anaheim-gazette 1937-05-06

Phone Anaheim 2414 Classified Advertising In THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE Costs Little, Produces Surprising Results VOL. LXVII Manchester Is Opened Friday With Ceremony Officials of State Attend Celebration; Stanton, Kelly Speakers Witnessed by a large crowd of residents from Orange and Los Angeles counties and by state government officials, a red ribbon stretched across Manchester boulevard at Broadway was severed last Friday morning, marking the official opening of one of the state's principal highways. The ribbon was cut by P. A. Stanton of Anaheim, a member of the California highway commission and an untiring worker in obtaining the major arterial which links Orange county, the city of Los Angeles and the beaches. Assisting Stanton was Earl Lee Kelly, state director of public works. The ribbon girls were Virginia Myer of Norwalk and Betty Ruth Boney of Anaheim. Two Meetings The celebration of the opening of Manchester was divided into two parts. The main celebration was held on the boulevard at 11 o'clock Friday morning and was followed by a luncheon held at Fred Backs Heads Library Board for Coming Year New officers were elected and reports given on the year's activities at the meeting of the board of the Anaheim public library yesterday. Fred A. Backs will serve as president for the coming year with Earl E. Smith vice president and Miss E. Kate Rea secretary-treasurer. Other board members are A. Curtis Case and M. Alice Grimshaw. The reports of the secretary-treasurer showed receipts to be $21,821.32 and expenditures $16,-935.94. A decrease in circulation of books of 9,045 was reported for the year. A report of the activities of the junior library was also made. Smith, Case and Miss Grimshaw were appointed to the finance committee and Case, Smith and Backs will serve on the building- and grounds committee. Salary Advance Given Teachers School Board Accepts Bid For Fremont Building Demolition Work State Leads In Benefit Checks Two Meetings The celebration of the opening of Manchester was divided into two parts. The main celebration was held on the boulevard at 11 o'clock Friday morning and was followed by a luncheon held at the Anaheim Elks lodge in connection with the regular meekly meeting of the Anaheim Lions club. The large dining room of the club was packed to capacity for the luncheon. Speakers at the morning event were Mayor Charles H. Mann of Anaheim, who gave the address of (Continued on Page 8) Ard Will Enter Plea Saturday Alfred Ard, 23, Los Angeles, will enter his plea Saturday before City Judge Frank Tausch on a charge of hit-and-run driving. He is at liberty under bail of $100. Ard is charged with hit-and-run driving in a complaint signed by Frank Sefton, Anaheim, who alleged the Los Angeles man was driving an automobile which struck his car and failed to stop. The mishap occurred April 13 at Clementine and Center streets. The Los Angeles man was arrested a week ago after serving 15 days after pleading guilty in Fullerton to being drunk. He was arrested there a short time after the Anaheim accident when the auto he and R. H. Jackson were riding in was involved in another crash. Ard's hearing was twice continued pending Jackson's plea in superior court tomorrow on a felony drunk driving charge. Father of Anaheim Merchant Succumbs Funeral services were conducted last Saturday at Olympia, Wash., for Frank D. Ralston, 67, father of C. B. Ralston of Anaheim. Ralston passed away April 27 at his home in Olympia. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Helen Ralston of Olympia, one committee and Case, Smith and Backs will serve on the building- and grounds committee. Salary Advance Given Teachers School Board Accepts Bid For Fremont Building Demolition Work Anaheim elementary school teachers not already receiving automatic pay increases will receive $50 more next year than they did last year. Decision on the salary advance was made by the board of trustees last Tuesday. At the same meeting the board awarded the contract for demolition of the Fremont building to Joe Shoen of Orange and closed a deal for the sale of the auditorium chairs to Spinner and Diest of Los Angeles. Maximum Raised School employs affected by the salary increase are principals, special teachers and custodians. Other teachers receive an automatic increase of $50 a year with a minimum of $1,200 and a maximum of $1,650. The maximum was raised Tuesday evening from the former high of $1,620. Under the new schedule all elementary school principals will receive 1,950 next year. In addition, the principal of the intermediate school will receive $2,250. The increases mean