Police Continue Alert Work Pick Up Theft Suspect
A Los Angeles man was arrested on auto theft and narcotics counts after being picked up by San Marino Police. Officer Morehead observed an abandoned car at Huntington Drive and Granada Avenue and alerted nearby units. Denis, found with three rolls of benzedrine tablets, was booked at Temple City Station. Police note prior arrests in related burglaries and praise the department for vigilance.
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Los Angeles
J. Morehead
San Marino
Morehead
Pacific Electric Center
Huntington Drive
Granada Avenue
Jarvis
Branstedt
Leslie Denis
Rockford Road
Department of Motor Vehicles
Denis
Temple City
Pasadena
Altadena
Fresno
Compton
Oakland
Beverly Hills
Andover
Woodruff
Alongthe Drive and Accouterments in the Barbershop Scene
A light weekly column notes fashion in barber shops with talk of appointments and morning coats. It recalls Dad’s shaving mug era, praises a friend who made a power saw and a bucket of sawdust, and jokes about golf, books, and a local gendarme and doctor urging slower driving.
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Getti
Dad
Maude Guy Rites Held in San Gabriel
Funeral services for Mrs. Maude E. Guy of Melville drive were held yesterday in San Gabriel. A native of Indiana she had lived in California 37 years. Survived by son Cecil S. Guy and granddaughter Roberta Guy. services conducted by Chapter 407 Order of the Eastern Star at Du Bois Funeral Home.
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San Gabriel
Maude E. Guy
Melville Drive
Guy
Indiana
California
Cecil S. Guy
Roberta Guy
The
Order of the Eastern Star
du Bois
No Joy Behind Curtain Of Iron
YMCA tour reporters describe Yugoslavia and Communist bloc conditions behind the Iron Curtain. Lads note hidden markets in Trieste and a subdued, propaganda filled culture in Ljubljana with curious contrasts to Western life.
Hoffman Awarded Medal For Work In Electronics
H. Leslie Hoffman of this city received the first annual Western Electronics Medal of Achievement for outstanding work. Hoffman, president of Hoffman Electronics Corporation, accepted the honor from John E. Chartz of the Western Electronic Manufacturers Association in San Francisco. This marks the second year in a row he has been recognized by the industry. He previously earned the National Electronic Industry Association’s Man of the Year medal. Hoffman and his wife Elaine live on Avondale Road.
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H. Leslie Hoffman
Western Electronics Medal
Hoffman
Hoffman Electronics Corporation
John E. Chartz
Western Electronic Manufacturers Association
San Francisco
Western Electronics Manufacturers Association
Electronic Industry
National Electronic Industry Association
Elaine
Oo Jane
Avondale Road
City Lamp Post Buckles Before Bee Assault
Lorain road resident C N McDowell swerved to dodge a bold bee and collided with a San Marino ornamental lamp post near Windsor road. The car sustained major damage but McDowell escaped injury as officers and tow crews cleared the scene.
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Bee
McDowell
City of
San Marino
Windsor Road
C. N. McDowell
Lorain Road
Huntington Drive
Educators Approve Election Precincts for Bond Vote
The San Marino Board of Education met briefly to approve a resolution establishing voting precincts and officers of election for the October 20 bond election after approving pay warrants. They adjourned until the regular September meeting.
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San Marino
Rotary District Gov to Speak at Noon Meeting
Rotary International District 530 Governor Scott Metcalf will address Rotarians at Pierre's along the drive during the regular noon meeting today August 27. He is making his annual club visit to three Rotary Clubs in the district. Last night the San Marino club hosted Metcalf at a barbecue at Al Hodges home on Oak Grove Avenue.
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Rotary International
Pierre’s
Scott Metcalf
Rotary
San Marino
Mrs Bourland Former Resident Final Rites Held
Final rites were held last Thursday for Nelle Grant Wilbur Bourland, former resident of this city, who died August 18. A Pekin, Illinois native, she lived in California for 20 years. Surviving relatives include nephews and nieces Hallett Thorne, Robert Andrews, John A Heckler, Leonard E Waldrop, Robert Bourland, Caroline Bourland, and 22 grandnephews and grandnieces. Reverend Carl B. Anderson officiated. Turner and Stevens served as directors.
