anaheim-gazette 1948-07-01

COLONY QUIPS The tumult and shouting having died down a sober evaluation of the results obtained by the Republican convention can now be made even at this distance. The outstanding theme of the whole business was, to us, the obvious arrival at a meeting of the minds without benefit of deals in the much talked about 'smoke filled rooms.' There will be those who take this with a grain of salt but we point to Gov. Dewey's acceptance speech which set a tone on the whole proceedings of high purpose and real integrity. The nomination by acclimation of Gov. Warren for the vice-presidential spot showed real insistance on the part of the delegates to pick a ticket without 'boss' interference: The platform, too, showed that the party's thinking is forward-looking and, it is our belief, that Senator Vandenburg, who has proven his ability to grow, was very much in the picture. The 'old guard' Republicans were not too well satisfied but from a political standpoint they have no place else to go and it is in the ranks of the independent voter and the nominal Republican that the Dewey-Warren ticket has the real appeal. This is the field where the late President Roosevelt made his most important votes and it is in this same spot that the votes will come which will elect Dewey and Warren. We hope. About the slickest piece of political maneuvering that takes place in these parts is the way Coroner Earl Abbey handles the annual election of officers of the Manufacturer Gets Recognition For Invention Twelve years planning, thinking and working is paying dividends for H. J. Burdick of 500 North Vine street. In the current issue of Popular Mechanics Magazine, an invention Mr. Burdick has perfected is shown with three pictures and a short story describing an automatic lawn sprinkling system that is now being manufactured. During the days of the depression back in the early 1930's an incident that arose caused Mr. Burdick to make a casual remark which, in later months, caused him to plan and work on the present invention. Turning on the water one day, he remarked to his wife, if she remembered it she could turn off the water before retiring since Mr. Burdick would be attending a meeting and demonstration at a local automotive supply house. Returning home, he didn't think about the water either and retired for the night. The next morning, finding the water still running he conceived the idea of an automatic About the slickest piece of political manouvering that takes place in these parts is the way Coroner Earl Abbey handles the annual election of officers of the Orange County Old Timer's Association. Nobody seems to be able to find out just how he lines things up. Everything is cut and dried and Earl rides high in the saddle. He just takes things over, sees that all are served coffee, that all lost children are returned, announces over the loud speaker system the names of individuals that other individuals are looking for and in general does all the work. This could explain the votes he gets because everyone else is so busy talking to old friends they give the voting part of the picnic the overlook. Anyway it really is a grand place to tell those stories that get bigger from year to year. Ever hear the story of how Anaheim got it's first street lights? Back there in the early part of this century the town of Santa Monica put in some street lights. (We are not going to mention any dates because that might make some people seem older than they look and we might run into difficulties). John Zeigler brought the information to town in the form of a newspaper clipping from the beach city and the local Chamber of Commerce was agogg. A delegation visited Santa Monica, looked over the new lighting equipment, were dismayed at the cost, and returned home with little hope of putting in the improvement. The Gazette, of course, ran a story about the hoped for addition, played up the need and in general took an optimistic view of the whole situation. Then things slowed down for a few weeks until one day a man from the Kieroff company in Los Angeles called on Bill Houts in his bicycle and sporting goods store and asked about the status of the new street lighting proposition. Bill said he did not know and the man asked if he would handle the deal. This set Bill back a little and he answered that he knew nothing about street lighting. The Kieroff man said it made no difference and that as Bill was one of their dealers they would like to put him to plan and work on the present invention. Turning on the water one day, he remarked to his wife, if she remembered it she could turn off the water before retiring since Mr. Burdick would be attending a meeting and demonstration at a local automotive supply house. Returning home, he didn't think about the water either and retired for the night. The next morning, finding the water still running