Coronado News Briefs Highlight Community Events
March of Dimes Platter Party contest on KSON 11 to 12 AM with dime donations winning a major prize. St Patrick’s Ball March 18 at Hotel del Coronado Circus Room. 2030 Club leads first paper drive for Junior Traffic Patrol costs. Colored sound film South America Vancouver Island at 8 PM Hotel del Coronado. Coronado Yacht Club movie night at 8 PM. New Rotary member Edward Campbell welcomed. White lines restore pedestrian safety on Orange Avenue. Truman inaugural coverage by John W. Wilmeroth. Silver Strand ranch committee studies shoreline use and name changes.
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Coronado
KSON
Ted Burrell
St. Patrick’s
Hotel del Coronado’s Circus Room
Marching & Chowder Society
New Deadline Set for Classifieds at Coronado Compass
The Coronado Compass updates its deadline for news and classified ads to Wednesday noon. The previous Tuesday and Thursday noon cutoff is now replaced by a single Wednesday due date.
Plans Announced for Area Boy Scout Building Drive
John Crise district chairman announced a county wide drive starting February 3 to raise about 50 000 for a new Boy Scout Headquarters in Balboa Park Coronado units will participate Walter Stitt Martin Vicarius Joseph Fannen Merle Krulish Pop Millar Thomas Stacy and Richard Watkins named campaign officials The new building will replace the condemned Indian Village and will provide facilities for meetings Courts of Honor outdoor theatre game meets and training Harvey Atherton is general chair man Clarence Anderson of Coronado serves on the county campaign committee
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Coronado
Balboa Park
John Crise
Crise
Walter Stitt
Martin Vicarius
Joseph Fannen
Merle Krulish
Pop” Millar
Thomas Stacy
Richard Watkins
Harvey Atherton
Clarence Anderson
Citizens Committee
Badminton Exhibition Set By Local High School
An exhibition badminton match features Dr. David Freeman and Marten Mendez at the high school gym at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow. Admission is free. Freeman is the National Badminton singles champion since 1941, and Mendez is ranked second in the United States and holds the San Diego County title.
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David Freeman
Marten Mendez
Coronado
Everit Herter
Dr. Freeman
Mendez
U.S
San Diego
Judge Rules Rent Rebates for Coronado Rooming House Case
U S District Court Judge Ling orders landlord Jacobs to repay Lt. Commander A. B. Register $57 in rent overcharges and issues a permanent injunction. The decision defines the Coronado property as a rooming house not a hotel, limiting federal decontrol and signaling rent actions in the San Diego area. The suit, led by Federal Rent Agencies, targets army and navy personnel housing and questions hotel status and services.
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San Diego
Opera
C Avenue
Coronado
Ling
Jacobs
A. B. Register
Navy
Karl R. Edmunds
San Diego Area
U.S
Rent Office
Kiwanis Hear Vet Training Talk in La Avenida Luncheon
Kiwanis members will hear Floyd Barngraver discuss Veterans' Training at the La Avenida luncheon tomorrow. Barngraver heads the VA training facilities unit for the area. At last week's meeting Betty Hall urged support for Coronado Players upcoming production The Constant Wife.
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Kiwanis Club
la Avenida
Floyd Barngraver
Veterans
Melvin P. Edwards
Barngraver
Veterans’ Administration
Edwards
Betty Hall
Coronado Players
Coronado Compass Changes Publication Day and Fr iday News Abbreviation
The Coronado Compass will publish on Thursdays starting next week and the Friday News will be an abbreviated reprint not distributed to regular Compass subscribers. The paper urges readers to expect the new Thursday edition with the phrase Bigger and Better.
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Coronado Compass
Compass
Chamber Board To Hold Luncheon Meeting Friday
Coronado Chamber of Commerce announces first luncheon of the new year at La Avenida Cafe. President Charles Free says agenda includes 1949 program of work, annual budget, membership drive, and several community projects to be discussed and acted upon.
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Coronado Chamber of Commerce
la Avenida Cafe
Charles Free
Free
Lions Members Shown Travel Films By Airway Official
Lions Club members at a Colony luncheon watched sound travel films of the Caribbean resort area. Capt. G. Borne, Cuban Airways Official, introduced the program with movies supplied by Pan American Airways System. Dr. John Carroll will discuss Educational Trends in America Today at next week’s meeting. George Crawford presided yesterday.
