anaheim-gazette 1955-09-29

BLONG VIEWS (From an Egg-Shaped Head) BY WALDO HUNTZR, P.S.B. SHOCKING PROOF that we Americans — who profess to be mightily civilized — still choose to condone the code of the wolf-pack, came out of the state of Mississippi last week when a calous all-white jury acquitted two white men for the kidnip-murder of a 14-year-old Chicago Negro boy who was said to have "wolf whistled" at one of the men's wives at a country store. The jury deliberated over the case for 67 minutes. After the acquittal, the men stated that the whole affair had been over-emphasized by outsiders who were trying to destroy "the southern way of life." Or . . . did they mean . . . the southern way of death? FROM A QUESTION and Answer column in This Week Magazine: "In the past, folks who talked to themselves were considered not too bright. What do today's safety experts have to say about this? They advise that talking to yourself when on a long auto trip alone is the best way to relieve the fatigue and boredom that FROM A QUESTION and Answer column in This Week Magazine: "In the past, folks who talked to themselves were considered not too bright. What do today's safety experts have to say about this? They advise that talking to yourself when on a long auto trip alone is the best way to relieve the fatigue and boredom that cause many traffic accidents." Such a monologue delivered by a homeward-bound Anaheim finishing the last lap of a long and tiring trip from Las Vegas might sound something like this: "O.K. so I dropped $175 at the crap table. It was fun while it lasted, and a guy doesn't get away like this very often... wonder what humor she'll be in when I get home... lucky I thought to pick up that box of chocolates... wonder how I can explain the fact that I had to cut the collar off this white shirt... the desert heat, that's it!... here we are in a country with scientific brains which can invent TV, level mountains, make Hivers run backwards, and tame the atom, but bedamned if they can invent something to take lipstick off a white shirt... Wow!! Look at the car-hops over at that drive-in cafe... now THERE is a sensible way to dress for this desert heat... that motor sounds sorta funny. Wonder if its heating up again... I knew that shock-jawed salesman was unloading a turkey when I bought this package of squeaks... he said the car was 'sharp' but the only thing sharp about the deal was the salesman himself... Jeez, but it's hot out here in this barren and God-forsaken spot... and look at the traffic... where are they all tearing off to, and what's their hurry?... Bet if I would slow down to 70, that mallet-head back of me in that souped up Merc would run right into me... and that beetle-brained woman in the Plymouth ahead is driving too close to my bumper... these women drivers! Funny critters, these women. Look at 'em down at the beach displaying their wares, or at a dance wearing a gownless evening strap, and DONNA SCHURR, voted California's prettiest, and handsome 1st Sgt. Cavalry Trooper (1880) John Lee of Knott's Berry Farm invite everyone—and especially the Pennsylvania folks—to come out to Knott's this Saturday, Oct. 1 and join in the fun being planned for Pennsylvania day. Rev. Anderson Defends Negro Pastor Editorially Accused of Subversion From his pulpit Sunday, Rev. Roland Anderson, pastor of Anaheim's First Presbyterian church, resoundingly defended Dr. James Harvey Robinson, Negro leader and founder of the Church of the Master in New York City. A recent address by Dr. Robinson before the Orange District Fall Presbyterial at Laguna Beach resulted in an editorial attack on the preacher in the Santa Ana Register. In the course of the editorial it was stated that the Negro churchman "has been associated as a member or participated in nine organizations cited as subversive by the United States attorney general." Rev. Anderson came to the defense of Dr. Robinson "because he is a beloved friend of the Presbyterian church and has been heard and respected by our youth and women's organizations and I felt any slander against him would definitely injure the faith of many who consider James Robinson as one of the saints of the church." Dr. Robinson had this to say: "The press dispatch concerning my identification with subversive organizations listed in the press is one of error. If there is one James H. Robinson identified with such organizations, it is someone other than myself. There has been a check made with the FBI, the Un-American Activities Committee, and the State Department which all show a definite clearance. I have been and am pow willing to at any time and at any place give an unqualified loyalty oath to the United States of America." ANAHEIM Ikettes To Present Skit Anaheim Ikettes made plans at a recent meeting to present a comedy skit at the Hallowe'en breakfast. Harriet Held in charge of arrangements. Ruth Flynn was named chairman of the poster contest to be open to Anaheim Union high school and Marywood school for girls with cash prizes for those who portray the litterbug problem the best. Details are to be announced at a later date. The group will hold its annual Hallowe'en party at the next meeting on Oct. 27 when Elaine Henry will be in charge of entertainment and Mabel Diggins, re- ANAHEIM PLAYS FOOTBALL IN GERMANY Pvt. Elbert Masterson, 