anaheim-gazette 1962-12-31

California State Libary P. O. Box 2037 Sacramento 9, California HAPPY 1962 Anaheir Established in 1870 ... Published Continu Vol 91 — Number 21 Anaheim, Californi WE'RE MOVING Anaheim Youths Serve In Sea Cadet Corps A group of Anaheim youths proudly took part in a recent ceremony at sea as Orange County unit was officially commissioned. The event, held off Newport Harbor, saw the unit commissioned as Sea Cadet Ship USS Vaman. The Vamman is a destroyer escort assigned to Naval Reserve Training under command of Commander Michael Cullin. Carl Neisser, President of the Navy League's Orange County Council presented the commissioning orders from the League's Washington headquarters to LCDR Herb Bowman, the Cadet's Commanding Officer. Special Bus Trip Set For Pasadena Special early morning bus service from Anaheim to the Rose Parade in Pasadena will be provided tomorrow by the MTA. The direct service line for all Anaheim area residents in Line 58 non-stop to Pasadena which will depart the Anaheim Station at 217 So. Los Angeles St., at 5:15, 5:40 and 6:40 a.m. Buses will return along the same route following the parade. Transit information may be obtained by telephoning the MTA at KEystone 5-7797 in Anaheim. Witnessing the event in addition to the Ship's Officers and crew were more than a hundred guests including high-ranking Navy and Marine Corps Officers, civic dignitaries and parents of the Cadets who had come aboard for the occasion. Navy League Sponsored The Sea Cadet Corps, open to boys 11 to 13 years old, is part of a nation-wide project sponsored by the Navy League of the United States to indoctrinate youngsters in the traditions, disciplines and skills of the U.S. Navy. The Orange County group trains each week at the Naval Reserve Training Center located on the Marine Corps Air Facility Base in Santa Ana. Drilled By Navy Reserve Using the regular Navy's Blue-jackets Manual as a basic training guide, the boys are drilled by Naval Reserve personnel in addition to their own officers, drawn from civilian ranks and commissioned by the Navy League. The Sea Cadet Ship Vammen's officers include LCDR Bowman, Costa Mesa; LT. Arthur LeGare and LT. Doris Le Gare, Anaheim, LT. Lynn Leonard, Fullerton; LT. George Wolfe, Laguna Beach; and Ensign Richard Williams of La Habra. Anaheim area residents in Line 58 non-stop to Pasadena which will depart the Anaheim Station at 217 So. Los Angeles St., at 5:15, 5:40 and 6:40 a.m. Buses will return along the same route following the parade. Transit information may be obtained by telephoning the MTA at KEystone 5-7797 in Anaheim. COLONY CITY CADETS — Members of the Navy League Set Cadet Unit were on hand to commission their ship the USS Vamman recently. Shown at the ceremonies are (from left front) Cadets Ronald Dunway, Michael Wonder, Robert Traphagen, James Miller, Thomas Traphagen and Lyle Titus, all from Anaheim. Standing in Herb Bowman, Cadet John T det Donald Golde, and Ensign Golde and LeGare are also f HAPPY NEW YEAR From MANAGEMENT and STAFF of the ANAHEIM GAZETT eim Gazett published Continuously in Orange County's "Number One" City For 12 Years anaheim, California, Monday, December 31, 1962 8 Pages VING TO NEW HEA NAHEIM, California, Monday, December 31, 1962 8 Pages VING TO NEW HEAD NEW $500,000 HOME OF COUNTY'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER—THE GAZETTE located at 421 E. Cerritos, paper will continue to publish without interruption. DO'S PLATES ARE DUE AGAIN It's time for the city's tail wags to have new license plates in, according to Maybelle ancer, city treasurer, who curly has them for sale in her office at 138 N. Los Angeles St. Fido's plates are due Jan. 1, 1963 and become delinquent after Feb. 1, so all dogs over six months of age had better "high-tail" it down there on the double. $6,500 Needed To Top Go Of Anaheim's United Fund Searching for $6,500 can be an ardent task any time of the year. But searching for $6,500 right afteer Christmas is a chore that few people would even attempt. Bob School District, admitted th hoped the drive would been completed by Chris "It would have been a w ful and reassuring feeling DO’S PLATES ARE DUE AGAIN It’s time for the city’s tail wagging to have new license plates in, according to Maybelle cancer, city treasurer, who curiously has them for sale in her office at 138 N. Los Angeles St. Fido’s plates are due Jan. 1, 1963 and become delinquent after Feb. 1, so all dogs over six months of age had better “high-tail” it down there on the double. Searching for $6,500 can be an ardent task any time of the year. But searching for $6,500 right after Christmas is a chore that few people would even attempt. Bob Shanks, general campaign chairman of the Anaheim United Fund, said today that several hundred volunteers are busy trying to achieve success in this seemingly impossible challenge. Shanks revealed this morning that the current campaign is within $6,500 of reaching its $375,000 goal. He said that over $1,000 in contributions were received last week. “Many people who had not been contacted earlier, mailed in their gifts to the United Fund Headquarters at 316 East Broadway”, he stated. Impossible Chore He pointed out that it is an impossible chore to contact everyone personally in a city with a population of over 125,000. “Many of these fine people are taking it upon themselves to