anaheim-gazette 1948-12-23

Colony Quips The year of 1948 has just about run its course and the great festival of Christmas is once again upon us. This is the time of the year when the sun has reached its southernmost point and is starting back to the north. When it reaches the equator spring and Easter will be upon us. Now is the time when we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, when families get together to exchange gifts at the end of the harvest season. This is the time when we sing Christmas carols and renew our hope for the coming season. Do you remember a song, current in the war years, when most of our boys were having Christmas thousands of miles away from home, called 'I'll be home for Christmas' and was particularly apt at that time? We sang it at the time and the boys sang it, too. 'I'll be home for Christmas—if only in my dreams.' Most of them are home, in fact, many have homes of their own now. We heard it the other night and it brought back memories of those days when so many were so far away from 'where the love light gleams.' For that is what makes Christmas. Like old Scrooge says in Dicken's 'Christmas Carol' after he had met the three ghosts 'I will keep Christmas in my heart, always.' For that is where Christmas belongs. It is not what you get that matters, but what you give, and that CROP Drive Ends Monday, December 27 It is not too late to make your donation to Orange county's part of the California CROP Christmas train which is to be dedicated next week at Long Beach. Persons or organizations desiring to make donations should contact their church or Lisle J. Sherwin, chairman for Orange county. At a meeting Monday afternoon in the Orange County Farm Bureau hall it was announced that half of the minimum goal of one carload had been raised and that it was expected that the remainder would be raised this week. Practically all of the donations received have been in the form of money and the officers of the campaign have decided to use it for the purchase of Orange county wheat, where they feel they can do the most with the donations received. The Home department of the Farm Bureau is earmarking all Program for Increased School Budget Explained Suggested program of the cooperative committee on school finance to increase the 1949 school budget by $107,000,000 was explained to Linton T. Simmons, Orange county superintendent of schools, who attended a state-wide conference at Sacramento, last week. The committee's program was explained by Roy Simpson, state superintendent of public instruction. During the session, the superintendents heard a report on the progress of regional conference being held throughout the state on problems of rural education. Public interest in the conference, according to Jay Davis Conner, associate state superintendent, and Helen Hefferman, of the state-division of instruction, has exceeded expectations. Anaheim’s Postal Receipts Break We heard it the other night and it brought back memories of those days when so many were so far away from 'where the love light gleams.' For that is what makes Christmas. Like old Scrooge says in Dicken's 'Christmas Carol' after he had met the three ghosts 'I will keep Christmas in my heart, always.' For that is where Christmas belongs. It is not what you get that matters, but what you give, and that does not mean the material things but yourself. The bright smile, the helping hand, the understanding heart that makes your neighbor feel better inside. Give of yourself and harken to the words of Jesus Christ—Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and love thy neighbor as thyself, for on these two things hang all the law and all the Prophets. Let your light so shine that all can see you keep Christmas in your heart. As Christmas approaches our thoughts go out in gratitude to you who have, through your loyal co-operation, made this year now coming to a close a successful and satisfying experience. We like to think of all our readers as our friends and hope that we will be worthy of that friendship. The Spirit of Christ is the spirit of sacrifice and unselfishness. If all of us lived closer to His teachings this old world would have a much happier hue. If we all could practice the virtue of humility that He taught so well some of our greatest problems would be solved. We offer this in the hope that many will be tempted to try it—and submit that we will try the same in large doses. State Funds For Recreation Programs Sought State funds to aid communities in developing recreation facilities and programs will be asked of the legislature when it convenes January 3. Assemblyman Richard J. Dolwig of south San Francisco, chairman of the assembly interim committee on youth welfare, made this known in a recent interview. Dolwig said his committee found "a terrific need for addi- Hearing Set on $33 Million PT&T Rate Increase Hearings on the recent application