Coronado News Briefs and Local Happenings
Lions Club viewed Ireland film clips for St Patrick's Day courtesy of Pan American Airways. Hamlet to be shown at Coronado Theatre from April 5 for four nights with daily matinee and evening shows. Ahrens Cleaning & Dyers opens at 1331 Orange Avenue led by long time Kiwanis member Frank Ahrens. St Patrick's dance tickets $1.20 on sale at Hotel del Coronado Circus Room after 8 p.m. California Water & Telephone crews begin First Street water line installation for Bay View Estates project approved by Planning Commission and City Council.
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Ireland
Lions Club
Anthony Correia
Pan American Airways
Mark Beauchamp, Jr
George Crawford
Hamlet
Coronado Theatre
Burt Kramer
Laurence Olivier
Frank Ahrens
Ahrens’ Cleaning & Dyers
Orange Avenue
Ahrens
Cornado Kiwanis Club
Coronado Yirth Club
Hotel del Coronado
California Water & Telephone Company
First Street
Bayview Estates
Planning Commission
High Seas
George F. Neal
Coronado
St. Patrick’s
Ward Beachley
R. F.ons
Neal
Paul Beede
R. C. Emmons
Gordon Skinner
Coronado Chamber of Commerce
Hotel del Coronado Cashier’s
Coronado Compass
Terry's Bakery
Coronado Men’s Wear
Police Station
Arthur Murray Studio
Circus Room
R. F. Erdman
Committee Cochairmen
Coronado Chamber Plans Three Day Imperial Valley Tour
The Coronado Chamber of Commerce advances a March 25 to 27 goodwill trip to Imperial Valley and Arizona cities. Letters from El Centro Phoenix and Tucson chambers promise a warm welcome, with public promotion already underway and water scenery photos to precede the desert cavalcade.
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Coronado
Coronado Bands Earn Superior and Excellent Festival Ratings
Coronado High School band earned a Superior rating at the San Diego County Music Festival, while Coronado Elementary School band and orchestra received Excellent ratings. Over 2,000 county students across 32 schools competed in a two day event chaired by Hal Bremer. A grand finale featured a parade along E Isabella and Orange avenues, with bands from Coronado Grossmont Escondido and Sweetwater drawing praise from onlookers.
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Coronado
San Diego
Hal Bremer
Bremer
Southern California Band and Orchestra Association
Isabella
Orange Avenue
Grossmont
Escondido
Sweetwater
Coronado School Board Accepts Resignation of Mrs Mary Young
At the Coronado Unified School District meeting the resignation of elementary teacher Mrs Mary Boland Young after 25 years was accepted with regret. She asked retirement to take effect at the end of the current school year. The board discussed lease technicalities for Library Park kindergarten space but took no action pending state county and city negotiations.
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Coronado Unified School District Board
Mary Boland Young
Tukate Bchiatland
EB. Schaefer
U S S Herbert C Jones Honored for Wartime Service
The destroyer named for Ensign Herbert C Jones received the Navy Unit Commendation ribbon for its distinct actions during the 1944 Anzio landings. The vessel served with such distinction that all crew members were authorized to wear the ribbon.
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Herbert C. ‘Jones
Coronado
Pearl Harbor
U.S.S
Herbert C. Jones
Anzio
Bishop to Dedicate $30,000 Church Unit
Bishop James Chamberlin Baker of Los Angeles will dedicate the new $30,328 educational building at St. Paul's Methodist Church in Coronado. The ceremony starts at 3 p.m. with tours beginning at 2 p.m. followed by a reception. The Bishop also plans a stop at Asbury Church in San Diego on the morning of the 20th.
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James Chamberlin Baker
Los Angeles
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Arthur Lee Mounts
St. Paul's
Mounts
Baker
Asbury Church
San Diego
Coronado
Haydon
Sears
Harold Spires
Arthur Old
Mount Said
Mystery Blast rocks Coronado
An unidentified explosion startled Coronado and South Bay residents Tuesday afternoon. Navy spokesmen said they knew of no maneuvers that would cause such a blast or detonation.
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Coronado
South Bay
Navy
Abel Dispatched to State Capitol on Tidelands Bill
Imperial Beach residents back a Coronado tidelands bill as Abel heads to Sacramento with a $250 lobbying fund. City awards a $24,682 First Street repaving contract to W. R. Dennis Construction, with bids from Griffith, Hazard, and Daley among others. A public hearing is set for April 5 on Silver Strand annexation, and Bay Circle lighting will be expanded for Glorietta Bay residents. Mayor Neal and city officials attend California League of Municipalities dinner in San Diego.
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First Street
Orange Avenue
Alameda Blvd
W. R. Dennis Construction Company
San Diego
Dennis
Griffith Company
A. BE
Hazard Contracting Company
Daley Corporation
Beryl Phelps
Hows
Abel
Archibald D. Abel
Sacramento
Coronado
Bay Front
Glorietta Bay
Spanish Bight
Howard K. Kramer
Tidelands
Spreckels Company
San Francisco
Glorietta Bay Tidelands
Silver Strand
F. E. Pierce
Fuller
Bay Circle
George F. Neal
California League of Municipalities
Coronatian Injured In Hit and Run Strand Mishap
James P. Devine a 22 year old AD 3C was hospitalized after his car northbound on the Silver Strand highway overturned following a hit and run incident. His wife Marjorie and six month old daughter Sharon suffered only minor bruises. Police detained Henry Lazeau after a damaged car was found at 1465 First Street and state patrol investigated the mishap four miles south of Coronado.
