anaheim-gazette 1962-07-18

California State Library P. O. Box 2037 Sacramento 9, California Anaheim Established in 1870 ... Published Continuous Volume 91, Number 7 Owners Appeal Four File School Suit, Say Fired 'Without Cause' Four former employees of the Anaheim Elementary School District, claiming they were fired last month "without cause," next Friday will get a hearing in superior court, Santa Ana. The quartet has filed a suit against Robert E. Shanks, district superintendent, and the board of education in which they allege they were discharged for participating in activities of a local chapter of the California State School Employees Association. The four plaintiffs are Thomas Driscoll, school gardener and past secretary of the employees' association chapter; Earl Cornwell, custodian and past chapter president; Alan Mahoney, gardener; and Mrs. Donna Mae Martin, bus driver. The four claim they were "harassed by the superintendent for chapter organizational activities" FAMILY RECREATION CENTER — The artist's rendering of the $2.5 million project, planned by the Henning family for the East Anaheim tract on the north side of Lincoln Ave., near Rio Vista St., pictures the development that will surround a million-gallon swimming pool. The miniature golf course is in the front left. Picnic and lawn areas are in the front right. The coffee shop The four plaintiffs are Thomas Driscoll, school gardener and past secretary of the employes' association chapter; Earl Cornwell, custodian and past chapter president; Alan Mahoney, gardener; and Mrs. Donna Mae Martin, bus driver. The four claim they were "harassed by the superintendent for chapter organizational activities and that the "district violated the law" when it fired them without "showing cause or granting a hearing." Orange County Counsel George Holden issued a legal opinion on the case in which he said: "If their contracts are not renewed, no explanation need be given. Whether a public hearing is held is entirely up to the board." Anaheim Students Receive Honors One of two June graduates to show superior academic achievement at Fullerton Junior College. Anaheim resident Terrance L. Rawlings has been named to the State Honor Roll of California. Yvonne Moore of Fullerton was also named. Also, nine city residents have been made permanent members of the Fullerton Junior College scholastic honorary society, Alpha Gamma Sigma. Walter K. Barber, Jerry R. Gardner, Kurtis L. Kasner, Sherill A. Krastel, Terrance L. Rawlings, Deanna L. Stewart, Janna A. Visser, Ira L. Webber and Lynda Sundquist maintained a B-plus average or better during their four semesters at FJC. Each student must have taken at least 12 units each semester. At the same time these announcements were made, the college administration revealed that scholarships amounting to $100 each have gone to three Anaheim students who will be freshment at FJC in the fall. Douglas Cook, Mariallee Neighbours and Jeanne Nohavec were three of ten county high school graduates given scholarships. Patricia Bryce, also of Anaheim, is an alternate. 74 graduating seniors from local high schools had submitted applications for the scholarships. Hunting season in Orange County begins August 4 and four hunter safety instructors in Anaheim may have their hands full. No hunting license will be issued to any junior sportsmen until they present a certificate of completion of a state approved Hunter Safety training course run locally by these four men. Donald S. Delp, 1531 Edithia Ave., Kenneth L. Feenster, 2880 W. Elm Lawn Dr., Edward R. Fisk, 230 Emerald St., and ulian H. Plummer, 9712 Mystic Lane, are certified by the National Rifle Association and by the Department of Fish and Game to conduct regular classes for hunters. These gentlemen conduct regular classes at the Orange County Peace Officers Range on Katella St., and issue certificates to youngsters who in a minimum of four hours complete the course. County Game Warden Bill Sheflin says that boys and girls who have taken the hunter safety course not only have a better overall safety record, but are better hunters than many adults because they know how to shot a gun and how to conduct themselves in the field. "In 1961," he said, "30,390 people in the state completed the course." 