anaheim-gazette 1947-10-02

COLONY QUIPS Last Saturday night many of the stores in Anaheim made arrangements to keep open later than had been their wont to do. The results were, in many cases, amazing and showed beyond any doubt that to many people this was an added service and convenience. The old hours that stores used to keep from 7 o'clock in the morning until 11 at night were way too long. We have outgrown that sort of thing. But when the closing time is 5:30 p.m. then a great many people just do not have enough time to shop. Of course, each store must figure what suits its particular type of trade the best and act accordingly. We do not want to get into a position of arguing the case from a dogmatic point of view. The honeymoon, especially in the citrus belt, is over and it would be the best thing for all concerned to get ready to tighten the old belt. Most growers have had no returns as yet and, brother, when they do a merchandising problem will present itself. Heard an interesting bit of political gossip in Los Angeles the other day. This comes under the heading of rumors. The man said that in the very near future Justice Hugo Black of the Supreme Court would resign and that President Truman would appoint in his place California's Governor Earl Warren. If true, and we certainly don't believe it, a host of political plans would come to naught. Anyway it sounds like one Saturday Night Shoppers Come Here in Droves A good many Anaheim merchants had a conviction that there was a substantial demand in Anaheim's trade territory that the stores stay open Saturday nights. But few could have had an accurate idea of the extent of the demand, until last Saturday night. A police officer estimated that automobile and pedestrian traffic at the intersection of Center and Los Angeles streets was 200 per cent above traffic at that corner on the preceding Saturday night. One merchant who has remained open Saturday nights when most other stores were closed said he had 600 per cent more visitors at his store than on any preceding Saturday night. And his sales that night were up 1200 per cent. A jeweler who also kept his store open when most of the town was closed said his business was increased 20 per cent over other Saturday nights. No Helicopter Mail Service In Sight Here It seemed reasonably clear this week that Anaheim, Ana and Long Beach are the omitted from the helicopter service out of Los Angeles which is to be inaugurated the month of this month. Information available up midweek indicated that the copter mail route would come nearer Anaheim than Fuller where the eggbeaters will still leave and pick up mail on a which will also include San Bernardino, Riverside and Coronado. Orange Market Edges Upward Lemons Drop With only a third of the crop yet to go to market, valia oranges advanced percept last week and early this week. Abrupt change in the weather the middle west and east from Heard an interesting bit of political gossip in Los Angeles the other day. This comes under the heading of rumors. The man said that in the very near future Justice Hugo Black of the Supreme Court would resign and that President Truman would appoint in his place California's Governor Earl Warren. If true, and we certainly don't believe it, a host of political plans would come to naught. Anyway it sounds like one of those rumors that the old master Charlie Michelson used to put out. Scene: A jungle isle in the Pacific. Time: The war. Characters: Two sailors, one a Seabee. "Whatcha got there, mate?" "A gallon of gook juice," the Seabee replied. "How come?" "Going on a hike in the jungle. Protection from snake bite." "What's in the box?" the questioner persisted. "Snakes," grinned the Seabee. Last term the walls of American colleges were bulding with humanity. But this term they are bulging still more. Another new attendance record is being hung up as 2,400,000 students are hitting the books in the institutions of higher learning. Approximately 63 per cent of these students are veterans. Getting an education under these crowded conditions is a mighty tough job, especially since living quarters are also crowded. Nevertheless, the outlook is that colleges will turn out the best trained students ever. The reason is that the average college man and woman of today is much more serious about their education than were the students of the pre-war days. Furthermore, it's harder to get into colleges now, and those who make the grade are better qualified for the studies assigned them. It isn't likely that the "rah rah" boys and girls of yesterday will disappear completely from the campus but they're certainly experiencing an eclipse. "It is plain that California is the state we will have to watch," says the New York Times in commenting on the rapidly rising population in this state. Well, they can watch us pass them in a few years. Garden Grove Promised City Mail Delivery Mrs. Helen Pinkham, Garden Grove's postmaster, has been notified by J. M. Donaldson, first assistant postmaster general, that Garden Grove's petition for city mail delivery has