21, whose wife, Betty, lives at 1920 E. Cypress, Anaheim, is playing football in Germany on the 8th Infantry Regiment's team. Private Masterson, a rifleman in Headquarters Company entered the Army in All County Building Records First Six Months of 1955, The first six months of 1955 saw all existing records for shattered when permits for 14,059 homes were issued, accountant of the Anaheim branch of Security-First National Bank. As a startling comparison, the bank official quoted figures that more new dwelling units were authorized in Orange county in the six-month period than in the entire city of Los Angeles. Building activity was during the period, 80 per cent higher than in a similar period in 1954, the researchers reported. New Residents "Homes are being started in Orange county at the rate of 28,000 per year," he stated. "Assuming an average of three persons per dwelling; that means we are providing homes here for about 84,000 new residents per year. Since Orange county had a total population last Jan. 1 of about 335,000, it would appear that our current rate of growth is nearly 25 per cent per year." The banker also pointed to the fact that only 11 states in the nation built more homes in 1954 than Orange county is building this year. "Our county," he asserted, "has a larger volume of home building than such states as Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Washington and Wisconsin." Rural Building McWaters noted that permits were issued in the unincorporated portion of Orange county during the recent six-month period for 6,247 homes. That was more than research department which show- 82 YEARS OF DEVOTION TO ALL THAT ANAHEIM G ORANGE COUNTY'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED IN 1870 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY VOLUME LXXXII ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY Avocado Growers Institute Slated at La Habra Oct. 8 Avocado growers of Orange county will use as their theme "More Dollars Per Acre" when they convene at Washington school, La Habra, Oct. 8. The growers' institute will get under way at 9:30 a.m. Research talks and a question-and-answer panel will be featured in the session. Co-sponsors are the Agricultural Extension Service and the Orange County and Los Angeles Farm Bureau avocado departments. Participants will include J. G. Timken, Olive; J. S. Fluor, Anaheim; Hugh Walker, Tustin; and John Smith and Loren Mead, La Habra. Industry representatives will be Dave Friestad, Jack Shepherd and Frank Gilkerson. Don Harding will represent the Orange County Farm Bureau. J. E. Pehrson, Jim Bentel and Bud Lee, University of California farm advisers, will also attend. City's Rapid Growth Plan Commission's A Break Ground for New Fire Department Branch Ground-breaking ceremonies were enacted Monday afternoon at Brookhurst and Crescent Streets for Anaheim's second fire station. Participating in the informal ceremony were Mayor Charles Pearson, City Administrator Keith Murdoch, Councilman A. J. Schutte, Fire Chief Ed Stringer, and Harold Sonnenberg, of Orange, who will have charge of construction. Councilman L. N. Wisser turned the first spadeful of dirt. The new single-story building will be officially designated as Fire Station No. 2, complete with fire truck, dormitory, radio room, garage, kitchen, training classroom and a 35-foot training tower. Protects West Side The station will handle all calls coming in from the west side of the Freeway, and will also serve as a training facility for all mem- City Sales Tax Rigged For Oct. 1 With the reading of the ordinance at Tuesday night's meeting of the City Council, an Anaheim city sales tax technically went in- Highway Patrol Has Good Advice "Slow down. It is later than you think." This statement by the California Highway Patrol is based on the fact that the change in time from Daylight to Standard will bring dusk an hour earlier. "This means that dusk will come at the time most of us are ready to drive home from work," declared Patrol Commissioner B. R. Caldwell. "It is also a peak traffic hour and a high accident frequency period calling for extreme caution by every driver and pedestrian. Every person who operates a motor vehicle during these hazardous hours can help us solve the accompanying accident problem." The Commissioner listed the following suggestions for added safety driving home at dusk: Use the headlights. Remember it is illegal to use parking lights as driving lights. Allow extra time for slower driving necessary to stay out of accidents. Stay alert and be ready for any emergency that may pop up in the roadway ahead. Swallows 30 Pills; Stomach Pumped George W. Hoston, 41, of 113 N. Emily St., startled Anaheim police Monday night when he walked into the police station, leaned on the counter and announced that he had swallowed 30 nembutol pills. He was rushed to the Orange County hospital where a stomach pump was brought into play. Hoston was later locked up by Anaheim police to prevent him from Councilman L. N. Wisser turned the first spadeful of dirt. The new single-story building will be officially designated as Fire Station No. 2, complete with fire truck, dormitory, radio room, garage, kitchen, training classroom and a 35-foot training tower. Protects West Side The station will handle all calls coming in from the west