Community Church Marks Seventh Anniversary in New Edifice
Church members celebrate the seventh anniversary at the new building with a dinner and program led by Roger W. Duke. Leaders report near full budget subscription, building fund totals of 202383.28 dollars, and plans to view sanctuary designs as area meetings begin.
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Fellowship Hall
Roger W
Duke
Ernest Purdum
Organization of Women of the Church
Europe
Asia
Otto Holler
Myrtle Hall
Una Skaer
Sojourners
Herbert Wood
Paul Lower
Clinton Huyck
Deacons
Ralph Vanderhoof
W. Fletcher Thompson
Thompson
Harry G. Haake
Douglas Wright
William T. Wersted
Howard Seidell
la Casa de San Gabriel
P. Martin Baker
San Marino
W. D. Curner
Wood
Samm
A. Lee Brown
Maynard
Eloise Taylor
George Gartlan
Lincoln Hall
Southwestern
Eity
Ralph Vander
Grant Dowell
Marvin Moon
City Warns on BB Guns and Bike Lights Safety
Chief McClung reminds residents of the city ordinance banning BB gun possession by minors under 18. Reports of older youths firing them in city limits. one boy was accidentally hit. Police confiscated firearms and urge use only on ranges or legal hunting areas. Children urged to have lights on at dusk during racing season.
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McClung
Alongthe Drive Local Scene Highlights Community Moments
A drive era column notes a housewife juggling four grapefruit with a dropped one bowling toward the meat counter. Attendant quips about business, plus a call for Scout Week leaders for Troops 1 and 2. Eddie at Woody and Eddie’s finds a wallet with six figure checks, and ceramic artistry by Mr and Mrs Robert W McCaughan at San Marino Public Library.
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Diogenes
Eddie
Woody and
San Marino Public Library
Robert W. McCaughan
McCaughan
New Vestrymen Take Office at St Edmund’s Church
Three new vestrymen are elected for a three year term at St. Edmund's Episcopal Church's annual meeting. Marcus L. Godfrey Jr Geoffrey C. Holly and F R Kermin assume duties with Holly as senior warden Crump junior warden and West clerk. The 1948 budget is secured with 272 pledged contributors up from 184. Church school enrollment reaches 466 pupils with 25 teachers prompting two services and separate youth choirs.
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St. Edmund’s Episcopal Church
Charles A. Shreve
Marcus L. Godfrey Jr
Geoffrey C. Holly
F. R. Kermin
Holley
Guy Richards Crump
A. T. West
Pastor Dr Henry Gray Joins Warren Youth Welfare Conference
Dr Henry David Gray pastor of the Oneonta Congregational Church accepted a seat on Governor Earl Warren s Youth Welfare Conference. He flew from Southern California to Sacramento for the two day session and will return Friday night. The conference includes 12 panels of youth experts reviewing current programs and designing future welfare patterns.
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Earl Warren
Henry David Gray
Oneonta Congregational Church
Gray
Sacramento
Oneonta
Southern California
South Pasadena
Paint spill cleans Winston and Lombardy streets
A paint trailer owned by Jim Colley of El Monte collided with a car driven by Catherine Eaglin of Wilmar on Winston and Lombardy. Firefighters washed away paint from the street. no injuries were reported.
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Winston
Lombardy
Jim Colley
el Monte
Catherine Eaglin
Wilmar
Sheffield Road Improvement Bogs Down
A city council hearing on a Sheffield street upgrade stalled as 23 of 34 property owners signed to delay curb and gutter work. The plan, including paving, was estimated at 257 dollars per lot, prompting mixed support while awaiting engineer review and potential bids.
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Sheffield
James B. Mullin
Kerns Avenue
San Marino Scout Receives First Life Saving Medal
At the Scout Court of Honor on January 26 at Huntington School, John Cunningham of Troop 4 was awarded the Gold Honor Medal for Life Saving for his actions on July 5, 1947, at Barton Flats where he saved a child and a man from drowning. The ceremony was led by C. J. Carlson, with other awards for Eagle, Second Class, First Class, and Merit Badges across Troops 1 2 3 4 5 and Sea Scout Ship No. 1, plus five year veteran honors for staff and leaders.
