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Newspaper
Coronado Compass
Location
Coronado, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1947
Page
9
An American editor recalls Thanksgiving in Karlsbad Germany November 1945, describing bombed streets, ruined hotels, scarce food, and a conflicted gratitude. He reflects on destruction, hunger, and resilience, contrasting American comforts with European devastation and the toll of war.
The piece contrasts the 1621 harvest with modern abundance, praising America’s wealth in natural resources and industrial power. It honors peace, liberty, and justice, urging Americans to share their abundance with the hungry and to serve mankind humbly as a divine gift.
A collage of maxims from Schopenhauer Grellet Gibran and Logan Smith on care kindness giving and life goals. It contrasts fleeting chance with lasting memory and the idea that shared joy reduces sorrow in a world full of trouble.
A frozen lemon torte recipe combines vanilla wafer crumbs with a lemon yolk filling and evaporated milk. The mixture is cooked in a double boiler, cooled, folded with milk and eggs, layered with crumbs, and frozen rapidly for serving in slices. A chocolate variation adds cream and melted chocolate.
Lemon juice added to the bowl of water in which lettuce is to be freshened will revive it rapidly. Make a diagram of your fuse box with a notation as to which lights are on each fuse. The next time the lights go out, you will know at a glance which fuse to change.
Damaged mower wheels struggle on corrugations as wear makes the tread slick. A simple fix is to wrap wire around the tires to create grip and improve traction on uneven ground.
To apply glue on small surfaces, use a pipe cleaner. It is pliable yet stiff enough to direct the flow and highly absorbent.
A metal curtain rod with curved ends is mounted to the baseboard of a clothes closet to create a functional shoe rack. The project uses simple screwing to secure the rod, offering inexpensive organization.
To draw several parallel lines at once in sewing or cabinet work, poke pencils through the corrugations of heavy corrugated cardboard. This holds pencils firmly for accurate, speedy guidance.
A dense roll of meet times and places for Coronado organizations including Lions, Kiwanis, Eagles, Masons, Odd Fellows, Job’s Daughters, and Veterans groups. Entries note venues such as Coronado Yacht Club, Library Park Clubhouse, Masonic Temple, and Hotel del Coronado, with many meetings set on monthly or weekly schedules.
Parish announcements list the 2:30 pm meeting time and Thursday gatherings for church auxiliaries and associations. Descriptions include women and auxiliary groups meeting in the Sacred Heart Parish hall and related church events.
City calendar shows weekly gatherings at Istnd Hall on Tuesdays and Fridays with sessions on the 3rd and 4th Tuesdays of each month. Information line provides contact Renee Hal for details and seating information.
Coronado Unified School District Board of Education will meet at 8:00 in Coronado High School Auditorium to hear reports and discuss district matters.
A jumble of overheard lines from a Floridan scene reveals an elevator girl apologizing for a abrupt stop and a disgruntled passenger retorting I always wear my... The wifey confesses folly in marriage while the husband notes fascination. The dialogue includes jokes about insurance misfortunes and a wife who ran off with another.
A rural lass lives by routine farming and Sundays in prayer while planning a life with a tall fiancé. A country man boasts his rifle skill as they joke about future roles in town and office life as they stand beneath mistletoe.
A humorous dialogue has a customer requesting rat poison and the clerk asking if it will be taken away. The customer replies that he will not take it but will send the rats over after it.
A terse remark dismisses the idea that a neckerchief signals the head of a sorority house. The exchange suggests skepticism about informal symbols defining leadership roles within campus groups.
A professor asks for morons to stand, prompting one student to rise. The student defends himself by saying he dislikes seeing the professor standing alone, provoking a tense exchange in the classroom.
A returning Marine in Alabama attempted to train a pet monkey to pick fruit cheaply and sought a bank loan to buy and train more. The village banker warned the plan was risky and that trained monkeys would be freed by Yankees if discovered.
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