anaheim-gazette 1951-05-07

18 Anaheim Gazette MONDAY, MAY 20TH ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA Fluor Construction Executives Reside in Anaheim Robert L. Merrick, general manager of engineering and construction, an Anaheim resident who lives at 426 W. Alberta st. W. P. Downey, co-manager of construction, who has been recovering from a lengthy illness at his home, 817 N. Clementine. John G. Marshall, newly hired manager of engineering resides at 150 Evelyn dr., helm. The Fluor Corporation, Ltd., engineering manufacturers and constructors, which celebrated its 60th anniversary last fall, has long been identified with the industrial life of Orange county and has many local residents employed at the home office of the concern now located at 2500 S. Atlantic blvd. Moving to Anaheim from Santa Ana in 1929, the company established a storage equipment yard on Highway 101 at the outskirts of the city. Construction equipment was warehoused and maintained there until 1940 when Fluor moved to its present 27-acre location in Los Angeles. At present 18 Fluor employees live in Anaheim, including Robert engineering and construction, W. P. Downey, co-manager of construction, and John Marshall, manager of engineering. Other local residents employed by the company include L. W. Daigle, Stewart Dunlap, L. A. Fabian, D. E. Fergus, C. M. Freeman, J. C. Hannah, A. B. Hayden, J. A. Langford, F. W. Lee, R. D. Martin, F. D. Mejia, Dorothy Mejia, J. W. Moore, Mary F. Oestrich, and R. M. Olsen. Fluor has contributed greatly to the industrial growth of this area and has constructed many business buildings and plants for the petroleum and gas industries in Southern California. The new home of Golden Citrus Juices, Inc., located in nearby Fullerton was Fluor's initial contribution manufacturing in Southern California was the Buddah tower, introduced in 1922; the magic of the Fluor board also came the A-muller which eliminated from huge compressor engines. At the present time Fluor is panding its activities to meet needs of incoming business in war emergency. One new engineering building was erected at the home office last year, and a second is now construction and will be reoccupancy this summer. Activities have also been made company to occupy a new building in Houston, Texas. Moving to Anaheim from Santa Ana in 1929, the company established a storage equipment yard on Highway 101 at the outskirts of the city. Construction equipment was warehoused and maintained there until 1940 when Fluor moved to its present 27-acre location in Los Angeles. At present 18 Fluor employees live in Anaheim, including Robert L. Merrick, general manager of Langford, F. W. Lee, R. D. Martin, F. D. Mejia, Dorothy Mejia, J. W. Moore, Mary F. Oestrich, and R. M. Olsen. Fluor has contributed greatly to the industrial growth of this area and has constructed many business buildings and plants for the petroleum and gas industries in Southern California. The new home of Golden Citrus Juices, Inc., located in nearby Fullerton was a result of Fluor engineering. OWN THE LOVELIEST STERLING IN YOUR CITY Wild Rose IN INTERNATIONAL STERLING Breath-taking in its loveliness, International Sterling's "Wild Rose" pattern is an exquisite example of beauty and workmanship. Visit us and see for yourself the jewel-like perfection of this dazzling latest sterling pattern in both flatware and holloware. You'll want to own it. KENDRICK'S JEWELRY CO. 155 W. Center St.—Phone Anaheim 4403 UNACCUSTOMED AS HE LETHBRIDGE, Alta. Alderman here coined a word cently when he suggested Mayor L. S. Turcotte is called on too frequently to at civic and public function seems the city is suffering Mayoritis," the alderman said. KENDRICK'S JEWELRY CO. 155 W. Center St.—Phone Anaheim 4403 OIL ...the MAGIC LIFE LINE of PROGRESS and PROSPER Brought to you by TROUTMAN & SCHOLZ Distributors of HARBOR GASOLIN Quaker State Motor Oil Goodrich T 501 South Olive Street Anaheim Pho Valencia Is Delicious and Profitable From Writings of The Late Charles C. Chapman California has improved, standardized and popularized the two best known varieties of the orange. Today the Washington navel and the valencia are recognized as the most delicious and profitable citrus fruits grown. Attempts have been made to introduce other varieties, but so far, without success. These two varieties possess the very qualities essential to make the growing of citrus fruits commercially profitable. The trees seem well adapted to our climate. They are consistent bearers when properly cared for, and produce both quality and quantity of fruit of desirable size and sufficiently hardy to be readily marketed. These varieties have not only popularized Southern California as an ideal orange district, but have proven profitable to thousands of growers and have done much to increase the wealth of the golden state. While it may not be necessary, or perhaps good taste for me to state which of the two varieties is the better, yet as I am requested to write about the valencia, and thus to give my opinion as to its relative value with other varieties, and also as I am often referred to as the "father" of the valencia industry, I am constrained to state that I regard the valencia as the superior. Since the valencia orange was introduced in California some 65 years ago, it has risen to great prominence and is now generally recognized as the foremost orange grown anywhere in the world. Its development in both acreage and culture has been phenomenal, and today it is the variety commonly set out in new