anaheim-gazette 1948-01-29

COLONY QUIPS For more years than we like to admit this writer and the Gazette have said, editorially and not in its news, just what we thought without fear or favor. Our ideas have gone down on paper whether or not they have started a brick-bat winging off into space. This has been the way the Gazette has been run for 78 years and we don't want to be the one to change. There follows a minority report on an item printed in this space some weeks ago. We wish to call the readers' attention to two of the 'beefs' mentioned: (1) That a profession or calling cannot be libeled and (2) that while this column is unsigned it is in the realm of (we hope) editorial matter and, of course, the Gazette stands behind it and is responsible. The report follows: "Colony Quip" writer: I like the policy of writers revealing an identity. If a correspondent, especially a critic, writes anonymously it is the universal rule to deny publication. Why should such a creed on law business and the Overell trials hide behind anonymity? I like to know to whom I am talking, and I intend to talk to this superficial blackmailer — over my signature. 24 years ago I opened my law office in Anaheim and began to read the Gazette. 17 years ago I opened my office in La Habra—and have continued 5754 Phones Served By Exchange Here The Anaheim exchange of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company at the beginning of 1948 served 5755 telephones according to Robert, J. Rossberg, manager. This, he said, represented an increase of 2348 phones added since the end of the war. The telephone company's net gain in southern California was 141,365 telephones during 1947, Rossberg said, and raised the total added since the end of the war to 303,170. At the end of the year 1,357,502 telephones were in service in this end of the state. At the same time the manager stated that the number of held orders now pending for service in the company's files has been reduced to 111,800—the lowest point since the end of the war. The company expects to continue the downhill trend evidenced during the last part of 1947 in further By Coincidence Car Is Lost And Later Found Coincidence figured conspicuously in the "theft" in Anaheim last weekend of an automobile belonging to Jack Dean West of Santa Ana and its recovery 24 hours later. It was a coincidence that parked it in the 200 block West Chartres. That was with Mrs. Juanita Workman, 118 W Center street, expected to be the automobile of her broth which he had lent her. By incidence the cars looked exactly alike. By further coincidence the keys Mrs. Workman had her brother's car fitted with other. After doing some erration in what she thought was her brother's car, she took it home with her. When she came downtown next morning with her car she met, by chance a friend of her brother and by further chance referred to his car when she supposed stood in for them. The friend informed that was not her brother's which happened to be parked little further along the street. 24 years ago I opened my law office in Anaheim and began to read the Gazette. 17 years ago I opened my office in La Habra—and have continued to read the Gazette! I deem myself competent to write in refutation of the slanderous misrepresentations of the profession (not 'business') of the law printed in your "Colony Quips" column—unsigned. No legal principle is more firmly established in American and English law than that "An accused is PRESUMED to be innocent until proven, PROVEN, PROVEN, guilty, beyond a reasonable doubt and a verdict rendered by an American jury." How quickly would this legal principle be claimed by this same malingerer of our American legal system and "Courts of Justice (?)" were He to be accused of criminal libel. And rightly, for every one accused has, in America, the RIGHT to claim that PROOF be given of the crime and its perpetrator BEFORE 'Guilty' can be adjudged. In the Overell trials such proof was NOT presented. There was much perjured accusatory evidence: many 'mistakes' had to be corrected after being forced by the defense attorneys to admit error: There was a mountain (a very expensive mountain for Orange county and state taxpayers by the way) of guesses, jig-saw parts made and fitting attempted: 'expert' (?) evidence, corrected and re-corrected to take the place of proof but the JURY said the case was NOT proven. It follows that the "Presumption of innocence" MUST prevail as it SHOULD prevail. And on what 'evidence' does this shallow brain draw the "obvious inference" of guilt? None other than an uncle between whom and the sharing of half a million dollars would be only the thin thread of a life nearing its close and had the silly advice been taken by this innocent girl