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Nelle Grant Wilbur Bourland
Hallett Thorne
Robert Andrews
John A. Heckler
Leonard E. Waldrop
Robert Bourland
Caroline Bourland
Carl B. Anderson
Turner and
Stevens
City Council Adopts 1.39 Tax Rate for 1959 60
The City Council gave second reading to an ordinance setting the tax rate at 1.39 per 100 of assessed value for the 1959 and 1960 fiscal years. A second reading also approved an ordinance defining the amount to be raised by taxes at 604 456 dollars.
Earthquake Tales From Yellowstone Area Reach San Marino
San Marino Planning Commission will meet September 2 at 7 30 p m in City Hall Huntington Drive San Marino Avenue. Randy Donant describes trees swaying like wet noodles and reports cabins cracked water vanished from docks while quakes rattled every hour or half hour, and a Greyhound bus in West Yellowstone bore a front window crack.
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San Marino
Young Randy Donant
Franklyn S. Donant
Darby Road
Yellowstone National Park
Young Donant
Reed A. Stout
Adair Street
Lake Hebgen
Terry Newfarmer
Leo R. Newfarmer
San Marinan
Conant
Greyhound
West Yellowstone
Registration Time At Schools Told
Students who have moved into the San Marino Unified School District must register now. the notice urges parents to complete enrollment for the new term. It highlights required documents and the registration window at district elementary and middle campuses.
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San Marino Unified School District
Eight Lettermen Boost Titan Football Hopes
San Marino High School football begins a five season under Coach Victor Schwenk with eight returning lettermen as practice starts September 7 for varsity and B squad. Senior O Keefe is set to quarterback with junior Richard Gary from the B team. The Titans face a Rio Hondo League schedule centered on a title bid after a 36-5-2 record over five seasons.
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San Marino
Victor Schwenk
Schwenck
Bob Mahoney
Schwenk
O'Keefe
Richard Gary
Huntington Drive
South Pasadena
Titans
All City Swim Meet Registration Due September 1
Local youngsters must register by September 1 to compete in the All City Swim Meet planned for Thursday September 3. The event is co sponsored by the Recreation Department and the San Marino Kiwanis Club and is expected to challenge existing records.
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Recreation Department
Oy the Recreation Element
San Marino
City Plans $87 000 Street Improvements Next Year
San Marino officials announce no tax rate rise for the coming year yet expect to spend 87000 to improve city streets. City Council enforces economy measures while pursuing substantial pavement upgrades to be funded in the next fiscal period.
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San Marino
Interior Decorator Confounds Police Burglary Claim
San Marino police say Randy Sage reported a burglary but evidence suggests an unemployed interior decorator rearranged items at Sage’s Winthrop road home rather than steal them. Officers found intact belongings, a towel decoratively placed, and Personal items left on the lawn.
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San Marino
Randy Sage
Winthrop Road
Henry C. Holter
Eleven Year Old Reports Petty Theft in San Marino
An 11 year old San Marino girl rode her bicycle to a Huntington Drive grocery store, parked, entered the shop, and returned to find her red leather wallet missing. The wallet contained 55 cents and she notified the San Marino Police Department.
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San Marino
Huntington Drive
City plans resurfacing and street upgrades in San Marino
The city budgets 35000 for resurfacing excluding capital improvements with 19212 from the general fund and 15778 from the state gasoline tax fund. About 40 percent of this source may be used for resurfacing and maintenance on city streets. Sierra Madre boulevard crown regrading eyed for about 5000 excluding city labor. An additional 50000 plus is available for major street work with 41532 from state gas tax and 11263 from county gas tax. A signal installation study on California street and a reengineering at Garfield and Huntington drive are under consideration.
