anaheim-gazette 1952-04-04

Tom Shozi Gets Combat Award WITH THE 40TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN KOREA — PFC Tom F. Shozi of U. S. South, Western ave., Anaheim, Calif., has been awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, symbol of the front line fighting man, while with the 40th Infantry Division in Korea. The badge shows a miniature Revolutionary war flintlock rifle mounted against a blue rectangle. A silver wreath extends across the bottom and up the sides of the badge. The 40th, from Southern California, was the first National Guard division to arrive overseas after the start of the Korean war. The unit trained for 16 months in Japan before it was committed to Korea in January. kill APHIS the EASY WAY with... ISOTOX Garden Spray If you have aphids in your garden (everybody does) your best control is Isotox Garden Spray. Isotox also kills many other troublesome garden pests such as Thrips, Earwigs, Japanese Beetles, Box Elder Bugs and many others. Its active ingredient, Lindane, is quickly toxic and packs a wallop that lasts for several days. For easiest application use the handy SPRAY-ETTE Sprayer—makes spraying easy as watering. ORTHO ROY L. KIRK LANDSCAPE NURSERY Across from Post Office 129 W. Broadway—Anaheim 5108 We Give S&H Green Stamps JUDAS TREES—The European (above) and American "red bud" (below) Judas Trees (Leguminosae Caesalpinae) shown in the two pictures are both Anaheim trees, the European in the yard of W. E. McCracken at 1201 W. Broadway, the other on the north wall of La Palma park stadium. Legend has it that Judas hanged himself from an ancestor of these trees and that, i.e., shame, the tree has blossomed before bearing leaves ever since. The Europan type has lavender blossoms, while the "red bud" is of a deeper more purplish hue.—(Gazette photos by Kreidt) Building Takes Upward Trend Heavy building activities during the past week sent the total valuations for the unincorporated territory of Orange county to $716,106, largest in several months, according to records of County Building Inspector Charles Donohue. Anaheim area building permits totaled $40,620 for the week, including a $21,000 residence, for Gene Condra at 10695 Euclid a $9600 residence for John DeGennaro at 7792 Louise st., $9120 residence for J. R. Joslin 9581 Webster st., and $900 in m cellaneous permits. BONEBRAKE TRIAL Trial of Gerald Harvey Born brake, 21, of Laguna Beach, a charge of murdering his friend Richard Vincent Shaw, 20, l Dec. 23, was at recess for week-end today, and will be sumed Monday. 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Young F: Hammatt may have felt the same way at one time, but, if he did, he's worked out a solution that permits him to retain his good humor while working all day as a Los Angeles Recreation department playground director, then get home to 11356 Orangewood ave., Anaheim, and enjoy his family of three kids: Maryanne, AUHS sophomore, Bill, 11, and Gerry, 8. The same might be said of Mrs. Hammatt, the former Lucinda Dumke of Anaheim, who is a substitute teacher for the county school system. Five full days of work at an East Los Angeles playground, plus two nights per week as an evening class instructor, plus the time consumed driving back and forth evidently proved to be too little activity for the energetic Hammatt, so he acquired a busi- Y. F. HAMMATT (Father and Founder) cepted a position with the Los Angeles Recreation department. In 1935, Hammatt helped organize the national recreational fraternity — Pi Sigma Epsilon — whose professional membership works over recreational problems of all sorts. At present, he is president of District 10 of the California Recreation Society. For four years Hammatt has been leader of the Katella Farmers 4-H club. During World War II, Hammatt served in the San Diego hospital, working on the rehabilitation of injured sailors. "We moved in on those guys shortly after they hit the hospital," Hammatt explained, "and started them out on in-bed calisthenics. We stayed with them un- BILLY HAMMATT (Catching Sky-Pie) ness enterprise all of his own to operate on the side. Hammatt and Sons is the firm name that identifies a game manufacturing business composed of Hammatt and the two boys, Bill and Gerry. The youngsters got in on the company when the Hammatts decided to use money saved for the boys' education to finance the purchase of the business. At present, Hammatt and Sons makes cues for shuffleboard, both backyard and regulation sizes, for which Hammatt holds the patent. He also holds patents on shuffleboard discs which are poured elsewhere by a plastics firm. On the distribution end of the business, the Hammatt firm sells a Sky-Pie game, a flying seucer version of the ancient "Diabolo" game; carroms, which some may recognize more readily by the name "Crokinole"; "20 to 2", a naval table game; shuffleboard; and aerial tennis, which is an outdoor version of badminton—it's played with a wooden paddle and the shuttlecock has a hard rubber nose plus replaceable feathers. Hammatt's background rates as strictly American. His ancestors missed the Mayflower by 20 years For four years Hammatt has been leader of the Katella Farmers 4-H club. During World War II, Hammatt served in the San Diego hospital, working on the rehabilitation of injured sailors. "We moved in on those guys shortly after they hit the hospital," Hammatt explained, "and started them out on in-bed calisthenics. We stayed with them until they left the hospital, and, although they hated the exercises, the