anaheim-gazette 1953-04-16

IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO From the Files of Anaheim Gazette By MRS. HENRY KUCHEL 75 Years Ago The contractor on the Newport wagon road reports that the San Bernardino road is about completed and "in two months he will have it extended through Los Angeles county." Frank Ey has been appointed agent for the San Francisco Chronicle and Call. The Literary Society of Orange in conjunction with the Literary Society of Anaheim, will give an entertainment at Kroeger's hall on Thursday evening. The entertainment will consist of tableaux, recitations and music. A hot oyster supper will be provided and the funds collected will be devoted to the benefit of St. Michael's Episcopal church. We have very often written in favor of patronizing home merchants and home industry, and against the suicidal practice of sending away from home for articles which is the custom of many otherwise sensible people. We take the position that if one owns property in a place and intends to be a lifelong resident it is working against his own interests to refuse his patronage to his home merchants, even if his charges are a few cents higher than those of some larger and distant place. In this connection there is a matter to which we direct the attention of our town trustees. We have a town government which is supported by taxes paid by the citizens and by licenses collected they ever got along without it. During the high tides of last week the summer home of Chas. Hargett at the Landing was washed away and that of Tim Cardell was raised from its foundation and moved several feet. Henry Knapke of Oxnard, who is an old Anaheim boy and a nephew of Joseph and Ferdinand Backs was a visitor in town last week. 25 Years Ago Another check artist made a small stake by floating a worthless piece of paper Saturday. The check which was for $15, was signed by Louis O. Long and was passed at the Viva Jane shop. A burglar was foiled in an attempt to enter the home of D. V. Russell on Rose st. Saturday night. He cut out the screen, but failed to open the inner door. He probably got cold feet and ran away as he made no attempt to gain entrance through a window. Miss Frieda Janss was the charming hostess at a bridge party at her home on Friday evening in honor of her birthday anniversary. Those present besides the hostess were Dr. and Mrs Janss, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Janss, Mrs. Nellie C. Terry, Mrs. H. P. Campbell and Mrs. J. C. Wallace. George M. Holstein, prominent contractor of Newport Beach, has been appointed general chairman of the Episcopal advancement fund campaign in Orange county and the Long Beach area comprising the Long Beach convocation of the diocese of Los Angeles. Simultaneous with Holstein appointment, was the naming of Gaybert B. Little, Long Beach as special gifts chairman; Mr Frank J. Beggs, Long Beach chairman of the woman's committee, and the Rev. Paul M. Wheeler, Newport Beach, clerical chairman for the campaign in the Long Beach convocation. Serving on the campaign organization committee for southern Los Angeles and Orange counties, I addition to the chairman names are Dr. Kennth W. Taber, Orange Merton A. Albee, Palos Verdes Harry Harper, Torrance; Herbert Fenn, E. Ray Webb and the Rev F. C. Benson Belliss, Long Beach the Rev John R. Bill, San Pedro; the Rev. Robert T. Stella Compton; the Rev. Albert E. Jerkins, Whittier, and the Very Rev John K. Saville, dean of the Long Beach convocation. The committee is rallying delegates from the 27 Episcopal parishes and missions in this area for the special session of the 588 annual convention of the diocese April 16 in St. Paul's cathedral. The trustees propose to improve and grade the streets and in other ways make the town attractive. This is well. As the place is made more attractive, people will be drawn to it and business will naturally increase, and thus the merchants—the heavy taxpayers—will be reimbursed for their outlays. But what we especially desire to impress upon her trustees is that they are bound to protect their customers, the merchants They should not permit cheap John auctions men to set up shop within the town limits and peddle their worthless wares in opposition to one taxpaying town—sustaining merchants without compelling these nomads to pay a good sound sum for the previlege. We think they should pass an ordinance to this effect. It will be but justice. It would make but little difference how heavy the license is made. In fact the heavier the better. The cheap John men would pay it, and the town treasury would be the gainer. A jackass rabbit found its way into Kroeger's hall on Thursday after breaking several panes of glass, he found his way to Center st., when he was chased by a pack of dogs. He escaped out of town unharmed. At a meeting of the town trustees held yesterday Tim Boege was authorized to continue the grading of Center st. beginning Tuesday. The delinquent tax list was ordered advertised according to law, and the marshal was ordered to report on the number of dog license issued the past year with a view to collecting the same this year. 50 Years Ago Delos Morton has disposed of his ranch to H. Williams, a recent arrival from the cast. W. C. Evans got cold feet and ran away as he made no attempt to gain entrance through a window. Miss