anaheim-gazette 1961-02-23

Orange County's Oldest Newspaper Published Every Thursday Established in 1870 VOL. LXXXIX, NO. 33 11 The OP A new champion of the TV viewer has risen in our midst. He is San Bernardino County's State Senator Stanford C. Shaw, a man who detests those frightening, animated pictures of acid-eaten stomachs right in the middle of the family dinner. Fed up with mealtime blasts about "bowels, hemorrhoids, sore feet, livers and nasal passages," he says, the good senator has introduced a resolution in the Legislature calling upon the Federal Communications Commission to do something about it or turn in its badge. We don't know how many of the country's 95 million TV viewers watch programs during the dinner hour. Our family does—on special occasions. But we lay in ambush for the pill pushers. We have a little extension cord gadget with which we flick off the sound the instant the medicine show man starts. Hanna Moves To Ban School Book Burning "The burning of textbooks by the State Department of Education is both unnecessary and wasteful, and I intend to introduce legislation which would stop it," Assemblyman Richard T. Hanna (D.-Fullerton) said yesterday. According to the Department of Education, 185,000 new textbooks already have been burned, and another 600,000, barring some action, also will be destroyed soon. "I have been informed by the Legislative Counsel that legislation could be enacted to dispose of these books to other agencies without running afoul of the gift of public funds laws," said Hanna. "Emergency legislation is now being drafted by the Legislative Counsel and I hope to get quick action to halt this." We don't know how many of the country's 95 million TV viewers watch programs during the dinner hour. Our family does—on special occasions. But we lay in ambush for the pill pushers. We have a little extension cord gadget with which we flick off the sound the instant the medicine show man starts his pitch. Then we politely look the other way while the "stomach acids" drop, one by one. Otherwise, we heartily agree with the senator. Wouldn't it have been nice if we could have put up those new Lincoln Avenue signs on his birthday? Headline of the Week (from the cane brakes of Cuba): "Castro Tells Steps for Peace." Voters Approve School Tax Hike Voters of the Anaheim Elementary School District Tuesday approved a 35-cent tax increase, bringing the total to $1.50, the same as that established for the high school district. The vote was Yes 5,508 and No 2,049. The election brought 20.7 percent of the district's voters to the polls. The district's voters also approved continuance of the high school rate of $1.50 for a period of nine years. The rate boost was sought to meet the increased school facility requirements resulting from population rise and greater operational costs. CD Checklist On State Cars As part of a changing concept of civil defense in California, every state-owned vehicle will soon have a CD decal and survival checklist posted on the windshield. Governor Edmund G. Brown has sent a letter to the heads of all state agencies requesting them to place the checklist on state cars. In his letter he said that civil defense was "government operating under emergency conditions," and that all elements of every state agency must be prepared and trained to assume specific civil defense and disaster responsibilities. The new checklist has four major categories and includes basic information that everyone should know in case of war-caused disaster. It also asks questions about what an employee would do at work, on the road, and at home. AIR CADET BASE CEREMONIES SCHEDULED AT FAIRGROUNDS NEW LEADERS of the ramento last weekend and Bert J. Abraham, Board of Directors. In Fair Manager Dudley Abraham. California's State Fair Exposition, largest of its kind in the nation, received new leadership last weekend with the election of Farrell Wrenn, Auburn fruit grower and shipper, as president and Bert J. Abraham of Anaheim veteran California newspaper publisher, as vice president of its board of directors. Wrenn, who succeeds E chair, is Placer County man Lee Kelly in the president ger of the American National Growers' Association, a 19-year member of the 20th District Agriculture Association board of direcors, and board chairman of the Auburn District Fair. Currently serving his second four-year term on the board Abraham is co-publisher of the Anaheim Gazette. He has been chairman of the board's publicity and advertising committee for the last four years. Long