Cronados News Briefs From Coronado and San Diego Area
An assortment of early WGoronado and San Diego area photos and vintage accessories is on display at the Coronado Department Store honoring the Horses Carriage cavalcade week. County and State plan to purchase 7700 feet of beachfront frontage near Strand State Park as the master beach plan is amended. Administrative Officer Al Campion reported progress. attendees included William Standley, Captain Gehres, Hubert, and Harry Watson. Betty McKenzie won a cooking hints quiz at the North Park Theater event, earning stainless cutlery. Betty Biddle fell from a Coronado ferrydeck but was rescued without injury. Chamber leader Johnson announced a community action meeting to boost area attractiveness. a future right-of-way planting program is planned. Orchid Society members will host the annual show at Balboa Park on Saturday and Sunday with blooms from Coronado residents Paul Lee and Wells.
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al Campion
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Foodtival School of Cookery
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Tribune-Sun
Mole
Horseless Carriages Parade Invades Coronado This Weekend
The Southern California Horseless Carriage Club of Glendale visits Coronado on April 30 and May 1 with 50 motor vehicles that run on their own power. They convene at the Ferry entrance by 8 p.m. Saturday, then march up Orange Avenue to the Hotel del Coronado grounds under the Coronado Chamber of Commerce sponsorship.
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Southern California
Geles
Coronado
E Avenue
Coronado Civic Offic
Coronado Chamber of Commerce
Orange Avenue
Hotel del Coronado
Arthur Johnson
la Jolla
Melton Pledges Coronado Host Role for Car Club Visit
James Melton famed Metropolitan Opera tenor told The Coronado Compass in a phone interview he could not host the Horseless Carriage Club arrival in Coronado due to prior engagements in Los Angeles. He hopes to join the L A group for breakfast before they depart, praising Coronado's beautiful setting and lovely homes after his San Diego concert.
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James Melton
Metropolitan Opera
San Diego
Coronado Compass
Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce
Coronado
Parade of Horseless Carriages Heads to Laguna Beach
Parade units include West Coast Fleet Air Band from Naval Air Station led by a Navy Color Guard and a giant carrier replica named U S 8 North Island. Capt L K Rice of North Island commands naval participants. Horseless carriages travel from Los Angeles to Laguna Beach after display at Hotel grounds until 5 p m.
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West Coast Fleet Air Band
Naval Air Station
Navy
U.S.8
North Island
L.K. Rice
Pop” Millar
Coronado C. of C
Locomobile
Marmon
Maxwell
Pope Toledo
Regal
Warren-Detroit
Sears-Roebuck
Los Angeles
Laguna Beach
Softball League Meeting Called For Thursday
Richard C. Whitmore announced the first season meeting for senior and junior managers at 7 30 p m Thursday April 28 at the Youth Centers Sixth Street and G Avenue. Coronatians interested in playing or organizing the summer league at Cutler Field were invited.
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Sixth Street
G Avenue
Richard C. Whitmore
Cutler Field
Whitmore
Racing Ace Frank Lovell To Lead Coronado Parade
Frank Lovell known as the Racing Ace will lead Coronado’s Saturday parade from the hotel grounds. He will ride a motor scooter in vintage auto racing costume as unofficial parade marshal during the arrival of the California Horseless Carriage cavalcade from Los Angeles. He is famed for racing since 1907 and once with Eddie Rickenbacker, now patrols meters and issues tickets while amassing a global token collection.
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Frank
Coronado
Paradise Isle
Los Angeles
Officer Lovell
Boston
Eddie Rickenbacker
Ascot
Lovell
China
Italy
Egypt
Australia
Mexico
Uncle Sam
FBI Official Speaks at Rotary Luncheon
Fred CIntyre special agent in charge of the San Diego FBI discusses the bureau's work at the Rotary Club luncheon at Hotel del Coronado. Introduced by Police Chief J W Jordan, who served at FBI headquarters in Washington during the war and is on leave from Coronado police.
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Rotary
FredcIntyre
San Diego
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Rotary Club
Hotel del Coronado
McIntyre
J. W. Jordan
Bureau
Washington, D.C
Coronado
Record Crowd at Coronado Flower Show Breaks Attendance
The 28th Coronado Flower Show closed with a record crowd near 5,000 and 1,003 exhibits excluding thirteen nursery displays. International Flower Show manager William Rodman and Boston Flower Show manager Arno Nehring praised the quality of local entries. Prizes were awarded for home fronts, patios, gardens, and cut flowers, with an auction netting $126.80.
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Maj
Vincent Denunzio
Coronado
Coronado Floral Association
William Rodman
Los Angeles
Arno Nehring
Boston
Ennalls Waggaman
Floral Association
A Avenue
Robert J. Thorne
Benson Scott
Stewart H. Carse
Tris
Sue Edrington
Recreation Head Tackles New Job Here This Week
Richard C. Whitmore becomes Coronado's new recreation director and spends his first week meeting city officials club leaders and teenagers. He attended the City Council session and Lions Club, and called a meeting at the Youth Center to organize a summer softball league for senior and junior players. He will study the recreation situation from all angles before making recommendations to the Recreation Commission and Council.
