anaheim-gazette 1962-08-08

California State Library 4 P. O. Box 2037 Sacramento 9, California Anaheim Established in 1870 ... Published Continuous Volume 91, Number 10 'Where's Anahe WHERE'S ANAHEIM—The driver coming from beach towns on his way to Anaheim gets no help when he arrives at the fork in the road. He must turn left to go to Anaheim. A right turn takes him miles out of his way. 65 miles per hour is a little fast for coin-flipping. WHERE'S ANAHEIM—The driver coming from beach towns on his way to Anaheim gets no help when he arrives at the fork in the road. He must turn left to go to Anaheim. A right turn takes him miles out of his way. 65 miles per hour is a little fast for coin-flipping. THREE DEEP—120,000 cars a day pack three deep on Orange County freeways. Thousands of tourists search for Anaheim—the "Hub of Happi-ness." Important signs at crucial forks in the route point out Riverside and Fullerton and Santa Anita but not Anaheim. WHICH WAY?—Tourists coming into the area from Riverside and points east face a real dilemma when they approach the fork in the road. One way goes to the beach, the other to Los Angeles and Long Beach. The driver seeking some direction to Anaheim finds none. Businessmen in beach cities are doubtless alerted to point drivers to beach motels and restaurants while Anaheim owners keep their "Vacancy" signs all night. WHICH WAY?—Tourists coming into the area from Riverside and points east face a real dilemma when they approach the fork in the road. One way goes to the beach, the other to Los Angeles and Long Beach. The driver seeking some direction to Anaheim finds none. Businessmen in beach cities are doubtless alerted to point drivers to beach motels and restaurants while Anaheim owners keep their "Vacancy" signs all night. MISLEADING—Just south of the unmarked Anaheim turnoff on the Newport freeway stands this misleading "Anaheim city limits" sign. Tourists who took this wrong turn believe they are on the right road to Anaheim when they see this sign. Traveling on, watching for more directional signs to Anaheim, tourists unwittingly end up at the beach. ONE SIGN—Cars going northbound on the Santa central Anaheim shopping center. Between Orange Ana freeway find only one sign at the entrance to and Anaheim there is not one sign to say that Los Angeles St. to indicate the direction to the Anaheim metropolis is next on the turn-off list. eim Gazett published Continuously in Orange County's "Number One" City For 92 Years Anaheim, California, Wednesday, August 8, 1962 naheim?' Cry Confus Freeway Direction Signs Keep Anaheim Anonymous By RICHARD BOHRER The state highway system has sold Anaheim short. Inadequate direction marking signs on the main freeway inlets to the city are shunting the tourist traffic off to other cities like nobody's business. Only hydra-headed drivers have eyes enough to look on all the places direction signs might be but aren't. The average driver searching for Anaheim finds that direction signs are too few and too small or not there at all when he needs them most. Riverside Freeway Tourists coming to Anaheim from Riverside meet one direction sign this side of Corona and that sign is approximately 15 miles out of Anaheim. From that point to the city limits there is not one sign indicating where this is! Befuddled drivers are still the driver find a little sign pointing to Anaheim. Below, on the Riverside freeway itself, the driver still going west finds the last mention of the city of Anaheim under the Harbor Blvd. overpass. It says, "Anaheim city limits." The east bound drive has better luck at Harbor. Two signs say, "Anaheim". Santa Ana Freeway On the Santa Ana freeway, south bound from Los Angeles, there are more mentions of the city that is the "Hub of Happiness," but there are no signs at the crucial points of decision. Drivers not accustomed to the sardine pack of 120,000 cars a day in traffic become confused when two freeway signs in a row read "Fullerton-Riverside-Santa Ana" with not one word about Anaheim. er searching for Anaheim finds that direction signs are too few and too small or not there at all when he needs them most. Riverside Freeway Tourists coming to Anaheim from Riverside meet one direction sign this side of Corona and that sign is approximately 15 miles out of Anaheim. From that point to the city limits there is not one sign indicating where this is! Befuddled drivers are still further confused when they come to the fork in the road marking the spot where the Newport freeway goes to the left and the Los Angeles-Long Beach freeway veers off to the right. There are two massive over head signs within 100 yards of each other and neither one mentions Anaheim, the largest city in Orange county. Newport Freeway Should the driver continue on the Newport Freeway, he is encouraged by an "Anaheim city limits" sign within one-quarter mile. However, 100 yards farther, he sees an Orange city limits sign. Beyond that, there is not one more reference to Anaheim until one drives into a gas station at the beach and asks, "Hey, where did Anaheim go?" Coming to Anaheim from the Newport region on the Newport freeway, the