Parade Sparks Coronado Community Pride and Hints of July Festivities
The Horseless Carriage Cavalcade drew Coronadans in record numbers as the Chamber of Commerce led by Charles Free and Arthur Johnson receives praise. Residents urge a new three day Fourth of July celebration with bands fireworks and dance federation—expecting thousands of locals and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Charles Free
Arthur Johnson
Southern California Folk Dance Federation
Coronado
Chamber
California Speaks on Policy and Attitudes
A collection of quoted opinions from public figures in California. Municipal Judge Francis W Murphy discusses animal treatment versus human illness, Dr Morris E Bradbury warns against hate harming national security, former mayor Roger Lapham criticizes the Bay Bridge idea, Assemblyman Sam W Yorty advocates severe action against Communists, and publisher Stanley T Wilson extols installment buying in American life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis W. “Murphy
San Mateo
Morris E. Bradbury
Los Alamos Atomic Laboratory
California
Roger Lapham
8. F
Baybridge
Sam W. Yorty
L. A
Stanley T. Wilson
Mill Valley
America
Quotations on Liberty and Faith From Christian Thinkers
A compilation of diverse 19th century views on freedom. Savonarola Kingsley Goethe Greeley Eddy and scripture are cited to contrast false and true liberty and to affirm liberty through faith and moral action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kingsley
Goethe
Horace Greeley
Mary Baker Eddy
Ay Ay Ay wins first Summer Handicap race at Coronado Yacht Club
The Ay Ay Ay skippered by Georgia Weisgerber won the opening Summer Handicap Series race at Coronado Yacht Club by under a minute after a tight duel with Al Frank's Angela, with Carl Ackerman's Gloria taking third in the new Lightning. Anita and another Lightning sailed by Paul Grayward followed, then Duke Welling's Betty and Sherman Hughes' Blue C. The next race is set for Sunday May 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Weisgerber
al Frank
Angela
Gloria
Carl Ackerman
Carl
Paul Grayward
Duke
Wellingston
Betty
Sherman Hughe
Blue C
Parade Highlights Historic Horseless Carriage Event
A Coronado parade featured a 1910 Rolls Royce contrasted with 1949 models and a naval carrier replica USS North Island. Attendees included local officials, photographers, and Fire Chief Welch. chatter focused on a Warner Bros naval epic and a planned Fourth of July celebration.
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Torrey Pines
Rolls Royce
Rolls
F.C.B. England
North Island
Ohs
West Coast Fleet Air Band
L. K. Rice
Naval Air Station
Beau Geste
Zorro
Coronado
al Laing Jr
Johnny Schroeder
Art Chytrus
Hizzoner
Neal
Welch
Frank Lovell
Roaring Twenties
Third & Orange
General Petroleum
Warner Bros
Antietam
Gary Cooper
Wayne Morris
Tryouts and school events spark May activities
The page outlines May 12 cheerleader tryouts and a May 13 Beauty Queen crowning, with seniors staging a May 5 6 play and TRIOY news. It notes elections, new officers, and student quirks plus social gatherings and year-end celebrations.
Submarine Wives Plan May Luncheon at La Jolla
The Submarine Wives Club holds its May luncheon on Tuesday May 10 at 1 30 p m in the Marine Room of the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club Hostesses will be wives of the officers of the U S S Baya Thomas L Brooks owner of Fabro s Book Shop will review some of the current best sellers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Submarine Wives Club
la Jolla Beach & Tennis Club
Thomas L. Brooks
Fabro
Rock-A-Bye Club aids navy families with nursery care
The Rock-A-Bye Club organized by Mrs. Bertram J. Rodgers and co chairs runs a nursery in building 10 near the Amphibious Officers Club. Navy wives volunteers care for children from 6 months to pre school age during afternoon and evening events to ease attendance and fund welfare through a small fee. For reservations contact Mrs. Crandall for afternoons and Mrs. Johnson for evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertram J. Rodgers
Wives Club
P. K. Fischler
J. H. Doyle
Nursery Club
B.O.Q
Officers Club
Navy
C. N. Crandall
C. W. Johnson
Amphibious Base
dJennie M. Edrington
Coronado Businessman Henry Bornsen Reflects on Heritage and Western Auto Move
Coronado merchant Henry Bornsen marks his fifth year in Coronado by moving his Western Auto Supply store to 874 Orange Avenue. A Duluth Minnesota native and World War I veteran, Bornsen served in Camp Kearny and fought in France before settling in Coronado. He later ran North Park Hardware in San Diego, and enjoys sailing his 22 foot sloop Winsome while guiding the Yacht Club. He and his wife were married in 1930, with three sons living in Chicago visiting occasionally.
