State Parks discuss 7700 feet ocean frontage purchase
Sacramento reports the State Division of Parks is negotiating with Fisher Miller and Nordblom Realty for about 7700 feet of oceanfront opposite the Silver Strand ranch. The site would join a future state park addition. Meanwhile Hollywood Laundry taps Marco Monteverdi as new manager at 847 Orange Avenue.
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Sacramento
State Division of Parks
Fisher, Miller and Nordblom Realty
Marco Monteverdi
New York City
Hollywood Laundry & Dry Cleaning
Orange Avenue
Teverdi
John D Crise Named Assistant Cashier at Coronado Bank
John D Crise was appointed assistant cashier at the Coronado Branch of First National and Savings Bank after 18 years of service. He will add the role to his current duties as assistant manager. Crise has led local unity efforts and chaired the Boy Scout building fund drive and Red Cross drive. He has also served as Lions Club president and Campfire Girls financer.
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First National 1St and Savings Bank
John D
Coronado
Direc
Crise
Boy
Coronado Drives Scout Fund Drive Above Quota
Coronado's total returns and pledges in the Boy Scout building drive exceeded the city's quota by over $1000. Chairman John Crise reported contributions over $2500, well above the anticipated $1500, with more arriving daily. Districts and teams' figures will be available next week.
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Coronado
John Crise
Crise
Aveille
Mayor Neal Opens Drive to Secure County Ferry Aid
Coronado Mayor George F. Neal asks the County Board to study ferry rate relief and consider options to connect the San Diego Coronado ferry to county highways or to propose a submarine tube link. The board is asked to review leasing, purchase, or other means to bring the service into the county system or urge the state to study a tube across the bay.
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Mayor Neal
George F. Neal
Coronado
County Board of Raisors
DeGraff Austin
County Road Department
County Counsel’s
Neal
San Diego-Coronado
State Highway Commission
San Diego
Dopac Nt
San White
Nado Ferry
Silver Strand
Board of Supervisors
G. F. Neal
USN
City of
Coronado Marine Officer Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
Coronado resident Major Nathan C. Kingbury was among 98 U. S. Marine Corps officers approved for promotion to lieutenant colonel by President Truman. A former Coronado High School student, Kingbury served in the Sixth Division in the South Pacific during World War II and is now at Camp LeJeune in the paymaster's office. His father, the late Col. Ross S. Kingbury, also had a notable Marine Corps career.
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Coronado
Truman
Nathan C. Kingbury
G. Street
U. S. Marine Corps
Washington, D. C
Kingbury
University of Washington
Marine Corps
South Pacific
Camp LeJeune
North Carolina
Col
Ross S Kingbury
Coronado Representative Appointed Chair of Complaints Panel
Harry L. Perkins, Coronado's representative on the 1949 County Grand Jury, was appointed chair of the jury's complaints committee by Commodore Clifford J. Lishmen, USN (ret.). Jury foreman.
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Harry L. Perkins
Coronado
Comdr
Clifford J. Lishmen
Frank Wells Wins Coronado Lions Club Oratory Contest
Coronado High School student Frank Wells was named the city wide oratory winner on the United Nations topic. He will advance to the Lions district finals in National City on March. Rev. Kenneth B. Carson announced the results at a Colony luncheon where John Blakeley spoke on accounting as part of a Coronado club business series.
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Frank Wells
Lions Club
Coronado
United Nations
Kenneth B. Carson
Young Wells
National City
Carson
Colony
John Blakeley
Coronado Club
Alarm Blunder Sends Police Cars to Bank on Orange Avenue
Police cars roared down Orange Avenue last Tuesday noon after an automatic burglar alarm at the First National Bank was triggered by an overzealous employee. No crime occurred. Investigators confirmed the false alert and cleared the scene.
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Orange Avenue
First National Bank
Birth Rate Strains Coronado Schools Says Schaefer
Supt A E B Schaefer reports Coronado’s school system struggles with rapid birth rate growth. Elementary enrollment hits 1243, 125 over capacity of 1118 while high school remains at 401 of 500. Total district enrollment 1644 of 1618 capacity. Births last year reach 492, up 5 percent from 1947 and 60 percent since 1943.
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A. EB. Schaefer
Coronado
Schaefer
tes-Coronado
Rotary club screens Rockies films for New York event
Rotarians viewed films of the Canadian Rockies and other scenery at a Rotary Club meeting in the Hotel del Coronado. Lawson Overman presented the program chaired by Harry Perkins. Birthdays observed last week included Leo Hansen E W Campbell Jack Woodhull and Coy H Bissell.
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Canadian Rockies
Rotary International
New York
Rotary Club
Hotel del Coronado
Lawson Overman
Harry Perkins
Leo Hansen
E. W. Campbell
Jack Woodhull
Coy
H. H. Bissell
Hole-In-One Golf Tourney Slated for Sunday
The Hole-In-One tournament on Sunday will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with participants from Coronado North Island and San Diego. Co chairs Demetriou and Gig Bramstedt say The Coronado Compass sponsors two trophies and Coronado merchants prize ten runners-up in both men’s and women’s divisions. The event is open to all comers with no entry fee.
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Coronado
North Island
San Diego
Demetriou
Gig Bramstedt
Club Pro
Coronado Compass
Red Cross Fund Drive Kick Off Lunch Slated
Coronado volunteers gather at the North Island Officers Club for the 15th annual Red Cross drive luncheon chaired by Admiral William Standley. The drive runs from next Monday to March 15 with district coordinators listed and more volunteers to be announced next week.