driver finds no mention of the way to Anaheim. The overhead direction signs point him to Riverside and Corona or to Los Angeles and Long Beach, but not once to Anaheim. Should the driver by chance take the Los Angeles-Long Beach fork, he will find a sign within one-quarter mile that Anaheim is five miles away. So he continues west. Confusion From there he sees nothing until he meets the confusion at the stoplight at Anaheim Rd. A sign points north, saying "Anaheim Road." The thinking tourist, seeing all the traffic on it, takes it, surmising that Anaheim Road means that Anaheim is coming up. So doing, he finds himself suddenly in the parade to Nortronics. Should he hug the freeway instead, the stranger will find that just beyond Anaheim Rd. is a big green overhead sign indicating "Cypress Avenue, Anaheim." The end of that off-rampto points the driver to Anaheim via State er searching for Anaheim finds that direction signs are too few and too small or not there at all when he needs them most. Riverside Freeway Tourists coming to Anaheim from Riverside meet one direction sign this side of Corona and that sign is approximately 15 miles out of Anaheim. From that point to the city limits there is not one sign indicating where this is! Befuddled drivers are still further confused when they come to the fork in the road marking the spot where the Newport freeway goes to the left and the Los Angeles-Long Beach freeway veers off to the right. There are two massive over head signs within 100 yards of each other and neither one mentions Anaheim, the largest city in Orange county. Newport Freeway Should the driver continue on the Newport Freeway, he is encouraged by an "Anaheim city limits" sign within one-quarter mile. However, 100 yards farther, he sees an Orange city limits sign. Beyond that, there is not one more reference to Anaheim until one drives into a gas station at the beach and asks, "Hey, where did Anaheim go?" Coming to Anaheim from the Newport region on the Newport freeway, the driver finds no mention of the way to Anaheim. The overhead direction signs point him to Riverside and Corona or to Los Angeles and Long Beach, but not once to Anaheim. Should the driver by chance take the Los Angeles-Long Beach fork, he will find a sign within one-quarter mile that Anaheim is five miles away. So he continues west. Confusion From there he sees nothing until he meets the confusion at the stoplight at Anaheim Rd. A sign points north, saying "Anaheim Road." The thinking tourist, seeing all the traffic on it, takes it, surmising that Anaheim Road means that Anaheim is coming up. So doing, he finds himself suddenly in the parade to Nortronics. Should he hug the freeway instead, the stranger will find that just beyond Anaheim Rd. is a big green overhead sign indicating "Cypress Avenue, Anaheim." The end of that off-rampto points the driver to Anaheim via State er searching for Anaheim finds that direction signs are too few and too small or not there at all when he needs them most. Riverside Freeway Tourists coming to Anaheim from Riverside meet one direction sign this side of Corona and that sign is approximately 15 miles out of Anaheim. From that point to the city limits there is not one sign indicating where this is! Befuddled drivers are still further confused when they come to the fork in the road marking the spot where the Newport freeway goes to the left and the Los Angeles-Long Beach freeway veers off to the right. There are two massive over head signs within 100 yards of each other and neither one mentions Anaheim, the largest city in Orange county. Newport Freeway Should the driver continue on the Newport Freeway, he is encouraged by an "Anaheim city limits" sign within one-quarter mile. However, 100 yards farther, he sees an Orange city limits sign. Beyond that, there is not one more reference to Anaheim until one drives into a gas station at the beach and asks, "Hey, where did Anaheim go?" Coming to Anaheim from the Newport region on the Newport freeway, the driver finds no mention of the way to Anaheim. The overhead direction signs point him to Riverside and Corona or to Los Angeles and Long Beach, but not once to Anaheim. Should the driver by chance take the Los Angeles-Long Beach fork, he will find a sign within one-quarter mile that Anaheim is five miles away. So he continues west. Confusion From there he sees nothing until he meets the confusion at the stoplight at Anaheim Rd. A sign points north, saying "Anaemia Road." The thinking tourist, seeing all the traffic on it, takes it, surmising that Anaemia Road means that Anaemia is coming up. So doing, he finds himself suddenly in the parade to Nortronics. Should he hug the freeway instead, the stranger will find that just beyond Anaemia Rd. is a big green overhead sign indicating "Cypress Avenue, Anaemia." The end of that off-rampto points the driver to Anaemia via State er searching for Anaemia finds that direction signs are too few and too small or not there at all when he needs them most. Riverside Freeway Tourists coming to Anaemia from Riverside meet one direction sign this side of Corona and that sign is approximately 15 