anaheim-gazette 1959-12-18

Colorful Pageantry, Stirring 89 Years of Devotion to All That Is Good in Anaheim VOL. LXXXVIII—NO. 27 DON'T Delay Further, Send YOUR Christmas Packages, Letters NOW! "The time has passed to talk about "Malling Early for Christmas," Anaheim Postmaster Marshall N. McFie said today, "but you can still help us to avoid a tremendous last minute pileup of Christmas mail if you'll send all your packages and Christmas cards right now!" To the inevitable last minute mailers he suggests that you use Air Mail for every Christmas card or gift going to distant places out-of-town. He points out that even a few hours delay at this critical time may mean disappointment for your friends and loved ones on Christmas Day. The postmaster says he expects the 1959 Christmas mails will break all records, and that the mail load will undoubtedly hit its peak within the next few days. The flood of outgoing Christmas cards and gifts is being matched by a like torrent of incoming mail that is becoming heavier every day. Postal employees are digging in harder than ever, and for your convenience, the Postoffice will remain open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., including Saturday. There's still time for McFIE Postal employees are digging in harder than ever, and for your convenience, the Postoffice will remain open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., including Saturday. There's still time for local deliveries, but all Christmas cards should be sent by first class mail. Be sure to include your return address on all Christmas card envelopes and package labels. The postmaster expressed his thanks for the fine cooperation from the public so far, and asks your continued help so that all gift packages and Christmas cards can be delivered before Christmas Eve. TWO WEEKS OF PAGEANTRY Disneyland Plans Gala Yule Parade Anaheim gets an extra-added spice of the Christmastide through Disneyland's gala holiday season, highlighting traditional Christmas customs of nations throughout the world which will be officially launched this Sunday with the Third Annual Christmas Parade. The most diversified Christmas Parade ever staged at Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday with more than 2,500 gaily costumed participants, dressed in the manner of their native lands and enacting age-old Yuletide customs. The colorful pageantry of the Christmas Parade will spotlight 35 different song and dance groups, 10 marching bands, 15 decorated floats, 15 specially trimmed Christmas trees depicting international customs, equestrians, costumed Disney characters, and an array of animals that includes kangaroos, elephants, camels and zebras. A total of 30 different nations will be represented in the procession by performing groups and the honored guests, Los Angeles consular officials of each country. The parade officially ushers in nearly two weeks of special entertainment at Disneyland, centered around a "Christmas in Many Lands" theme. From Dec. 16 through Jan. 8, Disneyland will be open every day, and visitors will see tall decorated Christmas trees, hundreds of colored lights and ornaments, and colorful window decorations in addition to the special shows and entertainment. Daily holiday features beginning Saturday, Dec. 19, will include the popular Disneyland Carolers, who return to perform Christmas songs and hymns, and firemen battle wind-whip blaze. For more than an hour 20 Anaheim and Garden Grove firemen battled to bring a wind-whipped fire under control as it inflicted extensive damage to the $40,000 luxury home of masonary contractor, C. W. White, at 2070 Elen Dr.; Anaheim. The fire started in the garage from an undetermined cause. Pick Taylor As President Of Chamber New officers of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce, including Walt Taylor, of the Walt Taylor Lumber Company, elected president at the annual organization meeting, will be installed at annual Christmas Party for officers and directors at the Goethet Restaurant, Disneyland Hottonight, Taylor succeeds 'Cly Cromer of the Anaheim Truck Transfer Company. Other officers elected by Board of Directors were Rob Heinz, first vice president; C Putz, second vice president; D Gay, treasurer. Executive Committee member chosen were Dr. Samuel Genie Leo Pfankuch, Martha Schumpfer, Ed Ettinger and Howard Ldon. Results of the Board of Directors for the 1962 term, to serve three years showed choice of Mowry Smith, Ed tinger, Tom Short, Carl Putz, Pfankuch, James McAlvin and Robert Faust. Strachan Is Rehired The newly constituted board hired George Strachan as secretary-manager of the chamber Secretary Marie Wilson, with new title as office manager, facilitate activities within Chamber office, was also repointed. First business considered by newly-elected president was warding of a recommendation (Continued on Page 2) Boy Stops Train To Prove Courage To His Playmates Anaheim police have picked a 6-year-old boy