anaheim-gazette 1951-03-06

'Over the Back Fence' Visits Philadelphia BY ANITA ROBERTSON Gazette's roving photographer and I hit a section of town yesterday that is steeped in some of Anaheim's oldest tradition. The two families we interviewed both live on S. Philadelphia st. and have lived here since Anaheim was a dusty, clapboard town springing from the midst of the desert. The first stop was at 208, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Holman. Mrs. Holman has lived here since 1900 and Mr. Holman can recite anecdotes from 1880 and before. The two of us and the two year old red cocker spaniel, "Dreamy Ann" sat on the service porch, while Mrs. Holman industriously applied herself to ironing and bringing up subjects to get Mr. Holman started on incidents that he himself had almost forgotten. He recalled the story of the burning down of old Central school that he used to attend. It used to be right on the same location of the present George Washington school. "Around the year 1904-05 people were really celebrating, they used to do a lot of it, because it was the 4th of July and fireworks were shooting all over. There was a crowd of people around the school, watching the roman candles shoot into the air, when one of them exploded and the fire fragments fell into the branches of an old pepper tree next to the two story building. Everything started blazing and everyone was having a fine time. Someone called the fire department but they didn't do any good. "In the early 1900's there were three or four hundred Chinese in town. Most of them lived right around the corner from what is now Shipkey and Pearson, on Chartres, off of Los Angeles st.—that was called 'Old Chinatown.'" "One of the most picturesque of these Chinese was old 'Ah Foo.' He was one of the first in town to own a bicycle and he rode it all over the place. And when he rode it, he attached all his possessions to it, his alarm clock, his money in a tin can and everything else except his clothes. One night a bunch of boys in town got together and robbed 'Ah Foo.'" The local landscape was quite a bit different than it is now. In the early 1900's surrounding resort plaza, the Dell Campo was a big, two-story, elaborate affair with a wooden veranda mingling all around the building, cated where the present E. A. Beta stands. A lively-stable situated where the alley behind Hadley's is now. In a day when the town was loaded with salmon and no loose dollar that everyone was ed, there was one man in touch that would furn a customer if he had had enough. Ben Reused to work in the saloon owner and operated by Napoleon Hadday and he said that Napoleon would never let a man drive more than he could hold. Mrs. Holman told me about old jailhouse and she laughs She said that compared with one we have now it was common It was a one room; wooden shrimped windows, one door and caged on Chartres. As she described it I pictured it to look like little jail at Knott's Ghost Truck. The Holman's have seven dren. They all live almost wholly calling distance, either in Anah or near-by towns. They have grandsons. Mr. Holman is retired now. NEW REALTOR L. F. Buchanan, a veteran of 25 years in the Mt. Vernon, Wash., real estate business, recently moved to Anaheim and has joined the Del Jackson Real Estate office at 130 S. Los Angeles st. Buchanan, his wife and their grandson, Terry, are living at 8051 Ventura st., in Freeway Park. He is a past president of Mt. Vernon Kiwanis club and is also past commander of the American Legion post there. The ancient Indians in the southwestern part of what is now the United States built the first American apartment houses, some of them containing 1200 rooms. Anaheim was mostly cactus, willows, lots of water and green grass, knee high, and poplar trees grew all along Lemon and Center St., and there were cows in almost every lot. The Santa Ana river branched into a sand wash just north of Anaheim, where the alcohol plant is now. There was a bridge over it. The bridge is gone now and the wash has been filled in. Where the Valencia Hotel now stands there used to be another hotel, the old Commercial hotel back in the 1880's, with a regular beer garden in the back of the building. 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Sold on a strict money-back guarantee: You'll feel great after the first few bottles you take on your money back. Trial size, $1.25; large family economy size, $3.50. Zlemer added that this policy discrimination against your workers who may be drafted enter the armed forces, iswing extreme hardships on individuals and their families may be called upon to sacrificeto much in the defense of country. Zlemer politiced out many of these men will never called into service because family obligations or status, and he stated that the responsibility of all empliers within the community to use abilities of this segment of labor force to the fullest posextent. Employers who have no discriminatory policies are not to contact the Veterans Employment representative at the California Department of Emmentation, telephone Anaheim and list their job openings with local office in order that referrals of these persons may made. Young men who have resistance in obtaining employment by reason of eligibility the draft, or military service likewise urged to contact nearest office of the CaliDepartment of Employment possible referral to one or many job openings now listed. According to Navajo legal large sandstone formation in western New Mexico called rock" was once really a shrink which ancestors of the Indian rived in that country. Philadelphia Street a day when the town was filled with saloons and the dollar that everyone wanted there was one man in town who would furn a customer out and had enough. Ben Rees tried to work in the saloon owned by Napoleon Hart, he said that Napoleon would never let a man drink more than he could hold. S. Holman told me about the jailhouse and she laughed at that compared with the one room wooden shack and windows, one door and looms on Chartres. As she described it to look like the jail at Knott's Ghost Town, S. Holman's have seven children. They all live almost within distance, either in Anaheim near-by towns. They have two sons. S. Holman is retired now and keeps abreast of the times with her work in the Red Cross. Incidentally, she planned to work on the current fund drive that evening. She is also active in the Melpodist church, in the blood bank, helps with the eunice and disaster defense, and says that it is impossible for her to say "no" when asked to help in a task. This is the kind of family which forms the backbone of our community. Next door in the Holman's, at 202 S. Philadelphia, is the home of 85 year old Bird Beebe. This gentleman is the 'roving type.' He has