of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company for telephone rate increases aggregating $33,-655,000 in annual gross revenue, will open January 10 next at Los Angeles before commissioner Harold P. Huls of the California Public Utilities commission. The public hearings in the south will continue for two days, and on January 12 will commence at San Francisco for a period of three days, with other dates to be named later. Early this year the commission granted the P. T. & T. company rate increases which brought the utility $27,555,000 annually. Meantime, further public hearings in the commission's order to the telephone company to show cause why it should not cancel or reduce its license fee payments to the parent company, American Telephone and Telegraph company, will start January 5 next, before commissioner Huls at San Francisco. All public hearings will take place either at the commission's courtroom in the state building, Los Angeles, or the courtroom in the state building, San Francisco. Anaheim’s Postal Receipts Break All Records Parcel post packages will be delivered on Christmas day by extra-postal employees it was announced today by Louis Hoskins, postmaster of the Anaheim post office. In addition to Christmas day, regular postal employees will receive a half-day holiday on Friday, December 24, as authorized by a recent presidential proclamation, according to Mr. Hoskins. However stamp windows and parcel post windows will remain open all day Friday, he said. The postmaster revealed that Anaheim’s postal receipts hit an all time high on December 15 with receipts totaling $137,750.29 for the period from January 1, 1948 to that date trapping the same period in 1947 by $18,227.02 when receipts totaled $119,523.27. Receipts for the first half of December from the first to the fifteenth were set at $10,866.50, a gain of $1,814.21 over last year's figure of $9,052.29 for the same period. On Monday, December 20, the postmaster estimated that over 50,000 letters would be mailed from the post office and that on Friday, December 17, 46,000 letters went out keeping the regular employees as well as the thirty-one extra employees well occupied. As usual the Anaheim post office is receiving its share of mis-addressed packages and letters. On Monday a package was mailed to Mrs. Mary Ewing, Clinton, California. There was no return address on the package; there is no post office called Clinton in the state of California, but there are 28 Clinton’s in the United States. What would you do? Evelyn Drive Homes Ablaze with Christmas Light Decorations Some of the most colorful and distinctive arrays of Christmas house decorations in Orange county are to be State funds to aid communities in developing recreation facilities and programs will be asked of the legislature when it convenes January 3. Assemblyman Richard J. Dolwig of south San Francisco, chairman of the assembly interim committee on youth welfare, made this known in a recent interview. Dolwig said his committee found "a terrific need for additional recreational facilities and programs throughout the state." "We found," he stated, "that the juvenile delinquency problem is greatly magnified in these areas where recreational needs are the greatest." "Testimony of leading jurists before the committee was to the effect that communities which have developed advanced recreational programs have reduced juvenile delinquency rates from 50 to 75 per cent. According to Dolwig, Governor Warren's recreation commission, headed by Sterling Wynans, "has done an outstanding job in aiding communities in developing sound recreational programs." The areas where the need is the greatest, the assemblyman maintained, are handicapped because of lack of funds. "I intend to propose legislation which will aid these localities in developing both facilities and programs by providing state funds on a matching basis with local governments. HERB ACTON CHEF IN BEACH CITY Herb Acton of East Broadway, Anaheim, former chef at the local Parker House cafe, is employed as chef at the new Rossmore restaurant at Newport Beach. Australian ballot system of secret voting had its origin in Australia in 1856. It was first adopted in the United States in Massachusetts about 1888. Evelyn Drive Homes Ablaze with Christmas Light Decorations Some of the most colorful and distinctive arrays of Christmas house decorations in Orange county are to be found on Evelyn Drive, one of Anaheim’s new residential sections which is located off East Center street in the 1700 block. Practically all of the thirty-one homes are decorated with that of Edmund Spraetz drawing the most “ohs” and “ahs” from the throngs of people who have been out each evening, viewing the Christmas light displays. Mr. Spraetz has constructed a miniature white chapel complete with organist and organ, playing a varied selection of Christmas and other music. It is illuminated by a flood light and the house is outlined with colored lights. First