May 2012
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Nellie Butterfield and her brother Harry left two of the earliest first person remembrances of life in early Los Alamitos. While some details differ4 (Nellie says the family came in 1898, Harry says it was 1897 and Harry is probably right) overall, they provide a consistent record of how things were in the young town. …
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LOS ALAMITOS, Jan. 31 — Loren Cloud, postmaster, will be installed as president of the Chamber of Commerce at uinstallation ceremonies, conducted this evening. The event, to be preceded by a 7 o’clock dinner, will be staged in the dining hall of the Athletic Club. Honor guests will include Supervisor Willis Warner and postmasters from…
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Okay, mythbusting is a strong term for this article, but it apparently did get your attention. The intent of this article is to solely to resolve conflicting information — and there is a lot of conflicting information about St. Isidore — by citing specific, sourced information to present our version of that nebulous creation we…
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In 1938, even before the war in Europe and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Congress had authorized the construction of new naval aviation training facilities and Navy leaders began looking around for a new flat spot for their reserve base. The UnderSecretary of the Navy at this time James Forrestal, who was…