Coronado approves subdivision plan for country club site
Coronado City Council approved tentative subdivision plans for the Coronado Country Club area amid a review of sewage line rights. Mayor Neal named Col. J. D. et al to survey lines and report in weeks. The council also approved a one year lease with the State for a three mile ocean front tide land area retroactive to June.
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Coronado Country Club
George F. Neal
Col. J. D. Et
Nordblo A- Fisher-Miller
Sprceless Company
Ocean Front Tidelande
Pad Ya
Ocean Beach
Civil Service Commission
Glen Bees City Crs
Sama ‘California
Ard Sia
Long Beach
Une
Coronado
Jordan recovers to return to police work
Patrolman J W Jordan resumes duties after illness recovery. Doctors Charles Latham and Merrill Duncan return from summer courses in Colorado.
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Charles Latham
Merrill Duncan
Colorado
Coronado Rotary Luncheon Hosts Green Wave Football Team
Coronado High School's Green Wave football players and Head Coach Hal Niedermeyer will attend today’s Cenorado Rotary Club luncheon. Also noted are anniversaries for Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Sewell and visiting guests from Chicago Miss Evelyn Kepsche and Miss Ruth Kenny staying with Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Anthony. Alice and Ellen Simpson return to Omaha after visiting their grandmother in Coronado.
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Chicago
Evelyn Kepsche
Ruth Kenny
Kenneth Anthony
Orange Avenue
Arthur J. Collier
Sixth Street
Alice
Ellen Simpson
Omaha
Neb
Coronado
Collier
Daugher
B. Simpson
Christen Sunday at Christ Episcopal Church
Pamela Jane six months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Sunday was christened Sunday at Christ Episcopal church. Nine Coronado 20 80 club members and their wives attend the Catalina Island five day convention where International organization officers will be elected. Dr Rodney Hilbert is unopposed for the presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pamela Jane
Mrs. Ray
Christ Episcopal Church
Coronado 20
Faculty Introductions Highlight Coronado PTA Meeting
The Coronado Schools PTA opens the year by introducing faculty members to parents. The 8 pm session Tuesday will be in the high school library with the theme Serve Your School. Monthly meetings follow on the second Tuesdays in the library.
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PTA
Parent-Teachers Association of
Coronado
Well known editor and writer visits Coronado from New York
Tony Beacon a famed New York and London editor arrives in Coronado for a few days to renew local acquaintances. Beacon has edited magazines in Shanghai New York London Dallas and Miami Beach and founded High Hatter and Etcetra. He plans a survey of resort hotel publicity on the Pacific Coast after a prior Florida survey.
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Tony Beacon
New York
London
Coronado
Beacon
Shanghai
Dallas
Miami Beach
High Hatter
Etcetra
New York Times
Valterance
Royal Canadian Army
Ottawa
U. S
Yank Magazine
Pacific
Florida
Coronado Approves Silver Strand Ranch Purchase for Growth
Coronado voters narrowly backed a $175,000 bond to buy the 231 acre Silver Strand ranch, ensuring elbow room for future growth. The final tally was 1212 yes to 441 no, with 1653 turnout from about 5400 registered voters. City officials say part of the land will be used to dispose of rubbish and planning will decide other uses. Rental funds from the Naval Amphibious Base will help pay the debt even if NAB is later sold to the Navy.
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Coronado
Silver Strand
George F. Neal
Neal
Howard Fuller
Silver Strand Highway
Planning Commission
Robert Nordblom
M. Bert Fisher
Miller
Coronado Country Club
Nordblom-Fisher-Miller
Ranch Ac
Seme
Elder
Naval Amphibious Base
Navy
Coronado Police Reserves View Los Angeles Training Films
Coronado Police Reserves watched Los Angeles Police Department training films at a Monday night meeting in the Bank of America assembly room. Chief J. W. Jordan presided and outlined training procedures marking his first official appearance since recovery from illness.
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Los Angeles Police
Coronado Ice Reserve Group
Bank of America
J. W. Jordan
Coronado Youth Club Fund Planned via Subscription Drive
The Coronado Compass announces a Youth Club Fund to finance a full activity program at Memorial Youth Center during the coming semesters. One dollar of every new two dollar annual subscription will be donated to the fund between now and October 2, with forty cents split to the Coronado High School Girls League or Boys Federation. A three-person advisory committee led by Mayor George F Neal will hold funds until a Youth Center Advisory Board is formed.
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Memorial Youth Center
Bill Amiés
State College
Coronado
Memorial
Coronado Compass
Compass
Compass Management
George F. Neal
Board of Education
John D. Schroeder
Chamber of Commerce
Coronado High School Girls’ League
Boys’ Federation
Girls League
Ann Harvey
Marcy Brooks
Girls’ League
Coronado Football Players to Attend Rotary Luncheon
The 1948 Coronado High School football team will be Rotary Club guests at a Hotel Coronado luncheon. Head Coach Hal Niedermeyer will introduce the players and discuss team makeup and the season's heavy schedule. Dr. Robert Plumb was inducted into the club in brief ceremonies led by Henry Weston and Thomas Blair.
