anaheim-gazette 1963-01-23

Anaheim Public Library Anaheim, Calif. Established in 1870 ... Published Continuously Vol 91 — Number 24 10 Pages Confusion Reigns Odyssey Plans Grand Opening By DICK BOHRER The glory that was Greece becomes an official part of the grandeur that is Anaheim on the weekend of February 9, 10, 11, when the newly constructed Odyssey restaurant on Harbor and Cerritos has its grand opening. Manager Jerry Levitt, his wife Vivian and daughter Patti will be the official hosts. Housed in a building of oblique-angled rock walls surmounted by hand-hammered copper shields from Mexico City, the Odyssey in the words of Leavitt is a veritable League of Nations customs and traditions of the Grecian people back to 2000 B.C." The landscaping of the exterior will not be completed until the grand opening. "We were so impressed with Buzzo-Cardoza's landscaping and the beauty of their building that we landscaped to go along with the beauty of their property," Leavitt said. According to Leavitt, the Odyssey boasts a number of facilities which the people of greater Anaheim will find very attractive. It has a coffee shop that will seat newly constructed Odyssey restaurant on Harbor and Cerritos has its grand opening. Manager Jerry Levitt, his wife Vivian and daughter Patti will be the official hosts. Housed in a building of oblique-angled rock walls surmounted by hand-hammered copper shields from Mexico City, the Odyssey in the words of Leavitt is a veritable League of Nations. We have mosaic tile from Italy, individual pieces of statuary from Greece, a German hostess, a Swiss pastry chef, a Belgian chef, a Philippine chef, an Irish-American chef as well as severl good American chefs of excellent background, and a number of people from right here in Anaheim. Located in Anaheim because after exhaustive research we felt that this site is the best location in the southwestern part of the United States for future growth and potential." the Odyssey has been built on property adjacent to the large CMA discount department store. Copper Shields "We did a great deal of research to get our shields," Leavitt said. "Robert Mavis designed them after digging through the mining Post" of October 8, 1960. And there was an article on me in "Newsweek" of Sept. 5, 1960. "That house on Dartmouth Ave. where my family posed for the 1955 photo, was moved a block and a half a year or so ago, to make way for some college buildings." "I haven't the photo at hand, but I think there was a shaggy white dog in it. That was Happy, whom my wife ran over (not on purpose, I assure you) a couple of years ago. She has not yet run over me or my two children, Jeff and Karen. We are too nimble for her." "You say you want some meat for your paper. Perhaps you should go to the Armour Packing Company rather than to this Armour. But maybe it is baloney you are after." According to Leavitt, the Odyssey boasts a number of facilities which the people of greater Anaheim will find very attractive. It has a coffee shop that will seat 180 people, a cocktail lounge and dining room that will accommodate 425. Has Hoffbrau The banqueting room will serve as a Hoffbrau during the lunch hours from Monday through Friday, but will be open for banquets every evening and on Saturdays and Sundays. It is also available for breakfast meetings. The coffee shop will be open 24 hours a day. "One feature we've planned is family brunch in the dining room on Saturday and Sunday," Leavitt said. "We bake our own pastries, pies, cakes and coffee cakes." In fact," he added, "our executive chef is a meat grader too. He goes to the packing house and selects his own meat. We grind all our own ground beef. We even grind our own coffee." GRAND OPENING — Ribbon cuttie's new West Coast Headquarter heim, were held this week. On hure were (from left) Dr. John T. McChamber of Commerce; T. E. B Richard Armour Speaks at OCC COLONY CRIER By DICK BOHRER I note with real interest that Richard Armour is coming back into the Orange County scene. Isn't he the one who wrote the immortal words: Shake and shake the ketsup bottle, None'll come and then a lot'll." A reporter on the high school paper for which I am the advisor (Orange High School) interviewed Armour for our student readers. She concluded her article in this fashion: On the subject of bomb shelters — he is against them, and would rather see the U.S. government spend the money on missiles aimed at Russia or for 'improving the lot of man while we are still here.' Dr. Armour had once heard of the idea of using abandoned mining Post" of October 8, 1960. And there was an article on me in "Newsweek" of Sept. 5, 1960. "That house on Dartmouth Ave. where my family posed for the 1955 photo, was