anaheim-gazette 1931-01-01

Read it in the Gazette ALL THE LOCAL AND COUNTY NEWS THE GAZETTE CALL TWO-FOUR-ONE-FOUR VOLUME LXI Auditor, Sheriff Hand Out Plums Incoming County Officials Announce Make-up of Their Staffs of Office Employes NEW YEAR'S JOY TO MANY Auditor Lambert Retains All of Present Force New Year's day brings joy to many who are to have appointments in Santa Ana county offices under incoming administrations, the employes of W. T. Lambert, auditor elect, and Logan Jackson, the incoming sheriff, having been announced. Mr. Lambert has made it known that he will retain the present staff when he takes over the auditor's office next Monday. L. H. Eckel will continue as chief deputy and the others will be Miss Louise Jerome, daughter of the present auditor, Mrs. Laura Bettis, Marian Smith and Gertrude Hellis, Miss Helen Craemer, county statistician, will continue to have her office in the auditor's office. Many Changes By Sheriff Many changes will be made in ap- Shifting About of County Offices Board of Supervisors Move a Number to Re-Modeled Santa Ana Inn Annex There is going to be considerable shifting about in the location of offices in the courthouse at Santa Ana as soon as the alterations are made in the old Santa Ana Inn and it is taken over as an annex. The lower floor of the inn will be occupied by the road department, surveyor's office and county library in the north wing, the purchasing department in the present lobby, and the social welfare department in the south wing. Second and Third Floors The second floor will house the health department in the center, the agricultural department in the south wing and the farm bureau and farm advisor, with small auditorium, in the north wing. The third floor will be devoted to the flood control offices and planning commission in the north wing, the county superintendent of schools in the south wing, with the center not yet assigned. In the hall of records, the probation department will move to the health department's quarters, making room for a jury room for superior court department there; the district attorney will move from the courthouse to the space vacated by the county superintendent of schools and agricultural department in the hall of records, waiting for Mr. Lambert has made it known that he will retain the present staff when he takes over the auditor's office next Monday. L. H. Eckel will continue as chief deputy and the others will be Miss Louise Jerome, daughter of the present auditor, Mrs. Laura Bettis, Marian Smith and Gertrude Hellis, Miss Helen Craemer, county statistician, will continue to have her office in the auditor's office. Many Changes By Sheriff Many changes will be made in appointments by Sheriff-elect Jackson, who announces he will appoint only four of Sam Jernigan's staff. These hold-overs will be Herman J. Zabel, superintendent of the identification bureau, and his assistant, Mrs. Clara Wing, Miss Cora Kurrie, civil deputy and Fred Humiston, bailiff. The complete list follows: Under-sheriff—C. W. Riggle, a resident of Orange for 18 years, and formerly plain clothes officer for seven years in St. Louis. Criminal Deputies Chief criminal deputy—Arthur Eells, former deputy sheriff and later chief of police at Fullerton. Criminal deputies—Merle Dean former deputy sheriff and now in the Santa Ana police department; Earl Nickels of the Newport Beach police department, formerly three years in the Canadian Northwest Mounted Police; F. A. Wilbur of Santa Ana, formerly of Elkton; G. F. McKelvey, Huntington Beach; L. H. Nicholson of the Santa Ana police department, formerly with the United States border patrol for 17 years. Miss Cora Kurrie, office deputy, incumbent. Jailors and Balliffs Jailor, Theo Lacy, Jr., former jailor, Turnkeys, W. S. Young, four years with the Anaheim police department; R. D. Lippincott, former councilman and police commissioner of Laguna Beach; C. E. Virgoe of Orange. Bureau of identification, H. J. Zabel, incumbent, and Mrs. Clara Wing, incumbent, as assistant. Court balliffs, C. E. Dixon, who has had long police experience; Howard A. Wassum of Tustin, former county supervisor; Fred L. Humistan, incumbent. District Attorney S. B. Kauman, who will also assume his official duties on next Monday, will retain the staff of Sam L. Collins, his predecessor, S. B. Kauman, Santa Ana attorney, will take Mr. Kauman's place as chief assistant. The three deputies who will continue are W. F. Menton, Leo J. Frlis and Preston Turner. SUIT FOR $20,000 DAMAGES Suit has been filed at Santa Ana asking for damages in the sum of $20,000 for Leon Graves, of Brea, who claims he was run down while on his bicycle by C. R. McClure in an auto on Nov. 30. The suit was brought by Albert C. Gray as guardian for his adviser, with small auditorium, in the north wing. The third floor will be devoted to the flood control offices and planning commission in the north wing, the county superintendent of schools in the south wing, with the center not yet assigned. In the hall of records, the probation department will move to the health department's quarters, making room for a jury room for superior court department there; the district attorney will move from the courthouse to the space vacated by the county superintendent of schools and agricultural department in the hall of records, making way for the law library. Treasurer Will Move The treasurer will move to the road department quarters and the auditor will replace the tax collector, who will move to the road department's location. The county supervisors will move to the