218,894 people have been trained and certified since 1954 when the program started. There are 3000 hunter safety instructors. The warden noted that in 1955 there were 132 hunting accidents but in 1961 the number of accidents dropped to 101 despite the growth in the number of hunters in the field. FAMILY RECREATION CENTER — The artist's rendering of the $2.5 million project, planned by the Henning family for the East Anaheim tract on the north side of Lincoln Ave., near Rio Vista St., pictures the development that will surround a million-gallon swimming pool. The miniature golf course is in the front left. Picnic and lawn areas are in the front right. The coffee shop Young Hunters Take Course To Prep For County Season Hayes Wins Civil Defense Post City Manager Keith Murdoch has appointed a new civil defense coordinator for the city of Anaheim. Paul Louis Hayes, 44, commanding officer of the $159 USAF Research and Development Unit in Pasadena has been given this post. Hayes has been part of the 15th U.S. Army Corps' military civ defense planning unit for this area and he has served on several research projects on the effects of nuclear weapons on populations. A lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, Hayes has a B.A. in geology from UCLA. With his wife, Doris, and his daughter Janan, he has been living in Alta dena. Other jobs Three other jobs in the city's personnel structure are still open. The post of Park and Recreation Director is not yet filled Tests for the $998 - $1213 post have been given and oral interviews for the applications have been scheduled for July 20. Written tests for the post o head of the city's finance department have been given. Oral interviews for the $1023-$1243 position are scheduled for July 26. Most of the processing has been completed for the office of Ad each have gone to three Anaheim students who will be freshment at FJC in the fall. Douglas Cook, Mariallee Neighbours and Jeanne Nohavec were three of ten county high school graduates given scholarships. Patricia Bryce, also of Anaheim, is an alternate. 74 graduating seniors from local high schools had submitted applications for the scholarships. Ruby Chong Sets Bowling Record Ruby Chong, 95-pound Oakland bowler, set a new all-time record last week in Max Kosof's World Open Classic when she fired a sensational 4204 to 20 consecutive games - a lofty 210 average! She broke the record of 4111 set by Janet Harman of Los Angeles on opening night of the $129.150 tourney at La Habra "300" Bowl. The World Open is in its eighth year. Youngsters of ten and 12 are in the program occasionally. "In order to handle a rifle a boy should be a pretty big kid," the warden said. Of deer in the area, the warden said that in the Stewart Burn on the Ortega highway between Capistrano and Elsinore the deer population is good. "In a good wet year deer do not concentrate because there is no need for them to come out of the highlands." He expects the area to be heavily hunted this year. "This is the only area of Orange ANAHEIM at a Glance City councilman Jack Dutton and Mrs. Kay Wilson were married a week ago in Las Vegas. Ground will be broken tomorrow ofr the new Anaheim fire station at the corners of Broadway and Melrose at 11:30 a.m. The Chamber will meet following the ceremony for lunch. The Anaheim V.F.W. post will cooperate with the Anaheim Park and Recreation Department to sponsor a Regional Girls' Bobby Sox Tournament July 21 through 28. Opening ceremonies for this event will be at Pearson Park, July 21 at 1 p.m. White Sidewall Tire Sales Boom!! Tire makers say 45% to 48% of the estimated 71 million tires sold in the replacement market this year will sport the white strip. This is up from a 30% share of the market five years ago. If you are in the market for tires, tools or tricycles, you'll be sure to find them listed in Anaheim's Supermarket of values—the Anaheim Gazette Classified section "Miscellaneous for Sale." Check your needs. Check the savings boost your budget gets... turn back to Classified right now. To place an ad call... "TRI-ACTION Ad-quarters" ANAHEIM GAZETTE PR 2-1800 Classified Today, Pages.....? eim Gazette published Continuously in Orange County's "Number One" City For 92 Years Anaheim, California, Wednesday, July 18, 1962 Peal Recreation Center Board of Survival $2.5 Million RICHARD W. BOHRER Owner-developers of a proposed $2.5 million family recreation center in East Anaheim he filed an appeal to have a County Planning Commission decide reversed in their favor. The hearing date before the County Board of Supervisors has not yet been set. Richard Henning, Arthur Henning and Ann Henning Paule owners of a large tract on the north side of Lincoln Ave. near Rio Vista St., were denied a J-27 request for a variance to be the center when protesting E Anaheim homeowners oppose the project at a public hearing. The owners proposed to build complete recreation area circle a million-gallon oval swimming pool. Several acres of lawn and picnic area will front the project. The artist's rendering of Henning family for the of Lincoln Ave., near Rio will surround a million-mile course is in the front right. The coffee shop cocktail lounge and bowling alleys are in the right center. More bowling alleys, the health club rooms and the basement small arms firing range are in the building in the left center. The Alpha Beta Market, slated for the corner of Lincoln and Rio Vista, is to the very left. The artist's rendering of Henning family for the Lincoln Ave., near Rio will surround a million-old course is in the front right. The coffee shop cocktail lounge and bowling alleys are in the right center. More