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Red Cross
Coronado Red Cross Drive
North Island Officers Club
Wm. H. Standley
A. E. Schaefer
E. P. Andreen
H. H. Bremer
H. E. Friddel
EB. J. MacGregor
Seth Gunthrop
Burton Hervey
A. H. Higgs
W. M. Smith
Paul Stouffer
C. R. Yeager
A. Coffman
G. Morrison
Arthur Jackson
A. J. Rizzo
J. Vacleave
R. 8. Davis
T. R. Frosio
J. D. Schroeder
R. P. Whitemarsh
G. Gurmuehlin
A. A. Cumberledge
Millard Greenbaum
Red Cross Drive
City Council Passes Civil Service Amendments Amid Debate
The council approved two Civil Service amendments regulating Commission expenditures and dismissal review by commission and department heads. President Ted Kohl denounced the move as politicizing the Civil Service, while Archibald Abel argued against a universal efficiency test for municipal employees. The amendments passed unanimously amid other actions including a $100 reward proposal for sidewalk vandalism and removal plans for painted footprints on Orange Avenue.
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Commission
Ted Kohl
City Employees Association
Civil Service Commission
Archibald ID. Abel
Abel
Archibald D. Abel
Orange Avenue
Eighth
E. G. Stanley
Stanley
George F. Neal
Melbourne McEver
Arthur Chrytius
Neal
Howard Fuller
Coronado
Chamber Drive Nets Numerous New Members
The Coronado Chamber of Commerce reports 70 new memberships for 1949 as the annual drive nears its goal. Lee Mather, the membership chairman, with co-captains Gordon Finnall and Louis Pollack and 12 other businessmen, notes strong support from Coronado merchants and professionals. President Charles Free cites plans including a goodwill Arizona trip, feasibility study for direct bus service to the South Bay, and a summer community celebration. The full list of new members appears on Page Five.
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Coronado Chamber of Commerce
Lee Mather
Mather
Gordon Finnall
Louis Pollack
Coronado
Chamber
Charles Free
Arizona
South Bay Area
Coronado Compass
Coronadon Helps Midwife In Emergency Baby Delivery
George Vardaman, circulation manager for local newspapers, aided in an emergency birth after giving a ride to Mrs. Leonardo Ayala and her husband near Coronado. The baby Alfredo Ayala, seven pounds, arrived en route to the County Hospital. Both mother and infant were resting comfortably at Coronado Hospital.
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George Vardaman
F Avenue
Stork
Leonardo Ayala
National City
Business Zoning For Remainder of Block 8 Denied
The Planning Commission recommended disapproval of a Block 8 property owners petition for a business zone variance for the block remainder. It held that such a variance would discriminate against Block 7 multi dwelling zoning because city regulations require uniform zoning on both sides of a street.
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Planning Commission
Commission
Bus Route Survey Draws Strong South Bay Response
Nearly 100 residents from Imperial Beach Palm City and Midway sent views on a proposed direct Coronado Silver Strand bus link. Comments praise service for shoppers and residents while noting mixed impact on Imperial Beach motorists and Coronado merchants.
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South Bay
Coronado
The
Compass
Imperial Beach
Imperial Beach-Palm City-Midway
Silver Strand
Lola R. Chase
Charles 8. Lindsay
L. J. Schmitt
Coronado Armory to House National Guard Battery
Lt Col Bryant J Kearney announced Coronado’s Guard Armory will host Battery B 730th Gun Battalion by May with 117 enlisted and 4 officers, current enrollment 28 vs full strength. Construction bids for 35000 dollars will adapt the former USO building and a 90 mm anti air gun will have a concrete foundation south of the armory.
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Coronado
National Guard
Bryant J. Kearney
Coronado’s
U.S.O
California
Kearney
Battery “B’s
Kettner Blvd
San Diego
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James R. Burge
Burge
Redondo Beach
Paradise Isle
Tral Beach
I Crise
Rive
Scout Fund
Nota
Coronado Schools
Tinues
Adm
Elsie M. Thompson
Luther Kennett
A. Richard Stern
Lewis Coxe
H. M. Rush
Lewis Jarvis
Marie Frances
H. R. Rose
Gjermund Hoyme
Poppy Clark
Evelyn Jones
Thomas Pickford
M. Wiener
Isabella Erskine
L. J. Smith
Walter C. Stitt
C. M. Gerlach
Paul Duke
C. Cc. Woodworth
James, Doherty
Mary Adams
R. P. Deewall
Frank Brunner
Lee D. Baker
P. T. Plumb
Charles E. King
E. Nuessle
Raftery
J. E. McDonald
R. S. Cameron
E. A. Cobey
Frank Traynor
J.jc. Waldau
H. T. Wray
Harold Gynne
J. E. Miller
M. Tompkins
R. Brown
Rosa Hooper
John J. Corrin
M. L. McEver
Clyde Bowman
A. A. Benedict
George Bunker
Sue Archibald
R. E. Carruthers
Frances Gazza
Margaret Chase
Inez Cooper
Dorothy Eder
Helen O'Conner
Lola Hudson
Veronica Bertrand
K. G. Christian
Henry Bruce
A. D. Byers
Morton Seligman
H. A. Moreland
R. P. Chase
Quiggle
H. B. Gunther
Orange Ave
Chamber of Commerce
Coronadon
Paris
Coronado' S
Webber
San Diego Ferry Landing
Ralph S. Sparr
Joseph Co. Wright
Frederick LaPierre
Harold’ P. Smith
James D. V. ‘Bleecker
Earl Bullock Jr
Lauis Jence B. Jordan
Edward F. Kohl
Donald A. Brown
Frank E. Deam Jr
Carleton B. Joy Jr
Thomas Stacy
Sixth St
Kearny
Stacy
Army Reserve
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