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Newspaper
Coronado Compass
Location
Coronado, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1949
Page
3
The San Diego County Fair opens in Del Mar for 10 days drawing a hoped-for 800000 visitors. Coronado Day arrives next Monday at 8 15 p m with an art in action program by the Coronado Chamber of Commerce and Coronado School of Fine Arts featuring live models.
Harold Weber of Coronado Motors and William Metzinger of North Island were inducted at last Monday’s Coronado 20 30 Club meeting. The group also voted to run a dog racing booth at the Boy Scout Carnival on July 2 with members staffing from afternoon to night and prizes for winners.
Chula Vista will host the 15th annual Fiesta de la Luna from July 7 to July 10. Residents will enjoy a rip roaring town atmosphere with Spanish and western costumes and festive downtown decorations for the first time in its 15 year history.
A local columnist vents about a Sunday hooting spree that forced families onto a parkway and endangered motorists near the Fourth Street up-town intersection. The writer cites three such incidents since the month began and laments the loss of fun to danger.
A combined edition of herbs and spices lists major uses for each in cooking. It covers allspice to paprika with practical notes on where to apply flavors in soups, stews, desserts, pickling, dressings, and meats for balanced, elusively flavored dishes.
Coronado School of Fine Arts announces sculptor Donal Hord will teach a summer afternoon class during the session starting June 27. Hord, known for Spring Stirring exhibited at the Philadelphia Museum, has created works in San Diego and Balboa Park and holds fellowships and design society honors.
Coronado prepares a public fireworks display with Mayor George F Neal and city leaders overseeing the program. Fire Chief Frank Welch police chief J W Jordan and others coordinate traffic refreshments and the show as pedestrians gain restricted access on upper Glorietta Blvd in front of the Copley residence.
A stream of labeled seasonings and uses covers parsley sage rosemary and more. Items include pepper for everything but ice cream and chives for garnish in salads. Mentioned are poppy seed in breads and saffron in arroz con pollo along with rosemary in Italian dishes and poultry stuffings.
John S. Blakely, born 1910 in Charleston, Navy-brat with schooling across twelve grade schools and six high schools, moved to Coronado after a career with HOLC Chrysler and Convair. He opened a local accounting firm in 1946 and serves as Coronado Lions Club secretary. wife Mrs. Blakely chairs the Republican Women’s Club. They live at 269 Alameda Blvd with daughters Virginia 13 Sarah 9 and Helen 6.
Maj. Horace Moore, supply officer for the 114th Anti Aircraft Artillery Brigade Headquarters in San Diego, said Coronado armory remains unaffected by state cutbacks. He noted $35,000 for renovation and about $8,000 for purchase costs approved last year will not be jeopardized by recent Sacramento reductions.
Mrs. M. T. Kollmorgen and family await Lt. Kollmorgen reported in Sapán. The O'Hearn family arrives from Columbus Ohio and resides on Alameda and E streets, with Lt. (jg) Charles C. O'Hearn USN and Mrs. O'Hearn joining them.
After two weeks the league shows a tight scramble with NAB atop but challenged by Shellbacks Eagles Beach Group North Island and Coronado Merchants. The schedule features key matchups June 23 to 29 including NAB vs Beach Group Shellbacks Merchants and North Islanders vs Eagles.
Three Coronado Naval Air Station employees were given cash awards totaling $805 by Comdr. J. D. Arnold for beneficial suggestions that improved station efficiency. Recipients: Charles R. Oberg $35, Joseph Corbelli $25, M. R. Andrews $10.
Prizes will be given by ticket holders with tickets available at Coronado businesses and the Chamber of Commerce. A deluxe Hoffman table model television set tops the prize list, to be installed by Alcaraz Appliances. Carnival grounds workers from Cub Pack 75, under Den Mothers and the Fire Department, prepare booths as Laing's Appliances contributes a loud speaker system. Crise says the event will be the best and most successful carnival of its kind in Coronado with everyone sure to have a whale of a time.
A letter to The Compass condemns Coro nado youths at Cutler field softball games for abusive remarks and debris throwing. The writer links falling attendance to unruly behavior and cites a judge’s parents are responsible approach as a potential cure. A second note urges beach area cleanliness and warns against beach pavilion commercialization.
The library hosts a Thursday 4 o'clock storytelling session in Library Park Clubhouse. A fairy tale will be told featuring a princess horse rabbit or mermaid, with a fun listening experience for children.
The fourth annual National Horse Show at Del Mar Fair Grounds runs six days as part of the San Diego County Fair with 97 classes including 20 for junior riders. About 500 horses expected. $30,000 in cash and plate awards. $11,500 in stake events.
A catalog of fiction and nonfiction works including Beulah Land by H L Davis The Man Who Made Friends With Himself by Christopher Morley The Journey of Simon McKeever by Albert Maltz The Desperate Wall by Roberta Hill Watch the North Wind Rise by Robert Graves Best Sports Stories 1949 Edition by I T March and E Ehre Over the Reefs and Far Away by Robert Gibbings Peace of Soul by Fulton J Sheen How to Go Into Politics by Hugh D Scott Jr China Changed My Mind by David Morris Halfway to Freedom by Margaret Burke White Thank God for My Heart Attack by Charles Yale Harrison Dickens by Hesketh Pearson The Story of the World Series by Frederick G Lieb Your Child or Mine by Mary I H Burton and S H Jennings The Book of Sheffield Plate by Seymour B Wyler Baseballs Greatest Teams by Tom Meany How to Speak Here There and on the Air by John Dixon So This Is Ranching by Ineg Puckett McEwen The Writers Handbook edited by A S Burack Mister Roberts by Thomas Heggs en and Joshua Logan
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