bowling alleys, the health club rooms and the basement small arms firing range are in the building in the left center. The Alpha Beta Market, slated for the corner of Lincoln and Rio Vista, is to the very left. AN EDITORIAL The Gazette Says ‘Hello’ We’d Like To Be Friends We know we're making some new friends today. This may be the first time you've ever seen the Gazette because of our new circulation pattern. Or you may not have seen The Gazette for the past several years. But, just for the record, you should know that this newspaper is no "Johnny-come-lately." The Anaheim Gazette is 92 years young...the first newspaper ever published in Orange County and it has behind it a continuous string of publications stretching all the way back to 1870. You may have noticed, too, that The Gazette has aged gracefully. We make an honest effort to keep it looking spritely and interesting. Its main purposes in life always have been to keep up with the times, to stay young, vigorous and interested in the community. The newspaper's 92-year history has been marked by many journalistic honors whose bestowal tends to prove it has attained these goals. With this edition, The Gazette is making an (Continued on Page 3) SEE PROSPERITY, PROGRESS Mobile Housing Direct To Sound Out Industry SEE PROSPERITY, PROGRESS Mobile Housing Direct To Sound Out Industry "1962 will almost inevitably go down into the history books as a record year in business," declared Conrad C. Jamison Monday at the nation's first Mobile housing conference in session in Anaheim this week at the Charterhouse Hotel. Called to sound the climate for the industry and to examine the role of the mobilehome in meeting the housing challenge, 250 mobilehousing directors from across the nation have registered for the conference. National Prosperity Jamison, vice-president and economist of the Security First National Bank in Los Angeles, stated at the first luncheon meeting that this country has never in all its history been as prosperous as it is today. He acknowledged that the economy may be "sputtering a bit at this time," but he does not feel that a recession will strike until business activities have reached a peak in 1963. He feels, he said, that the business pattern on the West Coast is be stronger here than elsewhere age and that recovery in 1963 will stronger than the national average in the nation. "General statistics say there has been an increase of 10,000 jobs a month this past year in California and I see this continuing with no abatement," he concluded. Keynote In his keynote address, John F. Henning, director of the Depart- THIS IS THE LIFE — Mobilehousing Conference host, W. A. Young, president of the Orange County Mobilehome Park Association, finds that there is no place like home when it's a 53 x 20 foot mobilehome. The spacious expandable trail-er, more room is on public Hotel, 1700 Sference have Entertainment Guide For America's 'HUB OF HAPPINESS' Home City Of DISNEYLAND Center Denial Board of Supervisors to Debate 1.5 Million East Anaheim Project RICHARD W. BOHRER owner-developers of a prolateral $2.5 million family recreacenter in East Anaheim have an appeal to have a County Commission decision used in their favor. The hearlate before the County Board supervisors has not yet been Richard Henning, Arthur Henn and Ann Henning Paulus, ars of a large tract on the side of Lincoln Ave. near Vista St., were denied a June request for a variance to build center when protesting East Anaheim homeowners opposed project at a public hearing. The owners proposed to build a delete recreation area circling million-gallon oval swimming Several acres of lawn and area will front the project through their spokesman, said the following: July 11, 1962 Board of Supervisors County of Orange Court House Santa Ana, California Gentlemen: On June 27 last, the Orange County Planning Commission held a public hearing on our petition to permit the establishment of a recreation center in the 100C1-10,000 Local Business District on Lincoln Avenue East of Río Vista Street, East of Anaheim, UV 4997. Bowling Center A plan was presented by us showing a number of recreational uses, principal of which are a bowling center, coffee shop, banquet rooms and cocktail lounge, ice skating rink, million gallon particular suitability of the location for the requested uses and pointed out that since most of the uses shown are permitted by right in the present zone that hardships exist in not allowing a few complimentary uses, thereby preventing the development of the land to its highest and best use. We feel that the arguments presented by a few residents of the area, none of whom live adjacent to the proposed development, were in the main invalid and irrelevant and tended to confuse the issue. Apparently our arguments lacked sufficient force and clarity to reduce the confusion. We do feel, however, that the Planning Commission erred in its conclusions and finding. To call the