he conceived the idea of an automatic cut-off and started working on the idea. Many models and plans were made, each in turn improved upon, parts discarded and other parts of the plan kept to be used (Continued on Page 4) Orange Market Drags, Lemon Picture Bright California Valencias dropped last week to an average of about $3.16 a box f.o.b., and at the rate it was dragging the first of the week, the average for this week threatened to be even lower while Florida continued to ship big but increasingly poor grade Valencias. The one grain of comfort in the Valencia market to growers this week was that the f.o.b. average this year was about equal to the delivered average last year. For lemon growers the picture was considerably brighter this week. Last week volume of lemon sales increased but the price average dropped about 46 cents to about $5.88 f.o.b. This week, with weather favorable to lemon consumption, volume of sales and price average leaped upward, as handlers had predicted they would with the first spell of real summer weather. Sales Monday exceeded 213 cars at a f.o.b. average of $6.46. It was not possible to obtain overall averages for Tuesday but on that day the lemon market really went to town. In Pittsburgh 588s sold as high as $11 a box delivered. The average for fancy brands of lemons ranged from $6.40 ot $11 a box, compared to an average of $4.85 to $6.60 for the previous Tuesday. Importers of Italian lemons tried out the New York market again last week with an offering of 550 boxes. The greater part of the of- Install Ford Anaheim Lions Club President Leavitt Ford was installed president of the Anaheim Lions club and the incoming board of directors when he was seated at the regular noon meeting Friday at the Elks club. Frank L. Shufelt district governor of Four-E, acted as installation chairman. Those seated with Ford included Rev. H. G. Schmelzer, treasurer; Vic La Mont, secretary; Larry Jones, tail twister, and Beatty Neighbors, lion tamer. New board members include George LaFollette, Bob Mungall; Joe Critchfield, Mark A. Stephenson, and Paul Havens. Warren Ashleigh, twenty-fifth and outgoing president of the club, was presented with the past presidents pin by Shufelt. William Fackiner, baritone, accompanied by Mrs. Fackiner, sang two selections, "Water Boy" and "I Love Life." Bob Rossberg was program chairman. The annual dinner will be held in the near future when Ford returns from the national Lion convention in New York. He left for the east Saturday. Receive Gifts at Store Reception Happy possessors of grand awards given by the Smith-Reafskyder Furniture Company during a reception Friday afternoon are Miss Mary Middleton, 919 West Broadway, Anaheim, and Miss Carolyn Bradley, 828 North Dickson street. The girls are local high school co-eds. Each received a table model radio and a replica of the Lane cedar chest. Other Anaheim high school girls attending the event were presented with savings banks. Paul H. Potter, sales representative for the Lane Company, Inc., was present for the occasion. Wayne Reafskyder acted as master of ceremonies. Free coke one day a man from the Kieroff company in Los Angeles called on Bill Houts in his bicycle and sporting goods store and asked about the status of the new street lighting proposition. Bill said he did not know and the man asked if he would handle the deal. This set Bill back a little and he answered that he knew nothing about street lighting. The Kieroff man said it made no difference and that as Bill was one of their dealers they would like to put in the lights and have the billing go through his store. This thoroughly suited Bill and the two of them went down to the City Hall and made the deal. The lights were to go two blocks each way from the intersection of Center and Los Angeles streets. Each property owner in this area was contacted and sold on the idea of paying for the lights that were to go in front of his real estate. Everyone was happy and Bill put the commission in his pocket. Credit Monte Webb for this one: A number of years ago a couple of tough vaqueros engaged in a fist fight in one of our high class pool halls. As the contest ebbed and flowed (It was a bit more realistic than the late Louis-Walcott stinkeroo.) the two found themselves out on Center street with a crowd of pool sharks, with cues still in hand, as spectators. Frank Steadman, the City Marshall, came running up the street, elbowed his way through the crowd and tried to pull the boys apart. This was an impossibility so Frank just reached around, grabbed a pool cue and hit the main offender over the head with it. The fight ended abruptly. The city received two new 'guests.' The largest asparagus cannery in the world is located at Rio Vista in Solano county. Importers of Italian lemons tried out the New York market again last week with an offering of 550 boxes. The greater part of