anaheim-gazette 1953-12-24

OBLONG VIEWS (From an Egg-Shaped Head) BY WALDO HUNTER, P.S.B. Rev. Robert R. Washer, pastor of the Garden Grove First Methodist church, recently wrote in his church bulletin an article which carries an important message at the Christmas season. It is here-with reprinted: "All of us are perturbed; displeased by the sacrilegious way in which the Soviet propaganda agency has rewritten the story of the Birth of Christ to be circulated among children. "The Soviet version reads: 'Once upon a time there was a couple so poor they had no roof over their heads. Wherever they asked for shelter the Capitalist lords drove them away. Their first son was born in a stall and they wrapped him in rags and placed him in a manger. Next day shepherds came to the newborn babe with gifts and a message from Russia: In Russia children grow up in freedom because there is no starvation, privation or unemployment. Then Joseph, the unemployed worker asked the shepherds how they found them. Whereupon the shepherds answered that a red star led them to their assistance. Then the poverty stricken couple prepared for the road. The shepherds wrapped the baby in fur and they all set out for the Soviet paradise." Rev. Washer gets his point across quite well, but I would have been tempted to add just one more twist to the story: "And the propaganda ministry said that when..." RECEIVING A PLEDGE for $25,000 for the St. Jude Hospital Building Fund on behalf of Knott's Berry Farm Buena Park is David C. Diebold (left), auditor for the fund. Making the presentation is Russell Knott (center) and at right is E. B. Buster, co-chairman of the Manufacturers Committee for the fund group. All gifts from manufacturers and businesses are accepted by Mr. Buster's committee. The goal from all sources for the drive is $750,000 which will provide a centrally situated $2,000,000 hospital. Building Plans Told for Proposed St. Jude Hospital The fund raising committee for the proposed St. Jude hospital which will serve northern Orange county, has outlined the floor plan of the $2,000,000 establishment. The building will be T shaped of reinforced concrete. It will be fire and earthquake resistant. Approximately 60,000 square feet of floor space will be contained in the four floors and a ground floor. Plans call for expansion to at least 200 beds as needs demand. Surgery will be on the second story where 35 beds will be installed and three major operating rooms, one minor surgery room, a fracture room and facilities for storage and sterilization of supplies. The maternity department, to be located on the third floor, will have at least 21 beds. The nursery will be divided into units containing not more than 12 bassinets each, with examination and treatment and nurses work rooms adjoining, but separate from the nurseries. A separate nursery will be for observation of the newborn when advisable. A premature baby unit will provide complete equipment necessary for the early arrivals: Three delivery rooms will be in the obstetrical area. The fourth floor will have at least 34 beds for general medical care. Features available will include air conditioned operating room piped oxygen to all patient rooms, nurseries, operating a delivery room; emergency generator with automatic transfer case of power failure, modern laboratory to serve the entire hospital, and the latest diagnostic and X-ray equipment. The St. Jude fundraising committee has set a goal of $750,000 to be raised in communities Northern Orange county. The staffers of St. Joseph of Orange, who operate St. Joseph hospital, have pledged another $750,000 and have applied for a grant of $500,000 from the Federal Hill-Burton fund. The proposed hospital will be built on an 18-acre site in Sunny Hills, Fullerton. Local Red Cross Executive Feted Mrs. Kathryn Wheeler, retiring executive secretary of Anaheim Chapter of Red Cross after eight years of service, was honored by members of the executive board at a recent informal gathering at chapter headquarters on N. West street. Appreciation for her work was expressed by Chapter Chairman Joe Thompson, and farewell gift of luggage and a traveling iron was presented by Mrs. Robert P Clark. Ellixir of Whooperee 1 fifth sloe gin. 1½ pint sour cream. 3 eggs. No cinnamon. ½ grated chestnut. 1 eviscerated dormouse. 1 gill dry vermouth. 