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Newspaper
Coronado Compass
Location
Coronado, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1948
Page
4
Christmas signs appear nationwide with last minute shoppers and decorated trees while Americans take pride in aiding Europe through the Marshall Plan. The season underscores shared joy as aid helps thousands in Western Europe and warms households at home and overseas.
Editorial praises Coronado's new home furnishings store and the district's renewed shopping appeal on Orange Avenue. It urges a beautification push for other merchants to raise business values and join a parade of progress in modernizing storefronts.
Residents recount a nighttime bay drive to view Xmas lights and note a police car sighting near Isabella Avenue. Community voices praise Coronado’s tree and street decor but lament sparse outdoor decorations and delayed lighting, urging a Christmas crosswalk repaint and local club involvement.
Imperial Beach will host a community Christmas tree sponsored by local merchants and the Civic Group. Mike Poindexter was named chairman. A Christmas party for area children is planned, with the tree on Palm Avenue in front of the new fire station.
New residents join Mullinnix Drive area including Mr and Mrs Jack A Coover and daughter Kaye from Oakland and Mr and Mrs Robert O Charron with son David Robert from National City. Joseph Phillips ex King Features photographer begins Daisy Avenue home construction. Harold Ord owns and manages Bay Cities Baseball Club with land leased on National Avenue for a South Bay arena. Two new establishments open in Imperial Beach PennySaver Market and New Seaside Cleaners on First Street.
Capitol social rounds feature lavish events led by President Truman and Mrs. Truman with Cuba and France ambassadors hosting at their embassies. A Chinese charity bazaar gains global interest when Mme Chiang Kai shek attends to officially open it, escorted by a high-profile committee. The inauguration week includes State Reception at the National Gallery, official dinner for 48 governors, open houses, and the inaugural ball at the Armory with the U.S. Marine Band.
Sacred Heart Church hosts confessions tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. and Christmas Eve hours, then High Masses and a Solemn High Mass on Christmas Day led by Rev. John F. Purcell with Rev. Henry J. Steck and Rev. Francis B. Thoronton. Children from Sacred Heart School sing. St Paul’s Methodist screens a Christmas play tonight at 7 and a Christmas concert Friday at 9 with a Christmas Communion later. choir pieces include Mozart and Gounod. Episcopal Christ Church schedules Friday Eve services and Christmas Day Holy Communion with a Noel program. Graham Memorial Presbyterian marks Christmas Eve midnight communion and Christmas Day service with combined choirs under Arthur D. Sale.
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