anaheim-gazette 1947-11-06

COLONY QUIPS The 1947 version of how Anaheim puts on a Hallowe’en celebration is now history and, we hope, to all a pleasant memory. There is no question that this one was the best ever staged. From every standpoint it was a stand-out. From the breakfast in the morning through the chain-gang, the kiddies’ parade, the window painting and the parade in the evening everything was the best ever. Coming from a slightly prejudiced spot this may sound like a brag but we assure you that this same impression has come to us first hand from people all over the county. We delicately pass it along. We would like to make it abundantly clear that not a soul around the Gazette office knows where any additional tickets can be had for the SC vs. UCLA, SC vs. Notre Dame or the Rose Bowl games. We wish that there were a few thousand pair for each of these games laying around here in the office. Oscar Solter, manager of the J. C. Penney Co., used to reside and manage the Penney Co. store in Banning, Calif. While there he became well acquainted with our Congressman John Phillips. Upon talking to Phillips the other night he asked how Oscar was doing and said he wanted to drop in the store to see him the next time he ANAHEIM'S BIGGIE Orange Prices Still Dropping, Lemons Climb Valencia prices which began a downward glide week before last took a nose dive last week. They continued downward this week, but at a more moderate angle. Last week’s average interstate sales was $2.33 f.o.b., a drop of about $1.25 a box from the average of the preceding week. The drop coincided with increased shipments from California and the arrival of Florida oranges and grapefruit in volume in eastern markets, but these facts did not wholly explain the disasterous price fall to the satisfaction of market experts. They thought the “buy less food” movement might The Gazette Is Doing Business As Usual A news story printed in an Anaheim newspaper (not the Gazette) that the commercial printing department of The Gazette had been sold was in error. There has been NO change whatever in the ownership or management of The Gazette commercial printing department. As it has been for the past 77 years, it still is a part of The Anaheim Gazette. The erroneous story doutbless arose from the fact that the Cadet Press Corp., whose lithographing equipment is located in the Gazette plant, has been leased to Braman & Fossatti who will continue to operate it as a business separate and apart from that of The Gazette. ‘Vox Pop’ Comes Oscar Solter, manager of the J. C. Penney Co., used to reside and manage the Penney Co. store in Banning, Calif. While there he became well acquainted with our Congressman John Phillips. Upon talking to Phillips the other night he asked how Oscar was doing and said he wanted to drop in the store to see him the next time he was in Anaheim during the day. We asked casually if Oscar owed the congressman any money. Phillips came right back and said that was not the reason that he only wanted to put Oscar wise to the fast operators in this section of the country. Sometimes it seems as though a perpetual state of nervous-frenzied fretting characterizes our foreign policy. For a matter of years now, administration leaders have hysterically screamed that we must send more money and food to feed starving Europeans who never seem to get enough to eat and who never stop starving. The more we feed them, the more they cheer for Communism. Truman and Marshall may know what it is all about but they haven't made it very clear to the man on the street. It will be a long time, if ever, before the American people rise above the course wished on them by Roosevelt and Wallace, in the sanctification of "the common man." Acceptance of the term by the people as one of glorification, accompanied by doles and hand outs "for free," set progress back a century. Roosevelt and Wallace, both born rich, contrived cunningly to exploit poverty in the mass. Rich men's sons often resent the success of their fathers by becoming bleeding hearts for underprivileged whose lot they never share. Truman knows better. He was a poor boy himself. But he is also a machine politician and right now he is stuck with a New Deal machine he didn't put together, but the remnants of which his handlers tell him he will have to use if he wants to be reelected. Despite his Pendergast background, Truman is a Missouriian of some virtues. Without a doubt he is a good scout at heart, who shudders at the amazing effront- Last week's average in interstate sales was $2.33 f.o.b., a drop of about $1.25 a box from the average of the preceding week. The drop coincided with increased shipments from California and the arrival of Florida oranges and grapefruit in volume in eastern markets, but these facts did not wholly explain the disasterous price fall to the satisfaction of market experts. They thought the "buy less food" movement might have had something to do with the market situation and also considered the high prices of many other necessities which used up the housewife's spending money before she gets around to buying oranges. Last week's average of $2.33 compared to an average of