258 Receive Diplomas at Junior High
The Corona junior high graduation filled the stadium as seventh and eighth grade bands played under Harold Becker. diplomas were awarded by Homer Holton with Principal Charles Colwell and a program including a pledge, invocation, and addresses. The class lists include numerous girls and boys from local families, with a continuation noted on page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corona Junior High School
Harold Becker
Carlton Parks
Gerald Parker
David Estes
Don Nugent
Jack Soldate
Jay Schoenherr
Joyce
Anne Winans
al Perez
Carl Abbs
Don Lawrence
Barbara Kuhns
Elsie Abacherli
Joyce Agnes
Lydia Aguirre
Nina Altizer
Janet Anderson
Judy Avery
Helen Balderas
Chenta Barron
Carol Bartlett
Judy Bennett
Judy Bogle
Sharon Brooks
Frances Handorf
Mary Lou Heath
Carol Hemken
Ruth Henderson
Dorothy Henson
Armida Hernandez
Emily Hernandez
Helen Hernandez
Marjorie Hildebrand
Mary Hogan
Mary Helen Hogue
Lillian Holden
Betty Hudson
Ruth Jensen
Dora Jimenez
Lorita Johnson
Genelle Jones
Olive Jones
Shirley Kennedy
Ruby Kinsey
Della Klein
Ruth Kyle
Shirley Landers
Rita Laube
Nancy Legault
Janice Lillibridge
Frances Lloyd
Mary Lopez
Barbara Lund
Sue McClure
Thea McDaniels
Sylvia Madruga
Judy Martin
Angela Martinez
Patrice Martinez
Connie Miguel
Rosa Moreno
Ruth Morgan
Maxine Mosley
Rosa Munoz
Beverly Murphy
Margaret Navarro
Betty Nelson
Darleen Nolan
Winifred Nugent
Dorothy Orman
Catalina Orozco
Dolores Ortiz
Anne Pugh
Verrell Parks
Janet Paul
Sylvia Pettit
Bonnie Phillips
Genita Qualls
Angela Quintana
Diane Reed
Mary Ann Reyes
Adella Rice
Pearl Riggs
Melva Rippee
Mary Dolores Rios
Gladys Robertson
Rosalie Robinson
Isabel Robles
Lara Ross
Della Ruiz
Sharel Russell
Carol Ryan
Sarah Sadowsky
Alice Salcido
Irene Saucedo
Orry Schmidt
Florence Schultz
Lovita May Seibel
Nina Shockley
Evelyn Sinclair
Pat Skaggs
Dorothy Smith
Marco Spillman
Effie Mae Sprague
LoEtte Stark
Betty Sullivan
Norma Trammell
Mary Uribe
Esther Varela
Frances Walker
Sherry Ware
Patricia Wattenbareger
Aloha ‘Weber
Barbara Whitney
Judy ‘Wilder
Anne, Winans
GeorgiAnna Woods
Clotilde Ybarra
Lynne Young
Margaret Zaragoza
Sally Zelepugas
Deputy Graber Injured In Riverside Drive Crash
Fred Graber deputy purchasing agent for the city is recovering at home from injuries after a late Wednesday accident on Riverside Drive His car left the road after missing a turn struck a guide wire on a telephone pole and overturned He suffered head lacerations and bruises requiring stitches and expects to return to work the first of next week
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Fred Graber
Ford Street
Riverside Drive
Graber
Star in charge of new tennis court at Merrill Park
Gene Mako the tennis star and contractor leads the project for Corona's Merrill Street playground. Tom Walker and Larry Key review court specifications as the Corona tennis club forms. The court, built as part of the city recreation program, cost 3850 dollars with Mako as low bidder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill Park
Corona
Father’s Day: What Dad Really Wants All Year
A humorous UPI dispatch imagines ideal gifts for fathers from phones to private bathrooms and pets. It notes his own telephone costs about 50 dollars a year and a private bathroom could run 100 dollars plus, with a dog and cat sitter at 100 dollars annually. It mocks family dynamics, silence at home, and a second hand television set to waft away chores while focusing on sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Dibble
U.P
New York
Utopia
Pappy
Stan Musial
Willy Mays
Rickenbacker Sends Regards From Road Race Celebration
Eddie Rickenbacker, famed race driver, could not attend the Corona Road Race Celebration but sent a letter to Corona Chamber of Commerce president Bob Snedecor. He praised Corona produced Sunkist lemonade and expressed hope for a future meeting with Queen Jean Hauet. He recalled racing days in the city and extended thanks and best wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Rickenbacker
