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wvyvtwvw wyvww yvwvyvYvwv -v I A lit ladayaB Press Tal Seeder. SeefemherTt i fa ss 952 Downtowners Didn't Sleep Jusi a Quiet Sunday Theri Bam-Bam-Bam-Wham! It wajsxiniditlght. last of tie old-timers who had spept the evening In the lobby of the Willxnore Hotel gone to bed, the Navy had weighed anchor on the last but back to Terminal Island, and the polibe sergeant said It was so et dpwntown you could hear money drawing interest at the rmerkidc Merchants Banki. Then pi happened! Mechanized ditch diggers, pneumatic apphalt breakers and clanging pipe1 ostlers went to work with a vengeance' so as to complete the laying of a 12-inch gas feeder line beneath Third SL before the dawn traffic. )Vhilq hotel and apartment (dwellers shouted' from (their.

whir dows With 'sleep-filled tractors for the. City hurried their hammerk to comf plete a gas line link bet ween Pine and Cedar Aves. We could not figurp out any! other way to dig a trench Pine Ave. without bringing tra -fie to a halt" a Gaa Dept, mail' said. As It Is, traffic will be livC convenienced.

The wor just had; to be done at night" He said hoped the nor wouldnt upset downti iwn slee ers. By early this mo: ning, the. pavement had been rip up and the big black gas pipe was ready to be rolled into position. And hotel tenants were ping mad. If he had swept in a straight line during the past 2lM years he has worke as a janitor for the county in the Jergins Trust Bldg, Charles! (Robbie) Robinson, 70, wouM have piled up a lot of dirt from- here to New York City and part of the way back i Robbie, who has reached the mandatory re Irement age lor bounty employes, will sweep his last mile between now and Tuesday when he will be honored by a few of the jxost of friends he has 'made around the cotirts where he has worked.

Leaders of the beach and bar will honor Hobble In Superior Judge Fred hliller's court with gifts and well wishes Tuesday at 9:30 a. m. I "I never had time to listen to court trial during the years I worked around them," Robbie asserted. "During the I intend to loaf before finding another job, fishing and Visiting friends and my children and andchildrenj maybe IJl find gr; There is more to operating a shooting gallery on the Pike than having a lew pistols, rifles, ammunition and a good looking gal attendant who whispers in a low throbbing voice "Come on over and win some money shooting; big Take it from A1 Taucher" and his wife, Mrs. Wilda Taucher, who pwn the largest gallery in the country, at 320 W.

and three smaller ones at 311, 248 and 255 W. Pike. lii the first place you have to raise "a lot of scratch" to open the doors of a modern gallery. The. large one, at 320 W.

Pike, an all electric one designed by i Arthur LoofI, cost 335,000 1 in 1947. SUICIDE PREVENTER Then more thousands were spent by the Tauchers and A1 Brown, an Investor, in perfecting a "suicide preventer" to keep despondent people from using "the 32 pistols on themselves. The. two Ala, Brown and-Tauch-' er. came up with a simple metal and 1 wire answer.

It gives the customer unlimited frontal and side swing, -hut prevents him from turning the pistol to end his woes. 'r Then there is the help. Gallery girls average around 100 a week. Not every gir can be a good shooting gallery attendant. Some get Shell-shock from the con- stant! pinging of the guns.

Some develop amorous streaks. Some get careless and, although not one attendant has been killed, several have been wounded. AIMING FOR DATES Registration Gain 11 PerCent I i school registration rose at the bnd of the sec-school week compared to 43,861 for the same period last year, school officials reported. The figures, including grades from kindergarten through high represented an over-all pey cent increase. I The percentage increase in the elementary segments was 12.9.

Total tygistralton -in the elementary segment was 32,341 as compared yith 28,653. rmm fee feeefeeefeet Pefei rota feeck ml Inrif An hi. Jmenr inrttahto aai wi CrawtBK U. Me jraarT ttaaa Vint Km ta get se eiglitat irs YOUR I Oar mrtfeaS rwlalwlt elate naalta. muimimM "EE HERE, YOUNG three women amedsi pipe line between Pina end chlm today with rieoplu (for blocks, olmf ofUuto traffic SEE HERE, YOUNG MAN; installers, working in ditches Cedar shattered the heahf equipment.

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niEBBV AVE. fXr. MOM WED. a rfeaaa MIN far ai IS lean SgMiaiUta sharp- 'Photo rr watcht, as a gallery, (Staff YOUR LUCK" Attendant Janette shoo er. aims for Iprizes in a i shooting byfJ: ank? fiollingvlorth.) time to drop up to one courts and just sit anc instead of Robbie lives with his wife, 'Mrs.