the offering was withdrawn when first sales brought an average of $3.58 delivered. The fruit was reported soft and showing slight decay. The orange prorate for the week ending July 10 was raised by the Orange Administrative Committee this week to 1300 cars. In view of the slow market this week, Arthur Clark, one of the representatives of independent shippers on the board, argued against an increase in volume but the majority of the board were convinced by the time this increased volume reaches the trade the market will have realized that improvement that has been forecast for a month. Northern and central California got out 90 cars last week averaging 206 to the box while southern California rolled 1181 on a pro-rate of 1150 cars averaging 278 to the box. There is a difference of opinion on the board as well as in Washington as to whether the committee can legally close a district for any specified variety as long as it has fruit available for shipment. So the committee passed a motion that the Tulare district be closed July 17 and thus see what happens. In view of the bright prospects for lemons the prorate for lemon shipments was this week raised to 825 cars, within 325 cars of the California Valencia prorate for the current week. Broadway, Anaheim, and Miss Carolyn Bradley, 828 North Dickson street. The girls are local high school co-eds. Each received a table model radio and a replica of the Lane cedar chest. Other Anaheim high school girls attending the event were presented with savings banks. Paul H. Potter, sales representative for the Lane Company, Inc., was present for the occasion. Wayne Reafsynder acted as master of ceremonies. Free coke were served to the large group present. Small Crowd At Meeting of Citrus Growers Between 50 and 75 citrus growers attended a meeting called by officers of the California Citrus Producers association at the Anaheim Union high school Tuesday night. President G. R. Reese and Secretary J. J. Honus were the principal speakers. Principal object of the meeting was to increase Orange county membership of the organization whose declared object is to see ways to get more money for the grower of citrus while improving the quality of the fruit which goes to the consumer. The officer say the organization works in the interests of the growers "within the framework of the present marketing groups." The organization was formed few months ago in the Redland district and has since acquired members in all orange growing district. Non-members among Anaheim citrus men said a foremost objective of members of the association is to get rid of the citrus auction market. ORANGE CAPITOL OF THE WORLD AHEIM GAZETTE EST. 1870 ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1948 CHIEF FIGURES AT LIONS INSTALLATION ed above are Warren Ashleigh, outgoing president of the Anaheim Lions club; Frank L. Shudistrict governor of Four-E, who presided over installation rites during the regular Lions club ing Friday at the Elks club, and Leavitt Ford, newly installed head officer. Warren, the twenth president to reign in the local organization, shakes hands with his successor. Ernesto T. Yorba, Pioneer County Citizen, Passes Ernesto Toma Yorba, a piv citizen of Orange county and scendant of the famous f who came to this country in Old Mexico with the expe headed by Portola in 1769, p away at Fullerton General pital on Sunday, June 27, fo ing a brief illness. Born in Y the community that bears family name, 77 years ago had spent his entire life in community, the home being 20741 Esperanza Road, b known as Rancho Canon de S Ana. His great grandfather can this section with the expect and later became owner oi Spanish land grant knowl Rancho Santiago de Santa A The home ranch is a land dating back to 1834 and is fa for the hospitality of his gree father, Don Bernardo Yorba The deceased was the youn son of Prudencio Yorba. He a member of St. Mary's Cat church in Fullerton. Surviving are his wife, Do of the home; three daughters, All Ford Anaheim Lions Club President At Ford was installed president of the Anaheim Lions club in incoming board of directors he was seated at the noon meeting Friday at the club. Frank L. Shufelt, governor of Four-E, acted station chairman. Seated with Ford included G. Schmelzer, treasurer; Mont, secretary; Larry Mail twister, and Beatty lion tamer. Board members include LaFollette, Bob Mungall, Shiffield, Mark A. Stephen-Paul Havens. Ashleigh, twenty-fifth going president of the past pin by Shufelt. Fackiner, baritone, accorded by Mrs. Fackiner, sang sections, "Water Boy" and Life." Bob Rossberg was chairman. Annual dinner will be held near future when Ford from the national Lions club in New York. He left east Saturday. Reive Gifts at Reception possessors of grand given by the Smith-Reaf furniture Company during on Friday afternoon are Mary Middleton, 919 West Way, Anaheim, and Miss Bradley, 