Lee Week Celebrations Featured Yard Games And Picnic
San Marino families celebrated Joseph Lee Week with a Play picnic at Lacy Park on Friday July 29. Kids and adults competed in sack races and three legged races across grades with numerous winners in each division. The lively events concluded with a community picnic supper.
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Joseph Lee
San Marino
Lacy Park
Tors
Berry Angles
Bill Avans
Tommy Brocknow
Sammy Couch
Patty Hallinen
Diana Wilson
Della Claire Fuller
Janet Cranston
Gerald Whitney
Frederick Toland
Cosbey Watson
Billy Diehl
Sara Self
Gordon Brownlee
John Coughlin
John Areus
Fred Toland
Johnny Hallinen
Clayton Hollowpeter
Anita Francis
Catherine Eggleston
Sam Self
Clayton Hallowpeter
Douglas Cunningham
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Rotary Club hears Miracles of New Japan speaker
Rev Stewart P McClennan addressed the Rotary Club on the Miracle of New Japan at Pierre's. D D Gordon introduced the guest a world traveler who recently visited Japan and interviewed Gen Douglas MacArthur and Nazakia the communist leader.
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New Japan
Stewart P. McClennan
Pierre’s
D. Gordon
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Nazakia
McClennan
First Presbyterian Church of
Hollywood
Police and Fire Pension Commission
Pilgrimage Play Foundation
Wilco ‘3 Travel Agency
Beverly
Fly nuisance discussed by Coffee Clubbers at Joy's Inn
The Friday Morning Coffee Club meets tomorrow at Joy's Inn San Marino to consider a fly abatement program. Members note mosquitoes breeding in parts of the city and debate backyard pools as a factor while suggesting active water sources as breeding sites. John McDonald to report on Christmas decorations or the business district.
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San Marino
Joy’s Inn
John McDonald
City Awards Township Building Contracts
At an adjourned City Council meeting Video Kovacevich was awarded two street-building contracts totaling 41 500. The Wilson avenue regrading and repaving job will cost 15 670. West bid of six bids. California street project with Kovacevich low bid 25 965 covers regrading new curbs and gutters and new surfacing from Santa Anita avenue West to the city line work on both projects to begin at once.
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Video Kovacevich
Wilson Avenue
California
Swacevich
Santa Anita Avenue
Ork
Stubbornness on the Drive and Local Notes
A collage of sayings and observations on extremes in behavior. Mentions Bridges Lewis and a humorous quote about stenographers. Notices celebrate Elmer’s County Board appointment and Arcadia supervisor context. Includes a playful dialogue between a grownup and a child at a fountain grill.
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Elmer
County Board of Education
Arcadia
Smith
Jessup
Faries in Washington to Attend GOP Meet
What happens in Washington today will be of paramount importance to all Republicans. San Marino will have a representative in the front rank to participate in the proceedings. He is McIntyre Faries of Ridgeway Road, national committeeman from this state. The selection of a successor to Rep. Hugh Scott as the business head of the GOP is being made today, and in that person's hands rests the future of the party.
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Washington
San Marino
McIntyre Faries
Ridgeway Road
Hugh Scott
GOP
Kiwanis San Marino Luncheon With Advertising Expert
Kiwanis San Marino members held their Tuesday luncheon at Harry Raymond's. President Jack W. Stevens presided as Capt. L. A. Odlin introduced speaker W. G. Ingraham of Pasadena, an advertising executive, who discussed how to evaluate advertising and its results, with a film demonstration. Next week the club will visit South Pasadena Kiwanians.
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San Marino
Neher Named To County Board of Education
Elmer C. Neher superintendent of San Marino schools was named to the County Board of Education after the board approved the annual budget. He presented credentials to the County Superintendent and prepared to depart for Honolulu on a vacation as discussions noted his possible replacement of Drummond J. McCann.
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Neher
County Board of Education
Elmer C. Neher
San Marino
Mrs. Neher
Honolulu
Drummond J. McCann
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Double Trouble For Two Year Olds
Two 2 year old twins at the Armene Hovey home on Lombardy road tasted a toadstool in the backyard. They were rushed to City Emergency Hospital but are home and well, with plans to avoid similar adventures at mealtime.
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Peter
Lee
Armene Hovey
Lombardy Road
City
Mary Ann Locher Collides With Police Chief
Mary Ann Locher, 13, of 445 Winthrop Road, rode her bicycle up Mission Street and struck a police car carrying the South Pasadena Police Chief. The Chief noted the bike was in need of repair and advised Mary Ann to keep her eyes on the road.
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Mary Ann Locher
Winthrop Road
Mission Street
South Pasadena
Mary Ann
Two Young Men Rescued After Desert Ordeal Near Twenty Nine Palms
Daniel K. Hiskey and Ronald Hanson were stranded after their car bogged in sand. After three days in 110 degree heat they survived on limited water and found shelter at the Old Creole Mine. Rescuers tracked them to Yucca Valley Center where they were treated.
