Desert Sentinel (Newspaper) - December 30, 1965, Desert Hot Springs, California 1O Single Copy Serving Desert Hot The Nations Health Center 20 if Desert Hot California fr DECEMBER 1965 New Year Holds Great Promise for New City Year in Retrospect What happened in Desert Hot Springs in Not many remember details but a newspaper file is everything of import ance is on January was a busy Tetl Spellaza was appointed vice Shriners from Springs made a trip to Palm Springs where they visited Im Potentate Carlyle head of Americas Citizens com organized to recall Mayor Howard City Manager Sam quit and locked city hall for the last time on his way o accept a new management position in Harold Ster ling was installed as president of the Hoard of District Attorney William Riverside tells deputy city clerk Gladys 1ohnum shf right by not obeying the city councils order to return a safe box to the lie advised the of the council to stop and anti re call forces enjoy city wide po hassels over Mayor How ard Local Water District adopts standby petitions are fight mosquito Sterling in March pioneer tabot Yerxa dies at Validity of re call petitions debated by Council adopts 4V ing city man ager Hold good conduct policy for city council Auditor Selhy criticized citys Charges thrown at Mayor Howard Carr quiet while citizens com plain of stray City clean up campaign to abatement district continues debate with city Citys parking rules changed to meet new state requirements since Post office In stalls more mail Cham ber promises service to council interviews master planning Acting Robert Gold advises city council to do things prop erly according to Improvement says city Continued on Page 2 J OLD AND old and the Signs east of the corner of Varner and View Roads show progress A new sign point ing to Desert Hot Springs overshadows an old sign indicating its only seven miles north on View Road to this spa Sentinel Hy Happy Days Are Here Again This song of good cheer wel coming in the new is heard in every home and up and down the streets of Desert Springs this sung by tourists and celebrating the com ing lli as a prosperous year for The majority of citizens of this new city are happy over incorporation since Desert Happy and Fun are setting the pace in real es tate development and home Members of the local Hoard of looking ahead to the coming new point with optimism because of what they see coming Desert Hot Springs Till CITY has proven its worth by successful manage ment under city while oth ers watched from wonder ing if a town of this character make City manager and planning commission predict nothing but ever increasing speed in 10GQ goals established by city government in future While the young folks of Des ert i lot Springs can boast of nly one elementary scholastic standards and admin stration at the school have re the attention of educa Continued on Page 0 Post Office to Moke First Class on July 1 Added indication of the con POST OFFICE SETS RECORD FOR MAILING Desert Hot Springs Post Office handled more mail this Christmas than ever be fore in its ter said Wo handled more than pieces of Incom ing letter and pieces tho post master We also receiv ed and handled As an Interesting coincidence the samn number of parcels were Postal receipts thus far for the month of December are which is up from last Desert Hot Springs is a growing eoni tinning growth of Desert Hot Springs was evident this week with the announcement the post office here lias been des for higher classifica tion starting July Raymond re gional said tho of fice here will advance from second to first Size of a post office is de termined largely bjr annual re as reported during the Continued on Page 6 In 21 2f 20 27 2S 2S Hi Low ili 71 fifi 71 01 Oil 51 so 70 72 51 72 52 03 10 CLASSES AS USUAL AGAIN NEXT MONDAY Students in Desert Hot Springs as well as those through out Iho will lie to school as Monday morning following the annual holiday vacation for Christmas and Xew regular published each week as a con for mothers of ele junior high and sen lor high will hi found elsewhere in todays Desert It expected enrollment in tho local school will lilt its peak in New Year Holiday Desert I lot Springs city hall will be closed for the New Year holiday starting and will reopen Mon January city council meet ings will be on the first and third 510 at the Street Community Con Ward man starling at 7 PRIZE brilliantly lighted and attractively decorated home of Hugh 2863 was declared first prize winner in the homes division of the recent Chamber of Commerce Yuletide decorations con Glazer New Smile Campaign Gaining The smile and say hollo cam conducted by the Cham ber of Commerce here present ing three checks a day to win ners is making the press In Oliver announced Wo have clippings from sev eral including the Lps Angeles Phoenix Detroit Free Press and Grundy Several local residents brought our attention to clippings appearing 1n news papers of other One rest lent associated with a maga syndicate said he plans a