OBITUARY: With a high school diploma and determination, he helped built the city’s infrastructure — then was its first mayor. By ROBIN HINCH Orange County Register When Jim Bell moved his family to Farquhar Avenue in Los Alamitos in 1943, there was only one stop sign in town and only two paved roads — Los … Read more
The following publications regularly carried information on Los Alamitos. I have information on about half of them and will start filling in as time allows. EARLY DAYS (PRE 1915) Los Alamitos Bee — published some issues in 1896 and 1897. It is mentioned by both the Los Angeles Times and the Santa Ana Standard … Read more
The Los Alamitos school board election of 1956 was certainly one of the most significant votes in the history of the community. Just days before the election, developer Ross Cortese had officially filed tract maps for his new Rossmoor subdivision of 2,400 new homes. (Rumors and confirmation of the new subdivision had been circulating for … Read more
Enterprise, April 26, 1956 Frederick Schneider, 80, of 10961 Chestnut, Los Alamitos, native of Brunnenbtal, Switzerland, resident of Los Alamitos 33 years, died Tuesday in Orange County Hospital. Surviving are the widow, Ida; two brothers, Godfried, Grand Junction, Iowa, and Rudolph, Stanton; one sister, Emma Haase, Cleghorn, Iowa. Funeral services were held at 2pm Friday … Read more
11 JUN 1954 – Enterprise, p8 — The graduation of the Los Alamitos School Eighth Grade will be held Friday of next week at 7:15p.m. on the terrace lawn of the new Los Alamitos School. There will be about 40 graduates. The program will consists of a processional by Leo C. Donas, with the invocation … Read more
Enterprise – 11 JUN 1954 – Enterprise, p8 — The graduation of the Los Alamitos School Eighth Grade will be held Friday of next week at 7:15p.m. on the terrace lawn of the new Los Alamitos School. There will be about 40 graduates. The program will consists of a processional by Leo C. Donas, with … Read more
This can be kind of misleading, because newspapers at the time considered Los Alamitos to extend east to Miller(Valley View) and South to at least Garden Grove Boulevard. remember this was all part of the Rancho Los Alamitos. Airport Cafe, 11142 Los Alamitos Blvd. Lil and Jay Westlake, proprietors. Cafe reopened in May 1956 after … Read more
Enterprise, Nov. 29, 1956, p. 8 Death Takes Two Los Alamitos Men LOS ALAMITOS — Death took two Los Alamitos men during the past week, both of whom had been here for many years. James Watts, 86, of 10931 Chestnut, passed away Tuesday of last week with Mottel’s & Peek Mortuary handling the funeral arrangements, … Read more
Enterprise, Nov. 29, 1956, p. 8 Death Takes Two Los Alamitos Men LOS ALAMITOS — Death took two Los Alamitos men during the past week, both of whom had been here for many years. James Watts, 86, of 10931 Chestnut, passed away Tuesday of last week with Mottel’s & Peek Mortuary handling the funeral arrangements, … Read more
from the Enterprise, Oct. 25, 1956 (page 8) Teenagers want to Star “Elvis Presley Fan Club” LOS ALAMITOS — An Elvis Presley Fan Club is underway for a group of Los Alamitos teenagers if they can get others to join their move. Any seventh or eighth grader can join, the originators of the idea announced, … Read more