San Marino Mourns Captain Mee in Bomber Crash
Captain George L. Mee Jr., 26, executive officer of the 73rd squadron, died July 19 when a four engine bomber crashed in the Central Pacific while ferrying to the South Pacific. He was born in El Paso and lived in San Marino after moving from Wilcox Arizona. Memorial services at Palm Springs Army Air Base set for Sunday.
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San Marino
Central Pacific
George L. Mee Jr
George L. Mee
el Molino Avenue
Palm Springs
Palm Springs Army Air Base
South Pacific
Mee
Army Air Corps
el Paso
Mees
Wilcox
Ariz
el Molino
George
Southwestern Military Academy
Huntington School
San Marino War Loan Drive Surpasses Quota by Wide Margin
A San Marino audit shows Fifth War Loan sales total of 2,191,673 against a 1,900,000 quota. Individual sales reached 1,197,673 with a 47,673 surplus. corporate purchases 995,000, 244,000 over target. Committee chairman John Barton lauds broad civic cooperation and lists district canvass leaders and volunteers across local clubs and the city hall.
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Merle Scott
San Marino
Treasury
the Tribune
John Barton
Mrs. H P Etter Dies After Illness in San Marino
Mrs. Harold P Etter a San Marino civic leader and charter San Marino Garden Club member died after a months long illness. She leaves husband Harold P Etter and three children David Betty and Robert. Services were held at the Wee Kirk of the Heather with interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
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Harold P. Etter
San Marino
San Mari Garden Club
Etter
Stoneman and
Henry E His
South Pasadena-San Marino
Harod P. Eller
David
South Pasadna-San Marino
Betty
Rnior High School
Robert
Huntington School
Poneval
Forest Tasen Memorial Park
San Marino Red Cross Camp Receives Donated Furniture
The American Red Cross San Marino branch reports furniture donations from San Marino residents after the local camp closed. The drive continues as volunteers organize remaining supplies and distribute items to those in need.
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American Red Cross Wetts
San Marino
Sharman
Pakadena
Ptatch
Mrough
Ashe
Pete
Oo Anita
Red Cross
Daevane
Young Republicans Hear Anderson State GOP Leader
Pasadena-San Gabriel Valley Young Republicans held a reorganizational meeting at Huntington Hotel. California GOP head Anderson from San Marino spoke and announced the Young Republican Convention set for August 20 in Los Angeles.
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Pasadena-San Gabriel Valley
Young Republicans Club
San
Huntington Atel
Anderson
California
GOP
San Marino
Gattin Nlans
Aes
Wilton Se-Martin
San Ma Tins
Organicvational Committee
Rolf. Holkestad
Wallace Bassit
Harold de Eet
Treasury Citations Honor 20 Bond Sales in Fifth War Loan Drive
Treasury awards 20 citations to San Marino retail workers for selling more than $300 in war bonds each during the Fifth War Loan drive. Named recipients include J B Francis, Bernar A Primeaux, and others across local shops and firms, with totals led by Marine Mission Market at $50,460 and Security-First National Bank at $22,450. Citations feature a blue V Minuteman emblem and are signed by David H. Fiscus and Henry Morgenthau Jr.
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Treasury Department
San Marino
David H. Fiscus
Fiscus
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Marine Mission Market
J. B. Francis
Bernar A. Primeaux
Notable Californians listed in Who's Who among students
Three San Marinans along with 188 Californians are named in the 1943-44 Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Robert Walter Thompson, Dorothea Jayne Scott, and Robert M. Fisk are profiled, detailing USC ties, naval service, campus leadership, and awards.
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San
Pasadena Junior College
Thompson
USC
Skull and Dagger
Delta Sigma Delta Fraternity
Trojan Knights
Sigma Sigma
Associated Students’ Senate
Scott
Roy Jay Scott
Lorain Road
Immaculate Heart College
Kappa Gamma Delta
Sodality of Our Lady
Eucharistic Union
Dramatic Study Club
Fisk
Navy
University of Southern California
C. E. Joslin
Sherwood Road
Knights
Payal Reserve
Naval Mistry
I Idshipiehwestern Univer
Rotary Joint Meeting With Pasadena Rotary
Rilea W. Doe of Oakland will address a joint San Marino and East Pasadena Rotary meeting at Eaton's Santa Anita at noon today. The former Oakland Rotary president and district governor heads Rotary International’s war to peace adjustment committee, bringing findings from months of study by international clubs and allied agencies.
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Rilea W. Doe
Oakland
San Marino
East Pasadena
Eaton
Santa Anita
Doe
Joy’s Inn
Rotary
John Valentine
Hollywood
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Los Angeles
Pacific
San Marino Flotilla joins USCG 154th birthday celebration
Reserve Flotilla No. 5 and United States Coast Guard Reserves with 65 members rostered took part in the USCG 154th birthday event at Los Angeles Long Beach harbor. Members serve 12 hours weekly with voluntary Port Security duties, freeing regular coast guardsmen for active ship or convoy duty.
