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IY EARLY WHILE OCKS ARE COMPLETE!5 Cents on NewsstandsApplication for Entry As Second-Class Matter Is PendlnfSubscription, $2.00 Yearlymunity NewspaperWEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1,19489m,AgingJohntiredfor*vhenprior r his3oro-said, bout and sung , es-fhichlend,dnd-will Cor'd to Mrs.nan-unty : on the sting ido.iown out-b ac-•d A. unty uced fiair-Former Spreckels PropertyDevelopment ‘to Be Shared’Coronado Realtors ToldFormer Coronadan Killed in PlaneCrash in SpainSpanish press dispatches reported yesterday that a plane carrying four persona, including a former Coronado woman, her husband and child, was found wrecked on a hillside at Pelayo, between Algeciras and Tarifa, in Spain, with all aboard said to be killed.Aboard the plane, missing for over a week, were Comdr. Wendell H. Froling, enroute to duty as executive officer of the U.S. Naval Air Station, Port Lyautey, Morocco; his wife, the former Catherin Kohlhoff of Coronado, their small child, and Lt. Bush H. Hart, Pawn,Georgia. The Frolings have resided at Lubeck, Maine, for several years.Wreckage of the plane, which had left the Gibraltar airport bound for Africa, was located by Spanish troops in the hills of southern Spain, according to Ma-drld pre« dispatch., recelvccf herajj,^ ^ mmd ,100O(MO| ^ yesterday niter noon, Tne craft AtAll Coronado realtors and their staffs were invited this week to share in the development of all the former Spreckels property recently purchased in Coronado by the Fisher-Miller-Nordblom interests. This was the highlight revealed Monday noon at a luncheon tendered to some 25 members of the Coronado Realty Board at the El Cordova, by M. Bert Fisher, Los Angeles co-owner of the extensive acreage to be developed here early next year, along with Herman Miller also of Los Angeles, and Robert A. Nordblom, New York and Boston financier.Following his introduction by Nathaniel Gardner, realty board president, Fisher in turn introduced his son-in-law, Victor Selton, and Paul Miller, son of his associate, Mr. Miller. Fisher said that Selton and young Miller will be the resident managers of the Coronado Development Company, which will serve as a “clearing house” for allCoronado property sales, initiated by Coronado realtors and their salesmen.Fisher’s remarks at Monday’s realtors’ luncheon included these other highlights;—§ 1—Sale of 113 large lota in the present country club area, to be known as “Country Club Estates” will begin within a few weeks, possibly before the end of this year. If current negotiations with the Navy are successful regarding the proposed exchange of 27 acres, initial work on the new country club and clubhouse, estimated tofirst was believed to have dropped into the sea on the short overwater hop from Gibraltar to Morocco, since an oil slick had been found in that area by British searching vessels.Coronado Naval Officer Awarded Legion of MeritComdr. E. J. MacGregor of Coronado, was presented the Legion of Merit award by Rear Adra. L. T.DuBose, commanding the First Task Fleet, in recent ceremonies held in the bay aboard the U.S.S. Curtiss, fleet flagship.Comdr. MacGregor already has been awarded the Navy Cross, the British Distinguished Cross and many others, for his impressive war record as commander of several submarines on patrols in enemy waters. His great grand-uncle was Rear Adm. J. L. Worden, USN, who commanded the U.S;S. Monitor in its historic battle with the Confederate navy’s ‘‘Merrimac” during the Civil War.Comdr. MacGregor is now serving as assistant operation and submarine officer of Adm. DuBose’s staff. He resides with his wife, Frances Ruth MacGregor at 505 1 Pomona Avenue.irge ConventionsmmmmImmmlikewise be started early next year.2—20 large-size lots running front First Street to tile will also be for sale thro Coronado realty brokers imm ately,. under the name of “Bay View Estates.” Simultaneously, ocean frontage lots on the strand opposite the City-acquired ranch acreage will be put on the market Immediately, with “offers entertained on the whole project in bulk, one-half or one-quarter or in any parcels of the estimated 7500 feet in this beach property.”3—The 2500 feet of -beach property located immqfliately south of Hotel del Coronado, with an R-3 zone, on the former site of Tent City is also now on the market, through Coronado realty brokers, and open to all offers.”4—“Adverse rumors regarding the proposed Coronado Beach Hotel plans are without foundation. We are doing everything tn our power to expedite the building of this hotel which we hope will be started by the summer of 1949. We have been revising our plans for the hotel’s interior somewhat, in order to accomodate larger convention groups, with Architect Paul R. Williams and his staff changing these plans now. The original size planned for the hotel—to contain 260 rooms and 20 cottages—remains the same. The hotel project, I can assure you, will be built.”Fisher said that ilready over 50 national organizations have inquired regarding convention space available in the proposed Coronado Beach Hotel, which were contributing factors in the decision to add extra space for large-sized gatherings. He also made clear that the hotel construction would be financed without any public bond or stock offering of any manner.5 — The Coronado Development Company, to be represented locally by Selton and Paul Miller, will shortly open either their own office here or share space with(Continued on page 5)Community Chest Collections Total $10,626.39 to DateA total of 310,626.39 in Community Chest funds has been collected up of yesterday, as final figures were still being tabulated as an aftermath of the 1948-49 two-weeks campaign concluded last Sunday.Mrs. Curtis' Hutton, general chairman, said the partial figure represents a little under two-thirds of the total goal of 316,874.56, sought by Chest leaders for next year’s operations and expenses, including a 35,000 X-ray machine for the Coronado Hospital.Final Chest figures will not be announced until confirmation is received from Naval Air Station authorities regarding the recent request made by Coronado Cheat officials that this community receive an equitable share of Chest donations made by naval personnel at North Island, since numerous naval families and civilian employees Veside here, Mrs. Hutton said.c.f/V-
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Coronado Compass
Coronado, California, US
Wed, Dec 01, 1948
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