Bertha at 2115- California Ave. They have five children and six grandchildren living. When Robbie first went to work for the county there were judges on both the only seyen for Inde iMjts, am the Srip anejn I repea tomferfe arid; family trade so iwe imnieriiaty fire any girl whbm we even suspect of such a trick, the fTfnichel-s declared. the customers, who shodtjat thd gallery pay 25 cents for eight phots with the 22 rifles and! 50 cents for five shots With jstolik jhnd shoot for fun. id spottier types prefer payl25 cepts a shat to see If they can! Win from $1 to 323.

succeeded in to Win- The worst type is the amorous Superior and benches. Now there are 10 judges, three of whom. Judges Charles; D. Wallace, Percy ght and Martin DeVries, were here when! Robbie first came, to work. At the rate of 175 pounds of ice a day, Robbie has used pounds of ice to stock water pitchers and Coolers in the courtrooms.

and del 101 put ap- water) jugs gallon i Vi "They don't pay any attention to business spend. 1 dll their time lining up dates for when they are off work," the Taucher; said. -When such a streak de-. velops in a glrl.lalthough it takes a year to really train a good' at- i tendant, we have to let her go. "We look for girls with an extrovert personality.

Girls that can-talk. We prefer married women who are working at their marriages. We want girls who 1 wont gyp the customers." Most of the girls who work in -the shooting galleries are better shots than, the average, sharp-- shooter. Constant watch Is kept to make sure the girls dont lure the men -into shooting matches nin smaller We lliikeo see the prize shoot-erslwin aid in cdse of an argu-menfl on a close shot the girls pay off. I ire cleaned at and checked for least 'once a week.) undrea thousand veral 1.C 1,000,000 SUICIDE STO I simple various swinging targets revers- adjustable to permits free hooting gallery device heights aimj at i with: a lield prevent a year are at320 works an tubds with ft- red at the big Pike arid ibne 8-hour Shift bullets for the istol.

to iise i ing the, attendan Another targets. full in tjie winte fourth is The in '4. main for busyl ck pf loading the sins the men work and summer A i- proximately paper towels In containers In the public restrooms. "I liked my work and enjoyed meeting all the fine people I have met here during the years but will be glad ko quit," Robbie declared. Tve been nervous eveit since the Berling trial over year ago: "There was so many people, littering thej halls while they waited to get inside the courtroom, that had a hard time keeping- things straight That was the biggest crowd that ever came to listen to a trial here." Robbie, Iwpo will seek light part time employment to supplement i his monthly pension of 3112, intends ito live a good ftiany years for "rpy mother lived be 96 arid my father 92- Robbie, who attends the African Methodist Episcopal Church, sort of envies his successor; .4 i'J Set Conventions is triachinery up In swan complicated of that keeps fish poppirig the.

pom the 1 t)r gallery merry-gofc-ound turning; and ets mO' ring lot of jteadaches i is making local arrange- i i Siippson, sti ite superiiitend- Ublic irstruction, will Midi 'v feaM -ms irS A FACT-i i qm offering big savings on all fyposrahd stylos of Dental Plates J. Including transparent material DENTAL PLATES set with TRANSLUCENT TEETH. I want you ta coma In and SEE FOR YOURSELF haw LOWJHE COST Is and how easy my FLEXIBLE erous -oilier ta are a to runnix our on the Pike, trade plaices wi galleries wouldnt people, shooting tut; we; many insistec pate in all ihree conclayes; Wilda Taucher cally Ively CREDIT PLAN can! apply ta. you batter you can pract WRITE YOUR OWN TICKET. Don't Delay This offer Is posi limited far shot time.

356 AMERICAN AVE. i Carter tf 4b St. i PbiN 7-3 141 4435 ATLANTIC Tiwm, Theatre Bld(. Phase 20-1401 Nlvade 4041 and you can MAKE, YOUR FIRST SMALL Credij Payment AFTER N0V.18IH i- SAVE OPEN EVENINGS AND SUNDAYS ALL TTcpySijFrCRiDiTl t.w rams. Work lCompUf NEVpn any CHA TRADE Ift NOW ON li) Merely Ask for When You ftefe Seee es PjwWe eed Krst Smell Credit fey? ment Starts 4 Weeks liter.

si Never Any Estra 14 1. Charge far Credit No Interest N- Car-j' rymg Charge. Cr idit Have Started. No Unnecessary figation. Three coordinated conventions of administrators' and 'supervisors in, education systems, throughout the state are scheduled here; for October with the first opening next Sunday.

