anaheim-gazette 1939-03-09

Anaheim Gazette's All-Electric Cooking THE GAZETTE IS EQUIPPED AND MANNED TO PRODUCE Fine Job Printing 259 East Center Street VOL. LXIX Forming Club GERRY H. LOCHNER Optimist Club to Be Formed Here Cities Ask Funds To Rebuild Final Portion of Lines Last Mile of Section Two's Pipe to be Replaced Under Project Application was filed yesterday by the city of Anaheim acting as sponsor's agent with Works Progress administration officials for a grant of $29,303 to provide funds for reconstruction of the final mile of section two of the joint outfall sewer district's sewer line. The application was filed after the cities of Anaheim and Orange had officially approved the action at council meetings Tuesday night. Approval of the request is not expected within six weeks, and probably two months. One-Mile Stretch The project for which funds are being asked pertains to reconstruction with 30-inch vitrified clay sewer pipe of one mile of the joint outfall sewer line between New Gymnasium at High School is Completed Anaheim union high school new $60,000 gymnasium has been completed, it has been announced by school officials. Formal acceptance of the building came late last week after an inspection had been conducted by members of the school board, WPA engineers and Architect T. C. Kisner. The school district received grant of $27,000 from the Public Works administration to enable to construct the gymnasium. The building is the sixth PWA school project completed in Anaheim. Doctors Endorse Medical Service Physicians of Orange County Approve Plan Launched Last Monday Unanimous approval of the California Physicians' Service given by the Orange County Me Optimist Club to Be Formed Here New Service Organization is Planned for Anaheim In Near Future Plans for organizing an Anaheim Optimist club to be a unit of Optimist International were revealed today by Gerry H. Lockner, field representative of the latter organization. Memberships will be received on a single classification basis from male business executives, owners of stores and mercantile establishments, professional men and officers of corporations. Anaheim's latest service organization, when completed, will hold weekly evening or noonday meetings. The objects of Optimist International, according to Lockner, are to develop Optimism as a philosophy of life; to promote an active interest in good government and civic affairs; to promote patriotism and to work for international accord and friendship; to engage in and encourage juvenile welfare work the slogan being "friend of the boy." Lockner, prior to his affiliation with the service organization, was identified with the California state department of motor vehicles, where he served in the capacity of supervisor of traffic safety education. He is well known in Orange county having spent considerable time here to arouse public interest for safer driving. The Optimist representative also served as immediate past president of the western safety conference and is now heading the Service Club's Council of Los Angeles, an organization composed of presidents of Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, Optimist, Altrusa, Altrurian, Soroptimist and Twenty-Thirty service clubs. Orange county headquarters have been established in Santa Ana, Room 24, Arcade-Bldg., 515 N. Main street. Telephone Santa Ana 128. Local office in Anaheim will be established shortly. The application was filed after the cities of Anaheim and Orange had officially approved the action at council meetings Tuesday night. Approval of the request is not expected within six weeks, and probably two months. One-Mile Stretch The project for which funds are being asked pertains to reconstruction with 30-inch vitrified clay sewer pipe of one mile of the joint outfall sewer line between Wintersburg avenue and Talbert avenue, according to City Engineer E. P. Hapgood. Manholes,vents and appurtenant work are also included in the project. Of the total of $29,303 asked of PWA, $25,407 will be for labor and superintendence and $3066 for material and equipment. Members of section two, as sponsors, will provide $2800 in labor and superintendence and $28,705 in material and equipment, a total of $31,505. Crew-of 219 Men Two months will be required to complete the work, with an average crew of 219 men working, Hapgood said. Completion of the one-mile stretch included in this project will close the gap between the work which had already been completed and which is now under way. It will provide for a complete new sewer line from Garden Grove to the settling ponds where the section two line joins with section one line. Line Being Rebuilt Work is now in progress