about $4.97 in the corresponding week last year, $3.30 in 1945 and $4.43 in 1944. In addition to Florida and Texas competition, Valencias will also compete next week with central and northern California navels which are described as of good quality and larger sizes than have prevailed in recent years. Reports from the central valleys indicate 75 per cent of the crop will con- Ernest F. Gielow, Former Business Man, Passes Wed. Ernest F. Gielow, a former business man of this city, passed away at St. Joseph hospital early Wednesday morning, Nov. 5. He was owner of Anaheim Electric Company on West Center street, several years ago. Born in Rochester, N. Y. 54 years ago, he was a veteran of World War I, a member of Anaheim American Legion and Zion Lutheran church. Surviving are his wife, Ruth L. Gielow of the home at 1232 Diamond St.; his mother, Mrs. Carl Gielow of Rochester, N. Y.; three brothers, William, Walter and Carl Gielow, all of Rochester, and three sisters, Mrs. William Schultz, Mrs. Frank Gouldy and Mrs. Carl Volkmouth, all of Rochester. Funeral services will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the chapel of Backs, Campbell and Kaulbars mortuary with the Rev. L. E. Eifert, pastor of Zion Lutheran church, officiating. Entombment will be in Fairhaven mausoleum. Vox Pop, nationally famous human interest quiz show for the past 16 years, chose Orange county and its golden citrus industry for one of three California broadcasts, last evening (Wednesday) in a coast-to-coast release over the American Broadcasting system. The live show was in Orange Union high school's auditorium at 5:30 o'clock, eastern time, and was rebroadcast at 6:30 o'clock for the west coast, it was disclosed in an interview with cast members Warren Hull and Parks Johnson. The orange industry of this vicinity was the program theme. Personalities heard on the show included T. K. Gowen, pioneer rancher, and Mrs. Nellie Richie, both of Fullerton; Robert E. Gross, manager of the Santiago Packing Company, Orange, and Mesdames Mamie Loescher and Matilda Bahr, graders of that company, all of Orange; John V. Newman, rancher and manager of 800 acres of lemons near Oxnard, and Miss Emma O'Tero of Placentia. Vox Pop has been broadcast from every state in the Union with the exception of North Dakota; in Canada from Vancouver to Halifax, in Mexico, Puerto Rico and Havana, Cuba. Popular cast members, in addition to interviewers Hull and Johnson, are Mrs. Parks Johnson, who portrays Mrs. Santa Claus, the giver of personalized presents to guest participants, and Buz Willis and Rogers Brackett, producers-directors, who are responsible for preliminary interviews with honorary Vox Poppers. One of the first quiz and studio prize programs on the air, Vox Pop is sponsored currently by American Express Travelers' Cheques. Those who will give an intimate picture of Orange county indus- Truman knows better. He was a poor boy himself. But he is also a machine politician and right now he is stuck with a New Deal machine he didn't put together, but the remnants of which his handlers tell him he will have to use if he wants to be reelected. Despite his Pendergast background, Truman is a Missourian of some virtues. Without a doubt he is a good scout at heart, who shudders at the amazing effrontery with which his predecessor ignored constitutional government and cold bloodedly sat alone with Stalin and made deals we would not know about now, if Jimmie Byrnes hadn't finally broken down and sold the story for a fancy price to a big newspaper syndicate. From Flynn to Farley and from F. D. R.'s own son to Byrnes, little by little, the cronies who supped at Roosevelt's table, are at long last telling the sordid tale of the sell out of American liberty in exchange for the "fellow traveler" way of life. There they sat. Stalin and Roosevelt together. Alone. Just the two of them. And made the final deal. It is a legacy above the curse of which Truman with the best of intentions can hardly rise. Postal Receipts Score Big Gain Here This Year Anaheim postoffice receipts for October, 1947, were $12,.997.27. This represented a gain of $1551.05 over the October, 1946, record of $11,446.22 and was the biggest single month's business the Anaheim postoffice has ever done—excluding Decembers. Postoffice receipts from January 1 to October 31, totaled $98,306.16, a gain of $12,556.54 over the corresponding period in 1946. The total for that period was $85,749.63. Converging Attacks on Avocado Tree Decline Described at Institute Attacks from two directions are converging on the problem of "decline," the most serious cultural problem facing the avocado industry in Orange and other avocado growing counties in California. This was disclosed at the annual avocado institute held Friday at La Habra. Dr. George Zentmyer, a young man from the Citrus Experiment station, told of laboratory and field experiments in an effort to control the "cinnamon fungus" which invariably accompanies if it does not cause avocado tree decline. (Incidentally Dr. Zentmyer said "decline" is not as good a name for the phenomenon as "root rot"). Apparently the problem of growing young avocado trees in ground