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Lions
Airway
Eere
G. Borne
Cuban Airways
Pan- American Airways System
Earle B. Childs
John Carroll
America
Childs
George Crawford
Rotarians Hear San Diego Heart Specialist Today
Dr. Roger C. Eisenhour, noted San Diego heart specialist and Chief of Medical Services at the County Hospital, will speak on Heart Disease at today's Rotary Club luncheon at Hotel del Coronado. Dr. William Booth, program chairman, organized the talk as part of Heart Week observance scheduled nationally in February.
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Roger C. Eisenhour
San Diego
Rotary Club
Hotel del Coronado
William Booth
Ray Mengar
Rowe Service Vending Machines
William Wakefield
Wakefield
Coronado
H. H. Ritter
Planning Commission
March of Dimes Dimes March planned in Coronado
Coronado launches its annual March of Dimes drive with 200 collection boxes around the business district. A large Dimes March of Coronado school children is planned for next Wednesday noon along Orange Avenue led by the North Island band. The march ends at Orange Avenue and Tenth Street with a donation to the main box and a free show at the Coronado theatre. Final plans to be announced this weekend. campaign ends in one week.
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Coronado
Louis Pollack
Orange Avenue
West Coast Fleet Air Headquarters
North Island
Tenth Street
Coronado Theatre
Burt Kramer
Pol- Tack
Coronado Fire Dept Urges Precise Emergency Calls
Fire Chief Frank H Welch warns Coronado residents to say Coronado Fire Department when calling emergency services after a Sunday apartment blaze on FAvenue near the station. He says San Diego operators delayed response by routing the alarm, costing valuable minutes before Coronado crews arrived.
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Frank H. Welch
Coronado
Woman Rescued From Flash Fire Beside Island Apartment
Mrs Louis Gadcke wife of the building owner escaped a third story apartment on 517 F Avenue via a balcony and improvised ladder as a Sunday morning flash fire raced up the tarpaper clad stairway. Firemen extinguished flames searing the upper right side of the structure with damage pegged near $1000.
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Louis Gadcke
F Avenue
Mrs. Gadcke
Gadcke
Last Chance for Coronatians to join National Guard Here
Brigadier General George W. Fisher announces one week remains for Coronation area men to enlist in the 114th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade. He notes the draft program and Universal Military Training push. early enlistment offers exemption from future service. Guard duties include a weekly two hour drill and a two week summer encampment at San Luis Obispo with pay.
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National Guard
George W. Fisher
Fisher
San Luis Obispo
Mayor Commends Cororado Post Office for Christmas Mail Rush
Mayor George F. Neal praised Coro nado post office staff at the City Council meeting for efficient handling of the Christmas mail rush and said he will write an official commendation to the Postmaster.
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George F. Neal
Coronado Post Office
Coronado City Council Approves 1949 Purchases and Fees
The Coronado council approved buying two Plymouth sedans and a 1949 Chevrolet truck from Jno. R. Robertson, while discussing license and zoning changes. Protests to the new business license ordinance were voiced by local merchants and service operators amid budget and tideland uses matters.
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Robert B. Coyner
Retail Merchants Council
The
San Diego
Jno. R. Robertson
Harry O. Watson
Orange Avenue
J. W. Jordan
Charles A. Free
Gro
Angelo Cop
Jordan
Civil Service Commission
Coronado
J. R. Goodbody
Norman Rigby
Park Department
20 30 Club
Coronado Chamber Reaches 640 Auto License Tags in One Week
The Coronado Chamber of Commerce reports $7157 in auto registration fees collected and 640 tag applications processed in a week with volunteers from local clubs. Assemblyman Cramer met with DMV officials to aid Coronado residents needing licenses, while many residents also obtain federal income tax forms at the chamber office.
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Chamber of Commerce
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Republican Women's Club of
Coronado
A. D.burchand
Hadleigh Marsh
Florence Brown
Chamber
Howard K. Cramer
Department of Motor Vehicles
Cramer
San Diego
Community Chest reaches twelve thousand dollar mark
The Community Chest totals 12 147 38 with 72 percent of quota raised. Naval Air Station adds about 834 bringing the running total to 12 147 38. Mrs Clyde Numbers earns a raise to 250 monthly for welfare work and Chest nursing.
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Stitt
Naval Air Station
Lee Evans
Clyde Numbers
Evans
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