Christmas Reflected In Many Business Windows Of San Marino
Christmas displays brighten Huntington drive with windows in Sally Bohannon Billi Wian Ann Eve Cheron Gordon Travel Modern angels at Huntington Pharmacy and other shops. Creches, toy scenes, travel stickers, and gift wrapped packages showcase seasonal themes across San Marino businesses.
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San Marino
Huntington Drive
Sally Bohannon
Billi Wian
Ann 'N Eve
Cheron
Gordon Travel Agency
Bill Gambrell
Huntington Pharmacy
Mybrit’s
Damon
Insurance Managers Name Page Director
Gerald W. Page of Robles Avenue was elected a director of the Life Insurance Managers Association of Los Angeles at the annual meeting held at the Jonathan Club.
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Gerald W. Page
Robles Avenue
Life Insurance Managers Association of
Los Angeles
Jonathan Club
Para Tote combines handbag and bird cage for Christmas gift
The item called Para Tote holds a parakeet and birdseed along with usual handbag contents. The note adds a holiday quote and observations on talkative people and dynamite, concluding with a remark on fast money movement.
Tribune Presses To Run Early
The Tribune will publish early next week to ensure delivery before the New Year holidays. News copy must reach the office by Monday December 27, with early copy required for all school church and society items.
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Tribune
Mrs. Mary Ainsworth 74 Dies at Home in South San Gabriel
Mrs. Mary H. Ainsworth aged 74 died December 16 at her home in South San Gabriel. Funeral services were held Saturday at the Little Stone Chapel. Burial followed at San Gabriel cemetery. Survived by daughter Katherine T. Frans of Sharon place San Marino.
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Mary H. Ainsworth
South San Gabriel
Little Stone Chapel
Turner, Stevens and Turner
George Jenkins
San Gabriel Cemetery
Katherine T. Frans
Sharon Place
San Marino
Library closes for holidays in San Marino
The San Marino Public Library will close Friday December 24 at noon and stay shut Christmas Day. It will also close at noon Friday December 31 and remain closed January 1, 1955.
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San Marino
June Bayless
San Marino High School Praised by State Education Official
W Earl Sams, consultant in secondary education for the state department of education, commended San Marino High School for strong features and democratic social studies classes. He noted wholesome campus atmosphere and student engagement and expressed desire to visit again.
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San Marino High School
Sams
San
San Marino
Arthur N. Youngs Back Home After South American Mission
Arthur N. Young and his wife returned home after a months long trip to South America. Young conducted a Foreign Operations Administration and State Department mission assessing American private investments. He previously led the American Financial Mission in Saudi Arabia and headed the State Department Economic Office in the 1920s.
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Arthur N. Youngs
Arthur N. Young
South America
Young
Foreign Operations Administration
State Department
Saudi Arabia
King Ibn Saud
Charles Evans Hughes
Andes
Peru
Bolivia
Lake Titicaca
Center Strip Beautification Questions Answered
City Manager C. E. Martin addresses San Marino residents about Huntington drive center strip improvements. He explains why regrading and landscaping are needed, noting the site was a railroad bed with sterile soil, compacted surface, gravel importation, and decades of weed killers. Soil tests prompted action.
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Huntington Drive
San Marino
C. E. Martin
Peyton Receives Commission As Ensign In Navy
Ronald L. Peyton son of Mr and Mrs Wayne E Peyton of Blackstone Road Blackstone city was commissioned Ensign USNR at Newport Rhode Island on December 19. The graduates are qualified to serve as junior officers aboard Navy ships and supporting commands.
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Ronald L. Peyton
Wayne E. Peyton
Blackstone Road
Ensign
USNR
US Naval Station
Newport
Navy
San Marino Rejects Heavy Truck Route Plan
San Marino City Manager C. E. Martin says the San Gabriel Valley Truck Route report is not binding on San Marino. The six city committee proposed Huntington Drive as a heavy truck route, but San Marino will not accept heavy truck routing that splits the city. The report awaits a joint council meeting in January 1955, with San Marino seen as unlikely to endorse the plan without exceptions.
