9 1942 at the City Hall office with Sunday hours for the collection.
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Orange County Planning Commission
Seal Beach
Oliver Sm. Hassell
George Holden
Board of Supervisors
Orange County
Jessie Reed
Long Beach
Petitious
Orange County Supervisors
Reed
N. E. West
Los Angeles County Planning Commission
Los Angeles
Willis Warner
Planning Commission
Commission
Ross A. Shaffer
Bryant
George EB. Baker
Long Beats
Jess Jackson
Los
Long Beach Chamber Tackles Dump Site Plan and Transit
The Seal Beach lauded Chamber of Commerce luncheon debated Long Beach dump plans near Seal Beach and urged opposition to the site. Members backed condemning unsanitary housing, and discussed beautification efforts with victory gardens and plantings to curb annual weeds. Larry Sheehan was named to the Board of Directors and streetcar service for Long Beach to Los Angeles was discussed.
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Glide’er Inn
Long Beach
Seal Beach
Los Angeles
Larry Sheehan
Chamber
F. W. Hickman
Victory Gardens
V-Home Program Initiated by Seal Beach Defense Council
Seal Beach residents will receive air raid wardens and auxiliary firemen quest ionnaires detailing wardens stations household residents and aid needs. Filled forms determine eligibility for a V-Home sticker and cover emergency readiness like sand ladders hoses first aid and blackout readiness.
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Seal Beach Defense Council
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QPA
Council
County Planning Commission
Rationing Board
Railway Express Company
C of C
Chamber of Commerce
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