Coronado Briefs Highlight Local Civic Events And Plans
Chairman George Doolittle announced a February 26 civil service exam to fill the City Recreation Director post vacated by Vandiver. Coronado residents hear FBI Agent Fred McIntire speak at the Father-Son Banquet. Shrine Club plans Potentate's Ball at Mission Beach. Others note a Marine Corps article in Saturday Evening Post and upcoming pony rides at Free Bros Market.
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George Doolittle
Civ Service Commission
City Recreation Directo
W. T. Vandiver
Coronado
Silver Strand
Saturday Evening Post
Marine Corps
Richard Tregaskis
Guadalcanal
Free Bros. Market
Coronado Warehouse opens tyre showroom at 925 Orange
Coronado Warehouse & Supply Company opens its new tyre showroom at 925 Orange venue under the management of Herbert Wilcox. The display features both new and used home furnishings and household goods for sale.
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Coronado Warehouse & Supply Company
Orange
Herbert Wilcox
Coronado Chamber Protests Wage Hike Moves Without Hearing
The Coronado Chamber of Commerce sent telegrams to Congressman Clinton McKinnon and California’s two Senators urging deferral of a national minimum wage raise until small businesses can be heard. President Charles Free signed the message. The board also approved a membership drive led by manager Harry Perkins.
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New York Commerce and Industry Association
Coronado
Chamber
Charles Free
Chamber of Commerce
Coronado C
McKinnon
House
Senate
di George FBI
Neal
C. E. van Ness
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
Ocean Blvd
Harry Perkins
Speener
Coronado Hospital Receives X-ray Equipment Donation
Coronado Hospital board thanks the community for a 3600 donation from the Coronado Community Chest to buy modern X-ray equipment valued over 5000 dollars. Lions Club credit is given for initiating the project and raising funds. the equipment has been installed and is in use with remaining balance expected to be funded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coronado Hospital
Coronado Community Chest
H. B. Douglas
Hosiital Board
Lions Club
Perkins Named Coronado Chamber Executive Chief
Harry L. Perkins, long-time Coronado resident and retired merchant, is appointed Executive Manager of the Coronado Chamber of Commerce by President Charles Free. He will lead the drive for new members and manage public relations while directing the 1949 program of projects and events. The council will be asked to re-earmark 1200 dollars for a community advertising fund.
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Harry L. Perkins
Coronado
C. of C
Coronado Group
Free Said
Perkins
Orange Avenue
Draft
Rotary Club
Alameda Blvd
Free
Chamber
Meanest Thief Steals Dimes Box From Post Office
Coronado police search for a thief who took a March of Dimes collection box from the Post Office lobby last Saturday morning. The box held about $15 to $20, according to Coronado March of Dimes chairman Louis Pollack, as the drive runs through February 12.
March of Dimes Drive Extended Into February
Coronado residents are urged to donate before February 12 as the March of Dimes campaign extends. Chairman Pollack says funds will cover care for polio cases through the next year with a county minimum goal of 125000, noting last year spending exceeded 166000 including 115000 from the National Foundation.
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Coronado
Louis Pollack
National Foundation For
Scout Building Fund Drive Underway Here
Coronado launches community campaign to raise fifty thousand dollars for a new County Boy Scout center at Koa Park. Campaign plans and solicitations run through February 26 with Kiwanis Club members and local volunteers listed among organizers and helpers.
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Scout Building
Coronado
Koa Park
John Crise
Sebattone
Bette Dean
Emily Walle
M. Silverman
Alex Spence
Joseph Fannin
J. W. Jordan
John D.crise
Balboa Park
Coronado Plans Hog Ranch Name Renaming Contest
Coronado planning committee chaired by R. E. Archibald studies renaming five mile strand property known as Hog Ranch. Citizens submit proposals including Rancho del Coronado and Rancho Silverado with Sunshine Park and Seaside Park among options. The Compass will publish suggestions and offers a year’s subscription to the eventual title creator.
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Planning Commission
R. E. Archibald
Coronado
Strand
Rancho del Coronado
A. A. Mathewson
Terry Kuehler
Rancho Silverado
L.G.T
Sunshine Park
Seabreeze Park
Seaside Park
Nathaniel Gardner
Nat
Coronado Estates
Imperial Acres
Silver Strand Ranch
Great Hog Ranch
Compass
Father and Son Banquet Held by Coronado District
The Coronado District sponsors the annual Father Son Banquet set for next Tuesday at 6 30 p m in the Elementary School gym. A Court of Honor and badges of merit follow the dinner in the High School auditorium. Tickets cost one dollar from the Police Station or Lambs Grocery.
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Fred McIntire
San Diego
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Coronado
Brandon
Lamb's
Belter South Bay residents push for more police protection
Residents of Palm City Imperial Beach and Midway plan a mass meeting at the South Bay Community Center to demand stronger police protection for over 8000 people. Edgar Fuller of the Imperial Beach United X-Servicemen's group says more deputy sheriffs are needed as population and development grow. He notes the single daytime patrol car must cover from Chula Vista to Coronado. Sheriff Berty Strand says a representative will attend the Friday meeting called by the Midway civic group following Imperial Beach News editorials.