2 dashes sarsparilla. ½ jeroboam cheap tokay, filtered through old coffee sack. 1 quart of Old Norwalk aged-in the woods whiskey. Preparation: Mix this all up, let it stand in earthen jar for eight hours, throw the whole mess out and take the family to a drive-in theatre. To all of you who have had the stern courage to read these rantings and ravings during the past year: a most joyous Christmas and a New Year. Mother Colony Tax Exempt Wm. G. Walker, secretary of the Mother Colony Hospital Association, has announced that the Department of Internal Revenue has issued a Tax Exemption order for the association. This means that all donations made this year will be deductible from income taxes in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code. This tax matter was successfully handled by Mr. Norval T. Ulvested. Red Cross Calls for Volunteer Workers Mrs. Robert P. Clark, production chairman of the Anaheim Red Cross, has announced that more volunteer workers are needed to meet the current sewing and knitting quota. Work may be done at Chapter headquarters or at home. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — PFC Herm V. Fisher, of Buena Park, Calif., is a member of the 7th Cavalry Regiment's football team which won runner-up honors in the 1st Cavalry Division's recently completed football season on Hokkaido, Japan. Son of C. H Fisher, 6682 Heiland st., he entered the Army in August 1952 and was stationed at Fort Ord, Calif., before arriving overseas last February. Slayer of Girl to Appeal Court Ruling An immediate appeal will be filed in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of William F. (Billy) Rupp, convicted slayer of a 15-year-old Yorba Linda baby sitter, who seeks to upset the death sentence pronounced for the Aug. 19, 1952 killing. The appeal will be filed over the ruling by Dist. Judge George B. Harris who denied a writ of habeas corpus to Rupp. A. J. Zirpoll of San Francisco, who was appointed in federal court to represent Rupp in the current action, said he would decide what course to follow in connection with the California Supreme Court. Judge Harris, who issued a stay of execution to save Rupp from the gas chamber last month, ruled this week that Rupp had exhausted all his remedies in the state courts. His ruling set forth: "This processing should not be regarded as an intrusive attempt on the part of the U.S. District Court to review mere asserted errors of law or irregularities committed by the state court... Rather, the basic problem is: Was petitioner Rupp afforded the fundamental fairness essential to the very concept of justice?" Ocean Outfall Line Nearing Completion With all but 100 feet of line laid on the 7,000-foot ocean outfall for Orange county, the job may be completed this week, according to General Manager Lee Nelson of the Orange County Sanitation Districts. A special 78-inch pipe for the remaining 100 feet is being manufactured and delivery is expected this week. The Healy-Tibbs Construction Co. of San Francisco contractors Told for Hospital Conditioned operating rooms, oxygen to all patients nurseries, operating and y rooms; emergency genwith automatic transfer in power failure, modern labto serve the entire hosand the latest diagnostic ray equipment. St. Jude fund raising comhas set a goal of $750,000 raised in communities of Orange County. The SiSt. Joseph of Orange, who St. Joseph hospital, have another $750,000 and have for a grant of $500,000 Federal Hill-Burton fund. proposed hospital will be an 18-acre site in Sunny Fullerton. Al Red Cross Executive Fetd Kathryn Wheeler, retiring secretary of Anaheim of Red Cross after eight service, was honored by us of the executive board cent informal gathering at headquarters on N. West Creation for her work was by Chapter Chairman Jimpson, and farewell gifts age and a traveling iron presented by Mrs. Robert P. Anaheim Jaycees Schedule Dances For Teenagers Starting New Year's Eve, the Anaheim Junior Chamber of Commerce is inaugurating a teen-age dance to be held weekly at 135% W. Center. Proceeds from these dances will be used to promote youth activities in Anaheim. Highlight of the opening dance will be the Northrop 10-piece orchestra which ranks with many professional bands in quality. Hours for this opening dance will be from 9 p.m., to 1 a.m. A police matron has been secured in compliance with city ordinances. Admission will be 50 cents per person. Soft drinks and food will be available at the snack bar—a feature considered indispensable among the teen-agers. The dances will be open only to local high school students with one guest per student permissible. The dance hall will be available for this week that Rupp had exhausted all his remedies in the state courts. His ruling set forth: "This processing should not be regarded as an intrusive attempt on the part of the U.S. District Court to review mere assertions of law or