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Coronado
Rotary Club
Hotel del Coronado
Elwin T. Anderson
Hal Niedermeyer
Robert Plumb
Henry Weston
Thomas Blair
Dr. Flumb
Rotary
Detroit
Missing naval attaché Capt Benjamin Custer reported
Former Coronadian and U S naval attaché Capt Benjamin Scott Custer of Coronado and Ottawa Canada was reported missing after a naval plane flight in northern Manitoba. Information reached his sister Mrs James Cone of Coronado. Custer had been stationed here about seven years ago.
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U. S
Benjamin Scott Custer
Coronado
United States
Ottawa
Canada
Manitoba
Sir Robert Stirling-Hamilton
Custer
James I
Cone
I Avenue
Mra
Coronado Riders Win First Junior Hunter Show
Coronado Riding arena hosted about 1000 for the Coronado Junior Hunter show with sponsors Capt. and Mrs. Steadman Teller, the Chamber of Commerce, and Hotel del Coronado. Ann Fullinwider won the girls’ championship and Champ Hough of San Diego the boys’ trophy amid a field of twenty four riders. Eddy ridden by Joan Scrymgeour swept hacks, while Gypsy Joy owned by Betty Ann Dow won the Hotel del Coronado Championship for Best Hunter. A four way tie for reserve was resolved in favor of Skibbereen. Advanced equitation honors went to Skip Hardy with 65 and Jackie Latham second, both in their first show appearances.
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Coronado
Capt
Mra. Steadman Teller
Chamber of Commerce
Hotel del Coronado
Ann Fullinwider
Champ Hough
San Diego
Hunter
Hack
Gypsy Joy
Jean Greenlee
Push Button
Rancho del Otay
Inder
Joan Scrymgeour
Bobbie Dorman
Miss Tiny
Robbie Dorman
Skip Hardy
Jackie Latham
Bill Rich
Bill Richted
Eddy
Honey
Elinor Greer
Vicky Jean Greenlee
Don—Polly Newman
Stranger
Catherine Spence
Skibbereen
Bobby Do
Craigwood Pack
Chanad Hough
Nashly
Betty Ann Dow
Ann Pullenwider
Yoyo—Virginia Blakely
Coronado Ferry Rate Increases Take Effect
Rates for the Coronado to San Diego ferry rose after a Public Utilities Commission review. The base fare jumped five to ten cents with new ticket options and 60 ride books scrapped. Coronado residents urged county officials to consider incorporating the ferry into the county highway system due to dependency on the service.
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Forea
Coronado
San Diego
State Public Utilities Commission
Diego
Commission
Coronado Hospital Benefit Dance Draws Big Turnout
The first annual 20 30 club dance for Coronado hospital drew over 400 attendees at Hotel del Coronado. Sponsors counted strong social and financial gains with ticket sales by Joe Carney totaling 51 and door receipts aiding the hospital. Complete figures await Monday’s meeting as several committee members attend Catalina convention.
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Coronado Hospital
Hotel del Coronado
Catalina
Joe Carney
Mike Napolitano
Coronado Chamber Adds Three Businesses to Roster
The Coronado Chamber of Commerce announced three new members this week. The Coronado Club at 707 Orange Avenue joins with Coronado and Village Theatres, owned by Burt Kramer, and the Coronado Club membership is listed for Mr and Mrs Wellington Stewart.
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Coronado Chamber of Commerce
John D. Schroeder
Coronado Club
Orange Avenue
Coronado and
Village Theatres
Burt Kramer
Wellington Stewart
Coronado Police and Court Win Statewide Recognition
A letter to Mayor George F. Neal from Leonard A. Worthington of the Lawyers Club of San Francisco commends Coronado’s Police Department and City Court for their handling of traffic violations and minor crimes. Worthington notes the judge E S Wattawa and officers’ courteous, effective enforcement as a model studied for a report to the State Bar of California.
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Coronado
George F. Neal
Leonard A. Worthington
Lawyers Club of 8, Frantisco Co
City Hall
California
Neal
E. S. Wattawa
Lawyers Club of
San Francisco
Governor's Crime Commission
State Bar of California
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Fesseen
OK Ranch Purchase
Council
Deadline
Jordan
Coronado High School
Green Wave
Cenonado Rotary Club
R. B. Sewell
Mr. Sewell
H. R. Rose
Charles H. Soderberg
Adm
Pres
Shelby “Pop” Millar
W. W. Harvey
Thomas Stacy
Joseph Roberts
Richard Watkins
W. T. Vandiver
Edythe Galbraith
Coronado Police
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Recincts
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