contact us”, he added. Shanks, the soft-spoken superintendent of the Anaheim City New Traffic Signal Installation of a traffic signal system and highway lighting at the intersection of Lincoln and Gilbert Avenues in Anaheim has been approved for advertising, Assemblyman Richard T. Hanna announced today. Hanna said he was advised by the State Division of Highways that the approximately $28,100 project also would include modification of a median island on Lincoln. Anaheim Man Electrical NECA Vice President Jack B. Harpster of A Electric, Anaheim, has been named vice president of the National Electrical Contractors Association, Orange County Chapter cording to Warren C. Max executive manager. IYEAR of the ZETTE ette STATE for 12 Years Entertainment Guide For America's 'HUB OF HAPPINESS' Home City Of DISNEYLAND 8 Pages Monday, only 25¢ Per Month—Phone PR 2-1800 HEADQUARTERS HEADQUARTERS Will Begin 93rd Year Publishing County’s First Hometown Paper The Anaheim GAZETTE, oldest newspaper in Orange County, moves to its brand new headquarters this week for the first move in more than 38 years. Anaheimers Win Cartoon Contest Four Anaheim residents and two persons from Garden Grove will be starting the new year with fatter bankrolls after being named winners of the Cartoon Character Contest held in conjunction with the opening of Bank of America’s new Harbor-Orangewood branch. Visitors to the branch during the first two weeks after its Nov. 30 opening were invited to guess the number of peanuts in a pink pinata in the form of the popular cartoon elephant “Dumbo” in the branch lobby. Those coming closest to the exact figure were winners and received savings account prizes. Four of the winners are residents of the Riviera Mobile Homes development at 300 West Katella Ave. They include Mrs. Anna Gene Murray, space 118, who tied with Carol N. Welch in the alene Lane, Garden Grove, for the top $50 prize; Mrs. Ruth L. Hoss, space 43, who won the $25 second place award; Hugo V. Spin- The new address is 421 E. Cerritos Ave. which is located just off S. Los Angeles St. and adjacent to the CMA building in Anaheim. The recently completed structure and equipment is a $500,000 investment made in an attempt to give Anaheim a bigger and better product, and with this in view the operation will have a 64-page Goss press with full color capabilities. The modern-styled building contains 15,000 sq. ft. of space to be allocated to editorial, advertising, photography, composing room and press room. The GAZETTE was founded in 1870 by George Washington Barter who sold it in 1875 to Richard Melrose. Henry Kuchel bought the paper in 1887 and it remained in the Kuchel family until 1961 when it was purchased by the Pinkley Publications. Owner-publisher Virgil Pinkley states that the move is an all-out effort to give our readers better service through more extensive hometown coverage and better reproduction by means of the most modern equipment available. Wholesale, Retail Licenses On Sale Wholesale and retail business licenses are now on sale at the To Top Goal Limited Fund School District, admitted that he hoped the drive would have been completed by Christmas. It would have been a wonder and reassuring feeling to the youth, health and welfare encies which make up our campaign", he said. Then added, but, we'll still make it — I now the good people of Anaheim can't let us down. The Painless Way Shanks said the volunteer workers are completing their fin- contacts with Anaheim's induc- es. The payroll deduction plan, which has been inaugurated in any plants for the first time this year, is actually the nucleus of the Anaheim United Fund. Shanks eled the plan, "A painless way helping those in Anaheim who need our help". The deductions amount to out the salary made in 10-12 minutes a week", he smiled. "So, suppose you could say many em- ves in Anaheim are donating a fee break a week to their Unit- Fund." Shanks, speaking confidently, he felt sure the Anaheim campaign would come up with an additional $6,500 "cups of coffee" more the campaign is over. ANAHEIM at a Glance Committee for City Charter Under Study It appears today that it will be at least another week before Anaheim will begin the full study of whether or not to adopt a charter form of government. Anaheim City Councilmen are still discussing the method in which to appoint 30 citizens to the study committee. Of these, 15 would be voting members and 15 alternates. More than 180 persons have volunteered to serve on the committee. Attorney Harry Williams has been retained to work with the committee. It is expected to take at least a year to draft a city charter which would then come before the people in an election before it could be adopted. Police Still Seeking Robbery Suspect Anaheim police are still search- ing today for a thin-faced man, wearing glasses and armed with a .32 caliber nickel-plated revolver that held up the Citizen's National Bank Friday and escaped with over $500. According to police, the lanky suspect entered the bank, located in the shopping center at Eu- clid and Ball, at approximately 5:57 p.m., and handed a female clerk a large envelope with note inside. Message reportedly advised her that it was a holdup and not "to be a dead hero." Suspect was said to be seen enter- ing a 1959 dark colored Dodge outside the bank and driving off in a westerly direction on Ball Ave.