Frieda Janss was the charming hostess at a bridge party at her home on Friday evening in honor of her birthday anniversary. Those present besides the hostess were Dr. and Mrs Janss, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Janss, Mrs. Nellie C. Terry, Mrs. H. P. Campbell and Mrs. J. C. Wallace. Miss Emma Pfeninger who was seriously injured when she was run down by an automobile, died last week in the Fullerton hospital, having never regained consciousness. Miss Pfeninger had been in Los Angeles with her brother attending some business. She came home alone on a stage and alighted from the stage in front of her home on Spadra rd. While crossing the road to her home she was struck by a car driven by a man named Mr. Colla. She was taken to the hospital where it was found her skull was fractured. Her brother was summoned from Los Angeles and was soon at her bedside, but she never regained consciousness. Miss Pfeninger was a member of one of the prominent old-time families in this section, having resided here 39 years. We have to record another fine shower of rain as occurring on Tuesday and Wednesday. One-fourth of an inch fell. Total for the season, 6 7/8 inches. The recent storms have deepened the Wilmington channel and now there is a depth of 10½ feet at extremely low feet. A meeting in regard to the petition to bond the Anaheim school district for the purpose of building a new school house will be held today. Local Fishing Outlook Good Irvine lake in Orange county will open for fishing April 2 according to the outing bureau of the Automobile club of Southern California. Live bait will not be permitted this year. The lake will be open seven days a week for angling. Several good catches of crappie and bluegill were made during the week at Lake Sherwood. Some bass were taken, according to the outing bureau. Best results were made on surface plugs and popping bugs. Angling has been good at two San Diego county fishing spots—Lakes Wohlford and Herrshaw. Several catches of an crappie were taken at Henshaf on live bait and plugs. At Wohlford crappie, catfish and perch fishing were good, with some bass taken- 50 Years Ago Delos Morton has disposed of his ranch to H. Williams, a recent arrival from the east. W. C. Eyman, the real estate man negotiated the deal. The residence of Sam Kraemer in Placentia was wholly destroyed by fire on Tuesday evening between 7 and 8 o'clock. The family had finished supper and Mrs. Kraemer started to put one of the children to bed. Upon opening the bedroom door she was met by a flash of flame, and with incredible rapidity the fire enveloped the whole house so rapidly that the only articles saved were a piano and a folding bed. There was no stove or lamp in the bedroom where the fire originated and its origin is a mystery. The fact that a number of tramps had been hanging around the place in the afternoon leads to the supposition that they may have fired the house. A theatre party composed of Misses Jessie and Winifred Metrose, Miss Zelma Bailey, Fred Backs and Fritz Yungbluth went to Los Angeles, Saturday, to see Ward and James, in "Franciscu de Rimini." An all-night service is promised by the local telephone officials, if the patronage of the office can be brought up to 100. An active canvas is being made to that end, with every prospect of success. People who have got along quite well without a telephone in their place of business or at home are not apt to appreciate the convenience or usefulness of the little instrument, but having tried it once, they seem to begin to wonder how Family Handyman Question: Can you tell me of a way to build a brick house so that the brick will not show white streaks of lime? Also, how soon after building can the brick be waterproofed? Answer: This efflorescence is caused by a salt in the brick mortar and the brick clay itself, and comes to the surface from moisture within the well or behind it. It may be scrubbed off periodically, or rinsed off with murastic acid solution. If the wall is waterproofed one to two months after building, there should be no trouble from this deposit since no moisture will be able to enter or leave the bricks. Question: My poured concrete foundation has developed a crack on the outside only above ground level, yet during a driving rain, water enters the cellar where the floor joins the wall. There are no visible cracks inside. I have had many suggestions on how to repair this, no two alike. Can you help with this problem? Answer: First of all, mend the crack by filling with calking compound, or waterproofed cement. Then, if trouble persists, cut a groove along the floor next to the wall, running the grove about 2 feet to each side of the leak, and fill this groove with waterproofed cement. Question: Since I am putting in a power workshop on my uneven basement floor, I am putting in a wood floor. I plan using silted ashes beneath the floor for sound deadening. The floor is dry, the ground well drained. I have been told not to use this ash as it will tend to draw moisture up out of the concrete and rot the wood. In this correct? Answer: Just to be sure there will be no such trouble, you might paint the floor with roofing asphalt or a masonry sealer paint before putting in the ashes. With no seepage to contend with, this will prevent any other water penetration. Question: I wish