Fire Department Reorganization Aims at Major Upgrades
City of South Pasadena undertakes a full reorganization of its fire department to meet Board of Fire Underwriters standards. Improvements target efficiency, hydrant distribution, automatic controls, upgraded ladders, and enhanced training and emergency response capabilities to reduce insurance rates and improve protection.
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Gogorts
City Mall
Galas
Bey
Board of Fire
Mercantile District
Fire Department
Marine Lions Club installs new leader at year end meeting
At yesterday’s meeting Rod Curet directed the ceremony while outgoing president Hunt and staff closed the year. Directors and officers were installed, marking the club’s year end transition.
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Marino Lions Club
Marine Lion’s Club
Rod Curet
Hunt
Quote Roundup from a Journal Page on Society and Politics
A reflective montage critiques Washington investigations and public ethics. It contrasts honesty with the urge to dodge responsibility, notes antiwar sentiment and misused power, and includes a quoted Week remark accusing communism of wealth division.
Stores To Close Fourth Of July Observance In San Marino
Independence Day falls on Sunday July 4 and will be observed Monday by most businesses in San Marino. The Post Office main office and all stations and branches will close. City delivery service and all banks will be shut along with City Hall. Some food stores may stay open. The Huntington Library exhibitions and grounds will be closed Sunday and Monday.
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San Marino
Police Chief Job Attracts Fifty Applicants
More than 50 law enforcement officers have applied for the San Marino police chief post, with exams planned for Saturday July 10. Tests will be held at Berkeley City Hall and in Los Angeles at room 308 South Spring Street, both starting at 9 am. The position pays $625 a month, age limit 45, with a recognized university substituting for two years of experience.
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San Marino
City Hall
Berkeley
Los Angeles
South Spring Street
Neher Reappointed To County Board Of Education
Superintendent Elmer C. Neher is reap pointed to the Los Angeles County Board of Education by the Board of Supervisors. He first joined in 1949 and soon led a committee to study standardizing school supplies. The Board, with four monthly meetings, handles county school system issues.
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Elmer C. Neher
Los Angeles
Eliza Duffield Dies After Long Pasadena Residency
Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza Duffield will be held tomorrow at 11 am in the Drawing Room Chapel of Turner and Stevens Co Pasadena. A Detroit native, she lived in San Marion 15 years and is survived by a daughter Mrs Norman Megginity and three sons Muir B Duffield George Duffield and Mark B Duffield plus 12 grandchildren.
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Turner and Stevens Co
Pasadena
Eliza Duffield
Bonita Avenue
Detroit
Duffield
San Marion
Norman Meginnity
Muir B. Duffield
George Duffield
la Canada
Mark B. Duffield
Birmingham
Michigan
McKay Honored At Luncheon
A luncheon at the Ambassador Hotel honors George W. McKay of 705 Plymouth Road on 25 years of service with the Firemen's Fund Insurance Group. McKay, head of casualty and automobile underwriting in Southern California, receives a commemorative gold watch.
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Ambassador Hotel
George W. McKay
Plymouth Road
Firemen’s Fund Insurance Group
McKay
California
Sunday Morning Breakfast At San Marino Foundation
The San Marino Foundation will host its first public breakfast in the new Masonic Temple on Sunday July 11 from 8 am to noon. Featured are wine ripened canta loupe and desert honey from Jack Henderson’s Blythe ranch and on site biscuits by Leo Sievert, with Jack Henderson serving as head chef and assisted by amateur staff.
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San Marino Foundation
New
Masonic Temple
Blythe Ranch
Jack Henderson
Leo Sievert
Sievert
San Marino
Santa Fe Railway Company
San Francisco
Foundation
San Marino Masonic Temple
Rebuttal on Communism and McCarthyism Sparks Debate
Eric L. Pridonoff defends anti communist stances in a Tribune rebuttal to Robert Vee Edwards. He argues that a commie remains a commie and the hunt must continue, while outlining his view of the differences between Russian imperialism and present day communism. The piece notes Pridonoff’s recent hospitalization and recovery before composing the rebuttal.
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Eric L. Pridonoff
Euclid Avenue
the Tribune
Sypanniy-Borg Sema
Robert Vee
Eee
Pridonoff
Edwards
Robert V. Edwards
Pontifical Radio
Sarees
Mr. Edwards
Onl
Mr. Edward’s
Name of the San Marino resident who joined Byrd in 1929
Readers asked for the identity of the San Marino resident who accompanied Admiral Byrd on his 1929 expedition. The Tribune consulted with sources but could not confirm the person and invites a caller with the information to share the exact name.
