anaheim-gazette 1963-06-05

Dedicated To The Best For FUTURE CITIZENS Established in 1870 Volume 91 — Number 43 12 Pages AFTERALL, IT'S JUST A STARTER — Raymond Terry, President of the Board of Anaheim Union High School District, gets no help from Paul Cook, Superintendent, Frank Noe, Cypress Mayor and Bill Crenshaw, Koena Park Mayor, as he tries to compete with a bulldozer in the High School. The group operates the location of the eventual street from Walker Junior High. WORK BEGUN ON CENTRALIA First Approved Pro Work is now underway at the 2,369,000 Centralia High School, that latest addition to the Anaheim Union High School District, which, however, is to serve four cities its windows will look out upon. The new school building, located on nearly 50 acres of ground northwest of Walker and Crescent Avenue, will provide facilities to Anaheim, Buena Park, Cypress and Dairyland. The site is actually in the city of Dairyland. Ground-breaking ceremonies were conducted on the site early this week by officials of the school district, the cities concerned and members of the architectural and contracting firms. 13 Buildings The school is designed to house 1,500 students in its initial phase of construction but to accommodate more than 2,000 after complete construction. There will be 13 separate buildings in the project, to include 50 classrooms, a library, gymnasium, and facilities for science, music, shop, home making, arts and crafts, driver training, business education, kitchens and cafeteria. Also on the campus will be an athletic field, tennis, volleyball ball and basketball courts, a student parking area for 396 cars and space for faculty and visitors to park 110 cars. The ultimate program calls for the building of a swimming pool which will be paid for by the Cypress Park and Recreation District. Occupancy of the school is expected to begin with the fall term in 1964. Centralia is the first school to be built in the current building program to be financed by $25 million in Bonds and State Loan approved by the voters on March 12 of this year. Location was determined by the projected need for school housing to take care of students coming up from junior high schools in the area as well as from increasing numbers of families in that part of the District. It will bring to six, the number of senior high schools in the Anaheim Union High School District. Others are: Anahe Magnolia, Savanna, Loara, Western. Two More Set The next two schools scheduled for construction are: South Ju High School and La Palma Junior High School. South will be located on South Street between Sunrise and State College Boulevard; Anahe. La Palma will be at northwest corner of Knott and Palma Avenues in Buena Park. Bids for South will be opened June 12 and for La Palma on June 19 with construction expected get under way shortly thereafter. These will bring the total number of junior high schools in District to 12. Others are Brookhurst, Crescent, Dale, more, Trident, and Walker. Directing the building program for the Board of Trustees and perintendent Paul W. Cook is sistant Superintendent for Business Services, R. Ken Wines. City Suspends Dyke Action While Brown Seeks Rapport The efforts of the City of Anaheim to procure a portion of the Dyke Water Company's facilities will continue in suspension for the next two weeks while Gov. Edmund Brown seeks avenues of possible reconciliation with the state Public Utilities Commission. The agreement to withhold the filing of the city's writ of mandate with the State Supreme Court was made by Anaheim's representatives to a weekend conference with Gov. Brown. They were Mayor Rex Coons and City Manager Keith Murdock. No decisions, or agreements, other than the temporary suspension of action, evolved from the conference, according to the city's chief representatives. Murdock reported that Brown indicated he had no real legal authority to interfere with the PUC in the course of whatever action they take but that he was willing to investigate all avenues in the hopes of finding some solution to the present impasse other than going to the Supreme Court. Would Be Large Saving City officials are hopeful Brown may find some means of reaching the PUC for a reconsideration of their action in blocking the condemnation proceedings authorized by the local Superior Court. Relaxation of this stand would save time, expense and further depletion of the underground water supplies, the city argues, by permitting quick turn over of the Dyke properties instead of the long process of litigation. The position of Anaheim, as well as two other cities represented at the hearings, Garden Grove and Westminster, have been strongly urging PUC to recognize the threat to the underground water supply. This is advanced as a main contention. Murdock declared, for a shift in the PUC position, Anaheim also considers the challenge of the court authority a serious point of differences. Others Concerned Meeting with the chief state executive at the