been married four times and been in more businesses than you could count on your fingers. On Thanksgiving Day in 1894 he arrived in Anaheim, traveling all the way from Minnesota on the old Santa Fe train. His first wife had died less than a year after he had married her and he decided to go west. Shortly after arriving here his wife's parents followed him and they went into business together, opening Anaheim's first candy kitchen. He chuckled as he recalled the day his print digged: little auht-in-law bounced into town, regrettably losing most of her dignity, on the hard seats of the untamed street car which had to ride from one end town to the other. Holman's have seven children and he decided to go west. Shortly after arriving here his wife's parents followed him and they went into business together, opening Anaheim's first candy kitchen. He chuckled as he recalled the day his print dignified. BIRD BEEBE untamed street car which had to ride from one end town to the other. WHY DO OUR Why bother? Why not "let George do it"? We have got to do our best—each of us—because it's the honest and patriotic thing to do; and because it's the smart thing to do. To work effectively for our own selfish interests of tomorrow, we must each be unselfish in this crisis today. We have got to quit jockeying with each other for individual advantage. We must all join in the fight for what we all want—the fight to be able to have and to hold the great Why bother? Why not "let George do it"? We have got to do our best—each of us—because it's the honest and patriotic thing to do; and because it's the smart thing to do. To work effectively for our own selfish interests of tomorrow, we must each be unselfish in this crisis today. We have got to quit jockeying with each other for individual advantage. We must all join in the fight for what we all want—the fight to be able to have and to hold the great things we now possess and the even greater things in store for us in the future. How do we each do our part—and do our level best at it? First, we must get used to the fact that some of the things we want most have gone to war. The new car, the new suit, the bigger house may be examples. But there will still be plenty left; and soon again even a whole lot more, if each does his part now. Second, we must put forth our full skill, care and effort on our job—both at work and at being a good citizen. Third, while businesses and individuals will generally be getting paid more for their services, we must understand that this extra pay will not have the buying power we are likely, first off, to think it should have. In fact, Uncle Sam must and will get back most or all of any extra pay, either by taxing or by borrowing. Borrowing, of course, causes inflation—and thereby takes away the buying power of our pay just like direct taxes do—and almost as soon. Some of the cost of the defense effort will be paid through the higher income taxes collected directly from each of us by died if I hadn't been so damn mean." Then he decided to go into the bicycle and implement business and did so. In 1913 he traded it off for a ranch in the San Joaquin valley. He found he had 160 acres, 20 cows, between 200-300 hogs, and 40 acres of alfalfa. At the time the situation was getting strained because of the war and he had to manage the whole business by himself. At the same time he owned three other ranches in other localities, all together about 1000 acres of land. Then he decided that farming wasn't for him. So he auctioned off the livestock and walked out. His next move was into the real estate business back here in Anaheim. But he claims that he has been retired most of the time since the ranching episode. He never has quite "recovered" from it. When he came back to Anaheim he moved into the house his father-in-law had purchased 45 years ago, from the builder, Dominic Jordon. He has two children, a boy and a girl, who live in Los Angeles. I walked out of Mr. Beebe's home with memories of the past still clinging. It was an afternoon well spent. BIRD BEEBE named street car which she d to ride from one end of own to the other. After a while he came down with typhoid fever, Mr. Beebe recalled, "and I probably would have He has two children, a boy and a girl, who live in Los Angeles. I walked out of Mr. Beebe's home with memories of the past still clinging. It was an afternoon well spent. Y DO OUR BEST? use it's the the smart tomorrow, individual that we all the government. But we are also each going to pay for some more of the defense effort indirectly—through higher taxes which the government has asked business concerns to collect from all of us in higher prices. Business concerns will be permitted to charge prices that— on the surface—might seem highly profitable. But business profits are a prime source of government income. First, "renegotiation" takes any abnormal profits for Uncle Sam. Then, if just present proposals go through, "normal" corporate taxes will take away over half what's left. Next, the the government. But we are also each going to pay for some more of the defense effort indirectly—through higher taxes which the government has asked business concerns to collect from all of us in higher prices. Business concerns will be permitted to charge prices that—on the surface—might seem highly profitable. But business profits are a prime source of government income. First, “re-negotiation” takes any abnormal profits for Uncle Sam. Then, if just present proposals go through, “normal” corporate taxes will take away over half what’s left. Next, the government will be able to take up to 85% of any profit the law calls “excess”—pretty much regardless of growth or other reasons for such increased earnings. Finally, what is paid to people who invest their savings in business is taxed again as individual income—at rates up to 91%. It seems too bad we have to do all this—as well as some temporary self-denial—along with our working, saving and promotion of confidence and cooperation in this crisis. But it’s not really bad—it’s good. It means that we have the knowledge and skill, the equipment and capacity, the character and strength of will to supply ourselves and others with needed war power and still keep a level of living that seems luxurious to those beyond our shores. It means we are capable of taking a little time out from our customary growth to eliminate a threat to our well-being—and, soon thereby, to resume at an even faster rate our progress toward a common material and spiritual well-being. That’s why we must—each of us—strive to do our best. That’s why we can’t safely “let George do it” unless we are sure that George is you and I and every American who wants to enjoy—and wants to deserve to enjoy—the future that lies open to us.