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South Bay
Palm City
Imperial Beach
Midway Section
Edgar Fuller
United X-Servicemen’s
Fuller
Chila Vista
Coronado
Silver Strand Ranch
Berty Strand
Coronado Compass
Midway Civic Group
Ajaxs Gray Jr Named to Coronado School Board Vacancy
Capt Alexander J Gray Jr USN Ret known as Ajax in Coronado was named to fill the Coronado District School Board vacancy. He will serve until July replacing Mrs Frederick J Nelson who resigned after serving since July 1946 due to moving from the community. Gray has chaired civic events and is president of the Coronado Rotary Club. He resides at 821 Guadalupe Avenue.
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Alexander J. Gray Jr
USN
Coronado
Ajax
A. BE. Schaefer
Schaefer
Gray
Frederick J. Nelson
Capt. Gray
Council postpones zoning ordinance vote after consultant request
Coronado City Council delays action on the proposed zoning ordinance and map until Friday at the request of Gordon Whitnall of Los Angeles who advised last year on zone changes. Planning Commission to meet Whitnall Friday before the council session.
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Gordon Whitnall
Los Angeles
Whitnall
Coronado
Planning Commission
Civil Service
City Employees Association
J. R. Goodbody
State Land Commission
Olive Avenue
Bayfront Tidelands
Building permits exceed seventy seven thousand in January
Coronado building permits totaled 77183 for January with a major item a 45000 apartment project of 12 units at 716 F Ave by Frank Rollheister under construction. Other permits ranged from 50 to 9000 across residents on Sixth, Third, Fourth and F Avenues.
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Coronado
City Hall
Frank Rollheister
F Ave
A. A. Albeck
Orange Avenue
S. F. Kaselack
Sixth Street
J. H. Tripp
Pomona Avenue
Raymond Engler
Sixth Avenue
J. A. Sattler
Third Street
W. G. Sherface
Louis A. Dean
G Avenue
Capt. R. D. Kirkpatrick
Miguel Avenue
Shelby E. Millar Sr
H Avenue
H. P. Requa Jr
Fifth Street
Marie Ablett
F Avenue
Kenneth V. Lindstrom
D Avenue
Louis ‘Gadcke
F . Avenue
the Misses Bowker
Donald P. Fifield
Adella Lane
Burdette J. Welday
Isabella Avenue
Bell Blackman
Tolita
Mrs. J. Buckley
Ninth Street
George E.vardaman
Coronado Police Release 1948 Traffic Survey Highlights
The Coronado police report 1948 traffic figures with 111 total accidents 67 in residential areas 24 in business 13 in school recreation zones. Orange Avenue led with 32 incidents Mullinix Drive eight Fourth Street seven. 120 male drivers 93 Coronado residents 38 nonresidents 26 service personnel. Excessive speed caused 15 crashes.
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Orange Avenue
Mullinnix Drive
Fourth Street
Coronado
Traffic accidents and drunk driving rise in Coronado area
Police Chief reports 1948 accidents up due to improper judgment and failure to yield, with Coronado totaling 111 last year after 97 in 1946 and 94 in 1947. Drunk drivers arrested rose to 61 from 55, while citations fell to 1061 from 1130. Chief Jordan urges stronger enforcement, especially in residential districts where 60.3 percent of accidents occurred.
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Coronado
Jordan
Three Motorcycle Thieves Sentenced In Coronado Court
Three San Diegans Kenneth H. Jorgensen Harry C. Stanley and Jerry Bishop were sentenced to 90 days in County jail with 10 suspended after pleading to attempted motor vehicle theft. Police tracked the trio to a car and trailer on Glorietta Blvd and Sixth Street.
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San
Project
Frank Greene
Ted Brandes
Thomas Boggeln
Arthur Fox
Don Watson
Gus Sonnenberg
Glorietta Blvd
Sixth Street
Brandes
Sonnenberg
Jorgensen
Stanley
Bishop
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Miami
D. P. Vernetti
Compass Forum
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A. J. Gray, Jr
Thomas Blair
Carl Ince
al Bram
Martin Vicarius
Ernst and Kuhn
Baltenseeier
Switzerland
Coronado Yacht Club
Robert Haines
el Cordova Hotel
la Jollans
Rupert B. Turnbull
Updike Reasoner
L.A
Dorothea McCall
Colonnado
Republican Central Committee
Pasadena
California Council of Republican Women
Biltmore
Iband
Band Parents Association
H Eld
H. S
Ted
Hakes Inent
Laem I
C. of
Jeannette Studios
March of Dimes Drive
BOY Scout
Heh
Wil Contin
Harvey Atherton
Belter
South Bay Area
Ajax’ Gray Jr
County Planning Commission
Strand Ranch
Nordblom
Fisher and Miller
Spreckels
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