anaheim-gazette 1945-08-30

SOCIETY NEWS Membership Drive Soon for Legion Auxiliary The American Legion auxiliary will start a membership drive in the very near future, Louise Helsing, membership chairman, disclosed last week when the auxiliary met in the Legion clubrooms for the first time since new officers were installed. Margaret Boysen was in the presiding chair and announced a partial list of committees for the new term. Theresa Hasler will be hospital chairman, Louise Helsing, membership chairman; Elvena Cooper, child welfare; Jean Gaddis, legislation, and Harriet Boyd, publicity. Remaining committee appointments will be announced in the near future. It was announced that an urgent call for clean cotton rags has been received from Norco Naval hospital and anyone having any to donate can do so by leaving them at the Pacific Coffee store with Audrey Starr. Harriet Boyd reported on the 21st district pre-convention that was held in Riverside on July 22, and Nora Dodge reported on the installation rites held at Huntington Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Daigle and daughter, Marilyn, have recently returned from a vacation at the Carlsbad hotel, Carlsbad, Calif. Sheffners Leave To Establish Home in Nebraska Mr. and Mrs. Burton C. Sheffner of this city, and their three children, left a week ago to establish their new home near Chadron, Nebraska, where he will be affiliated with the government bureau of reclamation. The Sheffners were active in the Mariner's club of the First Presbyterian church of which they were members and Mrs. Sheffner was a member of the Theta Sigma Phi sorority. They made their home at 549 South Illinois street. Toperettes Meet for Red Cross Sewing Sixteen members of the Toperettes gathered at the Red Cross rooms Tuesday night for sewing and afterward adjourned to the home of Jean Chamberlain on South Indiana street. She was assisted in hostess duties by Alice Lewis and Thelma Woods. During the social hour birthday gifts were presented to Vangie Schumacher and Thelma Woods. The hostesses served a delicious salad course with coffee. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mary Alice Hutton on North Lemon street and new members will be hostesses. L. Brown, noted Bible teacher George Weimer To Head County League of Citizens Much valuable information imparted last Thursday at annual conference of the La Cities held at the Anaheim club for Orange county, league staff consultants do one of the most successesferences of the tour thave been making tothe place of a state conventionel discussions and work filled the daytime hourelection of county officeplace during the eveningSenator Thomas Kuchel wspeaker and gave an exce dress on recent state leatthat is beneficial to mu ties and Orange county. Mayor Charles Pearsonheim was reelected directorstate league board andwill represent Orange councOfficers for the OrangeLeague of Cities electedMayor George Weimer ofpresident; Mayor Williamtague of Fullerton, vice presidentCity Clerk Charles GrinAnaheim, secretary treasuryState league staff conspresent were Richard Graecreative secretary; Prof.Davisson, tax consultantMiller, public works andjconsultant; W. R. Updegrotor of Western City magazineMr. Ele, representing thdepartment of finance. Gazette Reporter Finds Interesting Facts Behind Scenes at City Park Plunge Gazette Reporter Finds Interesting Facts Behind Scenes at City Park Plunge Want to go swimming in the city park pool? Then let’s! All we have to do is buy a ticket, pick up a clean white towel, enter an immaculate dressing room or place our clothing in steel lockers, stand under a shower, walk through a footbath that kills any possible foot germs and then dive in the clear blue water. Some 400 youngsters and adults enjoy the plunge each day and their lailing brown arms and legs keep the water churned to a foamy white as they merrily call, “Watch me dive” or “Show me how.” It’s a perfect summer day pasttime but there is a lot that necessarily goes on behind the scenes that the public knows listle about. Curiosity took us to the park plunge manager, John Wallin, and in a few interesting moments we saw the “behind the scenes.” In a large, airy room beside the office is the laundry with its big cylinder washing machine that washes 200 bath towels at a time and the machine is filled twice a day. The towels and rental bathing suits are then placed in a centrifugal dryer and afterward they are hung on the sun-deck where they finish drying in the sunlight. Next we went down a flight of stairs that took us to the basement and there we were shown many interesting things. The pool water is in a continual process of change each of the 24 hours and when the plunge is full there are 476,000 gallons of water in it. Each day between 12,000 and 16,000 gallons of water are added as well as 15 pounds of chlorine to disinfect the water. When the water level is raised one inch it means adding 4000 gallons of water and usually it is necessary to raise the level to four inches daily. The old water is drawn off the bottom of the pool and the new water enters near its surface. As the old water is drawn off it goes through a pipe to a lint catcher, then a circulating pump and then into the top of two five by eleven-foot filter tanks. In the top of those tanks are sand and gravel filts were presented to Vangie Schumacher and Thelma Woods. The hostesses served a delicious salad course with coffee. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mary Alice Hutton on North Lemon street and new members will be hostesses. L. Brown, noted Bible teacher Osceola Campers Hold Union Service Sunday Night It has become a tradition each Labor day Sunday that the boys and girls of the YMCA and YWCA who attended Camp Osceola during the summer months to present: the union church service on that evening under the sponsorship of the Ministerial union. This year the service will be held at the White Temple Methodist church at 7:30 o'clock and the public is cordially invited to attend. Dick Zimmerman, an old camper, will give the principal inspirational address of the evening. The young people will have complete charge of the program and afterward a social hour will be held in the church parlors where refreshments will be served. The program will be as follows: Pipe organ prelude, Susan Hilbers. Trumpet assembly call, Ted Bourne. Call to worship, Norma Jean Tews presenting an original poem by one of the girls, in camp. “I Heard a Forest Praying,” Girls’ chapel chorus directed by Miss Edith Browne. “I Would be True” and “Pines of Osceola,” sung by camp troop. Responsive reading used in camp service, Dickie Graham. Prayers by Freddie Edwards, Gloria Knutzen, Teddy Lou Payne and Harry Moore. Offertory, piano solo by Glenn Greder. Trumpet solo, Ted Bourne. “Ave Maria,” solo, Edith Browne. Reflections from Osceola campers, Gary Oelrich, Frances Shirrer, Jimmy Wright, Violet Marcel, Ruth Eidelson, Dan Demaree and Irene Smith. Special guests for the event were Lt. Col. Lloyd Riordan Anaheim, recently returning Germany, and Ernie Elias who is home after many days in the Pacific theater operations. Approximately 80 delegates represented attendees in sessions and banquet. During dinner hour music was played by the Placentia Spanish tra. Mayor LeRoy Strang Clemente, presided over theference. Attending from A were members of the city and planning commission, partment heads and the staff of the chamber of comm W. Moeller. Speaking of reconversionator Kuchel said, “Now time to put into operation long overdue state and local works program. Thus employment will be provided to that extent, the hazy mass unemployment will be sened.” Two bills were passed recent legislature and signed Gov. Earl Warren that had particular significance to county, the speaker point One of the bills was introduced by Senator Kuchel and is suit approximately $400,000 be appropriated to purchase frontage between Hu Beach and Newport Beach public park. The bill is in step that the county will run to match funds. The second bill was introduced by Assemblyman Clyde and approximately $200,000 matching funds, will establish state park at Corona D thus $600,000 will be Orange county in the next years by the state. Mother of Lo well as 15 pounds of chlorine to disinfect the water. When the water level is raised one inch it means adding 4000 gallons of water and usually it is necessary to raise the level to four inches daily. The old water is drawn off the bottom of the pool and the new water enters near its surface. As the old water is drawn off it goes through a pipe to a lint catcher, then a circulating pump and then into the top of two five by eleven-foot filter tanks. In the top of these tanks are sand and gravel filter beds and as the water seeps through them the dirt is caught in the beds. From there the water goes back through the pipe into the pool and as it enters the chlorine is added. But most amazing of all, we learned that two to three times a week the bottom of the plunge is vacuum-cleaned in the same manner as carpets in a home. The vacuum-cleaner is larger than the home variety and is operated by water pressure instead of air pressure. Long pipe handles make it possible to reach every corner of the plunge and it takes three to four hours to do a good job. The vacuuming removes any lint from the floor but it isn't too good at picking up bobby-pins. Want to go swimming? Then let's. Our city has made it possible and all that is asked of us in turn is "don't swipe the towels or gathing suits. They are hard to buy." ON TRIP Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Booth of this city and their son, Seaman First Class Raymond Booth and his bride, left Anaheim Monday, the latter to report to Seattle, Wash., for further duty. His bride is accompanying him and his parents are taking them as far as Hanford where they will stop to visit Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Wilson. Mrs. Wilson is a sister of L. H. Booth. War Bonds Admit To Hollywood Park A prompt post time of two o'clock for week-day racing for the 1945 fall meeting of the Hollywood Turf club, which opens September 5th, was announced by general manager J. F. Mackenzie today. On Saturdays, the post time will be moved up to one o'clock. All gates will be open to the public at 11:00 a.m. on weekdays and 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. There will be no racing on Mondays. Hollywood Park will continue to aid the Treasury department bond drive by giving free admission to Victory Bond buyers, Mackenzie said. Purchasers of a $25 maturity value Victory Bond will be granted free admission to the grandstand during any day of the thirty-four day meeting. Buyers of a bond over $25 will be entitled to free clubhouse admission. Remember way back when communities had unoccupied houses? George Weimar To Head County League of Cities Much valuable information was imparted last Thursday at the annual conference of the League of Cities held at the Anaheim Elks Club for Orange county, and the league staff consultants deemed it one of the most successful conferences of the tour that they have been making to take place of a state convention. Panel discussions and work sessions filled the daytime hours while election of county officers took place during the evening. State senator Thomas Kuchel was guest speaker and gave an excellent address on recent state legislation that is beneficial to municipalities and Orange county. Mayor Charles Pearson of Anaheim was reelected director on the state league board and as such will represent Orange county. Officers for the Orange county league of Cities elected were Mayor George Weimer of Orange, president; Mayor William Mongeau of Fullerton, vice president; City Clerk Charles Griffith of