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the Tribune
Hollywood
San Marino
Admiral Byrd
Roanoke Residents Seek Limited Parking on Street
Roanoke residents along San Marino avenue east petition the City Council for a two hour parking limit to curb all day curbside parking. Police survey underway and a report to the City Council is due at the July 14 meeting.
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Roanoke Road
San Marino Avenue
Helmick Retires After 32 Years With Shell Oil
Walter E. Helmick a Shell Oil Co senior exploitation engineer retires after 32 years with the company He began in 1922 as an assistant gas engineer in Coalinga and has worked in Long Beach Wilmington and Los Angeles He is a Helena Montana native a Stanford graduate and Sigma Xi member He is married to Georgia Bonesteel of Helena and has two children Audry and Walter Jr
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Walter E. Helmick
Shell Oil Company
Helmick
Roxbury Road
Shell
Los Angeles
Coalinga
San Joaquin Valley
Long Beach
Wilmington
Georgia Bonesteel
Helena, Mont
Audry
Walter Jr
City Club Cards Crown New Champions In Tight Final
City Club Cards beat Wreckers 4–3 in a dramatic final tilt to claim the league title. Ty Walker pitched, limited the Wreckers to eight hits, fanned twelve, and drove in the winning run as City Club went undefeated 8–0. Kane, Deely, Kalinowski starred with multi hit games and RBI totals.
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City Club
Wreckers
Ty Walker
Cubs
PTA
Kiwanis
Congregational Church
Rotary
Kalinowski
Deely
RBI
Milliken
Harry Booth
Turner Receives Four McGill University Awards
John D. Turner a second year medical student at McGill University earned multiple top prizes including the Primary Prize for Highest Aggregate Standing the Joseph Hill Prize in pharmacology the Sam Rosenfeld Prize in bacteriology and immunology and High Standing in medicine and anatomy He also earned High Standing in pathology health and social medicine laboratory diagnosis and medical jurisprudence and toxicology The student son of Mr and Mrs Maynard Turner of 8273 Lorain Road left with John Gayer for New York joining Jerry Turner aboard a French liner to New York on September 1
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McGill University
Montreal
Canada
John D. Turner
Joseph Hill
Sam Rosenfeld
John
Maynard Turner
Lorain Road
John Guyer
Altadena
New York City
New York
Jerry Turner
Police crackdown boosts arrests in San Martino speeds
San Martino police flood streets to curb speeding motorists. In one week ending last night arrests surged dramatically, with officials reporting a fourfold rise as patrols intensify to deter violators.
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San Martino
McClellan Named by Eisenhower to Special Board
Harold C. McClellan president of the National Association of Manufacturers and former city council member was nominated by President Eisenhower for membership on the public advisory board of the Foreign Operations Administration. He recently became association president and just toured Europe inspecting plants in France Germany and Italy.
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Harold C. McClellan
National Association of Manufacturers
Eisenhower
The
Foreign Operations Administration
McClellan
Manufacturers Association
France
Germany
Italy
Hospital Receives 30000 From Freeman Estate
The Huntington Memorial Hospital announced a gift of 30000 from the Helen D. G. Freeman estate to augment the hospital welfare fund. The fund helps patients who cannot qualify for public aid and rely on neighbors supporting the hospital’s welfare program.
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Huntington Memorial Hospital
Helen D. G. Freeman
Miss Freeman
California Street
Friends of the Hospital
San Marino School Board to Elect President at Annual Meeting
Under the school code San Marino's Board of Education holds its annual organization meeting today to elect a president and clerk for the ensuing year. Robert F. Treuer serves as president and was reelected last month to another four year term.
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San Marino
Board of Education
Robert F. Treuer
San Marino Plans and Politics in City Government Series
The San Marino Tribune launches a weekly Know Your City series answering questions about local government. It explains San Marino as a sixth class city with a mayor council form and a city manager, Charles E. Martin, appointed December 15 1952 by the City Council.
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San Marino
Charles E. Martin
Burglary Hits Three San Marino Homes
Burglars entered three San Marino residences Thursday of last week. From the J. D. McDonald home at 685 Chester Avenue they took a Swiss pocket watch hose a dime a nickel and 158 pennies two decks of new cards and coconut donuts. At the H A Weber home 2240 Sherwood Road the thieves took a necklace and an evening bag from Aubrey Lyon 2790 Lorain Road.
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San Marino
J. D. McDonald
Chester Avenue
H. A. Weber
Sherwood Road
Aubrey Lyon
Lorain Road
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Society of Sigma Xi
Congregational Church City Club Cubs
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H. C. McClellan
Hospital
Freeman Estate
G. E. Norwine
Huntington
Lorain
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B.C
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