828 North Dickey. The girls are local high coeds. Each received a model radio and a replica of the cedar chest. Anaheim high school girls the event were pre- with savings banks. Paul Pier, sales representative for Company, Inc., was preshe occasion. Reafsynder acted as of ceremonies. Free cokes Montgomery Ward Closes Anaheim Catalogue Branch Montgomery Ward's catalogue office at 224 East Center street, which has been open somewhat more than a year, was closed yesterday. Customers who have been using the local office have been advised by the company to direct mail orders to its Oakland western headquarters. It was not known here whether this bit of retrenchment had any connection with the recent shake-up among higher officials of the big mail order house which has resulted in the resignation of several vice-presidents. Annual Picnic Of Old Timers Break Record Along with other sections of the population, the number of "old timers" in Orange county is booming. Crowd estimators estimate that nearly six thousand of all ages from 90 days to 90 years attended the annual "old timers" picnic which was held Sunday at Irvine park. This is more old timers than have ever before assembled in Orange county. Teofilo Manriquet who was born 87 years ago in San Juan Capistrano and who has lived there ever since was greeted as the resident with most years to his credit in the county. One of his firsts was hauling the first load of wood into the pueblo of Los Angeles from the mission village. William Johnson was credited with being the second white child born in Santa Ana. The first white child, Tom Harlan, was represented at the picnic by his brother, Jess. William Johnson was born at First and Main streets in 1872. He now lives at Fullerton. Others Board Purchases Future Broadway School Site With the future prospect of constructing a new Broadway school plant, the board of trustees of the Anaheim Elementary school district accepted a bid for a five and one-half acre site, now an orange grove, on South street, 125 feet east of Olive street, last Thursday night during a meeting in the board room at Fremont Junior high school. The land was purchased from Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hagen, 504 East South street, at an entire cost of $22,500 which will include rent from one of the two houses and this fall's crop of Valencias to which the property is planted. According to the present agreement, the sellers will continue to live in the other house for one year, M. A. Gauer, superintendent of elementary schools, stated. The acreage is centrally located in the Broadway district which is bounded by Orange street (Santa Fe railroad track), Center and Lemon streets and Ball road. Before purchase, the bid was approved by the State Division of Schools and the Anaheim Planning Commission. The site was secured by the board at this time to eliminate additional expense which subdivision or other improvements would have caused, Gauer said. County Bank Chooses Two New Directors Joseph B. Collings, real estate broker, and Kenneth Kellyer, Buick dealer in Anaheim, are now members of the board of directors of the Southern County Bank whose home office is in Anaheim and which has branches in Artesia and Buena Park. They were elected at a meeting of the board last Friday night, it was announced this week by Spanish land grant knowlRancho Santiago de Santa Ana. The home ranch is a land dating back to 1834 and is fair for the hospitality of his great father, Don Bernardo Yorba. The deceased was the young son of Prudencio Yorba. He a member of St. Mary's Catholic church in Fullerton. Surviving are his wife, Dof of the home; three daughters, Bertha Pizzo of Yorba L.L.Miss Juanita Yorba of the H.L.Miss Doraldina Lowe of Gardens; five sons, Ernest Y.of Culver City; David Yorba Miami, Florida; Orlando, He.Randy, all at home; grandchildren and one sister, J. R. Ruiz of Santa Maria. Recitation of Holy Rosary held Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock at the chapel of Backs, Camellia and Kaulbars mortuary with Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at St. Mary's church in Fullerton Interment was in Holy Sepulchre. Surprise Dinner Party Honors Vard Hannum Vard W. Hannum, 215 S.Olive street, was the recipient a surprise birthday party steak dinner given in honor of sixty-five anniversary and for 36 years of active service with city, last Monday evening at Elks club. The event was presented by members of the Municipal Light Water and Public department where Hannum been superintendent since 1994. A month long vacation and resolution of appreciation for the city council was awaited Hannum for his untiring management of the city department. Among many beautiful honored guest receive Hamilton wrist watch from light, water and power employ a deluxe purse and bill fold, waffle irons, a General Electric mix master, and more