anaheim-gazette 1956-05-17

Letter to the Editor Anaheim Gazette Anaheim, California. Dear Sir: I have been reading with considerable interest the information appearing in Orange County daily newspapers, with regard to the launching of the 3.5 million dollar elementary school building program. Also, the spending this money as voted by the payers of this School District. Having attended several meetings of the Elementary School Board of Education during the last few weeks, I discover information presented there was regard to fixed type cluster buildings versus portable type buildings, is considerable difference from that presented by the Orange County newspapers. The difference is enough that other taxpayers, like my husband weigh these figures and have and evaluate them accordingly. A recent newspaper statement quoted a Board member to effect there was little apparent difference between the types of portable type buildings and cluster type buildings. I fail understand this quotation when it is an established fact that there is an approximate 44% savings in the use of portables. This substantial savings should be brought to the attention of public who have been lead to lieve through these newspaper accounts that there was one E. W. Moeller, C of C Manager, Resigns Post Here E. W. "Ernie" Moeller, secretary-manager of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce for the past 11 years, plans to tender his resignation to the Chamber board of directors at their regular meeting tonight (Thursday). He has been instrumental in bringing many of our industrial plants to Anaheim and has worked diligently for the good of the city. When queried about his future plans, Moeller stated that he will likely enter into a business for himself. However, he stated that a formal announcement as to his retirement would be released to the papers on Friday morning. Genevieve Drummond, Moeller's secretary, is also planning to resign, according to Mr. Moeller. She also has been with the local Chamber office for 11 years. Rumors indicate that pressure has been put on Moeller to desist his efforts to bring additional industries to Anaheim, since it may cause a labor shortage or labor cost increase, however, these rumors have not been verified by those in authority. 228 at Medical Assistants' Assn. Banquet Recently The Orange County Medical Assistants' Association held their mother-daughter banquet and regular meeting at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim on Tuesday evening, May 8. Two hundred and Hoffman-Downs Wedding Saturday In quiet simplicity, the wedding of Miss Bobbie Jean Downs, daughter of Mrs. David Downs of 729 No. Paulina Street, and the late Mr. Downs, and Robert Hoffman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Talset of 502 N. Claudina Street, was solemnized last Saturday morning, May 5, at the Church of Christ, 311 N. Placentia Ave., with the Rev. Ben Franklin reading the double ring ceremony. Gowned in white lace and net with a shoulder veil of net held by a halo of white, the bride was given in marriage by Gerald Stackhouse, an uncle. Serving as her matron of honor was Mrs. Donald Dugdale, gowned in spring yellow taffeta. Best man was A D Downs, brother of the bride. Paula Lande was candle lighter and usher duties was preformed by Leonard Winney of Stanton and Larry Lutz of Anaheim. Nuptial music was sung by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Waddell, Bryce McKeown, Wendell Williams and Barbara Hemsley, the music coming from behind the velvet backdrop at the back of the pulpit. They sang "I Love You Truly" "Forever and Ever" and "Saviour, Lead Us." Immediately following the nuptials, the reception was held at the Optimist Club at 113 W. Charliss Street. Receiving the guests were the parents of the bride-groom, Mr. and Mrs. Talset, and Mrs. Down, mother of the bride and the young couple. Mrs. Talset wore a silk print in spring blue with a corsage of pink carnations. Mrs. Downs in navy polka dot with a white carnation corsage, each wearing white hats. Recognition duties were performed effect there was little apparent difference between the portable type buildings and cluster type buildings. I fail understand this quotation well; it is an established fact that the is an approximate 44% savings in the use of portables. This a substantial savings and should be brought to the attention of public who have been lead to believe through these newspapers accounts that there was only 20% savings between the portable and cluster type building based on a quoted square foot cost. Cost per square foot quoted by these newspapers $8.25 for portables and $10.50 clusters. Further, in analyzing the as presented at Board meetings I find that $10.50 per square foot for clusters is very much in exDepending upon the site, the total cost per square foot clusters approximates $13.80 more nearly $16.90 per sq ft. More important, we look at the price per classr Including building costs, fees, and inspections, the