home seen upon entering the new subdivision is that of Vic Bonnat, general contractor and architect who has St. Nick and his reindeer on the roof, an outdoor tree, music carols being played, candles in the window of his house and the entire house illuminated by flood lights. Jack Taylor has erected a Bethlehem star outlined with blue lights on the roof of his home; Mr. and Mrs. William Burr have a snowman on the roof of their house illuminated by a flood light which changes colors and the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Koch features a large wreath with a lighted candle. The Jack Goodell’s have their front door done up like a Christmas package and Vic Bouas has Santa Claus just about ready to climb down the chimney. Mr. Bouas has his roof illuminated with strings of lights and estimated that he used around 500 feet of electrical wire. C. E. Roquet has a six-foot “cotton” snowman and his neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Wilson have six feet of candy cane in the front of their house. Captain J. Jung has the manger scene in the front of his house and Mr. and Mrs. N. (Continued from Page 5) ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1948 Team for Based School Set Explained program of the committee on school finance the 1949 school year was ex-Linton T. Simmons, county superintendent of no attended a state-ence at Sacramento, committee's program was by Roy Simpson, state agent of public instruction. the session, the superintendent a report on the regional conference throughout the state on rural education. Published in the conference, ac-Jay Davis Conner, associate superintendent, and german, of the state-distruction, has exceeded. "Loan Sharks" Face Probe By Legislature Although Governor Earl Warren has expressed himself somewhat emphatically that there will be no concurrent special session with the regular legislative session next January to take up the matter of "Loan Sharks," Assemblyman Ralph Dills plans to press such a session. Dills contends a special session is necessary to enable the legislature to take up an investigation of operations under the personal property brokers act without subjecting the matter to the ordinary delays and pitfalls of a regular session. The governor, however, said in a recent press conference that such a session is unnecessary, and asserted legislation on the subject could be handled at the regular session. Dills contends that Edward M. Daugherty, state corporation com- Urge Repeal of Tax on Freight Freight rates and essential communications are not in the same category with perfume and furs and should not continue to carry the Federal “luxury” tax imposed as a war measure in 1942, Paul S. Armstrong, general manager of the California Fruit Growers Exchange, told the board of directors of the citrus marketing co-operative this week. “The 3 percent Federal excise tax on freight rates costs the California citrus industry almost $2 million annually or the equivalent of 5 cents per hundred-weight,” Armstrong said. “The 25 percent tax on communications adds another $84,000 to the annual cost of doing business. Transportation and communication are not luxuries and the continuation of this discriminatory tax adds undue costs to producer, dealer and consumer alike.” Since the transportation tax is imposed on a straight 3 percent basis, it is discriminatory against western shippers who have a longer haul to the principal mar- Districts Hear Cost of County Sewage Disposal Engineer Vinton Bacon made a report to the boards of the eight sanitation districts of Orange county indicating the approximate amount of capital that the districts will have to raise in the February 28 bond elections to finance sewage disposal at a meeting last evening, Wednesday, December 22 in the court house Santa Ana. District 2 including Anaheim Orange, East Fullerton, Garden Grove, Brea, Yorba Linda and large north county acreage and districts 3 and 7 will vote only on a limited participation plan including cooperation on the cost of a main plan and outfall and would make their own arrangements for hooking up with the sewage disposal system. The report included the amount of money needed for main trunk lines, treatment plant and ocean outfall to serve all of th- Sacramento; Washington; Weather Involved in Solution of Orange County’s Critical Water Problem Legislative action in Sacramento and Washington; Metropolitan Water District decisions and an end to the four year drought in southern California are all seen as part of “a master plan” to solve the critical water problem that exists in Orange county. Interested county leaders and parties are hard at work on the first two parts of the “plan” and strongly hoping for the realization of the third. Eliminating the annual 12,000 acre foot overdraw on the underground supply is of primary concern and the reason for the Orange County Farm Bureau’s fostering a bill in the coming