auditor's rooms. The county clerk will absorb the quarters of the treasurer and supervisors. The coroner and recorded will remain in their present quarters. The elementary school teachers of the county and Ray Adkinson, county superintendent-elect, have made a protest to the supervisors against moving the county school office from the hall of records to the annex, claiming that the new quarters would be much too small in floor space. Postoffice Makes a New Christmas Record The Anaheim postoffice set a new high mark for the number of pieces of mail handled in a Christmas season, when 40,000 pieces were sent out on Monday December 22, and nearly as many were received by the local office. Postmaster J. H. Whitaker said that the volume of outgoing and incoming mail on that date was so large that the employed worked until 11 p.m. before it was all cleared. Orange Soldiers at Rolph Inauguration Fifty members of the Orange county unit of the California National Guard will attend the inauguration of Governor James Rolph at Sacramento, the county board of supervisors having appropriated $700 to defray the expenses of the local company. Representatives of the company appeared before the supervisors and asked that the appropriation be $1,300, but the board reduced it to $700. Plant Addition to be Finished In Spring Construction on the new 90 x 85-foot addition to the general packing plant of the Anaheim Orange and Lemon association will be completed about the SUIT FOR $20,000 DAMAGES Suit has been filed at Santa Ana asking for damages in the sum of $20,000 for Leon Graves, of Brea, who claims he was run down while on his bicycle by C. R. McClure in an auto on Nov. 30. The suit was brought by Albert C. Graves as guardian for his son. Is Around The Corner Make the New Year count in your campaign for family finances—even in such little things as disposing of your user car, used washer, or vacant lot. You'll profit by using The Gazette Want Ads. And See What Happens Phone 2414 And See What Happens Plant Addition to be Finished In Spring Construction on the new 90 x 85-foot addition to the general packing plant of the Anaheim Orange and Lemon association will be completed about the first of April, according to an announcement made this week by Manager G. W. Sandilands. The addition, for which work on the basement was in progress last week, will cost in the neighborhood of $12,000. "It will provide greatly increased working space, and will facilitate handling of greater quantities of fruit during the coming season," Manager Sandilands said. "Construction of this addition is only part of our expansion program." Authority on Cactus Speaks to Rotarians Howard Gates, high authority on cactus, spoke on these queer plants of the Great American desert at the weekly luncheon of the Rotary Club. Mr. Gates is one of California's leading collectors of cactus, and goes on long trips into the deserts of lower California, bringing back rare specimens of plants which he wholesales to botanical gardens and to other large collectors. He displayed a number of rare specimens at the Rotary meeting as well as photos he had taken on his trips to the deserts of Lower California, Arizona and Texas. AVOCADO GROWERS' MEETING The avocado growers of the county will meet at Fullerton at 3 p.m. next Monday to elect a representative from the fourth district to serve on the growers' board of directors this year. The meeting will be held at the Bastanchury packing house. P. D. Q. Club Election Party at Kyler Members of the P. D. Q. club in Orange a number of years confined exclusively to gourmets enjoyed one of feature dinners and purveyed at the home of Harold Kyle, 604 South Ivy Avenue. Among those attending Mrs. Harry Neufer, Mr. Edward P. Ehlen, Mr. and Miamis, Miss Marguerite Mildred Erwin, Ernest Hiorst, all of Orange; Mr. and Stevens; Jr., of Baumann; Mrs. George Christian Owens and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Los Angeles. Christmas decorations party. After dinner women gifts, and the "boys" were Arizes were won by Mr. Ehlen and Harold Kyle. AHEIM GAZETE Anaheim, California, Thursday, January 1, 1931 Guess That Will Keep the Kid Busy By Albert T. Reid AND, LISTEN, BOY, — SOMEONE MISLAID A LARGE BUNCH OF MY PROSPERITY. GET BUSY AND SEE IF YOU CAN GET THAT BACK—FIRST THING. "O-KAY, UNCLE SAM" Old Age Aid Act In Orange County Ninety-Five Old People Are Saved From Cold Charity and County Home California now has 5,184 old people whose declining years have been freed from fear of poverty through provisions of the state's Old Age Aid Act. Now entering its second year, the act has proved itself a deliverance from cold charity to those aged who formerly were herded into county homes or existed on the alm of relatives. Old Folks In Orange County In Orange county there are 95 old people receiving aid each month, according to figures prepared by the state department of social welfare, administrators of the act. Passed by the 1929 legislature, the Old Age Aid Law provides a maximum of $30 per person a month, half to be paid by the county and half by the state. Recipients must be over 70 years, citizens of the United States for 15 years, and residents of the state for the same length of time. Humor, tragedy, faded romance—all human emotions are found in the applications which pass each day over the desk of Miss Olive E. Henderson, chief of the division of aged. Oldest Woman Is 112 "Probably 90 per cent of the applications have what the newspapers call human-interest' material in them," said Miss Henderson. "When the law was