who stood in middle of a railroad track 16 through Jan. 3, Disneyland will be open every day, and visitors will see tall decorated Christmas trees, hundreds of colored lights and ornaments, and colorful window decorations in addition to the special shows and entertainment. Daily holiday features beginning Saturday, Dec. 19, will include the popular Disneyland Carolers, who return to perform Christmas songs and hymns, and four different groups of puppeteers entertaining in four separate locations. There also will be special afternoon and evening performances by song and dance groups during the Christmas season, including a candlelight procession of 2,200 choir singers at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 22; the beautiful "Living Christmas Tree" presentation by the Western High School Choir at 5 p.m. both Dec. 20 and 24th; "Christmas in Latin America" on Dec. 26, featuring a festive Poem (Continued on Page 2) Heads Committee Probing Payola Cliff Gill, president and general manager of radio station KEZY, with headquarters in Disneyland Hotel, is chairman of the Standards of Practice Committee which met in Washington, D.C. Monday to discuss means of implementing the code, following the recent quiz show and payola scandals. Commending on the mounting criticism of the radio industry, Gill declares that "the best way to prevent more stringent government regulations is to regulate ourselves." Wind-Whip Blaze For more than an hour 20 Anaheim and Garden Grove firemen battled to bring a wind-whipped fire under control as it inflicted extensive damage to the $40,000 luxury home of masonary contractor, C. W. White, at 2070 Ellen Dr.; Anaheim. The fire started in the garage from an undetermined cause, according to Anaheim Battalion Chief B. C. Phillips. It spread to the attic and a large part of the roof fell in. An expensive 1958 automobile and a pickup truck in the garage were completely destroyed. High winds made it extremely difficult for the firefighters to contain the blaze and to keep it from spreading to other high-priced homes nearby. Chief Phillips said that the fire areas were kept drenched as the flames threatened to spread. Garden Grove Fire Marshall Stan Beitler had an engine company and salvage unit aiding the Anaheim firemen. $500,000 Apartment Sale Is Reported Sale of a newly constructed 56-unit apartment development, the Windemier Terrace on Colchester Dr., is reported by the McCall Real Estate, 8752 Grove Blvd., Garden Grove, and Marjan Development, Inc., 9562 Ball Rd., Anaheim. The apartments were sold to Jacobs, Benion and Spira of Hollywood for approximately $500,000. Boy Stops Train To Prove Courage To His Playmates Anaheim police have picked up a 6-year-old boy who stood in middle of a railroad track compelled a freight train to come to an emergency stop so that could prove who was "chicken." Police Department officials hopeful that the arrest will bring to an end a fad game of child testing their courage again trains. Stern lectures have been given to some ten children their parents. The father of a boy who caused a Santa train to come to a sudden sneeze was "horrified" by the report his son's actions. Juvenile officers, working with railroad company agents obtain the names of ten boys, aged five to 10, who played the dangerous game on railroad tracks the vicinity o Cypress Ave. This same 6-year-old ear was nearly hit by another train when he attempted to prove courage, officers reported. Heavy Winds Breaking Window. Down Side Sunday's heavy winds down near large rubber tree on the side of City Park east of Pa. It also smashed a plate glass window in the Tip Top Barber Shop 126A E. Center and blew dea sign at Highway 39 and Oran Stirring Festivals, Mark Joyous ANAHEIM GAZETTE ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA FOURTEEN PAGE City’s Growth Brings Fire ANAHEIM NEEDS FIRE of C. ELECTION ick Taylor President Chamber officers of the Anaheim Kick Taylor President of Chamber officers of the Anaheim member of Commerce, including Taylor, of the Walt Taylor Company, elected presitant the annual organization will be installed at the Christmas Party for the and directors at the Gourrestaurant, Disneyland Hotel, Taylor succeeds Clyde of the Anaheim Truck and Company. officers elected by the of Directors were Robert first vice president; Carl second vice president; Dick treasurer. Executive Committee members were Dr. Samuel Gendel, Maffkuch, Martha Schumachl Ettinger and Howard Louults of the Board of Directors for the 1962 term, each three years showed the of Mowry Smith, Ed EtTom Short, Carl Putz, Leo ruch, James McAlvin and Faust. Strachan Is Rehired newly constituted board reGeorge Strachan as secremanager of the chamber. Marie Marie Wilson, with a title as office manager, to date activities within the ber office, was also reapd. business considered by the elected president was foring of a recommendation pre- (Continued on Page 2) HUNDREDS OF COLORED LIGHTS