miles out of Anaemia. From that point to the city limits there is not one sign indicating where this is! Befuddled drivers are still further confused when they come to the fork in the road marking the spot where the Newport freeway goes to the left and the Los Angeles-Long Beach freeway veers off to the right. There are two massive over head signs within 100 yards of each other and neither one mentions Anaemia, the largest city in Orange county. Newport Freeway Should the driver continue on the Newport Freeway, he is encouraged by an "Anaemia city limits" sign within one-quarter mile. However, 100 yards farther, he sees an Orange city limits sign. Beyond that, there is not one more reference to Anaemia until one drives into a gas station at the beach and asks, "Hey, where did Anaemia go?" Coming to Anaemia from the Newport region on the Newport freeway, the driver finds no mention of the way to Anaemia. The overhead direction signs point him to Riverside and Corona or to Los Angeles and Long Beach, but not once to Anaheimer. Should the driver by chance take the Los Angeles-Long Beach fork, he will find a sign within one-quarter mile that Anaemia is five miles away. So he continues west. Confusion From there he sees nothing until he meets the confusion at the stoplight at Anaemia Rd. A sign points north, saying "Anaemia Road." The thinking tourist, seeing all the traffic on it, takes it, surmising that Anaemia Road means that Anaemia is coming up. So doing, he finds himself suddenly in the parade to Nortronics. Should he hug the freeway instead, the stranger will find that just beyond Anaemia Rd. is a big green overhead sign indicating "Cypress Avenue, Anaemia." The end of that off-rampto points the driver to Anaemia via State er searching for Anaemia finds that direction signs are too few and too small or not there at all when he needs them most. Riverside Freeway Tourists coming to Anaemia from Riverside meet one direction sign this side of Corona and that sign is approximately 15 miles out of Anaenia. From that point to the city limits there is not one sign indicating where this is! Befuddled drivers are still further confused when they come to the fork in the road marking the spot where the Newport freeway goes to the left and the Los Angeles-Long Beach freeway veers off to the right. There are two massive over head signs within 100 yards of each other and neither one mentions Anaemia, the largest city in Orange county. Newport Freeway Should the driver continue on the Newport Freeway, he is encouraged by an "Anaemia city limits" sign within one-quarter mile. However, 100 yards farther, he sees an Orange city limits sign. Beyond that, there is not one more reference to Anaenia until one drives into a gas station at the beach and asks, "Hey, where did Anaemia go?" Coming to Anaemia from the Newport region on the Newport freeway, the driver finds no mention of the way to Anaenia. The overhead direction signs point him to Riverside and Corona or to Los Angeles and Long Beach, but not once to Anaheimer. Shouldthe driver by chance takethe Los Angeles-Long Beach forkhe will find a sign within one-quarter mile that Anaemia is five miles away. So he continues west. Confusion From there he sees nothing until he meets the confusion at the stoplight at Anaemia Rd. A sign points north, saying "Anaemia Road." The thinking tourist, seeing all the traffic on it, takes it, surmising that Anaemia Road means that Anaemia is coming up. So doing, he finds himself suddenly in the parade to Nortronics. 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One ofthe two new East Anahiem high schools is nameless. It is currently identified inthe planning state as "Site No. 5" The Anahiem Unified School District Board of Education has a practice of naming high schools after elementary district in which it is located. But nowthe Board has run outofelementarydistricts. Anahiem has nine high schools named for these districts: Ranchho Alamitos,Centralia,Magnolia,Savanna,LosAlamitos,Cypress,Anaheim.LoaaraandthenewKatellawhichwill bethenameofthenewEastAnahiemhighschoolsifthisresidentoftheanahiemcityschoolDistrictUnionHighSchoolDistrictbuildingschedule.Inthema New ScoFor Eas When five new schools,plaformEast Anahiem,i am compliablysectionofthecitywilw saturatedwitheightelementschools,two junior high schoolandtwo senior high schools. ThecityisplanningtoworthichlostSt.SougnerWagner Ave.inSeptembercotberthisyear.Thestructu when they see this sign, for more directional signs twittingly end up at the Fall Enrollment Up By 800 in Schools When school opens this fall, the elementary schools will be housing up to 800 more students than were registered in June. "We will accommodate all these on single session." Harold Francen, district business manager said, "except for kindergarten which is normally on double session any way." Thomas Edison School on Romneya and Acacia will have 875 students. Lincoln School on Lincoln Ave. will have 700. Jefferson School on E. South St. will have 850 children. Roosevelt School on Vermont near State College Blvd. will have 700 students. Sunkist School on Sunkist St. near the Riverside