active in the newspaper business in California, Abraham has been publisher of seven papers in the Southland. He past president of the Californian Newspaper Publishers Association and currently secretary of the California Press Association. AIR CADET BASE CEREMONIES SCHEDULED AT FAIRGROUNDS Ceremonies on Sunday, March 5, commemorating the 20th year since establishment of the old Santa Ana Army Air Base will be combined with a rededication of the garden at the base as a living memorial to Orange County veterans and cadets who trained at the base. They are scheduled at the Orange County Fairgrounds at 2 p.m. Mrs. Weston Walker, general chairman of the event, said the Orange County district of California Garden Clubs, Inc., comprising 20 senior garden clubs and eight junior clubs, will sponsor the observance. Congressman James B. Utt of Santa Ana has donated a 50-star flag flown above the nation's capitol to be raised on a pole erected at the site by the Costa Mesa American Legion Post. In rededicating the Memorial Garden, located inside the west gate of the fairgrounds, a tree will be planted in the memory of Colonel James R. Gibson, former commander of the Costa Mesa Legion Post, who served at the former Air Base. Commander Claud F. O'Hara, chairman of the Joint Veterans and Service Committee, is arranging for the Orange County Veterans Drill Team to present colors for the ceremonies. Mrs. Walker said a formal request for an appearance by the El Toro Marine Air Station Band has been submitted to base authorities. Harry H. Harvey, an executive of Toastmasters International world headquarters in Santa Ana, will be master of ceremonies. Albert Spencer, executive director of the Boys' Club of the Harbor Area, said club members are making a redwood sign for presentation during the rededication. The sign will mark the garden as a memorial to war veterans and to the former air base. The sign will be located on Fajrview Rd. Mrs. Ledia Strother, winner of the Washington Medal of Honor, who taught air cadets the Russian language, will present a series of pictures for permanent display in the Garden Center, which adjoins the Memorial Garden. Mrs. Walker said the week of March 5 to 11 ushers in California's Conservation Week and Plant-a-Tree Week, and encompasses California's Arbor Day (March 7). Luther Burbank's birthday. The 1959 Census of Agriculture counted 3,350 farms in Orange County, according to a preliminary report just issued by the Bureau of the Census. U.S. Department of Commerce Total land in farms was 334,125 acres. The average size of farm was 99.7 acres. The average value of farms (land and buildings) in the county was $127,754. Of the county's farm operators, 2,647 owned their farms; 299 owned part of the land and rented additional acreage, and 257 were tenant farmers. The average age of farm operators in the county was 54.2 years. There were 773 farm operators 65 or more years of age. Of the 3,350 farms in the county, 2,264 were commercial farms. Detailed statistics on crops, livestock, equipment and other subjects are presented in the preliminary report, with comparable statistics for 1954. Copies of the county report may be obtained for 10 cents each from the Bureau of the Census, Washington 25, D.C. ANAHEIM GAZETE ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA TWELVE STATE FAIR BOARD DIRECTORS ELECT PUBLISHER Danger Living Leader New ManagAppointed f Charterhous Robert J. Petersen, midwest hotel execubeen appointed vice p and general manager Charterhouse Hotel he Schulman, vice presidenmotor hotel division o Corporation of Amerinounced this week. Petersen replaces Fitzgerald who has been NEW LEADERS of the California State Fair and Exposition were chosen in Sacramento last weekend with election of Farrell F. Wrenn of Auburn as president and Bert J. Abraham, publisher of the Anaheim Gazette, as vice president of the board of Directors. In the congratulatory scene above are, left to right: State Manager Dudley T. Fortin, Wrenn, outgoing president Earl Lee Kelly and Braham. California's State Fair and Exposition, largest of its kind nationwide, received new membership last weekend with election of Farrell F. Wrenn, Auburn fruit grower shipper, as president and J. Abraham of Anaheim, an California newspaper owner, as vice president of board of directors. Farrell F. Wrenn, who succeeds Earl Isak Placer County man-celly in the president's role at the American National Nurses' Association, a 19-year member of the 20th District Culture Association board officers, and board