he could quite rightly claim that HE had saved the taxpayers vast sums while he rightly (technically) would have benefitted doubtless. At the same time the manager stated that the number of held orders now pending for service in the company's files has been reduced to 111,800—the lowest point since the end of the war. The company expects to continue the downhill trend evidenced during the last part of 1947 in further cutting down the number of applications this year as more facilities become available. In the Anaheim exchange at the end of the year there were 309 applications on file for telephone service. As the new year opens the company announced that its expansion program calls for gross plant expenditures of about $75,000,000 in 1948. GOP Group Plans Banquet, Rally Plans for the Lincoln Day dinner were furthered as the Orange County chapter of Young Republicans of California held their monthly meeting Friday evening at the rumpus room in the Fullerton home of Sam L. Collins, speaker of the California State Assembly. Chapter president Joe Lieb, Jr., presided over the business session. The Orange county group will assist the Orange County Central Committee with the Lincoln Day dinner, to be held in Santa Ana with Roswell Perry Rosengren as the guest speaker. Vice-president Ted Lawson of Fullerton was appointed chairman in charge of tickets for the political banquet. A resolution was unanimously adopted urging Congress to present Federal anti-monopoly laws. Vice-president Jules A. Bergeron of Anaheim stated that copies of the resolution would be forwarded immediately to all California members of Congress including U. S. Senators William Knowland of California and Joe Ball of Minnesota, and to U. S. Attorney General Tom Clark. Plans were launched for a county-wide rally of Orange County Young Republicans to be held in Santa Ana February 19. Douglas McGuire, national vice-president and Frank C. Tracey, state president of Young Republicans of California, will be guests of her brother's car fitted another. After doing some errand in what she thought was her brother's car, she took it home with her. When she came downtown next morning with her car she met, by chance a friend of her brother and by further chance referred to his car when she supposed stood in for them. The friend informed that was not her brother's which happened to be parked little further along the street. Meanwhile the police were looking for the Weaver theft of which had been reported. After hearing Mrs. Woman's story the police told Weaver where he would find his car. It was parked in front of the telephone building. Coincidence that is where she was employed. Anaheim Guard Unit Expects New Home Soon The Anaheim unit of the California National Guard expands daily to hear via the R. J. D. Construction company has been removal of a two-story naval racks building from Termite Island to this city to serve as temporary armory. The building, according to C. Martin E. Geissler, command officer, is 39 by 139 feet and occupies a lot at the corner Juliana and Sabina streets. When cost of building becomes stabilized the local National Guard unit which forms a part of a 40th infantry division, hopes have state funds for construction of a larger and more substantial building as its permanent home. The building to be removed Anaheim is one of 16 similar buildings to be moved to 11 other southern California cities moving them from Terminal Land to the 12 communities, or structuring new foundations them, installing utility connections and making alterations on buildings at their new sites, contractor will receive a total $790,150. Other cities which will receive buildings for National Guard units are Alhambra, Loyola University, Compton, Norwalk, South Gate, Santa Monica, Fullerton, ange, San Bernardino and Wa... SHOULD prevail. And on what 'evidence' does this shallow brain draw the "obvious inference" of guilt? None other than an uncle between whom and the sharing of half a million dollars would be only the thin thread of a life nearing its close and had the silly advice been taken by this innocent girl he could quite rightly claim that HE had saved the taxpayers vast sums while he rightly (technically) would have benefitted, doubtless, an enormous fortune. You may print over my signature. GEORGE VARNUM, Attorney at Law Anglers Cast In Tourney Sunday Anaheim fishermen attended the skish and fly casting at La Palma park last Sunday during the regular bi-monthly 9 to 12 o'clock session, sponsored by the local chapter of the Izaak Walton league. Despite cold, wet weather, the largest turnout to date was recorded, Walton spokesmen stated. Anyone interested in casting is invited by the group to practice or compete at the next session on