project an amusement resort is totally inaccurate. and Ann Henning Paulus, ars of a large tract on the side of Lincoln Ave. near Vista St., were denied a June request for a variance to build center when protesting East heim homeowners opposed project at a public hearing. The owners proposed to build a delete recreation area circling million-gallon oval swimming Several acres of lawn and area will front the project lincoln St. Ice Rink ne 64 lanes of bowling, a ard room, a banquet room coffee shop, an ice skating measuring 200 by 85 feet, a ment small arms firing an archery range, a health and steam room have been need for the back part of the arty. Alpha Beta Acme Corporahas already scheduled a marger center adjacent to the recn center on the corners of lincoln and Rio Vista. developers have stated high Mr. David S. Collins that are surprised and disaped at the reaction of some homeowners in the area which a family recreation cenorder that the people in the poorhood fully understand the situation is. I would be to provide a full description of the plans and the proposed position of the center," Collins Letter their letter of appeal to the head of Supervisors the owners. Friendly Circle Has Get Together The Friendly Circle met at the N. Philadelphia home of Edith Kight recently and held an exchange of secret pal gifts and presented Rhea Switzer with a cake in honor of her birthday. Members visited the Wax Museum in Buena Park this month as part of their summer entertainment. Alice McGinnis is recuperating from a freak accident which pinched her between a car and a fence. Some thirty stitches were required to close leg lacerations. Other members have had a more pleasant summer. Mr. and Mrs. Vearl Royer of S. Dickel St. spent a weekend as guests of the Smiths of 604 S. Clementine who are vacationing at Crestline, and the Rev. and Mrs. Willy Bendrat and son Fred have just returned from a vacation at Bass Lake. We feel that the arguments presented by a few residents of the area, none of whom live adjacent to the proposed development, were in the main inayalid and irrelevant and tended to confuse the issue. Apparantly our arguments lacked sufficient force and clarity to reduce the confusion. We do feel, however, that the Planning Commission erred in its conclusions and finding. To call the project an amusement resort is totally inaccurate, since the emphasis is almost wholly in active participation in whole-some recreation, with none of the implications of size or time of stay associated with "resorts." To find that the "location is unsuitable for the uses requested" is contradictory to the fact that all of the principle uses shown on the plan, except the bowling, and almost all of the incidental uses are allowed under the present zoning, and thereby found suitable. The exclusion of bowling as set forth in the zoning ordinance was obtained prior to the time when bowling became popular for family recreation. The nature of bowling centers has undergone a complete change, dating from the use of automatic pinsetting equipment, with the atmosphere, decor, and service on a high plane in contrast to the basement type hang-out for pin boys that this legislation was pointed toward. We feel that genuine hardship is a product of this history, that the bowling center will complement the already permitted uses, and that serious hardship will hold if this activity cannot be included. We therefore appeal the decision of the Planning Commission and respectfully request your favorable consideration of our petition. Sincerely, David S. Collins Reallor g Directors Meet Industry Climate facturers producing 900 parks in 1940 and 4,000 today, he said. Different manufacturers were hoping and producing 40,000. There were 250 mobile home meet California's crucial housing needs. Henning named California as the first state in the union to put into effect a set of standards through legislation to govern the development of mobilehome parks through uniform construction standards. He summed up the conditions of the industry in California today as being marked by "Growth, change and progress." Keith Murdoch Keith Murdoch, city manager of the city of Anaheim spoke as a panel member yesterday on whether the mobilehome community should be considered an integral part of the local housing scene. Chairman of the Mobilehousing conference has been Philip J. M. Doyle, president of the National Conference of state and regional mobilehome associations and managing director of the Western Mobilehome Association. Among those registered for the conference are Kenneth Minnich, executive director of the Pennsylvania Mobilehousing Association; Ray Lackland, executive director of the Texas Mobilehousing Association; Rex Cox, executive director of the Indiana Mobilehousing Association; Ruth Kaseman, of the Arizona Mobilehousing Association; and Jesse Yoder, member of the Ohio State legislature and executive director of the Ohio Mobilehousing Association.