Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-14
BEACH FLoTsAM AND JETSAM
Special to The Herald.


ments for the old-fashioned spelling bee
TO be held in the auditorium tomorrow
night have been completed. There is
considerable enthusiasm manifested by
the members of the teams representing
the east and west sides of town in this
unusual contest. The following rules
will be observed: Proper names, alb
breviations, apostrophes, hyphens and
capitals will not be regarded; all words
must be made clear to the person SPELL
ing; words to be spelled but once;
words to be taken from the new state
series, speller No. q Websters Inter-
national to be the authority; no assist
ance to be given or received.
The municipal band will render
concert of old-time melodies.
The board of education was unable
today to conclude Its work of selecting
teachers for the schools during next
year, and the session was adjourned to
tomorrow. A lively discussion regard
ing one name is alleged to have kept
the members of the board busy during
most of this mornings session.
Messrs. Sinsabaugh and Wade, the
former the secretary of the California
Tennis association and the latter a
well known player, were here today and
marked off the regulation size tennis
grounds on the cement courts which
have been laid on the Hotel Virginia
grounds. The grounds are of such ex-
cellence that state tournaments and
contests of even greater importance will
be held here.
The following new officers were elect
ed at last nights meeting of the
Knights Templar commandery of this
city: Commander, j. j. Morgan; gen.
eralisSimo, Charles Malcom captain
general, A. M. Abbott; senior warden
H. c. Stewart; junior warden, Richard
Loynes; treasurer, Frank McCutch-
en- recorder, Evan Mosher; trustee,
George c. Flint.
e. H. Wiley has mailed 5000 invita-
tons to members of select dancing
clubs in Los Angeles to attend his first
dance in the auditorium here Saturday
night, given in honor of the MidWinter
Dancing club. The Wiley orchestra
will play hereafter for all the dances
gilven in the auditorium.
The assessment roll on the Atlantic
avenue storm drain has been completed
and tomorrow will be turned over to
a collector. There are 2422 assessments,
the largest being $156 and the smallest
cents. The work was done under the
Vrooman act. The entire cost was $31,-
453.46 The completion of the roll re-
quired two months work by Albert De
Ruiz, assistant city engineer.
The tabulators of the township CEN
sus have reached the letter II and have
about 10000 names on the roll. West
Long Beach was not included in this
census.
The contents of the keg of wine con-
fiscated yesterday morning at Ala East
Second street by the police were poured
into gutter today.
The launch Seabright, Capt Roy Bal
lou, will start series of deep sea fish
ing trips tomorrow morning, after haV-
ing been thoroughly overhauled.
Abraham Lincoln circle, Ladies of the
G. A. r., held memorial services yes
terday in honor of the late Charles w.
Bonner.
The stairway leading from the bluff
to the beach at Sixteenth place has been
repaired under. orders from the board of
public works, so that it can be used by
the public.
Captain A. II. Mason of the Can't
gum wired to Capt. w. II. Graves of
this city to forward his mast and sail
to San Francisco, where the Camiguin
has been carrying passengers to the
battleships. 1t is supposed that Capt.
Mason and other Long Beach boatmen
now in the north will start for home
soon.
The "welcome" sign which was put
up on the sun parlor at the time of the
arrival of the fleet was transferred to
the auditorium today.
Life Saver Moeller, employed by the
bath house company, narrowly escaped
injury this morning when his boat
tipped over on top of a big breaker,
throwing him into the water.
Capt Chauncey Thomas of the Unit