the addition of $3,200 to the budget, raising the payroll from $112,015 to $115,215, it was declared. No Resignations No resignations have been filed with M. A. Gauer, superintendent, and no new teachers are expected to be employed. Sale of the auditorium chairs will pay for demolishing Fremont, it was said. The Los Angeles concern agreed to pay $199 the chairs, while Shoen's bid for demolition work was $200, plus the salvage material. Actual awarding of the contract will be delayed until Shoen meets the insurance requirements. Other contractors who bid on the job were Lee Mead Wrecking company of Bell, Los Angeles Wrecking company, Cleveland Wrecking company, Wells and Bressler of Santa Ana, B. G. Karn of Los Angeles, Nicholas South, Anaheim and George Prentice. State Leads In Benefit Checks Orange County's Average About $30 a Person, Snow Reports California recipients of state aid receive the most generous old age security checks in the nation, was learned this week following comparison of figures made by Orange County Welfare Director Jack W. Snow. Ald age assistance checks in California average $31.44, while the average in the United States is $18.76, latest releases show. Orange county old age assistance checks are still approximately $1 below the state average. The county is caring for 11 per cent of all persons 65 years of age or older while the state as a whole is providing for 16 per cent of its aged population. Colorado Second Colorado is second on the national list with an average of $27.68 paid to needy aged, while Massachusetts ranks third with an average of $26.60. Lowest old age assistance is reported by Mississippi sippi with an average of $4.02. Despite high average payments, California is 20th on the list in percentage of aged population receiving old age assistance. 70,000 Are Aided "In California, more than 70,000 persons are now receiving old age security," Snow said. "This requires an expenditure of more than $2,234,000 per month, which is shared by federal, state and county governments. In Orange county the federal government reimburse approximately 44 per cent of the old age security payments, while the state reimburse half of the balance. This means that the net cost to Orange county is 28 per cent of the funds disbursed here for old age security." Mrs. Amstutz Is Father of Anaheim Merchant Succumbs Funeral services were conducted last Saturday at Olympia, Wash., for Frank D. Ralston, 67, father of C. B. Ralston of Anaheim. Ralston passed away April 27 at his home in Olympia. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Helen Ralston of Olympia, one daughter, Mrs. George Clinton, Aberdeen, Wash., three sons, Frank Ralston, Grand Coolie Dam, Wash., Charlie Ralston, Brownsvalley, Calif., and Chet Ralston, Anaheim, and four grandchildren. Ralston was a member of the Masonic lodge at Olympia. Chet Ralston is expected to return to his home here within a few days. He will be accompanied by his mother. Chicken Thefts are Reported to Police Chicken thieves were active Saturday night in the northwest part of the city, according to reports made to Anaheim police Sunday morning by poultry owners whose chicken yards had been looted. Twelve chickens valued at $1.50 each were stolen from Mrs. George Clodt, 1320 Burton street, and a like number of the same value were stolen from Fred Bentjin, 1331 Burton street, police records show. SON IS BORN Mr. and Mrs. Paul Blocker are the parents of a boy born Monday morning at St. Joseph's hospital. Blocker is principal of Katella school and the infant is their first child. Warehouse Costing $2,400 to be Built The largest building permit issued this week in Anaheim was for a $2,400 warehouse building to be constructed by Earl Silzle at 214 S. Atchison avenue. Only three permits were issued. The other two permits were obtained by William A. Snyder and William J. Bushman. Snyder will build a garage costing $250 at 905 N. Sabina street and Bushman will make alterations amounting to $300 at 120 S. Walnut. Mrs. Amstutz Is Called by Death Mrs. Marie-Louise Amstutz, 44, a native of France who came to America 34 years ago and immigrated settled in California and who has been a resident of Anaheim for more than 30 years passed away unexpectedly early this morning at the family home on North Los Angeles street. She is survived by her husband Walter L. Amstutz; two daughters Mrs. Gilbert Hansard and Mrs. Forrest Theuet both of Anaheim; her mother, Mrs. J. O. Royer of Anaheim; one brother Max Royer of Fullerton and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted from the Hilgenfeld funeral home Saturday at 2 o'clock. Adkinson to Speak to Historical Body