blaze 50 feet into the Anaheim sky, thanks Miss Anaheim (Phoebe McAuley) and Little Miss Christmas Tree (DelAnn Blackmashown here after officially lighting the biggest Christmas tree in Orange County, cated at Lin-Brook Hardware in Anaheim. SOLONS GET A MORAL URGE Council Hits at Bookmaking, Prostitution, Backs Vice Squad Little ... Notes SOLONS GET A MORAL URGE Council Hits at Bookmaking, Prostitution; Backs Vice Squad Maybe it was the Santa Claus influence, the exhilerating zip and hurry of the Yuletide, but Anaheim City Council Tuesday night swept vigorously and speedily through a formidable list of 41 items, taking moral pokes at gambling and prostitution and enjoying a mild set-to between Councilman Rex Coons and City Manager Keith A. Murdoch on city performance of contracts in cases where private contractors' bids are rejected as too high. Organization of a vice squad by Police Chief Mark Stephenson resulted in strengthening of the ordinance now governing gambling. Passed on first reading, the ordinance strengthens the hands of police on bookmaking. The possession of bookmaking paraphernalia, use of runners, heretofore not covered by city law, now enters into the picture, giving Anaheim police a stronger arm with which to combat this form of gambling. Chief Stephenson's move follows evidence that certain bigwigs of the Los Angeles crime empire have been "making covetous eyes" on Orange County territory. Draw Porker Not Outlawed Draw poker itself is not outlawed if played at home or in private clubs, but is illegal when played in poker parlors. Council passed on first reading an ordinance governing solicitation and other ramifications of prostitution not covered by the state law which involves only vagrancy in such cases. Annexation of the Broadway district in the La Palma, Lincoln, Gilbert and Brookhurst area was approved. Division to have the city construct a concrete sidewalk in City Park at Vermont and Placentia Aves, at a cost of $7,995, following rejection of all bids as too high at the previous Council meeting, and a concrete slab in the new steel building in City Yard, at the northeast intersection of Crescent and Brookhurst, for $2,738.80 as against a low bid of $3,484 by private contractor, brought inquiry by Councilman Coons as to why sufficient contractors do not bid for Anaheim projects and why private industry does not get a larger share of them. Councilman Coons' remarks (Continued on Page 2) Little ... Notes By ED-E. HERWIG (Managing Editor) The conductor of "Little No today bids you "God Jul," was the traditional Norwegian greeting for the Yuletide. In other land is there a more turesque observance of the activity season, so hop aboard let's travel Norway-ward. Christmas first came to New way about 1,000 years after came into the world. And its earliest celebrations it a hearty fest observed with strength and vigor that is cal of the Norsemen. Thus was in Norway, as in our lands into which Christianity was transplanted, that theivity Feast took on many the customs of an earlier ligion. The strong Celtic faith of Britain was brought to No by the man destined to be his country's patron saint—the Great—sometimes called the Fat. King Olaf had been vetted to Christianity in En when he was fighting at the (Continued on Page 2) joyous Christmas Season ZETTE Orange County's Oldest Newspaper Established in 1870 Published Every Thursday FOURTEEN PAGES FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1959. Fire Danger FIRE STATIONS Central Unit, Four Branches Needed Anaheim grows—phenomenally—but it has not kept pace in many public utilities, especially in the number of its fire departments and personnel. This is apparent in the suggested improvements as contained in the $12 million improvement program submitted to City Council by City Manager Keith A. Murdoch as an initial phase of the long-range $32 million program recommended by the Capital Improvements Committee some months ago. Some of the Fire Department improvements can, however, be financed from current city income. Anaheim grows—phenomenally—but it has not kept pace in many public utilities, especially in the number of its fire departments and personnel. This is apparent in the suggested improvements as contained in the $12 million improvement program submitted to City Council by City Manager Keith A. Murdoch as an initial phase of the long-range $32 million program recommended by the Capital Improvements Committee some months ago. Some of the Fire Department improvements can, however, be financed from current city income. It also is made further apparent in an interview with Fire Chief Ed J. Stringer, and herewith printed in today's ANAHEIM GA-ZETTE. For instance, as Chief Stringer remarks, there is no fire station in Anaheim's fast growing and already populous Northeast section—the Central Fire Department crew has to cover this territory, and the far distance to its extreme limits is eight miles. There should be a branch