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Newspaper
Coronado Compass
Location
Coronado, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1948
Page
1
Robert A. Nordblom, buyer of Hotel del Coronado and Spreckels lands, spent time in Coronado and plans extensive development of properties. He hopes to return next day to attend the charity ball at the hotel.
Filing for Coronado City Council candidacy begins Friday with two council seats open due to retirements. Bidding candidates must meet residency and term rules and file nomination papers at City Hall with 5 to 10 registered voters’ signatures and notarized affidavits. Names emerging include Mel bourne L. McEver Arthur Chytrus and Mrs R Davis as possible filers. Nordblom envisions beach development south of Hotel del Coronado with cottages and 3 or 4 story apartments and may convert the power house chimney into an artificial lighthouse. he also offers Silver Strand land to the city for 200 000 dollars for rubbish disposal.
A three day Carnegie Hall program at Coronado Theatre opens Sunday featuring a stellar lineup. Walter Damrosch Bruno Walter New York Philharmonic Serotony Orchestra Lily Pons gor Piatigorsky Rise Stevens Artur Rodzinski Artur Rubinstein Jan Peerce Ezio Pinza Vaughn Monroe Jascha Heifetz Fritz Reiner Leopold Stokowski and Harry James perform in the series.
John H Gleason Forum Leader will chair the next Open Forum in the High School Auditorium on February 19 presenting an authoritative address on Europe Today. He has studied Europe extensively and will discuss America’s role in international politics. The event is part of the Free Open Forum Series sponsored by Adult Night Classes.
In commemoration of the 139th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth Coronado Public Schools are closed today. Classes will be resumed tomorrow.
Miller urges Coronadans to tie bundles of old papers and place them at the curb by 9 Saturday morning for collection by Sunday evening. Proceeds finance choir robes. volunteers assist, and residents may call Pop at H 3-3123 if their house is skipped.
P.T.A. meeting featured 45 St P.T.A. youth choir members from elementary schools gifted by Mr. Sale's Youth Choirs. Mrs Harwood of the San Diego City School System spoke on Foundations of Home Living. Refreshments followed the large audience enjoying the program.
Local paper with 6500 copies circulation reaching 25 000 readers invites Coronado residents and nearby communities to submit club activities and neighbor news. Office at 854 Orange Ave lists Henley 83 3141 deadlines Tuesday night at 5 for Thursday edition. Copy accepted by phone or mail.
The first annual Father and Son Dinner at Coronado Junior High School Auditorium is near capacity with 252 tickets sold and a 280 ticket maximum. Police Chief J W Jordan, District Chairman of the Boy Scouts of America, notes the event closes Boy Scout anniversary week and welcomes non Scouts of Scouting age. The program includes a movie and a surprise feature for both adults and boys.
The Coronado Music Society advances a summer concert drive with a $6,000 Maintenance Fund and $2,525 pledged by 64 contributors as of February 10. Nicolaï Sokoloff will direct five concerts with artists from the Los Angeles Philharmonic and studio music departments. Dr. Sokoloff is in New York arranging programs and soloists.
Rear Admiral Calvin T. Durgin, commander of the Naval Air Bases in the 11th and 12th Districts, will take temporary command of the 11th Naval District replacing Rear Admiral Oscar C. Badger who departs for command in the Western Pacific.
Mayor Archibald Abel will install seventeen Boy Scouts to honorary city posts at the Boy Scout Court of Honor in the Junior High School Auditorium. The ceremony kicks off Scout anniversary week with appointments as mayor and city officials, followed by awards from Louis Millen and Henry.
At the Coronado Players annual election in the high school auditorium Mrs. Luther Kennett was chosen for a second term as President of the Board of Directors. George Doolittle was elected Vice President and other officers include Commander H C Rust Treasurer and Mrs. Harvey Moore Secretary. Charles Newman will direct the next major production slated for April 28 to May 1.
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