Ray Adkinson, county superintendent of schools, will be the speaker at the meeting of the Orange County Historical society to be held at Bowers Memorial museum in Santa Ana tomorrow evening. "The History of Orange County Schools" will be Adkinson's subject it was announced. The public is invited to the meeting. AHEIM GAZETE ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1937 As Flood Disaster Struck Again in East Inspector of flood waters followed the course of the Ohio and the Potomac rivers when these pictures were taken. Heavy spring rains caused some damage in downtown Pittsburgh and thousands of their homes at Wheeling, W. Va., and at nearby points in eastern Ohio and in northern West Virginia. Several lives were lost. More than a score of villages were inundated. At the left a youthful tree in Wheeling propels himself to safety on a floating pair of steps. At right is pictured the scene as flood waters washed out the center bridge span over the Potomac at Hancock, Md. Eight Are Hurried In Two Mishaps At Manchester Several Seriously In Accidents Sunday and Monday Two accidents, resulting injuries to eight persons, occurred at the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Manchester Boulevard during the early part of the day while an official count of the fire at the intersection was taken. No announcement been made on the count. The most serious of the incidents occurred Sunday night about 10 o'clock when an automobile driven by J. E. Grant, Grand avenue, Pomona, with a truck operated by Cisco Yanez, 24, of Los Angeles, six of the seven persons rushed the Grant car were injured. Yanez also suffered slight injury as flood waters washed out the center bridge span over the Potomac at Hancock, Md. Second Crash Monday The second mishap occurred about 3:15 o'clock Monday noon. Cars driven by W. I. Stead, route 1, box 103, Park, and John D. Woodruff W. Fourth street, Long Island were involved in the crash. Failure of one of the drills observe the boulevard stairs. The Leads In Benefit Checks County's Average Out $30 a Person, Snow Reports Norria recipients of state aid the most generous old age checks in the nation, it noted this week following a lot of figures made by County Welfare Director Snow. Aid age assist-checks in California average while the average in the states is $18.76, latest re-low. The county old age assist-checks are still approximate how the state average. The care caring for 11 per cent persons 65 years of age or older the state as a whole being for 16 per cent of its population. Colorado Second Camp Rally to be Held Here Monday A camp rally for Y. M. C. A. groups from Anaheim, Santa Ana and Orange will be held at the Presbyterian church next Monday evening, it was announced yesterday by Conrad Jongewaard, Anaheim Y. M. C. A. secretary. The meeting will open with a dinner at 6:30 o'clock. A typical campfire program is being planned with boys from each of the three cities participating. The committee in charge of arrangements includes Bob Larson, chairman; Harold Schneider, Bob Quast, Richard Eymann and Bill Llewellyn. More Births than Deaths Last Month More than twice as many births were registered in Anaheim city and township than deaths in April, it was announced this week by City Clerk Charles E. Griffith. Ten births were recorded in the city and 12 in the township during the month. Only 10 deaths were registered Red Cross Plans Future Program Directors of Chapter Meet Yesterday Morning to Discuss Activities Plans for future activities of the Anaheim chapter, Red Cross, were made yesterday morning at a meeting of the executive committee and board of directors at the city hall. The Rev. M. C. Schollenberger, chapter chairman, presided at the meeting. A study of all phases of the Red Cross milk fund service was decided upon by the directors and a committee will be appointed by the chairman to work on that project. To Resume Program The swimming program will be resumed this summer, Richard M. Glover, life saving chairman, announced. The program will follow the general lines of that conducted last summer and will be held at the city plunge. Glover also announced that a dinner will be given in Los Angeles, May 10, honoring Commodore Longfellow of Washington, D.C., the founder of the Red Cross life saving service. The Anaheim Junior Red Cross will participate in the International Good Will day celebration to be held at the Orange Woman's club on May 15, it was decided. The Anaheim group will have charge of a foreign doll display. Miss Clare Mork is in charge of arrangements. Order Equipment The committee voted to order first aid equipment for the first aid station on the highway