Telephone Petitioners Refused Improved Service for San City
Petitioners from San City asked the State Railway Commission for toll free or improved telephone service in their city but the commission denied further action. Local officials argued the decision and a lawyer for petitioners was unavailable due to vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mission
Huntington Drive
Ahde
Snodgrass
San
Ual
Rar City
Jamey Arndt
Petitlioners
Herbert Porter Leaves for Dartmouth College
Herbert Porter of San Marino departs for Dartmouth College to enter as a freshman after sailing from Los Angeles aboard the Santa Rosa. He is the first San Marino youth to leave for college this year, following a standout Pasadena High School career and the Carver award.
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San Marino
Porter
Los Rosno
Santa Rosa
New York
Dartmouth College
South Pasadena
Dartmouth
Howard Snyder
Ud Avery
H. M. Porter
Wuth
Pasadena High School
Carver
Panama Canal
New Ss
Han Sew Hampshire
San Marino Welcomes New Residents as Fall Arrives
The Tribune reports a housing rush as San Marino gains new residents this month. Families moving in include L. C. Robertson at 404 Sherwood, the Wallschlaegers at 2441 Oak Knoll, the Hampsons at West Haven, the Roderstroms on Way Road, the Maclags at 2153 Roanoke, the Claps at 120 Robles Avenue, and H. E. at 520 Winston Avenue, reflecting rising rental demand and new home completions.
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Cal
San Marino
Tribune
Resi
San Mes
L. C. Robertson
An Marino
Sherwood
Roxbury Road
Roanoke
Angeles
Robles Avenue
H. E
Winston Avenue
September 14 Set for Fall School Opening in San Marino
San Marino Schools will open for class instruction at 9 o'clock Monday morning September 14, announced by E C Neher. South Pasadena Junior and Senior High also start September 14 with regular schedule. Registration begins September 14 with no prior advance registration. Bus schedule and new teachers to be printed next week.
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E. C. Neher
South Pasadena
Neher
the Tribune
Bret Harte Centenary Observed At Huntington Library
The Huntington Library marks Bret Harte’s centenary with an exhibit through September 30 featuring his handwritten stories first editions proof sheets photographs and cartoons. Highlights include Overland Monthly September 1870 with Plain Language from Truthful James autographed letter from Harte to James T. Fields and early print appearances of The Luck of Roaring Camp The Outcasts of Poker Flat and M’liss. The display also includes Apostles of the Tales In the Carquinez Woods and other manuscripts reflecting Harte’s celebrated career.
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Bret Harte
California
Huntington Library
Overland Monthly
James
Harte
James T. Fields
Boston
Carquinez Woods
Poker Flat
M’liss
August Building Surpasses Last Year Total
Building inspector George Crowshey reports ten new home permits in August raising the month’s total to 83,916, surpassing August 1935’s 53,606. San Marino’s 1936 year-to-date building total reaches 1,354,759.06, with four months remaining likely pushing the annual total above 1.5 million. The week’s sole permit goes to N G Coleman of the San Marino Fire Department, at 134 North Fourth Street, for a 5 room one story home at 2905 Clarence Avenue, constructed by K C Jones of 930 East Foothill, Alhambra, valued at 4362.
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George Crowshey
San Marino
San Marino Gas Executive Elected President of State Group
R D Gibbs of San Marino, longtime Union Oil gas operations manager, was chosen president of the California Natural Gasoline Association. A San Marino resident since 1931, Gibbs is an ex varsity athlete and Berkeley graduate who joined Union Oil in 1919 and rose to head of gas operations by 1934. He and Mrs Gibbs live at 2185 Sherwood Road with their three children.
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R. D. Gibbs
San Marino
Union Oil Company
California Natural Gasoline Association
Mr. Gibbs
Pasadena High School
University of California At Berkeley
San Marinan
California
Wilmington
Rosecrans
Gibbs
San Marinan Wins Honors In Kiwanis
At a Pasadena Kiwanis meeting the education committee chaired by W O Youngblood lauded San Marino speaker Ron Stever for the best five minute talk. Stever urged intelligent men to sacrifice and engage in public affairs amid concerns over a $50 billion combined public debt and needed federal state coordination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SAN Marinan
W. O. Youngblood
Kiwanis
Ron Stever
San Marino
Frank M. Brooks
Stever
Bi Monthly Police Training Classes Initiated in San Marino
San Marino Police Department begins bi monthly training with Friday sessions led by county officials. Chief Gene B Woods emphasized officer courtesy and legal knowledge essential to police work. The next class is set for Friday afternoon September 4.
