Coronado Mothers Contest Seeks Representative Mother 1947
The Coronado Merchants Association sponsors Coronado’s first annual Representative Mother contest open to long term residents. Essays by school children will be judged April 21–25 by a civic panel including church leaders and school officials. The winner is crowned May 11 at the Coronado Theatre with carnations for attendees.
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Coronado
S. E
Pop) Millar
James Vernetti
Coronado Theatre
Carson
Compass
Orange Avenue
Thoughts To Live By And Fight Weaknesses
A collection of short maxims and quotes urging perseverance, addressing facing weaknesses, fate, and life’s troubles. Notable voices include Colby Stevenson and Swain, with calls to confront, endure, and rely on present action.
Best Sellers at Compass Book Store on Orange Avenue
The top best sellers are featured in this column and available at Compass Book Store located on Orange Avenue. Call 3-8444 for inquiries and current titles.
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Compass Book
Orange Avenue
Henley
Fiction and Nonfiction Leaders Shown in San Diego List
The San Diego Union lists prominent books of the period across fiction and nonfiction. Notable titles include Steinbeck’s The Wayward Bus and Liebman’s Peace of Mind, among others by Roberts Freedman Janney Zacharias Wylie and Agnes Newton Keith.
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San Diego Union
Russell Janney
Joshua Loth Liebman
Ellis M. Zacharias
Steinbeck
Laura K. Hoebson
Joshua
Almanac and memoirs listed in The Nation feature
A Nation row notes titles such as Gentleman's Agreement by Laura K Hoebson Liebman Information Please Almanac edited by John Kieran The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald The Lincoln Reader edited by Paul Angle.
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John Kieran
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Betty MacDonald
Paul Angle
Big Coronado Flower Show Opens In East Plaza Saturday
The Coronado Flower Show opens in East Plaza this weekend with about 1500 entries. High school students assist with entries and typing the identification cards while 100 volunteers prepare lunches and supervise exhibits. Hours are 2 to 9 p.m. Saturday and 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday followed by a public auction.
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East Plaza
Crosby
Mines
Paul Wegeforth
John Sheare Douglass
Shirley Hurt
Robert E. Austin
Luther M. Kennett
John Wells
Shepler Fitzgerald
Peggy Bliss
J. R. Goodbody
Leo E. Hansen
Howard G. Corey
M. E. McEver
Calder Atkinson
Peg Cameron
Peg Cameron Assisted By Mmes
James Flynn
A. L. Bureau
Clyde Numbers
Clergyman Beats Parishioner Then Retorts About Finish
A clergyman, beaten on the links by a parishioner thirty years his senior, returns to the clubhouse grim. The opponent says you win at the finish and you’ll bury me someday. The priest quips that even then it will be your hole.
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Palm City
Nestor
Louis Millen
Richard M. Riddell
Marvin K. Chase, Jr
Merchants’ Association
Nineveh
Ashur
Babylon
Khammurabi
Amraphel
Babylonia
B.C
Nebuchadnezzar
Jerusalem
Tepper & Son
Servisoft
Pat and
Bob
Bob’s
Hoffman RaDios
Pat
Frank Moore Colby
Robert Louis Stevenson
Morrow
Charles Swain
San Diego
John Steinbeck
Lydia Bailey
By Kenneth
Roberts
Mrs
Mike
Benedict and
Nancy Freedman
Philip Wylie
Agnes Newton Keith
New York Times
Kenneth Roberts
John
Liebman
Village Theatre
Dick Haymes
Vera-Ellen
Costa Rica
Buchanan and Feuquay
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Bonne Bouche Moulees
Brunner’s
Orange Henley
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