story with pictures in a il Three times ev ery day envelopes are going We have people visiting us saying they are smiling all the time and Its beginning to make them feel They claim to have failed to meet the chambers unidentified per son circulating In the down town area looking for people to give SMALL TOWNS HAVE MANY ADVANTAGES It Is very HUT lo five in i small ally a town like Hot was comment matin by the Whitings and at A week before they wro very surprised tit find a Christmas canl in heir mailbox at the lodge simply to and Desert Hot With Just first names and TIO tlin post office dated and thn Whiting was very much im pressed with the personal ef of such a office at this time of the He sat down nnl dropped the post office a note of thanks and Three days Just days before a letter from postmaster of Desert Hot Springs arrived express ing the thanks of the postal department for tho tion of its The post master had addressed the let ter to and Desert Hot Cal Xo Zip Code Walt cowboy runs clown the end of a rainbow where he finds a golden sign designating the new Desert Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce under construction at 6563 Pier son Sentinel ON BOULEVARD Chamber in New Quarters Soon Construction of a new build ing at next to Don Olson Realty is be ing completed for lease to the Chamber of Commerce for a The building is being by Khner Pile new headquarters will bo more accessible to traffic with parking facilities in from of the Carl president of tin said the organiza tion i will occupy the building sometime after The new facility will provide a large room partitioned to pro vide an office for manager of the cham said the front sec tion of the targe building will be used for a reception Mo said the room is planned to accommodate approximately 35 persons and will also be used for board The chamber is presently lo at Palm Gibboney said the present quarters are too now that the chamber is Through a new policy set by the following a more active and all inclusive program of benefit to the city and its more adequate head quarters have become neces Gibboney Grundy said he will be glad to be in a new office as the present providing only one large does not pro vide sufficient privacy for small groups if two or persons that has become necessity in meeting to discuss chamber business in Hoard says they art anxious for the completion o the new Plans are to he made for a gala opening to be attended by prom inent leaders in this visit ing desert chamber officials and Chamber Committee to Study Managers Work Management of Desert Hot City Business Licenses Due City businessmen who have not purchased their li censes aiv due for a reminder because 1 is the deadline accompanied by a generous 110 day grace Deadline is postponed to By order of Ordinance Section of this it is rc all operating businesses must be licensed with the fee payable in on or bc On Page 7 Springs Chamber of Commerce hy appoint ed last has been by a three member com named at a closed personnel meeting called by Carl presi at his Mary Ann The meeting was reserved for board members Among those Co Johnson and Lillian were named to study work and present a report with recommendations to a future chamber Those attending the closed Continued on Page 12 COST OF YULE DECORATIONS CRITICIZED As Chamber of Commerce sponsored Chri come down next of the board are resolved to look at decorating costs twice next More than was spent by the A city Council who declined to ills name The lights arc property of Ihe be cause Ihe Merchants and Profes gave them to tha Why so much cost When asked if the lights were property of the Gene president of the mer chants said We gave the chamber the long strands of light to save the city and the chamber It costs far more this year than when businessmen got out and strung a city councilman Continued on Page 12 NEW ROAD Palm out of Cathedral City joined by Ramon Road from Palm Springs will meet with Varner Road between Thousand Palms and View Road connecting Desert Hot Springs I with towns to the Construction on the new section of Date jalm just off Varner Road is start Engineers say the route will soon be Sentinel Permit Issued for Apartment Here A permit for a 21 unit apart ment estimated to cost 000 and permits for two more new single family dwellings headed Iho list of activity this week in ihc office of City Planner Hoy The permit for the new apartment was issued to How ard and will bo lo cal ed at 2ROO just north of the Ambassador Arms Jack Kileen Is listed as general contractor for tho Permits for the new homos to Charles Del Cyr and will be located at and They estimated lo cost SI Other permits issued during the week included 0710 A coma Spa Jerry 575 retain ing Elmer Meyer retain ing POST OFFICE ON HOLIDAY HERE 1 Desert Hot Springs Post Of fire will bo closed on Satur will be received dis Postmaster Clarence Hat he way Special mall will be Mail will he placed in post boxes hy 3 There will bo no deliveries on letter carrier postmaster