than letters of congratulations sent former city officials, employees and friends. Leo. J. Sheridan, manager the Anaheim Union Water Company and former city council acted as master of ceremonies. All Crowd Meeting of Citrus Growers Men 50 and 75 citrus growers decided a meeting called by the California Citrus Association at the Anaheim high school Tuesday evening. Agent G. R. Reese and Sec. J. Honus were the prinseakers;ipal object of the meeting was increase Orange county ship of the organization declared object is to seek to get more money for the sale of citrus while improv-Quality of the fruit which the consumer. The officers organization works in the fields of the growers "within framework of the present groups." Organization was formed a months ago in the Redlands and has since acquired its in all orange growing members among Anaheim men said a foremost ob-ject of members of the asso-isis to get rid of the citrus market. William Johnson was credited with being the second white child born in Santa Ana. The first white child, Tom Harlan, was represented at the picnic by his brother, Jess. William Johnson was born at First and Main streets in 1872. He now lives at Fullerton. Others among the oldest old timers at the picnic were Mortimer Hubbard of Tustin who was born at San Juan Bautista in 1857; John Whisler of Orange who was born at San Bernardino in 1873 and Ed E. Bustamante of Los Angeles who was born in Anaheim in 1873. Mary Lavengood of Santa Ana who came to Orange county in 1869 was credited with being the woman with the most years in Orange county at the picnic. Earl R. Abbey, Orange county coroner, who arranges for the annual event again named himself as perennial of the old timers' association. Appreciation Day Prize of $45 to Mrs. M. H. Yelkins Mrs. M. H. Yelkins, 212½ North Philadelphia street, answered when her name was called at the Appreciation day ceremonies at 2:30 p.m. yesterday and became the week's winner. She had a ticket entitling her to a 20 per cent participation of the week's fund of $275. It therefore paid her $45 in cash. The consolation prize, a $14.50 Breakfaster contributed by Reinhardt, appliance dealer, went to Betty Stiehlman of West Center street. Anaheim Gazette since 1870. County Bank Chooses Two New Directors Joseph B. Collings, real estate broker, and Kenneth Kellyer, Buick dealer in Anaheim, are now members of the board of directors of the Southern County Bank whose home office is in Anaheim and which has branches in Artesia and Buena Park. They were elected at a meeting of the board last Friday night, it was announced this week by President R. Foster Lamm. Mr. Hellyer was assistant zone manager in southern California for Chevrolet before acquiring the Buick agency here in 1945. He is a member of the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Collings came here from Oakland, where he was born, as agent of the Wells Fargo Express in 1913. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce, vice-president and board member of the Anaheim Building and Loan association, a stockholder of the Savings Loan and Building association of Anaheim and treasurer of the Anaheim Community Industrial Land company. Enlistment Rush Raises Strength Of Co. K to 97 By the time membership in Company K, the local company in the California National Guard, was frozen last Friday the rush to enlist of young men subject to the draft under the law passed by the 80th Congress, had increased its strength to 95 enlisted men and five officers, according to Capt. Martin Geissler. Company K had a total strength of 62 men when the enlistment rush began with the passage of the draft act. Among many beautiful women, Hamilton wrist watch from light, water and power employ a deluxe purse and bill fold, waffle irons, a General Electric mix master, and more than letters of congratulations sent former city officials, employees and friends. Leo. J. Sheridan, manager of the Anaheim Union Water Company and former city council acted as master of ceremonies introduced several speakers, time city employees and gave vivid description of early times here. Being a councilman due depression days when there were four men for every job and enough money to accomplish necessary work was a tough task he remarked. August 12, 1912, when he came associated with the department, there were only two light, water and power plant employees, Emil Miller, Al Schna- and Billy Reynolds, Hannum called. At that time, he was un- direction of L. A. Lewis, father Fayette Lewis, grand ex- ruler of B. P. O. Elks. Congratulatory letters from both men read to the 55 guests attend- With a smile, the honored stated that wages at that time were $1.25 per day and that hours constituted a day's wage Employees got only one day every fourth week, he added. Special guests introduced Ed. Ellis, General Electric executive with 38 years seniority; Kidd, also