anaheim-gazette 1947-05-22

COLONY QUIPS A trip to the State House in Sacramento is always an interesting and informative experience. We had that pleasure last week and came back chuck full of things the most of which can't be printed. There is one definite impression that grows stronger each time we see our legislature in session. That is the place of the so-called lobbyist or legislative expert. Through the years these men have been called all sorts of names and pointed out as enemies of the people. This may have been true in years gone by but today these men are called into different committee meetings and asked to give the legislators a digest of certain bills then before the committee. With several thousand involved bills before them it is just humanly impossible for any one man be he a representative or not, to digest them all. These experts or lobbyists digest and study only the group of bills that affect the people who employ them. For instance the labor group study bills that affect the working man, the retail merchants have men there to do the same for the store keeper and so forth in the various branches of industry. For the past decade or so these representatives have not been allowed on the floor of the Senate or Assembly so they cannot now descend upon a gullible legislator and influence his vote when a certain measure VOLUME LXXVI ANAHEIM 208 To Be Graduated in AUHS Class of 1947; 25 Are Vets There are 208 members of the class of 1947 of Anaheim Union high school whose graduation exercises will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 17, it was announced this week Superintendent Paul H. Demaree. Of the 208 class members 25 are World War II veterans. The guest speaker for the occasion will be Dr. Frederick P. Woellner, professor of education at the University of California at Los Angeles. The valedictorian of the class will be John Westerholt and the salutatorian, Georgia Barfoot. The class speaker selected by the whole class will be Wanda Burdick who reached the state finals in the American Legion public speaking contest. As in former years, the exercises will be held in Anaheim City Park. The student committee which is arranging the program for the exercises consists of Class President Bill Kellogg, Georgia Barfoot, Joan Jackson, Don' Davis, and Lynn Boliek. Baccalaureate services the evening of June 15 in the high school Citrus Market Seems On Way Out of Slump Citrus market reports for a week don't make very cheerful reading for growers and shippe but they brightened percepti There are times when a sermon is designed to raise money and times when it is supposed to make people better according to the lights of the particular preacher. Then there are others that can be classed as the pure gospel. The following tribute to the late Josiah Bailey was put into the Congressional Record by U. S. Senator Walter George of Georgia and first appeared in the Southern Agriculturist, a publication founded in 1869. It is entitled "The Testament of a Great Public Servant." In a political last will and testament, the late Josiah W. Bailey, who served with great distinction as a United States Senator from North Carolina from 1931 until his death in Raleigh on December 15, 1946, cited three major dangers as threatening the freedom and security of the United States. They were (1) the growing dominating influence of the Soviet Union, (2) a reckless fiscal policy, and (3) our ruthless labor leaders. Regarding Russia, Senator Bailey, a devout Baptist who edited the Biblical Record from 1893 to 1907, warned the United States to be on the alert against possible world domination on the part of that government. He said, "There people who employ them. For instance the labor group study bills that affect the working man, the retail merchants have men there to do the same for the store keeper and so forth in the various branches of industry. For the past decade or so these representatives have not been allowed on the floor of the Senate or Assembly so they cannot now descend upon a gullible legislator and influence his vote when a certain measure comes up for final approval or disapproval. They must present their case before a committee meeting that is open to anyone. In this way the pitfalls of some legislation is laid bare and a real service is done the ordinary citizen. These men have one essential thing in their stock in trade and that is integrity. Without this they are of no use to the group sending them to Sacramento. They must be honest and tell the plain truth at all times or their usefulness