The Compass Coronado Community Weekly
Coronado based weekly published every Thursday serves Coronado Naval Air Station Imperial Beach Palm City and South Bay area. Editor Richard M Riddell Advertising Manager Theodore A Brattin Circulation 6000 reaching an estimated 20000 readers.
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Eighth Street
Coronado
Henley
Texaco
Naval Air Station
Imperial Beach
Palm City
South Bay
Richard M. Riddell
Theodore A. Brattin
Compass
Compass Readers Reach 6 000 Circulation in Coronado Area
The Compass mails to every local address giving it the highest circulation of any Coronado publication. Total reach exceeds 20 000 readers with 5 700 plus mailed to Coronado, Naval Air Station, Imperial Beach and nearby areas. The paper notes circulation is the largest in San Diego County aside from city dailies.
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Compass
Coronado
Naval Air Station
Imperial Beach
Palm City
The
San Diego County
San Diego
No faith can last that never sings quote
Lascelles Abercrombie asserts belief endures only when voice and verse sustain it, linking faith to expressive song rather than silent creed.
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Lascelles Abercrombie
Coronado Adopts Slogan Coronado-California’s Paradise
The Compass reports that Coronado now carries the official city slogan Coronado-California’s Paradise on its page one date line. City Council adopted the slogan years ago after a local contest, and officials call it appropriate and accurate.
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City of
Coronado
California’s
Paradise
Coronado's Mailman Delivery Method in 1915
The article notes that Coronado relied on street-car or horse-drawn delivery techniques in 1915, with mail carried by hand to adjacent streets. A photograph is not provided in the source text, and no image can be supplied here.
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Coronado
Coronado 20 30 Club social and sub district meeting
On Saturday January 18 the Coronado 20-30 Club hosts its semi annual social in the High School Gym from 9 to 12. The club will attend a sub-district meeting at La Mesa Country Club next Tuesday evening with members from Escondido La Mesa Chula Vista San Diego North Park and Coronado. Alfred Laing Jr of Coronado is honored as a past active member and former District Officer and National Trustee. The local 20 80 Club drive runs January 15 to 31 with a big 20-30 display on Orange Avenue.
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Coronado
la Mesa
Orange Avenue
Franklin Club
Episcopal Church
Ninth Street
C” Avenue
Benjamin Franklin
Roy Burge
Coronado High School
Franklin
Frontier Dance Sponsor Set At U S O Club Tonight
20 30 will sponsor the Frontier Dance at the U S O Club tonight. The Coronado Lions Club had an 84 percent attendance at its meeting this week. The next meeting will be Tuesday at 12 15. The Navy films program will be shown. Members are urged to attend and bring guests. The Young Adult Westminster Fellowship will go to San Diego.
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Coronado Lions Club
End of Bobby-Soxer Era Seen in Coronado
Observers suggest the youth culture of the Bobby-Soxer generation is fading as societal tastes shift, with informal life in Coronado reflecting a new era.
Sunday Visit Planned for First Presbyterian Church Group
A local group will meet at the First Presbyterian Church located at Tenth and C at 6 15 Sunday evening. Transportation is available for all attendees.
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First Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church
Tenth and C
Coronado Varsity to Play Kearney in High School Gym
Coronado High School varsity basketball faces Kearney High Friday night in the Coronado gym. The B teams start with the preliminary game as spectators note a two day trip by Rev and Mrs Kenneth B Carson to Los Angeles for the Presbytery.
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Kenneth B. Carson
Losson
Los Angeles
Coronado
Kearney
Coronado High School
Kearney High
Quick Witty Dialogs and Jokes From An Old Scene
A string of humorous exchanges and puns unfolds featuring a captain and rookie on dispersing a mob, banter about heaven, wasted energy, a trap for a wife, a kitchen mouse, a Biblical gown remark, and a deaf and dumb man striking his thumb while seeking a writing pad.
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Robert Cortes Holliday
Grantland Rice
Coronado Fix-It
Virginia’s Beauty Shop
Bechtel’s Appliances
Gizmos
Fox Amusement
Pete's
Jerry’s
Gerry Coffee
Central Liquor
Walker & Son
Crawford Plumbers
Legion Gold
Legion Blues
Club
Lucky Strikers
California’s Paradise
Dak Insurance Companies
Strand Realty Company
Rotary Club
Hotel del Coronado
Lions Club
Colony
Village Cafe
Kiwanis Club
la Avenida Cafe
James D. Lowry
Moffitt Field
San Francisco
John
George
Browser
Wowser
Joe
Pat and
Bob
Tepper Plumbing Henley
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