Coronado Briefs and Local Events Highlight Week
A new New York Daily Compass tabloid is planned to publish in New York within two to three weeks. In Coronado, about 50 000 residents will witness KFMB TV debut ceremonies on May 16 with Hollywood stars attending. Chef Mendorf will join KCBQ’s Home on the Ranch program May 11 to discuss chafing dish cookery. Coronado Unified School District election is set for May 20 to fill a Trustee post. The Yellowtail Fishing Derby runs until Sept 17 with prizes including a 1949 sedan. The American Cancer Society drive extends to May 15. Coronado’s quota is 2550 of 75000 county total.
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Bay Area
Coronado
San Diego
Kfmb-Tv
Chef Mendorf
Hotel del Coronado
KCBQ
Marjory Hume
San Diego Gas & Electric Pany
San Diego Junior C. of C
American Cancer Society
Pope County
Lloyd Davis
Davis
Spanish Speaker Juanico Addresses Coronado Club Meeting
Coronado resident and former Hotel del Coronado executive Juan Juanico spoke at San Diego's Spanish Luncheon Club at the U. S. Grant Hotel. He will serve as correspondent for The Compass during upcoming visits to his Spanish home starting in June.
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Juan Juanico
Coronado
Hotel del Coronado
San Diego
U. S. Grant Hotel
el Senor
Coronado Chamber Outlines 4th of July Celebration Plan
Coronado Chamber of Commerce outlines a three day Fourth of July plan with a fireworks display on Glorietta Bay al fresco barbecue aquatic events and a possible community dance. The group discusses bicycle parade Folk Dance Federation festival band concert and seeks city financial help for the fireworks project.
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Coronado Chamber of Commerce
Nonaay
Glorietta Bay
Coronado
Folk Dance Federation of California
Arthur Johnson
Charles Free
C. of C
Wire
Frank Welch
State Park Beach Upgrades Begin At Silver Strand
Work started this week on a 150000 project at Silver Strand State Park to improve the beach area. Two State Rangers are living in trailers to supervise construction as facilities including picnic grounds, tables, ranger quarters, restrooms, and parking are planned amid negotiations with the Navy on amphibious landing exercises.
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Silver Strand State Park
Strand State Park
State Division of Parks and Beaches
Navy
State Park
Coyle Couple Touring Sun Valley at Presidents Club
Mr and Mrs Joseph Coyle of Coronado attend the Presidents Club convention of Metropolitan Life agents in Sun Valley Idaho. Coyle leads the company's West Coast accident and health division and plans a Canada visit before returning home.
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Joseph Coyle
Coronado
Sun Valley
Idaho
Presidents’Club
Canada
Coyle
West Coast
Coronado Publishes New Buyer's Guide for 1949
The Coronado Buyer's Guide 1949 edition has 5000 copies mailed to all addresses. The orange-covered guide includes resident and telephone numbers, a classified directory, city directory, civic data, and local information. Manager Arthur Johnson urges support for local merchants and notes the city’s new garbage regulations appear on Page 26. Extra copies are available at The Coronado Compass office.
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Coronado Buyer’s
Coroo Compass Publishing Co., Inc
Ween
Coronado
Informa
Manger Arthur Johnson
Johnson
Coronado Compass
Orange Avenue
Ray Baker
Compass
Rotary Hear Youth Projects At Coronado Luncheon
Rotary Club of Coronado met at the Hotel del Coronado to review local youth work for Boys and Girls Week. Speakers included Rev Kenneth Tant, Elwin T Anderson, Father John Purcell, Pop Mil yar, and Richard Whitmore outlining YMCA, Catholic youth programs, Juvenile Traffic duty, and a permanent youth activity plan.
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Coronado
Paul Stouffer
Rotary Club
Hotel del Coronado
Kenneth Tant
Elwin T. Anderson
YMCA
John Purcell
Pop
Mil‘Yar
Richard Whitmore
Ajax” Gray
Adm
George F. Neal
April Building Permits Top $100000 in Coronado
Building permits issued at City Hall in April totaled 108600 with the largest item a 40000 10 unit apartment at 854 Avenue to Frank Rollheiser Jr. Other notable permit goes to W J McCord for four stucco units at 745 510 Avenue. Last year April totaled 52760, a 1949 gain of 110 percent. four month totals reach 311665, down from 368445 in 1948.