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Richard C. Whitmore
Coronado
Whitmore
Lions Club
Recreation Commission
Council
Keys in Car drive aims to curb auto theft in Coronado
Coronado 20 30 Club campaigns Keys in Car with signs reading Leave Keys Lose Car inviting motorists to remove ignition keys. The effort, led by chairman William O Humphreys, runs through April 7 and has City Council and police endorsement as part of 2030 International's nationwide program.
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Coronado
Orange Avenue
Coronado 20 30 Club
William O. Humphreys
Humphreys
2030 International
U. S
Mrs W W Harvey Named Recreation Group Chairman
Mrs W W Harvey a longtime civic leader and former PTA president was named Recreation Group Chairman. She serves on the Youth Club advisory group and is a candidate for a School Board trustee seat next month. The Commission recommended weekend lifeguards on the ocean beach front until the summer schedule begins.
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W. W. Harvey
Recreation Group
W.w.harvey
PTA Here
Youth Club
Coronado Compass
Ocean Beach
Arrests Increase Here Chief Tells City Council
Police Chief J W Jordan told the City Council that arrests and cases rose in the first three months of this year. He reported 2111 cases through March 31, up from 1920 the prior year, and noted annexation of Silver Strand will shift investigative duties toward Fort Emory after May 20.
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J.W. Jordan
Jordan
Silver Strand
Fort Emory
Frank Hasting
H.N. Kestell
City Council bars makeshift City Hall site and edges toward permanent plans
The council voted down a bid to acquire the former Naval Security Building at the Naval Air Station entrance and discussed moving the Coronado Clubhouse to the Civic Center as a municipal building. An ordinance to ban bridge and similar games was adopted on first reading. The city also awarded 1750 tons of plant mix asphalt for Ocean Boulevard repaving and filled board seats on the Library trustees. A crosswalk on Orange Avenue was denied to avoid ferry-traffic hazards.
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Naval Security Building
Naval Air Station Entrance
Fourth Street
Atlwwid, DL
Hilding Weisgerber
D Avenue
Coronado Development Company
George F. Neal
Coro Hado
Civic Center
Sixth Street
Palm Avenue
E.G. Stanley
J.R. Goodbody
W.R. Dennis Construction Company
San Diego
Ocean Boulevard
Eleanor Evers
Library Board of Trustees
Elizabeth Burford
Shoreline Planning Association
Orange Avenue
Police Department
State Division of Highways
Beach Problems Under Study In City Committee
Planning Director Glen Wade will prepare a report on the proposed beach pavilion and other beach problems. The committee will study the feasibility of the pavilion project suggested by Coronado engineer Robert B Humphreys who has submitted a pavilion design for the Central Beach area. Recreation Commission to name a representative to the beach study committee says Chairman Beauchamp.
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Glen Wade
Robert B. Humphreys
Coronado
the Recreation Commission
Beauchamp Said
County YMCA Seeks $500 to Aid Work Here
County YMCA aims to raise 500 dollars as part of a 4000 dollar drive through memberships at large. Rev. Kenneth B. Carson and local committees say funds will support county districts including Coronado, after a Community Chest cut. Coronado board members and Adm. Gray invite donations to 1038 EB Avenue with membership certificates in return.
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YMCA
Kenneth B. Carson
Carson
Coronado
Community Chest
Ig.l. Weyler
A.h.gray
John H. Everson
E. T. Anderson
B.D. Shoemaker
Paul Stouffer
Quentin Roy
Adm
Gray
EB Avenue
Public School Week events wrap with open houses and dances
Public Schools Week ends Friday with an open house from 7 to 8 p.m. at Coronado elementary and high schools. Later, sixth to eighth graders perform old-fashioned dances in the high school gym under Miss Virginia Colton. Glorietta School hosts an 8:15 to 9 p.m. open house Thursday followed by a 7:30 p.m. operetta Peter Rabbit in the Administration Building annex by Glorietta First Grade pupils directed by Mrs. Cailliez.
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Coronado
Virginia Colton
Glorietta
Peter Rabbit
Jean Cailliez
Swedish Ambassador to witness naval center review
His Excellency Erik Boheman, ambassador of Sweden to the United States, will be the guest of Rear Admiral Wilder D. Baker at a review in his honor. The event takes place at 3 00 p m Friday April 29 at the Naval Training Center.
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Naval Center
Erik Boheman
Sweden
United States
Wilder D. Baker
USN
11Th Naval District
Naval Training Center
Sailors Fined for Alley Burglary and Battery
Ronald Y Colter and Robert G Hitson, both 22 and based at the Naval Amphibious Base, were fined 500 dollars with 250 suspended after being found guilty of battery. They followed Mike Verdusco home early Sunday, assaulted him, took his wallet and a bundle, and fled before a chase by Verdusco and Mickey Mattes. A liberty card helped police locate them in a city tavern the next night.
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Ronald Y Colter
Robert G. Hitson
Naval Amphibious Base
E. 8. Wattan
Colter
Hitson
Mike Verdusco
B Avenue
Verdasco
Verdusco
Mickey Mattes
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