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Orange Avenue
Coronado
California
Henley
San Diego
Louis Millen
Marvin K. Chase, Jr
Richard H. Watkins
Pacific Coast
Henry Bornsen
Henry
Chicago
Old Camp Kearny
Brest
France
Chantilly
Bornsen
Army of Occupation
Coblentz
Germany
Florida
North Park
Western Auto Supply
Bornsens
D Avenue
Yacht Club
Rotary
U.S
R.H.W
Readers Thank Editors for Flower Show Support and Awards
A Compass editor note thanks editors for support of a Flower Show honoring past traditions. The Home Fronts class and Gardens and Patios earned praise for timely award notices amid about 90 awards. Excerpts from letters express appreciation for the Coronado Buyer's Guide and related publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coronado
Compass Office
Compass Publications
Helen B. Randle
D ‘Avenue
Bay Area Notes and Local Elections Preview
Incumbent Hazel Adams faces Opal Koehler for South Bay Union School Board seat in the May 20 election. In Sweetwater District Harold Foster runs against David Roberts. South Bay Civic Chorus reports over 25 attend the Aida performance at Russ Auditorium and aims to perform at Redlands Bowl in June. Palm City Woman’s Club installs Lillian Olivier as president. she is Imperial Beach Elementary principal. local representatives attend Riverside convention. a Coronado baby shower honors guest C W Shoals Jr. and others. Imperial Beach hosts small group attendees.
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Hazel Adams
South Bay Union School District
Opal Koehler
Midway
Sweetwater Union High
South Bay
Harold C. Foster
Chula Vista
David E. Roberts
National City
Russ Auditorium
Inez Hall
San Diego
Lillian Olivier
Palm City
Hutchinsons Entertain Hutchinsons at Coast Party
Comdr George Hutchinson USN and Mrs Hutchinson host a cocktail party Friday at 6 p.m. honoring Maynard Hutchinson of Boston. Maynard arrived in Los Angeles by freighter via the Panama Canal and will visit with son Andrew Hutchinson and family before returning to Coronado for a ten day visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comdr
George Hutchinson
USN
Hutchinson
Comdr. Hutchinson
Maynard Hutchinson
Boston
Los Angeles Harbor
Panama Canal
Andrew Hutchinson
Los Angeles
Coronado
Bedells Visit Beauregards Before New Navy Posting
Commander Bedell USN and wife Mrs Bedell with daughters Joan Elizabeth and Norvell Ann visit Rear Admiral A T Beauregard retired and Mrs Beauregard on G Avenue. Bedell recently detached from USS Antietam in San Francisco and will report June 1 as executive officer of the Naval Air Station Jacksonville Florida. Wife and children will accompany him east for the new duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedell
Mrs Bailhache Paints in Mexico on Coast Painting Tour
Mrs. Bailhache travels along the Mexican Gulf Coast with Edith Hamlin Dixons mural painter from Tucson and other Taos and San Francisco artists on a painting tour. She plans to return home this weekend for the Metropolitan Opera in Los Angeles and will bring guests Dorothy Maley John Gomez and Dan O Reilly Coronado artists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Bailhache
Mexican Gulf Coast
Edith Hamlin Dixons
Tucson
Taos
San Francisco
Coronado Churches Read The Spiritual Cornerstone Of Democracy
A list of church notices from Coronado detailing service times and contact information for Sacred Heart, Christ Episcopal, and North Island Chapel Catholic Mass. Includes Sunday schedules, church school, and community invitations for active and retired personnel and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church
No. Island Chapel
North Island
Fragmentary City Notices From Old Diary Page
Fragmented OCR text lists church hours and locations including Christ Scientist and Mormon meeting times. It mentions Coronado Sundae School at 10:30 Sunday, Masonic Lodge at Fifth and Orange, and a telephone contact Henley 3-4401.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coronado Sundae
Masonic i
Fifth and Orange
Henley
Showings at Coronado and Village Theatres This Week
At the Coronado Theatre the lineup features Van Heflin and Robert Ryan in Act of Violence Thursday through Saturday and Randolph Scott with Jane Wyatt in Canadian Pacific Sunday through Tuesday. The Village Theatre offers Song of India with Sabu Gail Russell and Turhan Bey Thursday through Saturday and Humphrey Bogart with John Derek in Knock on Any Door Sunday through Tuesday plus The Kissing Bandit with Frank Sinatra and Kathryn Grayson on Wednesday.
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van Heflin
Robert Ryan
Sun
Randolph Scott
Jane Wyatt
Sabu
Gail Russell
Turhan Bey
Services Held for Neil Roy Retired Navy Chief
Funeral services in San Diego are set for Neil Roy 77 a retired chief commissary steward USN who died Tuesday in the Naval Hospital. He served 30 years including Spain American War and World War I. Survived by two daughters Helen Daly and Catherine Wilson both of San Diego two sons Quentin of Coronado and Kenneth Roy in Germany. He was married to the late Helen Marie Roy who died in 1944.