February 1. Top honors in skish casting went to Sam Whippo, Charles Evans, Howard Stewart and Wayne Held. Prizes were donated by the Izaak Waltons. Other anglers participating included Roy Mabee, Chet Barnes, Morrie Shirk, Dobbin Daniels, Ed Daniels, Spence Alcock, Pinky Wisser, Octave Roquet, Dap Pannier, Bill Ferris, Joe Burke, Clint Flynn, Jim Rymer, Dick Hoskins and Bob Williams. More than 24 fly-tying enthusiasts gathered for an instructive session Monday night at 7:30 o'clock in Bob Williams' sporting goods store, under the direction of Monte Webb and Williams. Plans were launched for a county-wide rally of Orange County Young Republicans to be held in Santa Ana February 19. Douglas McGuire, national vice-president and Frank C. Tracey, state president of Young Republicans of California, will be guests of honor. All state and county Republican officials will be invited to attend the rally including any national figure of the Republican party in California at that time. Rally committee members in charge of arrangements include Vice-president Joe Rickman of Santa Ana, Loren Wagner and Robert Balch of Anaheim, Orville Woods of Fullerton and Charles Tuffree of Balboa. Tuffree was appointed chairman of the special public relations committee. He will assist in arranging for the visit to this county of Republican presidential aspirants. Amateur Golfers Play for County Title Next Month Orange County's Annual Amateur Golf Championship Play will open February 14 with qualifying rounds continuing until February 23, it was announced by Art Roux, tournament manager. Held this year at the Willowick public course on West Fifth street, Santa Ana, the county amateur tourney is open to all amateur golfers with established handicaps who live in Orange county. Ten flights will be paired, according to handicaps and qualifying scores, with the top 16 qualifiers landing in the scratch championship bracket. Semi-final rounds are carded for March 14 while the finals of the championship flight are set for March 21. Contract Let For Traffic Signals A contract for furnishing a installing fixed time traffic sign systems at eleven intersections Anaheim and modifying the existing signal system at the Center and Los Angeles street intersection, has been awarded to Prescott Electric and Manufacturing Company, Los Angeles, State Director of Public Works H. Purcell. The cost will be $42,000. Members of the Izaak Walton Rifle Shooters club will meet night, Thursday, to elect 1948 officers, at Bob Williams' sporting goods store, 131 West Broadway. Coincidence figured conspicuously in the "theft" in Anaheim weekend of an automobileong to Jack Dean Weaver Santa Ana and its recovery hours later. It was a coincidence that he took it in the 200 block on West Chartres. That was where Juanita Workman, 118 West latter street, expected to find automobile of her brother which he had lent her. By coincidence the cars looked exactlike. By further coincidence, keys Mrs. Workman had to brother's car fitted the her. After doing some errands what she thought was her father's car, she took it home in her. When she came down on next morning with the she met, by chance a friend her brother and by furtherance referred to his car which is supposed stood in foront of him. The friend informed her was not her brother's car which happened to be parked a further along the street. Mobile Postal Units to Speed County Mail Notoriously slow mail service between Orange county communities is expected by Anaheim Postmaster Louis H. Hoskins to be speeded up by a mobile postoffice unit which is to go into service by next spring. The unit which is to start from Los Angeles and make a loop through Orange county as far as Laguna Beach and then return to Los Angeles will be one of four radiating from Los Angeles, according to information received by Hoskins on his recent trip to Washington. The highway postoffices will be remodeled busses in each of which a complete postoffice is to be set up capable of handling all postal transactions. Each route will be traveled twice daily, picking up, sorting and delivering mail in an effort to speed up and provide more frequent postal service than Weather Too Boisterous For Mail 'Copter Orange county weather got too boisterous Tuesday for the L.A. Airways helicopter which carries mail between here and Los Angeles. It made the morning trip all right, but when time came for the trip shortly after noon the wind was too high or the visibility was too low, or both, and the trip was omitted. The Santa Ana wind storm also upset the temper of many a northern Orange county housewife. Only old settlers could remember storms that blew more dust into their houses. Cold Weather In East Hurts Citrus Market The uninterrupted