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Sierra Madre
Sierra Madre Boulevard
Huntington Drive
Kenilworth
City Council of
San Marino
Public Works
California Street
Garfield Avenue
Water District Tax Level Ebbs To 17 Cents
The Metropolitan Water District cut the tax levy for the coming year to 17 cents per 100 of assessed value for San Marino taxpayers. The 2-cent drop from prior levies funds interest and principal on Colorado River Aqueduct bonds, with seven cents for federal and other obligations and all operating costs from water revenues.
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Metropolitan Water District
San Marino
Colorado River Aqueduct
Colorado River
Scout Troop 355 Back from Sierra Camp High Sierras
Scout Troop 355 returns from a camp trip in Kings Canyon National Park led by Dean Pollard. Twenty scouts and eleven dads hiked and fished at Sugarloaf Creek 7300 feet up after arriving from Horse Corral near General Grant's Grove.
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San Marino
High Sierras
Kings Canyon National Park
Dean Pollard
Horse Corral
Bill Donnell
John Estey
George Folgner
Ricky Gates
David Gerrish
Cam Gardett
Chip Gildersleeve
Chris Grady
Harvey Harkness
Ben Little
Brian Moir
Eyler Newton
Dave Pollard
Richard Ross
Don Russell
Richard Sander
Tom Schultheis
Charlies Simkins
Dick Smith
John Stever
Retirement Pins To Be Presented At City Picnic
The San Marino Employees Association will award retirement and service pins at its annual picnic at Lacy Park this Sunday at 3 p.m. Honorees include Lucretia Brickell Lib Dept Robert Coffman Park Dept Ralph Willhoft Fire Dept Sophus Press building inspector and several staff members with service years ranging from 5 to 30. Guests include Mayor Ide and numerous couples from the Library Board and The San Marino Tribune.
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Lucretia Brickell
Robert E. Coffman
Ralph Willhoft
Sophus Press
San Marino Employees Association
Lacy Park
Mary Dancy
Ira W. McKay
Art Hughes
Richard K. Moreland
James I. Hardyman
Fred C. Hardesty
Peter A. Vitale Jr
John H. Adler
Dorothy Best
Delvan D. Abbott
Otto Lehmann
Alvis R. Mize
Carson W. Ide
McClarty Harbison
Theo S. Burnett
Harry W. Hitchcock
E. M. Peterson
Roy Maginnis
Paul Cunningham
Library Board
Herbert H. McCormick
The
San Marino Tribune
Carl V Cooper Dies of Heart Attack at Beach
Carl V Cooper, longtime San Marino and South Pasadena civic figure, died of a heart attack Tuesday at his San Clemente beach home. A USC graduate and former Pasadena Star reporter, he led an insurance career spanning over four decades and held active roles in Kiwanis and Oneonta clubs. Survived by Grace Conn Cooper, two daughters, a son, two brothers, and eight grandchildren, funeral details were pending.
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Carl V. Cooper
Carlaris Road
San Clemente
San Marino
South Pasadena
Cooper
Pasadena
San
Famous Traffic Judge Pfaff Moves to Bedford Road Home
Judge Roger Alton Pfaff, known for traffic cases in Los Angeles and a former foreign correspondent, will reside on Bedford Road after purchasing Mrs. George D. Martin’s home. He has served as Municipal Court judge and later Superior Court judge, with ABA traffic justice awards.
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San Marino
Roger Alton Pfaff
George D. Martin
Bedford Road
San Marinans
Pfaff
Los Angeles
University of Oregon
University of California
Iowa
Orient
California
Goodspeed, McGuire, Harris and
American Bar Association
Harry C. Westover
Monterey Road
US District Court
William B. McKesson
Adair Street
Harold W. Schweitzer
Blackstone Road
Superior Court
Roy L. Herndon
Virginia Road
McIntyre Faries
Ridgeway Road
Julius V. Patrosso
Canterbury Road
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Trieste
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By Walter Hoefflin
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MIT
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Scout
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