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4 WOUNDED WILMINGTON MARINE MAY RETURN Harbor Urea wmrnmmmmmmmm SkH Mfsm 'Vv Friday Evening July 24 1953 Page 3 Sing to Feature All-Boy Program Riviera Subdividers To Make Last Stand' and prejudiced and will use every means in its command to prevent this matter from being thorough' ly explored The Hollywood Riviera Home owners an organization representing more than 25 residents of the area sent a letter to the commission claiming that if the streets do not conform to the picturesque hillside community the beauty and value of the properties will decline WILMINGTON In a letter to a friend of the family Marine Pvt Philip Normand who is now lying wounded in a Korean hospital expressed the belief that he might come home following his recovery from a head wound his second since arriving in Korea Philip has been in the Marine Corp for two years having joined following his graduation from Banning High School in 1951 He has been fighting in Korea since January His mother Mrs Nina Normand 729 Marine Ave has known of his wound since she received a telegram from the Defense Department early this month Then when the letter arrived at the home of a friend she learned that Philip may be operated on depending on whether or not an X-ray shows concussion of the brain Her son explained in the letter that until he had some idea of what his true condition was and whether he would be allowed to come home he would not write his mother fearing she might become unduly alarmed Philip who is a machine-gun ner has already received one Purple Heart He was out of ac- TORRANCE A spokesman for the Don-Ja-Ran Co whose maps for a 300-home subdivision in the Hollywood Riviera district have been turned down by the City Planning Commission said his company will make a last-ditch stand when the matter goes before the City Council next week The spokesman said he would fight the commissions recommendation to the council that the street plans for the new tract do not follow the contours of the linal Riviera plan and that PVT PHILIP NORMAND Wounded May Come Home Torrance Man Delayed on TV Station tion for a short time in January when a bullet or shell splinter passed through his ear A native of Port Arthur Tex Philip and his family moved here in 1942 His father died in Wilmington a year ago property values in the area would decline as a result The planning commission has already held two hearings and the council will set a date for a third hearing when the controversy is placed before it next week Last week a three-man commit-' tee representing Don-Ja-Ran demanded that the three members of the special planning commission which rejected their tract maps be relieved of their posts The committee composed of Atty Tony di Mayle chairman A Hill and Luther Mumford said the planners were biased By NEWS PILOT BUREAU TORRANCE The Federal Communications Commission today dealt another setback to the efforts of Lawrence A Harvey Torrance industrialist to obtain television outlet in the Metro- Once you see these spic and span new Victoria Park homes youll recognize them as Southern Californias most outstanding values These comfortable modem homes are ideally planned for family living And at this price they are certain to be very popular Drive to Victoria Park today or tomorrow and select the house you want on the street you want Torrance Couple Married In Double-Ring Ceremony YW VICTORIA PARK CENTRALLY LOCATED MANY OUTSTANDING FEATURES Each Victoria Park Home built on a large level lot with big front and back yards Spacious living room three good size bedrooms with wardrobes large kitchen with dining area central hall plan full garage attached to house driveways and sidewalks To get to Victoria Park take Avalon Dlvd to Victoria (180th Street) Model homes and sales offices located on Avalon and Victoria SHOPPER SAYS NO TO BANDIT GETS SLUGGED WILMINGTON The Community Sing will return to the auditorium of Gulf Avenue School 1196 Gulf Ave next Monday night vhen an all-boy show will be presented Heading the lineup of young masculine talent will be Bobby Burgess of Long Beach grand prize winner in the Long Beach Uptown Exchange Clubs 16-week Search for Talent contest held at the Towne theatre He was awarded a $100 bicycle and a trip to Hobergs northern California mountain resort where he placed second Exchange Clubs state finals He has been a prize on Hollywood Road to and Hollywood Opportunity and July 22 made his 45th television appearance a request performance with Doye ODell Magical Exhibition Slated Edwin Sandison III 12-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Edwin Sandison Jr 722 St will entertain with feats of magic Wynn was a star performer in Wilmington Junior Highs recent talent show and has a remarkable talent in the field of prestidigitation plus a pleasing stage personality and patter Contributing vocal talent to "the program will be Bill and Bob Brewer 14 and 13 respectively sons of Mr and Mrs Frank Brewer 1226 Alton St They have been on radio and stage with Bette Thomas -Torrance Accordionettes