irregularities committed by the state court... Rather, the basic problem is: Was petitioner Rupp afforded the fundamental fairness essential to the very concept of justice? At this stage of processing, however, it appears that petitioner has available to him an adequate state remedy on habeas corpus which has not been exhausted." Rupp's sole defense to the admitted fatal shooting of the baby sitter was that he had a damaged brain condition which prevented him from forming an intent to commit murder. He was convicted and found sane in Superior Court after confessing that he shot the girl to death as she was fleeing from his advances after he hit her over the head with a hammer. Rupp's family failed in an appeal to Gov. Goodwin Knight, for a stay of execution or commutation of sentence, but Judge Harris set aside the scheduled death in the gas chamber to hear the motion for a writ of habeas corpus. Anaheim Jaycees Schedule Dances For Teenagers Starting New Year's Eve, the Anaheim Junior Chamber of Commerce is inaugurating a teen-age dance to be held weekly at 135% W. Center. Proceeds from these dances will be used to promote youth activities in Anaheim. Highlight of the opening dance will be the Northrop 10-piece orchestra which ranks with many professional bands in quality. Hours for this opening dance will be from 9 p.m., to 1 a.m. A police matron has been secured in compliance with city ordinances. Admission will be 50 cents per person. Soft drinks and food will be available at the snack bar—a feature considered indispensable among the teen-aggers. The dances will be open only to local high school students with one guest per student permissible. The dance hall will be available for this week that Rupp had exhausted all his remedies in the state courts. His ruling set forth: "This processing should not be regarded as an intrusive attempt on the part of the U.S. District Court to review mere assertions of law or irregularities committed by the state court... Rather, the basic problem is: Was petitioner Rupp afforded the fundamental fairness essential to the very concept of justice? At this stage of processing, however, it appears that petitioner has available to him an adequate state remedy on habeas corpus which has not been exhausted." Rupp's sole defense to the admitted fatal shooting of the baby sitter was that he had a damaged brain condition which prevented him from forming an intent to commit murder. He was convicted and found sane in Superior Court after confessing that he shot the girl to death as she was fleeing from his advances after he hit her over the head with a hammer. Rupp's family failed in an appeal to Gov. Goodwin Knight, for a stay of execution or commutation of sentence, but Judge Harris set aside the scheduled death in the gas chamber to hear the motion for a writ of habeas corpus. Anaheim Jaycees Schedule Dances For Teenagers Starting New Year's Eve, the Anaheim Junior Chamber of Commerce is inaugurating a teen-age dance to be held weekly at 135% W. Center. Proceeds from these dances will be used to promote youth activities in Anaheim. Highlight of the opening dance will be the Northrop 10-piece orchestra which ranks with many professional bands in quality. Hours for this opening dance will be from 9 p.m., to 1 a.m. A police matron has been secured in compliance with city ordinances. Admission will be 50 cents per person. Soft drinks and food will be available at the snack bar—a feature considered indispensable among the teen-aggers. The dances will be open only to local high school students with one guest per student permissible. The dance hall will be available for this week that Rupp had exhausted all his remedies in the state courts. His ruling set forth: "This processing should not be regarded as an intrusive attempt on the part of the U.S. District Court to review mere assertions of law or irregularities committed by the state court... Rather, the basic problem is: Was petitioner Rupp afforded the fundamental fairness essential to the very concept of justice? At this stage of processing, however, it appears that petitioner has available to him an adequate state remedy on habeas corpus which has not been exhausted." Rupp's sole defense to the admitted fatal shooting of the baby sitter was that he had a damaged brain condition which prevented him from forming an intent to commit murder. He was convicted and found sane in Superior Court after confessing that he shot the girl to death as she was fleeing from his advances after he hit her over the head with a hammer. Rupp's family failed in an appeal to Gov. Goodwin Knight, for a