on section one, which when completed sometime this summer, will provide an entirely new line, excepting 200 feet, from the settling ponds to the ocean outlet. Reconstruction of the two lines became necessary as the result of the floods of last spring, which virtually destroyed pipe lines which had previously been found to be in poor condition. The executive board of the joint outfall sewer began seeking ways and means of reconstructing the lines about two years ago. Jim Story Found Innocent by Jury A jury sitting in City Judge Frank Tausch's court Monday found Jim M. Story, 62, of Anaheim, not guilty on a charge of driving while intoxicated. The Doctors Endorse Medical Service Physicians of Orange County Approve Plan Launched Last Monday Unanimous approval of the California Physicians' Service was given by the Orange County Medical association Tuesday evening. The group voted to endorse an accept the plan to provide a lowest possible cost the benefit of medical, surgical and hospital care to California wage earners. The county medical organization, however, voiced disapproval of any politically-controlled system operated by government agencies in the belief that such plan would provoke an unusual increase in the tax burden on employees and employees and eventually on the property owner. Launched Monday The plan of the Californian Physicians' Service was launched Monday when more than 10,000 application blanks for membership were sent to doctors of medicine in the state. The project was honored last December by the California State Medical Association and that organization had studied the plan for more than 10 years. It is the intent of the service to give personal choice of physician and possibly of hospital to those participating. To facilitate organization, the plan will at first be offered to employed groups, and later to individuals whether employed or not. Industrial accident already provided for by the industrial commission will be excluded. The service will be available for approximately $2.50 a month for an individual and will be paid to the California Physician Service in San Francisco. The service is a voluntary, non-profit corporation and its president Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur of Stanford university. Construction of New Cafe Starts Actual construction work was started this morning on the new building at 156 S. Los Angel street which will be occupied Pair Arrested as Crash Aftermath Two men were injured and arrested as the result of an automobile accident here last Saturday evening, according to Anaheim police records. Neither man was seriously hurt. Ralph A. Solis, 34, of Anaheim was booked for drunk driving and his companion, Manuel Hernandez, was jailed for being drunk after the car Solis admittedly was driving crashed into a parked automobile owned by J. A. Bailey, 114 W. Cypress street, and then hit a telephone pole. Both pleaded guilty before City Judge Frank Tausch Monday morning. Solis was sent to jail for 75 days for failure to pay a $150 fine and Hernandez took a 12½-day sentence in lieu of a $25 fine. Wallet is Stolen Saturday Evening Theft of a wallet containing $20 in cash and her operator's license was reported to Anaheim police Sunday by Irene Cooper of 110 N. Resh street. The theft occurred Saturday night while the family was at home, the victim told officers. Jim Story Found Innocent by Jury A jury sitting in City Judge Frank Tausch's court Monday found Jim M. Story, 62, of Anaheim, not guilty on a charge of driving while intoxicated. The jury deliberated less than one hour and a half before returning its verdict. Members of the jury were Mrs. H. H. Armbrust, 221 N. Emily; Mrs. A. C. Berry, 712 N. Zeyn; Mrs. Frank Braddock, 619 N. Clementine; C. H. Chilcott, 816 W. Broadway; Anna Cook, 418 S. Ohio; A. F. Faust, 1125 W. Center; Maddie Gates, 220 S. Claudina; John M. Henry, 118 N. Palm; Mrs. Gladvs Alden, 601 S. Claudina; A. L. Lewis, 1314 Lincoln; Ernest G. Zitzman, 526 Chestnut, and Mrs. Hilda Skinner, 529 W. Broadway. Workings of Edison Company Explained A discussion of the operating methods of the Southern California Edison company was given before Rotary club members Monday noon by Rodney Bacon, division manager, and J. F. Reyer, his assistant. A large map of the company's transmission system was displayed. Rotarians will join with the Kiwanis club next Tuesday for a joint meeting which will precede Service Club day at the LaPalma park baseball stadium. Ebert Johnson was program chairman of the day, with President Louis Danz conducting the business meeting. Construction of New Cafe Starts Actual construction work was started this morning on the new building