to insulate my unfinished attic with four-inch thick fiberglass or rockwool vapor sealed insulation between rafters. I have been warned against doing this because of the danger of preventing a free circulation of air under the roof boards. Your decision would be appreciated. Answer: There is nothing wrong with your plan of insulating. There will be a sufficient air circulation between the insulation and the roof boards, and these materials themselves are loose and permit the passage of air unless wet. Labor Disputes Caused Loss in 1952 in California Labor-management disputes: California caused more mandates of idleness in 1952 than in the year since 1946. Paul Scharrberg, director of industrial relations, announced today. Scharrberg observed that mandays in the nation as a whole were also the highest of any year since 1946. Work stoppages in California suited in 4,410,000 mandates of idleness during 1952. This is more than 3½ times the 1,215,000 days reported for 1951, but at 38 per cent lower than the 083,000 mandates Idle in 1946. Stoppages in the construct industry contributed 2,107 mandates or nearly half of total time lost last year. Stoppages in two of California's craft plants added another 400 mandays. California's portion of the nationwide steel strike account for 454,000 mandays, or about per cent, of the total mandays lost in 1952. Altogether, at 30 per cent of the mandays resulted from stoppages which involved work in other states as well as California. Major stoppages and these, in addition to the strike, were the Pacific coast strike. Who got the most from Who got the most from our customer's dollar? The employees? NO! In wages, salaries and benefits, our employees received 14% out of every dollar paid in by Union Oil customers during 1952. Our payroll, including benefits, totaled $50% million. Divided among our 8,756 employees, this amounted to an average of $5,810 per person. The employees? NO! In wages, salaries and benefits, our employees received 14% out of every dollar paid in by Union Oil customers during 1952. Our payroll, including benefits, totaled $50% million. Divided among our 8,756 employees, this amounted to an average of $5,810 per person. UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA INCORPORATED IN CALIFORNIA, OCTOBER 17, 1890 This series, sponsored by the people of Union Oil Company, is dedicated American business functions. We hope you'll feel free to send have to offer. Write: The President, Union Oil Company, Union Oil Manufacturers of Royal Triton, the amazing purple motor oil Moor Disputes Cause Heavy Man-Day Loss in 1952 in California Plants Moor-management disputes in California caused more mandays than in any since 1946. Paul Scharren, director of industrial relations announced today. Scharren observed that mandays lost the nation as a whole were the highest of any year since work stoppages in California re-occurred in 1952. This is more than 3½ times the 1,215,000 man-reported for 1951, but about one cent lower than the 0,000 mandays idle in 1946. Work stoppages in the construction industry contributed 2,107,000 days or nearly half of the time lost last year. Stoppages in two of California's air-plants added another 444,000 days. California's portion of the naval steel strike accounted for 54,000 mandays, or about 10 percent of the total mandays in 1952. Altogether, about one cent of the mandays lost California resulted from work stops which involved workers in states as well as Cali-major stoppages among in addition to the steel were the Pacific coast sailors' strike, the western states Greyhound bus stoppage, the Western Union and Western Electric disputes. The number of work stoppages beginning last year, 217, was the same as in 1951. They involved 233,500 workers compared with 98,500 in 1951. The number of workers idled in 1940 was 258,000. Two electric guitars were stolen from the unlocked room of James R. Duncan at the Palm Motor courts, 1101 N Palm st., Anaheim, last week. Duncan's guitar, valued at $300, was missing and one belonging to a friend, Billy Oran Ware, Long Beach, valued at $250, was also stolen. Cases and sound boxes for both instruments were also missing. The famed Dixieland jazz was born at New Orleans funerals, says the National Geographic Society. ST. 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Of this amount, our preferred and common shareowners received 3⅓% per customer dollar. Total dividends paid to our 40,302 owners of common shares averaged $261.34 per person. The remaining profits of 4⅓% per customer dollar had to be returned to the business to help pay for replacement of worn-out equipment and necessary expansion required by the West's greatly accelerated demand for petroleum products. The tax collectors? YES! The federal, state and local tax collectors got 18⅓% of every dollar paid in by Union Oil customers. In other words, they got more than five times as much as the owners of the business and one quarter more than Union Oil employees. The remaining 58⅓% of the customer's dollar was divided among the many costs of doing business: raw materials, transportation; interest on borrowed money; and wear and tear of facilities and exhaustion of oil and gas reserves. To sum it up—1952 was the best sales year in our 62-year history. 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