procession of cold waves which have covered the nation from the mountain states to the east coast apparently Growers Urge Scale Research The most radical change the present system of m the California orange co posed by a large and in segment of the industry years was this week be board of directors of the nia Fruit Growers Excha The plan, developed by ange County Fruit Exchange endorsed by the Northern County Citrus Exchange, centia Orange County and finally by a group o tial Orange county grow met last week with the County Farm Bureau c department, urged an "industru program of research" w phasis upon distribution fornia quality fresh orang The discussion at the Fa eau meeting was focused letter developed by the County Fruit Exchange central organization, th en nia Fruit Growers Excha gist of which was expr these paragraphs: Anaheim Guard Unit Expects New Home Soon The Anaheim unit of the California National Guard expects to hear that the R. J. Daum construction company has begun work on a two-story navy barrack building from Terminal 10 to this city to serve as its library armory. In building, according to Capt. John E. Geissler, commanding officer, is 39 by 139 feet and will lay a lot at the corner of Ana and Sabina streets. When cost of building becomes realized the local National Guard which forms a part of the infantry division, hopes to establish funds for construction larger and more substantial as its permanent home. Building to be removed to them is one of 16 similar units to be moved to 11 otherern California cities. For them from Terminal Isso the 12 communities, coming new foundations for installing utility connections making alterations on the walls at their new sites, the contractor will receive a total of 550. Other cities which will receive arms for National Guard armament Alhambra, Loyola Uni-ty, Compton, Norwalk, South Santa Monica, Fullerton, Or-San Bernardino and Watts. Los Angeles will be one of four radiating from Los Angeles, according to information received by Hoskins on his recent trip to Washington. The highway postoffices will be remodeled busses in each of which a complete postoffice is to be set up capable of handling all postal transactions. Each route will be traveled twice daily, picking up sorting and delivering mail in an effort to speed up and provide more frequent postal service than is now available. The route through Orange county is one of two already chosen. The other will be from Los Angeles to Riverside and return. The two additional routes will be chosen on the basis of studies now being made. Hoskins' information indicates the Orange county highway postoffice would go through Whittier, Anaheim, Santa Ana and Laguna Beach. He did not care to speculate on what, if any, other Orange county towns it would serve. Anaheim Edges Fullerton In Building Race E. W. Moeller, Anaheim Chamber of Commerce secretary-manager, has been studying some statistics and this week came up with the announcement that while Fullerton has built nine more home units than Anaheim in the past three years, Anaheim was $345,507 ahead of Fullerton in value of all buildings as revealed in building permits. In 1945 residential units built in Anaheim totaled 59, with a value of $406,300, while the Fullerton figures were 87 units with a value of $491,519. In 1946 229 units were built in Anaheim with a total value of $1,228,692 while 207 units were constructed in Fullerton with a total value of $1,310,-298. Housing units in Anaheim in 1947 totaled 477 with a total value of $1,344,780; in Fullerton the same year there were 192 units with a total value of $1,224,972. The three year residential total of Anaheim was 477 units with a total value of $2,972,772 and for Fullerton, 486 units with a total value of $3,026,789; Fullerton, nine units more, valued at $47,017 more. But in buildings of all kinds, including residential units, the Anaheim total was $5,921,086 compared to the Fullerton total of $4,-575,579. Cold Weather In East Hurts Citrus Market The uninterrupted procession of cold waves which have covered the nation from the mountain states to the east coast apparently have kept a good many housewives away from the grocery stores of the nation. At any rate the seven-day embargo on shipments of fresh Florida oranges increased volume of California navel sales only slightly, leaving it still the lowest in the past four years. And the price average sagged 25 cents a box to $2.96 fo.b. In the corresponding week last year the average was $2.65; in 1946, $3.70 and in 1945, $3.33. The increased movement of smaller southern California navels began to affect the market and on Tuesday's auctions larger sizes showed an advance over the average for the same sizes on the preceding Tuesday, while 