chairman Auburn District Fair. Presently serving his second year term on the board, Farrell F. Wrenn is co-pUBLISHER of the Anaheim Gazette. He has been an agent of the board's pub- advertising committees and board chairman Auburn District Fair. Active in the newspaper业 in California, Abraham been publisher of several in the Southland. He is president of the California Paper Publishers Associatio- and currently secretary of California Press Associa- CALENDAR THURSDAY, FEB. 23 Exchange Club, Elks Club, noon. Kiwanis Breakfast Club, Gourmet Restaurant, 7:30. Moose Lodge, 133½ N. Los Angeles, 8 p.m. Optimist Club, 113 W. Chartres, 7 p.m. Izaak Walton League Ikettes, La Palma Youth Centtr, 8 p.m. FRIDAY, FEB. 24 Anaheim Park Club, Pearson Park, 2 p.m. City Park Chess Club, 400 N. Palm, 7 p.m. Lions Club, Elks Club, 12:15 p.m. Ohio Club, Santiago Park, Santa Ana, 6:30 p.m. MONDAY, FEB. 27 Rotary Club, Elks Club, 12:10 p.m. Altrusa Club, Disneyland Hotel, 7 p.m. Junior Assistance League, Assistance League clubhouse, 8 p.m. TUESDAY, FEB. 28 Kiwanis Club, Elks Club, 12:10 p.m. Lions Breakfast Club, Gourmet Restaurant, noon. Chispa Chapter, O.E.S., Masonic Temple, 8 p.m. American Legion Anxillary 72, Legion Hall, 8 p.m. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 Optimist Anaheim Luncheon Club, Water Wheel Restau- Chamber New Member Drive Brings In 54 Passing the halfway mark of its goal of 100, the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce yesterday reported the addition of 54 new members. These include business firms, professional individuals and supporting members. The membership drive was launched on January 31. It has been directed by banker Barney Jordan, a board director and chairman of the membership committee. George E. Strachan, chamber general manager, yesterday predicted that the new member total will exceed the goal of 100 before the end of the year. He also forecast an Anaheim population of more than 210,-000, covering an area in excess of 30 square miles within the next 10 years. Optometrists Pick Anaheim For '62 Session Robert J. Petersen, midwest hotel executive, been appointed vice presand general manager of Charterhouse Hotel hotschulman, vice president motor hotel division oCorporation of America nounced this week. Petersen replaces Fitzgerald who has been western sales manager company. The Charterhouse, on Blvd. opposite Disney, one of 24 resort, suburmetropolitan hotels ownoperated by the corpamong which are the Mer in Washington,the velt and Plaza in New the Edgewater Beach cago and the Carlton T London. Petersen was associate the Edgewater Beach during 18 of his 28 years hotel business. Yo-Yo ChamAre Announce Winners in the annual wide city finals yo-yo ment, sponsored by the heim Park and Recreation partiment, were announced tterday. In the boys' division, Lahmer, from Madison first place and Roger P from Price, took second boys had a perfect score points and a run-off was The requirement was 50-the-loops" and young could do only 49. In the girls' divisions, Turnipseed, from Price first with a perfect score Jennifer Muir, from Ma- took second with a 95.Pan also last year's first-placen ner. Both Steve Lehmer and County’s Farms Tabulated TUESDAY, FEB. 28 Kiwanis Club, Elks Club, 12:10 p.m. Lions Breakfast Club, Gourmet Restaurant, noon. Chispa Chapter, O.E.S., Masonic Temple, 8 p.m. American Legion Anxillary 72, Legion Hall, 8 p.m. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 Optimist Anaheim Luncheon Club, Water Wheel Restaurant, 12:10 p.m. Junior Chamber of Commerce, Elks Club, 8 p.m. Knights of Columbus, 325 W. Center, 8 p.m. Royal Arch Masons, Masonic Temple, 7:30 p.m. Ministerial Union, Gourmet Restaurant, 7 a.m. Chamber Heads To Meet Mar. 13 Next meeting of Orange County Chamber of Commerce Managers will be held in La Habra March 13 at 7:30 a.m. in the Highland Bowl, 401 E. Imperial Hwy. The subject to be discussed will be "Transportation," which will include highways, freeways, mass rapid transit, rail and truck transportation, and freight rates. New Quarters For County Dept. Orange County’s Department of Building and Safety will be in new quarters at 400 West 8th St., Santa Ana, Monday morning, C. W. Donohue, superintendent of building and safety, has announced. Optometrists Pick Anaheim For '62 Session Anaheim optometrists M. Gaylord Brown and Homer A. Nelson participated in the 56th Annual Congress of the California Optometric Association held in San Francisco last week. With nearly 1000 registrants at the four-day series