Corona
Joan Hauet
New York
Eastern Airlines
Sunkist
Corona Exchange Lemon Products Company
Miss Hauet
Don Burns
Corona Chamber of Commerce
Rickenbacker
Bob Snedecor
R. B. Snedecor
California
Mr. Snedecor
Jean Hauet
Eddie V. Rickenbacker
George Putnam to Interview Justin Hammond on TV Tonight
Broadcaster George Putnam will host his 11 p.m. KTTV program featuring Justin Hammond co publisher of the Corona Daily Independent. The show will include a 11 15 interview with Mr and Mrs Hammond and cover the Corona Daily Independent history and Corona territory highlights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Putnam
Justin Hammond
TV Tonight
California
Corona
Arena Daily Independent
KTTV
The
Independent
Putnam
Newport-Balboa News Times
San Fernando Valley Sun
WDGY
St. Paul
New York
Walter Winchell
Hammonds
Corona Daily Indépendent
Co‘rona
Van Lint's Son Speaks on Cosmic Rays at Lions Meeting
Victor A J Van Lint who earned a PhD at Caltech spoke to Corona Lions about cosmic rays their origin speeds and effects on earth The talk noted rays stem from unknown sources and leave ion trails detectable by Geiger counters water condensation and film emulsion Other highlights included Black initiation by new members Jameson and Baldwin and the birth of Kathy Sue Pauly A Lions installation party is set for next Friday with Axel Tisnerat to be installed president
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor A. J. van Lint
Caltech
Corona Lions Club
Victor J. van Lint
Corona City
Lions Club
van Lint
Outer Space
Earth
Black
Forrest Black
David Jameson
Clayton Baldwin
Marle Colbern
Leo Pauly
James Pauly
West
Kendall Street
Corona Hospital
Dent B. Reed
Corona
Dutch Velthoen
Reed
Garden Grove
Victoria Club
Axel Tisnerat
Lt Bill Heckert Seeks Summer Work for Local Youth
Corona juvenile officer Lt W C Heckert reports a successful summer work program with a long list of youths ready for jobs. They can do yard work babysitting clerking service station work and more. Employers should call the police station at 700 with job names.
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W. C.heckert
Corona
McCarthy Subcommittee Faces Demands to Overhaul Staff
Republican Senator Charles Potter joined Democrats in demanding overhaul of the Army McCarthy Investigating Subcommittee staff. Potter said the hearing record is saturated with perjury and that top staff should be dismissed, targeting Roy M. Cohn. The Justice Department studies possible perjury, while McCarthy's chairmanships were left intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Charles E. Potter
Michigan
John L. McClellan
Joseph R. McCarthy
Sen. Potter
Péter
Cohn
Army
John G. Adams
McClellan
Army-McCarthy
Executive Branch
Robert T.stevens
Potter
Roy M. Cohn
Justice’ Department
McCarthy
William E. Jennes
Senate Rules Committee
Strin
Rownell
McCarth
Herbert Brownell
Joseph McCarthy
United States
Arkansas
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Sen
H. M. Jackson
Senate
House-Cloahing
Subcommittee
Edward Hyatt Dies Elder Statesman of California Water
Edward Hyatt 65 brother of Mrs. R L Willits of Corona died at Sutter hospital Sacramento after strokes and a heart ailment. A 35 year veteran, he served 22 years as State engineer directing Central Valley project surveys and the State Water Plan. He retired in 1950 after eight governors. Governor Earl Warren praised his loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hyatt
R. L. Willits
Corona
Sutter Hospital
Sacramento
Mr. Hyatt
California
Hyatt
Cup That Cheers Brings Grief in Temescal Court