California legislature to increase the water district tax limit from 5 to 15 cents per $100 of assessment. Bureau leaders believe that such an increase would provide necessary funds for the purchase of 12,000 acre feet of water from the Metropolitan Water District thus doing away with the present dangerous overdraw. But the present $18 per acre foot price tag that Metropolitan has on its water makes such purchase almost out of the question, however at a meeting of the Anaheim Farm Center, A. J. Schutte of the Orange county bureau reported the “probability” of the price being cut to $12 per acre foot, putting the proposed purchase more within reach of the water district. Armstrong said. “The 25 percent tax on communications adds another $84,000 to the annual cost of doing business. Transportation and communication are not luxuries and the continuation of this discriminatory tax adds undue costs to producer, dealer and consumer alike.” Since the transportation tax is imposed on a straight 3 percent basis, it is discriminatory against western shippers who have a longer haul to the principal markets of the country, Armstrong said. The tax on California oranges is 40 percent higher than it is on oranges from Florida because of Florida’s shorter distance to market. Referring critically to the fact that the railroads are asking for another substantial freight increase on the heels of one recently granted, Armstrong suggested (Continued on Page 2) Recent state action requiring adequate sewage disposal in Orange county in order to prevent contamination of public beach was pointed out as making favorable acceptance of an acceptable county system almost mandatory. On March 28, the joint outfall sewer board is to appear before the state board of health and present evidence showing that provision will be made to prevent sewage in Orange county contaminating the beaches. Brakeman Need To be Determined By Commission An investigation on its own motion to determine the number brakemen that should be employed upon California railroad train has been ordered by the California Public Utilities Commission. A public hearing on the investigation will be held January next at 10 a.m. in the commission courtroom, state building, San Francisco, before Commission Kenneth Potter. The order instituting investigation cited the new amendment to the state labor code voted by the people at the last general election in which the commission was empowered “after hearing has upon its own motion or up complaint” to require “each commer carrier by railroad within the state of California to operate trains, with such number brakemen as are necessary to pr Aze with Nions Distinctive arrays of the county are to be man's new residential street in the 1700 homes are decorated William Burr have a on the roof of their animated by a flood light images colors and the and Mrs. A. S. Koch large wreath with a ville. Goodell's have their done up like a Christie and Vic Bouas has just about ready to on the chimney. Mr. this roof illuminated of lights and estimated around 500 feet of fire. Uet has a six-foot "cotman and his neighbors, Ms. M. L. Wilson have sandy cane in the front house. Captain J. Jung anger scene in the front and Mr. and Mrs. N. ued from Page 5) But the present $18 per acre foot price tag that Metropolitan has on its water makes such purchase almost out of the question, however at a meeting of the Anaheim Farm Center, A. J. Schutte of the Orange county bureau reported the "probability" of the price being cut to $12 per acre foot, putting the proposed purchase more within reach of the water district. Cost Estimated at $144,000 At $12 the cost of reducing the overdraw would be approximately $144,000 and some sources have expressed "doubt" as to whether the Orange county district could get authorization for this amount and feel that the probable purchase will be somewhere in the neighborhood of three or four thousand acre feet at a cost of around $36,000. Hinged with the reduction of the "draw" on the underground supply is a movement by some of the incorporated area in the county to be accepted as members of the Metropolitan water district despite rumors to the effect that the district will not accept any more areas until the dispute with Arizona over Colorado water is settled. But basing their action on a recent statement of Chairman Franklin Thomas of the MWD's water resources committee who said in his opinion the (Continued on Page 2) Fused admittance to the Metropolitan Water District by a vote of the board of directors indicating that new areas "would have a tough time" getting admitted. Blocking the area's bid for admittance was the Los Angeles delegation, controlling 50 per cent of the vote who despite the fact that Julian Hinds, general manager and chief engineer of MWD in reports has indicated that under full use by all member units, one-half of the Metropolitan water would still be unused as late as 1980, voted