stay of execution or commutation of sentence, but Judge Harris set aside the scheduled death in the gas chamber to hear the motion for a writ of habeas corpus. George M. Mattis Dies Monday A resident of Anaheim 41 years, George M. Mattis, 84, of 861 S. Palm, passed away Dec. 21. A native of Chester, Pa., he is survived by his wife Marv Ann; four sons, Dr. George E. Mattis, Whit- State's Polio Aid Country's Largest SACRAMENTO—California has received more emergency polio aid than any other state in the nation, according to a study revealed today by the state office of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Since the formation of the National Foundation in 1938, $6,404,890 in emergency aid has gone to California chapters with Minnesota second highest, receiving $5,741,640 in emergency aid. These figures do not include money spent on patient research or education. Twenty-six More in '54 National figures compiled by the Foundation indicate that by the end of 1953, the March of Dimes will be in debt in excess of six million dollars through providing patient care for victims of current and previous polio epidemics. In addition, the polio prevention project to be launched in 1954 will require an additional twenty-six million dollars. The combined needs of patient care, research, education and polio prevention is estimated to cost seventy-five million dollars in the coming year. George M. Mattis Dies Monday A resident of Anaheim 41 years, George M. Mattis, 84, of 861 S. Palm, passed away Dec. 21. A native of Chester, Pa., he is survived by his wife Marv Ann; four sons, Dr. George E. Mattis, Whitier, Michael C., Bakersfield, James J., Anaheim and John M. of Great Neck, Long Island. N.Y.; four daughters, Mrs. J. B. Nugent, Bakersfield, Mrs. Sarah Orr, Montebello, Mrs. Clementine Roberts, Anaheim and Mrs. Frances Robb, Redondo Beach; 20 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Recital of Holy Rosary was given in Backs, Campbell and Kaulbars chanel, Tuesday eve, at 8 o'clock. Mass was held Wednesday at 9:00 a.m., in St. Boniface church. Interment was in Holy Sepulchre cemetery. Woman Feted On 94th Birthday Mrs. Mary L. Goble of 316 E. Broadway, celebrated her 94th birthday in fine style on Thursday as she was feted by members of the Townsend club who have named her honorary mother of their organization. The birthday party was held in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Rasmussen, 722 N. Philadelphia street. As friends gathered to congratulate Mrs. Goble, Myrna Demerall played the accordian, and a lovely decorated cake with one candle was presented. Mrs. Goble who says she has weighed less than 100 pounds all her life, has three sons, 14 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and two great, great grand children. Mayor Charles Pearson of Alhomel and Thomas G. Myers, vice president of U.S. Motors. Crews of workmen were hand to start excavations for the first unit of the giant project which should be completed by no June, according to Mr. Pflega. This first unit, he stated, will employ about 500 skilled workers but when the entire plant is eventually completed, upwards of 4,000 workers will be employed and from seven to eight million dollars will have been invested. At the luncheon, Clyde Cromwell of Anaheim was Toastmaster, produced by Richard Gay, president of Anaheim Chamber of Commerce. Mayor Pearson welcomed U.S. Motors to Orange County expressing the good wishes of a civic and county departments and assuring closest cooperation. Chas. E. Wilson, retired vice president of Worthington Pump and Machinery Company, spoke of the high standing of U.S. Motors, revealing that the concern is considered one of the four leading electrical motor builders in America. Favored Orange County Site "After surveying many locations we are very well pleased with an selection of Orange County for our third major plant," stated Pflega. "Aircraft motors will be the first products turned out in Orange County, used in large aircraft." "We will manufacture in Orange County, when final buildings are erected, a complete line of AC motors up to 500 horsepower. We are the leading manufacturer of motors for water development for irrigation and municipal water works. Included Varidrives for variable speeds. Synco gears which are internally-geared for low slow speeds, explosion-proof types, as well as holloshaft gear drives for irrigation pumps in non-elec- TO ALL THAT CALIFORNIA STATE IS GOOD IN ANAHEIM ORANGE COUNTY'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED IN 1870 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY GAZETTE RANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1953 No. 69 REMEN FIGHT WIND — Anaheim firemen used their power extension ladder for three hours Monday night and Tuesday morning to hold in place the Bank of America sign which high winds had cracked. Anaheim police heard the sound in the nearby police station when the sign let go and called firemen to the scene. Bank employees interrupted their Christmas party in the South Seas cafe to stand by until an emergency sign crew came from Los Angeles. Gazette Photo High Winds Lash County A destructive wind, with gusts as high as 60 miles per hour battered Orange county today night and Tuesday, damaging crops, uprooting trees and disrupting communications and electrical power. In Anaheim a new $2,000 sign was severely damaged at the Bank of America building Claudina and Center sts. Other damage reported in Anaheim included street decorations in the 800 block on W. Center st., and in the 100 block on E. Center st., tree limbs and power wires blown down, twisted television antennas and damage to a sign at the Palnt store, 120 N. Los Angeles street. Elsewhere trees were toppled by the gale upd store windows were blown out. Crop damage was believed lighter than it normally would have been due to the fact that most crops have been harvested. However, in Yorba Linda, workers picked up hundreds of pounds of avocados blown from trees. Much of the fruit remaining on the teres was badly bruised and further losses are expected. Seven limbs were ripped off trees on the ranch of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Casper, 6352 Orchard dr. Casper said about 200 pounds of fruit was blown from one row of 35 trees. Citrus and walnut ranchers also suffered from the gale, with young fruit blown from trees and limbs ripped away. Entire sections of the county were blackened out as winds tore power poles from their moorings and lines were ripped by falling limbs and trees. U.S. Motors Building Million Dollar Plant Working the beginning of an industrial development Orange County, ground was on Friday morning on the 89-site of U.S. Electrical Motors on Santa Ana Freeway. More than 100 top officials of Orange County cities and industries gathered on the plant site at to witness lifting of the first full-fill of earth by George T. Pier, president, assisted by Charles Pearson of Ana-land Thomas G. Myers, vice-centent of U.S. Motors. Workers of workmen were on to start excavations for the unit of the giant project to Defense Products Division should be completed by next according to Mr. Pfleger. First unit, he stated, will embout 500 skilled workers when the entire plant is even-completed, upwards of 4,000 will be employed and technical locations and Autostart buffers. Buying-Employing Locally "I believe you will be interested to know that it is U.S. Motors' policy, whenever possible, to purchase and employ from the communities or areas in which our factories are located. Our company has been in business for 46 years, and during this time we have never had a major layoff," Mr. Pfleger concluded. Santa Claus appeared at the luncheon and unveiled a magnificent plaque model of the Orange County plant, nine feet square, presenting the plant for U.S. Motors as a "Christmas Gift" to the Country. Guests were presented with a colorful 200-page brochure revealing all of the U.S. Motors products, and were also given plastic replicas of a U.S. motor. Hospital Fund Receives Check As Memorial Edward S. Hawkins, as chairman of the St. Jude Hospital Fund Campaign Committee for Anaheim, expressed his gratitude today for a donation of $180.36. The sum, while not large compared to many of the gifts being received in the Anaheim campaign headquarters, was one of the most warmly appreciated, in the light of the story behind it. The donation was made by Mrs. Charles Schubert, Director of Defence and Powdered Metal Operations at Kwikset Locks, Inc., Anaheim. Mr. Schubert's wife, Virginia, passed away December 5 and the money was collected by his fellow-employees for flowers. It was Mr. Schubert's feeling that the money should go to the St. Jude Hospital Fund as a living memorial. Meanwhile, Mr. Hawkins announced, the campaign committee is shaping up nicely with about 70 campaign workers on the job. Workers will solicit in teams of two or more with each team headed by a "captain." The list of team captains to date includes: Barney W. Jordon, Al-Fernandez, Tom Quayle, Clyde Nickle, Glenn E. Casto, John Steffy, Judge John Shea, Ray Link, Art Chambers, Al Raymond, Stephen F. Gallagher, John Kirsch, Joe Huarte, Carl Karcher, Ed Dalley, and John Ganahl.