Red Feather Day Set October 3 in San Marino
Red Feather Day kicks off the 1956 Community Chest Drive in San Marino with a goal of 47162 to aid 23 local and nearby agencies. Dr. Bernard L. Hyink chairs the drive while volunteers from the San Marino League and high school prepare mailings posters and appeals and Boy Scouts assist.
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Bernard L. Hyink
Hyink
San Marino
George W. Norwine
Community Chest
Red Cross
Norwine
Mmes
G. S. Prochnow
Edward W. Muhsfeld
J. Warner Nelson
Ralph Walker
Leonard Cormier Jr
Walker
Cormier
San Marino League
San Marino High School
Rudolph Vanasek
John Christenson
Quote and quips on smog voting and patriotism
A column presents a string of aphorisms and satirical remarks about smog concerns, voting machines, political power, and patriotism. It alludes to scientists making mistakes and the USSR boasting a large library, ending with a definition of a patriot tied to reciprocity with the nation.
Tuesday Funeral for W. Thompson in Alhambra
Funeral services were held in Alhambra for Lloyd W. Thompson of San Luis Rey who died there on September 17. He was brother to Standish R. Thompson of Gainsborough drive and leaves his mother Mrs Newton W. Thompson sister Mrs Margaret Armstrong and another brother Newton F. of Alhambra. Interment followed at Rosedale Cemetery. Born in Alhambra, he had lived in San Luis Rey the past decade.
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Alhambra
Lloyd W. Thompson
San Luis Rey
Thompson
Standish R. Thompson
Gainsborough Drive
Rosedale Cemetery
Newton W. Thompson
Margaret Armstrong
Newton F
Stoneman School Classroom Plan Approved
The City Planning Commission approved plans to add classrooms at the Stoneman School on the newly purchased southwest corner property of the school grounds. The action follows district efforts to expand facilities.
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Stoneman School
City Planning Commission
Long Training In Law Marks Judge Herndon Career
Roy L. Herndon of Virginia road in this city built a 27 year law practice after 1949 Superior Court Judgeship. Born February 21 1907 in Walla Walla Washington he studied Milton Oregon schools and earned a BA from the University of Oregon in 1929 earning Phi Beta Kappa. He earned the JD in 1932 and opened Phoenix office then joined Meserve Memper Hughes in Los Angeles becoming a partner in 1938.
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Roy L. Herndon
Virginia Road
North
West
Walla Walla
Washington
Igh
Milton
Oregon
Herndon
University of Oregon
Phi Beta Kappa
University of Oregon School of Law
Los Angeles
Meserve, Memper & Hughes
Smog Alert Declared With Green And Red Phases
A city and county proclamation announces smog alerts with two forecast conditions Smog green for no emergency and Smog red for heavy smog. When red is forecast residents should carpool or use public transit avoid unnecessary trips and refrain from burning refuse to reduce air pollution.
BPA Plans Night Meetings Monthly
The Business and Professional Association will hold one meeting per month at night instead of Friday mornings. The first gathering is Tuesday September 27 at 7 p.m. in the Colonial Kitchen. The event is open to all, with spouses and friends invited. reservations to Beverly Anderson or Elder R. Morgan. Speaker will be C. E. Martin, city manager of San Marino.
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Business and Professional] Association
Elder R. Morgan
Morgan
Colonial Kitchen
Beverly Anderson
Atlantic
Sycamore
C. E. Martin
San Marino
Boothe Building Variance Denied at San Marino Meeting
The San Marino Planning Commission denied the variance application for the Boothe Building and surrounding area last Wednesday. Two letters and a petition with 11 signatures urged denial. Applicants were Laurence Boothe and Stuart P. MacLaren.
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Boothe
San Marino
Kiwanis Plan Variety Show at Boys Republic
The San Marino Kiwanis Club will hold a variety show on Friday at the Boys Republic campus in Chino to celebrate National Kid's Day. Jim Mild of the youth services committee leads the event with Kiwanis members and their wives expected to attend.
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San Marino
San Marino Planning Panel hears music studio variance request
Evelyn L. Hood of Huntington drive asked the San Marino City Planning Commission for permission to build a music studio on Chelsea road. A public hearing is set for October 5 at 9 a.m. before the commission.
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Chelsea Road
San Marino
Community Church Plans New Youth Unit and Chapel Relocation
San Marino Planning Commission approved construction of a new Youth Unit and relocation of the existing Chapel at 1750 Virginia Road. The approval is contingent on a prior variance granted December 12, 1951.