Harry Edward Smith 42 of San Bernardino was fined 158 by Judge Caudill in Temescal Judicial court for drunk driving after a minor accident at North Main and the Boulevard. Walter B. Gaines 35 Main street was fined 35 for intoxication. William Edward English San Jose was fined 60 for intoxication after being found wandering near the La Sierra area. Raymond John Creslin sailor from Long Beach was fined 35 for being drunk in an automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Edward Smith
San Bernardino
W. S. Caudill
Temescal
Smith
North Main
Boulevard
Walter B. Gaines
Main Street
Sixth
Main Streets
William Edward English
St. James Hotel
San Jose
la Sierra
Raymond John Creslin
Long Beach
Corona
Adult Education Classes Open June to July in Corona
The Corona Unified Schools Adult Education department announces six weeks of summer classes from June 21 to July 30 at Corona High and Junior High. Courses include sewing lamp shade making ceramics rug making and Office Practice Typewriting. Instructors are Ima Jenkins Zina Nutter Marguerite Sharpe and Nora Harris. Reserve spaces by calling 2212.
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Adult Education Department
Corona Unified Schools
West Sixth Street
Ima Jenkins
Zina Nutter
Grand Boulevard
Marguerite Sharpe
Ninth
Victoria
Nora Harris
Adult Education Office
Funeral and fatal car crash near Bishop claim Carson City woman
Mrs. Esther Lane of Carson City Nevada died returning from Corona after attending the funeral of her brother-in-law Henry Edward Lane. Her husband Truman Lane and son were injured. Graveside rites set at Sunnyslope cemetery with Bell Thomas Mortuary handling arrangements. Mrs Lane aged 41 leaves two sons and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Lane
Carson City
Nevada
Corona
Mr. Lan
Henry Edward
Henry Edward Lane
Two Men Fined $50 Each for Hunting Violations in Temescal
Charles Leonard Wells of Norwalk and Bobby Watson Mix of Bellflower were fined $50 each for hunting rabbits and quail during a closed season in Temescal Judicial Court. Wells also forfeited his Winchester 37-410 single shot shotgun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temescal Judicial Court
Charles Leonard
Wells
Greystone Street
Norwalk
Bobby Watson Mix
Hegel Street
Bellflower
Mendes France Secures French Premiership With Socialist Support
Pierre Mendes France, a Radical Socialist, wins the French premiership by a wide margin. He vows to press a four point plan to end Indochina fighting within four weeks, resume talks on Tunisia and Morocco home rule, push an economic recovery, and seek a European defense compromise. He takes office despite opposition from opponents and relies on Communist votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre Mendes-France
Europe
Indochina
France
Assembly
Mendes-France
Joseph Laniel
Tunisia
Morocco
Mendes France victory reshapes Indochina politics and Guatemala turmoil
The article notes Mendes France winning broad support in France with 20 from Pleven, 16 from Overseas Independents, and 60 of Gaullists, amid Gaullist opposition. It also reports Guatemala declaring blackout due to invasion jitters, the Arbenz family mystery flight, and a potential shift in Geneva conference and U S Far East policy with Churchill Eisenhower meeting in doubt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendes-France
Rene Pleven
Indochina
Guatemala
Guatemala City
Radio Voice of
Mexico City
New Orleans
Jacobo Arbenz
Pierre Mendes-France
U. S. Far East
National Assembly
Washington
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Arthur Aguirre
Frank Arnett
Lawrence Arzate
Salvador Avalos
Melvyn Baehler
George ‘Putnam
Lions Meeting
Bill Heckert
G.O.P
Demos
Adams
Water Authority
REDS
Anthony Eden
Winston Churchill
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Laos
Russia
U. N
Redochine
Southeaestsia
U.S
IN. Orient
French National Assembly
Defense Commission
Nite Tates
European Defense Community
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