of workshops, education and business sessions, it was the biggest annual meeting in the statewide organization's history. Among those addressing the conclave was Dr. Richard Schiller of Marshalltown, Iowa, president of the American Optometric Association, who told of great strides being taken in the vision care field. He praised the California organization for its high professional standards. The 1962 congress will be held here, at the Disneyland Hotel. Rites Planned For Mrs. Nyloe Death claimed Mrs. Mary K. Nyloe, long-time Anaheim resident, in her home at 220 E. South St. yesterday, after a prolonged illness. Funeral arrangements are being made by the Cone and O'Conner Mortuary. Death Takes Homer King, Noted Editor Death came unexpected Tuesday to Homer D., widely known editor and publisher of the Hemet New Riverside County newsroom founded 68 years ago. Mr. King, who succeeded father as publisher of News, numbered most of formia's "greats" in public as his close friends. He was longtime member of the formia Newspaper Public Association and the recipient many of its awards in the field of journalism. His bi-weekly column, servations," was one of most widely read in the s ZETTE To Your Favorite Carrier Boy YOUR BEST BUY STATE LIBRARY 25¢ PER MONTH TWELVE PAGES THURSDAY, FEB. 23, 1961 Danger of 'No Purpose Living' Cited by Church Leader in Address Here New Manager Appointed for Charterhouse Robert J. Petersen, veteran midwest hotel executive, has been appointed vice president and general manager of the Charterhouse Hotel here, Ben Schulman, vice president of the motor hotel division of Hotel Corporation of America, announced this week. Petersen replaces Joseph Fitzgerald who has been named Ex-Counterspy Will Talk Here Americans must "start living for something that counts" before a great national purpose can be achieved, Bishop Gerald Kennedy of Los Angeles, president of the Methodist Council of Bishops, told an audience in Orange Saturday night. The church leader said, "It is nonsense to think national purpose can be found by appointing a committee. This is the usual American answer to a problem. But it doesn't work this way. This is something a committee cannot discover." Bishop Kennedy addressed more than 200 Methodists at the First Methodist Church. He was introduced by Dr. Frank Toothaker. Whiting Robert J. Petersen, veteran midwest hotel executive, has been appointed vice president and general manager of the Charterhouse Hotel here, Ben Schulman, vice president of the motor hotel division of Hotel Corporation of America, announced this week. Petersen replaces Joseph Fitzgerald who has been named western sales manager of the company. The Charterhouse, on Harbor Blvd. opposite Disneyland, is one of 24 resort, suburban and metropolitan hotels owned and operated by the corporation, among which are the Mayflower in Washington, the Roosevelt and Plaza in New York, the Edgewater Beach in Chicago and the Carlton Tower in London. Petersen was associated with the Edgewater Beach Hotel during 18 of his 28 years in the hotel business. Yo-Yo Champs Are Announced Winners in the annual city-side city finals yo-yo tournament, sponsored by the Anaheim Park and Recreation Department, were announced yesterday. In the boys' division, Steve Mahmer, from Madison, took first place and Roger Phiffer, from Price, took second. Both boys had a perfect score of 100 points and a run-off was called. The requirement was 50 "loope-loops" and young Phiffer could do only 49. In the girls' divisions, Pam Turnipseed, from Price, took last with a perfect score and Jennifer Muir, from Marshall, took second with a 95. Pam was no last year's first-place winner. Both Steve Lehmer and Pam Herbert A. Philbrick Noted Federal Bureau of Investigation counterspy Herbert A. Philbrick is scheduled to give a series of talks here next month at the five-day session of the Orange County School of Anti-Communism, March 6-10. Dr. William Brashears, chairman of the sponsoring citizens' committee, announced this week. Two of Philbrick's principal talks will be on March 8 and 10. The school will be held in the Disneyland Hotel. Currently a resident of New Hampshire, Philbrick served as an FBI counterspy for nine years. His testimony later was instrumental in exposing and destroying a ring of Red saboteurs and bringing to trial 11 top-ranking leaders of the Communist party on charges of conspiracy to overthrow the government by violence. Philbrick has been described as an American who "postponed his own life, liberty and pursuit