Coronado Briefs Highlight Local Civic News and Events
John D. Schroeder of Bank of America commands VP 43 Squadron at North Island during airborne Jato PBY demonstrations over San Diego. Patton & Company opens new offices at 1311 Orange Ave. associates Carol Harris and Wm. K. Tammany join. Rotary 20 30 Club plans Saturday paper drive for child guidance fund. Robert Dillon and Earle James lead. Burglary reported at 721 B Avenue. police urge reporting suspicious activity. High school typing classes assist Coronado Chamber of Commerce with member letters. Local cinema list includes The Snake Pit and Best Years of Our Lives at Coronado Village. double bill at times. New Pub Cafe operators Lorne and Margie Pilling take over 124 Orange Ave. Elizabeth Griffin remains manager. Lions Club guests include Hubert Martin and Frank A. Gibson. A ADA Women Coronado Sea ion to stage two benefit dessert ridge and fashion shows at Coronado Yacht Club. St Patrick’s Ball set March 18 at Hotel del Coronado hosted by Coronado Youth Club and The Chowder Society. Gordon Finnall to Phoenix in Imperial Valley trip for business and leisure.
Coronado Chamber Board Sets Friday Luncheon Agenda
Coronado Chamber of Commerce board meets Friday noon at El Cordova to discuss the 1949 membership drive and a preliminary report on the proposed beach refreshment pavilion. The meeting covers deputized solicitation efforts by Pollack and Finnall, a pending executive manager resignation, and plans tied to city advertising policy.
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Coronado
Burglary Reports At Local Shell Station And Home
Police reported two burglaries last week. A Shell Service Station on Orange Avenue and Tenth Street, run by Walter Shortt, lost a $300 cash register containing about $10. The Stitts home at 561 C Avenue was ransacked through a living room window with a small cash loss. Both cases under investigation.
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Shell
Orange Avenue
Tenth Street
Walter Shortt
Walter Stitt
C-Avenue
Stitts
Rent Control Opposition By Coronado Apartment and Hotel Group
Coronado Apartment and Hotel Owners Association led by President Lloyd Harmon urged abolition of Federal rent control. The letter criticized government edicts as curtailing freedoms, accused opposition of promoting totalitarianism, and urged citizens to write to U.S. congressmen and senators.
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Coronado Apartment and Hotel Owners Association
Lloyd Harmon
Comdr. Harmon
Abraham Lincoln
Tulsa
Washington
America
U. S
Harmon
New Market Opens On Orange Avenue This Week
Coronado Sea Food Market opened this week at 858 Orange Avenue under the management of Wil ee Sherer. The shop will specialize in fish and seafood products exclusively. Sherer, a Coronado resident with three years of Navy service, lives with his family at 214 B Avenue.
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Coronado Sea
Orange Avenue
Wilee Sherer
Sherer
Coronado
B Avenue
Coronado Expands Scout Drive Workforce for Fund Goal
Coronado Announces additional team captains and workers to boost the $50,000 Boy Scout building fund drive in Balboa Park. Chairman John Crise says the local quota is $1,500 and pledges total about $900 to date. The list includes numerous named Ladies and captains coordinating the effort.
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Coronado
John Crise
Crise
Balboa Park
First Street Residents Clash Over Subdivision Plan
At a Monday Planning Commission meeting D Jessop and Henry Weeks urged Coronado to push for streets extending to the bay front as required by ordinance. They warned against letting developers turn First Street into an alley and called for proper alley or front garbage pickup while considering waterfront access.
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Planning Commission
Toe D. Jessop
First Street
Henry R. Weeks
Bay Front
Coronado
Bay
Lions Club Speech Contest Delights Coronado Students
Coronado High School speakers Frank Wells and Dorothy Chisum competed at the Lions Club luncheon with their orations on United Nations Key to World Peace. The winner will advance to Lions zone and district contests with an 800 prize potential at regional and State finals. Paul Pressley was inducted as a new member.
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Frank Wells
Dorothy Chisum
Coronado High School
Lions Club
Lions Zone
Paul Pressley
Joseph Elliott
Gary Elliott
A. P. Wehrely
Bank of America Examiner
Coronado
Elizabeth Huser
Coronado Real Estate Shakeup and City Council Reversal
Coronado realty developers Fisher Miller and Kingsway group plan to purchase the San Diego Hotel and use it as a base for Coronado operations with planned improvements. The council reversed a prior rejection to approve the First Street bay front subdivision, extending Avenue to the waterfront and adding a pedestrian lane, while setting fencing to hide rubbish.
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M. Bert
Fisher
Herman Miller
Coronado
San Diego
Kingsway Operating Company
Kansas City
St. Louis
Spreckels
Creelels Holdings
Country Club
Silver Strand
First Street Bay Front
Melbourne McEver
George S. Neal
E. G. Stanley
I Avenue
F. Avenues
First Street
Coronado Officer Spearheads Navy Dental Rear Admiral Promotion
President Truman approved a Navy Selection Board promotion of Capt. Robert S. Davis USN of 631 Ocean Blvd Coronado to rear admiral in the dental corps. Davis serves as district dental officer for the 11th Naval District and awaits Senate Armed Forces Committee and Senate confirmation.
