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Newspaper
Coronado Compass
Location
Coronado, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1948
Page
2
The season embraces varied figures with fuller skirts and bodice details for all shapes. Bengaline suits gain year round wear, crisp fabrics signal fall, and crayon colors like red blue and green update street and evening styles from floor to eight inches above.
Mrs Mary Sunday of San Diego will speak at the Coronado Women's Club meeting at 1:30 p.m. today in Christchurch parish hall. She formerly worked with the Los Angeles board of education and runs an arts and crafts shop in San Diego. Tea hosts and organizers are named, with presiding tea table workers listed.
Adm and Mrs Ingram will attend the wedding of their son William Thomas Ingram to Miss Cecil OBrien in Louisville Kentucky at St Agnes Church. The ceremony is set for 11 am October 16 with Adm Ingram as best man and Lt Col IL C Hays USMC as usher. A reception follows at Shady Side Farm. The Ingrams will visit relatives in Jeffersonville Indiana and join Col and Mrs Hays there after their trip from Rio de Janeiro.
The Coronado Chapter of Eastern Star marks its anniversary with an 8 pm ceremony at the Masonic Temple. Past matrons and patrons will preside, with new member initiates and a dinner for members and families preceding the event. Reservations led by Mrs. Frank Ahrs close at 6 pm Thursday.
Rear Adm and Mrs Bernard H Bieri hosted a dinner Wednesday evening at Air Station quarters. Guests included Brig Gen Gilder D Jackson Jr USMC ret and Mrs Jackson Adm R H Jackson USN ret Rear Adm E P Forrestal USN and Mrs Forrester Capt Lester Rice USN and Mrs Rice and Mrs Allen Cockrell.
Lt Conndr and Mrs M D Morton and their son Douglas arrive as newcomers from San Francisco and now reside at 707 Orange Avenue.
Christopher Quartly entertained five guests for dinner and games at his parents home Mr and Mrs Eric Quartly to celebrate his twelfth birthday anniversary.
Chief of Police J. W. Jordan and Mrs. Jordan will note their twentieth wedding anniversary next Monday. No special celebration has been planned. Visiting at the Jordan home is Mrs. Jordan. Mr. Brown visited his ill mother Mrs A M Brown and spoke with his sisters.
The Christ Episcopal Church auxiliary organizes a bazaar from 9 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. Thursday October 14 in a Townsend car lot tent next to Free Brothers market. Items include new and used goods garden items toys and kitchen equipment with coordinators for each table and helper staff.
An Eve ning Forum lecture urges renewal of youth and faith through a San Diego Goodwill Industries doll show. The placid dolls of many nations symbolize hope for kinder, peaceful future. Pet peeves include phrases like own your own home and application applied for. Felix the cat remains off the column despite clever antics. Autumn weather recalls giving winter clothes to England recipients.
The Navy Relief Carnival at Naval Air Station runs Oct 14 15 16 with nightly stage show music and dancing free booths various concessions miniature rides a nursery first aid lost and found parcel check and ample free parking hours 6 p.m. to midnight 12 a.m. on Thu Fri and 2 p.m. to midnight Saturday.
A shopper’s note highlights half price woolens at Oriental Arts 1206 Orange Avenue and catalogues bargain Catalina Woven Fiber Seat Covers at Western Auto 988 Orange Avenue. Nobby Bootery at 1158 Orange Avenue advertises post card offers while Lamp Shop 1119 Orange Avenue touts a fall clearance with 25 to 50 percent cuts.
A new Red Onion Cafe at 965 Orange Avenue advertises French Dip Sandwiches and daily hours from noon to 2 AM. The piece also promotes a Beauty Salon window at 878 Orange Avenue and a Coronado Department Store infant department offering outfits and winter wear. Additional ads invite visitors to Hotel Del events, a dancing venue in the Circus Room, and gift items from the Coronado Gift Shop with prices from $1.25 to $3.29.
At the Hobby Shop 100914 MCA Avenue shoppers find American Flyer electric trains with all accessories and remote control switches. A pink and white musical cradle plays a lullaby as it rocks, priced at 6.50 with Capt Hatch's lay away plan for Christmas.
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