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Newspaper
Coronado Compass
Location
Coronado, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1949
Page
4
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Coronado Aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles will hold a pot luck supper on Saturday evening March 19 at 7 p.m. in the Eagles Hall. Members and guests are invited for an Eagle family affair with entertainment throughout the evening.
Sacred Heart will sponsor a food sale on Saturday March 26 at Shell Corner corner of 10th and Orange Aves. Proceeds go to complete scholarship funds for a girl and boy graduates of Sacred Heart School. Mrs E H Chew and Mrs Myron Alpert are chairmen.
English artist Miss Enid Stoddard opens a one man show at Hotel del Coronado this Saturday through March 26. She has painted portraits of Queen Elizabeth, Anthony Eden, Col Frank Knox, Clarence Darrow, Victor Herbert and Armour, Cudahy and Swift families. exhibited at London Academy aged 17. works shown at Paris Salon and Cartier Galleries in New York and Rockefeller Center. Also displays a collection of miniatures.
Living on G Avenue are Lt. Jack F. Bauman and Mrs Bauman who wed February 19 at Naval Air Station Alameda. Mrs Bauman was Lt jg Edythe Bogie flight nurse of Honolulu. Lt Bauman is stationed at VF-52 North Island. Lt jg Fielding G Lucas Mrs Lucas and sons Bobby and Ken arrive from M Lt Boston and reside on D Avenue.
Mrs. K E Hanson wife of Commander Hanson USN won fifth prize on the Ladies Day radio show broadcast from KFI She hoped to win first prize to convert into cash for the Cerebral Palsy Training Center at 3351 Riley Street San Diego which needs support beyond welfare contributions.
The Coronado Youth Club hosts a Friday night dance in the Circus Room featuring sparkling music and entertainment as a fundraising event. Proceeds support youth programs and activities.
The wives of officers aboard the USS Badoeng Strait held a luncheon in the Crown Room at the Hotel del Coronado in honor of Mrs. Walter F. Henry wife of Comdr Henry operations officer. Hostesses were Mrs. W G Andrews and Mrs. J Wilson. The Henrys will be in Washington D C for Navy Department duty after extensive entertaining.
Former Coronado residents Captain Carl H. Bushnell USN and Mrs. Bushnell visit Admiral Davis and Mrs. Davis in San Diego. They plan to stay in Southern California until March 22.
Funeral services conducted by Coronado Mortuary for Mrs. Emma Tritch Snyder 87 of Washington DC were held here this week. She died in a local hospital last Sunday after residing at Hotel del Coronado the past year. Surviving are son Irving Snyder of Coronado a sister Mrs Henry Forbes of Brookline Massachusetts and two grandchildren.
The Coronado Women's Club celebrated its second birthday with a gala luncheon in the Crown Room of Hotel del Coronado. Officers founded two years ago include Merle Francis and J J Corrin, with the club organized in March 1947 starting with 60 members and now at 104. It has six active sections: Toastmistress Garden International Arts and Crafts Music Books and Needlework Guild.
The Officers Wives of VF-51 host a Wearing of the Green luncheon at the Officers Club, Naval Air Station, for Air Group 5 spouses. Hostesses include Mrs. E. P. Aurand wife of Comdr. Aurand, Mrs. R. E. Elder wife of Lt. Comdr. Elder, Mrs. Vincent Kelly wife of Lt. Kelly, and Mrs. Edward Holley wife of Lt. Comdr. Holley.
The Coronado Floral Association Garden Committee urges residents with past gardens or patios, discouraged by severe winter damage, to enter this year as judging will consider weather conditions. Rules and exhibitor pamphlets are available at the Public Library, Chamber of Commerce, Taylor's Decorative Arts, Wilim Realty, or Coronado nurseries.
Mr and Mrs A T Kurtz of Portland Oregon after traveling the coast chose Coronado as a home site and have leased the Coronado Motor Inn here In Oregon Mr Kurtz was part owner of Top o Scott Country Club.
The Sigma Pi Fraternity at State College held a Saturday night dance in the Circus Room of Hotel del with Vic Vincent's orchestra providing music. A Moonlight serenade set the theme as the event closed at 1 a.m.
The engagement of Patricia Ann Clarke to Emil Patrick Johnson is announced by her parents Mr and Mrs Kenneth F Clarke. A September wedding is planned. Both are members of the San Diego Tip Topper Club. Pat attended San Diego County School of Nursing and Emil works at a Coronado bank.
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