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Newspaper
Coronado Compass
Location
Coronado, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1949
Page
2
A quirky car feature piece catalogs oddities and jokes about convertibles and a 1947 Chevrolet Sedan. The narrator plays with car terms and puns while alluding to Studebakers, crankcase, and a toast to local personalities, ending with a humorous nod to a Mr. T stereotype.
Coronado officer Capt Richard F Kenney acted as instructor as Secretary of Defense James Forrestal test flew an F-80 Shooting Star at Chandler Army Air Field Arizona Forrestal a World War I Navy pilot took the controls under Kenneys guidance during the inspection trip.
The Coronado Half Hour Laundry will open on or about March 16 at 937 Orange Avenue with 20 Westinghouse washers and dryers. J. L. Manion, son of Commander and Mrs. J. L. Manion, will manage the new self service laundry in Coronado, where he has lived since 1924.
Edward Wiegle county assistant chief probation officer will address the Kiwanis Club at its Thursday noon meeting at La Avenida. He will discuss probation problems and their effect on the community, announced President Frank Aherns.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon in the Coronado Mortuary Chapel under Coronado Lodge 441 F&AM for Thomas Archibald Rankin age 67 who died Saturday at his home 657 G Avenue. Born in Paisley Ontario Canada he had worked in Duluth Minnesota as a wholesale grocery salesman for many years. He retired five years ago and made Coronado his home Surviving are his wife Pauline Rankin of Coronado and a brother Wm A Rankin of Duluth.
Mrs Ruth L Quinn of 805 Fifth Avenue was named assistant librarian in the Business and Technical Department of the San Diego Public Library. A Trinity College graduate she earned a Library Science degree at UC last year after working at the S D State College Library.
General Henry D. Styer Post No 2422 VFW hosts a pas time party Saturday at 7 30 pm in their hall at Sixth Street and Orange Avenue. The public is invited.
Coronado residents may hear a talk on Christian Science titled Rational Religion. The program will air on Station KFWB next Tuesday at 8 p.m. from the Thirty-second Church of Christ Scientist in Los Angeles. Speaker Paul Stark Seeley, from Portland, Oregon, is a Christian Science Board for Lectureship member.
Theresa Vernetti, 63, of Miami Arizona, visiting son Dr. James P. Vernetti, died last Wednesday in a local hospital. Rosary at Coronado Mortuary, Requiem Mass at Sacred Heart Church, burial in Holy Cross Cemetery San Diego. Survived by husband Dominic Vernetti, sister Julia Lobenzi, and two grandchildren.
The Women’s Auxiliary of Christ Church will meet Tuesday March 1 at 2 30 in the Parish Hall with Mrs W H Pye presiding. Featured speaker Mrs Ethel Tulloch Banks will give a talk on spiritual healing based on her years of study and practice.
The Aid to Music in the Schools project, sponsored by the Coronado Section of the A A U W, drew overwhelming support as two February 21 fundraisers sold out. The events featured bridge and a Town and Country Shop fashion show with music by Laing Appliances and prizes from local merchants including Bay Lumber and Supply, The Blairware Shop, The Bookworm, Coronado Department Store, and Town and Country Theatres among others. Proceeds supported musical instruments for local schools.
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