200s and smaller brought less than the same sizes a week earlier. Last Tuesday fancy 150s brought $5.04, delivered, compared to $4.63 on the preceding Tuesday; 176s were $5.08 while a week earlier they were $4.91; 200s averaged $4.79 and a week earlier the average was $5.01; 220s averaged $4.04 compared to an average of $4.85 on the preceding Tuesday; 252s averaged $3.41 compared to $4.25 a week earlier, and 288s averaged $3.07 compared to an average of $3.65 on the preceding Tuesday. Recognizing the slower tempo of the market during the eastern cold spell, the Orange Administrative Committee set the prorate for southern California navels at 525 cars and central and northern California fruit at 326 cars. Unofficial estimates put the loss of Florida oranges as the result of frost up to the first of this week at about 10 per cent. While cold weather also slowed the distribution of lemons last week and the first of this week, average prices rose slightly. Last week's average for all sizes and grades was $4.71 a box delivered, compared to $4.16 in the corresponding week a year ago, $4.99 in 1946 and $3.63 in 1945. Auction sales Tuesday averaged about 5 cents a box higher than the average for the preceding Tuesday. Council Takes Steps to Anne More Territorial No protests against any to the city of what has been officially designated the Ma-tract were received at a hearing advertised by the council. Accordingly there at its meeting Tuesday heard the first reading of anence 723 providing for the tion. The tract which adjunct city on the west, northwest Manchester Ave. and con several acres, mostly unin A public hearing on the cation of R. B. Hatfield foriance which would permit construct a motel court and estate office at the corner mont and Los Angeles street called by the council for ary 24. The district now i for single family dwelling. Other council business in Approval of a certific Lloyds of London that L.ways, Inc., which deliver by helicopter to Anaheim sued against public liability property damage. Heard read a commun from the state division o ways that it had let a conthe Prescott Electrical and facturing company for set traffic signals along Los street. Dr. Pomeroy To Advise County On Sewerage Dr. Richard Pomeroy who has served as consulting engineer for the joint outfall sewer system and as sanitation consultant and water supply engineer for Anaheim, Newport Beach and Laguna Beach has been engaged by the county board of supervisors as consulting engineer for the Orange county Sewerage Survey. Dr. Pomeroy's duties, according to Ewald Lemcke, supervising engineer of the sewerage survey, will be concerned with adjusting the Rawn committee's county-wide sewerage plans to the wishes of the people of the county as revealed at the numerous hearings held by the supervisors and expressed at other public meetings. One Trout Per Fisherman Put In County Creeks The state division of fish and game has announced that 4,350 rainbow trout were planted in streams and lakes of Orange county by employees of the division during 1947. Total fish planted in ten leading southern California counties for the year was 983,655, with a combined weight of 112,836 pounds, D. A. Clanton, chief of the division's southern California hatcheries, said in a report. Gifts This Week Raise Chest Fund Above $21,000 Money was still flowing into Community Chest headquarters in the Chamber of Commerce office this week, some of it from wholly unexpected sources. But there was still fears the stream was not large enough to fill the chest in the immediate future up to the $26,300 mark set as a goal at the outset of the annual campaign. Contributions this week raised total collections above $21,000 but still more than $5000 short of the goal. The seven agencies which are financed in whole or in part from Anaheim's Community Chest received this week checks covering half their operating funds for the year. These agencies are Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Teenage Canteen, Salvation Army, Catholic Welfare, YMCA and YWCA. MARK STEPHENSON'S FATHER RECOVERED Active again and feeling well is O. L. Stephenson, father of Police Chief Mark A. Stephenson. He suffered a slight stroke January 7, at the 549 South Citron street home of Chief and Mrs. Mark Stephenson, where he resides. Approval of a certificate Lloyds of London that L. ways, Inc., which delivered by helicopter to Anaheim sured against public liability property damage. Heard read a community from the state division of ways that it had let a company the Prescott Electrical and facturing company for setting traffic signals along Los streets. Accepted the bid of Chan Frank to provide fire, the comprehensive insurance city's fleet of motor vehicles. Approved