Anaheim, secretary treasurer. State league staff consultants present were Richard Graves, executive secretary; Prof. Malcom Davisson, tax consultant; Ross Miller, public works and planning consultant; W. R. Updegraff, editor of Western City magazine, and Mr. Ele, representing the state department of finance. They carried on the panel discussions that included such subjects as public works and planning. County Birth Rate Increases During War Years Births in Orange county have increased almost 2 to 1 during the war years, while deaths in the county have shown a decrease. It was disclosed in a report filed this week with the city council by Dr. Edward Lee Russell, county health officer, who reported on the county health department's activity since 1941. In 1941 there were 3,890 births in the county and in 1944 there were 5,422 births, or an increase of 1,532. The two intervening years showed the following increases: 4,439 in 1942 and 5,265 in 1943. During these four years the county population increased from 130,000 to 170,000. Deaths were listed as follows: 1941—1,572; 1942—1,564; 1943—1,796; and in 1944, 1,836. Listed as the leading cause of death was heart disease with accidental and violent deaths taking second place, cancer third and apoplexy in fourth place. Mrs. Aage Hansen (formerly Anna Marie McDuell) and infant son, Thomas John, returned to their home on West La Palma street last week from the Fullerton General hospital where he was born on Aug. 12. Mr. and Mrs. Hansen are making their home with her mother, Mrs. Anna McDuell. Supervisors Set Up County Service Center The county board of supervisors has established a county veteran's service center and appointed Ben Liebermann of Santa Ana as director. The center will serve as a clearing house for all problems of returning servicemen and will be a flexible agency to coordinate activities of all public and private agencies in the county which are prepared to help with veterans' problems. This will include the county service officer who helps veterans with claims and pensions; the welfare city veteran's cross housing agencies groups. Liebermann is a American Legion affair ordinator of the county Civilian Defense. He been active in organizing county's emergency department as set up by the lature. As director, he will be the county service office until recently was D. Baldwin, now resigning cessor is slated to be next month. New quarters for center will be set up. Lemon trees grow at 4,000 feet in India. Cooperating in the movement to acquaint civilians with the nobody knows" and to express its appreciation to discharge personnel, the Santa Fe Railway currently is featuring a rep of the honorable service button in its national billboard program. Displays similar to the above now are appearing boards throughout the railroad's territory. IN THE H TRIU Behind us lie 3½ years of deadly struggle in which, with God’s help, we have prevailed. So, today, we celebrate a victory. After the celebration, what lies ahead? For most of us, the outlook is a bright one. If we will simply use the brains, the will, the energy, the enterprise . . . the materials and resources . . . with which we won our war, we can’t fail to win the peace and to make this the richest, happiest land the world has known. For most of us, the years ahead are bright with promise. But for others of us—and, ironically enough, their part in bringing victory was a major one—the years to come must bear a different look. Mother of Local Man Dies of Accident Injuries Mrs. Ethel S. Flockton, 60, of Santa Ana, mother of Harry C. Flockton of Anaheim, succumbed last Friday night at St. Joseph's hospital of injuries sustained early last week in an automobile accident on 101 Highway and Vermont avenue near Anaheim. The accident involved a car driven by her husband, Walter Flockton, and one operated by Jack Bastin, 29, of the Santa Ana Army Air base. The former received a severe arm injury and castin is reported to have received minor cuts and bruises. The deceased was a native of Seeds, England, and had lived in Santa Ana for the past 21 years. Besides her widower and son, she survived by one daughter, Mrs. May Rice of Santa Ana, and a sister, Rhoda Lawton of England, and two grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the H. R. Brown chapel in Santa Ana with Dr. John Ashley in charge. Enombment followed in Fairhaven Pausoleum. Oranges, lemons and grapefruit sold through the Sunkist sales office in Dallas, Texas, last year exceeded 800,000 boxes. For most of us, the years ahead are bright with promise. But for others of us—and, ironically enough, their part in bringing victory was a major one—the years to come must bear a different look. In America today are hundreds of thousands of injured men. Men with neatly pinned-up sleeves and trousers. Blinded men. Men with clever iron hooks instead of hands. Worst of all, men with hurt and darkened minds. VICTORY BOND This VICTORY BOND Advertisement Granada Park FRANK BELMOND 126 North Atchison—Anaheim and pensions; the welfare department, city veteran's offices, Red Cross housing agencies and other groups. Liebermann is a leader in American Legion affairs and coordinator of the county Office of Civilian Defense. He has also been active in organizing the county's emergency disaster program as set up by the state legislature. As director, he will not displace the county service officer who until recently was D. B. "Lucky" Baldwin, now resigned. His successor is slated to be named next month. New quarters for the service center will be set up. Lemon trees grow at an altitude of 4,000 feet in India. The 1945 California valencia crop is estimated at 37,800,000 boxes, a record crop and 22 per cent greater than in 1944. The Army Signal Corps has developed an emergency switchboard that can be carried under a signalman's arm. 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