at 156 S. Los Angeles street which will be occupied by the Ideal cafe, it was announced by Mr. and Mrs. Guy Cummin proprietors of the restaurant. The new structure is being erected under the supervision of Nicholas South, Anaheim contractor, and will require approximately 50 days to complete. Plans for the new cafe call for the construction of a brick building having a frontage of 25 feet and a depth of 90 feet. The restaurant proper will be equipped with a fountain, counter and private booths and will have a seating capacity for 100 persons, Mr. and Mrs. Cummin said. Mr. and Mrs. Cummin has operated the Ideal cafe, now situated at 134 S. Los Angeles street for a number of years. Almost year ago they started making plans for the construction of the new building which was started that morning. Fullertonian Pays Fine in Court Here Failure to appear on a traffic citation this week cost Walter Wilson, 23, of 204 N. Princeton street, Fullerton, $15 in Anaheim city court. Arrested last week on a warrangement failure to appear, Wilson pleaded guilty before Cliff Judge Frank Tausch Monday morning and paid his fine. His original charge was speeding. The Cooking School to be Concluded Tomorrow At Anaheim Gazette ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1939 View Gymnasium High School Completed Anaheim union high school's $30,000 gymnasium has been completed, it has been announced by school officials. Formal acceptance of the building came late last after an inspection had been conducted by members of the board, WPA engineers and detect T. C. Kisntler. School district received a bill of $27,000 from the Public Administration to enable it to construct the gymnasium. The bill is the sixth PWA school completed in Anaheim. Stors Endorse Medical Service Medicians of Orange County Prove Plan Launched Last Monday Anaheim People View Santa Ana River Levee Job Tour of Inspection is Made Friday Under Direction of Supervisor Riley Northern Orange county residents who inspected the flood control works on the Santa Ana river last Friday returned convinced that a recurrence of the flood disaster of last March is a virtual impossibility. The tour was conducted by Supervisor Harry D. Riley and Inspector Paul D. Prett of the county flood control office. Viewed by the group was an unbroken line of levees and double-enforced wire fencing stretching from above the Yorba bridge to below the Chapman street bridge. The portion inspected is only a part of the 22 miles of reconstruction recently completed by the county at a cost of $650,000. 20,000 Second-Feet The project provides for a capacity of 20,000 second-feet. Orange Juice is Served at Booster Body Luncheon Following the lead set last week by the Anaheim Rotary club, the Anaheim chamber of commerce yesterday served orange juice to those who attended the luncheon meeting of the booster body at the Elks clubhouse. Upon each of the two long tables and on the speakers' table were placed large jugs of orange juice, from which diners helped themselves whenever they desired. The practice of serving orange juice was started here last week by the Rotary club with the hope that all service clubs would add the drink to their regular menus. Anaheim Gazettie Cooking School Closes Tomorrow Miss Kay Gilbert Concise School with Third Day of Demonstrations Do you ever have the blues? Do you feel that meals are in a rut? Not a housekeepers confess that one of their greatest problems is to retain an interested and thusiastic attitude regarding hold routine—the doing over over again of the same thing the woman who finds housel ing a bore or who does not f easy, the Happy Kitchen courses which will be concen by Miss Kay Gilbert tomorrow will prove a real for Miss Gilbert is fully cogniz of all of the various problems fronting the housewife. The final session of the electric cooking school will held at the Odd Fellows hall W. Center street, tomorrow. John E. Baker is Called by Death Prominent Rancher Succumbs Suddenly Last Evening; Funeral Saturday John E. Baker, 70 years of age, died suddenly at his home on Nutwood road last evening. A native of Canada, Baker had resided in Anaheim for the past 26 years, most of which time he had been a rancher. Shortly after coming to Anaheim, Baker assumed control and management of the Fairyland theater, which he operated for some time before giving his entire attention to his citrus property. He was active in the business and civic life of Anaheim for many years. Baker is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mabel A. Baker; two sisters, Mrs. A. C. Hargrave of Ontario and Mrs. W. C. Daniels of Los Angeles; and three brothers, Stanley Baker of Anaheim, George