melts away. There is no doubt that some of these experts are not all they should be and the same goes for a portion of our legislators. *Henry Acosta, David Aguilar, Gwendolyn Ahlstrom, Gene Albin, Jeanette Allen, Harold Amling, Merle Asper, Leroy Ater, Kathleen Austin. Joan Ball, Bob Barker, Georgia Barfoot, *Albert Barnes, Betty Barnes, Manuel Barron, Marvin Bates, William Baxter, Mary Jane Beavers, Ralph Bell, Etta Jean Bodkins, Lynn Boliek, Clifford Bonner, Harold Bonner, *Kenneth Bristol, Nancy Britt, John Browne, Nancy Burdick, Wanda Burdick. Maurice Carmichael, Barbara Carpenter, Virginia Casey, Elva Clinea, Veria Chaypol, Barbara Colbaugh, Ruby Colbaugh, *Stanley Comstock*, *Wilbur Comstock*, *Maxwell Cook*, Mildred Crespin, Jean Cutshall. Mildred Daniels, Evelyn Davies, Donald Davis, Frances Dehlsen, Betty Denton, Doris DeWitt, *Jack Dossett*, Charles Eaton, Yvonne Eldred, Barbara Evans, Gary Fath, Houston Faulkner, Arthur Fergus, Beverly Fick, Mary Fogg, Annette Forbes, *Francis Forsberg*, Shirley Foster, Betty Frey, LaVonne Fuerst. Richard Garabedian, David Garcia, Herman Gedney, Sophie Gonzales, Marilyn Gorham, Jack Greger, George Griggs, Don Hamilton, Erylene Hankins, Joe Hardcastle, Beverly Harrison, Tom Hartley, Barbara Hein, Gilbert Henning, Keith Herman, Dorlyn Hochuli, Lois Hoffmann, Frances Holmes, Verna Hooker, *James Huffman*, Jerry Hund, *Lawrence Hund*, Charles Hunt, Ray Hurtado, Alice Hutain, Eugene Hutain. Joan Jackson, Pat Jordan, Barbara Jungkeit, Bill Kellogg, Patricia Kennedy, Laurel Lee Kenyon, Richard Kepner, Robert Kindig, Roderic Knutsen, Bob Kohlbush, Jack Kohlbush, Bill Koontz, Helen Kopsho, Arlene Kubitz, Citrus market reports for last week don't make very cheerful reading for growers and shipping but they brightened perceptibility this week. The volume of Valencia saw was the smallest for the corresponding week in four years at $3.55 a box. f.o.b. packing house which was the lowest in four years. It was more than a dollar a box below the f.o.b. average for the corresponding week last year. Part of the disappointing shopping for last week was due in apparently to low prices broughed by central California fruit mills of which now is going as orchard run because of frost damage. There have been sales as low as $2.15 a box f.o.b. for the small sizes. What few navels remained in the market last week averaged $3.70 a box; central California Valencias averaged $3.15; southern California Valencias,$3.98; and desert Valencias,$3.98. Reports early this week indicated Valencia demand was high and proving and the report at the end of the week may tell a more cheerful story. The prorate for next week 1000 cars for southern California Florida last week shipped 22 cars of oranges and 750 cars grapefruit. It is expected to sell the same volume of oranges next week and 625 cars of grapefruit. Lemon growers and shipmen were waiting only for a spell warm weather in the east; create a marked increase in mand and a sharp advance prices. Last week the volume sales and the price average scored new four-year lows. The average was $3.60 a box; compared to an average of about $4 for the corresponding weekend year ago and an average of $2 in the same week in 1944. But Monday's sales in the area were the heaviest of the season and the price average was up cents a box. Regarding Russia, Senator Bailey, a devout Baptist who edited the Biblical Record from 1893 to 1907, warned the United States to be on the alert against possible world domination on the part of that government. He said, "There are those who think that Russia does not intend to destroy the United Nations Organization. It is my opinion that Russia does not intend to go along with it unless Russia can have her way. She means to dominate Europe and Asia and then the whole world." The Senator asserted that there was evidence that the Soviet Union was operating in the United States by propaganda and infiltration. He cautioned, however, that failure of the United Nations did not necessarily mean war, and that internationalism did not mean that "our country must have a hand in every controversy, or that we should assume responsibility everywhere." Senator Bailey called for a strong, firm, and peaceful foreign policy on our part and our getting into no controversy except in clear defense of our own country. Senator Bailey who served as United States collector of internal revenue in North Carolina, from 1913 to 1921, deplored extravagant national spending policies, saying: "No country has ever spent the earnings and the substance