Community at Its Best Benefit Bingo for Ill Mother
Coronado Woman's Club sponsors a 7 30 p m benefit party at the Coronado Yacht Club for Mrs Leonard Wood a 29 year old mother of three hospitalized with pneumonia after cancer surgery. Proceeds aid medical and hospital expenses. The event features bingo and prizes with no admission charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coronado Compass
Coronado Woman’s Club
Coronado Hospital
A.D. Challachombe
Oman
Luther Kennett
Challacombe
Leonard Wood
Lillia Thomas
Forrest Warren
Compass
Coronado Yacht Club
Orange Avenue Beautification Suggestions From Local Residents
A collection of community input on improving Coronado's Orange Avenue center strip. Residents urge more plantings including flowers trees and shrubs, better upkeep and cleanup, and cleaner parking areas while suggesting coordinated service club planting efforts and ongoing maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgette van Sickle
417
Fourth Street
Avenue Parkway
Coronado
Paul Pressley
Orange Ave
Orange Avenue
Gordon Finnall
D Ave
Orange
Tom Listen
University of California At Berkeley
Midshipman
Paper Drive Scheduled in Coronado on June 25 26
The 20 30 Club will pick up newspapers on Saturday and Sunday June 25 and 26 residents should bundle papers and place at the curb early. Newspapers have no resale value but can be disposed of by the club if tied properly for those who desire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coronado
Gala Scout Carnival Set For July 2nd
Coronado plans a July 2 carnival with a top prize a luxury television set funded by local business leaders. Prize foreman Louis A. Dean notes the set will be delivered ready to operate at winners home. Milton Silverman promises airplanes and a train as part of new amusements along with a secret big surprise. The event features street dancing, balloon man, candy spins, cigarette girls, quick sketch artists, and six Monty Lewis students to draw portraits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis A. Dean
Milton Silverman
Clyde Beatty
Monty Lewis
Coronado
Silverman
South Bay Bus Plan Dies After Utilities Commission Meeting
Coronado officials and San Diego Transit System at a Chamber of Commerce meeting faced a setback as the Public Utilities Commission confirmed the South Bay route would lose money. The 12 daily round trips at 40 cents per mile would bring in only ten cents per mile, delaying direct South Bay service until population and revenue rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coronado
South Bay
Chamber of Commerce
State Public Utilities Commission
San Diego Transit System
Arthur F. Ager
Commission
R. McNally
Transit System
Chamber
Ager
Flagpole Dedication At Coronado Youth Center Honors Captain Coxe
A new flagpole was dedicated near the Coronado Youth Center on Sixth Street Avenue. Naval Air Station color guard raised the flag carried by Captain Coxe to his grave in March. Annapolis classmates and local dignitaries attended including Rear Adm. George F. Neal and Mayor Neal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.W. Harvey
Recreation One
George F. Neal
Coronado
Lewis ‘Oxe
Naval Air Station Color Guard
Harry 0. Nash
Roger Farbell
Gordon Skir
Lewis Coxe
Sixth Stree Avenue
Wmy
Capt. Coxe
Naval Air Station
Annapolis
Coxe
Walter Vernon
George Doolittle
Civil Service Commission
Comdr
Lloyd Harmon
USN
Coronado Agent & Hotels Assn
Peek
J. R. Goodbody
Spreckels Company
San Francisco
Sacramento
Senate Committee On Government
Fred Kraft
Assembly
Senate
Archibald D. Abel
J. S. O'Flaherty
Los Angeles
Learn to Swim Program Set to Begin at Crown Pool
The Onado Recreation Department announces a five day per week Learn to Swim course at Crown Pool starting Monday. Free lessons for children seven and up with no charge to participate. Walter Lowe and Miss Virginia are instructors. Registration at Crown Pool or through city life-guard offices.
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Onado Recreation
Crown Pool
Stern
Two Boys Return To School With A Vengeance
Two Coronado boys aged 11 and 12 were taken to the Anthony Home after setting a fire in the Elementary and Junior High School and committing mischief in the building. Firefighters extinguished a closet fire causing $60 damage. further damage totaled $200 from broken doors and ransacked offices and desks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coronado
Anthony
Four Coronado Homes Entered In Weekend Burglaries
Four Coronado residences were ransacked with minimal property loss this past weekend. Targets included Jennings Brown at 1901 Monterey Ellen Collier at 1211 Sixth Street Edward Bailey at 1516 Fifth Street and Mrs Florence Matthews at 1425 Seventh Street. Police report Rafael Pelayo de Anda is in custody on a petty theft charge for allegedly stealing 300 dollars worth of clothes from Manuel Perez and Dimas Gomez at the Devon Hotel last Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coronado
Jennings Brown
Monterey
Ellen Collier
Sixth Street
Edward Bailey
Fifth Street
Florence Matthews
Seventh Street
Rafael
Pelayo de Anda
Manuel Perez
Dimas Gomez
Devon Hotel
Apt. Group Blasts Housing Project Over Police Powers
Coronado apartment and hotel group protests alleged abuse during a housing survey at 946 C Avenue. Dinkel says he was held in custody and questioned while project officials and PHA staff were involved. Mayor Neal orders legal review and asserts local police powers remain in force.
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Apt. Group
Coronado Apartment & Hotel Association
Coronado Housing Project
Claude T. Dinkel
Washington
San Diego
Clinton D. McKinnon
John Cotton
California State Apartment Agsn
Coronado
Comdr
Lloyd McK. Harmon
Association
Dinkel
C Avenue
Neal
Harmon
PHA
Coronado Project
Police Warn Against Phony Solicitors In Coronado
Police Chief J W Jordan warns Coronado merchants and residents to demand police permits from solicitors. He cites a recent arrest of a man vagrancy tied to solicitations for hand outs and notes the suspect’s prior prison terms. He urges reporting any suspicious activity immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Jordan
Coronado
Jordan
Leavenworth
Folsom
Also Mentioned on This Page
Woman's Club
Andio Orner
Ieee
Otto Lee
George Huff
Alameda
South Bay Bus Project
W. W. Harvey
Recreation Commission
Richard Whitmore
Ce ‘Nash
Harry Ott
von Geldern
Chat
Elliott
Randall
Edward Col
George Easterday
Oks
PTA
Boy Scouts Scouts
Lewis
Lo Beach
Red Cross
Carwill
A. Richard
Doolittle and
San Diego Area
Gz Jordan
Bonham Brothers Band
Bonam Brothers’ Band
Masonic Hall
Coronado Masonic Lodge
Jules Jac
C Nation
Lodge
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