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San Marino
United States Coast Guard
America
Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor
Volutary Port
Los Angeles- Long Beach Harbor
Coast
Jompletes 25 Years With Bank
George A. Peachman, comptroller of California banks, marked a quarter century with the California bank system. An Oak Point native, he began at Cleveland Trust Company, served as assistant auditor, joined California bank in 1919, and was elected comptroller at the June 1944 board meeting.
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George A. Peachman
Oak Kroll Avenue
California Bank
Ce Sadong
Oak
Cleveland
Peachman
Cleveland Trust Company
Unites States Army
Overseas packages mailing period announced for overseas service
The Postmaster General Frank Cy. Walker announced this week that September 15 to October 15 is designated as the mailing period for Christmas packages to army and navy personnel overseas.
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Army
Frank Cy. Walker
PTA Council Keeps Friday Shows For San Marino
The PTA council presents a second Friday afternoon feature in the Huntington school auditorium at 2 o clock for San Marino children. "The Gladiator" with Joe E Brown leads the program, followed by "Kinko the Kangaroo in Kinko at the Bat." Tickets cost 29 cents total with 17 cents admission and 3 cents tax.
School Boards Pass Budget For 1944 45
The South Pasadena San Marino High School district and the South Pasadena city school district approved the 1944 45 budgets with no tax rate rise for the high school district and a 9 cent increase for the elementary district. The plan funds salaries grounds improvements and a reserve for the building fund. Teacher Julia Adelia Wessenberg was hired for crafts at the senior high school. She holds a USC bachelor degree and studied at San Francisco State College and Banff School of Fine Arts. Home teaching for handicapped students will be adjusted due to teacher shortages, with sessions alternating two days one week and three days the next. The next board meeting is September 6.
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Julia Adelia Wessenberg
Banff School of Fine Arts
University of Alberta
Canada
California
Stroke Takes Mrs. Helen Mason at California Institute
Mrs. Helen Mason wife of Dr Max Mason chair man of the observatory council at Caltech died after a breakfast stroke She had served with Mixsell Red Cross unit for three years as an instructor in the gauze department The former Helen Schermerhorn widow of Judge William Young of New York Interment was private.
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Helen Mason
Max Mason
Observatory Council
California Institute of Technology
Circle Drive
Mason
Mixsell Red Cross
New York
Mnson
Helen Schermerhorn
William Young
Supervisors Seek Landmark Designation for Old Mill Site
The Old Mill site on Old Mill Road near Lacy Park is being considered for designation as a California state landmark. County Supervisor Roger W. Jessup leads the effort with the historical landmarks committee and the Division of National Resources to obtain a landmark number. Ex officio chair Alfred Jones notes much of the land is privately owned and may require special permission, with dedication ceremonies planned if registration is approved. El Molino Viejo, once a Padres mill, has been restored and now serves as a private San Marino home and golf clubhouse history site.
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Old Mill Road
Lacy Park
California
Roger
W. _ Jessup
National Resources
San Gabriel Valley
Alfred Jones
Landmarks Committee
Straas
Heies
Jessup
el Molino Viejo
San Ma
Henry E. Hurstington
San Marino council re-refers storage project to planning panel
The Bekins and Oneonta transfer and storage petition to build storage warehouses on Huntington Drive is sent back to the city planning commission for further study and a new report. The council also set September 13 for a public hearing on an accessory building setback amendment and for H Roy Kelley’s setback variance request at 1310 Oak Grove. A Met water district tax payment option and a $200 Lacy Park damage claim were discussed.
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Bekins
Oneonta Transfer and
Huntington Drive
City Planning Commission
San Marino
John C. Macfarland
Planning Commission
Planing Commission
H. Roy Kelley
Oak Grove Avenue
Metropolitan Water District
H. Stanley Bent
Lacy Park
E. R. Kerr
War Department
Resigns Post With Petroleum Administration
Clyde Thomas of San Marino resigns as district five legal counsel for the Petroleum Administration for War to return to private law practice in Los Angeles. Herbert R. Gallagher, district director, cites his outstanding executive and administrative ability and wishes him success. Thomas joined the district five staff before Pearl Harbor, is USC Law graduate, World War II veteran, and previously worked with U.S. Attorney staff in Los Angeles.
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Clyde Thomas
San
The
Petroleum Administration Ar
Gallagher
Matt Thomas
District Five
Pearl Harbor
University of Southern California Law School
Air Corps
Thomas Eneta
Law Fat
United States
Los Angeles
Offic of Petroleum Co
California Oi
Church School Closing Session Draws Parents and Children
Parents and friends attend a closing program at St Edmund's church school in San Marino. Rev Leonard Seilones, director of the vacation church school, leads the event and will present a special program with children displaying work from the session.
