Annual City Employees Ball Lights Up Coronado Night
An estimated 750 attendees gather at the Hotel del Coronado Circus Room from 8 p m to 1 a m for the City Employees Ball raised by the Association of City Employees. A 10 p m floorshow features Sammy Jackson and the Arthur Murray Studio team with Master of Ceremonies Captain Ajax Gray USN ret. Charles Fitzpatrick leads a 12 piece orchestra, and a Lemon Dance prize adds a surprise finale.
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Hotel del Coronado
Association of
City Employees
Sammy Jackson
San Diego
Arthur Murray Studio
Jeannette Trottie
Alfred Hennings
Ajax Gray
USN
Charles Fitzpatrick
Net
Eos
Patrolman
Coronado Paper Drive Aims for Youth Club Funds
Local paper notes Pop Millar urges Coronadans to set out papers by Friday night so volunteers can collect early Saturday. All proceeds from the drive go to the Youth Club of Coronado.
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Pop” Millar
Chief Jordan Attends Police Convention
Chief J W Jordan represents the Coronado Police Department at the California Peace Officers Convention in Hobergs Lake County California. He is expected to return to Coronado later this week.
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J. W. Jordan
Coronado
Former Coronado City Manager E A Ingham Attends Convention
E A Ingham former Coronado City Manager and 1933 34 Coronado Rotary president attends the City Managers Convention at Hotel del Coronado this week. He led Coronado from 1928 to 1937 later guiding Glendale 1937 to 1945 and has since been Alhambra city manager.
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E. A. Ingham
Coronado
Schools Closed Tomorrow for Teachers Institute
Coronado schools will be closed Friday October 10 for the first all day Teachers Institute. Held in San Diego the event is called by the City Superintendent of Schools. All teachers of the county outside San Diego city will attend.
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Coronado
Teachers’ Institute
San Diego
San Diego City
Coronado High Prepares to Face Oceanside in opener
Coronado High School opens its varsity football season with a road game at Oceanside tomorrow night. The Islanders hope to rebound after a 27-0 home loss to El Centro, unable to penetrate the Spartan defense.
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Oceanside
Islanders
el Centro
Coronado
Irwin Re elected Chairman of San Diego Philharmonic Committee
Mrs James Alexander Irwin of 810 Glorietta Boulevard was re elected General Chairman of the San Diego Woman s Philharmonic Committee at the annual business meeting. Officers include Mrs Walter Wilson Crosby as Vice President and Mrs George Burnham Mrs G Aubrey Davidson as Vice Chairs.
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James A. Irwin
Philharmonic Group
James Alexander Irwin
Glorietta Boulevard
San Diego
Woman’s Philharmonic
Nual
Walter Wilson Crosby
el Cordova Hotel
George Burnham
G. Aubrey Davidson
Lorenzo W. Barney
Guilford H. Whitney
John M. Ward
Albert E. Scott
Lorenzo Barney
Ira C. Copley
W. W. Crosby
Morrison Hopkins
Hugo Klauber
Laurence Klauber
I. Norman Lawson
E. Clarence Moore
Homer C. Oatman
Lionel Ridout
Mrs Frederick Nelson To Address Coronado Kiwanis Today
Mrs Frederick Nelson wife of Capt Nelson USN and Coronado School Board member will speak on China at the La Avenida Restaurant at 12 15 noon Introduced by Kiwanian H C Segebart The club also recalls Lt Comdr Chuck Denham introducing Commander W G Winslow USN who described his wartime experiences as a Japanese prisoner with humor and insight The Kiwanis club continues to add new members as Coronado men join in service and weekly meetings
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Frederick Nelson
Capt. Nelson
U.S.N
Coronado
Kiwanis Club of
la Avenida
Nelson
China
Kiwanian
H. C. Segebart
Kiwanis Club
Chuck Denham
W. G. Winslow
Comdr. Winslow
Kiwanis
New Village Hardware Store Opens In Coronado
Coronado welcomes the New Village Hardware Store at 826 Orange Avenue as owner Gordon Finwall brings twenty years in hardware and Sears experience. He and his wife have purchased a home at 320 D Avenue with two children attending local schools.
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New Village Hardware
Coronado
Orange Avenue
Gordon Finwall
Mr. Finwall
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Sears
San Diego
Sears Roebuck
Oakland
Coronado Hosts International City Managers Convention
Mayor Archibald Abel and City Manager Howard Fuller welcomed almost 300 delegates to the 33rd annual International City Managers Association conference at the Hotel del Coronado. Governor Earl Warren praised the city manager system and urged support for food conservation, noting the needs of women and children overseas. Delegates from Canada and Puerto Rico attended, with Mrs. Felisa Ricon de Gautier of San Juan as the conference's only woman city manager, and Cors all praised Coronado.
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Archibald Abel
Howard Fuller
International City Managers Association
Hotel del Coronado
Earl Warren
California
Canada
Puerto Rico
Conference
Felisa Ricon de Gautier
San Juan
Customs Collector Addresses Coronado Rotary Club
Robert Noonan, Collector of U S Customs for San Diego and Imperial Counties, spoke to the Coronado Rotary Club at the Hotel del Coronado about the early history of the U S Customs Service. He noted tariffs funded over half the federal government in its first century and explained the move from state tariffs to a federal system.
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Coronado
Rotary Club
Robert Noonan
U. S
San Diego
Imperial Counties
U. S. Customs Service
Clyde Bowman
Customs Service
Europe
Coronado Community Chest Drive Kickoff Luncheon Planned
Coronado prepares for an October 17 luncheon at the Commissioned Officers Mess North Island to launch the Community Chest drive targeting a $11 000 goal. Local branch budgets for five youth organizations are included to streamline fundraising for residents. Team captains are asked to confirm attendance by October 15.
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Coronado
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Campfire Girls
Y.W.C.A
Y.M.C.A
C. W. Hutton
North Island
Vallely Lecture Series to Begin in La Jolla Saturday
Mrs Lolita Baker Vallely opens the Vallely Lecture Series in La Jolla with an afternoon talk on the Marshall Plan universal military training and tax reduction She will repeat the talk Monday at 11 am at the San Diego Woman's Clubhouse Readings include The European Cocktail and other titles by Chamberlain Isaacs Costain Shellabarger Duncan and O'Dell among others
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Lolita Baker Vallely
San Diego
William Henry Chamberlain
Ruth
Leonard Greenup
Clark Lee
Asia
Harold R. Isaacs
Edmund Taylor
Edward J. Flynn
Irving Stone
Linden
Saugus
Elliott Paul
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Pop’ Millar
Chief Jordan
Coronado High School
Oceanside High School
Coronado Eleven
8 Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Compass Rental Library
Compass Book
Henley
Coronado Kiwanis
C. A. Harrell
C.M
Norfolk, Va
Community Chest Drive
Elizabeth Taylor
George Murphy
Mary Astor
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