been granted. It is expected the new service will not be inaugurated until after the Postoffice Department is through with the Christmas rush. Mrs. Pinkham expects two city routes will be set up, one to be carried by a carrier on foot or on bicycle, and the other "mounted"—i.e., provided with an automobile to serve outlying districts. She also expects the present heavily overtaxed rural route to be revamped. Prospects are that while on the preceding Saturday night. One merchant who has remained open Saturday nights when most other stores were closed said he had 600 per cent more visitors at his store than on any preceding Saturday night. And his sales that night were up 1200 per cent. A jeweler who also kept his store open when most of the town was closed said his business was increased 20 per cent over other Saturday nights. "I did more business between 6 and 8 p.m. Saturday night than I did in the preceding three days put together," said another merchant. "Granted it was hot during those three days, which may have accounted for the slow business, but my store was open for the customers during the cool hours of Saturday night. I'm pleased with the results." Some merchants reported business as usual. One even found his business below average. But one large store manager said, "Believe me, there was a time between 7 and 8 o'clock when we could hardly handle the crowd." Saturday night shoppers were as pleased as the merchants. "I'd say it's about time," said one woman. "The time I have been able in months to shop in leisure," said another. A man and wife admitted they hadn't bought anything but said it seemed good to be able to browse around again. "I've needed a new suit for a long time," said an elderly man, "but darned if my wife and I (Continued on Page 2) Garden Grove Promised City Mail Delivery Mrs. Helen Pinkham, Garden Grove's postmaster, has been notified by J. M. Donaldson, first assistant postmaster general, that Garden Grove's petition for city mail delivery has been granted. It is expected the new service will not be inaugurated until after the Postoffice Department is through with the Christmas rush. Mrs. Pinkham expects two city routes will be set up, one to be carried by a carrier on foot or on bicycle, and the other "mounted"—i.e., provided with an automobile to serve outlying districts. She also expects the present heavily overtaxed rural route to be revamped. Prospects are that while on the preceding Saturday night. With only a third of the crop yet to go to market, valencia oranges advanced perceptive last week and early this week. Abrupt change in the weather the middle west and east from summer to normal fall temperatures caused a further drop in the lemon market, though volume of sales and prices were still above volume and prices for comparable season in the preceding three years. A pronounced car shortage, tensified by a shortage in some districts of pickers, prevented shippers from filling their prates last week and threatened effect a more pronounced curtailment of shipments this week. The average for all sizes of grades last week was about $3 a box, f.o.b. packing house. The represented an advance of about 13 cents a box from the average of the preceding week. The average for the corresponding week last year was $4.64; for 1945 was $2.63 and for 1944, $4.43. Last Monday fancy 252s averaged 35 cents a box higher on auctions than on the preceding Monday. This upward trend continued in Tuesday's auctions. Next week's orange prate has been set at 1600 cars. Lemons of all sizes and grades averaged last week $6 a box f.o.b. packing house. The was 80 cents below the average for the preceding week. In corresponding week last year f.o.b. average was $6.05, in 1945 it was $5.50 and in 1944, $5.70. Shipments last week totaled 29 cars and the prate for this week is 290 cars. Lemon sales during the first part of this week showed a furter downward trend to more normal prices. On the auctions Tuesday fancy 360s averaged $5.40 a box, delivered. On Tuesday last week the average for that sale and grade was $7.50 a box livered. First official estimates by the U.S. Department of Agriculture revealed the Florida hurricane damaged the state's citrus crops more severely than first account indicated. The U.S.D.A. estimated the Florida citrus loss was btwen four and five million boxes "It is plain that California is the state we will have to watch," says the New York Times in commenting on the rapidly rising population in this state. Well, they can watch us pass them in a few years. A fool and his money—are invited places. There is no place like home—if you can find one! Some people see their duty and then overdo it. If you want to get ahead—use yours. Building Permits Up $65,857 Over Total for August Building permits issued in September totaled $180,141 in value, according to Building Inspector R. Nyboe. This was an increase of $65,857 over the preceding month. But the total of $1,371,744 for the first nine months of 1947 was $255,407 under the total for the first nine months of 1946. State to Issue