Winter Caravan Scouts Camp Near Agua Caliente Preserve
The Pasadena San Gabriel area sent over 400 Scouts and leaders on December 27 for a mile long caravan to Agua Caliente Indian Reservation near San Jacinto Peak. They pitched tents, cooked, and followed advancement tests with full adult leadership and campfire songs written by Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Boy Scouts
Andreas Canyon Springs
Robertson
Hall
Chelsea Road
Pasadena-San Gabriel
Desampsite
Agua Caliente
San Jacinto Peak
San Marino City Club to Hear Sam Hayes on Living War Memorials
San Marino residents are invited to the City Club meeting on January 15 at 8 p.m. at Huntington School auditorium. Sam Hayes, veteran Pacific Coast newscaster, speaks as regional adviser for the American Committee of Living War Memorials on the topic Living War Memorials. The evening includes a dinner at 6:30 for regular members and guests, followed by Hayes talk and a recreation committee report led by Dr. G. E. Norwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Marino
Huntington School
Sam Hayes
Pacific Coast
Hayes
American Committee of Living War Memorials
City Club
Mr. Hayes
Norwood
Civic
Community Diary Club Speaker and Civic Leaders Listed
The diary club meets with new resident speakers and rotates a speaker schedule. Cedric as chairman introduces Harry W. Ck chief engineer for Southern Company who discusses experiences in San Francisco and Los Angeles. The text notes Hitchcock a graduate from Cornell with wartime telecommunication work and service at Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company before the war and later roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ims
Iaredias
Rotary Mane
Aventus
Cornell
American Telephone Amph Company
Pacific
Ceampiny
Francisco
Los Angeles
Building Permits Top Monthly Record Amid War Restrictions
The 1945 report from the San Marino building department shows total permits of 327235 dollars for the month, with 19 new buildings costing 288000 and 37 additions and 1 alteration totaling 33335.97. This contrasts December 1944 when restrictions limited activity to additions only, totaling 82639. Yearly totals reach 40020077 for 1945, with construction activity centered around Sid Li Construction and neighboring firms on Huntington Drive, including a new shop space and multiple stores scheduled after Navy clearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lda
Sid Li
Mistriets
Mau
Navy
Begin Plans for Fathers Frolic at Huntington School
The PTA announces a general meeting at 7 p m on Wednesday January 16 at Huntington School auditorium to kick off this year Fathers Night. L Hartley Smith and others announce all fathers in San Marino are urged to attend and contribute talent for the annual frobe and pen making activity.
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P. m
Huntington School
Aud
L. Hartley Smith
San Marino
Harrison Wood to Address San Marino Woman's Club
Harrison Wood will speak at the San Marino Woman's Club meeting on January 16 at 1 30 p m at Huntington School. Reports on bazaar results and Woman's Club Night at Pasadena Community Playhouse will be presented. The event includes a tea after the meeting with hospitality by Mrs. John Barton and aides and a talk on This Changing World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Wood
Woman’s Club
San Marino
Huntington School
Huntington Drive
Pasadena Community Playhouse
Herbert D. Ivey
Agene Blalock
Leo J. Lee
John Barton
Mmes
Harold S. Vreeland
Oliver Scott
Wood
Brittingham Named Head of Big Ten
Brittingham named head of the Big Ten. An alumnus of Phillips Exeter Academy and the University of Wisdom, he has 23 years in international banking including roles at Bank of America and Citizans National Trust and Savings Bank. He helped organize the Mexican Chamber of Commerce in New York and maintains interests in Mexico.
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Pucetoni
Purversity Associates
Souths
Bank of America On
Wall Street
Citizens, National Trust and Savings Bank
Los Angeles
New York
Mexican Chamber of Commerce of
New York City
Mexico
Brittingham Fara
Colorado River
Huntington Library Exhibits Swift Manuscripts on 200th Death Anniversary
The Huntington Library hosts a public exhibit of Jonathan Swift manuscripts and rare first editions including Gulliver's Travels to mark the 200th anniversary of his death. The show features Swift’s handwritten lists of friends, living and dead, with names like Pope Gay Prior Temple and Addison. The exhibit runs until mid February with reservations via major telephone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington Library
Swift
Jonathan Swift
Gulliver
St. Patrick’s
Dublin
England
Alexander Pope
John Gay
William Congreve
Matthew Prior
William Temple
Earl of Oxford
Lord Harcourt
Bishop Burnet
William Wycherley
Joseph Addison
John Vanbrugh
City Hall Aide Fights Duck While Aiding Stray Bird
Councilman Preston Hotchkis rescues a duck from traffic and is bitten in the process. He delivers the distressed fowl to Chief Glenn McClung, who helps locate the owner Mrs. Alvah Kaime of 1438 Park Place. Police return the bird in a sturdy box.
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Preston Hotchkis
Hotchkis
Circle Drive
Glenn McClung
Alvah Kaime
Park Place
Kaime
Kiwanis Club To Hear Talk on Ideals
San Marino Kiwanis Club meets at Jay's Inn at 6 30 pm on Thursday January 10 to hear Clark Sellers graphologist and former lieutenant governor speak on Ideals Are the World's Masters. Last week Clarence Jay lectured on Kiwanis history and operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
San Marino
Clark Sellers
Jay’s Inn
Clarence Jay
Altadena Kiwanis Club
Division 10
Jay
Kiwanis
Garden Club Discusses Landscaping Ideas at January Meeting
The San Marino Garden Club held its first meeting of the year at Mrs. McClarty Harbison's home on Roanoke Road. Guest speaker Mrs. Harold E. Craig outlined New Ideas in Landscaping, stressing entrance planting and using a few shrubs to complement architectural design.