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Daniel K. Hiskey
Devonport Road
Ronald Hanson
la Crescenta
Hiskey
Twenty-nine
Palms
Desert
Creole
Kendall Stone
James Miller
Yucca Valley Center
Hoover Enshrined as Martyr of Time and Perseverance
A reflective verse lauds Herbert Hoover for steadfast service during hardship, noting future recognition by history. It praises his rescue of millions and sacrifices under scorn, asserting time will honor his enduring course and impact on Columbia's sons.
Hoover Seventieth Birthday Tribute and a Prophecy
On Hoover's seventy fifth birthday a coast to coast address prompts praise as memories of 1932 resurface. The article recalls Frank Collins who predicted Hoover would be hailed as great, recounting a poem he wrote and Hoover's later autograph.
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Herbert Hoover
America
Frank Collins
the Tribune
Mr. Hoover
Collins
Huntington Library
Hoover
Know Your City History Lesson San Marino name and early growth
The San Marino history piece explains naming after the Republic of San Marino and notes key figures in the incorporation movement led by Huntington Patton Lacy Hertrich Valentine Hart Groenendyke. It cites an 1929 tunnel discovery and a rumored treasure tied to a wall marked Charles Beaty, with no proven theory.
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San Marino
Henry E. Huntington
George S. Patton
Richard H. Lacy
William Hertrich
William M. Valentine
Edwin G. Hart
Edward H. Groenendyke
Charles Beaty
No Opposition To School Budget
The San Marino board of trustees held a routine public budget hearing with no residents attending. The $497,507 plan rises about $15,000 from last year, driven by higher salaries and maintenance though offset by reduced capital outlay. A bond-issue resolution is planned for August 29 with a vote in October.
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San Marino
C. C. Trillingham
Lions Keynoted By McKesson At Convention
Judge William B. McKesson of 2128 Adair Street delivered the nominating speech at a Madison Square Garden convention. A California Nevada delegation member, he addressed Key Members and was praised for his speech. McKesson spoke in Salt Lake City and is expected to run for district governor next convention.
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McKesson
Madison Square Garden
William B. McKesson
Adair Street
Lions
Madi Bert Hargrove
Fresno
Board of International Directors
California- Nevada
Superior Court
Lions International
Salt Lake City
New York
Eer
Zon
Los Angeles
Gover
Relative confusion at South Pasadena parade
Barbara Weed of SPSMHS mislaid her purse after a costume parade when the green coupe in the first row was suddenly in the second row. Readers are urged to check the Lost and Found in the classifieds for her missing purse.
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Barbara Weed
Spsmhs
South Pasadena
Secon
Grube Family Mourns Loss of San Marino Mail Carrier
Forrest Bud Grube longtime San Marino mail carrier in the business district died Tuesday at noon due to the sudden death of his father. The Grube family notified local authorities and neighbors express condolences as services are planned.
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Forrest “Bud” Grube
San Marino
High School Faculty Salaries Near Top In So. California
The South Pasadena-San Marino High School District paid high teacher salaries per pupil in 1947-48, rivaled only by Beverly Hills and El Segundo. The district also shows rising costs per pupil and higher average daily attendance, with state support and property tax increases cited by the California Taxpayers Association.
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South Pasadena
San Marino
Beverly Hills
el Segundo
California Taxpayers Asso
E Segundo
Association
el Seguro
South Pasadena-San Marino
Taxpayers’ Association
Demand For Sewers Grows As Residents Discuss Plan
At a Southeast Sewer District meeting city engineers heard three views on how to assess sewer costs. Supporters of square footage argued for proportional charges. others favored a flat per-lot fee of 322 dollars. a third group remained undecided. A follow up meeting is planned in two weeks to seek a compromise and Council action in September is anticipated.
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Citizens-For-Sewers Committee
Legal Opinion Awaited on Delmar Field
City Council awaits a legal opinion from its attorney on whether the Recreation Commission may erect a hardball diamond on Del Mar school property. The cleared lot remains idle amid protests from neighboring owners. A San Gabriel ruling citing schools as civic centers may support the commission as a character-building group. The opinion is expected at the August 10 council meeting.
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Recreation Commission
del Mar
San Gabriel
PTA
San Marino Building Permits Show July Uptick
For the first time in three months new construction in San Marino rises. July permits value new residences at 251 960 and total permits at 331 613. June figures show 138 500 for new residences and 267 819 50 total.
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San Marino
Postal Receipts Show Increase for July
Postal receipts for July total $7807.46 up 9 percent from July 1948. Gains came from stations 4 and 14 each rising over 25 percent. The San Marino branch saw a slight decline in receipts.
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San Marino
Hoover to celebrate 75th birthday at Stanford
Former President Herbert Hoover will celebrate his 75th birthday August 10 in Palo Alto. Allan H Hoover and Herbert C Hoover of San Marino will attend with their families. Hoover will deliver a speech in Frost Amphitheatre at Stanford University, broadcast coast to coast.
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Herbert Hoover
Palo Alto
Allan H
Herbert C
San Marino
Frost Amphitheater
Stanford University
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Faries
Kiwanis
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Mary
Law
Columbia
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Italy
James Shorb
Maryland
Mediterranean Republic
Grube
Southern
Delmar Field
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