City Council Sets June Bond Election After Night Meeting
City Council met in City Hall with all members present to finalize legal steps for the June 18 bond election. Eleven bids for Shakespeare and Palomar drive work ranged from $4,991 to $8,962, with Sutalo and Ram cljack chosen for paving sewers and storm drains. The meeting covered reservoir plantings, a USC invitation, a sewage disposal dispute with Pasadena, and library statistics showing April circulation and patron counts.
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Shakespeare
Palomar Drive
Harold Barnett
Sutalo and
Ramcljack
San Gabriel Boulevard
Palomar
Gainsborough
South Pasadena
Pasqualito
el Molino
Frank Clough
Emery Olson
University of Southern California
Institute of Government
Pasadena
San Marino Public Library
San Marino Population Soars 118 Percent in 1940 Census
San Marino reports 1940 census population of 8143 up 118 percent from 1930 3730. Growth tied to Los Angeles County housing boom with new homes and tracts, strong schools parks police and orderly government cited by census supervisor F A Blethen.
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San Marino
Los Angeles
United States
F. A. Blethen
Carver Files Reelection Bid for San Marino Trustee
K L Carver of 1865 St Albans Road filed for reelection as elementary school trustee in the San Marino school district. Carver has sat on the board since 1930 and now serves as president. Election is at Henry Huntington school house on Friday June 7 for a three year term. Officers include Mrs Lorene Adamson and inspectors and judges named. Hugh L Wallace of South Pasadena also announces candidacy for both high school and elementary boards of the South Pasadena San Marino system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RK. L. Carver
St. Albans Road
San Marino
Carver
Henry E. Huntington
Lorene A. Adamson
West Drive
Olive Rothenberger
Lorain Read
Edith L. Sears
Mirasoi
Hugh L. Wallace
South Pasagend
South Pasadena-San Miring
Wallace Sue
Wlementary Board of Education
Interclub Council
One- Onta Club
Mildred Brooks to Speak at San Marino Woman's Club Meeting
Distinguished etcher Mildred Bryant Brooks will address the San Marino Woman's Club at Huntington School on Wednesday May 15. The program includes annual chairmen reports and tea hosted by Mrs Howard Yates. Brooks, noted artist and lecturer, has works in major collections and will etch on stage. Exhibition viewing to follow.
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Mildred Bryant Brooks
San Marino
California
National Gallery
Washington, D. C
Smithsonian Institution
New York Public Library
Palace of Fine Arts
San Diego
Los Angeles County Museum
Los Angeles Public Library
Women's Club
Brooks
A Midsummer Nightmare charms San Marinans in charity show
Five hundred San Marinans praised the Huntington School benefit in a lively production of A Midsummer Nightmare. Joseph Owen led with Butterfly aside, Louis Arzt dazzled as May B. West, and the cast featured police chief, mayor, and school board figures in a cheerful musical comedy.
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May B. West
Louis Arzt
Rosie
Harbin Rousselot
Daisy
Alex Robertson
Harry Howard
Joe Owen
The
Fathers of the Huntington P.T.A
San
Spike” Kenyon
Louise Liebhardt
Martha Brian
Racy
Butterfly
Owen
May B
Rousselot
Pansy
Harry Weber
Richard Crowshey
Luther Little
Joseph Dobson
Weber
Xylo
Seawell Wins San Marino Primary By 8 1 Margin
Light turnout statewide under 50 percent. In San Marino returns from 12 of 14 precincts show Republican Seawell with 1230 votes while Roosevelt with 159 Garner 94 Allen 8 Patterson 4. Roosevelt and Garner struggled as Seawell led a decisive GOP showing in the primary.
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Roosevelt
San Marino
Seawell
Garner
Allen
Patterson
John N. Garner
Republican Party
Garden Club Meeting at Mrs Ryder Home May 14
The San Marino Garden Club will meet Tuesday May 14 at 1500 St Albans road the home of Mrs F L Ryder. The business session begins 10 30 with President Mrs Joseph Whittemore presiding. Lloyd Casper of Altadena will discuss What Science Is Doing for Your Garden from a practical angle.
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San Marino
Crowded City Hall Relieved by Bond Issue Proposal
San Marinans will vote June 18 on a bond plan including a new fire station on city property east of City Hall and remodeling the current fire quarters for city departments. The package also proposes a city jail and a $90,000 library bond, totaling $75,000 for fire facilities amid population growth and rising construction.
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San
Rotary Sponsors New Boy Scout Troop No 4 in San Marino
The Rotary Club of San Marino sponsors a new Troop No 4 with Marshall Walker named scoutmaster. Weekly meetings run 7 to 9 PM Thursdays at the Boy Scout cabin in Lacy Park. Assistant scoutmasters include Ray Bryce Glen Wilson and others on the troop committee BR. A. Daniels chairs the committee with Ben Parker Elmer C Neher Harry Ginn and D D Gordon.
