Along the Drive in San Marino and Beyond
Observers note a skywriter spelling I love Emily above the drive while American Airlines lists DC 3 aircraft for sale at 12000 to 35000 dollars and 50 more 21 passenger DC 3s soon. A stray mule is held by the State Department of Agriculture in Rosemead with 30 days to be claimed or sold. The Hollywood Turf Club reports a record 1,460,965 total attendance over 50 days, averaging 29,219 per day at Santa Anita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Airlines
State Department of Agriculture
Rosemead
Hollywood Turf Club
California
Santa Anita
San Marinans
Auto Collision At Rose Avenue In Huntington
Police answered a collision at San Gabriel boulevard and avenue involving P. B. Comeau 862 Garfield South Pasadena and J. H. Buck Los Angeles. Buck's Peerless Laundry truck hit Comeau's 1937 Ford, both cars skidded to a stop on the northwest curb. Comeau was taken by city ambulance to Huntington Hospital then sent home with bruises to the right hip and arm and a head bump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington Drive
San Gabriel Boulevard
Avenue
P. B. Comeau
Garfield
South Pasadena
J. H. Buck
Los Angeles
Buck
Comeau
Huntington Hospital
Typewriter Broker Held By Police
A former Stoneman School painter is in custody on charges of stealing typewriters in Stoneman and San Marino. Police say the man operated a sideline while painting the school, with machines recovered in Pasadena and Santa Monica.
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Stoneman School
One
San Marino
E. C. Neher
Pasadena
Pasa
Santa Monica
Assessed Valuation in San Marino Up 43 Percent to 25.45 Million
The city of San Marino’s assessed valuation is officially established at 25,447,235 dollars, a 43 percent rise from last year, per County Assessor John R. Quinn in a report delivered to City Clerk E. R. Kerr. Real estate leads the gain, with boosts in improvements and public utilities, while personal property edges down slightly.
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San Marino
John R. Quinn
E. R. Kerr
Cs Wales
C. A. Forkner
Griffith
Harrison
San Diego
Community Church Plans Furnishings for New Building
The furnishing committee led by Cassatt Griffin outlines work for a new Virginia Road Community Church complex. Twenty four rooms will serve nursery through youth programs, two worship spaces, a weekday office and study area, kitchens, and a music/rehearsal studio with an upper chapel for Junior A worship and weekday devotions. The team includes Mrs. George Johns and Miss Edith Hines advising on decor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
consuUuciUavy WI Dall Marine Community Church
Virginia Road
Griffin
George Johns
Dougall Wright Jr
Ralph Vanderhoof
Morris Schatzman
Townley Bale
Edith Hines
Los Angeles
Church School
John Connolly
Building Permits Issued by City Inspector Crow shed
The office of George H Crowshay building inspector issued permits this week. R White of South Pasadena to build a one story residence at 2945 Somerset Place. Thomas King to build a one story residence at 2494 Roanoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geroge H. Crowshey
R. White
South Pasadena
Somerset Place
Thomas King
Roanoke
Beach Named Portland Bank Official Resigns Local Post
Frank L. Beach a vice president of Citizens National Trust and Savings bank in Los Angeles resigns to become vice president at United States National Bank in Portland Oregon. He will oversee personnel and moves with his family to Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Beach
Citizen’s National Trust and Savings Bank
Los Angeles
Portland
Ore
United States National Bank
Mr. Beach
Hoover Spends 73rd Birthday in San Marino With Sons
Herbert Hoover, in good health, marked his 73rd birthday in San Marino visiting his sons Herbert Jr. and Allan. He discussed world affairs and predicted a brighter outlook for Western civilization, noting Russia’s isolation and weakening influence. He will later head a 12 member commission to study executive branch reforms in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hoover
San Marino
Herbert Jr
Allan
Orland Road
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Washington
Congress
Joseph W. Martin
Local Rotarians meet in inter-city session at Gar field Park
San Marino Rotarians, about 40 strong, attended with the South Pasadena club sponsoring the event. The San Gabriel club joined as a guest, with about a dozen members present. Speaker Al Purkiss of Circle drive spoke on Financial Statements and the need for firms to retain assets while covering debts, noting a safe company can liquidate receivables and still keep land and buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Marino
Garfield Park
South
Purkiss
Gas Tax Revenue Rises 22 Percent Under Collier Act
Under the Collier Act disbursement program for 1947-48 the state highway division will handle all state highway costs. City allocations shift to 0.25 and 0.04 fractions for streets, with 60 percent for construction and 40 percent for maintenance, based on city population. The 1940 census yields 8175 residents for the city, limiting an expected revenue gain of about $2000 annually unless a new census is taken at over $1000. For the coming year, July-September funds at 0.25 yield $3847 and October-June funds at 0.14 yield $14,427, totaling $18,274, with further increases tied to gasoline consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Division of Highways
H. A. Barnett
Services Held For Mrs. W. A. Kingston
Funeral services were conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. in Pasadena by Dr. Hardy Ingham for Mrs. William A. Kingston of 2945 Sheffield Road. A San Marino resident for 18 years and First Methodist Church member, she was a native of St Paul Minnesota. Entombment followed at Mountain View Mausoleum. Survived by husband William A. Kingston two daughters Mrs. Earl C. Browne and Mrs. F. Elliott Avery, three grandchildren, mother Mrs. Emma Oppel and sister Miss Cecelia M. Oppel of Duluth Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Turner and Stevens Company
William A. Kingston
Sheffield Road
Kingston
San Marino
First Methodist Church of
St. Paul, Minn
Hardy Ingham
Mountain View Mausoleum
Earl C. Browne
Chicago, Ill
F. Elliott Avery
Somerset Place
Emma Oppel
Cecelia M. Oppel
Duluth, Minn
Dr and Mrs Howard Drake Move Into New Home
Dr. and Mrs. Howard Drake settle into their new residence at 950 Sierra Madre Avenue. They have three daughters, Betty Ann and twins Carol and Catherine. Dr Drake works as a surgeon at the Moore-White Clinic in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Drake
Sierra Madre Avenue
Drakes
Betty Ann
Carol
Catherine
Dr. Drake
Moore-White Clinic
Los Angeles
Fontana Plant Refinancing Denied By RFC
K T Norris and Morris Pendleton two San Marinans backed Kaiser's bid to have the RFC forgive the Fontana steel plant loan. The Kaiser request to write off 85 million dollars was rejected. Officials say new plans will be formed to maintain Fontana on a fair business basis in the Western region.