at Santon, pending the approval of the station by the national organization. A first aid class is now being held every Monday evening under the direction of James McWilliams at the Savannah school and Y. P. A. officials have requested another class for 15 W. P. A. foremen be startled. MWD Picture Shown To "The Empire of the W motion picture prepared shown by the Metropolitan" More Births than Deaths Last Month More than twice as many births were registered in Anaheim city and township than deaths in April, it was announced this week by City Clerk Charles E. Griffith. Ten births were recorded in the city and 12 in the township during the month. Only 10 deaths were registered during the month, two of them in the city and eight in the township. April Receipts at Post Office $3881 Post office receipts for April continued to show an increase over 1936 as have all other months this year. Postmaster Louis H. Hoskins announced this week. Receipts last month were $185.45 more than in April, 1936, being $3,881.97 as compared to $3,696.52. At the close of the first four months of the year the total was $16,659.45. Hoskins said. This is $1,368.28 more than the total of 15,293.17 received during the same period last year. Walter Robb will be Club's Speaker Walter Robb, writer of the Townsend news column in the Gazette, will be the speaker at the meeting of the Anaheim Townsend club next Tuesday evening, it was announced today. Robb's address will follow the regular business meeting which will be held at the clubroom, 210 S. Clementine street, at 7:30 o'clock. A social time is planned following the meeting, Mrs. Ida Freeman, chairman, declared. Order Equipment The committee voted to order first aid equipment for the first aid station on the highway at Santon, pending the approval of the station by the national organization. A first aid class is now being held every Monday evening under the direction of James McWilliams at the Savannah school and Y. P. A. officials have requested another class for 15 W. P. A. foremen be started next week. Mrs. W. R. Ward, chairman of the first aid committee, is making arrangements for the class. Because no member of the Anaheim chapter is able to attend the national convention in Washington next week the chapter decided to ask Congressman Sheppard to be its representative. Attending the meeting yesterday were Rev. Schollenberger, Mrs. J. P. Braftad, Mrs. R. W. Balch, Mrs. Ward, Miss Dorothy Yungbluth, Mrs. Bessie Juskievicz of Los Alamitos, George Henry, Glover and Mrs. Laura R. Warren, executive secretary of the Orange county council. Newport Included in Harbor Measure Harry R. Sheppard this week succeeded in getting Upper Newport-Harbor in Orange county included as a part of the rivers and harbors committee bill for investigation, survey and report. Hearings on the proposed Upper Newport Harbor project will be held within the next month. "The increased use of Newport Harbor requires a greater harbor area. This can be accomplished through the development of the upper bay which will more than double the surface area," Sheppard declared. MWD Picture Shown To O "The Empire of the W motion picture prepared shown by the Metropolitan district was presented to bers of the Anaheim Rotary last Monday by Walter E. P. Hapgood, Anaheim's sentative on the district's board directors, was program choreographed. The film gives a history of Metropolitan aqueduct from the time it was firstceived to its present stage development. Louis Danz gave a brief introduction of a musical book as another feature of the program and the Robert McAuley of Orange a travelogue of Grand Central and Brice National park. St. Michael's Plum Anniversary Service Special services will be held 8 o'clock and 10:30 o'clock, May 16, at St. Michael Episcopal church commemorating the sixty-fourth anniversary of the founding of the church prominent priest will be preacher of the day, the Howard Dow, rector, announcing Next Sunday the church observe Whitsunday, or cost, the birthday of the Church, Rev. Dow declared. The annual parish party people of St. Michael's will hold Tuesday evening, M.Details of the program announced next week. ZETTE THE GAZETTE Now In Its 67th Year OLDEST PAPER IN COUNTY 259 EAST CENTER STREET NUMBER 29 Night Are Hurt In Two Mishaps At Manchester Several Seriously Injured In Accidents Sunday and Monday Two accidents, resulting in injuries to eight persons, occurred the intersection of Lincoln avenue and Manchester boulevard during the early part of this week while an official count of the trafffic at the intersection was being taken. No announcement has been made on the count. The most serious of the two accidents