anaheim-gazette 1956-08-16

Variances Account For Business At City Council Session Tues. Eve. New Elementary Pupils Register All Next Week Pupils new to the Anaheim City Elementary Schools will be registered in each of the district's schoolhouses beginning next Monday, August 20, and continuing for five days, through Friday, August 24. The principals in each of the schools and their secretaries will be on hand to welcome new pupils, and to provide full information for parents on the elementary school program. Parents whose children did not attend Anaheim elementary schools last year are urged to see that their children are registered during this period, since this will insure satisfactory assignment to classes, provision for instructional supplies and bus transportation. Children will be registered each day from 9-12:00 and from 1-3:00 p.m. An accurate estimate of the number of new pupils who will attend our schools will enable the district to plan for regular classes beginning on Tuesday, September 11, when school opens. Parents desiring further information Another busy session was the order of business for the Anaheim City Council last Tuesday evening when they met in regular session. One of the first variances to come before the council was reversed when residents of the Burton Street area appeared before that body to explain that A. F. Thomas, who proposed to cut off ten lots from his property, wanted to set up the tract for multiple unit dwellings, or for multiple houses on each lot. The original variance was granted by the planning commission. Property owners protested on the grounds the variance was not in keeping with the area as it is now developed. They told the council their homes ran over 1600 square feet of floor space and requested the council to kill the multiple variance to avoid devaluation of the area. The council then voted to maintain single family dwellings in the area. The rezoning of 57.14 acres on the southwest corner of Lincoln and Stanton Avenues was asked by Oliver G. Baker and was granted following a public hearing before the council. No one appeared to protest the reclassification, which changed the tract from R-A to C-1, neighborhood commercial. Approval was given to Spadrom Estates for the variance on 33 lots between West La Palma Avenue and Romneya Drive from R-1 to R-3, multiple family. Birthday Honoree Sen. Thomas H. Kuchel A mammoth birthday party honoring U. S. Sen. Thomas H. Kuchel, native son of Anaheim was held at Bixby Park in Los Beach yesterday, Aug. 15, sponsored by the Long Beach Federation of Republican Women's Club. This was one of the largest birthday affairs ever held in this area. Honored guests were the Senator's mother, Mrs. Henry Kuchel of Anaheim, Mrs. Thomas H. Kuchel and daughter, Karen, a great many other distinguished guests. Mrs. Hildred Ferrell of Anaheim, chairman of the Orange County Republican Committee and a member of the state committee, introduced the honoree to the assemblage. Band music was enjoyed throughout the celebration as the huge birthday cake was unveiled, which served 2000 people, the youngest in attendance. Children will be registered each day from 9-12:00 and from 1-3:00 p.m. An accurate estimate of the number of new pupils who will attend our schools will enable the district to plan for regular classes beginning on Tuesday, September 11, when school opens. Parents desiring further information are requested to call the central office, KE 5-6001, or the Principal of the school nearest their home. The district will have 26 new classrooms finished by the opening of school, 22 within three weeks and 50 that are scheduled to be completed by early November. It appears that there will be some temporary double-sessions in three or four schools. However, unless an unusual number of new pupils enroll, the district should have sufficient classroom space for single sessions by December 1, 1956. Parents are requested to furnish proof of age for children who will be registered in kindergarten or first grade, since this is a state law. Children may be registered in kindergarten if they will be five years of age on the first day of December, 1956, and may enter the first grade if they will be six years of age on the first day of December, 1956. Ball-Dale Problem Still 'Hot' Subject The Ball-Dale annexation problem is still a "hot" subject among the residents of the area and at the council meeting last Tuesday, residents asked a special election, which was set for Oct. 16. Following the 10-day period for filing of additional protest petitions, leaders of the faction fighting the annexation to the City of Anaheim presented new petitions totaling only an additional $24,750 in property values. City Clerk Dene Williams, in a report of the final findings, showed a total property valuation in the area of $933,323. Protest and Stanton Avenues was asked by Oliver G. Baker and was granted following a public hearing before the council. No one appeared to protest the reclassification, which changed the tract from R-A to C-1, neighborhood commercial. Approval was given to Spadrom Estates for the variance on 33 between West La Palma Avenue and Romneya Drive from R-1 to R-3, multiple family. Representatives of the company explained that the location made the lots impractical for single family homes. William T. McManus, who had proposed to erect a professional building on the south side of Lincoln Avenue west of Euclid Avenue, was granted permission for the building. The