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Newspaper
Coronado Compass
Location
Coronado, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1947
Page
4
The city recreation office at Library Park Clubhouse invites entries for a city wide music program launching in February with Arthur D. Sale as Director. Children 8 to 14 may register Monday and Tuesday 3 to 5 PM and adults 9 AM to 12 noon Monday through Friday. Registrants will be notified of program start details.
A compact quotation from Vic Oliver in the Daily Sketch (Reader's Digest) contrasts money attitudes. It reads that chasing money labels a person as money mad, spending makes a playboy, keeping makes a capitalist, failing to try marks him lazy, getting without work labels a parasite, and earning through a lifetime effort earns fool status.
The California Department of Agriculture reports 1.9 million passenger cars and 6 million occupants entered California in 1946, surpassing 1945 by 800000 cars and over two million people. The influx, led by Southern California, reflects wartime tourism and lingering postwar interest, with many visitors promising to return.
A collection of dated quips on manners and temperance. A lord instructs a colored servant with mock politeness and the servant answers in a slang refrain. The Clipsheet adds moral observations on drinking, pessimism, and social behavior attributed to Chesterton in brief aphorisms.
A wry exchange features a teacher asking what binds us and sustains us, with Tommy replying girdles. The teacher counters that a pat on the back builds character, and the dialogue adds a biting twist about timing and effects.
Directory excerpt lists Catholic Sacred Heart Church and rectory contact, First Church of Christ Scientist on Eighth Street, Christ Episcopal at Ninth Street, Voyager and St Pauls Methodist on Seventh Street, Graham Memorial Presbyterian at Tenth Street. Worship times include Holy Communion and Morning Prayer, Sunday School offerings, and midweek services.
Sacramento reports the Coronado School of Fine Arts led by Monty Lewis has been approved by the State Department of Education to educate and train veterans under the GI Bill. Lewis, a noted muralist, has guided the school since its founding over two years ago, contributing to Coronado's cultural life.
In a San Diego Union account, Los Angeles attorney Ralph P. Curran addressed Superior Court Judge Arthur L. Mundo as honey during a heated argument. Curran claimed he was just speaking with his wife by phone.
Henry Ford III, president of Ford Motor Co., announced a price reduction on Ford automobiles. The move aligns with a broader trend of easing food costs and improving consumer access, potentially aiding thousands of buyers.
Padraic Colum declares a tune endures longer than birdsong and a song longer than worldly wealth. The line reflects literary belief in art over material gain.
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