of its people as this country has without ruining itself and its inhabitants. The war expenditures were necessary, but there is absolutely no excuse for the extravagant civilian expenditure during the period in which I have been Senator. "We must stabilize our currency and our economy at the earliest moment possible if we are to Hartley, Barbara Hein, Gilbert Henning, Keith Herman, Dorlyne Hochuli, Lois Hoffmann, Frances Holmes, Verna Hooker, *James Huffman, Jerry Hund, *Lawrence Hund, Charles Hunt, Ray Hurtado, Alice Hutain, Eugene Hutain. Joan Jackson, Pat Jordan, Barbara Jungkeit, Bill Kellogg, Patricia Kennedy, Laurel Lee Kenyon, Richard Kepner, Robert Kindig, Roderic Knutsen, Bob Kohlbush, Jack Kohlbush, Bill Koontz, Helen Kopsho, Arlene Kubitz, Greta Kunz. Robert Lahey, Albert Leos, Helen Lindley, Dorothy Link, *John Losleben, James Lowe, Helen Ludwig, Robert Lund, James McConaghy, Alex Maese, Gordon (Continued on Page 2) Farm Reporter To Be Speaker At Farm Picnic Nelson McIninch, known as the Noon Farm Reporter, will be the only speaker at the renewal on June 7 of the annual Orange County Farm Bureau picnic which will be held at Irvine park. The rest of the day is to be devoted to fun and sociability. Two thousand members and their families are expected to attend. The committee on arrangements, headed by Fred Schmidt, Orange, plans to prepare 125 gallons of orange juice as part of the refreshments. Each farm center in the county has been asked to arrange some kind of an entertainment and nine have already announced their intention of participating. A feature will be a baseball game between teams made up of members living north and south of the Santa Ana river. Besides Schmidt, members of the committee are Don Schneider, Anaheim; Larry Fricker, Tustin; Raymond L. Marsile, Santa Ana; Joe Witt, Orange; Earl Laux and Dahl Shearer, Garden Grove, and David Crist, Yorba Linda. Postcard ballots containing names of 14 nominees for seats on the board of directors of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce were mailed today to entire chamber membership. Cards are to be returned June 5 and the new elected directors will take seats at the first board meeting June 12. The 14 nominated by a committee of five are: Gilbert Kraemer, Robert Jay Victor Huber, Oscar Ren Glenn Hipes, Frank Belmonte B. Collings, Mrs. Mabel Maison, Hildred Ferrell, Wil Thornecroft, Arval Morris, Lard Loudon, Cortez Hoskins Merle Soden. Members of the nominating committee were O. E. Hansen M. Cone, Ken Hellyer, Louis kins and Gene Mahaffey. FREEMONT P.-T.A. INSTALLATION NEXT WEEK Freemont P.-T.A. installation officers will take place next Wednesday at 2:30 in the school teria. The new officers for coming year are Mrs. W. F. Sers, president; Mrs. W. J. M. vice-president; Mrs. Forrest onton, secretary; Mrs. R. M. er, treasurer; Mrs. J. F. D. port, historian; Mrs. K. D. gins, auditor; and Mrs. Paul enhus, parliamentarian. ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1947 Parking Meter Man Pays $5 For Parking Violation Everyone who has paid a penalty for overstaying his time at a parking meter will regard the mishap of G. A. Crooke as retributive justice. Crooke is the Orange county agent for the firm that sold the parking meters in Anaheim, as well as other towns. Last January, a month after the meters were installed here, Crooke was cited for underfeeding the meter at which he had parked his car while on an Anaheim visit. When he failed to appear a warrant was issued out of the court of City Judge John Shea. Last week, according to Santa Ana advices, Crooke appeared in the justice court there and posted $5 ball to guarantee his appearance in court here. He added that he expected to forfeit the ball. Crooke told the Santa Ana court clerk he had given an Exchange To Try Out New Juice Vendors Another experiment with juice vending machines is being made by the California Fruit Growers Exchange, it was revealed this week by F. R. Wilcox, assistant general manager of the Exchange, in addressing the Yorba Linda Farm Center. The machines now being placed in various selected spots in the east are of two types. One is a wholly automatic dime-in-the-slot machine. The other, to be placed in restaurants, soda fountains and hotel kitchens, is manually operated: They may be serviced either with fresh orange juice or frozen juice which, Wilcox said, has been kept in a laboratory at 10 degrees below zero for three years without loss of flavor or food value. Both types of vendors depend upon refrigeration and agitation. When