Five-Year Auto License Plates Folsom prison's new automobile license tag factory will begin producing the new five-year plates for distribution in 1949 as soon as the last 1946 license tab is completed in November, Motor Vehicle Director Edgar E. Lampton said. The plates will have a black background and yellow numerals. It is expected the new service will not be inaugurated until after the Postoffice Department is through with the Christmas rush. Mrs. Pinkham expects two city routes will be set up, one to be carried by a carrier on foot or on bicycle, and the other "mounted"—i.e., provided with an automobile to serve outlying districts. She also expects the present heavily overtaxed rural route to be revamped. Prospects are that while the changes are being made the Garden Grove postoffice would follow the example of Anaheim and change the rural route set up from using box numbers to the new house numbers. Compact, convenient and almost formidably efficient in appearance is a new piece of equipment installed this week at headquarters of the Anaheim Police department in City Hall. Consisting of three panels, mounted on a desk, it incorporates all the means of communication possessed by the police department—including typewriter and ordinary telephones. At the left elbow of the lieutenant in charge of the station is a panel for controlling the system for intercommunication between all rooms of the police department. Facing him is a wide panel in which is consolidated the radio equipment for communication between the station and its patrol cars, between the station and other police departments in the county, between the Anaheim station and the sheriff's office and its patrol cars and the California Highway Patrol and its cars and motorcycles. At his right elbow is the panel for control of Anaheim department's patrol cars. The department is particularly proud of the fact that it found within the city's own personnel the skills necessary to produce the finished product. Capt. James Pifer, with the assistance of L. Thomas Taylor and Officer Al Hoxie, produced the cabinet work with its glossy finish. The intercommunication system was built by City Electrician George Oelke and installed by Tony Hund. The car control system was built by Motorcycle Officer Frederick Cornell, and the radio work was done by the radio technicians of the sheriff's office who are in fact a part of the Anaheim police department, as well as the police departments of all other cities in the county. The various communications systems now employed by the Anaheim police department, developing over a period covering many years, are now for the first time assembled in one unit. ANAHEIM GAZETE EST. 1870 ANAHEIM ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1947 To Helicopter Mail Service In Sight Here seemed reasonably certain this week that Anaheim, Santa Ana and Long Beach are to be sent from the helicopter mail service out of Los Angeles which will be inaugurated the middle month. Information available up to this week indicated that the helicopter mail route would come no later Anaheim than Fullerton because the eggbeaters will stop to pick up mail on a loop which will also include San Bernardo, Riverside and Corona. Orange Market Begins Upward, Demons Drop with only a third of the present yet to go to market, valen-ranges advanced perceptibly week and early this week. An increase in the weather in middle west and east from hot R.F.D. Patrons Tardy in Giving House Numbers Rural route patrons of the Ana-heim postoffice are not replying very promptly to a request for their rural street or road numbers assigned to their homes by the county assessor, Postmaster Louis H. Hoskins said this week. Up to midweek he had received replies from 80 per cent of the patrons on R. F. D. No. 1, 50 per cent from Route 2, 45 per cent from Route 3 and 75 per cent from Route 4. The high percentage of replies from Route 1, he accounted for by the fact that the canvass of that route began a week earlier than on the other three. "We are not particular," said Hoskins, "about having the information we need sent to us on the form we left with the patrons. We want the house numbers of the patrons and we don't care what kind of paper it comes to us on. They can write on any kind of paper and put it in their mail house." ELMER P. BROMLEY Potentate of Al Malalkah temple of Los Angeles will make his official visitation to the Orange County Shrine club at a County's Water Situation To At Dinner The first thing to be done to Orange county's present supply is to save what is ing to waste, in the op speakers at a meeting of e and water users held last the Newport Harbor YacThe chief place where wasting is through eva and transpiration in th back of Prado dam, in th ion of the engineers and n of the executive committee Orange County Committee ditional Water Supply. Next to salvaging this the most promising source dional water is the Metr Water Distriit aquedoct f Colorado river. Regarding the water i dam basin Glen Allen, cl of the executive commit port: "Estimates show that