City Council Honors BPA For Candy House Decorations
The City Council unanimously adopted a resolution commending the Business and Professional Association and its members for building the Candy House at Palm Center. Charles E. Martin and BPA members praised city staff and merchants for holiday decorations and citywide cooperation. Councilman E M Peterson led the honors with praise from residents for the Christmas displays.
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Business and Professional Association
Palm Center
E. M. Peterson
Charles E. Martin
BPA
Martin
New Year Cheer and Quirky Community Snippets
A column playful piece from San Marino blends quirky tales and wry observations. It recalls youths stealing goldfish and dining on ice cream, a note on the two-dollar bill, a cautionary police tale, a crying politician, a local rival’s mindset, and a witty quote on society and troubles.
Decoration judging ends Wednesday in San Marino
San Marino finishes judging of its Christmas displays by Wednesday night December 30. Winners in five classes will be announced in the Tribune on January 7. Traffic has increased as thousands of visitors tour the displays each night, with many taking photographs before the contest closes.
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San Marino
Tribune
Admiral Gehres Will Talk On Communism
Rear Admiral Leslie E. Gehres US Navy Retired heralded WWII hero and speaker at the Military Order of World Wars ladies night dinner at Altadena Town and Country Club next Wednesday. The topic is Communism and Our Foreign Policy and pictures of the attack on the USS Franklin will be shown before the talk.
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Leslie E. Gehres
U. S. Navy
Altadena Town and Country Club
Gehres
Traffic Schedule Fragments for Colorado Street Area
Partial list of time stamped entries showing vehicle or parade movements on Colorado Street from Ellis Street to Sierra Madre Boulevard and surrounding cross streets. Entries include 9:18 to 11:00 A.M. with various cross streets and a listed post parade area.
Harbison Named City Council Member in San Marino
Harbison, longtime broker with the Los Angeles Stock Exchange, was appointed and sworn in to fill the San Marino City Council vacancy after Harold C. McClellan’s resignation. He has served on the Library Board since 1947 and will resign that post as his council role begins.
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McClarty Harbison
Harold C. McClellan
National Association of Manufacturers
Harbison
E. R. Kerr
Roanoke Road
Library
Carson W. Ide
Preston Hotchkis
Library Board
San Marino
McClellan
Howard Miller
Ide
Los Angeles Stock Exchange
Edward Harbison
Barbara Turner
el Molino Place
Larry Dean
United States Navy
Bicycle Safety Campaign Gets City-wide Support
San Marino launches its first full scale bicycle safety campaign with citywide backing from the Recreation Department Mayor Ide proclaims January 4 to 10 as Bicycle Safety Week and urges all residents to cooperate. Police and school officials support intensified safety inspections and public education to reduce bicycle and vehicle incidents.
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Carson W. Ide
Ide
San Marino
California
Marino
Corson
Calif
McClung
Glenn F. McClung
Recreation Commission
Recreation Department
Bank Honors Two San Marinans With Long Service Records
Security-First National Bank marks anniversaries for two San Marino employees. William W. Cottle, vice president and cashier, celebrates 35 years with the bank while Albert C. Dick, a trust real estate officer, marks three decades. Cottle, born in Marshalltown Iowa, resides with his wife Gertrude at 1015 San Marino Avenue and has three children. Dick, a Boston native, joins Cottle in milestone service.
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William W. Cottle
Albert C. Dick
San Marino
Security-First National Bank
Cottle
Los Angeles Stock Exchange Club
California Club
California Bankers Association
Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles
Gertrude
San Marino Avenue
Thomas Clay
William Denslow
James van Law
Security-First National
Bank
Boston
Red Cross Workers Aid Fire Crews at San Gabriel Mountains
Red Cross volunteers from San Marino and nearby communities support firefighting at a camp near Sierra Madre Boulevard. They staff meals, coffee, sleeping quarters, and rest areas for about 1000 men fighting the wildfire in the San Gabriel range. San Marinans involved include Mrs Burdett, Mrs Cogswell, Mrs Hamilton, J Stevens, J Gerald Ross, James Roy Lloyd, E Morrison, and Chesney Carver.
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Siern Madre Boulevard
San Gabriel Mountains
Red Cross
San Marino
San
Banks City Hall and Post Office Close for New Year
Banks City Hall and the Post Office will be closed Friday for New Year’s Day. Banks and the main Post Office will observe the holiday with all classified stations and branches shut all day. Money order insurance and registry services will not be transacted at contract stations.
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Banks City Hall
Post Office
Vehicle License Revision Faces Further Delays
City Council debates amendments to the vehicle license tax to cover all businesses while avoiding hardship for small groups. City Attorney Woodward Taylor delays adoption and refers the plan back to Councilman E. M. Peterson and City Manager C. E. Martin. The draft offers a $12 reduced fee for small servicemen and wholesalers under $2500 gross, with others paying $24 per vehicle. The attorney’s stance shifts toward a graduated scale, while councilors seek a simple admin process. The issue remains unresolved.
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Woodward Taylor
E. M. Peterson
C. E. Martin
Dinner Honors Mrs Oswald B. Lord
Preston Hotchkis named chairman of the committee for a January 11 dinner honoring Mrs Oswald B. Lord. She is alternate US representative to the United Nations and US representative on the UN Human Rights Commission. Mrs Lord will speak January 13 at a luncheon in Pasadena hosted by the Federation of Republican Women Southern Division. Mrs Robert G Kenyon oversees the public program. From Los Angeles she will go to San Francisco and then to the United Nations.
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Preston Hotchkis
World Affairs Council
Oswald B. Lord
United States
United Nations
United Nations Human Right Commission
Lord
Southern Division
Federation of Republican Women
Huntington Hotel
Pasadena
Robert G. Kenyon
Los Angeles
San Francisco
The
Parent Education Series By San Marino PTA Council
The San Marino PTA Council presents a four session Parent Education series in January and early February to boost school home relations. Lectures feature Officer Hughie on A Day in Court, a Western Insurance Information Service talk on auto rates, nutritionist Adelle Davis on healthy children and fitness, and Dr. Joseph Engholm addressing narcotics.
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San Marino
PTA Council
Hartley Smith
Harold A. Wagner
Parent Education Ittee
Huntington School
Hughie
Los Angeles Police Force
Pfaff
Western Insurance Information Service
Adelle Davis
Huntington Auditorium
Joseph Engholm
Variance Hearing Scheduled for S S Felicitas Church Lot
A public hearing on the S S Felicitas and Perpetua Church variance request will be on January 6 at City Hall. Property owners within 300 feet have been notified and some will attend. The church seeks to use the vacant lot on Palomar Drive for parking and recreation, changing it from residential-only use.
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S. S. Felicitas & Perpetua
Palomar Drive
Stand By to Give Way Together at Newport Harbor Yacht Club
San Marinans landed at the Newport Harbor Yacht Club and will take charge January first. In last week’s election James C. Sheppard was elected commodore and Harold W. Pearcy will become rear commodore. Charles H. Schimpff named to the board of directors. Robert Allan Jr. named port captain.
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