anaheim-gazette 1950-11-27

ANAHEIM GAZETTE Published afternoons, Monday through Friday, at 259 East Center, Anaheim, California. Phone Anaheim 2206. Entered as second-class matter at the Anaheim, California, Postoffice on June 5, 1879, under the Act of March 3, 1879. The Gazette is a member of the Associated Press, the National Editorial Association, and California Newspaper Publishers Association. All rights herein are reserved. Subscriptions: 50c per month by carrier or $5 per year by carrier or mail. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS—The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all the local news printed in this newspaper as well as all A.P. news dispatches. THEODORE B. KUCHEL Publisher MAX BEULER Assistant Publisher WILLIARD GREGORY Editor ERNEST BEYER Assistant Editor MYLES BRAULEY Picture Editor NEIL STANLEY Advertising Manager G.E. MELLEN Assistant Advertising Manager MARY ROULAND Assistant Advertising Manager RALPH POULAND Classified Advertising Manager Holiday greetings... Sifting through the mail the other day our attention was drawn to a press release from the National Association of Greeting Card Publishers which tells the story of the Christmas card. Maybe you would like to know something of the history of the cards you receive during the Christmas season as well as the modern innovations which have been introduced into holiday greetings. So, herewith, is the story of the Christmas card: When William Maw Egley, the engraver's apprentice, created the membering friends and loved ones Mr. and Mrs. America have a decided preference for the Christmas symbols which carry their greetings in a simple direct manner. Second, the survey revealed a tremendous upsurge in the popularity of truly reverent Christmas cards. Historically, Christmas cards carrying scenes reflecting the true spirit of the Holy Season were not introduced until many years after the first Christmas card was created. And for a long time, the so- Card Publishers which tells the story of the Christmas card. Maybe you would like to know something of the history of the cards you receive during the Christmas season as well as the modern innovations which have been introduced into holiday greetings. So, herewith, is the story of the Christmas card: When William Maw Egley, the engraver's apprentice, created the first Christmas card in a London garret in 1842, he had no inkling that just over 100 years later over one and a half billion cards would be exchanged in the United States alone. This means that nearly 50 million Christmas cards will be mailed every day in the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve, 1950. Strangely enough, the Christmas card idea was not very well received when it was introduced to the English people back in 1842. In fact, the traditional exchange of holiday greetings did not become popular at all until the 1860's and it was not until 1975 that the first American Christmas cards were offered to the public by Louis Prang, the lithographer, craftsman of Roxbury, Mass. Since 1875, the sending of Christmas cards has become a vital part of the annual Christmas celebration to a point where over 25,000 different designs were created this year to meet the demand for Christmas cards of every description. Recently, the National Association of Greeting Card Publishers made a survey of representative Christmas card lines for 1950 and came up with some interesting conclusions. First, they found that the traditional Christmas symbols are far and away the most popular. For instance, the five leading design motifs, holly and poinsettia, winter scenes, bold Merry Christmas Titles, Christmas candle illustrations and Santa Claus himself, clearly show that when re- Christmas symbols which carry their greetings in a simple direct manner. Second, the survey revealed a tremendous upsurge in the popularity of truly reverent Christmas cards. Historically, Christmas cards carrying scenes reflecting the true spirit of the Holy Season were not introduced until many years after the first Christmas card was created. And for a long time, the so-called religious Christmas greetings were used by a very limited number of people. In recent years, however, paralleling the general upsurge in religious activity, the association's survey shows that to meet the growing demand for Christmas cards portraying the Biblical narrative of the first Christmas, nearly 300 million religious Christmas greetings have been produced for the coming holiday season. The third result from the survey was evidence of an entirely new trend in what might be termed novelty and whimsical Christmas cards. The Christmas card designers have vied with one another to come up with Christmas card creations that sometimes border on the fantastic. Such new ideas as cards with sound effects, movable gadgets and special construction to permit hanging on Christmas trees bring a refreshing new note to the 1950 Christmas card picture. A fourth highlight of the survey showed that folks who wish to select just the right card for