groves by progressive citrus growers. The variety now known as the valencia orange was first noted in England, having been taken there from the Azores by a land grant. Gave them the name of Valencia Lates, after a Province of Old Spain. About the year 1880, a decade after their first introduction in the United States, buds from these Valencia trees were taken into Orange county. The fame of this county has now spread so widely, and its connection with the Valencia orange has been so close, that Orange county is now the recognized home of the Valencia orange. The valencia is the best keeping orange grown, both on the tree and after it has been picked. It can be held on the tree for six months after its majority without any deterioration in quality. Its wonderful keeping quality on the tree thus gives the Valencia a long marketing season, making it a great favorite with growers. The Valencia also has rare keeping qualities after it has been taken from the tree. With ordinary care in picking and packing, it will keep for many weeks. In fact, it has a tendency to shrivel and the rind to roughen rather than decay. The marketing season of the Valencia is very long in comparison to other varieties, for it extends from April to November. This season includes the warm At the present time fluor is expanding its activities to meet the needs of incoming business resulting from private industry and the war emergency. One new $400,000 engineering building was completed at the home office last November, and a second is now under construction and will be ready for occupancy this summer. Arrangements have also been made for the company to occupy a new office building in Houston, Texas, with construction beginning this month. Other Fluor offices include complete piping and fabrication shops on Paola, Kans., and sales offices in San Francisco, Kansas City, New York, Boston, Pittsburgh, Pulaa, Chicago and Birmingham. Karl Reinhard (Continued from Page 17) Experience proved to be just the background Curtis Airplane and Motor Company of Garden City, New York, was looking for, and he worked with them until he returned to Germany in 1930 to visit his parents. Reinhard returned to his adopted land in 1931 and from that time worked on airplanes with such companies as Chance-Voight, Siorsky and Consolidated. In 1936 he took a Civil Service examination and joined the U.S. Naval Air Station, North Island, San Diego, as a metal smith. It was here that he first met his associate, Adolf Schoepe. He left the Naval Air Station in 1942 and with Schoepe entered the repair business and also served as an instructor in aviation fleet metal at the San Diego educational school. Later, he went to Avion, Inc., and in 1945, with Schoepe, acquired the business that today is wikset Locks, Inc. NACCUSTOMED AS HE IS LETHBRIDGE, Alta. (AP)—An alderman here coined a word recently when he suggested that mayor L. S. Turcotte is being led on too frequently to speak civic and public functions. "It means the city is suffering from yoyoritis," the alderman said. Its development in both acreage and culture has been phenomenal, and today it is the variety commonly set out in new groves by progressive citrus growers. The variety now known as the valencia orange was first noted in England, having been taken there from the Azores by a leading nurseryman early in the second half of the 19th century. For several years he carefully nurtured his few tender stocks, keeping them in a specially constructed glass house. He called them by the name Excelsior. In the year 1870 some of these trees were brought to Long Island, where they were also kept in a hothouse. Realizing that this orange demanded a warm sunny climate similar to that of its original home in the Azores, a Mr. Parton took a few of the trees from Long Island to Florida. Here they were planted and propagated by a Mr. Hart, receiving their new name, Hart's Tardiff, from him. Several years of experiments with these trees, however, yielded little result in improving the quality of the Orange, although considerable acreage was set out. There was soon a rather large number of trees of this variety in Florida. About this time A. B. Chapman of Lamanda Park, California, went to Florida for some nursery stock and unintentionally purchased some Valencias, which he set out on his ranch. As he had no knowledge of this new kind of orange, which had hitherto not reached the Pacific Coast, he supposed that he was getting the navel orange that had become popular in California. But after receiving the trees, he soon discovered that a mistake had been made by someone and that he possessed a variety of orange unknown to California. However, he accepted his fate, not attempting to rectify the error. Although he knew the trees were not navels, he did not know their correct name, and upon the suggestion of a Spanish employee, The marketing season of the Valencia is very long in comparison to other varieties; for it extends from April to November. This season includes the warm summer months, when as a luxurious fruit it is both attractive and wholesome. Another characteristic of the Valencia that has made it extremely popular during the last few years is the abundance of rich juice it contains. The drinking of orange juice is today becoming a habit with many people, and no variety will yield so much rich, invigorating juice as the Valencia. This quality has done much to make this orange known throughout the world. NACCUSTOMED AS HE IS LETHBRIDGE, Alta. 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