side of the Freeway, and will also serve as a training facility for all members of the department. Construction of the new station was made necessary by the city's rapid growth. Now, the hundreds of new homes west of the Freeway can be more certain of faster response to fire alarms. As it is, the entire load has been carried by the main fire station at 115 E. Broadway. Work is to begin immediately. Amazing ERMA is Bank of America's New Bookkeeper Bank of America Monday unveiled the latest and most spectacular machine of the "automation" era at the Stanford Research Institute, where it was designed and built. It is described as the world's first large-scale high-speed electronic bank bookkeeping machine. It is called ERMA—for Electronis Recording Machine — Accounting. S. Clark Beise, president of Bank of America, told newsmen at the demonstration: "ERMA represents the greatest advance in bookkeeping in the history of banking." In short, the amazing machine does all the daily bookkeeping for 50,000 individual checking accounts. Does Everything It sorts checks and deposit slips, enters the amounts instantaneous (Continued on Page 4) Congestion at Katella School Concerns P-TL A round table discussion Tuesday at 9:14 a.m. ING RECORDS Broken in May of 1955, Says Report All existing records for building in Orange county were issued, according to James F. McWaters, Security-First National Bank. Bank official quoted figures compiled by the bank's population last Jan. 1 of 1950, it would appear at a current rate of growth of 25 per cent per year." The bank also pointed to the only 11 states in the built more homes in 1954. Orange county is building "Our county," he asserted a larger volume of home than such states as Arizona, Connecticut, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Utah, Minnesota, Mississippi, Washington and Wisconsin. Rural Building matters noted that permits issued in the unincorporated Orange county during the six-month period for times. That was more than department which show- 44 per cent of the county total. Much of this was in the unincorporated community of Garden Grove. The leading cities in home building so far this year have been: Anaheim, 2,092; Fullerton, 1,888; Buena Park, 1,288; Santa Ana, 885; Orange, 511; Costa Mesa, 337; Newport Beach, 285; San Clemente, 188; and La Habra, 178. Building activity is at a higher level in Orange county than in any other county in California according to McWaters. "In relation to its population, Orange county has a level of home building activity fully four-and-one-half times that for Los Angeles county," he stated. EDISON P-TA CARNIVAL SCHEDULED OCT. 14 The annual carnival sponsored by the Edison School P-TA has been set for Oct. 14 from 3 to 8 p.m. at the school grounds, according to Mrs. Robert Unger, press chairman. Wesley Beach has been named Chief Justice of the student court at Anaheim Union High School. Does Everything It sorts checks and deposit slips, enters the amounts instantaneous (Continued on Page 4) Congestion at Katella School Concerns P-TL A round table discussion Tuesday evening, Oct. 4, will air growing pains suffered by Katella school due to increased enrollment and affiliation with the Anaheim Elementary School district. The get-acquainted meeting is to be sponsored by the Parent-Teacher League, and all residents in the district are invited to attend the 7:30 affair. Teachers will be honored and refreshments will be served by the P-TL board. The next P-TL event is to be an annual carnival on Oct. 13. It to be held from 4:30 to 7:30 on the school grounds and will feature the Penny Parker circus complete with acrobats, trained animals and magic tricks. Food booths will be manned by P-TL members. The public is invited to attend the benefit whose funds will go toward child welfare at the school. Kwikset Declares Quarterly Dividend The board of directors of Kwikset Locks, Inc., Anaheim, at a meeting held Sept. 26, declared a quarterly dividend of 25 cents per share on the common stock of record Sept. 30, payable Oct. 15, 1955. KAY TURNER, GAYLE HERBEL, WED FRIDAY Kay Turner and Gayle Herbel exchanged marriage vows in the Evangelical United Brethren church before the Rev. Alexander McCandless last Friday. They are now at home to their friends at 719 S. Helena St. She is the daughter of Maurice Turner of Costa Mesa. His parents are the Godfrey Herbels of Anaheim. Growth Reflected in Vision’s Annual Report 7122 New Lots OK’d; 9 Annexations Ruled on During ’54-’55 Fiscal Year In its annual report to City Council, the City Planning Commission reveals that during the fiscal year 1954-55 it considered and approved 69 tentative tract maps, representing a total of 7122 lots. Also before the Commission during the period were nine annexation petitions which brought the total acres acted upon to 3772.10. Total zone variances considered was 129—300 per cent above that for fiscal 1953-54. The Commission deliberated at 32 meetings during the year, an increase of 23 per cent over last year. The report points up Anaheim’s rapid population growth. Based on an average of 2.8 persons per home (and if all the subdivisions are developed) dwellings on the 7122 new lots should result in a population increase of about Principal Asks Car, Teacher, for H. S. Driver Training The driver-education program is