Freeway will house 1050 children. U.S. Welcomes 8 New Babies Every Minute Rate of birth in the U.S. is at the pace of 840 new arrivals every hour. Sell the baby beds and other nursery equipment you aren't using to families who want it with The Anaheim Gazette Classified Ads. It's easy and inexpensive too. To place an ad call . . . "TRI-ACTION Ad-quarters" ANAHEIM GAZETTE PR 2-1800 Classified Today. Page 6 When five new schools, planned for East Anaheim, are complete this section of the city will saturated with eight elementary schools, two junior high schools and two senior high schools. The city is planning to construction on an elementary school on Sunkist St. south Wagner Ave. in September toober this year. The structure being built for an enrollment approximately 700 students. Another elementary school north of Wagner Ave. has bought by the City School District but no plans have as yet formulated for it. "Its being developed will pend upon the need within the two or three years," said H Francen, district business manager recently. "We might sooner." In the Anaheim Unified High School District three new schools are planned for East Anaheim. Land has been acquired on north side of La Palma Ave. of State College Blvd. for what called, "High School Site No." The district has no building yet for this school nor has it en a name. Wagner Ave. east of State lege Blvd. will be the site of another high school. The district has acquired the property but no definite plans yet for the construction of the facilities. Future development of the site will pend upon the availability funds, according to Jerome nick, high school building expert. One of the two junior schools planned for East Anaheim has been comp Students moved into Syca Junior High during January. The other school, planned ette 92 Years Entertainment Guide For America's 'HUB OF HAPPINESS' Home City Of DISNEYLAND Pay Your Number Only 254 Per Month—Phone PR 2-1800 nfused Tourists SCHOOL AND PARK SITES—One dozen schools serve the residents of the section of East Anaheim pictured in the above map, by the time Anaheim City School District and the Anaheim on High School District have completed their building schedule. In the map "E" stands for elementary schools, "J" for Junior high schools, "H" for high schools, "N" for neighborhood parks, "C" for community parks, "S" for special parks and "W" for school warehouses. Some of the above are already in existence and operation. Others are still in the planning stage. New Schools Planned for East Anaheim When five new schools, planned East Anaheim, are completed, section of the city will be curated with eight elementary schools, two junior high schools and two senior high schools. The city is planning to begin construction on an elementary school on Sunkist St. south of Wagner Ave. in September or October this year. The structure is South St. just west of Sunkist is still in the planning stage. Working drawings have been completed and final drawings will be finished later this year. The district will not be able to begin construction until there has been another bond election. ANAHEIM at a Glance ANAHEIM at a Glance Mrs. R. W. Downey, 2107 E. Lincoln, is circulating a petition for residents of East Anaheim who want the ice rink, bowling alley, miniature golf amusement center to be built on Lincoln Ave. Her petition, addressed to the County Board of Supervisors, reads: We the undersigned, reside in the neighborhood of Rio Vista and Lincoln in East Anaheim, wish to express our approval of the project proposed in the use of variance No. 4997 and do hereby respectfully petition your approval of this use variance. Look for standing room only at the August 15 meeting of the County Board of Supervisors in Santa Ana. East Anaheim homeowners will be there in force to urge the Supervisors to uphold the action of the Planning Commission which denied David S. Collins permission to construct a recreation center in East Anaheim. L. B. Wallace, County Clerk of Orange County has sent public notice of the August 15 Supervisors meeting as follows: Notice is hereby given that the appeal of David S. Collins on the action of the Planning Commission on the Use Variance No. I/V-4997 for the establishment of a sport, recreation and entertainment center on the north side of Lincoln Avenue approximately 430 feet east of Rio Vista, east of Anaheim, will be considered by the Board of Supervisors of Orange County on August 15, 1962 at 1030 a.m. in Room 204, Orange County Courthouse, Santa Ana, California. Gerty. Knott's Berry Farm's attention-getting flamingo, is still in her nest and it looks as though she may be starting an egg-setting marathon. The egg is two weeks overdue and she shows no signs of either fatigue or getting off well, why not? Humans sit on flagpoles, don't they? The City Council approved a request to establish a trailer park in East Anaheim on property contiguous with the Riverside Freeway. East St the railroad and the Orange County Flood Control channel. The Council marked the park as a buffer zone between a heavy manufacturing zone to the west and an East Anaheim residential section across East St.