and have sung together since they were four At that early age they appeared at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium with Marion Rankin Among their costumed numbers Monday evening will be a rendition of Side By Side San Fablo Twins Coming To complete the stage show program San Pedros San Pablo Twins 8-year-olds Jim and Joe will offer baton routines and their popular fast tap Top Hat and Tails number Jim and Joe are official mascots of Loyola University and have been seen at Rose Bowl and Coliseum foot ball games during the bands half-time activities They have made several television appear ances and have been cast members in circuit shows Monday evenings Sing will also be the date of regular director Mark Cooks return Following the admission-free Sing scheduled to begin at 7:30 pm Marian Wahl chairman will preside at a committee meeting where plans will be completed for a local teen-aged talent unit to give shows at other Sings hos pitals arid service camps in the fall INGLEWOOD wore identical gowns of green net over taffeta tulle hats and carried baskets of carnation pedals Attending the groom was Richard Nichols of Van Nuys grooms cousin Donna Spechet was candlelighter and wore a gown of blue net over taffeta 200 at Reception A reception for 200 guests followed in the patio First piece of a four-tiered decorated cake in pink and white was cut by the bride and later cut arid served by Mrs Phyllis Fluher aunt of the bride Mrs Janice Smith of Los Angeles attended the guest book Upon their return from a hon eymoon in Santa Barbara they will reside at 1229 y2 Portola St Torrance The bride was a mem ber of the June graduating class of Torrance High- School Her groom attended Torrance High School and is now serving with the US Navy Pacific Fleet in Long Beach politan Los Angeles area The commission has denied a petition from Harvey to dismiss the application of Spanish International Television Co of Los Angeles for a license to operate on Channel 34 in the ultra high frequency band Harvey is an applicant for the same channel as is radio station KFWB of Hollywood Earlier this month the FCC rejected a petition submitted by Harvey requesting the allocation of a new TV channel to Los Angeles over and above the 10 already authorized for the area Harvey asked the FCC in his petition to allocate Channel 58 to the metropolitan area The FCC turned this request down on the basis that 10 channels would be sufficient for the Los Angeles area for the foreseeable future and By placing an additional channel in Los Angeles we would forestall the possible addition of channels in a number of smaller communities in the Los Angeles area which might in the future seek television outlets The FCC already has granted Harvey a license to operate KBAY-TV on UHF Channel 20 in San Francisco WILMINGTO William Grigsby 33 of 1717 Island Ave doesnt like to take orders that is from a would-be bandit When he got into his car at Opp and Avalon after purchasing groceries Grigsby was confronted by a man who stepped from behind the car and said: Give me your money! Grigsby replied in the negative in not polite but very definite terms whereup the holdup man slugged him on the side and back of the neck with a blunt instrument but fled when several persons emerged from the store Grigsby described him as ap proximately 25 to 30 years old 5 feet 8 150 pounds wearing a dark jacket with a belt in the back He fled in a 1917 two-door dark Ford PAM TORRANCE The YWCA center was the scene of a double-ring wedding joining Shirley Marlene Schooley daughter of Mr and Mrs Homer Schooley 2517 Eldorado St and James Walter Whittington son of Mr and Mrs Alva Whittington 1215 Portola St The Rev Cecil England pastor of the First Christian Church of Torrance read the vows before an improvised altar arranged in front of a large picture window Bouquets of white and pink flowers and seven branch candelabra formed an impressive setting for the ceremony As the guests were being seated by James Fluhrer the brides cousin and Charles Budosh Georgelyn Thatcher of San Marino sang Through the Years Because and My Hero The Lords Prayer was sung after the prayer of the ceremony Janet- Poh accompanied at the piano-Brides Gown Satin The bride appeared wearing a gown of white satin styled with a long waist and full skirt which fell into a train at the back and was set off by a nylon net yoke outlined with seed pearls Her tulle veil edged with satin hearts and seed pearls was held in place with a beaded crown She carried a cascade bouquet of white roses and stephanotis which was centered with an orchid Attending the bride was her cousin Janice Niemeyer of Her-mosa Beach She wore a gown of nylon net over taffeta in the delicate pink shade and styled after the bridal gown An off the face crownless hat and gauntlets matched her gown She carried an arm bouquet of pink roses! Flower girls were 4 year old Nancy Lutes and Marsha School-i ey cousins of the bride They i AVALON BOULEVARD AT VICTORIA NO HITCHES GARY Ind (UP) Frank Bed ger 64 figures he has walked half way around the world 8500 