a age of 8000 acre feet of w Only a third of the present yet to go to market, valen-ranges advanced perceptibly week and early this week. An it change in the weather in middle west and east from hotter to normal fall tempera-caused a further drop in lemon market, though volume and prices were still well in volume and prices for the desirable season in the precede-tree years. R pronounced car shortage, in- led by a shortage in some sorts of pickers, prevented cars from filling their pro-last week and threatened to a more pronounced curtail-of shipments this week. Average for all sizes and last week was about $3.13 f.o.b. packing house. This ented an advance of about 60 cents a box higher on the bus than on the preceding week. The aver-age the corresponding week in ear was $4.64; for 1945 it was $4.63 and for 1944.,$4.43. Monday fancy 252s aver-5 cents a box higher on the bus than on the preceding day. This upward trend con- tinues Tuesday's auctions. A week's orange prorate has set at 1600 cars. Cons of all sizes and all averaged last week $6.31 f.o.b. packing house. This 60 cents below the average preceding week. In the second week last year the average was $6.05, in 1945 $5.50 and in 1944.,$5.70. Moments last week totaled 290 and the prorate for this week cars. On sales during the first this week showed a furth- enward trend to more nor-ices. On the auctions Tues- ncy 360s averaged $5.40 a delivered. On Tuesday of ek the average for that sizeade was $7.50 a box de- official estimates by the Department of Agriculture and the Florida hurricane and the state's citrus crop severely than first accounts ed. The U.S.D.A. estimated orida citrus loss was be-our and five million boxes School For Avocado Growers Is Announced The Agricultural Extension Service announces this week the opening of an avocado growers school on October 14, at 7:30 p.m., at the Washington school in La Habra. Growers will meet on Tuesday and Thursday evenings for five weeks. A different subject will be presented each night. The purpose of this school is to teach the fundamentals of raising and marketing avocados. The lectures and discussions will be designed for growers new to the avocado industry, but many old-time growers will be interested in reviewing some of the information which has been developed over the years. The school will be conducted jointly by the Agricultural Extension Service staffs of Los Angeles and Orange counties. All growers who are interested are invited to attend this school. ‘Skeets' Gregg Gets in World Series Game Hal “Skeets" Gregg who lives on Rural Route 2, Anaheim, and pitches for the Brooklyn Dodgers, pitched most of two innings in yesterday's second game of the World Series. He was sent in after the Yankees had found Lombardi's range in the fifth and pitched most of the fifth and sixth innings. ELMER P. BROMLEY Potentate of Al Malalkah temple of Los Angeles will make his official visitation to the Orange County Shrine club at a dinner to be held at the Anaheim Elks club the night of Octaber 9. He will be accompanied by seven divan members. Rawn Tells Of Sewage Threat To County Pollution of Orange county beaches as well as danger to its underground water supply, unless corrective sewerage measures are taken, was predicted Tuesday evening by A.M.Rawn, chief engineer and general manager of the Los Angeles County Sanitation districts and chairman of the board of consulting engineers who recommended a regional sewerage plan for Orange county. Rawn, addressing the Associated Chambers of Commerce at the Santa Ana Community Center, discussed features of the sewerage plan as offering not only the corrective measures required for beach safety, but also a practical and economical plan under which the various communities could cooperate to solve their sewage problems at less cost than by individual effort. “No single city or small group of cities can adequately finance and construct the needed regional sewerage works,” said the engineer. “Jointly they can effect economies of construction, administration, and operation.” While the regional sewerage system would protect water supply, it would not, as a practical matter, supplement it through reclamation, Rawn stated. Studies of the engineers indicated an average cost of $20.35 per acre foot for reclaimed effluent, over the 40-year period for which the system is designed, as compared to $9 per acre foot for water from Metropolitan Water District. Mixed Opinion On Sewer Plant At Farm Meeth Members of the tax com- ficial of the Orange County Farm eau and guests who met M-night at the Farm Bureau Orange to hear details o f for providing the county sewerage adequate for ther half century indicated mi- actions to the information received. The engineers' report r- completed after a year's was outlined by Supervisor Warner and Ewald Lemcl gineer of the joint outfall system. Dr. Edward Lee H county health officer, dis- the health aspects of the set-up. There were members o committee who believed i n unreasonable to ask farm o c to help pay for a sewer s which is needed largely b