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Newspaper
Coronado Compass
Location
Coronado, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1948
Page
1
A large Dewey and Warren sign now graces the Winchester Building at Orange and Loma Avenues opposite First National. Coronado's fall bowling season opens September 14, per Association President Jenkins.
Milburn Myers relocates to a new building at 1307 Orange Avenue rear of former site. The Fuller Brush Man comedy plays at Coronado Theatre with Red Skelton as hero. A P store and Coronado Home Bakery expand their quarters. Junior Horse Show contestants are guests at the City Manager’s Dance at Memorial Youth Center.
Capt. and Mrs. Lowell T. Stone and their sons Perry and Billy, formerly of Salt Lake City, have relocated from 536 J Avenue to 1874 Third Street. Also listed is Raymond E. B. Lambert, USN, his wife, Mrs. Lambert, and their son Robert Eugene, moving from Kansas City.
Dr. James Vernetti chairman of arrangements for the 2030 Club sponsored event says the Coronado Hotel del Coro nados Circus Room will host the benefits dance next Friday evening with choice professional entertainment to enhance the festivities.
A brief excursion invites readers to inspect the Silver Strand ranch premises five miles from town before next Tuesday’s special election. The activity aims to inform voters about local site-related issues and potential impacts ahead of the vote.
The Compass reports a flood of new subscriptions over the past weeks and says an application has been filed with the Postal Department for a Second-class mailing status.
The Third Annual Firemen's and Police Ball was approved for October 22 at the Hotel del Coronado. Proceeds go to union needs, with Sgt. Ted Brandes leading a committee seeking photos or engravings of Coronado scenes to decorate dance souvenirs.
New improvements brighten the Coronado Chamber of Commerce quarters in Crown Circle. Secretary Grace Cahill announced additions including a customer counter from W. F. Bechtel and a donated Coronado 1918 picture by W. C. Harland.
Readers in Coronado weigh a proposed $175 000 Hog Ranch land purchase to replace the city dump east of Otay. Proponents cite $4 000 yearly savings. critics warn the bond interest and development costs negate any benefit and liken it to the failing hogs investment. Continued on Page 4.
City officials join The Coronade Compass urging Coronado voters to tour the Silver Strand ranch property before the upcoming election to see it for themselves.
City officials submit to the County Board of Supervisors a plea for support of a plan to fold the San Diego and Coronado ferry into the county highway system. Mayor George F. Neal may seek county stance while protests push against ferry rate hikes.
Professional entertainers join the Coronado Hospital benefit dance at the Hotel del Coronado Circus Room. James Vernetti and Mike Narann announce 150 tickets purchased as of now with many more expected at the door. Bill Perry's orchestra will play for the event.
The Rev. J M Lax assistant pastor at the Christ Episcopal Church will speak to Rotarians at their weekly Hotel del Coronado luncheon today.
The Planning Commission approved the tentative subdivision map for the Coronado Country Club area submitted by Nordblom Fisher Miller interests and referred it to the City Council for concurrent approval. The panel also held its first public hearing on a citywide zoning ordinance and map aimed at codifying Coronado’s regulations, with a second hearing set for Sept 20 and a large turnout anticipated prompting a likely move to the Gold Room.
City council agrees to renew the land lease for the Coronado Homes and Erie Housing Projects for an added year starting September 28, with intent to revert ownership to the City of Coronado Spreckels Company and the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway by January 6, 1950 under the Lanham Act. The commission invites Coronado Unified School District board members to discuss school property matters at the next meeting.
A long running Coronado youth center faces underuse after repairs and partial city office occupancy. High school leaders push for a true youth club with local support, while strict pass out rules deter evening use. Recreation Director defends orderly discipline.
Coronado Unified Schools opened with 1462 students, 66 more than last year. Thirteen new teachers from five states and northern California joined veterans, teaching kindergarten through fifth grade across elementary, junior high, and Glorietta schools.
Capt. H. G. Wallace former Coronado mayor and councilman outlines Coronado water rights from three sources the Otay Barrett Morena system and local wells. He notes the 1912 court decision granting Coronado a perpetual right to a set water share and explains implications for joining or leaving the County Water Authority.
The Coronado Compass announces a permanent schedule change to publish on Wednesdays and Fridays each week. The staff says the Labor Day weekend pause inspired the shift and readers will enjoy quieter Sundays away from the printshop.
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