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San Marino
Huntington School
John Cunningham
John
Paul Cunningham
Barton Flats
San Bernardino Mountains
Jenks Lake
Cunningham
Robert Gerhart
Bob Kimball
Jack Carrington
Alhambra
Bob Ludekens
George Steed
France
Jerry M. Harrington
John Mackenzie
James G. Thomas
Jerry Addicott
Jack Davies
Bob Harrington
Donald King
Bruce Pollock
Richard Miller
Gordon Angus
Bob Constans
Dick Erdman
Jim Mackel
Neil Torrence
Bob Bales
John Connolley
Dick Andresen
Robert Bergstrom
Jim Dwight
Frank Jorgensen
Larry Mickel
Joe Peatman
Dick Sands
Jack Spielman
John Stevenson
Bill Angles
Troop
Dick Conser
James Goertz
Bryan Hemphill
Alan Tibbetts
Kent Blanche
Jim Gerhart
John Gerhart
Lee Magnolia
Ed Renwick
Dick Rust
Bob Seymour
Richard Jenkins
Kenneth Laws
Robert Melkesian
Gene Ashton
Robert Hammond
Don Hillis
Carl Auer
Jack Turner
Charles Peter
Don L. White
Donald Eugene Eddy
James Gerhart
Mickey McIntyre
Raymond Pentz
Robert
C. J. Carlson
Bob Gerhart
Fathers Night Show Gets Advertising Chairman
Larry Rooney announces Ed Freihoff as advertising committee chair for the PTA Fathers Night Show. Bonnell Bethke Dalzell Delaphane Dunbar Hollister Hilton Larson and Rocky Rockwell join the team. Dads begin solicitations Saturday January 31 as merchants’ support remains strong for this annual town event directed by producer Frank M. McKeller coordinating committees and rehearsals.
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Larry Rooney
PTA
Ed Freihoff
Messrs
Bonnell
Bethke
Dalzell
Delaphane
Dunbar
Hollister
Hilton
Larson
Frank M. McKeller
Blinded Veterans Speak to Kiwanis in San Marino Luncheon
Kiwanis members in San Marino heard a program by blinded World War II veterans. Leo Hepp, newly installed president, presided as Wayland Dunham introduced Dr. Harry Anderson of South Pasadena who outlined aims to help blinded veterans achieve independence and community life. George Gillispie of Monrovia and Albert Killeen of Wil were guests. Killeen, with guide dog Commando, shared songs and humor.
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San Marino
Harry Raymond
Leo Hepp
Wayland Dunham
Harry Anderson
South Pasadena
George M. Gillispie
Monrovia
Albert
Bob) Killeen
Wil
Commando
Scouts organize new Explorer Unit in San Marino
A new Explorer Scout Unit is organized in San Marino under post advisor Eugene Coughlin. Coughlin former Scoutmaster and Scout executive plans several camping trips. Assistants Cronshey and Dave Bee are named to help Coughlin.
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San Marino
Eugene Coughlin
Coughlin
Cronshey
Dave Bee
Assista
Citizens favor naming new school K L Carver
A San Marino school board meeting Tuesday night drew 18 organization heads 11 backed K L Carver 5 supported another, 2 abstained. After discussion led by Morris Pendleton the group reviewed school history and heard personal views from organization representatives.
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K. L. Carver School
Morris Pendleton
Carver
San Marino
Kistner Firm Selected To Design Los Angeles Court House
The County Board of Supervisors selected Kistner Curtis and Wright to design the new Los Angeles County Court House. Located between Broadway Hill and Temple California streets, the Civic Center project costs ten million dollars. Theodore C. Kistner leads the firm with Mrs. Kistner and their four children long residents of San Marino.
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County Board of Supervisors
Kistner, Curtis and Wright
County Court House
Broadway
Hill Streets
Temple
California
Civic Center
Los Angeles
Court House
Theodore C. Kistner
Kistner
Oak Knoll Avenue
San Marino
South Pasadena
Gold Discovery Centennial Exhibit Opens At Huntington Library
Huntington Library opens a Gold Rush exhibit with letters, diaries, lithographs, and drawings commemorating California's 1848 discovery in Coloma. It features a 1849 letter from a Maine doctor’s wife and notes how prices rose and San Francisco boomed. The display runs February and March with daily hours 1 to 4 30 excluding Mondays and reservations by phone or mail. Historical name discussion at San Marino school includes K L Carver favored by several groups while Neher is withdrawn in his favor.
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Huntington Library
California
Quirot & Co
Montgomery Streets
San Francisco
Sandwich Islands
Hawaii
Oregon
Portland
Coloma
Calif
Maine
Californian
K. L. Carver
John A. Barton
American Legion Post
Barton
Fred Garrison
PTA Council
Elmer Neher
San Marino
Fire damage contained at Shenandoah Road estate
San Marino Fire Department responded early Wednesday to the Susan Bixby Bryant estate at 1280 Shenandoah Road. Neighbors acted quickly and held the fire until units arrived, limiting damage to the large service porch estimated at several hundred dollars.
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San Marino
Susan Bixby Bryant
Shenandoah Road
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Warren
Boy Scouts of America
Ralph Hall
Freihoff
Bob Killeen
George Gillispie
K.L. Carver
New Court House
William S. Eggleston
Valentine Pta
E. C. Myers
Woman’ S Club
Benito Wilson
Clyde Holley
Harold Dryden
Community Council
Thee
Short School
E. V. Petersen
Boy Scouts Council
East Huntington School
Russell E. Post
Huntington Pta
Neher
Norvald T. Ulvestad
Pendleton
Herbert Powell
Kiwanis
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