per fixed cluster type classes approximates $15.500. Including same items, the cost peritable type classroom approx $7.900 per room which is a over 44%. This is far different than the impression left on public mind that there is an approximate 20% saving the use of portables, and I lieve that it is important this impression be corrected. With a net savings of 44% in classroom cost, instead 20% as quoted by a Board member, I feel that not only shall this information be correct but that the Elementary School Board of Education should complimented and encouraged the use of money saving port buildings in their program and answer to double sessions. Savings for the 48 portables under construction approx $360,000. Savings such as obtained through the use of portables, which at the same eliminates double session should make it possible for heim taxpayers to provide sufficient classrooms within limits of its assessed value. Yours very truly 228 at Medical Assistants' Assn. Banquet Recently The Orange County Medical Assistants' Association held their mother-daughter banquet and regular meeting at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim on Tuesday evening, May 8. Two hundred and twenty-eight members and guests were present to share in the lovely affair. Each table was centered with a miniature Maypole. Guests for the evening were: Dr. Stella Davis and Dr. John Davis of Santa Ana; Miss Virginia Prince, Public Relations Department of CPS; Mrs. Motell and Mrs. Peak from the Motell and Peak Mortuary in Westminster. Before the program, ballots were passed out to members for the new officers for the coming year, who are as follows: president, Frances Davis; vice president, Beatrice Willsie; recording secretary, Madeline Vaneecke; corresponding secretary, Patricia Wukasch; treasurer, Mary Jo Nelson; board members, Jean Larson and Irene Smith; state delegates, Georgia Mayo, Margaret Rose, Elfreda Rucker and Esther Wagensteen. Guest speaker for the evening was Dr. John Davis, who showed colored movies of their recent European trip. The next and last meeting of the year will be held at Irvine Coast Country Club in Newport Beach, June 12. This will be installation of officers and the meeting will be closed to members and applicants. Slavery became a factor in American politics during the administration of President Jackson. "You have such a nice handwriting, Mr. Balk. Why don't you just write your letters in longhand?" 82 YEARS OF DEVOTION TO ALL THAT ANAHEIM Vol. LXXXIII Anaheim, Orange County, Calif. 11 Thu Salvation Army Salvage Week Mon. Thru Sat. The annual Salvation Army Salvage Week will be conducted in Anaheim next Monday through Saturday. A special fleet of Red Shield trucks will call in answer to telephone calls from local residents who have discarded but still usable articles to contribute. The articles will be reconditioned in workshops of the Salvation Army Social Service Center which serves this area. This process will provide a social rehabilitation program for needy and handicapped men. Donations of castoff articles in 1955 enabled the center to provide 270,110 hours of occupational therapy, 60,325 meals and 20,300 lodgings. In addition, $185,282.56 was paid in salaries and cash grants to employees and client workers. Former Resident Bequests Large Amount to Schools According to word received here, Pasadena City College is to receive a $10,000 bequest for the establishment of a scholarship fund in memory of Kathleen D. Loly, former language department head, when the will of her late mother, Mrs. Jane Dawson Loly, 88 years of age, long time Pasadena resident and formerly of this city, mother of Miss Loly, who died last October at the age of 66, was read. Miss Loly had been on the PCC staff for many years, going there from a teaching position at Fullerton Junior College. Her mother, who lived at 1520 Casa Grande, died last April 13. At the time, Mrs. Loly was staying at her home in Laguna Beach. A widow, Mrs. Lolly left her personal belongings to be equally divided among eight Pasadena women, all friends of her daugh- GM Plans Giant Program To Dedicate Center More than 200 leaders in industry, business, government, pre radio and television are expected to attend a luncheon meeting at Anaheim May 16 as part of nationwide program observing the dedication of General Motors giant technical center near Iroquois Trott. Host of the local program will be R. A. Daily, manager, Del Battery Operations. He will "brief" guests on the 1½ hour closed circuit telecast they see on large screen TV originating from Detroit. In addition to the luncheon meetings, General Motors is holding "open house" the same day for GM families and their friend at 137 plants and facilities, including Delco Battery Operation 1201 Magnolia Avenue, Anaheim. Highlight of the luncheon teacast, beamed to 60 other similar meetings in the United States. There was little appreciation for the difference between the cost of portable type buildings and