moved a block and a half a year or so ago, to make way for some college buildings." "I haven't the photo at hand, but I think there was a shaggy white dog in it. That was Happy, whom my wife ran over (not on purpose, I assure you) a couple of years ago. She has not yet run over me or my two children, Jeff and Karen. We are too nimble for her." "You say you want some meat for your paper. Perhaps you should go to the Armour Packing Company rather than to this Armour. But maybe it is baloney you are after." One of the outstanding humorists in America, Richard Armour, will appear at Orange Coast College in person on Wednesday, Jan. 30 at 8 p.m. Tickets are still available for Dr. Armour's personal appearance on the Community Artist Series. They may be obtained for the remaining three programs. Including Vincent Price and the Roger Wagner Chorale on March 28 and April 10 as well as Armour, for $4.50 by writing Orange Coast College. Dr. Armour has produced a horde of best selling humor works and is well known as a humorist platform speaker. His latest book, a currently best seller, is Armour's Almanac. Individual tickets for the one performance by Armour will go on sale Jan. 30 at 12 noon at the Orange Coast College box office at the price of $1.50. She concluded her article in this fashion: On the subject of bomb shelters — he is against them, and would rather see the U.S. government spend the money on missiles aimed at Russia or for 'improving the lot of man while we are still here.' Dr. Armour had once heard of the idea of using abandoned freezers as impromptu bomb shelters. Of the idea he wrote the following: Move over ham and quartered cow My geiger says the time is now. So now I lay me down to sleep And if I die — at least I'll keep. Interestingly enough, that reporter's name was also Armor — Judy Armor. She broke the literary sound barrier when, as a high school junior, she received a personal letter from him. She had written earlier asking him for some "meat" for her term paper. Dear Miss Armor," he replied. "Thank you for your interest in me as a subject for your paper, even though we spell our names one letter differently. "As you may know, back in the Middle Ages in Scotland, the name was Armourer (one who makes armor), but the final syllable was dropped, quite sensibly. "You cite the item on me in 'The Saturday Evening Post' of 1955. A more recent item, with some human interest and a zeny photo, is in the 'Saturday Evening Post.'" I note that among Richard Armour's writings are 18 books and innumerable magazine articles. "Writing is in my blood, along with other impurities," he says. "I shall probably write until the day I die, but not a day after." The humorist will appear at Orange Coast College in person next Wednesday, Jan. 30 at 8 p.m. but I think there was a shaggy white dog in it. That was Happy, whom my wife ran over (not on purpose, I assure you) a couple of years ago. She has not yet run over me or my two children, Jeff and Karen. We are too nimble for her. "You say you want some meat for your paper. Perhaps you should go to the Armour Packing Company rather than to this Armour. But maybe it is baloney you are after. "I have no hobbies, which I know is very narrow and bad of me. I play no musical instruments, which is why my neighbors are so friendly. "Since Happy's untimely death beneath the rear wheels, I have no pets. Mostly I sit at the typewriter, writing letters to high school students who have chosen me as the subject of a term paper. "If you read Drug Store Days, you will get plenty of meat, some of it quite raw, about my youth and so-called home life. "If you read my new book, The Classics Reclassified, you will get some insight into the working of my mind. "In spite of all this, be brave about going through life with name like Armor. Of course, you can change it by marrying, while is something I couldn't do." "Good luck with your paper." Richard Armor." eim Gazette ed Continuously in Orange County's "Number One" City For 92 Years Anaheim, California, Wednesday, January 23, 1963 eigns as Y-L Annexa OPENING — Ribbon cutting ceremonies for Cook Elecnew West Coast Headquarters at 805 E. Cerritos Ave., Anatere held this week. On hand for the official ceremonies from left) Dr. John T. McBurney, president of Anaheim of Commerce; T. E. Beresford, director of Advance planning, Cook Technological Center Division in Morton Grove. Ill.; John H. Mangle, president of Cook Electric Company; and Odra L. Chandler, mayor pro tem and city councilman of Anaheim. New $1 million facility, located on five acres of land, will employ some 50 personnel with room for expansion. Putting on Play Involves Work for Little Theater By DORIS LEE Little theater has