cities and towns in the Others said that while there no immediate demand for a age in the country, the time come when sewage disposal be-come a problem in the co- and they favored helping com- fuse the system as planned now. One farmer said he calcu- theo the proposed system would him $8 a year and as far could see the time would come when a cespool woul adequately serve his pro- But within a mile of his pla said, he had neighbors whose age disposal problem was s 'Skeets' Gregg Gets in World Series Game Hal "Skeets" Gregg who lives on Rural Route 2, Anaheim, and pitches for the Brooklyn Dodgers, pitched most of two innings in yesterday's second game of the World Series. He was sent in after the Yankees had found Lombardi's range in the fifth and pitched most of the fifth and the sixth inning. With two on in the seventh, Vaughn was sent in to pinch hit for him. Behrman, who succeeded him on the mound was relieved during the inning by Rex Barney. Improvements On New County Park Are Considered The county board of supervisors has begun consideration of plans for the first necessary improvements to be made on the 300 acres of Trabuco canyon property given by the O'Neill estate to Orange county for a recreation spot and to be known as O'Neill Park. Before the site can be opened to the public the property has to be fenced, to keep picknickers out of the adjoining property of the estate and to keep the estate's cattle out of the park, and some sanitary facilities provided. The new county park lies about 20 miles southeast of Irvine park at the lower end of Live Oak canyon, a tributary of Trabuco canyon. It is of an irregular L shape and has a frontage of a mile and one half of paved Trabuco Canyon road. S. E. Loard has the distinction of leading in the trout section of the Anaheim Izaak Walton fishing derby. He caught a three and one-half pound rainbow trout in Walker River, northern California, recently. While the regional sewerage system would protect water supply, it would not, as a practical matter, supplement it through reclamation, Rawn stated. Studies of the engineers indicated an average cost of $20.35 per acre foot for reclaimed effluent, over the 40-year period for which the system is designed, as compared to $9 per acre foot for water from Metropolitan Water District. Intermittent pollution of Orange county beaches in the past, as shown by health department tests, has become, with increased sewage, a problem squarely facing the county, Rawn warned. Barring the corrective steps, "the degree of beach pollution will increase in proportion to population growth and the larger areas will be neither pleasant nor safe for use," he added. The steady massing of westward migration in southern California is bringing to bear a heavy pressure on the capacities of present sewage facilities and those of the Joint Outfall Sewer, serving four cities, four sanitary districts, an oil brine collection system and a military establishment, are already overloaded. Rawn noted. Seven other cities, four sanitary districts, and three military bases have separate systems, and there are seven independent sewage treatment plants operating along the shore line, discharging sewage directly into the ocean. In some cases, the health authorities are already being forced to condemn operation, and in other localities of the county, lack of sewage disposal facilities is holding up the location of new businesses and industries, Rawn pointed out. Impending pollution of the beaches, which are of growing importance to the economic and social life of Orange county, could age in the country, the time when sewage disposal becomes a problem in the city and they favored helping control the system as planned now. One farmer said he calculated the proposed system would help him $8 a year and as far as possible see the time would come when a cesspool would adequately serve his property. But within a mile of his place said, he had neighbors whose age disposal problem was right now and would grow very well if it didn't intend to let eight lars a year assessment upon property stand in the way of benefit to my neighbors and the rest of the county," he clared. Nematologist Experiments on One of the first spots chosen by the Citrus Experiment Station experiments in control of this rus nematode is a lemn b owned by Herbert Warren Yorba Linda, president of the ange County Farm Bureau. Since they are moving in most wholly unexplored territory the Experiment Station nematologists expect to follow good many blind trails before finding the right one. They begin trying a variety of soil fumigants in varying dosages in hope finding something strong enough to kill the nematodes without inging the trees. Before the fumigants were applied a nematode count was taken on roots of trees chosen for planting. Up to midweek no tree shown ill effects of the treatment nor had a recount of nematodes been made to determine its treatment had affected them. Since the number of nematodes habitating a single tree space ZETTE 2. 