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San Gabriel
Alhambra
Huntington
Duarte
Arcadia
Baldwin
Las Tunas
Santa Anita
Live Oak
Harold Barnett
Huntington Drive
San Marino
Sierra Madre and
Los Robles
Martin
Two Named Sergeants Appointed for San Marino Police
Police Chief Robert Seares announced two new sergeants, James Walter Moore and Ralph R Bennewitz, to take effect December 27. Moore, with the San Marino Police since September 1951, served in the Merchant Marine and as a Military Policeman. he will lead the graveyard shift. Bennewitz, a US Air Force veteran from Wisconsin, has been with San Marino since June 1951 and will head the night shift after December 27.
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Robert Seares
James Walter Moore
Ralph R. Bennewithz
Moore
San Marino
Merchant Marine
US Army
Bennewitz
Wisconsin
Covina
Decorations Worth Seeing in San Marino This Christmas
Decorations across San Marino signal an outstanding season with hundreds of elaborately decorated homes and windows. Residents have invested hours in planning creating a festive tour worthy display for visitors.
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Daniel
San Marino
Traffic Blockades Announced For San Marino Race Season
San Marino police will erect blockades at Lorain and San Gabriel to redirect westbound traffic away from residential areas, and at Duarte and Rose to steer drivers south to Del Mar and Rose. Blockades apply after Santa Anita events end. Huntington drive will carry most traffic to and from the racetrack.
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Aas
San Marino
Robert Seares
Lorain Road
San Gabriel
Duarte Road
Duarte
del Mar
Rose
Santa Anita
Football Seat Rental Under Study
The Board of Education authorized an investigation into renting steel bleachers for Pasadena Parade football games. Bleachers would seat spectators for six to seven evenings of the season on the high school field.
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Board of Edication
Maurice Jones
Steachand High School
Walter Dingus
Feld
Elmer Neheras
Post Office Boosts Staff for Christmas Mail Flow
San Marino post office employs 49 workers this Core season to handle increased Christmas mail. Superintendent Lundgren notes 21 staff aid letter delivery, 10 assist parcel delivery, and 18 work nights sorting and casing mail. Officials pledge on time delivery by Friday 8 a.m. with all parcels including perishables delivered on Christmas and Sunday. He thanks patrons for auxiliary mail boxes aiding carriers.
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San Marino
Marshal Lundgren
Lundgren
Huntington Memorial Library to Close
The Huntington Memorial Library will be closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and also New Year's Day, according to library officials.
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Huntington Memorial Library
Mrs Mueller schoen Dies on December 15
Mrs Marion Theresa Muellerschoen of East Alpine Villa Drive died December 15. Funeral services were held in the chapel of Turner and Stevens with entombment at Mountain View Mausoleum. Survived by son George J. Muellerschoen of San Marino and aunt Theresa Irene Friedman.
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Marion Theresa Muellerschoen
E. Alpine Villa Drive
Turner and Stevens
Mountain View Mausoleum
George J. Muellerschoen
San Marino
Theresa Irene Friedman
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Sam Couch
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Jeff Sheldon
Bud Howard
Peter Klinke
Chris Klinke
Randy Sage
Henry van Dyke
Institute of World Affairs
Riverside
Middle East
Occidental College
Herbert Richter
Joe Miller
Ralph R. Bennewitz
Manger
St. Edmund’s Episcopal Church
Joseph Dearest
Joseph Mine
St. Edmund’s Choir
Carole F. Smith
Lacy Warner
Trinity Lutheran Church
Dolores Entrekin
Mees
W. H. Mees
Marvin D. Moon Jr
Larry Shoberg
Pastor Mees
Frederick Turn
Aftire
Duest Council
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