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Newspaper
Coronado Compass
Location
Coronado, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1948
Page
2
The piece compares forming a saving habit to growing a plant or fruit, noting quicker growth of your account once the habit is established. It urges starting now by deciding to deposit a set amount to open a savings account and to maintain regular saving.
The Navy announced new civil service openings. Positions include aircraft preservation mechanic and fabric worker with pay from 1.09 to 1.63 dollars per hour, plus plasterers cement workers typewriter repairmen and several skilled trades at various rates. Applications are through the Board of U S Civil Service Examiners or local post offices.
Coronado residents are invited to visit the San Diego County Tuberculosis and Health Association booth at the county fair for a free chest X-ray on Monday June 28. The booth operates daily noon to 9 p m and a confidential report is mailed after the X-ray. More than a thousand people can be photographed per hour.
The Yacht Club announces its annual small boat regatta with entries from Newport Harbor and Los Angeles. Regatta chairman Earle B. Childs, race chairman James Miller, and picnic coordinators Henry Weston and Robert Niemyer oversee events on the Clubhouse terrace. Coronado fleets including Lightning Fllet, Flattie Fleet, Starlets and Mercurys prep for northern competition. Trophy awards follow the final race Sunday with Crown Cove cruise and beach picnic slated for Saturday.
The 1948 San Diego National Horse Show opens at the Del Mar Fair Grounds for six days with about 500 horses entered. County owners seek honors, and features include a roadster pair class, high-jump, and hunting teams. Local entries come from Scripps-Meanley, Bonita Valley Farms, Palm City Stock Farms, Tic-On Stock Farms, Rancho del Otay, Glen O. Perkins, W. a Queen, Hans Starr, and Nod-N-Walk Farms Escondido.
The club enjoyed the most successful gathering to date with about 200 attendees and 40 boats. Commodore Seymour cooked corn on the cob as a roaring bonfire and Hal Cowley led a concertina music night. The Junior Yacht Club promotes membership with trophies on display at Elmer Muir Jeweler 1130 Orange Ave. Officers include Commodore Bob Phillips and Secretary-treasurer Marianne Soderberg.
The Columbia Church of the Air will air Sunday morning under the Christian Science Committee on Publication for Pennsylvania. The program titled Choose You This Day will be broadcast on Station KNX at 7 30 a m Pacific Daylight Time.
Coronado Girl Scouts and Brownies operate a hospitality tent at the San Diego County Fair in Del Mar with four daily shifts. Leaders Mrs E W Parish and co leaders oversee first shift from 10 to 12 30 p m and list Scouts Judy Brandeley Polly Nieman Ann Parish and Patricia De Carre with Brownies Gale Parish Sidney Clark. Second shift from 12 30 to 3 p m covers Troop 91 led by Mrs H K Simpson and Mrs Nellie Miller with Scouts Barbara Simpson Sallie Laurence Jackie Smith and Pat Schroeder. Third shift from 3 to 5 p m is run by Mrs E E Jackson and Mrs Burton Hervey with Troop 161 including Laurie Angel Joan Ludlow Judy Jackson Sandra Miller and Brownies Carolyn Bragg Barbara Austin along with Troop 89 leaders Mrs Alex Spence and Mrs E R Dillon staffing 6 to 7 p m with Scouts Kathryn Spence Patty Dillon Ginger Austin Beverly Bandel and Brownies Linda Spence Sara Blakely.
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