friends or relatives will have a much greater choice this year. It used to be that the "special title" classification was limited to members of the family such as mother, sister, father and so on but now demand from Christmas card senders has widened the variety of special purpose cards to include "Merry Christmas to the Boss," to the milkman, to your doctor, to the postman and even to mother-in-law. Her card reads: "Merry Christmas to the Mother of the One I Love the Best." IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO From the Files of the Anglican Gazette By MRS. HENRY RUGHEL had all arrived, the bridge groom were on hand but Fri Stoetters, the Catholic priest this point, could not make trip, and in dire straits, Grim sloved to hire a conveyance boat to get to Anaheim at hazards. He found a livery man sufficient courage to tackle job, and a start was made. Assumed guests bade the couple fond adieu. Several ticks the driver wanted to turn back but Grim wouldn't have it. A ring at Miraflores the Santa train was observed to be waved on the track. A perennial flood ran across the country, and the driver was positive he go no further. Grim insisted the carriage and its occupants absolutely swam a mile or more before reaching the city line after which the trip was without mishap. The priest hunted up and a quiet wed IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO From the Files of the Anaheim Gazette By MRS. HENRY RUCHEL 75 Years Ago There is a close alliance between Rain and Rheumatism. The following shipments were made from the Anaheim depot yesterday: 3 sks. pop corn, 8 half barrels wine, 26 pipes wine, 2 sacks walnuts, 1 coop chickens, 1 box nuts for San Francisco. Total weight 4830 lbs. One and one-fourth inches of rain fell on Wednesday. We have had three and one-half inches this month. Mr. Joseph Jordan made complaint before Judge Clark yesterday against one Aleck Welch, for threats to do bodily harm to the plaintiff. Undersheriff Mitchell was busy yesterday serving papers on the squatters in the Lomas de Santiago rancho. Wartenberg has succeeded in recovering four of his stolen horses. Chas. A. Gardner is now a resident of St. Helena, Napa county. When you go to Los Angeles look out for the sewers. Several persons have fallen into those man-traps lately and been severely bruised. Not since the year 1867 has the land been blessed with such a propitious rainfall. Fourteen families of squatters have moved to the Lomas de Santiago ranch. Mr. P. Hilton has leased the Palos Verde rancho and is now moving his flocks thither. Our streets yesterday, were beautifully diversified with lakes, rivers and ponds. In some sections the boating was good. Jose Maria Porta had his foot cut off by the Spadra train on Thursday. 50 Years Ago Speaking of wet weather, Mr. Grim said on Monday evening that he recalled the winter of 11 years ago, which was a very wet one, because he had to come to Anaheim to get married when the waters were at their highest. The wedding had been arranged to occur at the home of the bride in Santa Ana: The wedding guests 25 Years Ago The Girls League canned Orange county held their convention at Santa Ana Wednesday. Cuba Carner, president of the league presided. Trom from Anaheim attending the convention were Cuba Carner, Ernie Heyne, Ellen Gibbs, Winni Beebe, and Mrs. Watson, adv The church of Divine Schule has purchased property on New Philadelphia street and will shortly erect a temple of work thereon. Harry Macres, proprietor of Colonial Sweet Shoppe, last week received a shipment of carriages imported from Austria, Germany Holland and Russia. This is first shipment of foreign swans ever received in Anaheim, composed of hard candies from Vienna and Budapest, chocolate coated cherries filled with Muscatel and Vermuth worms from Berlin and chocolate nanas and apples from Dresser. Mr. Macres said this morning he had an extensive demand these sweets to be used at for dinners and social gatherings having handled the line 17 yrs in New York City decided to reproduce it here. WASHINGTON — This column recently revealed that seven ships, now carrying American troops across the Atlantic and Pacific, are equipped with unsafe boat gear. Further investigation has now uncovered that, in addition to this, the fire-detecting extinguishing and alarm systems are also below the minimum safety standards set by the U.S. Coast Guard. It should be noted that U.S. Coast Guard standards are high, many foreign luxury lines do not conform to them. Nevertheless, ships carrying U.S. boats should. Furthermore, the steel bulkheads on these troopships are uninsulated and uncovered, pose a fire hazard in case of nearing; the ventilation system doesn't shut off automatically in case of fire but would cone to fan the flames; and the electrical equipment in the hostels and battery rooms is subject to explosion. This column has also learned, in addition to the seven ships previously named, that others are in the same condition. Meanwhile it remains suspect that illegal Russian-type vessels are drifting