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Truman
Navy Selection Board
Robert S. Davis
USN
Ocean Blvd
Coronado
Capt. Davis
11Th Naval District
Senate Armed Forces Committee
Senate
County Planning Group Defers Strand Re Zoning Action
The County Planning Commission defers final action on Coronado Development Company re zoning from roadside agricultural to a small lot local business district for 7700 feet along the Silver Strand. Opposition was presented by Coronado City Attorney J R Goodbody.
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County Planning Commission
Coronado Development Company
Silver Strand
Coronado City
J. R. Goodbody
Coronado Carbarn to be dismantled after sale
The Coronado carbarn at First Street and Orange Avenue, in use for 29 years, will be dismantled after its sale by the San Diego & Coronado Ferry Company. George Hansen will conduct dismantling and salvage the structure. The firm plans a new lighting system at the ferry entrance by mid April and other Coronado improvements are slated for the next two months.
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Coronado
First Street
Orange Avenue
San Diego & Coronado Ferry Company
Harris E. Rowe
Ferry Company
San Diego
Coronado Compass
George Hansen
San Diego Notes Railway Company
Rowe
The
Compass
Rotarians Hear Noted Lecturer Speak on China
Coronado Rotarians host Capt Cecil S Baker USN Ret as he speaks on Can China Be Mend ed at Hotel del Coronado. Baker, a noted world affairs authority, travels from Pasadena for the address at Col Samuel Bogan’s invitation. President Alexander J Gray Jr announces March 8 Rotary district meeting reservations in San Bernardino with International President Angus Mitchell.
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China
Coronado
Hotel del Coronado
Cecil
S. Baker
USN
Pasadena
Samuel Bogan
Capt. Baker
Navy
U. S
Alexander J. Gray Jr
2nd Annual Hole-in-One Golf Tourney Announced
The Coronado Compass announces the second annual Hole-In-One Tournament set for Sunday February 27 at Coronado Country Club. Ernest Demetriou and pro Gig Bramstedt will manage entries with prizes, no entry fee, and wide open participation for men and women. Last year’s champions were Lt. Frank Greene and Mrs. Helen Kilgarif.
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Coronado
Legion of Golf
Coronado Compass
North Island
San Diego Bay Area
Ernest Demetriou
Coronado Country Club
Gig Bramstedt
Compass
Demetrion
The
Frank Greene
Helen Kilgarif
B.H.W
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Bank of America
Low
VP-43
B. Patton & Company
Carol Harris
Wm. K. Tammany
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Pop” Millar
20 30
Robert Dillon
Earle James
John Irwin
Gence
Community Service
Anne L
Coronado, Ber of Commerce
Olivia de Havilland
Lorne
Margie Pilling
National City
Elizabeth Griffin
Hubert Martin
Coronado Club
Frank A. Gibson
San Francisco
Lions Clubs
American Association of Diversity Women
Coronado Seaion
Coronado Yacht Club
Seththorp
ST. Patrick’s
St. Patrick's
Ronado
Theing & Chowder Society of
Phoenix
Gordon Finnall
Pohenix, Ariz
Imperial Valley
Chamber Board
Lee Mather
Louis Pollack
Pollack
Finnall
Harry Perkins
Chamber
County Grand Jury
Ariz
C E. van Ness
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
Free
Arizona
Clarence Anderson
Wm. T. Booth
H. C. Burkheimer
Richard Watkins
Louis Millen
Col. J. D. MacMullen
C.C. Woodworth
L. Anderson
C. Fifield
J. V. Peterson
M. Francis
D. Nichols
L. McKinney
D. Seavey
Jno
R. Robertson
G. Baker
H. Sherman
K. Stitt
E. Donnelly
Billy Bellaire
G. K. Crittenden
K. Watt
E. M. Condra
H. W. Bragg
R. A. Moore
C. Gordon
H. L. Rose
T. S. Lank
C. R. Yeager
K. D. Wheeler
M. A. Tompkins
Hoyt T. Mann
John V.noel
Merrill Sanford
Madison Hall
Thomas de Bois
G. K. Marvin
Carl Gifford
Arthur Cohen
Mesdames
F. ©. MacMullen
K. Carson
G. Wilkinson
J. A. Huskey
K. Skeil
Coronation
Fawe
D. M. Laizure
J. A.V
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Laizure Grenade
Wing 14
North
Tera
City Council
Ask
S.D. Hotel
M. Bert Fisher
Bay View
Howard Fuller
Coronado Unified School
Glorietta Blvd
Tidelands
Pomona
Neal
Spreckels Company
County Planning Group
D. K. Gordon
Ee Ay
Joseph C. Fannin
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