negatively on the petition. The Los Angeles group were firm in their conviction that the possibility of losing water rights to Arizona could not be ignored and that until the dispute was settled they could not agree to "giving away" water that they were not sure they had. Faced with a possible stalemate in industrial expansion due to lack of water in areas in Orange county which are now outside of the Metropolitan district—there have been recent attempts for these incorporated areas to jointly apply for admission but this recent reversal to Pomona and Ontario puts as one authoritative source said, "puts the skids to the whole deal." LICENSE TO WED A marriage license was obtained by John Lawrence Fisher and Evelyn Josephine Davies, both of Anaheim, at the county court house in Santa Ana late last week. Francisco, before Commission Kenneth Potter. The order instituting investment cited the new amendment to the state labor code voted by the people at the last general election in which the commission was empowered "after hearing hail upon its own motion or upon complaint" to require "each common carrier by railroad within the state of California to operate in trains, with such number brakemen as are necessary to promote the safety of its employees passengers and the public; provided, however, that the commission shall not require the employment of such number of brakemen will result in feather-bed practices." The formal order said that the hearing was requested in writing by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainsmen and Order of Railway Conductors. All railroad corporations operating in California were named as respondents to the order, and all interested parties were invited to appear. SUGAR AND SPICE Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Jarmo 519 South Janss street, Anaheim became the proud parents of baby daughter who arrived last Thursday at Fullerton General hospital. Ananeim Gazette Since 1870 1948 Twelve Pages No. 9 Districts Hear Test of County Sewage Disposal Heer Vinton Bacon made a to the boards of the eight on districts of Orange indicating the approximate of capital that the dis will have to raise in the day 28 bond elections to fi sewage disposal at a meet evening, Wednesday, De 22 in the court house in Ana. Act 2 including Anaheim, East Fullerton, Garden Brea, Yorba Linda and a north county acreage and 3 and 7 will vote only on need participation plan in cooperation on the cost of plan and outfall and will their own arrangements for up with the sewage dis- system. Report included the amount they needed for main trunk treatment plant and an outfall to serve all of the Gold Star Lapel Pins Available For Next-of-Kin Next-of-kin and other near relatives of servicemen who died while on active duty in World War II can now apply for Gold Star lapel buttons, according to Ben Liebermann, Orange county service officer. Application forms to be sent to the headquarters of the branch of service of which the deceased was a member are available in limited quantities at his office at 225 North Broadway, Santa Ana. The buttons are available without cost to those defined as "next of kin." This term includes: widow, widower, mother, father, stepmother, stepfather, and mother and father through adoption. Certain other relatives may obtain the buttons at a cost of about $1.50. This applies to sons, daughters, stepsons, stepdaughters, sons or daughters by adoption, brothers, sisters, half-brothers and half-sisters. Navel Sales Heavier During Past Week The strong holiday market on California navel oranges continued to hold steady during the week ending December 18. Total sales were almost 200 cars heavier than the preceding week and the f. o. b. average held firm at a satisfactory level. Contributing to the current California orange market were the excellent color and quality of navels from central-northern producing areas, plus the fact that supplies have not been excessive. Florida shipments during the past few weeks have out-numbered California's by almost three to one and while Florida's prices are better than a year ago, they are still at a very low level. Prorate on navels for the week beginning December 19 was again set at 450 cars from the Central-Northern producing area; unrestricted Arizona and southern California navels which will add East Fullerton, Garden Brea, Yorba Linda and a north county acreage and 3 and 7 will vote only on needed participation plan in cooperation on the cost of plan and outfall and will their own arrangements for up with the sewage dis- system. Report included the amount they needed for main trunk treatment plant and an outfall to serve all of the districts. From these estimate the amount to be sought in February bond elections will be. State action requiring the sewage disposal in Or- county in order to prevent limitation of public beaches noted out as making favor- acceptance of an acceptable system almost mandatory. March 