1947 Eight Pages NUMBER 49 County’s Water Situation Told At Dinner The first thing to be done to add Orange county’s present water supply is to save what is now going to waste, in the opinion of speakers at a meeting of engineers and water users held last night at the Newport Harbor Yacht club. The chief place where water is wasting is through evaporation and transpiration in the basin back of Prado dam, in the opinion of the engineers and members of the executive committee of the Orange County Committee on Additional Water Supply. Next to salvaging this water, the most promising source of additional water is the Metropolitan Water Distriit aqueduct from the Colorado river. Regarding the water in Prado dam basin Glen Allen, chairman of the executive committee reported: “Estimates show that an average of 8000 acre feet of water per Hallowe’en Party Given Potent Kick-Off At Wednesday Breakfast Approximately 150 business men, club women, representatives of service clubs, members of the junior and senior Chambers of Commerce, city officials and enthusiastic Anaheim citizens gathered for a bang-up Hallowe’en Festival kick-off breakfast in the Anaheim Elks club at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. Frank Belmont of the Granada packing house outbid all other competitors for the No. 1 Big Shot pin, auctioned by Paul H. Demaree, Anaheim Union high school principal. Emcee Hipes, who was born on October 31, gave forth with a Hallowe’en spirited welcome which was followed by community singing. So that Hallowe’en festivities here will not interfere with football games and school activities, the twenty-fourth annual celebration will be staged Thursday, October 30, rather than on October 31, General Chairman John Ardaiz announced. School bands will be featured in the grand parade to begin at 7:30 p’clock that night, typifying Orange county industry. Tentatively planned new feature is an ancient car race. An active participant is expected to be Judge Raymond Thompson of Fullerton, a horseless carriage collector. The breakfast show, to begin at 7 o’clock in the city park by the Greek theater, will see the October 30 celebration off to a flying start. Motion picture stars and radio personalities will highlight the entertainment program, E. O. Hutson, breakfast chairman, stated. All breakfasteers must come in costume to avoid penalties. Prizes will be given for the best group stunts and individual creations. Kangaroo court culprits will appear before City Judge John Shea during the afternoon. Special stunts and surprise acts, to continue after the breakfast until the Kiddy Parade at 2:30 p.m. down through the center of town, will be supervised by Dr. E. P. Wurtz, representing the Junior Chamber of Commerce, Mel Gauer supern- Mixed Opinion On Sewer Plan At Farm Meeting Members of the tax committee at the Orange County Farm Bureau and guests who met Monday night at the Farm Bureau Hall in Orange to hear details of plans providing the county with average adequate for the next 50 century indicated mixed relations to the information they received. The engineers' report recently completed after a year's study was outlined by Supervisor Willisarner and Ewald Lemcke, engineer of the joint outfall sewer system. Dr. Edward Lee Russell, county health officer, discussed the health aspects of the sewerup. There were members of the committee who believed it was reasonable to ask farm owners help pay for a sewer system which is needed largely by the towns and towns in the county. Owners said that while there was immediate demand for sewerage in the country, the time would come when sewage disposal would become a problem in the country if they favored helping construct a system as planned now. One farmer said he calculated that proposed system would cost $8 a year and as far as he could see the time would never come when a cesspool would not adequately serve his property within a mile of his place, he had neighbors whose sew-disposal problem was serious. Just one hour after the Hallowe'en Kick-Off breakfast in the Elks club Wednesday morning Frank Belmont, No. 1 Big Shot button wearer, reported results of a one-man whirlwind button selling campaign to the Chamber of Commerce. He sold 25 Smooth Puss pins, 25 Slick Chick pins, 20 Big Shot pins and planned to begin a Fuzzy Puss sale. So great was the drawing power of last year's event that no pranks or mischievous destructions, or petty crimes were reported. This year more entertainment than ever is scheduled. The Slick Chick contest will rank high on this year's program. All the feminine portion of the population is being urged to enter into the Slick Chick spirit and sport a dollar pin. Teen-age entrants will compete in the three divisions, Slick Chick Chairman Jack Hartfield announced during committee reports. Hartfield, who was in charge of the fashion show here this spring, stated that judges will be men from out-of-town. Awards will be given for the most beautiful damsel modeling a Hallowe'en theme costume, for the best interpreter of a comic strip character and for the lass best Rosemary Boose Named County's 4-H All-Star