the action of change County League of Cretaining William C. Jefferies former Santa Ana city former county auditor and er member of the board of visors, as tax consultant. Heard City Clerk Charles fith report that from Jan. to 15 city expenditures $38,207.29. Cypress Man By Asphyxiation Leslie Harold Norris, 23 old, was found dead in his at the Motor Court, local Lincoln Boulevard in Cypress Saturday morning of last from asphyxiation. Upon gation it was found his roo been tightly shut up upon retirement the evening previous the gas stove left to bu blast. When the oxygen used up, death came to the man. On Friday night, the previous, he accompanied Mrs. McCoy of Cypress to picture show in Fullerton they were shocked to learn death the next day. They r ea the young man in excellent when they all attended th e He was formerly of Ohio, and had recently res Berkesville, Kentucky. Growers Urge Exchange Initiate Big Scale Research on Marketing Crop The most radical change from the present system of marketing the California orange crop proposed by a large and influential segment of the industry in many years was this week before the board of directors of the California Fruit Growers Exchange. The plan, developed by the Orange County Fruit Exchange and endorsed by the Northern Orange County Citrus Exchange, the Placentia Orange County Exchange and finally by a group of influential Orange county growers who met last week with the Orange County Farm Bureau citrus department, urged an "industry wide program of research" with "emphasis upon distribution of California quality fresh orange juice." The discussion at the Farm Bureau meeting was focused upon a better developed by the Orange County Fruit Exchange to the central organization, the California Fruit Growers Exchange, the list of which was expressed in these paragraphs: premium for California orange juice, with its golden color and tasty flavor, if delivered to them in a convenient form for immediate consumption. "We believe that if a sizeable portion of our crop could be consumed in this form, thereby marketing in the shell a smaller volume of finer grade, both as to size and quality, our prices for oranges thus sold could be held at a profitable level. Definite requests in the letter included: 1. Employment of a man "of determination and zeal" to head the research which would determine feasibility of the plan and work out its details "whose job would be to exhaust every phase of this problem and this problem alone." 2. Enlargement of the present research staff of the California Fruit Growers Exchange and that actual experiments in the field be conducted on a scale large enough to determine practical results in the distribution of fresh juice. Damaging Frost Hits Parts Of Citrus Belt. While the lowest temperatures of the year were forecast by Floyd Young of the Fruit Frost Service for much of southern California's citrus belt—19 at one point in the Imperial Valley—many Orange county growers who have fired their orchard heaters several times this season were dark all Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. However, the northern end of the county which escaped serious damage in other frosts this season experienced hours of dangerously low temperatures Wednesday morning. A low of 25½ degrees was recorded at the county insectary on East Vermont street. At the Association Laboratory on Lincoln avenue west of Manchester the temperature dropped to 28 degrees for only half an hour and then rose above the danger point. In the Garden Grove area growers Council Takes Steps to Annex More Territory No protests against annexation to the city of what has been officially designated the Manchester fact were received at a public hearing advertised by the city council. Accordingly the council its meeting Tuesday night heard the first reading of Ordinance 723 providing for the annexation. The tract which adjoins the city on the west, northward from Manchester Ave. and consists of several acres, mostly uninhabited. A public hearing on the application of R. B. Hatfield for a variance which would permit him to construct a motel court and a real estate office at the corner of Vermont and Los Angeles streets was called by the council for February 24. The district now is zoned for single family dwellings. Other council business included: Approval of a certificate by loyds of London that L. A. Airways, Inc., which delivers mail helicopter to Anaheim is injured against public liability and property damage. Heard read a communication from the state division of highways that it had let a contract to the Prescott Electrical and Manufacturing company for setting up traffic signals along Los Angeles street. Announce Sellout Of Tickets For Lincoln Dinner Within