28, the joint outfall board is to appear before the board of health and presidence showing that provision be made to prevent sew- Orange county contaminat- beaches. Civic Planning Commission Hears Variance Petitions The Civic Planning Commission at their regular meeting in the city hall, Monday afternoon, December 20 heard two petitions for variances—they recommended one for approval and the other for rejection. Receiving the recommendation for apprpoval by the commission was the petition of H. R. Peterson who requested permission to remodel a dwelling at 323 South Clementine street to provide two additional apartment rentals with kitchenettes. However the commission's recommendation was qualified in that Mr. Peterson would have to provide garage space for each unit. The commission acting on the grounds that extension of a business into a residential section is undesirable, recommended that the petition of Alice Case, 723 South Helena street to use the glass enclosed front porch of her residence for the purpose of teaching, displaying and selling accordions be denied. Both petitions will be received by the city council at their regular meeting, Tuesday evening, December 28. Presiding at the meeting was chairman W. D. Grafton. Members of the Civic Planning Commission present at the monthly meeting were A. C. Riutcel, R. R. Roehm, R. W. Mungall, J. E. Schumacher, Ralph Summers, E. P. Hapgood and George E. Holyoke, secretary pro tem. Amendments to Highway Act Of 1947 Opposed Any amendments to the Collier-Burns highway act of 1947 will be opposed by the County Supervisors Association of California, according to a report received by Committee on Transportation at Sacramento. The committee, meeting to review operation of the act, heard a report from supervisor Frank H. Mogle of San Bernardino county, chairman of the association's transportation committee. Mogle outlined highway development in the state's 58 counties under the act, which has increased apportionments to counties, centralized road construction, and resulted in general road improvement. The survey was conducted by the association's committee, Mogle said, and showed that in Orange county, road mileage approved by the state highway commission in 1947 totaled 904 miles, an increase of 565 from 1937. Estimated apportionment to the county under the Collier-Burns act for the year 1948-49 will reach $853,609, and expenditures will be $1,919,609. In the state as a whole, Mogle said, county road mileage now totals 64,356.84 miles as compared to 58,199.5 in 1937. Rural Life and Education Conference At Fullerton JC, January 13 to 15 Plans for the California State Department of Educa- tion's Conference on Rural Life and Education to be held at Fullerton Junior college, January 13 to 15 were being completed this week. Cooperating with the Department of Edu- Rural Life and Education Conference At Fullerton JC, January 13 to 15 Plans for the California State Department of Education’s Conference on Rural Life and Education to be held at Fullerton Junior college, January 13 to 15 were being completed this week. Cooperating with the Department of Education are other governmental, social, civic, educational and professional agencies. Dr. Roy E. Simpson, Superintendent of Public Instruction and director of education for California, announced the purposes of the conference this week. It is designed to provide opportunity to discuss the current scene in California with regard to the mobility and characteristics of the rural population; agriculture; rural-urban relationships; education of rural children, youth and adults; social and cultural opportunities in rural life; recreational opportunities for rural people; rural health and social service; rural life and government; conservation of natural resources; to determine needs which may be met by the co-operative efforts of the agencies involved in the conferences; to assist the department of education in determining policies regarding educational services for rural children, youth and adults. General sessions will discuss California’s concern for rural people, changing rural-urban relationships in American life, education of rural children and youth, and psychological interpretation of rural life for children, youth and adults. Workshops will be conducted in the following areas: The health and safety of rural people, social welfare and the rural population, the economic status of rural people, farm labor problems, social and cultural opportunities in rural areas, adequate public recreational opportunities in rural areas, the education of rural children, the education of rural youth, the education of rural adults, government and the needs of rural areas, conservation of natural resources. Between eight hundred and one thousand participants are expected for the conference. Plans for local arrangement are in charge of the following committee: T. Stanley Warburton, su- (Continued on Page 2)