First San Marino Night Inaugurated Tomorrow Eve
San Marino business firms announce the first San Marino Night with extended hours, special displays, and individual features citywide. Real estate firms, restaurants, and offices will stay open, with signs in windows to guide Friday night shoppers. The event is led by the Business and Professional Association with broad member support.
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San Marino
Timo Clown
Business and Professional Association
San
City Club Forms Activity Groups in San Marino
San Marino City Club forms new activity groups to promote fellowship and widen acquaintances. President J. Bert Easley calls the meeting. Gene S. Prochnow appoints leaders for softball, canasta, chess, bridge, golf, and more. Future meetings include chess on March 6 and bridge on March 11 and 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Marino City
J. Bert Easley
Gene S. Prochnow
Harrison Myers Jr
Mr. Prochnow
Donald O. Heney
John W. Davis III
Bruce Williamson
Sidney H. Haysler
E. Randall Kerr
Treas Wer
Ecclesiastical Art Exhibit At Saint Edmunds Church
An art exhibit will be held at Saint Edmunds Episcopal Church parish house this Sunday March 19 from noon to 930 p m. Items loaned include pieces from the Templeton Crocker collection Mount Calvary Monastery Santa Barbara Wallis Wiley Studios and Rev Charles A Shreve among others A bound English Prayer Book from early printings antique vestments from Maximilian era and other historical religious works are featured along with paintings statuary and precious metals and enamels.
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Saint Edmund’s Episcopal Church
Templeton Crocker
Mount Calvary Monastery
Santa Barbara
Wallis Wiley Studios
Charles A. Shreve
Maximillian
Lambach
Upper Austria
Italy
Limoge
Alternate capital proposal sparks safe driving satire
A Chicago press association meeting features a hostile critique of Rep. Holifield and a mock call for duplicating government duplications. The piece mocks Washington spending and praises prudent driving. It closes with a quip on government efficiency and a jab at public images.
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Holifield
Washington
Garden Tours Boost San Marino Girl Scouts Support
San Marino Girl Scouts launch Garden Tours next week to sell sustaining memberships at one dollar each, funding Singing Pines Camp improvements and camperships. Four tours run March 11 17 18 and 24 25 featuring private gardens across San Marino Arcadia and Pasadena with listings of participating homes. Judy Thompkins leads in sales with sixteen dollars. Janet Cranston follows with fifteen.
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San Marino
Herbert Woodland
Judy Thompkins
Janet Cranston
Pasadena
Marino Gardens
Hoyt Leisure
Shenantah Road
Leslie Itttman
Avondale Road
Stuart O
Can- Toad
Alex Robertson
Winston Avenue
Wiliam B. Stringfellow
West Grand Avenue
Sierra Madte
C. Jaques Hahn
Grove Street
Sierra Mad
Norman Chandler
Orange Grove Avenue
Arcadia
John McC. Scott
Rancho Road
Virgil M. Pinkley
Singing Wood Drive
Arthur Morton Clifford
South
San Rafael] Avenue
Edgar L. Sinnott
Stone Ridge Drive
Henry W. Valentine
Hermosta Street
South Pasadena
Henry Schulters
Monterey Road
John Alexander Wood
Winthrop Road
Girl Scout House
South Oak Knoll Avenue
Singing Pines
Plea to Halt Water Tower Construction
Indigent residents of a San Marino area petitioned to stop a Sunnyslope Water Co. water tower rising about 75 feet behind 887 El Campo drive. Judge Kenneth Newell issued a temporary restraining order as protests and a planning commission review push to revoke the zone exception.
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el Campo Drive
San Marino
Kenneth Newell
William S. Scully
County Planning Commission
Sunnyslope Water Co
Roger Jessup
County Regional Planning Commission
San
City Planning Commission
H. A. Barnett
Work Starts On Ball Field At Carver School Site
Work will begin this week on a new baseball diamond behind K L Carver School on Huntington Drive. A joint arrangement between the school board and the recreation commission allows preliminary work, pending a written agreement with the City Council to follow the school code. A joint meeting at Huntington School on March 16 will finalize the recreational program and its school usage.
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K. L. Carver
Huntington Drive
Recreation Commission
Huntington School
February Receipts Lead San Marino Post Office History
The San Marino Post Office Branch posted record February receipts for 1950 totaling $9,063.31, up 18 percent from February 1949. John M. Carroll, the superintendent, notes a tentative April 15 move date to the new enlarged post office at 2040 Huntington Drive.