a week after the announcement of the Lincoln Day program under joint sponsorship of the Orange County Republican Central Committee and Republican volunteer groups, a sellout was reported. Mrs. Lelia Eastman, chairman of the central committee, said reservations flooded in so fast that the limited facilities of Santa Ana Community Center were taken. She has been able to make arrangements for a few additional tables in the lounge to accommodate a few more dinners, however. But for the benefit of the public which might wish to hear Roswell P. Rosengren, organization director and public relations chief of the Republican State Central Committee, the hall will be open to latecomers following the dinner. Some additional seats will be provided. Last year, the central committee packed almost 750 persons into its Lincoln Day dinner and program, serving 500 at dinner and making provisions for the others to hear the speaker. Not so many can be accommodated this year, but all available space will be provided for listeners, Mrs. Eastman announced. A low of 25½ degrees was recorded at the county insectary on East Vermont street. At the Association Laboratory on Lincoln avenue west of Manchester the temperature dropped to 28 degrees for only half an hour and then rose above the danger point. In the Garden Grove area growers stood by ready to light up their heaters but the temperature fell no lower than 27½ degrees and little or no firing was done. An all-night breeze was credited with keeping groves here and over much of the central part of the county safe. But along the foothills in the northern end of the county where a warming breeze normally blows temperatures were low enough to cause fear of damage. At some low spots in Yorba Linda the temperature fell to around 26 degrees shortly after midnight and remained there for six hours, though in groves on higher ground temperatures were 30 degrees or higher. In groves near Brea the thermometer stood at 26 degrees for four hours and below 28 degrees for six hours. In the region south of La Habra orchard heaters burned in some groves from midnight to dawn. The cold was blown into the county by a high desert wind filled with desert dust which reduced relative humidity almost to zero. A dew-point of two below zero was forecast by Young for one district. John Kratz, Local Realtor, Dies Fri. From Injuries John C. Kratz, well known real estate man of this city, passed away at Redlands Community hospital last Friday, Jan. 23, seven hours after an automobile crash in which James Rush, also of this city was killed. According to reports, the two were in the car alone when they ran off an embankment. Born in Detroit, Mich., 81 years ago, he had been a resident of Anaheim since 1923 when he came to this city from Hollywood where he had lived since 1902. Mr. Kratz was very prominent in the building of Hollywood where he was in the real estate business also. Salvation Army Wants Shoes You Have Discarded During 1947, the Salvation Army's Social Service Center serving this area reprocessed more than 21,000 "throwaway" pairs of shoes, and if the rate to date this month is maintained throughout the year, the 1948 total will approximate 35,000 pairs. So reported Major Orlo Ellison, district manager of the "Army's" Social Service Department, when he announced that the supply of shoes at the Center is getting low, and made a specific appeal to the public for contributions of old footwear which the owners consider no longer useful but ready for discarding. "We are receiving an unusually large number of calls for shoes for children and adults," Major Ellison said. "Many have come from families or individuals who say they cannot afford to buy even lowest-priced shoes. We have made numerous outright gifts of footwear in response to such requests. Most of our calls are from persons who will buy shoes reprocessed in our shop here and offered for sale in Salvation Army stores at what we might term nominal prices. All the shoes we sell or give away are footwear which the public has given to the 'Army' as "throwaways" and have been made over and refurbished by men whom we employ at this work." Yorba Growers Raise Much Fruit At Low Prices Members of the Yorba Orange Growers Association held their annual meeting in the packing house at Yorba. No changes were made in the board of directors. Following were reelected: Gilbert U. Kraemer, president; Norman Reeves, vice-president; George C. Easton, secretary-manager; Josephine Fulfer, assistant secretary. Other directors are: Lawrence P. Kraemer, J. C. Travis and Louis T. Kraemer. Manager Easton reported that fruit production by members had increased 100 percent over previous years but that prices were unsatisfactory most of the season.