miles since he joined a health walkers club 12 years ago Refinery Adding $9 Million Unit iers Host Son George And Family TORRANCE Construction is now underway on a $9000-000 addition to the General Petroleum Corp refinery here it was announced today Scheduled to be completed in July 1954 the unit will be capable of producing 15000 barrels daily of 100 octane gasoline blending stock Construction of the new unit which is technically a then mofor catalytic reformer is being handled by the Bechtel Corp which was awarded the contract last year Supervisor of the project is Reading manager of General Petroleums engineering New Commander for Sheriff's Station All Restaurants Taverns and Hotels in San Pedro Wilmington Lomita and Torrance CHARLY ELLIS MALT SHOP-CAFE WILMINGTON Mr and Mrs William Napier Sr 931 La goon Ave were hosts for two weeks to their son and daughter-in-law Mr and Mrs George Napier and daughters Diana and Patty who were enroute from Hawaii to Istanbul Turkey where George an employee of NATO will be stationed for one year He will instruct Turkish com mercial fishermen in American methods of fishing He just ended a year in Israel on similar duties Enroute to Turkey with the trip to be made by air the family will stop for several days in Scotland where they will visit Napiers birthplace Aberdeen Other stops will be made in London and Paris They are scheduled to arrive today in Rome where they will remain for a week before proceeding to Istanbul KEYSTONE New commander of the Firestone station of the Sheriffs department which serves this area is Capt McLaughlin formerly of Hollywood He was named new commander by Sheriff Eugene Bis-! cailuz in a series of transfers which saw the former Firestone! station skipper Capt Ti Smith go to East Los Angeles REOPENS Couple Injured In Freak Accident Tuesday July 28 7 AM to AM The strike is over and we are sorry if you have been inconvenienced by our closing It certainly was not to our liking We want the Public to know that the Culinary Workers Waitresses and Bartenders are now enjoying one of the finest contracts in the Culinary Art throughout the United States We as an association cooperated and helped make these conditions possible WILMINGTON Manuel Leon 25 of 1128 St Louis St and his wife Martha 28 were treated for cuts and bruises early today as the result of a freak traffic mishap Leon was fixing a flat tire and his wife was seated in the car when it was struck by a truck at Alameda St and Pacific Coast Hgwy i The truck driven by Robert Jackson 30 of Long Beach skidded into a power pole after the initial impact Jackson was not hurt but Leon and his wife were treated for cuts and bruises in the Wilmington Emergency Hospital DU PONT New Flat CM dC Wall Colors Gal Matching Gloss and Semi-Gloss Colors ELLIOTT PAINT CO 823 Pacific TE 2-4484 The following places of business are now back to normal open and ready to serve you Thank you for your patience Wonderful work-saver Prevents soiling range Free while they laBt Yours Just for Coming In Youthful Fugitive Nabbed in LA ECONOMIZE PHILCO "Automatic LOS ANGELES LB An 18-year-old youth wanted for escaping from a Massachusetts prison was arrested here yesterday a half hour after detectives received a tip from Boston police that he might visit his cousins home in Los Angeles The youth is Edward Bishop of Lawrence Mass one of seven who escaped July 13 from the Concord Mass State Reformatory (a mens prison) Bishop who was serving time for burglary and drawing a gun on an officer will be arraigned tomorrow or Monday on a Massachusetts fugitive warrant The name of Bishops cousin was not disclosed Olsen's Cafe Bamboo Hut Cafe Bridge House Cafe Cafe New Yorker Clover Club Cafe Club Del Rio Criterion Cafe Finland Cafe San Pedro The Fireside Goodfellows Club Indian Room Irene's Lido Cafe Log Cabin Cafe Majestic Cafe Melody Grill Mirror Room Mission Smoke House Pacific Bowling Center Porthole Cafe Rebel's Cafe Royal Cafe Scandia Cafe Sea Breeze Inn Skipper Inn Slim Harrison's Bank Cafe Starlite Club Cafe Tommy's Kelly's Three Pigs Turf Club Cafe Victory Cafe Waldorf Inn Yacht Cafe Pal's Cafe Manny's Gay Way Club Cafe Bob's Squeeze Inn Golden Cafe Jack's Place Joe Martin's Cafe Luigi's Restaurant Fountain Puddy's Cafe Silver Dollar Cafe Silver Lion Cafe Tony's Cafe Tony's El Capitan Cafe Charly Ellis Malt Shop 20th Century Bowling American Cafe The Hamburger Hut Madame Cafe Fountain-Grill Ryp's Cafe Art's Chili Bowl Beacon Cafe Club Boat Shop Cafe Compass Room Finland Cafe Wilmington The First Cabin The Hollow Lux Cafe Mitch's Top Inn Persian Room Seven Seas Cafe China Inn Cozy Lunch Franks' Cafe A Fountain-Grill Dessy's Peterson's Pantry Red Blackie's Cafe Circle Inn Paradise Hut Cafe Alberta's Hut No 2 Baudin's Cafe Cinco De Mayo Cafe Tijuana Cafe Ding How Cafe Hotel Cabrillo Miramar Hotel Don Hotel Vagabond's House' Avoid wear and tear on your furniture and your muscles Foots speedy moving crews and low rates save time and money whether you move a few pieces or a houseful No Dials! 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