with that company; Pat Crowe, executive of south California Edison Company. Speakers, who gave colorful sumes of early city history included Charles N. Mann, for mayor; F. A. Yungbluth and M. Martenet, Jr., former city coun-sman, Charles A. Pearson, pr- (Continued on Page 4) State Highwaymen Authorize Six Miles Of New Roads in North Orange County Rain Season. Ends with Total Near Record Low The 1947-48 rain season comes to an end today with a total rainfall in Anaheim, according to records kept at the city power plant, of 7.35 inches for the 12 months. At the end of last season total rainfall, according to the same authority, was 10.72 inches. The average for this region for the past 70 years has been 15.43 inches for a 12 months period. In southern California for the past 70 years there have been only four rain seasons, with a lighter rainfall than in the season ending today. In 1893-94 there was a rainfall of 6.72 inches; in the season of 1897-98 there was 7.06 inches; in the next season, 1998-99, there was but 5.59 inches, the lightest rainfall for any season on record, and in 1923-24 the total rainfall was 6.67 inches. Meterologists are swinging away from the belief in cycles of heavy and light rainfall, though records for the past 70 years seem to give some support to it. In the 1907-08 year, Orange county is finally to get a new outlet—two of them in fact—to the Santa Ana Canyon highway which may cut out the grade crossing at Yorba, known as "the worst grade crossing in the state." But it will have to wait until the fiscal year 1949-50 for the improvement. That much was clear from dispatches from Sacramento. But details as to new highways to be built were obscure and state highway officials in Los Angeles and Santa Ana could give no help. They said no word as to the new improvements had yet reached them and conjectured that only surveys were contemplated by the state highway department this year. The Sacramento news dispatches described the two extensions thus: "Route 176, two miles, extend easterly from Stern to junction with proposed Route 176 near Esperanza; Route 176, four miles, extend easterly from Yorba Linda to junction with Route 43-B." The four-mile extension from Yorba Linda to a junction with later became owner of thelish land grant known asecho Santiago de Santa Ana. The home ranch is a land grant going back to 1834 and is famous the hospitality of his grandfather, Don Bernardo Yorba. The deceased was the youngest of Prudencio Yorba. He was member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Fullerton. Surviving are his wife, Dolores the home; three daughters, Mrs. Tha Pizzo of Yorba Linda, Juanita Yorba of the home, Mrs. Doraldina Lowe of Bellwoods; five sons, Ernest Yorba Pulver City; David Yorba, of Miami, Florida; Orlando, Herbert Rudy, all at home; nine children and one sister, Mrs. Ruiz of Santa Maria. Recitation of Holy Rosary was Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock on the chapel of Backs, Campbell Kaulbars mortuary with Mass Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at Mary's church in Fullerton. Meterologists are swinging away from the belief in cycles of heavy and light rainfall, though records for the past 70 years seem to give some support to it. In the 1897-98 season there was a total precipitation of 7.06 inches. In the next year the rainfall dropped to the all-time low of 5.59 inches, and in the next rain season of 1899-1900 there was a total of but 7.91 inches. Since then the rainfall total has dropped below 8 inches but twice. In the season of 1923-24 it was 6.67 inches and the next season, 1924-25, it was only 7.94 inches. 8 Sanitation District Boards Are Named Officially organized June 24 with boards of directors and chairman named for each of the eight county sanitation districts already formed, the districts looked forward today to establishment of joint administrative machinery at a meeting scheduled for July 14, at 8 p.m., in the county courthouse. Meanwhile Chairman Willard Smith of the county board of supervisors is acting as temporary chairman of the joint organization, with Engineer Charles Sweet of the county sewerage survey as temporary secretary. An interim steering committee at the June 24 meeting will meet July 7 at 3:30 p.m. to work out an agenda of organization procedure for the July 14 meeting, which may include employment of a chief engineer or general manager, as well as selection of a permanent chairman and secretary. While each district has the right of independent action, under the state sanitation act, it is recommended that all act jointly for both efficiency and economy in administrative, engineering, planning and operation expenses. Organization of the boards in Districts 2 and 3 which cover all of this region were affected as follows: District 2: Mayor Charles Pearson, Anaheim; Mayor Irvin Chapman The Sacramento news