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K. T. Norris
Morris Pendleton
San
Fontana
Kaiser
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Norris
Western States Council Steel Committee
Washington
Pendleton
Industrial Department
Chamber of Commerce
Los Angeles
Real Estate Transfers This Week
Real estate transfers list several moves including Hoffmans residence at 2968 Woodlawn to Clarabelle Kennedy and Stev ens sale of 1715 Banningway to Clarence and Eleanor Worth. Other transfers include 734 Sierra Madre to the Grahams, 2464 Sherwood Road to Ralph and Katherine Robey, and 1906 Endicott to John C. and Elsie Booth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Hoffman
Woodlawn
Clarabelle L. Kennedy
J. G. Stevens
Banningway
Clarence W
Eleanor L. Worth
William R
Jeannette K. Graham
Bess White
Sierra Madre
W. G. Patton
Sherwood Road
Ralph G
Katherine Robey
John C
Elsie J. Booth
O. F. Jackson
Endicott
Cyril J
Mary Helen Anslinger
Helen J. Harding
Cumberland
William M
Mae B. Henry
Westhaven
E. N. Greenleaf
S. B. Robinson
Ridgeway
Eileen Ann McKanna
Mary D. Fields
el Molino Place
Joseph W. Lewis Jr
Anne B. Lewis
Walter T
Mary H. Lillie
D. H. Lingle
Raleigh
City Council fixes tax rate at 89 cents for 1947 48 in Elks Shrine drive
The Los Angeles City Council adopted ordinances setting a $264 570 58 operating budget for 1947 48 and a 89 cent general fund tax rate down from 1 04 while four fund items cover library bonds city hall and park bonds. Crowshey announced Shrine campaign aims to raise 1 5 million for crippled children as donors urged to contribute to the hospital fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Shriners Hospitals For Crippled Children
George H. Crowshey
General Fund
Professor Heltzel Studies Elizabethan Patronage at Huntington
Northwestern University English professor Dr. Virgil B. Heltzel returns to the Huntington Library for a two month study of literary patronage in Elizabethan England. He examines patronage, manuscript exchange, and early licensing before royalties, with new findings on Sir Francis Bacon and a forthcoming work on Sir Thomas Egerton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil B. Heltzel
Northwestern University
Huntington Library
Heltzel
England
Huntington Library Quarterly
Professor Heltzel
Sir Thomas Egerton
Egerton
Ann Bacon
John Walsall
Wailsall
Anthony
Francis
Sir Francis Bacon
Robert Ashley
Great Middle Temple
London
Library
Tibbetts Leads Clark Luncheon Arrangements in L A
Carleton B. Tibbetts, former San Marino mayor, chairs Los Angeles Chamber military affairs committee handling Gen. Mark W. Clark's first Southern California appearance at the Biltmore Hotel tomorrow. The luncheon, $2.75, is open to the public through the chamber service desk. Clark will speak at a closed dinner for the Greater Los Angeles Press Club next Monday and attends a private Chamber directors meeting tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark W. Clark
Southern California
Biltmore Hotel
Carleton B. Tibbetts
San Marino
U.S
Austria
Los Angeles
Greater
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Emily
Tribune
Grauman’s
Rose Avenue
Community Church Committee
Cassatt Griffin
N Awmatessatai Chi Mewee
Porky
Stewart Griffith
Shenandoah
Doris E. Harrison
Municipal Court
Beach
Portland Bank
San Marinan
Sally
Los Robles Avenue
Geneva
Switzerland
Women’s College
Istanbul
Turkey
South Pasadena-San Marino
University of Oregon
F. E. Beach
The
Commercial & Savings Bank
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Detroit
Mich
Sons
S. P. Club
W. A. Kingston
Howard Drakes
RFC
Elks Assisting Shrine
al Malaikah Temple of the Shrine
Shrine Hospital
Metropolitan Water Company
Board of Supervisors
George H. Cronshey
Bridgewater
Sir Thomas
Huntington
Bridgewater House
Francis Bacon
Tibbetts
Clark
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