originally published in Long Beach Independent. Sept. 25, 1949 Mrs. Beerling is Mrs. Watte St. Matthew’s Catholic Church was the setting Saturday for a 9 a.m. wedding ceremony uniting Phyllis Marie Beerling, 1770 Stanley Avenue, and George Dennis Watte, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Watte of Los Alamitos. Rev. James P. Lynch was the … Read more
from the Long Beach Indpendent, Sunday, Nov. 8, 1950 — page 43-A Rosary or Mrs. Alice Otte Cosyns, 73, of Los Alamitos, who died yesterday, will be recited at 8pm in Mottell’s Chapel. A native of Belgium, Mrs. Cosyns came to Long Beach 39 years ago. She belonged to the St. Isadore Catholic Church. Survivors … Read more
12 FEB 1901, Los Alamitos Man battered (LA Times) R.E. Powell of Los Alamitos came before a Long Beach judge and lodged a “John Doe” complaint, charging a Belgian laborer with assault. Powell gives an account of mistreatment and shows some ugly wounds in support of his statement. Powell says that on the 3rd inst. … Read more