Local Coronado Anecdotes and Officials Notes
Coralado gossip notes district changes and leaders with mentions of Alameda Blvd renamed K Avenue prior to 1919 Dorothea McCall eyed as potential candidate for State Assembly district 80 in 1950 Coronado population growth from 1477 in 1910 to an estimated 17 18 000 by 1940s and 1950s. Also references Mayer press dispute and Hildegarde show details at Circus Room and Hotel with staffing and production notes.
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Coronado
C. of C
Alameda Blvd
K Avenue
Dorothea McCall
Joseph Wechsberg
New Yorker
Esquire
Compass
Hildy
Hildegarde
Circus Room
Nanah
Milwaukee Chantoosy
Jai-Alai
Tijuana
Fronton Palacio
Blanche Odle
Early Ocean Beach Cliff House Hotel Built 1887
From Union Title Insurance records comes a note on the Cliff House in Ocean Beach later Beacon Hotel. Built in 1887 by Carlson and Higgins, it attracted tourists, promoted local land sales, and hosted early San Die County social events before a fire near the turn of the century. The hotel stood at the foot of Nia sere Street where Holiday Motor Court now sits.
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Union Title Insurance and Trust Company
Cliff House
Ocean Beach
Carlson and Higgins
San Diego
San Die
Niasere Street
Strolling Along Praises Coronado From a Yankee Visitor
A New England visitor named Roderick Stroller strolls Coronado praising sunny weather, friendly cops, and cheerful residents. He notes bright skies, birds, flowers, and warm showers, claiming Coronado is “about tops” for living rather than merely existing. He signs as Roderick Stroller HLF.
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Coronado
Roderick
Inter-Service Public Information Classes Opened by National Guard
A five class series in Armed Services Public Information began at the National Guard Armory on Thursday to foster inter service cooperation. The program, initially for the 114th AAA Brigade, was extended to all branches and reserves, with Coronado's activated Guard battery among attendees. About 26 officers and on duty personnel attended.
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Armed Services Public Information
National Guard
San Diego
114Th Aaa
Coronado
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Coronado Compass
Orange Avenue
Henley
Naval Air Station
Imperial Beach
Palm City
Nestor
Louis Millen
Marvin K. Chase, Jr
Richard H. Watkins
Police Department
Coronado Board of Education
A. E. Schaefer
Barbizon, Corette & Textron
Hanes
Dupliquette
Hee
Aberle Nylons
Kaylon Tommies
Jantzen and
Helen Harper
Groff
Hollis and
Carol West
Core
Rosenblum
Li'l
Alice
Jonathan Logan
Textron Robes
Orange
Suipeers
Daniel Green
L. B. Evans
MAMA
Glamour
Natl
Roya
Universal Boot Shop
Aleiding
By Dick Watkins
Dept
Louis M. Mayer
Mayer
United Press
Sam Angeloff
The
Tacoma Times
Mr. Mayer
Ivory
Kings and Queens
Pendennis
Hollywood
San Diego County
Historical Scrapbook
Guard
Coronado’s
Coronado Radio Hospital
Orange, ‘Avenue
KFMB
KFI Enk 'Kyor
KSDJ
KGB Ou
Rye
oAsmannon
Png
Emerson and Philco
Nathan Hughes Jonathan
Winston
Regular Army
1Lth Naval District
Marine Base
Reserve Corps
Frederick C.whitney
114Th Aaa Brigade
Pari
Heric
Wade Wellman
Margaret O. “Bell
Morrow
Story of
Alaska
Hentid
Iceiv
Isi
Eve
Shandra
Liqueurs
the Island
Mobley
Orange Ave
J. Mobley
Hio
Hoppi
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