in far East waters as an added threat to navigation. SNOWBOUND KOREAN WINTER PEACE presente equipment, it takes the ship's power from the engine room to swing the davits out in safe time. However, this central power from the engineroom frequently fails in case of a bad hit by a mine or submarine. A Navy spokesman, interviewed on these deficiencies, claims they are not as serious as they sound. He pointed out that as long as the ships are crammed with troops, the GI's can detect a fire and spread the alarm without an approved Coast Guard detection and alarm system. He also stated that Coast Guard standards are unusually high, so that even foreign luxury liners cannot pass their inspection. Note—Most U.S. tourists don't realize it, but when they sail on these foreign luxury liners they are taking greater chances than on American commercial passenger vessels. Brannan Plan Fued Friends say that Allan Kline, hard-working boss of the American Farm Bureau Federation, is feathered up like a barnyard rooster over his latest snub by the White House. When Kline requested an appointment with President Truman, the president agreed, but only on the condition the Kline's bitter enemy, Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan, accompany him to the White House. When Kline got this message, he exploded: "Truman and the White House will freeze over before I go over there with that guy Brannan." The president did some exploding himself when he learned about the farm leader's angry response. Colony Quips Under the date of September 16, 1950, Mr. F. W. Turner, secretary and manager of the Consolidated Orange Growers, sent a letter out to his growers in which he encloses copies of letters written to the publisher of the Anaheim Gazette. Mr. Turner's letter to his growers says in part: "The article in question is only one of many defamatory statements appearing in this publication during the past several weeks." From this statement it would seem that Mr. Turner had never read any of these article or was just trying to make a little "good medicine" for his growers, perhaps with the intention of getting his growers mind's off of "poor returns." The letter would be very hard to justify on any other terms. The letters to this writer, copies of which Mr. Turner sent along with his blurb, as justification for it, concerned themselves with six (6) lines in one of the columns appearing in the Gazette. For just about the past year this column, "Colony Quips", has appeared in almost every issue of the Gazette. And for the past few months has been almost entirely concerned with the orange industry and the California Fruit Growers Exchange, of which the red to, in the trade, as the er fruit" contract. And it was "cheaper the California valence down the river. Mr. at the time, paying as low a ton, net on the tree oranges to Florida grow average to Florida grit the equal of our lencias was $72 a ton, tree, in the growers' po Exchange's contract with Maid only said, in column, that if the should reach $50 a ton packing house, then 11 was not obligated to more of our concentrate a further specification; the price should be on contained 120 pounds solids per ton. Until just the last weeks the Exchange price for 120 pounds was $45 a ton, at the house, which is close to on the tree. Less than the Florida grower avowed fruit. Why did not Mr. Turner that sort of business to ers who employ him? He says our article clear demonstration of tremes to which some p go in their effort to fun own selfish interests." Our only interest is ter business methods sale of California or Turner gets his person ests mixed up with the growers, it seems to us. 25 Years Ago The Girls League cabnets of large county held their first convention at Santa Ana Wednesdays evening. Cuba Carner, presi- ding of the league presided. Those Anaheim attending the con- sion were Cuba Carner, Ember Loee, Ellen Gibbs, Winifred Rie, and Mrs. Watson, adviser. The church of Divine Science purchased property on North Philadelphia street and will short- rect a temple of worship soon. Berry Macres, proprietor of Ye Special Sweet Shoppe, last week loved a shipment of candies sent from Austria, Germany, and Russia. This is the shipment of foreign sweets received in Anaheim, it is closed of hard candies from Asia and Budapest, choco-coated cherries filled with nutel and Vermuth wines in Berlin and chocolate ba- cakes and apples from Dresden. Macres said this morning that had an extensive demand for sweets to be used at formal bars and social gatherings and handled the line 17 years New York City decided to in- ce it here. When Kline got this message, he exploded: "Truman and the White House will freeze over before I go over there with that guy Brannan." The president did some exploding himself when he learned about the farm leader's angry response and is reported to have told aides: "I didn't want to see the S. O. B. anyway." Headlines and Headaches Most Cabinet officers wouldn't dare try it, but Secretary of Defense Marshall appointed Anna Rosenberg as assistant