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  • August 14th in Seal Beach History

     On this date in 1975, Rix Rack Sportswear placed a Back-To-School ad ran in the Long Beach Independent.

    Rix Rack reminded readers that “It’s time to get ready for the school days ahead… From the foxiest, funkiest fashion… to all the wild groovy accessories.”  Use your BankAmericard or Master Charge!

    Rix Rack was a clothing store chain that operated during the sixties and the seventies with several locations in Southern California, including one at 12447 Seal Beach Boulevard in the Rossmoor Center.

    – Michael Dobkins

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  • May 9th in Seal Beach History

    On this date in 1975, Gina’s Italiano Restaurant advertised its Mother’s Day specials in the Long Beach Independent. 

    May_9_1975_Gina__039_s_Italiano_ad Don’t drive down to the Rossmoor Center to look for Godmother Gina or Lady Chef Sylvia this Sunday. They, the Italiano restaurant, and those 1975 prices aren’t there anymore.

    – Michael Dobkins

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  • May 6th in Seal Beach History

    On this date in 1975, the Ranch House Restaurant at 1600 Pacific Coast Highway advertised their Mother’s Day menu specials in the Long Beach Independent.

    May_6_1975_101_Ranch_House_AdWe had to balance out yesterday’s Mother’s Day post with something absolutely non-ironic.

    Now I’m hungry.

    – Michael Dobkins

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  • April 5th in Seal Beach History

    On this date in 1975, Seal Beach held an official ground-breaking ceremony for the 12 block long and hundred foot wide park between the lanes of Electric Avenue. The ceremony was held at 8th and Electric Avenue, and a full day of festivities followed.

    Mayor Thomas I. McKnew Jr. gave the welcoming address and presided over the driving of the “final spike” in the track that would support the future Red Car Museum. The Leisure World “Barbershoppers” and the J.H. McGaugh School Jazz Band provided musical entertainment. 

    The Greenbelt, as most local call it, was originally a Pacific Electric right-of-way for the Long Beach-Newport Pacific Electric red car line from 1904 to 1948. The tracks were removed in 1966, leaving only a rock bed of small granite rocks and a few stray railroad spikes to be found by the occasional souvenir seeker. 

    Many concepts were proposed for the property, including public parking lots, canals, housing developments, a strip of apartment duplexes, and a bike trail. A committee was appointed in 1970 to settle on an ideal solution after a crowd of five hundred citizens showed up at a public hearing to oppose residential development of the strip. After five years of countless meetings and decisions, the city decisively settled on using the land as a park with a new library/senior center, mini plazas, the Red Car Museum, walkways, and trees.

    – Michael Dobkins

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  • April 4th in Seal Beach History

    On this date in 1975, the Long Beach Independent ran the following ad for Susie’s Cafeteria (formerly Manning’s Cafeteria).

    April_4_1975_Susie__039_s_Cafeteria_Ad-3Today, 13900 Seal Beach Boulevard is the address of a Chase Bank branch (formerly Susie’s Cafeteria).

    – Michael Dobkins

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  • March 29th in Seal Beach History

    On this date in 1975, the Long Beach Independent ran the following advertisement:

    March_29_1974_Green_Pepper_Ad-3The newspaper had run a rave mini-review of the Green Pepper the day before, declaring “For a masterpiece tostada, try the deluxe model, $1.95 at the Green Pepper Mexican Restaurant, 209 Main St., Seal Beach. It is for the ‘one who has much hunger,’ because it is a whopper with meat, beans, grated cheese, mounds of salad and house dressing topped with guacamole. The Green Pepper (closed Sundays) is owned by Henry Lucero and his bride, Betty. It is open for luncheon and dinner offering fresh, colorful Mexican combination dinners, from $2.60, fancy Mexican appetizers, luncheon combos from $1.40; Mexican omelettes, sandwiches, wine margaritas and Mexican beers.”

    The Green Pepper and Hank Lucero are gone. After the Green Pepper closed in the early nineties, 209 Main Street was occupied by BJ’s Pizzeria and then Woody’s Diner. Today Avila’s El Ranchitos serves meals in the space where the Green Pepper once operated. But many longtime Seal Beachers still remember Hank Lucero, the Deluxe Tostada, and all the fine Mexican meals they enjoyed at the Green Pepper.

    – Michael Dobkins

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  • February 27th in Seal Beach History

    On this date in 1975, Brunswick’s Rossmoor Inn advertised the exclusive Wednesday through Saturday engagement of the Wilder Brothers (calling themselves the Sounds of Sunshine).

    feb_27_1975_sounds_of_sunshine_at_rossmoor_inn-3There have been more than a couple Wilder Brothers in pop music, but this group consisted of three real brothers, Warner, Walter, and George. They came from a musically inclined family, and they first performed polka music as the Weidler Brothers and then switched to easy-listening and doo-wop novelty records as the Wilder Brothers. (Honestly, how could you get wilder than polka music?). They later opened their own recording studio and produce jazz and pop records.

    Three highlights of the Wilder Brothers career was George’s being the second husband of Doris Day, releasing an easy-listening hit, Love Means (You Never Have To Say You’re Sorry) under the Sounds of Sunshine moniker, and, finally, performing in Rossmoor.

    For a sample of the Sounds of Sunshine, er, sound, we’ve embedded the video link below. Close your eyes and pretend you’re about to get your teeth cleaned in a 1970s dental office.

    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APMHp9sZyME]

    – Michael Dobkins

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  • January 17th in Seal Beach History

    On this date in 1975, if you and a friend felt a tad peckish while driving down Pacific Coast Highway through Seal Beach, you could pull into the Glide ‘er Inn and be proudly served bouillabaisse Marseillaise for two, according to this ad from the Long Beach Independent.Jan_17_1975_Glide_er_Inn_Ad– Michael Dobkins

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