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St. Edmund's
Anced
Leonard Seiones
Vacachurch
Tribune Offers Transportation Aid For Readers
Tribune announces a new OPA classified section feature to aid readers. It will assist drivers who wish to give rides or use alternate routes, promoting convenient transportation options for the community.
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Tribune
San Marino Girl Scouts Attend Camp Singing Pines
San Marino Girl Scouts attend Camp Singing Pines near Chileo for four two week sessions totaling 74 campers this summer. The season runs from July 6 to August 31 with a capacity attendance of 100 and a few openings in the fourth session due to cancellations. Barbara Kermode directs the camp, with Nancy Morrison and Beverly Norton serving as counselors among many San Marino scouts and unit leaders.
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Singing Pines
Chileo
San Marino
Barbara Kermode
Sian Borke - Sees
Brosco Barbora Brune
Dertia Puandier
Sally Peed
Cab Anade Te Ch
Inti Cook
Gudy Cordes
Mr. Wien Lox
Jee de le Vergenc
Andison
Capathia K Jounhar
Mares Engelhardt
Fay Jine Evans
Mary Anton
Dorothy Sen
Carol Fulton
Janet Heloine
Joyce Auliis
Waake
Marin Harmon
Monin Hayes
Gay Hazeltine
Annabelle Horc Hitz
Marjorie Hrrenitz
Barbas Keen
Ruth Knoeppe
Janet Leeds
Jéan Loveland
Mary Anne Lundberg
Donna Iy
Catherine
Coleen
Rohn
Matto
Frances
Martha Jean Metzzer
Tee
Eva
Marjori Peticoiss
Francine Piuma
Marlene Pree
Denna Lisdist Baybala
Syib Seidel
Barware Shaw
Carol! Southall
Bizantte Strughar
Nancy Tavige
Janb Terts
Elizabeth Wagner
Betty Walker
Janice Wickershaw
Patricia Wickersham
Christine Williams
Joyce Eileen Winn
Sallie Winn
Ruth Ann Woods
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By Laura Bee
J. B. A. Brennan
Norman Huff
T. R. Lingle
James O’cook Jr
Mmes
Donald Batman
E. R. Dow
E. C. Myers
Ernest Purdam
J. Buford Wright
A. W. Baerresen
George van Vorst
M. Clifford Hill
E. R. Ragats
G. E. Hemphill
L. W. Otto
H. L. Harris
John D. Chesnut
George Hoffman
Amous
Dan L. Lindsley
Eric Egr E
Charles C. Stank
Allan B. Maxwell
Ren Raton
E. L. Emett
W. Fletcher Thompson
Andrew Dunlap
Willian G. Cozner
Laurenz W. Diehl
A. S. van Denburgh
Hartley Smith
Townley W. Bale
Rager
Wv. Duke
Lester W. Taylor
George So Brown
Percy L. Cowherd
ES Leonar Tsar
Har Ld Turgur
J. ME Whitik
Maiurice Jones Jr
Nelson Ee
R PD Lingale d' Fee
Balkeatt J. MM
H. P. Etter
Longness
By Virginia Horn
Lou Spiers
Elsa Eckert
Frances McGowan
Marjory Minx
Security
First National Bank
Hazel Fuller
Don C. Miller
Damon’s Women’s Wear
Betty Haysom
San Marino Tribune
Nadine Phillips
Edna Baugthman
Florence van de Kamp
van de Kamp’s Bakery
George Gantus
J. D. Snodgrass
Snodgrass
Etta Gitt
California Water & Telephone Company
H. G. Skinner
Oak Knoll Pharmacy
Esther Stewart
San Marino Laboratories
Fred C. Baur
Baur
Pp. L. Cowherd
Percy L. Cowherd Company
Nancy Ann Hamilton
Nancy Ann Beauty Salon
Who's Who
San Marinans
Pasadena
Jack Addington
Stanley Arnat
Elmer Bauermeister
John ‘Barnett
Howard Hayes
Don Haynes
Hobart Henley
Edward Jackson
Henry James
Charles Johnson
Philip Kirkley
Robert Leishman
Richard Lyttle
Donald Marquis
Harry Marshall
George Matson
Leland McCollogh
William McIntyre
Rollin Mead
Lewis Menhinick
Donald Miller
Sheldon Milliken
Thomas Moffat
H. F. Moennig
Henry Moorhead
Lucius Parthive
Edward Plett
Alfred Prescott
Prime
A. Prophet
Samuel Raft
Water Seal
Leo Stender
Hamilton Stevens
Hugh Stewart
Jack Strelnauer
Julius Tietz
Donald Walling
Paul Weilein
Merrill Wickstrom
Alfred Watkyns
P TA Council
South Pasadena - San Marino
South Pasadena City
Rino
Fray Zalvidea
Mission San Gabriel
Col
E. J. Kewen
Followig
Mayberry Ranch
Petroleum Administration
San -Marino
Rity Bee
OPA
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