Baker of Strathmore and Sanford Baker of North Dakota. Funeral services under the auspices of the Christian Science church will be conducted Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock from the Backs, Terry and Campbell chapel. Burial will follow in Anaheim cemetery. Father of Anaheim Merchant is Called Funeral services were conducted this morning at Hamilton, Mont., for George W. Herron, father of L. C. Herron of Anaheim, who died Tuesday evening. The Anaheim man was at his father's bedside when death came. L. C. Herron and his son, Donald, left here last week to visit the former's father, who was then in critical condition. George Herron is survived by his widow and several children. County Assessment Work is Under Way John Eley and Ernest Zitzman with the hope that all service clubs would add the drink to their regular menus. The final session of the electric cooking school will held at the Odd Fellows Hall W. Center street, tomorrow 1:30 o'clock. Many valuable items will be given to those in attendance. "A woman who has the kind mind that likes to turn out as isished product," said Miss Gilbert "naturally tires of a job that volves doing the same task after day. If a woman thinks terms of accomplishment, she naturally unhappy in an occasion that yields no definite rea to which she can point. After meal is eaten, she has nothing show for her work. She keeps she must prepare another in a hours. She feels herself in treadmill." Women who find themselves an unhappy or unsatisfied attitude regarding their chores find Miss Gilbert's success a real stimulation for she shows it is possible for the housemaker in such a negative foe of mind to attack her work in a way that she can make her mental qualities into assets instead liabilities. "There is, I think," said Gilbert, "an answer to the plea of the woman who loves routine. If she will turn her into a creative one, or an eximental one, she may find that likes it—or at least she can some things that she likes to so much that they will come sate her for the other thing she must do." Miss Gilbert maintains that women hate cooking itself—combining of foods into palae dishes. They hate the repetition that is why in her cooking classes she shows the women metes of doing their housework without eliminate routine features as rns as possible. She shows them their creative and inventive utilities can be brought into play in short, she brings home to that housework should be to homemaker what business is the man—a game. Snan Project to Drivers are Fined on Speed Charges One Anaheim resident and a Los Angeles man paid fines in Anaheim city court last week on speeding charges, according to City Judge Frank Tausch. Viggo P. Mallin, 313 E. Vermont street, paid $10 for speeding and Clair B. Preininger, Los Angeles, paid $5 for the same charge. Youth Driving Stolen Car is Killed In Accident; Fullerton Grocer Dies Accidents took the lives of two men in Orange county during the past week, and a third man, Albert E. Whittemore, 51, Fullerton grocer, was killed in a highway accident near Corona Monday afternoon. Killed in accidents within the county were George A. Morrow, Jr., 15, of San Diego, and Joseph Boren, 63, of San Pedro. Young Morrow died early Monday from injuries sustained when the assertedly stolen automobile he was driving collided with another driven by John A. Bellows, 31, also of San Diego, near San Clemente. Bellows was seriously injured. Boren, reportedly a laborer for the Sante Fe Railway company, was killed when struck by a Santa Fe train Tuesday evening. According to investigating officers, Boren had apparently seated himself along the railroad tracks near the Orangethorpe crossing to eat his supper and was so close to the tracks that a protruding object on the passing train struck him. The train did not stop and the man's body was discovered by a Mexican passerby. Struck down by a car as he stepped from behind his own truck, Whittemore was almost instantly killed Monday afternoon near Corona. The Fullerton grocer had stopped his vehicle to recover an endgate which had fallen from the truck, it was reported. Whittemore had lived in and near Fullerton for 33 years. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elfie P. Whittemore, three sons, a daughter, his mother, two brothers and two sisters. That is why in her cooking classes she shows the women meticulously doing their housework while eliminating routine features as possible. She shows them their creative and inventive utilities can be brought into play in short, she brings home to that housework should be to homemaker what business is the man—a game. Span Project to Be Started Soon Work on the new high bridge over the Santa Ana will be started probably this by the Mittry Brothers Construction company of Los Angeles, est of 17 bidders on the project. The new span will cost $145,000. Only construction of the bridge itself is included in the contract. Another contract will be let in near future for construction roadway approaches. It is expected that the span will be completed in about five months. Brower Announces Shrine Selection Oscar N. Brower, newly elected president of the Orange Co. Shrine club, today announced appointments to the various presidencies as well as his son of Harry O. Warton as an ant secretary to E. D. Marion cently elected secretary. The appointments include Evans, Dick Haster, Carl M. Andrew Marshall, W. E. Herbert James Kilgour, Harry H. Willson, S. James Tuffree, W. K. J. O. Pyle, Ralph Barnes, Robinson, Rollo H. Hilbert and F. Dennison. Tomorrow Afternoon at Odd Fellows Hall ZETTE THE GAZETTE IS THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ORANGE COUNTY Now in Its 69th Year Phone Anaheim 2414 NUMBER 20 Anaheim Gazette Cooking School Closes Tomorrow Ms Kay Gilbert Concludes School with Third Day of Demonstrations. Do you ever have the menu? Do you feel that your meals are in a rut? Not a few seekers confess that one of the greatest problems is trying retain an interested and enthusiastic attitude regarding housekeeping—the doing over and again of the same thing. For woman who finds housekeepers or who does not find it, the Happy Kitchen cooking classes which will be concluded Miss Kay Gilbert tomorrow noon will prove a real boon, Miss Gilbert is fully cognizant of the various problems contingling the housewife. The final session of the all-inclusive cooking school will be at the Odd Fellows hall, 325 Center street, tomorrow at Exchange Official Defends Prorate, Auction Methods F. F. Heydenfeldt, manager of the service department of the California Fruit Growers Exchange, defended the prorate and auction methods of shipping and selling citrus fruit in his talk before the Anaheim Kiwanis club Tuesday noon. The speaker was introduced by Glenn Merrill. The prorate works with the economic law of supply and demand, Heydenfeldt said, and serves a valuable purpose. Distribution can be controlled by citrus growers where production cannot, he said. In the larger markets, auction selling is the most economical, Heydenfeldt declared. The citrus auction is a voluntary movement by growers, not a "distressed sale," he pointed out. Chamber Greets Seattle Officials Luncheon Meeting Wednesday Baseball Stadium Will Be Formally Dedicated Sunday Parade and Game to Feature Opening Ceremonies at La Palma Park Sunday will be a gala day for baseball fans in Anaheim. On that day, starting with a parade at 1 o'clock, the new La Palma park stadium will be formally dedicated. Climax of the day's festivities will be a baseball game between Anaheim's own Seattle Rainiers and the Sacramento Solons. A full program of events is planned, although the ceremonies prior to the ball game will not overshadow the diamond clash, itself. Thirty-one entries in the parade will assemble on East Center street near the city hall at 12:30 o'clock, with the parade to get under way at 1 o'clock. The line of march is Center street, to Lemon street, thence north to La Palma to the entrance of the stadium. Chamber Greets Seattle Officials Luncheon Meeting Yesterday Honors Baseball Club; Emil Sick Present Emil G. Sick, president of the Seattle Rainier Baseball club, and other club officials were guests of honor at yesterday's luncheon meeting of the Anaheim chamber of commerce at the Elks clubhouse. The entire affair was built around the Seattle club, which is training at the new La Palma park stadium this spring. Other club officials present were Bill Mulligan, business manager, and Jack Lelivelt, team manager. Members of the team who were guests were Bill Walker, Paul Gregory and Dick Barrett, all pitchers. Also introduced was Alex Schults, baseball player of the Seattle Times. Several Guests Special guests of the chamber of commerce at the meeting were Dick Glover and Chet Shirk, Anaheim union high school coaches, and 15 members of the Colonist baseball squad. Lelivelt, first of the Seattle officials called upon, spoke of the future in baseball for young men, declaring that every boy should take part in some form of athletics and that baseball offers a fine field for young men. The team manager warned the boys that possession of ability was not alone enough to succeed in baseball; that the players must also have the desire to learn and advance as far as possible. Sick is Speaker Mulligan told of President Sick's background and the rapid