he failed to appear a warrant was issued out of the court of City Judge John Shea. Last week, according to Santa Ana advices, Crooke appeared in the justice court there and posted $5 ball to guarantee his appearance in court here. He added that he expected to forfeit the ball. Crooke told the Santa Ana court clerk he had given an Anaheim friend a dollar to pay the penalty for his overtime parking and he supposed his friend had forgotten to attend to the matter. Storekeepers Divided On Closing May 31 Anaheim business houses were pretty well agreed this week about closing on Memorial Day, which this year falls upon a Friday. But there was lively discussion about remaining closed on Saturday. There was pretty general agreement among the drug store keepers, the restauranteers, the marketers and others serving the public's daily needs that they would be open as usual Saturday. There was also agreement among the furniture store owners that they would close for the weekend. Banks can close only by proclamation of a holiday by the governor and no such proclamation had been made up to this midweek. Building and loan associations usually follow the lead of the banks. Those in other types of business were discussing the matter with their competitors with some for and some firmly against. Among those against a whole weekend closing were some who pointed out that the same situation would have to be faced on July 4 weekend and they thought two closed weekends so close together would be an undue restriction on normal trade. Pauline Brunworth, Native Daughter, Passes Away Death claimed another native daughter of this city last Monday when Mrs. Pauline Brunworth died at the Anaheim hospital. General Electric commission inspection. Plant occupier client chemical plant in Larry L. Jones, indus chemist and superintendent of Anaheim Works. GE Tells Why Chose Anaheim As part of a brochure buted on the occasion of opening of its new plant, General Electric tells whose Anaheim as the locator for its works. An excerpt from the brochure: "The location of Anaheim ideal for several reasons: excellent railroad facilities close to seaport and transportation and links network of highways that it to important industries." "There is a progressive attitude in the city, living tions are good and efficient personnel are available. All the conditions require the success of a manufacturing type are ent. There are comfortable homes, progressive school recreational facilities, and the many other civic organizations rely by the personnel upon the success of the works largely depend." "The people of Anaheim co-operative. Business and its organizations aided in market reports for last don’t make very cheerful for growers and shippers, they brightened perceptibly week." Pauline Brunworth, Native Daughter, Passes Away Death claimed another native daughter of this city last Monday when Mrs. Pauline Brunworth passed away at the Anaheim hospital. She was born in this city 72 years ago and had lived in the family home at the corner of Center and East streets since a young lady. Her father, Henry Kroeger, was very prominent in the early history of this city. Her husband, now deceased, was an early pioneer in the establishment of the Zion Lutheran church and with his wife was active in its community activities. Left to mourn her passing are a daughter, Miss Evelyn Brunworth of the home; one son, Raymond H. Brunworth of Claremont; two grandchildren; two brothers, William Kroeger of Fullerton, and Louis Kroeger of Fair Oaks, and one sister, Mrs. Henrietta Schindler of this city. The deceased was a member of the Zion Lutheran church, the Ladies Aid and the Dorcas society. Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Backs, Campbell and Kaulbars with the Rev. L. E. Eifert, pastor of Zion Lutheran church, officiating. Interment was in Anaheim cemetery. BANK OF AMERICA DECLARES DIVIDEND Directors of Bank of America have declared a regular dividend of $1 for the current semiannual period on the bank's common stock. This is at the regular annual rate of $2 per share, and is to be paid on June 30, 1947, to stockholders of record at the close of business on May 31, 1947. Accuses Self Of Robbery After Visiting Uncle The blotter at the Anaheim police station didn't speculate on whether an uneasy conscience or the advice of an Anaheim relative was responsible. All the blotter said was that Cecil H. Martensen had come to Anaheim to talk things over with an uncle and that some hours later he and his uncle came to the police station where Cecil told the