Red Cross Drive Opens In Coronado With 14000 Goal
The 1948 Red Cross ten day drive starts March 10 with a local quota of 14000. Campaign officials include Chairman John Crise and Vice Chairman Capt Stewart Reynolds. District volunteers are listed by district with captains and workers named for immediate door to door fundraising.
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Red Cross
Coronado
John Crise
Stewart Reynolds
Merle Francis
Luther Kennett
Cataeaig
Curtis Hutton
Catain
Isabella
Poppy Clark
Louis A. Dean
Donald Hamilton
W. L
C. M. Jensen
Vaya Jones
Thomas Pick
A. Richard Stern
Raymond Ees
Ralph
C. J. Karns
Traynor
J. C. Waldau
H. T. ‘Wray
C. Co Fifield
Walter J. Andrews
Melville S. Brown
Charles T. Carl
James Duffy
Max L. Forney
A.J. Gray, Jr
J. E. Miller
H. G. Rockwell
J. J. Corrin
A. A. Benedict
Colony To Serve Daily Under New Owner Thompson
The Colony at 1107 Orange Avenue will be open seven days a week from noon until 2 am under new owner C. V. Thompson who took over March 1. Thompson, a former Navy man, vows consistent high quality and will add new signs and interior decorations while keeping the avocado dressing.
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Orange ‘Avenue
C. V. Thompson
Thompson
Imig Enterprises
Tower Bowl
Navy
Coronado
Abel Asked To Serve On Committee For State Redevelopment
Paul R. Williams, chairman of the Community Redevelopment Committee, invites Mayor Archibald D. Abel to join the state agency advisory panel. The panel will study land use, blighted areas, and redevelopment needs, and advise the Governor and Legislature on actions. Williams emphasizes broad state input from notable figures.
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Abel
Paul R. Williams
Archibald D. Abel
State Redevelopment Agency
Pbuilding
Williams
Initiatory Degree Conferred On Two Local Oddfellows
Eugene L. Strong and J. B. Dougherty received the Initiatory Degree of Coronado Lodge 1.0.C.F. No. 338 at the regular meeting on March 3. First Degree Work is scheduled for the March 17 meeting and Oddfellows are invited to attend.
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Eugene L. Strong
J. B. Dougherty
Coronado Lodge
C.F
Oddfellows
Atend
Charles Free to Head Local C of C Drive
Coronado plans to enlarge its Chamber of Commerce with a board directed campaign. Charles Free leads canvassing to boost membership and may hire a full time manager if growth justifies it. John D. Schroeder introduced Grace J. Cahill as secretary, replacing Kay Doakes who left for San Francisco.
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Charles Free
Coronado
Chamber of Commerce
John D. Schroeder
Grace J. Cahill
Miss Cahill
Kay Doakes
San Francisco
Coronado Council Plans orderly housing turnover
Mayor A D Abel states in a March 4 letter to Rep Charles Fletcher that the Coronado City Council will not refill vacancies to orderly replace the housing project with an improved development. With 66 of 744 units vacated monthly, turnover should finish in under a year.
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A. D. Abel
Charles K. Fletcher
Coronado City
Abel
Fletcher
The
Compass
Dangerous poisoner threat in Coronado sparks warning
Coronado residents warned of a dangerous poisoner using a highly poisoned sugary substance. Parents told to instruct children to avoid any picked up items. Police urge immediate reports of suspicious individuals to the force and reference a letter from Police Chief Jordan on page 7.
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Coronado
Jordan
Coronado Compass
Bicycle Safety Week Begins Under Local Kiwanis Sponsorship
The Coronado Kiwanis Club sponsors Bicycle Safety Week to promote safer bicycling among local youths. Principal Max Forney and Police Officer Pop Millar back the effort with a parade slated 10 a.m. Saturday from Cutler Field along Orange Avenue to the business district.
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Kiwanis Club
Coronado Kiwanis Club
George McMasters
Max Forney
Pop” Millar
Cutler Field
Orange Avenue
Kiwanis
Shrine Club Forming in Coronado Dinner Meeting
Members of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles Mystic Shrine in Coronado and nearby areas plan to organize a Shrine Club under Al Bahr Temple. A dinner and meeting at the Masonic Temple are set for March 20 at 6 30 p.m with reservations due by March 13 to H P Morris.
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Nobles
Mystic Shrine
Coronado
Imperial Beach
Palm City
North Island Naval Air Station
al Bahr Temple
al Bahr
Coronado Fellowship Shrine Club
H. P. Morris
C Avenue
VFW
Masonic Temple
Coronado Students to Discuss Russia on Radio Tonight
Four Coronado High School seniors Allen Joyce Tom Richards Bill Seavey and Henry Weeks will present four minute talks on Probable War With Russia over Radio Station KSDJ from 6 to 6 30 p m tonight The talks form part of a local series modeled after Town Meeting of the Air with a Q A discussion moderated by Dr James Hunter of State College and planned by J Clark Bruce of the high school faculty
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Coronado High School
Russia
KSDJ
Coronado
Allen Joyce
Tom Richards
Bill Seavey
Henry Weeks
James Hunter
State College
J. Clark Bruce
County Chiefs Sponsor Inter City Safety Contest
County Police Chiefs decide to sponsor the annual Inter City Safety Contest for the county at an informal gathering. J W Jordan Coronado Police Chief reported yesterday. Coronado won last year's contest. San Diego Police Chief Elmer Jansen presented a road blockade plan to aid quick criminal capture. Next monthly meeting will be held in Chula Vista.
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San Diego County
J. W. Jordan
Coronado
San Diego
Elmer Jansen
Chula Vista
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