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James P. Devine
Orange Avenue
Silver Strand
Marjorie Devine
Sharon
Carl Klindt
W. R. Sonnenberg
First Street
Henry Lazeau
Coronado
High Fashion Sandersons Keynote Opens Gala at Crown Shops
Excitement surrounds the pre Easter opening of Sandersons in Crown Shops Circle. A fresh florist vibe greets guests with gardenias as Mrs Mary Farrell, manager, personally mixed colors for the modern decor. La Jolla architects Harold Abrams and Benson Eschenbach teamed with Coronado painter Alcaraz on the Coronado Sandersons branch.
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Crown
Sanderson's
Mary Farrell
Harold Abrams
Benson Eschenbach
la Jolla
Alcaraz
Coronado
Coronado Sanderson's
F.D
St Patrick’s Dance will open Coronado spring social season
Several hundred tickets sold for the first annual St Patrick’s Dance in the Circus Room of Hotel del Coronado. The event features Tommy Chatfield and his Trianon orchestra, plus intermission acts Sam Lennet Harold Emanuel and more. Proceeds fund Coronado Youth Center Building upgrades.
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St. Patrick’s
Circus Room
Hotel del Coronado
Aleove
Coronado
Tommy Chatfield
Trianon Recording
Chatfield
San Francisco
San Diego
Sam Lennet
Harold Emanuel
Ben Bernie
Arthur Murray
Mary Velasco
Royal
Ted Burrell
Hollywood
KUSN
Italian Naval Attache Tours West Coast Stations
Capt. F. Bassimi Italian naval attache based in Washington visits North Island and Coronado on a West Coast tour inspecting naval stations while on duty at the Italian Embassy.
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F. Bassimi
North Island
Coronado
Washington, D. C
Former Coronado resident dies at 69 in La Mesa
Lewis Edward Avenell manager of the manufacturing department at J. Jessop & Sons San Diego jewelers died last Monday evening in a La Mesa Hospital. He and his family lived in Coronado for 20 years before moving to La Mesa three years ago.
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Lewis Edward Avenell
J. Jessop & Sons
San Diego
Red Cross drive nears close as Coronado pledges rise
The two week Red Cross Fund campaign ends this weekend with unofficial total about three quarters of the city’s goal. Coronado residents may mail further gifts to Admiral Wm H Standley at Red Cross HQ First National Bank. New volunteers include Miss Peggy Pullen and Mrs F E Pierce.
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Red Cross Fund
Coronado
Wm. H. Standley
Red Cross
First National Bank
Peggy Pullen
F.E. Pierce
Standley
New Laundromains Open On Orange Avenue This Week
New laundromains on Orange Avenue will open daily 8 am to 8 pm and 5 pm Saturdays, representing an investment of over 15 000 dollars. Bud Manion, son of retired Navy commander J L Manion, is a former Coronado High School student who later graduated from Northwestern University and St Louis University and served with a Marine artillery unit overseas before starting the Coronado business this month.
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Manion
Young Manion
Comdr
J. L. Manion
USN
B Avenue
Coronado
Northwestern University
Chicago
St. Louis University
U.S
Coronado Seniors Named Valedictorian And Salutatorian
Coronado High School selects Marcy Brooks as Valedictorian with 93.8 honor points and Jean Chan as Salutatorian with 93.5 points. Other top seniors include Maryellen Melton Frank Wells Sam Johnson Marie McKinney Anne Magley Lois Wilson Steve Barchet and Cahriel Wray.
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Marcy Brooks
Coronado High School
Jean Chan
A. E. Schaefer
Miss Brooks
Miss Chan
Maryellen Melton
Frank Wells
Sam Johnson
Marie McKinney
Anne Magley
Lois Wilson
Steve Barchet
Cahriel Wray
Coronado High pole vaulter ties for first at Long Beach Relays
Ken of Coronado High School tied for first in the pole vault with a 12 feet 5 inches leap at the Long Beach Relays weekend meet. Islanders placed third in the mile relay, the second of two relay events.
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Long Beach
Ken
Coronado High School
Grunion Run Expected on Local Beaches This Week
The first grunion run of the season is forecast for local beaches Thursday night into Friday as spring tides align with the new moon. Peak high tide will occur at 11 40 p m Thursday and 12 30 a m Friday.
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Charles A. Free
C. T. Anderson
Alfred Laing
Curtis Hinkle
Lee’ Mather
Louis
Mary Young
Dale F. Ginn
Bess Miller
Board of Education
Elwood Tysor
Jnc. R. Robertson
Kenneth Bandel
Christine Dillon
A. A
Bishop James C. Baker
Imperial Beach News
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Block 8
Gordon Whitnall
Coronatian
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Marching & Chowder Society
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G Avenue
C.H.S
Grunions
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