program was responsible for cutting their sojourns in half and for reducing the come-back cases by 80 per cent." When asked how he felt about spending the lion's share of his life with kids, Hammatt replied, "Well, I don't intend to change jobs, so I guess that kind of answers that question." He related one story that illustrates the sort of mettle needed by a recreation director on LA's Eastside: During the "zoot-suit" era after the war, I caught a zooter shooting craps in the school gymnasium. I took his dice and 15 cents away from him, then locked him in a boys' toilet, while I went GERRY HAMMATT (XL Topper) to call police. Before the police came, I was called to another section of the playground to quell a fight. Several hours later I remembered the kid in the toilet. GERRY HAMMATT (XL Topper) to call police. Before the police came, I was called to another section of the playground to quell a fight. Several hours later I remembered the kid in the toilet, so called the cops, to see if they had picked him up. "Are you sure you have a boy locked up there?" the cops wanted to know. "Sure, he's there," I replied. "You'd better take a look," they advised. "So, I went to the restroom, and, sure enough, no one was in it. Screws holding a window screen in place had been removed from the outside by confederates and the boy was gone. The fight must have been started to decoy me away from the toilet. "The pay-off came later, though," Hammatt explained. "I went down to the PD, and do you know what that kid had done? He had turned me in for taking his dice and 15 cents!" Order Earlv for Easter Azaleas Cyclamen — Hydrangeas Paladum and many other potted plants GIFT WRAPPED We Give and Redeem GOLD BOND STAMPS BOTTS NURSERY LANDSCAPE CONTRACTOR 1228 Lincoln Anaheim 5450 Maj. Howard I. Lukens Assigned To Duty at Fort Monroe, Va. FORT MONROE, Va. — Maj. Howard I. Lukens, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Lukens of Anaheim, Calif., has reported for duty at Fort Monroe after returning from Korea, Gen. Mark W. Clark, Chief of Army Field Forces, has announced. The major, whose wife is the former Lois St. John of Los Angeles, has been assigned to the G3 (training) section of the office, Chief of Army Field Forces. OCAFF is the organization which is responsible for the state of training and combat readiness of individuals and units of the Army. Major Lukens was graduated from Anaheim Union High school in 1936. He also attended the University of California at Berkeley, from 1936 to 1940, and was graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics. While in Korea Major Lukens was the Eighth Army's assistant aviation officer. He participated in five campaigns while there, directing operations for the Army's Aviation Section which deploys light aircraft for observation over enemy lines, artillery spotting, and numerous other duties. In addition to service ribbons, he is entitled to wear the Silver Star, the Bronze Star Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal, and the Purple Heart. During World War II he served in the Asiatic-Pacific theater as an infantry officer. He has attended the Infantry Officers' course at Fort Lee, Va. Prior to his Korean assignment in 1950 he was an instructor in air training at Fort Sill, Okla. Mrs. Lukens is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. St. John of Los Angeles. A brother of the major, John E. Lukens, lives at Cypress, Calif., while another brother, Maj. Loren P. Lukens, is currently serving with the 40th Division of the California National Guard in Korea. If You Drive! Don't Drink Carpeting Asphalt Tile Venetian Blinds This column is prepared by the editors of THE FAMILY HANDYMAN MAGAZINE as a service to home owners. If you have any questions or problems relating to your own home, please address a letter stating your problem to THE FAMILY HANDYMAN, 211 East 37th Street, New York, New York, Attention of News Syndicate Editor. If the question has wide spread appeal in the opinion of the editors, it will be printed with the correct operations for the Army's Aviation Section which deploys light aircraft for observation over enemy lines, artillery spotting, and numerous other duties. In addition to service ribbons, he is entitled to wear the Silver Star, the Bronze Star Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal, and the Purple Heart. During World War II he served in the Asiatic-Pacific theater as an infantry officer. He has attended the Infantry Officers' course at Fort Lee, Va. Prior to his Korean assignment in 1950 he was an instructor in air training at Fort Sill, Okla. Mrs. Lukens is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. St. John of Los Angeles. A brother of the major, John E. Lukens, lives at Cypress, Calif., while another brother, Maj. Loren P. Lukens, is currently serving with the 40th Division of the California National Guard in Korea. If You Drive! Don't Drink This column is prepared by the editors of THE FAMILY HANDYMAN MAGAZINE at a service to home owners. If you have any questions or problems relating to your own home, please address a letter, stating your problem to THE FAMILY HANDYMAN, 211 East 37th Street, New York, New York, Attention of News Syndicate Editor. If the question has wide spread appeal in the opinion of the editors, it will be printed with the answer in this column at a later date. However, we cannot undertake to enter into detailed correspondence with everyone. LAST DAYS! NO REASONABLE OFFERS REFUSED! 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