first passed we received two appeals for the aid, one" "A Child’s Dream" Theme of Float What George W. Reid, of the Chamber of Commerce, regards as one of the most beautiful floats Anaheim ever entered in the Pasadena rose pageant has for several days been under construction by Harry Macres, its theme being "A Child’s Dream." The float shows a malden asleep on a bed of roses with covering of pompom chrysanthemums and corn flowers. She is dreaming that she has met her Prince Charming and they are viewing the castle where they are to live. The prince and princess are seated on a settee of flowers gazing at a castle made of heather and ivy, with spring flowers as its foreground. The castle steps are of pompoms. Around the edge of the float is an assortment of flowers, the sides and back of the float being decorated with smillax and ivy and with the name "Anahelm" in white carnations. To give life to the beautiful picture, three six-year-old fairies will dance around the sleeping malden. The malden and the princess will be Ellen and Katherine Collins. The prince will be Albert Macres and the three fairies will be Betty Jean Koster, of Santa Ana; Gena Macres and Donna Lee Kennan. The float will be on view at the Macres Flower Shop on Friday. Several thousand blooms have been used in its decorations. No Smudging Needed In Browning Orchard Victor A. Browning, a grower of Valenciennes on Palm street, says the orange outlook for this county is fine as to quantity, but the oranges will be small in size. He has an orchard of ten acres and in all the years he has operated it smudging has not been needed. The temperature has been as low as 28°F. Now Comes Federal Taxes On Incomes Collector of Revenue Will Mail Over 200,000 Blank Forms to Southern Californians Galen H. Welch, Collector of Internal Revenue for the ten southern counties of California, whose office is now located at 939 South Broadway, Los Angeles, has received orders from the Bureau in Washington to release on January 2nd, all income tax forms for 1930. Collector Welch will mail over 200,000 blanks to individuals, corporations, partnerships and fiduciaries who and which made returns last year. The Collector mails a form to every taxpayer of record but failure to receive it does not relieve the taxpayer of the responsibility of seeing that his return is made on time. Tax Rates for 1930 The rates of tax for 1930 for individuals are 1½ per cent on the first $4000 of net taxable income; 3 per cent on the second $4000, and per cent on all over $8000. Surtax rates are the same as for 1929. Corporation income tax rate for 1930 is 12 per cent of the net taxable income. All returns must be filed, and at least one-fourth of the tax paid, on or before March 15th, 1931. APPOINTMENT OF C. F. ABBOTT The Pacific System of home builders which has operated in Fullerton for four years, has appointed C. F. Abbott as its representative in Anaheim, with offices at High School and High Walkers school. Mr. A helm him their new will give gifts. No Smudging Needed In Browning Orchard Victor A. Browning, a grower of Valencias on Palm street, says the orange outlook for this county is fine as to quantity, but the oranges will be small in size. He has an orchard of ten acres and in all the years he has operated it smudging has not been needed. The temperature has been as low as 28 but my orchard is so situated that killing frosts do not get to it. The GAZETTE'S NEW SERIAL STARTING TODAY You will like the simple, human love-story of Maggie and Joe. "My Best Girl," by Kathleen Norris, is an up-date tale of ordinary people who are so like folks you know that you will be interested in everything they do. We think this is one of the best serials we have ever had the privilege of offering to our readers. The author, Mrs. Norris, stands in the front rank of American writers, and "My Best Girl" is regarded as one of her greatest works. "Maggie" works in the five-and-ten, and so does her boy-friend, "Joe." Maggie's father is a letter-carrier, her sister Liz works in a beauty parlor, and the girls' mother has "seen better days" and still whines about her hard lot. It is Maggie's simple, honest faith in herself and in life, her ambition to hold to a high ideal, that pulls her and her loved ones out of the clutches of poverty. BEGIN READING IT TODAY Improvement For 1931 Is Predicted William A. Dolan Sees Northern County as "White Spot"; Good Crops a Big Boom Northern Orange county, and Anaheim in particular seem to be more fortunately situated in the financial "white spot" than any place in California, and the Golden State is better off than most of the other states in the union, according to William A. Dolan's outlook of business conditions for 1931. Much Better Off "The high prices orange grove owners have received for their fruit, and the generally better conditions helped by the 'tourist crop' of 1930, indicate that northern Orange county is much better off than most places," Mr. Dolan, president of the Anaheim First National bank, and one of the best known financial leaders of the community, said Tuesday. "From what I gather, other sections of the country aren't nearly as well off financially, as we are. Anaheim, being the hub of this area, of course is not hit as hard as many other communities," he said. "I have every reason to believe that tourists Coming To Anaheim In 1931 Caravans from "Back East" Will Flock To All Parts of California 2,000,000 ARE EXPECTED Tourist Association Is Organizing Motor Trips Anaheim and Orange county will be visited next June by a caravan of