the latter type buildings. I fail to understand this quotation when an established fact that there can approximate 44% savings in the use of portables. This is substantial savings and should be brought to the attention of the public who have been lead to believe through these newspaper accounts that there was only a savings between the port and cluster type buildings on a quoted square foot. Cost per square foot was rated by these newspapers as 15 for portables and $10.50 for others. Further, in analyzing the cost presented at Board meetings, and that $10.50 per square foot clusters is very much in error. Bending upon the site, the actual cost per square foot for clusters approximates $13.80 and nearly $16.90 per square foot. More important, we should not at the price per classroom, including building costs, plans, and inspections, the cost of fixed cluster type classroom approximates $15,500. Including some items, the cost per portable type classroom approximates 1000 per room which is a little over 44%. This is far different from the impression left on the public mind that there is only approximately 20% saving in use of portables, and I believe that it is important that impression be corrected. With a net savings of over $10,000 in classroom cost, instead of as quoted by a Board member, I feel that not only should information be corrected, but that the Elementary School board of Education should be implemented and encouraged for use of money saving portable buildings in their program as an answer to double sessions. Totalings for the 48 portables now under construction approximates 10,000. Savings such as this gained through the use of portables, which at the same time minimizes double sessions, would make it possible for Anaheim taxpayers to provide sufficient classrooms within the limits of its assessed valuation. Yours very truly, B. Franklin P-TA Luncheon for Teachers, Mothers May Day was the theme of the annual luncheon given by the executive board of Benjamin Franklin P-TA in honor of the school's teachers and room mothers at the YMCA on Wednesday, May 9. Approximately 85 guests were served at tables decorated with miniature May Poles made by Mrs. Melvin Hilgenfeld and Mrs. W.R. Chance of the art and decoration committee. Teachers enjoying the luncheon were: Misses Clark, Kibler, Dobson, Gibson, Kennedy, Swan, Anderson, Plummer, Fleckenstein, and Carlson; Mesdames Schlund, Groesbeck, Betts, Arason, Radford, Hennings, Van Hoorebeke, Pettus, Ference, Bultena, Mattox, Miller and Jay Rees. Other honored guests from the Anaheim elementary schools were: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shanks, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert H. Bonney, M. A. Gauer, Mrs. Paul Cook, Mrs. Armand Loustau, Mrs. Forrest Simonton, Mrs. Lucille Casanna, Miss Lucia UPP, A. E. Bouma, Mrs. William House. Donations of castoff articles in 1955 enabled the center to provide 270,110 hours of occupational therapy, 60,325 meals and 20,300 lodgings. n addition, $185,282.56 was paid in salaries and cash grants to employees and client workers. The program requires a constant inflow of usable materials such as clothing, shoes, furniture, dishes, mattresses, bedding, kitchen utensils, home appliances, silverware, stoves, radios, rags, rugs, books and bric-a-brac, according to Brigadier William J. Parkins, manager of the center. Judge Claude Owen, chairman of the citizens committee which is assisting the Salvation Army in the drive, urged local residents to telephone KEystone 5-4631 for a Red Shield truck during the campaign. 88 Employees of Kwikset Locks Get Service Pins Eighty-eight employees of Kwikset Locks, Inc., have joined the Anaheim industrial firm's "continuous service" clubs since January 1, 1956, it was announced today by Walter E. Miller, Director of Industrial Relations. More than 625 employees have received service pins since the company was organized in 1945. Members of the 10-Year Service Club, which was organized in May 1955, are Adolf Schopee, George Duncan, Ernie Carvajal and John Reid, who became eligible for the club during 1955, and Gladys "Mickey" Dent, Winford Thompson, Otis Fletcher, Odie Kirbo, Pete Zelepugas and Harold Hunley, who joined this year. This group each received a gold pin inset with a diamond. The 1956 members of the 5-Year Club are Ruth Spiro, Elizabeth Assaf, Roberta Ford, Eva Richardson, Yvonne Jambon, Anita Dena, Thomas Beale, Raul Salazar, Grover Black, Conrado Pedroza, Harry Larson, Jeanne Blair, Gladys Fuller, Lucille Phelps, Carrie Caballero, Elizabeth Martin, Nandor Nyull, Young Young Liu, D.B. Lawrence, Eugenla Gardner. L. Frances Novello, Hebe Harke, Burnet Hiebert, Leo Pearcy, Lonie Burns, General Williams, Elmer Potter, Lois Reynolds, Phyllis Harrison, Merlin Ratliff, Leona Ferri. Car Responsibility Law Into Effect July 1 In State State Motor Vehicles Directive Paul Mason today again reminds California motorists of a new law which could "ground" not only the driver