dispatches described the two extensions thus: "Route 176, two miles, extend easterly from Stern to junction with proposed Route 176 near Esperanza; Route 176, four miles, extend easterly from Yorba Linda to junction with Route 43-B." The four-mile extension from Yorba Linda to a junction with Route 43-B, which is the Santa Ana Canyon highway, made sense to Orange county highway boosters, for they have been trying years to persuade the state to extend Imperial highway from Yorba Linda, where it ends at present, southeasterly to a junction with the Santa Ana Canyon highway. But they were puzzled by the authorization to extend "Route 176" from Stern to a junction with "Route 176" near Esparanza. Stern is the name of an abandoned station of the Pacific Electric railway and it is not far from the temporary state highway which extends from Yorba Linda by a tortuous route to the Placentia-Yorba boulevard. To extend a road to the junction of Imperial highway and Esperanza from Stern would in part duplicate the extension eastward from Yorba Linda. But there is among highway users a project to extend the Placentia-Yorba boulevard, or Orangethorpe boulevard, on eastward from the present "worst crossing in the state" to a junction with Imperial highway near Esperanza. This would accommodate a booming traffic from the haymarket at Hynes and the oil trucks from the refineries around Wilmington. Until they are told different by the state highway authorities, this is the route the northeast part of the county will believe the department intends to improve. The county board of supervisors have already voted to do something about "the worst crossing in the state," but the announcement from Sacramento may cause them to revise their plans. Local Guardsmen In Review Monday Anaheim's Co. K of the California National Guard participated in a military review with the other four companies in the county last Monday night in Orange. T-Sgt. Albert Miller of the local company received a 15-year ser- While each district has the right of independent action, under the state sanitation act, it is recommended that all act jointly for both efficiency and economy in administrative, engineering, planning and operation expenses. Organization of the boards in Districts 2 and 3 which cover all of this region were affected as follows: District 2: Mayor Charles Pearson, Anaheim; Mayor Irvin Chapman, Fullerton; Mayor George Weimer, Orange; Mayor Anton Wilson, Placentia; Mayor Charles McCartt, Brea, and Supervisor James Baker, third district. Mayor Weimer, chairman. District 3: Mayor Irvin Chapman, Fullerton; Mayor Charles Newsom, La Habra, and Supervisor Willis Warner, second district. Warner chairman. Leave for Elks National Confab Given a hearty send-off were the Anaheim delegates to the national Elks convention in Philadelphia, Del Wilkinson, exalted ruler of Anaheim Lodge No. 1345, and Mrs. Wilkinson, and Oscar Heying, deputy grand exalted ruler for the California Southern District, Monday evening in Los Angeles. The local trio was among the scores of representatives who left via a special chartered train from Los Angeles to attend the conclave beginning July 4th. Among lodge members and their wives, seeing Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson and Heying off were Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Verry, Mr. and Mrs. Maury Shirk, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Christie, Judge and Mrs. John Shea, Mr. and Mrs. William Houts and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mattox. Local Guardsmen In Review Monday Anaheim's Co. K of the California National Guard participated in a military review with the other four companies in the county last Monday night in Orange. T-Sgt. Albert Miller of the local company received a 15-year service bar at that time. The presentation was made by Lt. Col. Emmett Rink of Santa Ana, commander of Orange county's Third Battalion. Companies participating in the review included Company K, Company I of Orange, Company M of Fullerton, Company L of Santa Ana and the Headquarters Company, also of Santa Ana. Winner of the competitive drill was Company L. A 31-man increase in Company K was announced by Capt. Martin Geissler, company commander. Enlistments closed with the company boasting 91 members, he added. The 224th Infantry Regiment, of which Company K is a part, absorbed 509 men when the draft law went into effect, and between June 16 and 24, approximately 2647 southern Californians rushed to enlist in the 40th Infantry Division, Geissler commented. This swelling of the National Guard ranks ended last week with the signing of the Selective Service Act of 1948 by President Truman. NEW NOTARY PUBLIC A notary public commission was awarded today to Thomas Horace Field, 227 East Center street, Anaheim, Secretary of State Frank M. Jordan announced. Everybody reads the Gazette.