Coronado business leaders promote Paradise Isle in Southwest tour
A 24 person Coronado delegation toured Arizona and California deserts to market Coronado as a vacation destination. The caravan drew broad press coverage with two column front page stories in the Yuma Daily Sun and a three column San Diego Union lead. Local residents expressed strong hospitality and interest in future vacations on Coronado shores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desert Lands
Arizona
Coronado
Phoenix
Tucson
Imperial Valley
Yuma
April Fool Spoof Ends in Jubilant Dream
A Coronado reader recalls a false phone prize call from Stop the Music promising a five room house, suits, diamonds, a fur coat, and endless toiletries. The prank ends with the caller revealing it was an April Fool. The note captures gleeful excitement turning to disbelief.
Coronado Business Spotlight Lloyd Alcaraz Electric Service
Lloyd Alcaraz, longtime Coronado electrician, operates Alcaraz Electric Service at 137 Orange Avenue with brothers Owen and Adrian since 1946. A Master Electrician since 1920, he began in Coronado after moving from Seaside Oregon, with early work including a stint at Hotel del Coronado and later freelancing in California and the Southwest.
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Lloyd F. Alcaraz
Lloyd Alcaraz
Alcaraz Electric Service
Orange Avenue
Owen
Adrian
The
Strade
Hotel del Coronado
Seaside
Oregon
Coronado
Alcaraz
Lloyd
Orange
Nevada
L. F. Alcaraz
Elsie Wright
Sioux City
Iowa
H Avenue
Chester
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Caravan nicknames and desert tour tales from Coronado group
During a weeklong Sahuaro country tour east of the Lagunas and west of the Santa Catalinas Coronado caravaneers earned colorful nicknames such as Chihuahua Hinkle Admiral Laing and Icehouse Schroeder. The piece recounts banquets promotions a dog named Buck and a border-patrol scare as the group travels toward Phoenix and Alpine with lighthearted misadventures.
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Lagunas
Santa Catalinas
Coronado
Curtis
Chihuahua
Hinkle
Alan
Laing
John “Icehouse” Schroeder
Weismuller
Watkins
Fnn
Bernard
Patton
Tom
Stacy
Charles “Stetson Kid
Louis “el Ropo
Beeting Joe
Owlhead” Bollinger
Ordan
Coronado's Caravan Tours Arizona and Desert Resorts
The Coronado caravan stresses its binding ties with Coronado history while touring Arizona and Imperial Valley sites. Lloyd Alcaraz and family comforted by Tucson receptions, Desert Hop students, and friendly welcomes. The trip features stops at Paradise Valley and Catalina mountains, plus hosts in Tucson.
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Tucson
al Laing Jr
Charley Free
Laing
Nick Hall
Hotel Santa Rita
Hotel del Coronado
Hildegarde
Barney, Goodman
Tanner Motor Tours
Mike Oo
Paradise Valley
Arizona
Salt Lake City
Florence
Coromadans
Catalina Mountains
Santa Rita
Imperial Beach Nursery to Reopen Under New Manager
Imperial Beach Nursery long a South Bay landmark will reopen April 1 under Ruth Metz ger. The garden adjoining the lathe houses opened Sunday with Sub tropical plants blooming including bird of paradise hybrid amaryllis and camelias. Edna Boaz led a South Bay Women’s Club meeting and Delight Smith spoke after returning from England as an exchange teacher. Charles Kahler named South Bay Cub Scouts chairman with plans for a summer gardening project on donated plots by Mr and others.
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Imperial Beach Nursery
South Bay
Ruth Metzger
Edna Boaz
Charles Kahler
Midway Civic Group
Cub Scouts
And
Socially Speaking in Coronado Crowns a Bright Weekend
A crystal-bright Coronado weekend drew residents and visitors to golf beaches and bridle paths as the Philarmonic played a last winter concert. Debuts in theater and art stirred praise while social events linked Comdr. W. Y. Allen Jr. and Mrs. Allen with Hollywood friends and naval officers across San Diego.
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W. Y. Allen, Jr
Marc A. Mitscher
Adm. Mitscher
el Coredova
San Francisco
Adm
Geo. D. Mureray
USN
Murray
Mitscher
Enid Stoddard
Miss Stoddard
San Diego
Haddon Apartments
Petition for special election in 80th district circulated
Mrs. E. K. Tedrick of South Bay and J. W. McCausland secretary of the Imperial Beach businessmen circulate a petition asking Governor Earl Warren to call a special election if Assemblyman Howard Kramer resigns from the 80th district.
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Earl Warren
Howard Kramer
South Bay
J. W. McCausland
Imperial Beach
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Paes
Louis Millen
Marvin K. Chase, Jr
Richard H. Watkins
Pacific Coast
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de Luxe
Clifford Thomas
C Avenue
Aleidings
Hotel del
Art Johnson
Compass
el Centro
C. of C
Owlhead
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Alpine
Tanner
Immigration Service Inars
O’leary
Jordan
By Dick Watkins
Mezzannine Patio
Pioneer Hotel
Tucson Chamber
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E. T. Houston
Paradise Isle
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Houston
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Kiwanis Club
Chamber of Commerce
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Curtis Hinkle
Casa Grande
Gila Bend
Pacific
Clarence Anderson
Alfred Laing, Sr
J. W. Jordan
Nathaniel Gardner
Alfred Laing, Jr
Lee Mather
Alan Laing
John Schroeder
John Crise
Thomas Stacy
George Crawford Quentin Roy
Robert Burkheimer
Mark Beauchamp
Joseph Bollinger
By Betty Beach
Los Angeles ‘Philharmonic
Dubussy
Beethoven
Alfred Wallenstein
la Jolla
Patricia Smith
Hermance Griebsch
Frank Tatum
Jane Cassidy
Dorothy Haven
San Diego Art Guild
Dan Dickey
Elsie Kimberley
Miss Kimberley
Obata
Dallas B. Wainwright
Mrs
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Col
H. T. Bull
Mrs. Bull
Santa Barbara
Ennalls Waggaman
Waggaman
Robert Thorne
Inglewood
Hollywood Park Racetrack
Air Group 11
Naval Air Station
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Amphibious Group 1
Officers’ Club
Amphibious Base
A. D. Challacombe
Palm
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Capt
T. J. Acuff
Acuff
Miss Acuff
Phelps C. Kipp
Margaret Black
E. F. Black
USA
Washington Daily News
Washington,d. c
John Howard Hoover
E. K. Tedrick
Coronado Mortuary
Palm City
Nestor
Bay Front
Bay View
Strand Realty Company
Crown Realty Company
Henly
Pont Nang
San Diego Bay
Seat
Orange Ave
Sodd
R .E.T
Reemen
Mann
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