station in the middle of this area so that quicker fire protection may be afforded its residents and business places. Central Station Needed There is a vast need for a new Central Fire Headquarters, "the hub of the wheel," as Chief Stringer describes it. The present headquarters is cramped, small and obsolete, and entirely unsuitable for today's fire fighting system. For example, the chief's headquarters are in an adjoining wooden frame which might well be described as "a shed." Recently there was erected a new bungalow type branch station at Orange and Dale, dedicated on Nov. 4, and which fills the need of West Anaheim section. The other present branch stations are at Brookhurst and Crescent and Manchester and Also. Four new stations are necessary to provide an adequate protection cover for the rest of Anaheim, Chief Stringer explains. These, he says, should be on Sunkist in the Northeast section; on Coronado and in the Peralta Hills. And if the heavy industrialization continues, there should be a fifth branch station in the Placentia neighborhood. Forty More Men Required Forty additional men will be needed to man these stations, ten to each branch. Central Station necessitates 35 firemen for the various shifts. The provisions regarding better fire station facilities as contained in City Manager Murdoch's report, read: "Acquire sites for Fire Stations 6, 7 and 8, and additional land for headquarters. Station 5 can be suitably located on one of the proposed park sites — $60,000. Construct 18,000 square foot Fire Headquarters—$360,000. The committee recommended immediate construction of Stations 5 and 6. I believe these stations can be constructed in the next two years within current annual allocations and will not require bond financing. A fire alarm system as recommended by the Committee is an urgent need, too, but I suggest that this also be financed from current annual allocations." Leading Citizens Witness School TV in Operation The distinct advantages by which Educational Television provides additional and valuable tools Jaycees to Aid Yuletide Needy The Anaheim Junior Chamber of Commerce announces plans to distribute "Christmas food Baskets," to needy and temporarily destitute families, in the Anaheim area. Turkeys, canned goods and holiday items will be in Little Notes By ED-E. HERWIG (Managing Editor) The conductor of "Little Notes" may bids you "God Jul," which the traditional Norwegian voting for the Yuletide. In no land is there a more picque observance of the Na-ty season, so hop aboard and travel Norway-ward. Christmas first came to Norway about 1,000 years after it came into the world. And from a earliest celebrations it was hearty fest observed with the strength and vigor that is typical of the Norsemen. Thus it is in Norway, as in other lands into which Christianity has transplanted, that the Na-ty Feast took on many of the customs of an earlier reion. The strong Celtic faith of early Britain was brought to Norway the man destined to become country's patron saint—Olaf Great—sometimes called Olaf Fat. King Olaf had been con-fed to Christianity in England he was fighting at the side (Continued on Page 2) Leading Citizens Witness School TV in Operation The distinct advantages by which Educational Television provides additional and valuable tools for teachers, and through them, to pupils, was emphasized picturesquely Tuesday in demonstrations to leading Anaheim citizens, first at the Anaheim City School District's closed-circuit television studios at 412 E. Center St., and later at Jefferson school. The visitation involving use of TV instruction, together with related classroom teaching, and later actual televising of a Spanish lesson for students at Jefferson School, was arranged by members of the Board of Education comprising Arval Morris, president; George C. Easton, clerk; Daniel M. Snow, William F. Fricker and (Continued on Page 8) The Anaheim Junior Chamber of Commerce announces plans to distribute "Christmas food Baskets," to needy and temporarily destitute families, in the Anaheim area. Turkeys, canned goods and holiday items will be included in the baskets. The Jaycees are aiming for a goal of 15 well filled baskets, for this annual project, says Junior Chamber president, Lee Morris. Joe Redenski, has been named chairman of this activity. Other committee members include: Garth Pacaud, Don Tillman, Ernie Atkinson, Lou Francis, Bob Shelton, Bernie Ginsberg, Lee Morris and Bob Andresen. Any person or firm interested in donating to this worthwhile cause, please call PRospect 2-0558 or KEystone 5-3991, and a Jaycee member will be happy to pick up your donation. THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE Will not be published on Thursday, Dec. 24 but a special issue will be distributed on Monday evening, Dec. 21, containing Christmas Food specials offered by the leading supermarkets of the area. Telephone PR 2-1800 if you do not receive your Anaheim Gazette Monday evening.