41 volunteers honored at Good Samaritan luncheon
Coralie Black received a gold bee pin for 2,500 hours after 22 years as a Good Samaritan volunteer at the information desk during a luncheon sponsored by the hospital auxiliary. The event was held at the Assistance League of Southern California.
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Coralie Black
Hospital of the Good Samaritan
Good Samaritan
Black
Information Desk
Assistance League of Southern California
San Marino Star Andrew to Play in Shrine Classic
San Marino High School football star Mark Andrew, a versatile athlete from the Rio Hondo League, is selected for the North squad in the Shrine All Star Football Classic to support Shriner Hospital. He plays tight end and may see time at linebacker, after earning first team honors and defensive player of the year.
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San Marino
Mark Andrew
Andrew
San Gabriel Valley
Shriner Hospital
Sol
John
Katharine Andrew
Winthrop Road
Lockheed
Hong Kong
Switzerland
SMHS
Hoe Sisner Marthe
Bob Cunz
San Marino Cardinals
East Los Angeles Monarchs
Gary Richards Named Successor Harris Resigns As SMHS Principal
San Marino High School principal Robert Harris resigns after three years. Gary Richards, currently vice principal, is named principal effective immediately. Jack Rose becomes assistant principal at SMHS and Wallace Spencer takes the Huntington School post as assistant principal. Harris praises San Marino as a beacon in education and expresses intent to continue in public education.
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Robert Harris
San Marino High School
San Marino Unified
Jack Rose
Huntington School
Dr Richards
Wallace
Wally) Spencer
Huntington
Rose Spencer
Richards
ACSA
Association of California School Administrators
Los Angeles County
Rose
Glendale High School
Spencer
San Marino
California
United States
Harris
Edu
Hearing Set For July 26 On Proposed Assessment
San Marino City Council plans a public hearing at 7 30 pm July 26 in the SMHS Little Theatre on a five year standby charge for police and fire protection. AB630 pending signing by July 13. Protests must be in writing to City Clerk Betty Groomes by hearing time. Evidence includes parcel specific charges and notices to be mailed next week.
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San Marino
Betty Groomes
SMHS
City Hall
Huntington Drive
Huntington Drive Street Repairs Set To Start July 19
City crews start work on the south side of Huntington Drive with concrete repairs and curb and gutter fixes including handicapped ramp installation from Bedford to Del Mar. The project will continue with repaving in August.
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Huntington Drive
Huntington
Bedford
del Mar
Drunk Arrests In Police Report on City Crimes
Police report details late June and early July incidents including an armed robbery near Wilson venue Plentine Place. A South Pasadena woman and two Southwestern Academy students were targeted by four youths under 18 who approached on a street and robbed with a handgun, the victims fleeing and seeking safety.
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South Pasadena
Southwestern Academy
Wilson
Long-Time San Marino Resident Killed In Mid-Air Collision
Robert Cornet, veteran San Marino businessman and Cornet chain founder’s son, dies in a mid-air collision near San Jose Municipal Airport while piloting a twin-engine plane. The crash during a business trip involved a second plane, killing all aboard. investigators from FAA and NTSB probe the cause. Cornet was born in Covina, son of Joe Cornet Sr, who started the family chain in 1923. the business expanded through the San Gabriel Valley to Arizona and Nevada.
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Bob Cornet
Robert Cornet
San Marino
Cornet Chain of
Variety Stores
San Jose
Cornet
Federal Aviation Administration
National Transportation Safety Board
Covina
Joe Cornet Sr
San Gabriel Valley
Arizona
Nevada
City Celebrates Fourth Of July Parade In San Marino
San Marino held its annual Independence Day festivities with a parade and park fireworks. Parade winners included Best Antique Car A with Lowell Stutz, Best Classic Car a 1934 Ford with the Holmes family, and Best Float Brownie Troop No 71. The sweepstakes went to Dennis Metcalf in an antique fire truck. the Historical Society Award to Frank Irvine in a decorated Volvo. Students from San Marino High School art department crafted signs for dignitaries’ cars. Interment for Cornet was at Forest Lawn with services at St. Rita’s Church.
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Lowell Stutz
Brownie Troop
Eileen Anderson
The
Woman's Club
Paul Crowley
City Club
Shery Goodreau
Historical Society
Monterey Road
Virginia Road
Lacy Park
San Marino
Dads
Spence Brown
Old Mill Cleaners
Holmes
Dennis Metcalf
Frank Irvine
Along The Drive by Winston Churchill Quotation
Winston Churchill noted that the greatest life lesson is recognizing that even fools are right sometimes, underscoring humility and openness to unexpected truth. The remark frames a thoughtful perspective on judgment and learning from all voices.
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Winston Churchill
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University of Oklahoma
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Baylor College of Medicine
San Gabriel Community
Alhambra Community Hospital
USC
Pan American Society of Ophthalmology
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David
Roanoke Road
Doris . Gates
First Interstate Bancorp
Los Angeles
Baned Multistate Bark Holding Company
VISA
TUSA
Lindsay
Gates
University of California, Berkeley
Occidental College
Del-Mar Avenue
Johnathan
H. Stephen Cranston
Knapp Communications Corporation
Architectural Digest
Geo
Home
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MacDonald. Halsted & Layborne
Knapp
Graduate
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Harvard Law School
California State Bar
American Bar Association
American Judicature Society
Karen
Lorain Road
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California Institute of Technology
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Caltech
National Society To Prevent
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Combined Health Agencies Drive of
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Cunz
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Gary Richards
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FE ‘Moline
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Pasadena City College
U.S Army
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Municipal Motorcycle Club of California
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Adrienne Englert
Michelle Nuccio
Sierra Madre
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Forest Lawn
St. Rita's Catholic Church
Serra Madre
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