but the auto of a nancally irresponsible person involved in accidents causing property damage, bodily injury or death. The new act which goes into effect July 1 requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to suspend registration and license plates when the driver or owner a vehicle involved in a reportable accident fails to comply with security requirements of the law. A reportable accident Mason will see on large screen TV originating from Detroit. In addition to the lunchmeetings General Motors is holding "open house" the same day for GM families and their friend at 137 plants and facilities; cluding Delco Battery Operation at 1201 Magnolia Avenue; Anaheim Highlight of the luncheon test cast; beamed to 60 other similar meetings in the United States and Canada; will be an address by Harlow H. Curtice; president of General Motors. The television audience will also be taken on a 15-minute tour of the 25-building technical center which is grouped in a camp like atmosphere around a 22-acre artificial lake just north of La Troite. They will see GM's excitement new XP-500; the first "free ton" engine automobile; another typical experiments in dustrial research. Their guide to the tour will be noted CBS news commentator Walter Cronkite. The technical center started 1949; is the largest and most modern institution of its kind playing a key role in the development and production of GM products in the Anaheim area and other cities and countries around the world. New Members in Kwikset Recreation Group Employees of Kwikset Locks, recently elected four new members to the Board of Directors of the Kwikset Recreation Association, an all-employee group which is charged with recreation and athletic programs for personnel of the Anaheim lockset manufacturing firm. Selected in a plant-wide vote were Pat Patterson, Industrial Engineer; George Wedemeyer, Plant and Die Maker; Phyllis Harrell, Industrial Relations; and Lawson, Methods and Standing Committee. The association recorded almost 100 employee-participations in Kwikset recreational activities during the past 12 months, it was led by Walter E. Miller, Director of Industrial Relations. The seven-member Board of Directors of the Recreation Association plans and administers more than 25 employee recreation athletic programs for company personnel. Incumbent board members were David Garcia, Les Martin and Marjorie Christensen. Included among the notables attending the Industrial Managements dinner at the YMCA recently are the following, from left to right: Charles A. Pearson, Mayor of Anaheim and representative of Anaheim Truck and Transfer Company; Charles Heath, the speaker of the evening and Director of Industrial Relations, Kaiger Steel Company, and Everett Gillespie, Chairman of the meeting and Personnel Manager for Delco Battery Operations. NATIONAL HORSE SHOW A very special event will be Mark Smith, horse trainer, teacher and old circus man from Burbank with his famous dressage horse. The new act, which goes into effect July 1, requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to suspend the registration and license plates when the driver or owner is a vehicle involved in a reported accident fails to comply with the security requirements of the law (A reportable accident, Mason plained, is one resulting in death injury or property damage). In case of $100. California's new financial sponsibility law was passed in 1948, and originally applied only to the driving privilege of persons who were unable to satisfy damage judgments growing out of accidents for which they were blame. "Every driver involved in an accident in which there is deadly injury or property damage in excess of $100," Mason said, "is required by law to report the accident to the Department of Motor Vehicles on a regular form available from the department, law enforcement agencies and insurance companies. The DMV does not place blame. That is in the province of the courts." "This security phase of the law is known as proof of ability to spend in damages. Such proof must be either an automobile liability insurance policy, a surety bond or cash deposit with the St. Louis Treasurer." "Failure to post the security phase required," Mason added, "may result in suspension of the driver license and the owner's registration certificate and plates. In such a case, the registration card and plates must be given up to the department, and the car must be stored at the owner's expense in the term of suspension." CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY TO ALL THAT IS GOOD IN ANAHEIM GAZETTE 11 Thursday, May 17, 1956. No. 51 GM Plans Giant Program To Indicate Center more than 200 leaders in industry, business, government, press, and television are expected to attend a luncheon meeting anaheim May 16 as part of a nationwide program observing dedication of General Motors' technical center near Dest of the local program will A. Daily, manager, Delco Berry Operations. He will guests on the 1½ hour