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Newspaper
Coronado Compass
Location
Coronado, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1948
Page
7
Classified note advertises minor car repairs at a single garage with hours seven am to three pm. Call code H-3-5425 and ask for Mildred for service and price clarification.
An assortment of household items listed for sale includes a vacuum cleaner with attachments for 35 dollars and an ae coat and hat in Hudson seal for 100 dollars.
A collage of private sale and service ads lists a furnished two bedroom house for rent or sale with a sewing machine, rollaway bed, bronze and Chinese bronze pieces, and options for laundry service at 154 G Avenue. It also includes sewing alterations, skirt shortening, cleaning by the hour, and ironing services. A middle aged woman offers child care, and a young man seeks any work, plus general handyman and chair caning services.
Real estate ads list 1 to 7 bedroom homes and furnished studios in Coronado. Properties include ocean block cottages, two car garages, large lots, several furnished units, and income properties. Prices range from about 2 975 to 18 500 with immediate occupancy and terms. Several named agents and firms appear in the classified section.
Six new Bobcats joined Cub Scout Pack 75 at a Wednesday meeting led by Assistant Cubmaster William McCormick. Families are invited aboard a 24 hour San Diego Bay cruise Sunday, with assembly times 11 15 at Library Park and 1 45 at the Star and Crescent Pier. Cubs should bring lunch and wear warm clothes.
A unique thrift venture called a Swap Shop opened today at 1132 Loma Drive by Coronado Navy wives Mrs. J Waller Rodes and Mrs. Joseph A Lader man Jr. Buyers trade unwanted items for credit to purchase others, with a 20 percent sales charge and leftover credit for future visits.
Construction of additional slips will start soon at the Yacht Club as lumber was unloaded. Several older slips will be renewed and all are expected ready by May before the summer yachting season opens.
Four winners from the San Diego division of a California state contest were announced by Austin Studios. Grand prizes of 500 dollars savings bonds went to Kath leen Cuff in Class A and Marilyn Ann Pinney in Class B. Local prizes included Opal Leath MeClure and Michael Lee Lopez (Class A) and Sharon Cunning and Joan Gallo (Class B).
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