eastern tourists on a "See California" trip, with plenty of money to spend. Such is the announcement of A. R. Gray manager of the California Tourist association, who conceived the idea of a series of motor tours as his contribution to the plan for making California a Flesta year in 1931. "Every county and community in the state has something of interest to the tourist," said Gray, "and we propose to show it to him. The tourist seldom gets to visit the state, and contents himself with a few well-advertised reports and a few leading cities." Can't See California in Year "A majority of our counties are missing millions of tourist dollars every year because the tourists miss the better off than most places." Mr. Dolan president of the Anaheim First National bank, and one of the best known financial leaders of the community, said Tuesday. "From what I gather, other sections of the country aren't nearly as well off financially, as we are. Anaheim, being the hub of this area, of course is not hit as hard as many other communities," he said. "I have every reason to believe that 1931 will see a steady improvement of business conditions." Sunday Night Coldest of Present Winter What old-timers of Anaheim say has been one of the most prolonged spells of "winter" has prevailed in Orange county in the last week, but local people who once lived "back east" say it was really an October variety of weather to them. The lowest temperature of this winter was on Sunday night, when the mercury sank to 26 degrees above zero, and caused smudge pots to blaze and smoke throughout the Valencia orange district. Some who shivered in the early hours of Tuesday morning thought the night before was the coldest of the season, but the Associated Laboratories reported the 31 degrees as the lowest mark reached, and that point was held most of the night. A cloudless sky with balmy mid-day temperature like a "back east" October, has marked the weather for the week, the temperature beginning to sink as th sun went down. It has so far been the kind of winter which "back easterners" revel in, for there has been no snow to shovel from walks, no coal to carry in to feed furnaces and no ashes to carry out. Prof. Walker Comes to Old Home Town Prof. J. F. Walker, for several years principal of the Anaheim High School, with Mrs. Walker and daughter Miss Margaret, motored from Phoenix, Arizona, spent Christmas with Mrs. Walker's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Langden, at their new home in Placentia. Prof. Walker, now an instructor in the University of Arizona, was with the Anaheim High School when the first building was erected. Miss Margaret is now a teacher in the Phoenix High School and her sister Miss Bella Walker is a teacher in the Anaheim school. Mr. and Mrs. Langden lived in Anaheim for many years and have gone to their new home in Placentia where they will give their attention to growing oranges. Five-Day Week to Help Unemployed The General Contractors Association at its regular meeting at Santa Ana went on record as favoring a five-day week, which it was thought, would give employment to approximately 20 percent Concordia Installs Officers Tuesday Installation of 1931 officers of the Concordia Society will be held at the clubhouse on West Broadway next Tuesday evening, according to the announcement by President H. Bremer, re-elected for a second term. The society enjoyed its regular monthly dinner-meeting last Sunday afternoon and evening. More than 100 were present for dinner and to enjoy the entertainment which followed. LLEWELLYN FAMILY REUNION This year's family reunion on Christmas at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Llewellyn on Romneyea Drive was halted this week as one of the most successful in recent years. Among those attending, besides the host and hostess and their children, Shirley and W. J. Jr., were: Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Freeman, parents of the hostess; Mrs. Myra Oliver, grandmother of Mrs. Llewellyn; Mr. and Mrs. D. W. DeVinney and daughter Betty, of Pomona; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Baker and son, Carl Jr., of Fullerton; Miss Lucille Baker of Anaheim and Jerry Simmons of Long Beach. Quarton Family Reunion The Quarton family held its annual Christmas reunion at the home of Mrs. Eunice Barnes on South Ohio street. There was a gay tree and gifts were distributed to a large company. Five-Day Week to Help Unemployed The General Contractors Association at its regular meeting at Santa Ana went on record as favoring a five-day week, which it was thought, would give employment to approximately 20 percent more men on the same job, and the plan was recommended to all employers on construction work. In the opinion of members of the association, a five-day week is not the most efficient way to handle construction work, but the general contractors are willing and anxious to cooperate in the situation that labor may be distributed to the most men possible. The five-day plan is to take effect immediately. Flying Rumors MUSTA GOT SOME WHITE MULE "And then," said the man in the hospital, "I took a drag out of a green bottle, and everything turned black." GIVING EM THE DOUBLE O Mussolini reviews his Italian army and Hinderberg reviews his German army while the president of France reviews his army. If they don't do anything worse than reviewing their armies may be the rest of the world can turn over and go to sleep. GOING IN ON A SHOESTRING One reason for this depression bugaboo is the guy who has a T-bone appetite and a near-boer salary.