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San Marino
San Marinans Resist Actuated Traffic Signals Plan
Readers urge the council to reject an actuated signal plan for Huntington drive. They warn it would turn the residential thoroughfare into a freeway, favoring out of towners and raising taxes while neglecting pedestrian safety. Residents favor seven simple signals like Mission for controlled traffic and parking access.
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San Marino
Huntington Drive
Mission
Suburbia
San
Huntington drive median beautification ends Bedford to San Marino
City Hall announced the Huntington drive median strip project from Bedford road to San Marino avenue will end upon completion, concluding the old right of way work for the time being as plans were discussed informally this week.
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Bedford
San Marino Avenue
Huntington Drive
Bedford Road
L. C. Falls
Granada
St. Albans Road
Pacific Electric Railway Company
San Marino
Falls
P.E
Our City
Young golfer Bill Pickett shoots hole in one at Arroyo Seco
Fourteen year old Bill Pickett of San Marino, after three lessons, made a 128 yard hole in one on the 18th at Arroyo Seco Golf Course in South Pasadena while playing with his father and brother. He weighs 165 pounds, is over six feet tall, a San Marino High School student, Life Scout aiming for Eagle, and an FBI hopeful. He joked about a rival’s score as his dad, Gordon, finished first.
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Bill Pickett
San Marino
Bill
Arroyo Seco
South Pasadena
Ensign R. B. Pickett
San Marino High School
Explorer Post 355
Boy Scouts of America
FBI
San Gabriel Valley
Dad
Gordon
Jennie W Hitchcock Dies At Home
Funeral services for Jennie W Hitchcock 79 will be held at 11 30 a m today. She died at her Wetherby road home Tuesday morning. Rev. Aaron Driver will conduct at Wee Kirk O The Heather with burial at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Born in New York City she lived in California 11 years and in San Marino seven years. Survived by son Wallace H Hitchcock and granddaughter Mrs Gareth W Hamlin.
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Jennie W. Hitchcock
Wetherby Road
Aaron Driver
St. Edmund’s Episcopal Church
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
TV Show To Feature Church Gift Presentation
Mr and Mrs Tyler Upham and sons of San Marino will receive a gift copy of the illustrated Good News by the American Bible Society on KTLA Sunday morning program In God We Trust Channel 5 10 30 to 11 am. The event duplicates a morning service presentation at San Marino Community Church where more than 150 teachers will be recognized. The illustrated New Testament volume includes the complete text with 566 illustrations and maps.
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Tyler Upham
Turn Back The Clock Sunday Night
San Marinans will gain an extra hour as the region returns to Pacific Standard Time. Most residents will set clocks back one hour before bed, giving an extra hour's sleep after 2 a.m., when the official hour occurs.
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San
Steven Smith Hurt In Auto Bike Crash
Steven Smith ten year old son of Oscar A Smith of Sycamore drive was injured when his bicycle crossed Del Mar at Lorain road and was struck by a car driven by Dewey Clarence Seeman sixty seven of Lorain road. He sustained a fractured finger lacerated hand and cut tendon and was hospitalized at Huntington Memorial hospital.
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Steven Smith
Oscar A. Smith
Sycamore Drive
Lorain Road
del Mar
Dewey Clarence Seeman
Lorain
Smith
Steven
Huntington Memorial Hospital
San Marinos Attend Fall Retreat at Idyllwild
Two San Marino students Bronson Berlin of Del Mar Avenue a sophomore and Jane Kearney of Melville Drive a junior attended the annual fall retreat of the College Church of the Associated Colleges in Idyllwild last week.
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San Marino
Associated Colleges of Claremont
College Church of the Associated Colleges
Idyllwild
Bronson Berlin
del Mar Avenue
Jane Kearney
Melville Drive
Ridgeway-Melville Drive Drain Extension Bid Awarded
A construction contract for the Ridgeway Melville Drive Drain extension was awarded to Long Marker and Howley for a total bid of 13 687 55 dollars after city clerk Randall Kerr opened bids at the last council meeting.
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Ridgeway - Melville Drive
Long, Marker & Howley
Randal Kerr
City Council Seeks Bids On Signals And Reengineering
City Councilmen issued two calls for bids at the recent meeting in City Hall. Bids for installing seven traffic signals on Huntington Drive and for the reengineering of the San Marino Huntington Drive intersection were requested.
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Huntington Drive
San Marino
Huntington Library Hosts John Marshall Bicentennial Exhibit
The Huntington Library marks the 200th anniversary of John Marshall birth with an exhibit of letters documents and rare editions related to his career. It features Marshall opinions including the August 31 1807 case and items signed by George Washington and Marshall.
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Supreme Court of the
United States
Huntington Library
Marshall
Huntington
George Washington
House of Representatives
Free Masons of
Virginia
London
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