occurred Sunday morning out of 10 o'clock when an automobile driven by J. E. Grant, 1410 E. and avenue, Pomona, collided with a truck operated by Francisco Yanez, 24, of Los Alamos, ex of the seven persons riding in the Grant car were injured and Yanez also suffered slight injuries. Second Crash Monday The second mishap occurred out of 3:15 o'clock Monday afternoon. Cars driven by W. H. Olmstead, route 1, box 103, Buena Park, and John D. Woodring, 440 Fourth street, Long Beach, were involved in the crash. Failure of one of the drivers to serve the boulevard stop sign Speaking Contest Finals Will be Held on May 22 Finals of the Toastmasters club's high school public speaking contest will be held at the Anaheim union high school auditorium on May 22, it was decided at the club's regular meeting Tuesday night. Arranging details of the event are Paul Demaree, program and contest committee chairman; John Kennedy, dinner and decorations, and Dr. Q. O. Patterson, publicity and reservations. The dinner will be held in the high school cafeteria. Winner of the contest will receive a $300 scholarship to any California university, it was announced. Speakers for the club meeting were A. P. LeTourneau, Robert Rundstrom, George Sloop, C. George Hedstrom and Ray Alden. John Kennedy was toastmaster and Dr. M. M. Henderson, general critic. Mystery Play Is Chosen By Class "Whispering Walls" Will be Given Next Wednesday Board Disagrees On Total Needed For Bond Issue Supervisors Take Opposite Views On Matter With $1,000,000 Involved Declaration made this week by Supervisor N. E. West that Orange county would be required to vote a bond issue for an amount as low as $1,000,000 less than the original estimate of $3,500,000 in order to insure obtaining $13,000,000 in government funds for the flood control and water conservation program in the county is not concurred in entirely by the remaining members of the board of supervisors. Chairman Willard Smith and Supervisor John Mitchell both believe the amount of the county's share was established by congress in the omnibus flood control bill and that voters here do not have the power to change it, Supervisor Harry Riley told the Gazette this morning. Quotes Engineer West bases his contention on a telegram he received this week from General Markham, chief of army engineers, who said in part, "Approval of a bond issue of $2- Second Crash Monday The second mishap occurred about 3:15 o'clock Monday afternoon. Cars driven by W. H. Olmstead, route 1, box 103, Buena Park, and John D. Woodring, 440 Fourth street, Long Beach, were involved in the crash. Failure of one of the drivers to serve the boulevard stop sign was given as the cause of each accident, city and county officers no investigated reported. Baby is Unhurt Injured in the crash Sunday here Mrs. Edna Grant, 1410 E. Grand avenue, Pomona, wife of the driver; Charles Craft, 67, of 66 E. Ninth street, Pomona, father of Mrs. Grant; Leona Grant, daughter of the Grants; Harold Kift, 22, 510 E. Third street, Pomona, and Yanez Janice Grant, months old baby of the Grants, was unhurt. Mrs. Grant sustained a broken leg and Craft received a fractured hip, it was reported at the Anaheim sanitarium where the injured were taken before being removed to the county hospital. The nurses received cuts and bruises which were not considered serious. Grant admitted to police, it was id., he did not see the stop sign and drove onto Manchester in the north of the Yanez truck. Receives Cut Most seriously injured Monday as Mrs. W. H. Olmstead, wife of one of the drivers. She susped a severe head gash and was taken to the Anaheim sanitarium for treatment. Also cut out the head was Mrs. Woodrug, it was reported. Mr. and Ms. S. W. Redfearn, Long Beach, passengers in the Woodring automobile, were unhurt. Failure on the part of Woodrug to stop when entering Manchester boulevard was said by police to have caused the crash. The long Beach man admitted not being the sign, police declared... WD Picture Is Shown To Club "The Empire of the West," a motion picture prepared and owned by the Metropolitan Water Mystery Play Is Chosen By Class "Whispering Walls" Will be Given Next Wednesday By Junior Pupils Final rehearsals will be held during the next week for the presentation of "Whispering Walls," Anaheim union high school junior class play, which will be given at the school auditorium next Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday evening. "Whispering Walls," is a three-act mystery play written by Wall Spence. The plot deals with the activities of a gentleman crook known as the "Phoenix" and the story moves rapidly through a series of situations that keep the