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The Commercial Club was founded in 1877 as a capitalist reaction to the Great Upheaval, a national labor strike that began with railroad workers in Martinsburg, West Virginia. [2] In 1907, the Commercial Club merged with the Merchants Club (organized in 1896). [3] In 1933, the Industrial Club of Chicago (organized in 1905) joined.
Ebell of Long Beach was a women's club in Long Beach, California. A chapter of the Ebell Society , it was one of the largest women's clubs in Southern California. The Long Beach chapter was established on November 16, 1896 by club president Adelaide Tichenor , a local civic leader, and seventeen other women.
1954 – Long Beach State 49ers baseball team formed. [15] 1962 – Historical Society of Long Beach founded. [16] 1967 - RMS Queen Mary arrives; 1972 – California State University, Long Beach active. [14] 1975 – Grand Prix of Long Beach begins. 1977 – Long Beach Public Library's main branch rebuilt. [11] 1978 – Chua Phat To (Buddhist ...
Term Image Name 1908 – 1912: Charles H. Windham 1912 – 1914: Ira S. Hatch 1914 – 1915: Louis N. Whealton 1915 – 1921: William T. Lisenby 1921 – 1924
The Long Beach City Council is the governing body of the City of Long Beach, California. The council is composed of 9 members elected from single-member districts for four-year terms.
During this period, the Long Beach papers employed a number of journalists who would go on to prominent careers at other publications, including David Shaw, who received a Pulitzer Prize while working at the Los Angeles Times, Ross Newhan and Rich Roberts (Los Angeles Times), John Cash (Las Vegas Sun) and Bill Wasserzieher (Village Voice).
Former Starbucks Chief Executive Howard Schultz acted unlawfully when he told an employee: 'If you're not happy at Starbucks, you can go work for another company,' NLRB finds.
The Municipal Fly Casting Pool [131] at Recreation Park [132] in East Long Beach is a 260-by-135-foot clear water, fishless pond built and operated since 1925 by the Long Beach Casting Club as only one of two Southern California city operated casting ponds (the other being in Pasadena). [133]