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San Marino
Carpenter Cuts Finger With Axe on Sherwood Avenue
Bayard Ellis of Pasadena injured while working on a new home on Sherwood avenue. The San Marino Police Department provided first aid and transported him to Dr. L. J. Butka in San Gabriel, where seven stitches were needed for the damaged left index finger.
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Sherwood Avenue
Bayard Ellis
Pasadena
L. J. Butka
San Gabriel
Boy Scout Troop 3 Returns From Yosemite Expedition
A San Marino Troop 3 group led by Scoutmaster Charles R. Herr with Mrs Herr and several leaders spent days in Yosemite. They visited Saddle Bay Lake Greenstone Wasco Golden Steelhead Shamrock Whopper Humming Bird Lakes and Mirror Lake and hiked to Spillway Lake and Glacier Point. The trip featured fishing swimming rain and campfire stories with no illnesses reported.
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Boy Scouts
San Marino
Boy Scouts of America
Charles R. Herr
Jackson Case
Jackson C
Saddle Bay Lake
Shamrock
Steve Seaton
Lorenz, Sherman and
Tibbetts
Bloody Canyon
Ensign
Kuna
Mr. Herr
Hit and Run Crash Destroys Sedan on Huntington Drive
A noon Monday crash at Huntington Drive and Winston Avenue involved a hit and run driver in an Oldsmobile that flipped three times and was demolished. Jesse J. Reeves of Los Angeles escaped injury in the new sedan he drove for Dr. W. O. Morrison. a witness could not identify the hit and run driver. San Marino police continue to search for the other vehicle. In a separate incident, Roscoe Thomas of Pasadena struck a lamp post at Los Robles and Mission, knocking out district lights and facing a $100 city-charge to replace the post.
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Jesse J. Reeves
West 29Th Place
Los Angeles
Patricia Haney
Cumberland Read
San Marino
Reeves
W. O. Morrison
Plymouth
Woods
Roscoe Thomas
Pasadena
Los Robles
Mission
Drowning Claims Brother of San Marinan Professor
Prof L E Fuller of Northwestern University drowned in Rat River near Aklavik Alaska during a camping trip his body found on a sand bar by his sons who accompanied him. Rev Charles E Fuller of Chicago is his brother and radio preacher. Survivors flew via plane to Edmonton then Chicago while authorities arranged transport for the body and the boys.
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Rat River
Aklavik
Alaska
L. E. Fuller
Northwestern University
Chas. E. Fuller
Sherwood
Radio
Edmonton
Chicago
Film house seeks alternate site after San Marino setback
Fox West Coast Company, unable to secure the corner property at San Marino avenue and Ridgeway road, shifts its plan to a site near Chelsea road and Huntington drive. The proposed picture house worth 75000 dollars aims to show only films of approved character in a high class venue.
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San Marino Avenue
Fox West Coast Company
Chelsea Road
Huntington Drive
San Marino
Cliff De Ford Charged With Grave Crimes
Cliff De Ford proprietor of Santa Anita Riding Academy was arrested near Sherwood road in this city and charged with criminal assault upon and robbery of Mrs. Virginia Salman of Alhambra. Police found knuckles in his car. He was held for hearing September 3 in El Monte before Judge Sorey and is in jail on $10 000 bail.
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San Marino
Gene Woods
Sherwood Road
Virginia Salman
Monterey St
Alhambra
Cliff de Ford
Santa Anita
Sorey
el Monte
Miniature San Marino Exhibit Planned for Los Angeles County Fair
San Marino prepares a distinctive display in Booth No 11 at the Pomona fair featuring a plaster replica of the Huntington Library and Art Gallery and the Japanese gardens. The exhibit, created from 14 photos provided by William Hertrich, is organized by Mrs Margaret Bent Hopkins with Ellsworth K Anderson and Al Gottschram as sponsors and aims to honor the city with a dignified first entry. The 18 by 12 foot space will be hosted by San Marino Woman's Club members as hostesses.