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San Marino Garden Club
McClarty Harbison
Roanoke Road
Harold E. Craig
Russell E. Post
Pasadena Regional
R. H. Crowshey
Atlantic
Community Church Plans Fifth Birthday Dinner San Marino
The San Marino Community Church marks its fifth birthday with a dinner on January 26 at 6 30 p m in Huntington School gym. A planning committee led by Ernest Purdum Cassatt Griffin and Harvey Bennett will arrange the program. The Deacons will sell tickets while the Women organize tables and decorations. The church began with 75 members in 1941 and now exceeds 600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Purdum
Cassatt Griffin
Harvey Bennett
Community Church
San Aan Rino Community Church
Southwestern Military Academy
Maurice Veronda
Lincoln Hall
Ailiary Academy
Veronda
Virginia Road
Huntington Drive
Greai Atien
City Achieves 200 of Bond Quota
San Marino reports outstanding record in the Victory Loan drive with total sales of 2 325 861 50 dollars, about 209 percent of its quota. Paul Cunningham, chairman of the War Finance Committee, thanks workers and citizens for loyal support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Cunningham
Cunningham
San Marino
Colonel Ivey Returns Home From Germany
Colonel Herbert D. Ivey Jr returned from Germany after five years active duty with the USAAF He spent Christmas and New Year with his parents in South Pasadena He served in England and the European theater forming personnel policies for the Eighth Air Force and organizing Air Force units at General Power's Headquarters in Germany He earned theater ribbons and additional service awards through his assignments
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Herbert D. Ivey, Jr
Mis
di Ivers
Alts Vista Avenue
Pasadena
Ivey
USAAF
England
Eighth Air Force
Ynower
Germany
Battle Parthe
Paae
Council Denies Bekins Company Zone Variance
San Marino city council unanimously rejected Bekins Van and Storage Company petition to build an office and storage facility. Councilman Howard A. Miller introduced a resolution outlining the reasons for denying the variance.
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Council
Bekins
San Marino
Bekins van and Storage Company
Howard A. Miller
Forum to hear famed war reporter Knickerbocker
The fifth South Pasadena-San Marino Evening High School forum on January 17 features H. R. Knickerbocker, renowned war correspondent described as the Richard Harding Davis of Our Times. He will speak on At the Ringside of History, followed by an open Q&A from 9 to 9:45 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Knickerbocker
Mr. Knickerbocker
South Pasadena-San Marino Evening High School
Richard Harding Davis
Our Times
Alexander Woolcott
Knickerbocker
Bank Street
Fremont Avenue
Diamond Avenue
Mere. Zickerbocker
Tradt
S. M. Residents Attend Scout Institute Report
Residents of S. M. join a Scout Institute program with local leaders and Pasadena council involvement. The event features basic training sessions and community participation aimed at youth development and scouting skills.
Civic Leaders Weigh San Marino School Building Needs
San Marino civic leaders and school board members discuss next phase of evaluating new campuses and modernization for local schools. Officials name committee members and outline potential bond timing while weighing financial and community impact.
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Tom Mr. Hall
Imp
Andy Dunlap
Bill Yuinberg
Jerry Harrington
Bur Hathaway
Gerry Brennan
Ken McClain
Grif Morrison
Bill Hughton
Albert Dunlap
Billson
Joe Gumner
Jim Kel
Robert Houghton
Don
Bert Haight
Donald
Daid Huber
Lewis Berry
Kim N
Don Patton
John Dick Andresen
Gary John Spielman
Richard N. A. H. Roberg
B. A. Jon
F. E. Jorgensen
T. A
Ralph Hall
Tom Fller
Deve Colwen
John Robb
John @aart
Dick Rust
Dick Burt
Kent Bianche, Jr
Tom Ldace
Don Lingle
Teddikpatrick
3Ah
Fivlton
Verm Rust
Kent Blincche
D. Kirkpatrick
A. J. Bur
RW. Gerhart
Ted Botsford
Allen Fallion
Larry Reuland
Jack Mer
Herbert Botsford
Mar- Moon
Carl Auer
Carlos Mer
Dick Dakin
San Marina
Residentiary Club
Khj-Dontee
Mutual
Lsteners
Brittingham
Louis G. Brittingham
Duck
Kiwanis International
Chicago
United States
Canada
California-Nevada
Garden Club
Colonel Ivey
Forum States Versatile War Reporter
Nicholas
Theo
S . Knickerbocker
Griffin
Johnson
Richart
Nance
Raymondale Company
Clyde M. Church
Sierra Madre Boulevard
Ridegway Road
San
Planning Commission
H. Stanley Bent
Rose Avenue
Duarte Road
Chelsea
E. W. Thomas
George H. Cronshey
S. M
Scout Institute
Lea ES
The
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Wen
Varifius San
Arcor Tin
Nenet Supers
San “Marinies
Montgomery
Arnie
San Maririek
Caty
Mies
Teftara
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