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Newspaper
Coronado Compass
Location
Coronado, California, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1949
Page
6
Educators meet Saturday at 30 in the State College library for the 27th Annual Round Table Conference with the theme Educating for International Understanding. Dr. Hugh Tiner of George Pepperdine College Los Angeles will deliver the keynote address.
L. EB. Jones of Coronado received a head cut after his car struck the rear of a car driven by Melvin I. Bear of the Naval Air Station on the Silver Strand highway near Fort Emory. Also injured were Jackie Brock William Stewart and Roland Huth and Bear, all attached to North Island. Bear's car overturned.
Ernest Demetriou announced the City Golf Championships will begin Sunday with more than 50 entries. Qualifying rounds start Monday at Coronado Country Club and run through the following weekend. The event is sponsored by the Coronado Chamber of Commerce with city advertising support.
Coronado opens its newest enterprise the Four Gulls Gift Shop at 1018 First Street operating 10 to 4 daily on a non profit basis. Managed by Carmen Davis Adeline Conrad Gwen Challacombe and Henrietta Atkins the shop offers unusual gifts bric a brac children's clothes and household novelties with profits aiding youth scholarships. An annex at 1018 First Street under Mrs Atkins renovates furniture and décor to personalized standards.
Four Islander boys Timmerman Storch Kuehler and Fifield led the squad as finalists at the Southern section meet held Saturday at State College's oval. Fifield and Mack raced to seconds in sprints while Storch won the shot put and Kuehler the 660. Other Islander placers included Voit Rumney Davis Pollack and Sykes. The top three in each event advance to the Southern California meet at San Diego Stadium next week.
English pianist Dame Myra Hess rests at the home of Mr and Mrs Paul Schmidt in Encino Row after a 70 concert tour in Pasadena and Los Angeles. Schmidt notes Hess loves Coronado and plans a Europe tour starting in August with return to the U S by Christmas. Hess has been knighted by the British Empire for war work and praised by critics nationwide.
Fragmentary notes indicate a local discussion over an economy act tied to Poimer and a car tune up. The garbled text mentions a $2.50 charge and a warning not to lose value from the tune-up, suggesting concerns about car upkeep and financial impact.
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