council, who last week turned down the request of Kenneth E. Clark for the expansion of his auto wrecking yard on Manchester Avenue, heard his appeal at the meeting and a hearing was set for Sept. 11. Public hearing was set on a reclassification request by Leo Freedman for a zone reclassification of a tract of land on the west side of Haster Street, north of Katella Avenue, from its present classification to M-1 or light commercial. The new highway patrol headquarters, a linen laundry service and a bottling company are slated to go in on the affected site. The council set the hearing date for Sept. 11. Another hearing has been set for Sept. 11 on a request from R-A to C-1, or neighborhood commercial, on the east side of So. Placentia Avenue, between Anaheim-Olive Road and Santa Ana Street, the variances requested by Leighton E. Jaeger. New VA Law to Assist Widows, Children of Vets A lapse of several months will occur between enactment of several new veterans' laws by Congress and the effective date of these laws, points out Ben Liebermann, Orange County Veterans Service Officer. Our success depends, to a great extent, on the cooperation of drivers who use our highway he said. "Self policing by even motorist will aid in reducing traffic accident toll in that driver who follows the rules we be most apt to stay out of accident trouble and avoid becoming a killer." New VA Law to Assist Widows, Children of Vets A lapse of several months will occur between enactment of several new veterans' laws by Congress and the effective date of these laws, points out Ben Liebermann, Orange County Veterans Service Officer. As an example, he cites the new statute giving the children of veterans who died of war causes $110 a month for 36 months of college or vocational training, if they are between 18 and 23 years old. Payments do not start before October first. Likewise, the far-reaching changes in compensation payments to widows, children and dependent parents of deceased veterans will not be in evidence until January of next year. With respect to the school assistance, the Veterans Administration has prepared an application form which will be available shortly. It must be submitted by a parent or guardian on behalf of the children who are to receive the assistance. Pending receipt of this form, interested persons may send letters to the VA, which will serve as informal applications. However, in the case of the compensation payments, the Veterans Administration is urging veterans' survivors not to write immediately, because this means a delay in getting out notification to all concerned. The Municipal auditorium at Los Angeles, California, has held 105,000 people. 62 YEARS OF DEVOTION TO ALL THURSDAY ANAHEIM Vol. LXXXIII Anaheim, Orange County, Calif. 11 Th Proponents Of Bowling Alley Center Appeal Heard By Council The City Council, in their meeting Tuesday evening, heard an appeal by the R. W. Construction Company of Temple City, whose request for a variance was denied last week by the city planning commission for the erection of a bowling alley, cocktail lounge, billiard hall and restaurant in the heart of the Sherwood Forest subdivision in west Anaheim. More than 800 residents of that area appeared before the planning commission last week to protest the request for variance on the grounds it was not the type of an amusement emporium to establish in the midst of a residential area insofar as it would not add to the quality of the area as a place to raise families. With the right of appeal, the company, who is promoting the project, asked the council for the review of the planning commission refusal to grant the request for variance. Sept. 11 has been set as public hearing date on the question. The company had requested the hearing date be held off for 60 days but this was denied. Opponents of the project present at the council meeting objected to the delay on the grounds it would cost the 800 residents anxiety, since they were anxious to dispose of the issue at the earliest possible date. They also re- Anaheim United Fund Pledges To Family Service Recognition of Family Service by the various community fundraising organizations was disclosed by Mrs. Challon F. Landers, Newport Beach, chairman of the finance and budget committee, who reported that Anaheim United Fund has approved a $5000 budget for Family Service in 1957. Santa Ana Community Chest has allowed about $4400 and Newport Beach United Fund $2400. The announcement was made at their monthly business meeting. Garden Grove fund officials have indicated that a Family Service budget, not yet decided, will be approved there. Fullerton and other chest and fund communities have not yet acted, Mrs. Landers said. The difference between budgets allowed by Anaheim and Santa Ana was explained by Joe Thompson, director from Anaheim, as being based upon differences in potential collection of counseling fees by Family Service in the two communities. Fee collections in Anaheim area were estimated at $600, whereas collections in Santa Ana area were estimated at $2300, thus requiring a smaller sum from the community chest, said Thompson. Huntsville, Alabama, is a famous cotton manufacturing point. Local Man Takes Real Estate Course Robert W. Jeffers, 2184 Fairmouth Ave., Anaheim, appraiser, Continental Service Co., Los Angeles, attended a course in real estate appraisal at the University of Southern California Aug. 6-18. It was offered by the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers through the cooperation of the SC School of Commerce. Instructors were Laurence Sando, M.A.L., of Los Angeles, and Norman E. McFadden, vice president of Western Title Insurance and Guaranty Co., San Francisco. Anaheim City Tax Rate Unchanged The first reading of the ordinance setting the city tax rate for the fiscal year 1956-57 was heard at the city council meeting last Tuesday evening. The same as last year's tax rate of $1.10 per $100 of assessed valuation, the announced scheduled division of revenues would be as follows: general fund, for all city government costs such as streets, personnel, etc., would be 93 cents, 8.4 mills; the library fund, 7 cents, 6.9 mills, and the balance to be divided among the sewers, parks, bonds, waterworks and minor costs of operation. New DDD Sunday 12 An electric gain cost 60,000 square feet of floor in Pacific Telephone's new edition at 217 North Lemon will leap to life Sunday. A for nearly 2000 Anaheim phones. Direct Distance Dialing first such service initiated where in Orange County come to PRospect-4 indo and two-party subscribe 12:01 a.m. Sunday, at the time introducing the new phone prefix. Months of engineering, construction, installation and test equipment will be culled in second as automatic ment starts handling the direct long distance calls. Blocking devices will moved from DDD swipe equipment at a pream signal by telephone tech. In a split second DDD will come part of Anaheim's prince. Backstage participants cutover to DDD included, central office, chief swipe Gordon Smith whose responsibility is to see that the change to nation-wide dialing go without a hitch. Service sentatives Miss Pat Jones and Rita Hamann, processed business office orders for installment of new PRospect-4 telephonic Electric's Jim Cattested and checked the coated electronic equipment Bill Koerner installed up DDD telephones a day while ing his familiar olive-green from house to house in the MARKS radioactivity of tubes being titiously handled by Jim Mayfield. Critical Telephone switchman, and service representatives Pat Jones and Rita Hamann. If tube breaks area must be cleared immediately. The unit is part of the equipment used in automatic message accounting devices for recording charges. Huntsville, Alabama, is a famous cotton manufacturing point. would be as follows: general fund, for all city government costs such as streets, personnel, etc., would be 93 cents, 8.4 mills; the library fund, 7 cents, 6.9 mills, and the balance to be divided among the sewers, parks, bonds, waterworks and minor costs of operation. District manager Jack B pointed out that the very in switching equipment had installed in the dial office DDD. Called "Crossbar" electronic switch can do thing but lift the receiver making a call. When a call is placed its finds a line, memorizes the tion, telephone number and ice. In dialing it memorizes dialed number, searches for idle pathway, then com the connection — in split set. The whole king-sized tion takes place under the of a near two-million dollar nature, the heart of Anal communication system. OCC Freshmen Can Register Next Monday Freshmen students can register for classes at Coast College on Monday, ust 20, Dr. Donald Pehlke, de students, announced today. As promised earlier, sophomore students were given the oppiity to register and receive co ing earlier than new student CALIFORNIA STATE TO ALL THAT IS GOOD IN ANAHEIM ORANGE COUNTY'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED IN 1870 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY f. 11 Thursday, August 16, 1956 No. 11 ELECTRONIC tester in Anaheim dial center forms backdrop for Pacific Telephone's Larry Richmond, Rita Hamann and Pat Jones. Forthcoming DDD service will activate this machine which points the location of failure among the hundreds of relays and switches in the office on a trouble recorder card. Machine is one of many which will service DDD customers. ELECTRONIC tester in Anaheim dial center forms backdrop for Pacific Telephone’s Larry Richmond, Rita Hamann and Pat Jones. Forthcoming DDD service will activate this machine which points the location of failure among the hundreds of relays and switches in the office on a trouble recorder card. Machine is one of many which will service DDD customers. New DDD Service into Operation Sunday 12:01 A.M. on New Prefix An electric gain covering 1,000 square feet of floor space. Pacific Telephone’s new addition at 217 North Lemon Street will leap to life Sunday, Aug. 19, or nearly 2000 Anaheim telephones. Direct Distance Dialing, the first such service initiated anywhere in Orange County, will come to PRospect-4 individual and two-party subscribers at 12:01 a.m. Sunday, at the same time introducing the new telephone prefix. Months of engineering, construction, installation and testing of equipment will be culminated in second as automatic equipment starts handling the direct long distance calls. Blocking devices will be removed from DDD switching equipment at a prearranged signal by telephone technicians. A split second DDD will become part of Anaheim’s progress. Backstage participants for the over to DDD included, in the central office, chief switchman Gordon Smith whose responsibility is to see that the changeover nation-wide dialing goes off without a hitch. Service representatives Miss Pat Jones and Mrs.ita Hamann, processed business office orders for installation of new PRospect-4 telephones. Western Electric’s Jim Callahan tested and checked