of happiness to get to the bottom of the great Communist conspiracy in the United States." His subsequent book, "I Led Three Lives," was a best seller. Anaheim Student On Harvard List An Anaheim youth, William C. Parker Jr., of 1912 Janette Ln., is among 59 Harvard College upperclassmen from California who have been named to The church leader said, "It is nonsense to think national purpose can be found by appointing a committee. This is the usual American answer to a problem. But it doesn't work this way. This is something a committee cannot discover." Bishop Kennedy addressed more than 200 Methodists at the First Methodist Church. He was introduced by Dr. Frank Toothaker, Whittier District superintendent. He said the worst sickness of our time is "the absolute meaninglessness of life." "A generation is growing up with no purpose, no sense of dignity, no adventure—a group of useless, little people messing around with the great gift of life," he warned. "People consume liquor in the quantities they do, not because they like it, but because they are bored. For some the only way they can face life is by being drugged." "We have to make noise, so we carry transistor radios wherever we go. And we have to have activity so we join all kinds of clubs to avoid being alone. This is a kind of delayed adolescence." "Mark it down that a generation in this fix is not a great generation. It is a generation with no direction." "One thing is clear: we are like a drowning man in a sea of boiling water, and either we go forward or we go down. We cannot stand still." "The nation must find fresh, imaginative ideas in its foreign policy. Cities like Los Angeles must find a solution to its staggering traffic problem. Los Angeles has talked about it long enough, and unless it acts soon the inner city will be choked to death." "The same is true of the church. In the southwest the church is at a critical turning point where it must prepare for the future. Methodists must do something for the new generation by building more new churches and a great Christian university at San Diego (California Western University)." "The great gift of Christ is..." In the girls' divisions, Pam Turnipseed, from Price, took last with a perfect score and Jennifer Muir, from Marshall, took second with a 95. Pam was no last year's first-place winner. Both Steve Lehmer and Pam Turnipseed will be in the state regionals to be held today in Fremont Junior High gym. The competition begins at 7 p.m. Officiating at the city finals are Lloyd Trapp, Leonard Roberts and Dave Pagano, all of the Park and Recreation Department. Death Takes Homer King, Noted Editor Death came unexpectedly Tuesday to Homer D. King, newly known editor and publisher of the Hemet News, a riverside County newspaper ended 68 years ago. Mr. King, who succeeded his older as publisher of the news, numbered most of California's "greats" in public life this close friends. He was a lifetime member of the California Newspaper Publishers Association and the recipient of many of its awards in the field journalism. His bi-weekly column, "Observations," was one of the most widely read in the state. Anaheim Student On Harvard List An Anaheim youth, William C. Parker Jr., of 1912 Janette Ln., is among 59 Harvard College upperclassmen from California who have been named to the Dean's List on the basis of their grades for the academic year 1959-60, Harvard University announced this week. Students must maintain an average of "B" grades or better for the year in order to be qualified for the distinction. Parker is a graduate of Anaheim Union High School. Two other Orange County students are on the list. They are John E. Kurnick of 475 Pepper Ave., Garden Grove, and John Jackson Bentley III of 965 Catalina Ave., Seal Beach. Church Services For Mrs. Mallet Services for Mrs. Lova Janette Mallet, 39, of 210 S. Thalia St., who died Tuesday after a short illness, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the West Anaheim Methodist Church under the auspices of the Backs, Troutman & Kaulbars Mortuary. She leaves her husband, Bernard E. Mallet; two sons, Michael W. and Thomas W.; a daughter, Susan Jane; a brother, Wayne Armstrong of Houston, Texas, and her mother, Mrs. Eula Armstrong of this city. $489,785 in U.S. Savings Bonds Sold in January A total of $489,785 in United States Savings Bonds was purchased by Orange Countians last month as the Treasury Department's Savings Bond Division entered its twentieth year of operation, County Chairman George A. Taylor announced this week.