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San Diego
Neil Roy
USN
Naval Hospital
Roy
Navy
Coronado Lodge
F.&a.m
al Bahr Temple of the Shrine
Coronado Chapter
C.E.S
Helen Jeanette Daly
Catherine Wilson
Quentin Roy
Coronado
Corp
Kenneth M. Roy
USA
Germany
Fund Raising Age Sale For Presbyterian Women
Rummage sale to raise monthly expenses and missionary quota for the Presbyterian Woman's Association. May 13 and 14 in the Free Bros. Market parking lot. Committee led by Miss Louisa Laing and Mrs. Myrna Powell. Donations collected by Mrs. H. A. Norris at 862 E.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Woman's Association
Free Bros. Market
Louisa Laing
Myrna Powell
A. Norris
Telephone Hour Tops 1948 Musical Radio Show
The Telephone Hour, named best musical radio show by Motion Picture Daily, continues its May lineup on NBC with guests Pia Tassinari Ferruccio Tagliavini Yale Glee Club E Pinza Mary Martin and Polyna Stoska. The 57 piece Bell Telephone Orchestra conducts by Donald Voorhees accompanies the artists.
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Telephone Hour
The
Motion Picture Daily
Viewspaper
M. B. Herner
Coronado
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
NBC
Pia Tassinari
Ferruccio Tagliavini
Yale Glee Club
E Pinza
Mary Martin
Biduno
Polyna Stoska
Bell Telephone Orchestra
Donald Voorhees
New Arrivals in Coronado Bring Navy Families Home
Comdr. C. B. Jackson Jr. and Mrs. Jackson arrive from Annapolis with family and live on Visalia Row. Capt. Burton Davis and Mrs. Davis relocate from Long Beach to Colonial Apartments. Lt. J. J. Meyer and Mrs. Meyer come from Mare Island to Alameda. Multiple Navy households relocate from Hawaii, San Diego, Seattle, and other bases to Vanderbilt and other addresses in Coronado, with several families moving into new or existing residences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Jackson, Jr
Usn
Burton ‘Davis
J. J. Meyer
Mrs. Meyer
Mare Island
Alameda
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Savonarola
Coronado Yacht Club
I By
Georgia Weisderber
Bob Herrmann
Newport
Larry Barr
PCC
Mickey
Ensenada
Donald Radcliff
Bob Hermann
Jack Campbell
G-Wiz
Hugh MacDonald
San Diego Bay
Enzo Pascarella
Ocean Boulevard
By Dick Watkins
Annette Fenton
Jackie Lathan
Margo
Joan
Mary Rodgers
Terry Pandel
Ann Roswall
Ginger
Marilyn Prince
Marilyn Raferty
Julie Kefflin
Robin
Pete Glynn
Scott Mercer
Jane Posey
Mary Carlin
Kathryn Kurtzl
Mary Lou Zmudio
Celeste
Chandra
Peggy Barton
Barbara Allan
Eliz
Ennie
Sally A
John K
Tom Packard
Daryl
Drive Inn
Tom
Olive Muhl
Ginger Eby
Marcia Huffman
Doris Johnson
Don Dudley
Kelly
Dick Tulley
Linda le Hardy
Bruce
Bettie
Bill
Suzy
Benny
Emily Cornelius
Hugh
Mary Lou
Jim
Gladys
Fritz
Sally
Leslie
Lukie
Jackie
Ward
Marge
Sam
Steve
Bunny
Lee Marshall
John Kurtz
Barbara Eagles
Sally Ackerman
Linda LeHardy
Ann Dawson
Gladys Gladden
Bunny Fireburghouse
Gracie Cochran
Islander
Buddy Sykes
Dean Hunter
Dean
Dolores Paden
Dick Heckard
the Rock-A
Amphibious Wives Club
Amphibious Officers Club
Ter Bornsen
Duluth
Minn
Gordon Skinner
Hotel del Coronado
Mage ml
the Compass
Ennals Wagaman
Sirs
Coronado Buyer's Guide
Mabel S. Watson
I Delights
Betty Beach
Ruth Meyers
Mabel Shuman
Business and Professional Women's Club
Riverside
C. W. Shoals, Jr
R. C. Stone
Imperial Beach
Jean Schwankner
Winnie Johnson
Odie Franko
Joyce Smith
Shirley Stack
Mae Haintz
Imperial
Beach
Barbara Zartman
Ed Gendron
Hutchinsons
Sacred Heart Church
John Purcell
C Avenue
Episcopal
Christ Episcopal Church
Ninth Street
C Ave
Rae Ureh
Methodist
J. Tate
Iethediot
D and Olive Aves
Digestry
Anth Fellowship
Presbyterian
Graham M Moviser
Kenneth
Ie Corner
Christian Science
Christ
Orne Espith
Ave
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Mormon
San Diego State College
Thomas Ables
Coronado Theatre
A. W. Monder
Pasadena
Robert A. Rhoads
Mrs. Rhoads
Hawaii
Vanderbilt Apartments
William O. Goodhue
Leroy E. Enfield
Mrs. Enfield
James Gagnon
Gagnon
H Avenue
Lewis Cruikshank
G” ‘Avenue
William L. Stewart
Alton Garner
Boyd Nethercott
USNR
Nethercott
Seattle
Pomona
Edward T. Estrada
el Cajon
Mullinnix Drive
B. A. Andrade
Comdr. C. V. Hawk
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