weekend, in addition to Coons and Murdock, were the mayor and city managers of both Garden Grove and Westminster; state Senator John Murdy, Assemblymen Robert Badham, James Whetmore and William Dannemeyer; County Supervisor Dave Baker; as well as Howard Crook and Mervin Wagner from the water district. There were no representatives of the PUC present at the meeting. Murdock reported. Information obtained at a meeting, Murdock declared, is cited that the PUC has viewed the sale of the Dyke properties one of concern to them especially from the standpoint of safeguarding the distribution of funds received. There has been no indication, however, as to why the PUC is fearful of a lack of control jurisdiction over the funds received by Dyke. Promote John Silva Promotion of John D. Silva from assistant cashier to assistant manager of the Second and Spice office of United California Bank has been announced by Frank King, chairman of the board. Silva entered the United California Bank in its Francisco headquarters in 1960. He later worked in the bank Fresno and Bakersfield office cashier in 1960. Just prior to his present assignment he was a commercial loan officer in the Aheim main office. Mr. and Mrs. Silva reside Anaheim at 1839 Broadway. Decisions On City Ticket Sales For Scouters By 'Scalpers' Three Indian braves in full tribal regalia left the Northern Orange County Council Boy Scout reservation in Anaheim this week and took to the war path. Bob Giffin and Jack Euphrat, both of Cub Pack 149, La Habra and Steve Stone, Pack 14, Anaheim, were on hand at Council headquarters for a rehearsal of their roles in "The Winning of the West" the Boy Scout pageant that will be presented June 7 and 8 at Fun Galore At JC Fair Entertainment at the A Community Fair may have hard competition from the ous booths being sold to go in the area. This is the work Don Geistert, chairman of Junior Chamber of Commerce in charge of both So far there is a range of that will offer a bite to eat hungry fair customer up, depending on the view, toing booth. The latter, sped by Crawford Markets, Pete with a bulldozer in moving ground for the new Centralia High School. The group opened up the first sod turning at about location of the eventual flag pole for the school, just across street from Walker Junior High School. ALIA d Project will bring to six, the total number of senior high schools in Anaheim Union High School. Others are: Anaheim, Bolla, Savanna, Loara, and Bern. Two More Set next two schools scheduled construction are: South Junior School and La Palma Junior School. South will be located south Street between Sunkist State College Boulevard in Anaheim. La Palma will be at the west corner of Knott and La Avenues in Buena Park. For South will be opened on 12 and for La Palma on June with construction expected to under way shortly thereafter. Use will bring the total number of junior high schools in the set to 12. Others are Ball, Churst, Crescent, Dale, Pre-Trident, and Walker. ecting the building program the Board of Trustees and Superintendent Paul W. Cook, is Assistant Superintendent for Business, R. Ken Wines. Bank Buys Marywood’s School Site Purchase of the Marywood High School property at the northeast corner of Harbor and Broadway as the site of a new building for the Anaheim Main Office of United California Bank was announced today by Frank L. King, Chairman of the Board. Pending formal approval of the banking regulatory bodies it is planned that construction of the new facility will be underway sometime this fall and ready for occupancy in the spring of 1964. The property comprises one city block and a total of 110,000 square feet. Purchase price was not disclosed. The bank plans to construct its facility on the northeast corner diagonally across from the new Anaheim Public Library. It is the United California Bank’s desire to see the balance of the property. Three Indian braves in full tribal regalia left the Northern Orange County Council Boy Scout reservation in Anaheim this week and took to the war path. Bob Giffin and Jack Euphrat, both of Cub Pack 149, La Habra and Steve Stone, Pack 14, Anaheim, were on hand at Council headquarters for a rehearsal of their roles in “The Winning of the West” the Boy Scout pageant that will be presented June 7 and 8 at 8 p.m. at La Palma Stadium. In full tribal regalia and armed with tomahawks and spear, the warrior trio decided to leave the reservation and hit the war path. “Paleface speaks with forked tongue,” declared Brave Eagle, better known to school mates as Bob Giffin, “promise much wampum for selling tickets.” “Ugh,” grunted Black Beaver, who also answers to the name of Jack Euphrat. “No ugh,” said Sitting Calf, morosely hefting his tomahawk, “Forget white man calls me Steve Stone, just remember me big warrior in tribe.” “Wampum for big tribal pow wow in hands of Long Knives,” said Black Beaver. “We capture Yellow Hair soldier and talk scalp.” Be ‘Increased Mr. Down (EDITOR’S NOTE: There have been a