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San Marino
Rotary Club of
Lacy Park
Marshall Walker
San Marino Tribune
Ray Bryce
Glen Wilson
Huntington School
Walker
BR. A. Daniels
Ben Parker
Elmer C. Neher
Harry Ginn
D. D. Gordon
Junior High Faculty Statement on Tragedy at South Pasadena
A South Pasadena San Marino Junior High Faculty Association statement explains the tragedy impact, praises former vice principal Verlin Spencer and his appointment as principal, and pledges faculty cooperation. The note cautions against premature charges and calls for informed public understanding amid events troubling the school community.
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South Pasadena-San Marino
Verlin Spencer
Board of Education
Spencer
Republican Women Schedule Mass Meeting at Huntington School
On Monday May 13 at 3 45 pm Republican women invite others to a mass meeting in the Huntington School Auditorium. Speakers Stanley Arndt Preston Hotchkis will address the gathering with Mrs C O Cornwell Mrs A E Sears and Mrs Sarah Nash among the organizers urging attendance by supporters and curious voters alike. J D Buchanan of Glendale will also speak.
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Huntington School
Stanley Arndt
Preston Hotchkis
C. O. Cornwell
A. E. Sears
Sarah Nash
J. D. Buchanan
Glendale
San
Pasadena Rotary Luncheon Features Trial Judge Experience
Judge Frank C. Collier of the Pasadena Superior Court will discuss Experiences of a Trial Judge at the San Marino Rotary Club noon meeting at the Hotel Huntington. The program chair is John Hoffman. The club recently hosted a Senior High talent roundup for National Boys and Girls Week with performances by Claire Sloggett Betty Hill Barbara Ann Norton and Dean Bottorf among others.
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Frank C. Collier
Superior Court of Pasadena
San Marino
Claire Sloggett
Betty Hill
Sloggett
Barbara Ann Norton
John Lamoreaux
Kelly Boisat
Jeanie
Dean Bottorf
Mendelssohn
Bottorf
J. Gordon Epperson
Laura Bee
Sunday Vesper Memorial for Texas Shots Fired Tragedy
Memorial vesper services are planned for Sunday at 5 PM in South Pasadena High auditorium to honor four men killed when junior high principal Verlin E Spencer opened fire. Surviving families include George C Bush widow Winnie, John Alman widow Eleanor, Will Speer widow Flosse and WS Vanderlip wife Margorie plus children. The incident left Spencer in critical condition and two women injured. Memorial speakers include Andrew Porter and George Hooper with Dr Harry Slater leading.
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San Marino
South Pasadena
South Pasadena Senior High
Verlin E. Spencer
George Bush
John E. Alman
Will R. Speer
W. V. Vanderlip
San Marinan
Vanderlip
Fleur Drive
Turner and Stevens Chapel
North Marengo
Pasadena
Thomas M. DeForrest
Christian Science Reader
Marjorie Vanderlip
Verner V. Vanderlip
Huntington School
South Pasadena Methodist Church
Fairview
el Centro
Eleanor Alman
John
New York
Margaret
S.C
George C. Bush
Albert J. Adams
Marjorie Brown
Adams
T. Raymond Jones
St. James Episcopes
James T. Mordy
Calvary
Andrew Porter
George A. Hooper
South Pasadena- San Marino
Eugene Young
Hugh Wallace
Interclub Council of
Harry T. Slater
Tribune
Spencer
Huntington Memorial Hospital
Dorothea Talbert
Bush
Nancy Talbert
Ashbourne Drive
Ruth Barnett Sturgeon
Talbert
Death Threat Endangers South Pasadena Leader George Bush
In a tense incident Monday afternoon George C. Bush faced a drawn pistol from a madman at Verlin Spencer. Bush’s thirty five year tenure guiding South Pasadena schools as principal and then superintendent established his lasting influence on local youth and community.
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George C. Bush
Verlin Spencer
George Bush
South Pasadena
South Pasadena-San Marino
City Club Changes Meeting Date and Plans for May
San Marino City Club shifts its next gathering from May 21 to May 28 under secretary E Randall Kerr. The event features Ladies Night with dinner at Huntington Senior cafeteria, plus G Allen Hancock and his orchestra performing after a South Seas expedition talk. A large turnout is anticipated.
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E. Randall Kerr
San Marino
Huntington Senio
G. Allen Hancock
South Seas
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. Stanley Bent
Richard H. Lacy
Ercole Locatelli
Republic of San Marino
Lacy
Lacey
First Tribune
Edward H. Rust
K. L. Carver
Mildred Brooks
Woman’s Club
Garden Club
F. Ryder
Rotary
Alman
Speers
Hooper
By Laura Bee
City Club
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