secretary without checking with the president. Truman would fire any other cabineteer who did this—but not Marshall . . . The Russians are reported building a fleet of revolutionary midget submarines. Displacing only 300 tons, the tiny subs will be operated by four-man Russian crews. Russian shipyards are reported tooling up to turn them out by the thousands. . . Secretary for Air Finletter, just back from an inspection tour of Alaska, was shocked at the tar-paper shacks which house military families. He will ask for $26,000,000 for Eilson Air Base and $15,000,000 for Ladd Air Base to improve living conditions . . . The FBI has such a load of loyalty investigations that agents have been threatened with transfers unless they work overtime. J. Edgar Hoover, who works long hours himself, has warned that the Gmen will have to work overtime without pay . . . U. S. Ambassador Bruce reports from Paris that Charles DeGaulle is making a strong comeback in French politics because of tremendous French unrest over defeats in Indo-China. Many prominent politicians are turning to De Gaulle as the min who can lead France to victory both in Indo-China and Europe. For just about the past year this column, "Colony Quips", has appeared in almost every issue of the Gazette. And for the past few months has been almost entirely concerned with the orange industry and the California Fruit Growers Exchange, of which the writer is a member and is also still on the board of directors of an Exchange packing house. Six lines out of thousands that have appeared in the same column. In these lines we reported to our readers that someone had told us about some frozen orange concentrate which had been turned down by the customer and had been dumped over at EOP in Ontario. OEP's Finley says this is not so and we believe him. Neither did we put this down as a fact, but only as a report to us. This has been the smallest point made in this column. No grower would think even twice about a spoiled batch of concentrate juice. We would wager it has happened in every plant in the country. Do we need to say "except in EOP" for Mr. Turner's benefit? Last fall the Exchange signed a contract with Minute Maid which has, to say the least, caused a lot of talk. The Gazette announced the signing exclusively in California after Mr. Fox, president of Minute Maid, went home to Florida and bragged how cheap he had bought fruit in California. The contract since has been refer- unrest over defeats in Indo-China. Many prominent politicians are turning to De Gaulle as the min who can lead France to victory both in Indo-China and Europe. Tot's Jumper Set Heaters Aid Wind Jammers In citrus orchards where wind machines are used for frost protection the addition of a new heater per acre provides better protection than where no supplemental heating is practiced. This is the conclusion of Jarold E. Wahlberg, county director of the University of California Agricultural Extension Service, in a survey report on the efficiency of wind machines under Orange county conditions. From three to 50 supplementary heaters per acre were used in sixteen orchards. Heaters were fired only on nights of lowest minimum temperatures, usually below 26 degrees. Comparisons of fruit grades showed the orchards using 10 to 12 supplemental heaters had the best results. Their production breakdown was: 58.2 per cent first grade, 3.2 per cent second grade, 7.7 per cent orchard run, and 30.8 per cent culls and by-products. Production of orchards using wind machines alone was: 35.2 per cent first grade, 14.1 per cent second grade, 4.1 per cent orchard run, and 46.6 per cent culls and by-products. In another part of the survey 19 orchards protected by wind machines showed better production results than 19 unprotected Here is an adorable little jumper for girls of two to six that is cut on simple-to-sew princess lines. To wear with it is the dainty collared plouse that buttons down the back. Barbara Bell sew-rite perforated pattern No. 1220 is designed for sizes 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 years. Size 3 jumper requires 1¼ yards of 39-inch fabric; plouse, 1¼ yards. For this pattern, send 25 cents plus 5 cents for first-class mailing, in coins, your name, address, pattern number and size wanted to Barbara Bell, Anaheim Gazette, 307 W. Adams St., Chicago 6. Ill. The Rev. Curtis Beach, Pasadena—"We have learned that science tells how the universe came to be and how it operates—while religion tells us why." TEMPORARY STAY IS 40 YEARS DOWNS, Ill., (P)—When Dr. E. C. Williams came to Downs 49 years ago, he was going "to make some money and go back to Bloomington." But he stayed. To show how they feel, the 300 residents of Downs held a party in the high school gymnasium to honor the practicing physician. SLICE OF HAM Ferns and Pineapples Ferns and Pineapples Popular pineapple and fern motifs combine to create this enchanting 17½ inch centerpiece. Crochet it in either sparkling white or subtle ecru to grace your table. 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