desk sergeant he was the man who had held up an Owl Drug store at 5440 South Crenshaw boulevard, Los Angeles. He waited at the station until two officers from the robbery detail of the Los Angeles police department arrived in Anaheim to interview him. At the conclusion of the interview the officers took Cecil back to Los Angeles. Eight Object Variance For Public Scales Eight home owners live in the vicinity of the triangulation at the east end of Central where Peter Lehr seeks a for a filling station, bulks tanks and public scales at a public hearing before city planning commission they had no serious object a "nice, well kept filling but they had serious objection to the proposed public service." The planning commission previously recommended acceptance to the city council in response to serious objections from some of the adjacent owners, recommending the commission hold a hearing on the matter. Charles Griffith said that result of the hearing the commission would reverence in its recommendation council. CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY Weekly Temperatures By Association Laboratory Day Min. Max. Thursday 51 70 Friday 50 72 Saturday 59 78 Sunday 59 79 Monday 59 75 Tuesday 59 78 Wednesday 55 75 General Electric company's Anaheim Works, just completed and opened yesterday to public inspection. Plant occupies six acres in northeastern industrial tract. Declared most modern and efficient chemical plant in GE's far-flung empire. Public, Press Marvel at New General Electric Plant Here General Electric company's new Anaheim chemical plant, a marvel of efficiency, safety and mechanical beauty, was ready today to turn out its product—Glyptal alkyd resin General Electric company's Anaheim Works, just completed and opened yesterday to public inspection. Plant occupies six acres in northeastern industrial tract. Declared most modern and efficient chemical plant in GE's far-flung empire. Public, Press Marvel at New General Electric Plant Here General Electric company's new Anaheim chemical plant, a marvel of efficiency, safety and mechanical beauty, was ready today to turn out its product—Glyptal alkyd resin—after being shown Tuesday to the news and trade press and yesterday to the people of Anaheim. Following a luncheon given by the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce in honor of visiting officials and the staff of the Anaheim works, hundreds of residents of Anaheim and environs streamed through the plant located on a six-acre tract on North Olive street and marveled at the maze of pipes, conduits, tanks, vats, pumps, dials and devices for measuring, weighing and regulating more swiftly and unerringly than the surest human hand and eye. American Legion Memorial Day Observance 30th The 28th annual Memorial Day program sponsored by the American Legion Post of this city, to be observed on Memorial Day, May 30, will be without a familiar figure whom they had come to love and revere during the past years since the inception of the annual observance. Mrs. Mary Ellen Coons who passed away last year following an illness of several weeks. Mrs. Coons was the last surviving member of the Daughters of Confederate Veterans in this city and as each year rolled around, she was prominent in the annual observance in the ceremony of respect to the memory of those who have passed before us. The program this year will again have William P. Webb as master of ceremonies who will open the program with assembly at the flag pole at 10:30 a.m., the ceremony to be observed at Anaheim cemetery. Bugler Gerald Thatcher will call the assembly to order and the Boy Scout Troop Number 72 will raise the colors with Gerald Thatcher sounding the call to colors. The explanation of the monument to the absent and the unknown dead will be given by Jack Leigh followed by the various patriotic organizations placing wreaths on the monument. The Cadet Corps firing squad of Anaheim Union high school will fire the salute with "Taps" by Gerald Thatcher. Invocation will be offered by the Rev. Howard S. Congdon, GE Tells Why It Chose Anaheim As part of a brochure distributed on the occasion of the opening of its new plant here General Electric tells why it chose Anaheim as the location for its works. An excerpt from the brochure: "The location of Anaheim is ideal for several reasons. It has excellent railroad facilities, is close to seaport and water transportation and links into a network of highways that joins it to important industrial centers. "There is a progressive attitude in the city, living conditions are