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San Marino
John M. Carroll
Carroll
Huntington Drive
Huntington Library Marked Founder’s Birth Centenary
Dr. J E Sterling at Huntington Library Founders Day centennial address recalls Henry Edwards Huntington born February 27, 1850 in Oneonta New York. Stanford President notes Huntington’s aim to build Anglo American library collections as six staff members from Huntington era attend wreath ceremony with Henry E Huntington II present.
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Henry Edwards Huntington
Huntington Library
J. E. Wallace Sterning
Stanford University
Sterling
Mr. Huntington
Dr. Sterling
Oneonta
New York
Europe
Huntington
St. Albans
West Virginia
Robert A. Millikan
Dr. Millikan
Huntington Estate
Henry E. Huntington II
California
William Hertrich
Emerit
San Marino Rent Decontrol Backed by Local Board
Pasadena rent advisory board unanimously supports decontrolling rents in San Marino and forwards the resolution to Washington for approval within about a week. The city has 3408 residences with 1100 built since 1940, and decontrol will stay within city limits, not affecting areas east of San Gabriel Boulevard.
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Rent Advisory Board
Pasadena
San Marino
National Housing
Washington, D. C
Rent Control Board
San Gabriel Boulevard
Alhambra
South Pasadena
Altadena
Sierra Madre
Income Tax Help at City Hall Arrives in San Marino
For the first time, State Franchise Tax Commissioner Irwin Parker will assist residents at City Hall March 6 and 7 with state income tax forms. The service is free, with office set in the Council room and guidance on filing thresholds for individuals and couples. City Clerk E R Kerr arranged the visit to address questions and determine future local presence.
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San Marino
Irwin Parker
Los Angeles
San
California
City short of goal in March of Dimes drive
The March of Dimes drive ends March 4 and San Marino is $641.83 short of the city's quota. To date $4,348.17 has been received or 86 percent of the goal. Citizens are urged to mail in contributions or make an additional donation by Saturday to reach the quota.
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San Marino
Red Cross
Oneonta Breaks Ground Sunday For New Church
Ground breaking for the new Oneonta Church building at Garfield and Oak in South Pasadena will take place at 12 30 p m next Sunday. Attending will be Mayor Edward C Peter son Dr Roger Truesdall Clyde E Holley Dr Henry David Gray and architect Herbert Powell. The project totals 325 000 with pay as you go financing and a aim to dedicate debt free in 1950.
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Oneonta
Garfield and Oak
South Pasadena
Edward C. Peterson
Roger Truesdall
Clyde E. Holley
Henry David Gray
Steed Bros
Alhambra
Clyde Holley
Lester Kimball
Herbert Powell
Sherwood Road
American Institute of Architects
Southern California
California
City creates Transportation zone to protect Pacific Electric right of way
The City Council approved a zoning amendment establishing a T-1 Transportation zone along the Pacific Electric right of way in San Marino. The move ensures the land remains for transportation, even if train service ends, with reversion rights preserved for original owners elsewhere. Public hearings found no opposition and Alhambra considers a similar measure.
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Pacific Electric
San Marino
Transportation Company
Alhambra
Huntington Drive
Granada West
Wilson Avenue
Public Carrier
Dorothy Dishon Killed In Accident
Dorothy Dishon, 22, a San Marino native and Stanford graduate, died February 22 in Washington DC in an automobile crash. She had worked at the Pan American Union and lived with her parents Col Harold Dishon and the late Mrs Dishon. her mother Betty Baker was a well known columnist.
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Washington
D. C
Dorothy
Dishon
San Marinan
Stanford University
Pan-American Union
Col
Harold Dishon
San Marino
Adair Street
San Marino Avenue
Betty Baker
Col. Dishon
Los Gatos
Calif
Doroth
Hen
South Pasadena-San Marino High School
New Parking Lot Opens On Drive San Marino Area
J. A. Kramer announces new parking facilities tied to three newly erected store buildings on the north side of Huntington drive. The lot fronts 100 feet on the drive and extends east to Kenilworth, with depth over 50 feet. Blacktop paving and leveling create space for about 30 cars, easing congestion in the city’s shopping area.
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Huntington Drive
San Marino Avenue
J. A. Kramer
Kramer
Kenilworth
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City Club
Press Association
Chicago
Truman
Vishinsky
Len Williams
Historic Times
Leslie E.i Bliss
Robert O. Schad
Gilbert L. Brown
Herman R. Mead
Ralph J. Gifford
California Street
Sanei Boulevard
Donald Johnson
Walnut Grove
Rosemead
John Houston
Laurel Drive
Huntington Memorial Hospital Sa
Gain
Mekadlics
Gelling
Sen Gabelel Boulevard
Johnson
Red Cross Drive
Dorothy Dishon
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