all the basic elements of big theater — casting, rehearsing, directing, costuming, stage-setting, financing, publicizing, selling and performing. It has some of the problems of big theater, too, plus a few of its own, such as operating on a shoe-string, coping with technical failures and improvisations, and dealing with capricious actors prone to last minute drop-out. But despite the myriad details to attend to and the unexpected obstacles to overcome, little theater can, at the end of the relatively short span of eight weeks, raise its curtain on a well-integrated performance, pinned together in the back, maybe, but from the audience smooth and polished. The Orange Theatre Guild is typical of little theater groups all over the country. Currently involved in producing "I Am a Camera," due to open Feb. 13 at the Orange Theatre in Orange. The group has already suffered from repeated cast change, though only in minor roles, and twice lost its rehearsal hall. "But we're on our way now," says Director Sherman Moll, who shrugs off such setbacks with remarkable cheer. As vice-president of the Guild, Sherman throws himself into this work with a vigor and belies the fact that it's only a hobby. Also Serious "While it's true that we are all amateurs," he explains, "we are also serious, and believe in putting forth our best effort to present as nearly a professional play as possible." Sherman, always looking for something rarely used in little theater, chose John Van Druten's "I Am a Camera" for the group's mid-winter production. A hit play on Broadway starring Julie Harris, and later a successful movie, "I Am a Camera" is the story of a promiscuous English girl living in Berlin in the 1930's at the time of the first Nazi uprisings. She shares the same boarding house with a jaded English author, and in the platonic relationship that develops between them they lean on each other for sale. ER, YOU LOVE THIS GIRL — Dierman Moll gestures with his hands es home a point to actors Elaine UlPete Fioroni in this love scene dursals of "I Am a Camera." Miss Ulactress with local television work to is cast as Natalia Landauer, a prim Jewish girl living in Nazi Germany. Pete Fioroni, a newcomer to the stage, plays Fritz Wendel, a gigolo who falls genuinely in love with Natalia. Sherman Moll has done considerable acting as well as directing, having appeared in "Arsenic and Old Lace" for the Guild. (Daily News Photo) TURN YOUR UN-USABLE ITEMS INTO CASH BY PLACING A WANT AD IN THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE CLASSIFIED! CALL Marian Gibson PR 2-1800 TODAY! 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Entertainment Guide For America's 'HUB OF HAPPINESS' Home City Of DISNEYLAND Pay your Newaboy only 25¢ Per Month—Phone PR 2-1800 Opponents Seek $3Million In Valuation Protest Drive Citizens of Yorba Linda are confused today by conflicting reports being poured into their ears by proponents and opponents of the Yorba Linda-Peralta Hills annexation to the city of Anaheim. Opponents of the proposed 9.8 square-mile annexation have until Tues., Jan. 29, at 3 p.m. to file protests. The assessed valuation of the property of each protestant is added to determine how much of the total valuation is protesting the annexation. If the opposition does not have $3,062,501 of protested valuation to kill the annexation proceedings by Jan. 29, the annexation procedure will go through. If the protests are held to be sufficient, the annexation is dead. As a result many rumors are flying in Yorba Linda. An official in the Anaheim city manager's office told the Gazette that he forsees that the annexation will go through because the opponents of the annexation must in the next very few days sign up almost $2,000,000 more in assessed valuation vote for their side. Alfred S. Bradford, a leader of the opposition, told the Gazette that he is encouraged because his group has grown from ten individuals at the beginning to now over a thousand protesters. Jr. C of C Week Observed Here By CHERRY PAT SLATTERY Anaheim Mayor Rector L. Coons has proclaimed this week, January 20th through 26th, as "Junior Chamber of Commerce Week" here. Local organizations have been asked to co-operate in its observance. Mayor Coons said the purpose of the observance is to focus attention on the young men of the Junior Chamber and the work they do in the field of community service. The Anaheim Jaycees were founded in 1945. Coons was among the charter members at this time. The Anaheim Junior Chamber of Commerce Auxiliary, a group composed of the wives of Jaycee members, assist the Jaycees in their projects, as well as conducting activities of their own. Sunday marked the tenth anniversary of the Jaycees. The