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Newspaper
Coronado Compass
Location
Coronado, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1949
Page
2
Anne Brown Whiting of Carmel, daughter of Mrs. James Guthrie Harbord, is visiting her aunt Mrs. John Carter Montgomery at 356 A Avenue. She intends Coronado as her permanent home.
A local column reflects on home entertainment in a small town, noting humor at a theater, advice on painting by a local artist, and comments on teenagers, study noise, and a veterinarian’s puzzled take on a kitten under a car hood. It presents light anecdotes about residents and everyday life.
The Crown Club announces its monthly dance for Saturday March 5 at 9 p.m. in the Elementary School Auditorium. Dance chairs are Mr. and Mrs. M L McEver with several assisting couples. New arrivals include Commander Slade D Cutter USN and his family staying at the Coronado Club after arriving from Washington DC.
Funeral services for Herbert LaVern Jones Radioman 2 c USN of Coronado will be held at Coronado Mortuary Chapel at 2 p m Thursday March 3. Burial will follow at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. Jones born 1921 in La Junta Colorado died June 22 1943 serving aboard an LST near Bizerta Tunis. He attended Coronado High School graduating 1939. Surviving are his parents 208 B Avenue Coronado maternal grandmother 855 C Avenue and paternal grandmother in Kansas City Missouri.
Mrs. W. C. Whitaker, noted reviewer and speaker, addressed Coronado Woman's Club at Christ Episcopal Parish Hall on California literature valuation. The program, supervised by the Book Section, included elections drill and committee reports, with hospitality and tea plans announced.
Mrs. Diane Baker announces the marriage of her daughter Diana Kent Cuthbert to Jack Norwood Landeen, Jan 29 in Santa Barbara. Diana is a Marlborough School and USC alumna from Beverly Hills, while Landeen, a Navy veteran, studied at Los Angeles City College.
The Mothers' Club of Sacred Heart School sponsors a dog naming contest with a top prize a weekend for four at the Biltmore Los Angeles and second prize a four person stay at Hotel del Coronado. Entries close March 6 and are sold by club members or Sacred Heart students. Results will be announced at the Saint Patrick's party March 17 at Sacred Heart Parish Hall. The puppy is a black and white female about eight weeks old.
Word reached here of the death in Burlingame of Mrs Genevieve Irwin widow of Capt John Irwin USN Ret during a visit to her daughter Mrs Richard Morse wife of Adm Morse USN Ret She died at San Mateo Hospital last Saturday after a brief illness She had lived in Coronado 721 B Avenue and formerly Oakland and Vallejo She is survived by a brother and sister in Whittier
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