from which declined trees have been removed is well on the way towards being whipped. Hitherto it has been found impossible to make replants grow in such soil. Dr. Zentmyer showed potted young avocado seedlings which had sprouted in such soil but were stunted and dying while in sterilized soil taken from the same spots young seedling were flourishing. In laboratory tests soil was treated by steam, tear gas and other fumigants. But the materials found most practicable in field tests were Dowfume N and Ethylendibromide. In much more diffuse concentrations the same two chemicals were tried on declining trees and some revival had been noted. The experiment was begun too recently, however, Dr. Zentmyer said, to make possible any ultimate conclusions. The possibility of reviving declining trees, of which there are thousands in southern California, he called a "dim hope, but still a hope." That was much better than anyone had yet been able to report on the problem of avocado tree decline. The other attack was reported by H. B. Griswold, president of the California Avocado Society, who, with Carl Crawford of Santa Ana, has just returned from his fourth avocado exploring trip into Mexico and Guatemala. Finding primitive forms of avocado trees growing wild in rain-soaked mountain slopes under conditions apparently worse than any which... ORANGE CAPITOL OF THE WORLD ANAHEIM GAZETE EST. 1870 ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1947 BIGGEST CROWD COMES FOR Gazette Is Big Business Usual A story printed in an Anaheim newspaper (not the Gazette) commercial printing department of The Gazette had been in error. There has been whatever in the own-management of The Commercial printing department has been for the past it still is a part of The Gazette. Romeous story doutbless on the fact that the Cadet p., whose lithographing is located in the Gaeltach, has been leased to Fossatti who will cooperate it as a business and apart from that of the Pop' Comes. Chest Workers Hope to End Drive in Week Coached carefully as to the most effective way to carry out their mission, 500 Anaheim civic workers were this week covering the entire city and its environs in the annual Community Chest campaign. At a kick-off meeting of workers and leaders held Tuesday night at the Fremont school auditorium so much enthusiasm and determination were in evidence that Campaign Director E. J. Power said it had been determined the canvass should be concluded in one week instead of the fortnight originally allotted to the task. Power attributed the enthusiasm Plays Organ Eight Hours And Likes It To many a spectator the most remarkable feature of the Hallowe'en Festival was the performance of Clee Clark, Anaheim's Hudson dealer, at his Hammond electric organ. When the crowd entered City Park at 7 a.m. for the costume breakfast he was there playing. He was still playing, without interruption, when the breakfasters left. He was playing when they took a midday rest from fun. And the first thing that greeted their ears when they returned at 7 p.m. for the Grand Parade was Clark's organ music. He didn't keep a time sheet, but he guessed he played not less than eight hours. And during all that time he never looked at a sheet of music and nev- Breakfast Costumes Out Of Land of Oz Fifteen hundred residents of Anaheim community went to o'clock breakfast at Anaheim City Park last Thursday morning and wondered if they were awake or still dreaming weird dreams. The music of Clee Clark's eclectic organ which greeted them they approached the park seen out of this world. The park normally beautiful with dew jeweled grass and shrubbery. The throng gathering to break with him seemed to be emergent from the Land of Oz. The breakfast of orange juice scrambled eggs, sausage, fried tatoes, rolls, jam and coffee Pop' Comes C, Features Lodge Industry nationally famous huest quiz show for the vars, chose Orange countyiden citrus industry for the California broadcasts,ing (Wednesday) in a past release over the Broadcasting system. Now was in Orange Union Col'l auditorium at 5:30 p.m. time, and was reat 6:30 o'clock for the it was disclosed in an with cast members Warnd Parks Johnson. age industry of this vii-the program theme. heard on the show. K. Gowen, pioneer and Mrs. Nellie Richie,尔伦; Robert E. Gross, the Santiago Packing Orange, and Mesdamesacher and Matilda Bahr, that company, all of John V. Newman, ranchmanager of 800 acres ofear Oxnard, and Miss Zero of Placentia. has been broadcast state in the Union exception of North Danaada from Vancouver in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba. cast members, in ad-interviewers Hull and the Mrs. Parks Johnson,ays Mrs. Santa Claus, personalized presents participants, and Buz Rogers Brackett, proctors, who are respons-reiminary interviews Mary Vox Poppers. the first quiz and studioams on the air, Voxonsored currently by Express Travelers' will give an intimate Orange county indust-entire city and its environs in the annual Community Chest campaign. At a kick-off meeting of workers and leaders held Tuesday night at the Fremont school auditorium so much enthusiasm and determination were in evidence that