audience in suspense until the climax. Mrs. Schulz Directs The production is being directed by Mrs. Fay Kern Schulz. The entire action takes place in the living room of the "witch house," located in the outskirts of Salem, Mass., and the story covers a period of only a few hours. Two girls have been cast in each of the feminine parts, one of whom will be seen in the matinee performance and the other in the evening, Mrs. Schulz announced. Thompson in Lead The leading role of the "Phoenix" will be played by Marvin Thompson. He will be supported by Parker Markle as Dr. Rosmer, associate of the "Phoenix"; Eloise Hendrikson as Thelma, the doctor's niece; Herb Axup as Mike Beggs, the bodyguard; Kathryn Collins as Nancy Beggs; Virginia Lea Peterson as Julia Nelson; Catherine Wethered as Lulu Hatch, a psychic lady; Frances Schacht as Hortense, Lulu's sister; Marcella Sutton as Queenie, a colored washerwoman; Fred Weisel as George Hughes; Bob Helling as Nemo; and Dean Polhemus as The Stranger. Others in Cast For the matinee performance Wanda Smith will take the part of Thelma, Marry Elizabeth Williams will portray Nemo. Music Week was observed Tuesday by the Anaheim Kiwanis club with students from Anaheim WWD Picture Is Shown To Club "The Empire of the West," a motion picture prepared and shown by the Metropolitan Water District was presented to members of the Anaheim Rotary club at Monday by Walter Parker, P. Hapgood, Anaheim's representative on the district's board of directors, was program chairman. The film gives a history of the metropolitan aqueduct project from the time it was first conceived to its present stage of development. Louis Danz gave a brief review of a musical book as another feature of the program and the Rev. Robert McAuley of Orange gave travelogue of Grand Capyon and Brice National park. St. Michael's Plans Anniversary Service Special services will be held at o'clock and 10:30 o'clock Sunday, May 16, at St. Michael's Episcopal church commemorating the sixty-fourth anniversary of the founding of the church. A prominent priest will be the teacher of the day, the Rev. D. Edward Dow, rector, announced. Next Sunday the church will serve Whitsunday, or Pentecost, at the birthday of the Christian church, Rev. Dow declared. The annual parish party for the people of St. Michael's will be held Tuesday evening, May 18. Tails of the program will be announced next week. Others in Cast For the matinee performance Wanda Smith will take the part of Thelma, Marry Elizabeth Williams will portray Nancy Beggs, Bernice Hargrove will carry the role of Julia Nelson, Lulu Hatch will be played by Suzanne Sidman, Sue Taylor will portray Hortense, and Ruth Proctor will take the part of Queenie. The matinee performance, for school students, will start at 2:30 o'clock and the evening performance will be given at 8 o'clock, it was announced. Henry Heying Is Called by Death Funeral services were conducted Tuesday morning from St. Boniface church for Henry Heying, 77, who passed away at his home, 837 S. Lemon street, Saturday morning. Interment was at Holy Sepulchre cemetery. Recitation of the Holy Rosary was held Monday evening at the Backs, Terry and Campbell chapel. Heying resided in Anaheim for 17 years, having been born in Iowa. He is survived by his widow, Clara J. Heying, one son, Alvin R. Heying of Fort Madison, Iowa; two daughters, Mrs. Ida C. Lake and Mrs. Mamie R. Harrison of Anaheim; and four brothers, Otto, Gerd and Ludwig Heying, all of Missouri, and Ferdinand Heying of Anaheim. Pupils Present Club's Program Music Week was observed Tuesday by the Anaheim Kiwanis club with students from Anaheim union high school presenting the program. Leon Wray was program chairman. Mary Show; pianist of the Mozart orchestra, acted as mistress of ceremonies and presented the orchestra in three selections. A group of two numbers was sung by the boys double quartet and Anna Claire Mauerhan played a xylophone solo. J. W. Williams conducted the orchestra and Miss Helen Ehlers directed the double quartet. A short history of Music Week was given by J. A. Clayes, who said that John Pihill Sousa was largely responsible for the founding of the week during the world war. Police Arrest Two for Drunk Driving Drunk driving complaints were filed against two men by Anaheim police last week end, one of whom appeared in city court Monday and pleaded guilty to the charge. He was Paul Valenzuela, 46, of Fullerton and he was ordered to pay a fine of $100 or spend 50 days in jail and his operator's license was revoked. Norval L. Donaldson, 36, of Compton was released on bail of $100 to appear May 11 at 9 o'clock. He was arrested early Sunday morning.