circuit telecast they will large screen TV originatfrom Detroit. addition to the luncheonings, General Motors is hold-open house" the same day GM families and their friends 37 plants and facilities, ing Delco Battery Operations, Magnolia Avenue, Anaheim, light of the luncheon tele-beamed to 60 other similar wings in the United States Huge Motel Of The Stars Construction Starts Soon A motel of 1500 units will soon be under construction near Anaheim. The Motel of the Stars Corporation, with the head office in Beverly Hills, will have the first 300 units ready for occupancy in the early spring of 1957. The 23-acre site is located between Disneyland and Knotts Berry Farm, about two minutes drive from the Santa Ana Freeway and accessible from all areas in the county. Shares in Motel of the Stars, Inc., are available at the Beverly Hills office, the original value being $3 per share. Many new forms of motel service will be available in the new installation. For those guests who do not wish to dine in the large restaurant, there will be mobile kitchen units that can be wheeled into any room, plugged with an electric socket and be ready for preparing a home cooked meal. All utensils will be included, and specially prepared dinners, frozen at their best, may be ordered. Trips to Disneyland will be arranged for the children under adult supervision. Washable bibs and diapers will be supplied free to mothers, and a nursery for infants is also planned. Busses will be run to Knott's Berry Farm, the race tracks, Television viewers throughout the nation will have an opportunity this Sunday to see the fabulous General Motors Technical Center —plus exciting applications of the research conducted there. Dave Garroway will be "guide" in the 1½ hour telecast, scheduled for 3 to 4:30 P.M. Eastern Stand- Anaheim Grows By Three More Annexations – West Three new areas, comprising 1.5 square miles, all adjoining, became a part of Anaheim last Monday when the city council gave the areas the nod. The new annexations comprise the West Anaheim No. 2, Stanton Avenue and Magnolia-Crescent areas. The area extends from the previous city limits at Magnolia Avenue to a point between Western and Knott Avenue, with Créscent Avenue as north boundary and Orange Avenue on the south. There is an estimated population of over 2,000 in the area, with 590 qualified voters at present. The projected Ball-Dale annexation, an area of 2.81 square miles Television viewers throughout the nation will have an opportunity this Sunday to see the fabulous General Motors Technical Center — plus exciting applications of the research conducted there. Dave Garroway will be "guide" in the 1½ hour telecast, scheduled for 3 to 4:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time over the National Broadcasting Company network. Cameras will pick up highlights of the 330-acre Technical Center and will range across other scenes from Florida to California. It will be by far the biggest television project ever undertaken in Detroit, and probably the largest ever outside New York. Among other things, it will require 27,000 miles of telephone line and 48 cameras. Viewers will watch a race at Elgin Air Force Base, Flordia, between two teams of Air Force crewmen vying to see which can, in the shorter time, make a complete engine change in a jet plane — removing one Allison engine and replacing it with another. Other features will include smog studies in Los Angeles, offshore oil drilling off the Louisiana Coast, Soap Box Derby trails at Indianapolis, and an engineering class at the California Institute of Technology. In Detroit itself, the program will visit Harper Hospital for a demonstration of the mechanical heart. At the Technical Center, viewers will see the gas turbine car Firebird II, other experimental "Dream Cars," the XP-500, experimental GM car powered by a free piston engine, and many other outstanding results. Also shown will be examples of the architectural beauty of the giant center. The Delco Battery Operations of this city will have an interest in the viewing of this Detroit center since most mechanical starters in cars are using the Delco batteries. Elsie Schindler, Anaheim Resident 50 Young Dales National Horse Show May 25, 26 At Westminster The Tri-City Wranglers of Westminster will hold their 9th annual horse show on the club grounds on Edwards St., in Westminster, Saturday and Sunday, May 26 and 27. This year the show is rated as a National Horse Show. It is a Pacific coast hunter, jumper and stock horse association "B" point show and an approved quarter horse show. Morning performances will begin both days at 9:30 a.m. An energizing farm house breakfast of hot cakes, ham and eggs and coffee will be served both mornings with hot dogs, hamburgers, coffee and cold drinks served all day. Saturday morning will be devoted to quarter horse classes shown in hand and Sunday morning, Appaloosa and Arabian classes. Harry says he feels right at home—now that his game's improved!