Campaign Director E. J. Power said it had been determined the canvass should be concluded in one week instead of the fortnight originally allotted to the task. Power attributed the enthusiasm with which the solicitors attacked their task to the fact that the four major service clubs of Anaheim—Rotary, Kiwanis, 20-30 and Lions—had been responsible for this year's campaign, with the help of the Parent--Teacher associations and many other civic groups. The 200 or more Chest workers who attended the meeting Tuesday night were instructed in their duties by Director Power and were entertained by a skit presented by Joe Catenich, manager of the Orange County Federation of Com- (Continued on Page 8) Veterans Day Celebration Plans Complete Armistice Day, which in the future will be known as Veterans Day, will be celebrated in Huntington Beach this year, sponsored for the first time as an All-Orange county celebration by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion. Grand marshals of the parade which will start at 11 a.m., will be Richard Weinbert, World War I hero and Leonard Steinbach, World War II hero, amputees from Sawtelle hospital. Major General L. E. Woods, Col. Ridderhoff and Capt. E. L. Smith will head the U.S. Marine Corps delegation, which will include the First Marine Aircraft Wing band and a marching unit of 700 men. Several high ranking naval officers will also be in attendance. In the parade will be decorated cars carrying the city officials of every community in the county and with them will be their high school bands and marching units from American Legion and VFW posts. Many of the civic organizations will have float entries in the line of march. The football carnival will be He was still playing, without interruption, when the breakfasters left. He was playing when they took a midday rest from fun. And the first thing that greeted their ears when they returned at 7 p.m. for the Grand Parade was Clark's organ music. He didn't keep a time sheet, but he guessed he played not less than eight hours. And during all that time he never looked at a sheet of music and never, as far as any spectator knew, repeated himself. "I have hundreds of them in my head," he explained. Before he settled down to selling automobiles in Orange county in 1935 Clark was a professional organist, playing all over the United States. He still puts in as much time with his four (4) organs as he does in selling automobiles. Wildcat Rigging For Venture Near Atwood The Basin Oil company was rigging this week for a wildcat well to be drilled on the Thomas Wilson place adjoining the acreage of the Vorba Linda Water company on Richfield road southeast of Atwood. The company was said to have leased the block of acreage from Van Buren to Taylor street and from Walnut street northward to the Santa Fe railway line, most of which is in bearing orange and lemon groves. Anaheim Girl And Escort Die in Crash Betty Jean Christensen; 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Christensen of Dickel street, and her escort, Ernest Dalton Cardwell, 22, of Orange were killed in a railway crossing crash shortly after 9 p.m. Sunday night. The pair were on their way home from a birthday party given in honor of Miss Christensen, a student at Anaheim Union high school. The tragedy occurred at the Santa Fe crossing on Cerritos street where the car in which they were riding was struck by a north bound San Diego streamliner. The music of Clee Clark's ectric organ which greeted them they approached the park seen out of this world. The park is normally beautiful with dew and jeweled grass and shrubbery. The throng gathering to break with him seemed to be emergent from the Land of Oz. The breakfast of orange juice scrambled eggs, sausage, fried tatoes, rolls, jam and coffee was as good as, or even better than anyone could reasonably hope that 200 cooks could see almost simultaneously to 1 eager revelers. For the benefit of statisticians the 200 cooks served 200 docegs, 240 pounds of sausages, pounds of butter, 150 dozen rods 3 bags of potatoes. Responsible for feeding throng were: E. O. Hutson, ordinator; William Wallop, tick sales; Ben Kaulbars, cook Jim Kilduff, procurement deman, he sold 300 more in Dr. John Boege, coffee; Augu Schumacher, coffee serving; S Colorful Kiddy Parade Marches To Fame Here Like a jack-in-the-box, Anhelm's Hallowe'en Kiddy parapped out of the calendar in colorful reality last Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, under the general chairmanship of Ms Bourne A. Gauer, superintendent of schools. A record breaking crowd which stronged to enjoy the surprise package of events at the annual bewitching day here applauded the juvenile parade staged by all city and rural elementary schools and Fremont Junior high school. The marching and vehicle units of youngsters wound from North Emily street, turned west on East Center street and crossed Broadway on Clementine street. All trimmed with ghosts, go lins, clowns, cornstalks and pumpkins, the afternoon parade was judged the largest and most vexatile to date. Out of the grab bag of stunts keynoted by vivid imagination and ingenuity, a total of 30 awards were