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Coronado
Glen Wade
Avenue
Frank Rollheiser Jr
W. J. McCord
Wade
Blue Ribbon Winner Mislisted Address at Coronado Flower Show
Mrs Gayfifrey Holterhoff of 708 A Avenue won a Blue Ribbon in the Front of Homes category at the Coronado Flower Show. Her address had been mislisted in prior show awards.
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Gayfifrey Holterhoff
A Avenue
Coronado
Night of January 16 Drama Set for Weekend Performances
The High School senior class presents The Night of January 16 in the auditorium at 8:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Sharon Hearns and Gingess Eby lead a student cast with twelve audience jurors chosen by lot and paid as a professional element.
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Ginger Eby
Bruce Defiebre
H. S
Ann Magley
Sharon Hearns
Gingess Eby
Poteet
Patricia Arvidson
Berenes Music Society Seeks Support For Summer Concerts
More than 1250 tickets sold for a contest with a Ford sedan prize. Mrs Gilder Jackson Jr says buyers from across the county are needed to fund the summer program. Nearly 100 verses received for Oh Suzanna as a contest nears final month. Tickets go on sale under Mrs H G Wallace with Auxiliary help. Concerts set for June 27 July 18 and August 22 with a 43 piece orchestra and soloists commuting LA to San Diego for Coronado and La Jolla events.
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Os Berenes Music Society
Gilder Jackson, Jr
Jackson
H. G. 8. Wallace
Los Angeles
San Diego
Coronado
la Jolla
Nicholai Sokoloff
Coronado Society
Family Fair Opens in Balboa Park With Exhibits and Movies
Coronatians will visit Balboa Park's Conference Building next weekend for the County's first Family Fair. Fifty exhibits, a photo contest, movies and puppet shows are planned for the two day event.
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Balboa Park
Council Votes Business Zone for Blocks 7 and 8
Coronado panels the City Council approves a 3 2 vote creating a business zone for Blocks 7 and 8 along B Avenue to end years of dispute. The move channels future development while planning officials study beach projects with the Planning Commission.
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Planning Commission
B Avenue
Tenth Street
Ynez Place
Melbourne McEver
E. G. Stanley
George F. Neal
Arthur Chytrus
Archibald Abel
City Hall
Gordon Whitnall
Glen Wade
Ranch Study Group Proposes Plan for Rancho Car rillo
The hog ranch study committee led by R. E. Archibald submitted a planning report to the Planning Commission, with proposals to replace the name and develop the site with sports facilities including a baseball diamond archery range riding stables yacht basin golf driving range trap shooting and storage. Members Glen Wade J R Goodbody Capt H H Ritter Gen Byron Johnson and Ben Seymour supported the recommendations.
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Planning Commission
Rancho Carrillo
Commission
R. E. Archibald
Archibald
Glen Wade
J. R. Goodbody
Capt
H. H. Ritter
Gen
Byron Johnson
Ben Seymour
Opening Day Festivities Planned by Coronado Yacht Club
Members of the Coronado Yacht Club prepare for Opening Day ceremonies over Memorial Day weekend May 28 to 30. Coronado merchants will decorate storefronts in a nautical theme to mark the event.
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Coronado Yacht Club
Coronado
Record Crowd Greets Horseless Carriages in Coronado Parade
A crowd near 5,000 gathered to watch nearly forty veteran vehicles parade along Orange Avenue in Coronado. Sponsored by the Coronado Chamber of Commerce, the event featured the 1917 fire truck with officials aboard, a Navy band and a repli ca float, and concluded with a banquet at the Hotel del Coronado.
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Orange Avenue
Coronado
Torrey Pines
San Diego
Laguna Beach
Los Angeles
West Coast Fleet Air Band
North Island
Navy
Frank Welch
George F. Neal
City
Chamber of Commerce
J. W.,jor
Hotel del Coronado
General Petroleum Corporation
America
Pacific Coast
Chamber
Charles Free
Arthur Johnson
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Crown Circle
C Avenue
Jane Hogan
Keir Brooks
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