manner in which he took over control of the Seattle club. Sick, as principal speaker, confined himself largely to amusing anecdotes touching upon baseball and life in general and concluded his remarks by lauding Anaheim and surrounding territory. Sick was accompanied by his friend, George Whitmore. Mayor Charles H. Mann said a full program of events is planned, although the ceremonies prior to the ball game will not overshadow the diamond clash, itself. Thirty-one entries in the parade will assemble on East Center street near the city hall at 12:30 p'clock, with the parade to get under way at 1 o'clock. The line of march is Center street, to Lemon street, thence north to La Palma to the entrance of the stadium. Long Parade The parade will be headed by a police escort, which will be followed by a group of St. Catherine's Military school cadets as color bearers. The remainder of the parade is as follows: Grand marshal, city council, chamber of commerce, Mayor Evans of Riverside, St. Catherine's Military school band, Sacramento Baseball club officials, Seattle club officials, city officials of Huntington Beach, Fullerton, Orange, Newport and Santa Ana, in order, drum and bugle corps, Seattle ball team, Anaheim Ebell club, Anaheim Junior Ebell club, Y. L. I., Business & Professional Women's club, American Legion auxiliary, Veterans & Foreign Wars auxiliary, Veterans of Foreign Warst, Veterans of Spanish-American war, 20-30 club, Rotary, Lions and Kiwanis clubs, Anaheim Realty Board, Elks lodge and Anaheim Merchants association. To Raise Colors Immediately upon arrival at the stadium, Lieut. C. A. Schmitt, commandant of St. Catherine's Military school, will present a flag for use at the stadium to Mayor Charles H. Mann, who in turn will hand the colors over to Cadet Major Eddie Brunet for raising on the pole. At a later date, the Veterans of Foreign Wars will present another flag for the entire park. Following the color raising, Mayor Mann will say a few words of welcome, with a response to be given by Mayor Evans of Riverside. Officials of the two baseball clubs will then be introduced by James H. Heffron, chairman of the Anaheim Baseball Boosters club, who will act as master of ceremonies. While the teams are taking their pre-game workouts, Heffron will introduce Dan Tobey, noted Los Angeles sports announcer, who will preside at the microphone during the actual playing of the contest. Sick is Speaker Mulligan told of President Sick's background and the rapid manner in which he took over control of the Seattle club. Sick, as principal speaker, confined himself largely to amusing anecdotes touching upon baseball and life in general and concluded his remarks by lauding Anaheim and surrounding territory. Sick was accompanied by his friend, George Whitmore. Mayor Charles H. Mann said a few words of greeting to the Seattle officials and players. Others who were called upon by President Harry C. Arthur, sr., for a few words were Father James Nevin, Schults, Shirk, Glover, E. P. Hapgood, city engineer, and J. H. Heffron. President Arthur also introduced Councilmen F. A. Yuhgbluth, Charles A. Pearson and Leo J. Sheridan, and Miss Sophie Rimpau. Members of Lions Hear Schweinfest His experiences as an ambulance driver for the loyalist army in Spain were recounted by Robert Schweinfest, Anaheim youth, at last Friday's meeting of the Anaheim Lions club. Schweinfest recently returned from Spain. The war, the speaker said, has failed to solve the problems which caused it. Schweinfest also pointed out that Franco's attempt to demoralize civilians by bombing cities behind the line had the opposite effect. Members of the Lions club will hold a joint meeting with the Kiwanis club next Tuesday, after which both service organizations will attend the baseball game at La Palma park stadium between Seattle and Portland. Various committees arranging the annual area speak-off contests for Toastmasters clubs to be held here on March 20 were appointed Tuesday evening by President G. Millard Parks during the meeting of the Anaheim club. Selections include Warren Schutz, Dr. E. H. Kersten and Robert Rundstrom, menu; Walter Taylor, tickets; E. E. Smith and Rundstrom, arrangements and decorations; Arthur Dakan, George Hedstrom and Dr. M. M. Henderson; reception; Russell McComb, Bruno Gound and Dakan, program; Hedstrom, Royal Marten and Dr. C. O. Patterson, music. Two speakers and a general critic from the Dana club were on the speaking program. The speakers were Glen Moody and Carl Romer and Ed Saxe served as general critic. Anaheim speakers were Arthur Porter, Dr. Henderson and Royal Marten. Warren Schutz was word critic and Dr. Patterson was toastmaster.