the compli­ited electronic equipment. And all Koerner installed up to 10 DDD telephones a day while driving his familiar olive-green truck from house to house in the cen­ L. Frank Kellogg Visits Childhood Home in Honolulu L. Frank Kellogg, principal of Anaheim Union High School, recently returned by air from an extended visit in Honolulu, Hawaii, at the home of his son, Dr. Wm. Clay Kellogg and family. Mr. Kellogg, son of Mrs. Helen Kellogg Aubin of 122 Orange Avenue, Santa Ana, was born in Honolulu and came to the states as a child. He visited the engineering works of his father, the late H. Clay Kellogg, civil and hydraulic engineer, which was built more than 50 years ago. The dam he constructed and the irrigation projects and works are still operating as efficiently as when they were originally constructed, he reported. The system has serviced the area of Wehawa for more than fifty years without the need of any changes in the original outlay. The original dam, 138 feet high and 437 feet wide, is still impounding the waters of the Wiwa shed which extends seven miles inland behind the dam. The reservoir holds three and a half billion gallons of water and fills four or five times a year to provide more than ten billion gallons of water for irrigation and domestic purposes. Over 60 years ago, the Kelloggs chartered a ship and founded the colony of Wahawa and helped to start the pineapple industry. Magnolia School Gets $2,548 in Operating Funds According to an announcement by Congressman James B. Utt, (R-28th Dist.), the Magnolia Elementary School District, 981 S. Magnolia Street, Anaheim, has been awarded the sum of $2,548.00 for school operating funds pursuant to Public Law 874. Schools which are heavily burdened by the impact of Federal installations in their area are eligible for financial assistance under this Public Law. The amount certified for payment is determined from the tentative entitlement for the fiscal year computed on the basis of information and estimates contained in the application. The entitlement for the school district for fiscal year 1956 had been set at $2,831.98 of which the above amount has been certified for immediate payment. Additional payments will be subject to such adjustments as may be required by actual data and by the availability of funds in relation to total entitlements for financial assistance. New Building Permits Boost without a hitch. Service representatives Miss Pat Jones and Mrs. Mita Hamann, processed business office orders for installation in new PRospect-4 telephones. Western Electric's Jim Callahan tested and checked the compliated electronic equipment. And all Koerner installed up to 10 DD telephones a day while driving his familiar olive-green truck from house to house in the central and eastern sections of the city. District manager Jack Buchart pointed out that the very latest switching equipment has been installed in the dial office for DD. Called "Crossbar", the electronic switch can do everything but lift the receiver when taking a call. When a call is placed its "brain" ends a line, memorizes the location, telephone number and service. In dialing it memorizes the called number, searches for an exit pathway, then completes the connection — in split seconds. The whole king-sized operation takes place under the roof of a near two-million dollar structure, the heart of Anaheim's communication system. OCC Freshmen Can Register Next Monday Freshmen students can start registering for classes at Orange East College on Monday, August 20, Dr. Donald Pehlke, dean of students, announced today. As promised earlier, sophomore students were given the opportunity to register and receive counselor earlier than new students. Students Planning Chapman College Can Take Exam Sat. Candidates for admission to Chapman College in Orange, who lack the standard prerequisites, may still qualify for entrance by passing an entrance examination to be offered next Saturday, Aug. 18, at 10 a.m. The examination will be given again Sept. 5 prior to the beginning of the fall semester on Sept. 10. Applicants who find it impossible to take the examination as scheduled may arrange through the office of the registrar or the office of the dean of students for a more suitable time. It is not necessary for candidates for admission to take this examination who have a B average in a high school college preparatory course of a C average in junior college. Veterans automatically qualify for admission who have achieved acceptable standing in the General Educational Development test (G.E.D.). More than $750,000 worth of building permits issued from the Anaheim Building Department this week boosts the city permits to near record. First of the permits issued was that of Altec Lansing Corporation who asked permission to install a fire protection sprinkler system in their plant at 1515 S. Manchester Blvd., to cost an estimated $32,506. A permit was granted Prudential Homes for an additional 47 single-family residences in Tract 2492 at a cost of $715,000. The Hawaiian Village Recreation Club received a permit to construct a swimming pool on the club grounds at Brookhurst Street and La Palma Avenue. The Recreation Club is a non-profit organization composed of residents in the immediate area of Hawaiian Village who are planning to provide recreational facilities for their children as well as adults. The estimated cost is set at $9,000 for the pool measuring 30x60 feet, to be built by Paddock Pools, Inc., of Los Angeles.