proving so popular at Anaheim Union High school that it may be necessary to press into use another car and instructor. Principal Frank Kellogg has advised school administrators. Enrollment in the class now is Total zone variances considered was 129—300 per cent above that for fiscal 1953-54. The Commission deliberated at 32 meetings during the year, an increase of 23 per cent over last year. The report points up Anaheim's rapid population growth. Based on an average of 2.8 persons per home (and if all the subdivisions are developed) dwellings on the 7122 new lots should result in a population increase of about 20,000. $25.00 Fee Per Lot During the year a policy was adopted requiring subdividers to pay $25.00 per lot to the city as a move to insure city park and school sites for future development, and to ease the burden on the taxpayers. Anaheim followed the example of several other California municipalities in affixing this fee, and subdividers who were opposed to it at first, are now co-operative. The Commission inaugurated another change in policy controlling subdividers by increasing (Continues on Page 4) H.S. Board Hires New Teachers Five new teachers have been hired to fill positions in the Anaheim High School district, the board of trustees has announced. Four of these teachers will be assigned to Western Junior High School and one to Anaheim Union High School. Clara D. Bevins, 35, who was authorized a yearly salary of $5600, will teach English and social studies to 10th and 11th grade students in the high school. She has had eight years teaching experience. Florence Devaney, 27, with six years teaching experience, was hired at a salary of $5000 to teach girls' physical education and mathematics at Western Junior High School. Also added to Western, were Julian B. King, 25, at $4000, to teach boys' physical education and mathematics, Louis Nicolopoulous, 29, at $4200, for a 7th grade position, and Carol A. Treska, 23, at $4000 yearly as an 8th grade teacher. Principal Asks Car, Teacher, for H. S. Driver Training The driver-education program is proving so popular at Anaheim Union High school that it may be necessary to press into use another car and instructor. Principal Frank Kellogg has advised school administrators. Enrollment in the class now is 75, he said, too big for present facilities. It has been necessary to carry on the instruction after school hours and Saturday afternoons. The board has approved the Saturday afternoon and after-hour instruction periods, with the salary set at $3.75 per hour for the teacher. 600 Students Scramble for 200 Food Trays Six hundred hungry students at the noon cafeteria lunchon period and only 200 food trays have posed a problem at Fremont Junior High school, laments Tommy Thomason, principal. It creates quite a bedlam with 600 boys and girls scrambling to get a tray, the principal added in a report to the board of trustees. Thomason also voiced the need of soap, bowls, and utensils for the cafeteria, the total cost amounting to about $400. The water heating system is bad, too, the principal said, and some of the trays are washed in cold water after the meal. The board promised remedial action. Textile Painting Classes to Begin Anaheim Adult Education will again offer a textile painting class. Classes will be held each Thursday evening in the high school cafeteria, from 7 to 10. Registrations will be taken at the school office or at class. Class will start Sept. 29. Stencil cutting, use of liner and flat brushes will be taught; also some free hand painting. Visitors are welcome to come and watch. Instructor will be Edith Flint. BENEFITS FROM WOMEN'S CLUB DANCE WILL AID COUNTY POLIO PATIENTS Orange County Federation of Women's Clubs will sponsor a benefit dance tomorrow (Friday) night at Sunny Hills Recreation Hall, Fullerton, profits to go toward construction of a physiotherapy pool for Orange county polio patients. Mrs. Arthur Chrest of Anaheim, general chairman, says that an Hawaiian theme will prevail at the ball, with casual cottons as the attire. Les Brown's orchestra has been engaged for the evening. Committees engineering the festivities are as follows: Mrs. W. R. Wisely of Seal Beach and Mrs. John R. Blackman of La Habra, tickets. Mrs. M. Joseph Ball, Garden Grove; Mrs. George E. Smith, Newport Beach and Mrs. William H. Roley of Laguna Beach, decorations; Mrs. Raymond L. Teal, Jr., Huntington Beach and Mrs. Charles Ross, Placentia, prizes; Mrs. Troy Robertson, San Clemente, flowers. Mrs. Dale Drager, Capistrano Beach, posters; Mrs. W. C. Fetke, Fullerton, orchestra; Mrs. Otis Pittman, Brea, door prizes; Mrs. Roy Herald, Santa Ana, co-ordinator and Mrs. Lyle Vilott, Anaheim, publicity. Alert Sounded For Prisoner Who Bolted Hospital An all-points bulletin has been put out by Orange county authorities for George Washington Payne, 26, who escaped from the prison ward at Orange County hospital Sunday night. Payne was sentenced to Chino prison last Friday after being found guilty of "assault to do great bodily harm." He was accused of beating James Mathias, Anaheim; and Floyd Hale, Buena Park, following an automobile accident in Anaheim last July 8. Payne escaped when a nurse at the hospital opened his cell to provide the prisoner with fresh water. He pushed her aside and bolted out of the cell and across country.