given for outstanding presentations in seven divisions. Mr Orange County School Kids Get Too Little Vitamin C, Survey Shows The food question facing homemakers and everyone today was faced squarely, and some solutions offered during a symposium presented by four nutrition authorities at the monthly meeting of the Orange County Health Council last week. Speakers included Mrs. Marian Prentiss, Agriculture Extension Service; Miss Dorothy Duncan, Southern Counties Gas Company; Mrs. Nell Heiser, head of home economics department of Orange Union high school, and Dr. Phillip M. Morgans, of Santa Ana schools. Recognition must be given the seriousness of high, and even higher, prices, and the shortage of needed foodstuffs, as they affect the growth and health of children, particularly, all the speakers agreed. Substitution of cheaper foods with high protein and vitamin content may be used in place of more costly food of like nutritional value. All waste should be stopped; this in itself will not only help national conservation of food, but will help balance home budgets. Parents should see that children, and they themselves, eat a wholesome unhurried breakfast. It was pointed out that lack of breakfast does not only show effects on the person's efficiency and well-being during that day but if continued, will show up later in allments due to malnutrition, particularly in growing children of ages between 1 to 10 years. An amazing result of survey made in schools shows that in Orange county, land of citrus fruit, the average intake per person of vitamin C, found in such fruit is extremely low. Vitamin C is a definite factor in preventing contagion of communicable diseases. ZETTE 1947 Eight Pages NO. 2 FOR HALLOWE’EN FUN breakfast costumes Out of Land of Oz een hundred residents of the heim community went to a 7 k breakfast at Anaheim’s Park last Thursday morning wondered if they were awake in dreaming weird dreams. music of Clee Clark’s elec-gan which greeted them as approached the park seemed this world. The park was fully beautiful with dew be-ed grass and shrubbery. But strong gathering to breakfast him seemed to be emerging the Land of Oz. breakfast of orange juice, obled eggs, sausage, fried porolls, jam and coffee was POLICE ESTIMATE MORE THAN 60,000 AT ANNUAL FESTIVAL While no one actually made a count, it was generally agreed that the biggest crowd that has ever been in Anaheim participated in the 24th Annual Hallowe’en Festival last Thursday. A widely published figure was 60,000, but members of the Anaheim police department were willing to bet—moderate amounts—that the crowd was bigger than that, if there was any way of proving it. This biggest crowd appeared in more handsome, more comical, more bizarre costumes, were entertained by more big name entertainers, participated or witnessed more hilarious stunts and saw the longest and most brilliant parade the Festival has ever produced. It would be hard, perhaps, to convince old timers that this huge crowd had more fun than they did when they and the Annual Festi-val were a score of years younger, but this year’s crowd was at least Best Yet Say Town’s Oldest Parade Goers Among those who have seen every one of Anaheim’s 24 Hallowe’en Festival Grand Parades agreed this week that this year’s spectacle, in practically every respect, surpassed any of the 23 that have preceded it. There were more gorgeously caparisoned horses—“Enough silver on parade,” said one awed new spectator, “to pay the national debt”—more brilliant and amusing floats, more stunts and more spectators. Also there were more out of town news photographers to record the spectacle. In charge of the parade was Leavitt Ford. A. S. McFadden was his chief assistant, and their aides included Oscar Loewnau as float chairman, a float building committee consisting of Ray Officer, Clyde Cromer of Brea Frank Miller and John Pickard; Bill Cook in charge of bands and music chairman for the entire festival; O. T. Wingfield, in charge of lights for floats and for the parade route; Del Wilkinson, in charge of parade line-up; Vic La Mont, Jr., in charge of stunts. Parade captains were Milton Kohne, James Kilduff, Clayton Allen, Joe Anton, Don Dolan, Ray Officer, Stan Matejka, Charles Bush; I. D. Anderson, Robert Smith, Ray Link and John Lash. Al Sherwin who has a riding and sports shop in Santa Ana did as good a job as announcer as he did as master of ceremonies at the Fourth of July celebration in Huntington Beach. Almost on time the escort of motorcycle officers passed in front of the reviewing stand. They were followed closely by color bearers and the Anaheim Union high school band. Then came the grand marshal, Andy Devine, motion picture comedian, and his assistants, Jack Turner and Ernest Specht. They were followed by Grand Marshalette Carolina Cotton who has ridden and yodeled in many a movie western. Her assistant marshalette were Anna and David. This biggest crowd appeared in more handsome, more comical, more bizarre costumes, were entertained by more big name entertainers, participated or witnessed more hilarious stunts and saw the longest and most brilliant parade the Festival has ever produced. It would