Jaycees meet on the first and third Wednesday of each month. The Board of Directors meets on second and fourth Wednesdays. Their feminine counterparts, the Jaycettes, meet monthly. At the meetings, general business is presented. Current president of the Anaheim Junior Chamber is Jay Davis. Josh White is internal vice-president; Ron Cline, external vice; Hayward Broadman, state director; Don Geistest, executive secretary; Don Berg, recording treasurer. An official in the Anaheim city manager's office told the Gazette that he forsees that the annexation will go through because the opponents of the annexation must in the next very few days sign up almost $2,000,000 more in assessed valuation vote for their side. Alfred S. Bradford, a leader of the opposition, told the Gazette that he is encouraged because his group has grown from ten individuals at the beginning to now over a thousand protestors. "Most of our protestors are small property owners," he said but we are having an increasing number of additional protests in our drive to get in excess of $3.1 million. As of this date we now have somewhere around $900,000. The Gazette called a Yorba Linda family that has been active in favoring the annexation. Although not willing to be named, they did state for the press their reasons for wanting to join Anaheim. "The these are the finest people I've met anywhere," the Yorba Linda resident told the Gazette. "But we are so harrassed by people wanting us to do this and do that, that we look upon this annexation as an avenue to a more peaceful life." His wife stated. "We would like to stay county but we see it as an impossibility to do so because sooner or later some city is going to try to get us." Since we moved here in June, Piacentia wanted to get this area. We do not want to go to Placentia. We want to choose a city that we would like to be a part of. That is why my husband and I are for the annexation to Anaheim." People in our neighborhood are going to have a meeting this Saturday," she said. "We want to get all the information before we vote on it. We want to be well informed. We have been so confused by so many conflicting reports." EDITORIAL No 'New Approach' To Morality Got any problems you think are unsolvable? Well, find comfort in the fact that you are numbed morality. Absolutes are absolutes. We must accept them by faith. EDITORIAL No ‘New Approach’ To Morality Got any problems you think are unsolvable? Well, find comfort in the fact that you are numbered for antiquity. Future generations of adults will have been reared from childhood on what modern educators call “problem solving.” I went to the Association for childhood Education meeting with 400 other teachers last week and heard Dr. Gerald Brown of Cal Riverside give seven steps in teaching children to solve problems “so they can solve them in their adult life.” Those were his very words. And he may have something. Think what a psychiatrist could do with Dr. Brown’s seven steps, mentioned in an article on page three. He would especially find the “hidden question” significant. All this emphasis on the scientific method is well and good, however, just as long as it does not rule out accepting the authority of established fact. Youngsters must realize that all problems need not be reasoned out. They must realize that their own mind is not the last or only resort. They must not look upon the light they have received as the only light, nor all the light. The scientific method, no new thing in education, can have an unfortunate result in the influence it has in other areas. Moral and spiritual values cannot be subject to the scientific method. There is no “new approach” to morality. Absolutes are absolutes. We must accept them by faith. The scientific method, that product of pragmatic thinking, can have a deleterious effect upon the spiritual fabric of a youngster. God is. He need not reason his way to Him. Truth is. Reasoning cannot change it. Let us trust that modern educators confine the “scientific method” to arithmetic and the natural sciences. May this think not invade nor weaken the foundations of those truths for which our nation and our churches have stood in the past. We do want our children to be able to reason their way through mathematic’s deliberate problems. We do want them to be educated for adulthood’s quantitative responsibilities. But we want them to believe firmly in God, in His unchanging Word, in Him who is eternally the Way—the Truth and the Life. D. B. Fylpaa Promoted To Vice President Donald L. Fylpaa, manager of California Federal Savings' office in Anaheim, has been promoted to vice president of the association, according to Howard Edgerton, president and chief executive officer.