An overall attendance of 2000 Is expected at Municipal Auditorium. Opening conclave, is that of the California School Oct 5-8, approximately -350 school, board members partidpat "ing. President is Jack Merchant, Crockett Mrs. Elizabeth Long Beach school, board member; is program chairman. The.

'J organization will bd welcomed byj Dr. Walter H. Boyd, J-ong Beach School board president. Included among the speakers will be Lti Gov. Goodwin Knight Robert president, of the College of the Pacific.

California Association of School Administrators, including an estimated 900 delegates, will meet Get. -8-10L The organization, com-! of school superintendents, headed by Glen T. Goodwill, 7 Douglas A. NeWcomb, Long Beach superintendent, will fwel-) come the representatives. Speakers -will Include Robert G.

Sproul, president of the University of California, and William, F. Russell, president of Teachers College, Columbia University, Vaughn D. Seidel, Alameda County school superintendent, will discuss the Implications of Television fbd Education. The third convention-will be that of the California School Supervisors Association- andl California Association of Supervisors of Child Welfare and Attendance. Delegates to this confab will meet Oct 12-15' with "The impact of Changing Community Life on Education California at the theme for their discussions.

Theron Freese, assistant super- i. milt. CREj i IMMEDIATE! SERVICE i There no need to make en ipei fitment when you visit my offiens to dnntel work' Dr. Beauchemp's modem efficee equipped with' a large staff ef dentists, nurses end le feretory technicians, miabl-e friendly service with nimum amount of 'daisy, COME IN MOW! 0 Easy-VIsIon Golden Lens 1 i I Leng-Ranger Tuner Maximum Performance Selector tjront Plefure Controls Glide-Easy Casters EASTTVISION f-i- CaGfiQ 0Q0C9 1 I 'u Long in ten dent. instruction, ft-' quick PUTE r.

Brohee eremnfly re-Mired, rallied er react new. ATjansnarent Plastle Materials are Used land Feajnrad In all TRANSPARENT PLASTIC I MATERIAL NOW USED IN MAKING DENTAL PLATES is the finest end BEST: MA- TERlAL AVAILABLE to dentists. In average cases they are -so LIGHT IN WEIGHT they ectuiHy weigh less then of an ounce. REGARDLESS OF PRICE end the low cost, now charged for denture DR. BEAUCHAMP FEATURES THIS I SPUNDID MATERIAL! IN ALL OF HIS OFFICES.

Come the samples set wHh NEW TRANSLUCENT TEETH. j. j- r- THE SAME DM TEETH ARE EXTRACTED ty buyers. PRiCEsTnd CREDIT. INFORMATION Cat's Meow Halts' IzP-Ts Elevator i up elevator for move than an hour 'Saturday night in the Independent-Press-Telegram building.

Cries the cat could be heard from-the bottom of the elevator shaft, but while maintenance men worked i to. get the pit, the.1, meows Kitty apparently escaped via the mystertoua-bpen-, ing through, which she entered, Boy, on rioilidet With Cor Mamiel Agulldroa, 8, of E. 152nd SL, Compton, was 1 iiv Sred Saturday i night when hla, cycle collided with 'a car driven by Max Igalo, 47; of 5935 Gundry Ave. The accident -occurred; at 152nd SL and Central Ave.) in -f-i MabogtN i tabli modal New QXP Chassis with easy-vlsiea galdea leas allafaatas eye streie. Astewatle eased tssley, leey rasye tsser aed oidalmsi perfenaeece sefiseter logany Combination 21" TV with eew Chassis PUIS 3-epeed Pljeie a 4 AM radio, Cenpaet iablaet fits esy reeie Bits' Savings Easy Credit Quick Service tf Mwckl bos.

IMS. ,95 Emby a Hoffniai i I. for as little as All pHcee leclnde plctare hbe i mA werraity warreaty aed federal asclM fait. i GLADLY RIVEN IN ADVANCE PHONE LONG BEACH 66-3370 no stains to climb -t. GROUND FLOOR LOCATION Compton.

a i 1 oi boy was given first ala at the Physicians and Surgeons Hospital in Compton and wax held for. observation. 1 Hi- rlr I OUT HOFFMAN FACTORY SERVII I -i' ASK PINE AVE. Between 4th and Sth YOUR fiUARARTEE OF UTISFACTIOR! LONG BEACH MIDDLE! OF THE BLOCK!.