be hard, perhaps, to convince old timers that this huge crowd had more fun than they did when they and the Annual Festival were a score of years younger, but this year’s crowd was at least provided with more opportunities for fun than ever before. The annual frolic followed the schedule prepared days in advance without a visible hitch. Its huge success was due to the efforts of hundreds of Anaheimers who put in thousands of hours in preparing for the event, but those who put in the most prolonged and intensive effort and assumed the greatest responsibility were John Ardaiz, general chairman, and E. W. Moeller, secretary-manager of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce which sponsors the affair. There were at least three innovations this year which without doubt have won a permanent place in future Festival programs. These three were the window painting contest for school kids, the Slick Chick contest and the horse show which followed the Grand Parade. And none of the old favorite features were dropped. The M. Eltiste company calicoe awakened the town at 6 a.m. to warn that it was only an hour until the costume breakfast would be served at 7 a.m. in City Park. A breakfast of orange juice, little pig sausages, scrambled eggs, fried potatoes, rolls, jam and coffee was prepared for 1500. It was consumed by that many revelers attired in the most astonishing array of costumes the town has ever seen. The breakfast was followed by judging of costumes, a series of home made stunts and an hour of entertainment by professional talent. Breakfast was hardly over when the Kangaroo court convened and the hoodlum wagon began rolling up to the court which was mounted on a truck trailer on Center street and presided over by Judge John Shea, Attorney Tom McFadden and Bill Payne who took turns in presiding over the court, the super-court and the superdooper court and fined or jailed everyone brought before them. At 11:30 a.m. came the news Almost on time the escort of motorcycle officers passed in front of the reviewing stand. They were followed closely by color bearers and the Anaheim Union high school band. Then came the grand marshal, Andy Devine, motion picture comedian, and his assistants, Jack Turner and Ernest Specht. They were followed by Grand Marshalette Carolina Cotton who has ridden and yodeled in many a movie western. Her assistant marshalettes were Anna and Emelie Specht. Following them in decorated automobiles were Anaheim city officials and Sheriff James Musick. Then followed twelve divisions of floats, decorated cars, stunts, marching units and horse mounted groups representing riding clubs from Escondido to La Habra and including the celebrated Long Beach mounted police agleam with silver mounted saddles and bridles. Moving slowly but steadily, it took the parade about an hour and (Continued on Page 4) Float Driver Overcome By Gas in Parade Ernest Sadata, who drove the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce float in the Hallowe'en Grand Parade almost provided a tragedy as the concluding notice of the celebration. He had completed the parade route and was back at the dispersal point when he was overcome by carbon monoxide gas from the exhaust of his truck. Moving slowly out of control, the truck crossed the street and bumped two parked cars. Sadata, a driver for the Anaheim Truck & Transfer company, was rushed to the Anaheim hospital but soon revived and was able to go home later in the evening. The slow movement of the float in the parade had allowed the gas to accumulate under the float coverings. Breakfast was hardly over when the Kangaroo court convened and the hoodlum wagon began rolling up to the court which was mounted on a truck trailer on Center street and presided over by Judge John Shea, Attorney Tom McFadden and Bill Payne who took turns in presiding over the court, the super-court and the superdooper court and fined or jailed everyone brought before them. At 11:30 a.m. came the news (Continued on Page 4) Old-Time 'Hot-Rods' Churn In Hallowe'en Race Champing at the starting line last Thursday was a collection of vehicles similar to the antique limousine which jolted comedian Jack Benny, honorary mayor of Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga to the Civic Progress Week kick-off banquet April 12. The prior-1917 vintage cars wheezed down Center street cheered on by throngs of Hallowe'en festival participants. Judge Raymond Thompson of Fullerton, a long-time financier of horseless carriages, passed sentence upon the racers. Serving as Judge Thompson's official judging stand was the fire-engine red Maxwell whose venerable engine pulled Rochester's boss through local streets last spring. Judged fastest was a 1906 Maxwell piloted by Lassiter Hoyle of Venice. Bernard Rademacher of Los Angeles bailed out of a steaming 1910 Maxwell to claim the second place award. Third prize winner was C. R. Lingwell of Norwalk who steered a 1914 Red down the race track amidst applause of onlookers. Honorable mention went to Mel Myers, owner of a 1906 Ford, and to Art Aristria of Venice who sported the 1917 Pierce-Arrow custom built for "Fatty" Arbuckle at a cost of $35,000.