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Huntington Library
San Marino
William Hertrich
Huntington Estate
Business Association
Booth No. 11
San Marino Woman’s Club
San Marino Business Association to Meet September 8
The September meeting of the San Marino Business Association will be held on Tuesday September 8 at Huntington School. President Ellsworth K. Anderson announced the shift from the first Monday due to Labor Day. The group works on a residents credit file and delinquent accounts for local merchants.
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San Marino Business Association
Huntington School
Ellsworth K. Anderson
San Marino
Hedge Fire Draws Record Crowd at Winston Street Home
A small hedge blaze at 586 Winston Road prompted a large turnout as two fire trucks three police cars one motorcycle and several bicycles and people responded. The fire began from rubbish burning near the hedge and was described as minor but highly noticed by onlookers.
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Juan Faudon
Winston Road
San Marino Primary Yields 50 Percent Turnout
San Marino reports a little over half of registered voters participating in the Tuesday primary led by Republicans 1231 to Democrats 216 with 3043 total voters. Congressional races show Houser atop the GOP results while Voorhis wins Democratic nomination and faces Houser in the finals.
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San Marino
Fred Houser
Our City
Frank Wright
Whittier
Ted Stearns
South Pasadena
Val Woodbury
Alhambra
Hoeppel
Belvedere Gardens
Jerry Voorhis
San Dimas
Houser
Voorhis
Epic
Byron Fitts
Harlan S. Palmer
Hollywood Citizen-News
Results of Election for San Marino Congress and District Attorney
The San Marino city tallied votes across nine precincts with Houser 632 and Stearns 253 among Congress hopefuls, Voorhis 63, and others, while Fitts led for District Attorney with 852 votes to Palmer 412. Officials reported courteous service and late-night tabulation.
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Congress
Houser
San Marino
Stearns
Wright
Woodbury
Peeler
Voorhis
Ogg
Hoeppel
Dodson
Stafford
Pechota
Fitts
Palmer
Rochester
Evans
12th District Congressional Race and Local Judicial Notes
Poll counts show Republican George Dodson and Democratic John Hoeppel leading in the 12th district with scattered totals for Houser Peeler and others. McGroarty defeated Packard in poetry honor while Hinshaw outran A I Stewart on the Republican ticket. several Superior Court judges are re-elected, with Assembly races showing Pellet narrowly ahead of Bird and Latham unopposed for the GOP.
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George Dodson
Frederick Houser
John H. Hoeppel
William Peeler
Theodore Stearns
Val Woodbury
Frank Wright
John Hoeppel
Paul Lipp
James Ogg
Henry Pechota
James Pettit
Sloan Pitzer
Daily
Stafford
Jerry Voorhis
12Th
McGroarty
Packard
Carl Hinshaw
A. I. Stewart
Superior Court
Archhbald
Keetch
Shaw
Collier
Bishop
Valentine
Desmond
Palmer
Baird
Knight
Clarke
Sheldon
Arthur Briggs
Bogue
Dockweiler
Swain
Marchietti
Crum
Taplin
Frank G. Pellet
David W. Bird
E. V. Latham
Pellet
William L. Wielding
Bird
Latham
Leepers Host Editor Luncheon at Los Robles Home
Mr and Mrs Frank Leeper entertained the editor and his wife at a Monday luncheon held at their residence on Los Robles Avenue.
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Frank Leeper
Los Robles Ave
Busy Summer For San Marino Woman's Club Directors
The newly organized San Marino Woman's Club reports a busy 1936 summer with weekly board meetings attended by a membership over 400. President Mrs. Charles Oscar Cornwell led final program plans set to be announced soon, with chairmen selections still in progress.
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San Marino
McClarty Harbison
Old Mill Road
Benjamin E. Bee
Los Robles
L. Otis Ivey
del Mar
Clark Bell
Atlantic Coast
Cornwell
San Marino Public Library
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Herbert Porter
Henry E. Huntington
San Marina
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Kiwanis Club of
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Kae
Yosemite Park
Thomas Norton
Mirror Lake
Vevada Falls
Chinquapin
Glacier Point
Preacher
Film House
Ridgeway Road
Hunting
Ton
Beau
Los Angeles County
Pomona
Margaret Bent Hopkins
al Gotterdam
Business Club
Ralph Evans
Baron Fitts An Beeen Eee
Grover Johnson
Harlan Palmer
Geo. Rochester
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