Only one Orange county 4-H All-Star was named at the annual Achievement Night program held last Friday at Santa Ana high school's Little Theatre. The only county 4-H clubber given a 1946-47 All-Star rating was Rosemary Boose of the West Orange Community 4-H club. She is the 19 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Boose of East Seventeenth street. Usually a boy and a girl are in costume to avoid penalties. Prizes will be given for the best group stunts and individual creations. Kangaroo court culprits will appear before City Judge John Shea during the afternoon. Special stunts and surprise acts, to continue after the breakfast until the Kiddy Parade at 2:30 p.m. down through the center of town, will be supervised by Dr. E. P. Wurtz, representing the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Mel Gauer, superintendent of elementary schools, is the chairman in charge of Kiddy Parade arrangements. Barber Virgil Isbell is chairman of the Whiskerino contest in the afternoon, when hirsute growers will vie for title honors. Razored men are requested to purchase Smooth Puss buttons for $1 or suffer penalties. Dunking in the Elk's club fish pond was one torture handed out to beardless citizens last year. The Embassy club has a membership of 50 competitive beards to date, Isbell disclosed. Fuzzy Puss pins are being sold for $1 each also. Ringing the curtain down on the annual celebration will be the Grand Parade, to begin at 7 o'clock. Two additional review stands to augment the booth on Los Angeles and Center streets, are slated for Broadway and in front of the High school. O. T. Wingfield is in charge of all lighting. Adequate illumination is required in the parade rules this year. Neon lighting can be arranged for an estimated 5 per cent increase in overall float costs. Generators and flood lights will be available also, he said. More lights for the city, especially on Broadway, will be provided by the city public utility department. Leavitt Ford is chairman of the Grand Parade. Orange shirts and black hats will be smart attire in approximately two weeks. Introduced during the breakfast were Dick Adams, president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and general chairman of special events and carnival stunts on Center street; Ernest Moeller, secretary of the Senior Chamber of Commerce; Mayor Charles A. Pearson; General Festival Chairman Ardaiz and Miss Caroline Robbins of Long Beach, publicity. "I'm making every one in this room a member of the finance committee," exclaimed Demaree. "Everything over $10,000 will be divided equally," he added. Nematodologists Begin Control Experiments on Yorba Linda Grove One of the first spots chosen by Citrus Experiment Station for experiments in control of the citrus nematode is a lembn grove used by Herbert Warren of Yorba Linda, president of the Orte County Farm Bureau. Since they are moving into albeit wholly unexplored scientific territory the Experiment Station's nematologists expect to follow a well many blind trails before they reach the right one. They began by using a variety of soil fumigants varying dosages in hopes of finding something strong enough to kill the nematodes without killing the trees. Before the fumigants were applied a nematode count was taken roots of trees chosen for treatment. Up to midweek no tree had grown ill effects of the treatment had a recount of nematodes made to determine if the treatment had affected them. The number of nematodes injecting a single tree space in an orchard may run into the billions, the count is confined to an exceedingly small section of tree root. Meantime an independent study of nematodes has been instituted on the Limoneira company property near Santa Paula and some of the early findings are reported in the current issue of the Citrograph, citrus trade paper. Fred J. Foote and Kenneth D. Gowans of the Limoneira company's research department reported that on the roots of a tree planted in 1943 in soil on which no citrus had previously been grown they found no nematodes whatever when they made a count in March of this year. On the roots of a tree planted at the same time in old citrus soil which had been fumigated with DD they found two nematodes in one gram of root sample. On the roots of a tree planted at the same time in similar soil which had been fumigated with (Lt. Governor To Address Young Republicans Here) Lt. Governor Goodwin J. Knight has accepted the invitation of the Orange County Young Republican council to be guest of honor and speaker at its fall dinner and dance which will be held October 17 at the Anaheim Elks club. The Anaheim, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Westminster and Huntington Beach clubs will act as hosts at the dinner which will be served at 7:15 p.m. Bob Balch of Anaheim has been chosen chairman of the event. Serving with him on the committee are LeRoy Lyon of Fullerton, Howard Loudon and Marjorie Bergeron of Anaheim, Lynn Thomas of Westminster, Willowby Farquhar of Huntington Beach and Bruce Martin and Charles Gillman of Garden Grove.