good and efficient personnel are available. In fact, all the conditions requisite to the success of a manufacturing venture of this type are present. There are comfortable homes, progressive schools, recreational facilities, churches and the many other civic and social organizations required by the personnel upon whom the success of the works will so largely depend. "The people of Anaheim are co-operative. Business and civic organizations aided in many ways during the period in..." Eight Object To Variance For Public Scales Eight home owners living in the vicinity of the triangular plot at the east end of Center street where Peter Lehr seeks a variance for a filling station, bulk storage tanks and public scales testified at a public hearing before the city planning commission that they had no serious objections to "nice, well kept filling station," but they had serious objections to the proposed public scales. The planning commission had previously recommended the variance to the city council which, in response to serious objections from some of the adjacent property owners, recommended that the commission hold a public hearing on the matter. City Clerk Charles Griffith said that as a result of the hearing the planning commission would reverse its action in its recommendation to the council. The explanation of the monument to the absent and the unknown dead will be given by Jack Leigh followed by the various patriotic organizations placing wreaths on the monument. The Cadet Corps firing squad of Anaheim Union high school will fire the salute with "Taps" by Gerald Thatcher. Invocation will be offered by the Rev. Howard S. Congdon, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, after which the heads of the various organizations will be introduced. Mrs. Walter Ross will be the soloist and will lead the singing. The principal address for the occasion will be given by the Rev. James Forrester, pastor of Calvary Baptist church, and benediction by Rev. Congdon. Committee members of the American Legion who helped to make possible the program this year are Phillip Webb, chairman; Henry DuBois, Milford Johnson, Dave Proud, Clarence Fleming, L. N. Wisser, Dick O'Kane, Ed Dailey and Leo Drummond. Those of the Veterans of Foreign Wars who are on the committee for their organization are: Duane C. Harvey, chairman; John M. Jaggers, Ray Y. Mallonee, Viggo P. Mallin, Frank Moreno, Jack Leigh and Sam Benson. The public is extended a most cordial invitation to come and pay tribute to those who so gallantly gave their lives in the past wars and for those loved ones who have gone before. 12 POUND BARRACUDA Ray McIntyre won the jack pot on a boat out of Scott's Landing last Tuesday with a 12 pound barracuda. The 13 people aboard caught 195 barracuda and four bass. There were two limits of fifteen fish each caught. Ocean fishing is going full speed for this early in the season. Collins said his company wishes to be a good neighbor in Anaheim and explained: "To us, being a good citizen implies an active interest in the welfare of the city. We want to be an active member of the Chamber of Commerce; we want GE men to help with the work of your civic organizations; we want to assist in your Community Chest campaigns. It is our desire to contribute in every feasible way to an improved Anaheim." Superintendent Jones expressed on behalf of himself and the company appreciation of the cooperation and friendliness he had met ever since his arrival in Anaheim. As a visible token of appreciation he presented to Mayor Charles Pearson a gavel to replace the one, he explained, that the mayor a few weeks ago gave to Jack Benny. The Anaheim Works of General Electric is the result of scientific research begun about 50 years ago which sought one thing and wound up with something entirely different but at least as valuable as the thing sought. The works were built by one of the world's largest manufacturers of electrical apparatus, but it will not produce a single electrical item. Its entire output will be Glyptal alkyd resins. The research which resulted in Glyptal alkyd resins began as a search for better electrical insulation. No one connected with the enterprise had any idea of supplying the paint industry with resins that would make better paints. But just that happened largely because many of the characteristics required of electrical insulation are also essential to paints, lacquers and other surface finishes. The Glyptal alkyd resins produced in Anaheim will find their way into protective and decorative (Continued on Page 8)