number of inquiries for additional copies of the following editorial which appeared in our issue of May 15. Several have asked for a copy for friends who did not receive that issue of the Gazette. To best satisfy the variety of requests, we are republishing the editorial. — Tom Sessions) The downtown merchants of Anaheim are again on the march in what could well be “Custer’s Last Stand” against the encroachments of time, neighborhood shopping centers and the reasonable accessibility of most anywhere through modern transportation. Some of this among one at Henne “center” have a zens of look in tions to lies. But, the coe the wha position The downtown merchants of Anaheim are again on the march in what could well be "Custer's Last Stand" against the encroachments of time, neighborhood shopping centers and the reasonable accessibility of most anywhere through modern transportation. We have been quite abritary in identifying only three of the warring "tribes" that could "take the scalp" of the central area of our city. This is for two reasons. One, we shall admit is that we could not possibly isolate all of the reasons of danger and discuss them in this editorial, and the second is that we honestly believe these three must be at least matched if the historic core area of the city is to progress and be worthy of its heart role. In a previous editorial we discussed the problems of downtown merchants to some degree and offered some thoughts on improvements. We would like to again. One of the reasons we are more than just "interested" in the central area of our city is that we, just as the association of businessmen also declare, believe a central core is vital to a city. The basic design of the enemies of the United States and our way of life is to proceed on a basis of dividing and further dividing our society. They seek to establish us as belonging to small groups which are antagonistic to other small groups. If we belong to serveral small groups, we must be taught, in their books, to be so torn by these minor loyalties that we will do nothing about any controversial decisions but leave it up to "leaders" in Railway May Close Yorba Linda Agency The Pacific Electric Railway has been authorized by the California Public Utilities Commission to discontinue agency service in Yorba Linda on 10 days' notice. A company official has testified the railroad will save $7,289 a year by withdrawing agency service. Orange County's Oldest Newspaper Home City Paper of Fabulous DISNEYLAND 1963 Pay your Newspaper only 25¢ Per Month—Phone PR 2-1800 Cons Studied City Bond Issue Fun Galore At JC Fair Entertainment at the Anaheim Community Fair may have some hard competition from the various booths being sold to sponsors the area. This is the word from on Geistert, chairman of the Senior Chamber of Commerce committee in charge of both sales. So far there is a range of booths that will offer a bite to eat to the angry fair customer up, or down, pending on the view, to a dunking booth. The latter, sponsored Crawford Markets, will produce City Payroll Hearing Set Friday Night This Friday is expected to see that last of the informal hearings on the proposed city administration's payroll program before the city council takes up the schedule for final action. The hearing is set for June 7 at the Anaheim High School Auditorium. During the course of the past few weeks the council has sought, through an exhaustive effort to Tax Rate, Debt Lid Unchanged In about four months time the voters of Anaheim will decide for themselves the necessity of a bond issue to cover the construction costs of a variety of city capital improvement projects. In the meantime city officials from the council on down through the ranks in the various depart- Incredible,' Downtown some obscure realm above us. This tendency to effect division amongst us must be resisted by everyone at every opportunity. Hence our loyalty to the idea of a "center of town." All of us should have a distinct feeling of being citizens of all of Anaheim and be able to look inward from our peripheral positions toward the place where the "flag lies." But, if the flag is to be flown from the core of the city as representing the whole city it must, to maintain this position of representation, be competent to meet the challenge from This Friday is expected to see that last of the informal hearings on the proposed city administration's payroll program before the city council takes up the schedule for final action. The hearing is set for June 7 at the Anaheim High School Auditorium. During the course of the past few weeks the council has sought, through an exhaustive effort to hear all comments and recommendations, to obtain a complete picture of the payroll picture as it applies locally They have, as a basis, the recommendations of the city personnel section, headed by Roy Heissner. It was through the submission of Heissner's suggestions that the council initially came to grips with the problem of the yearly job evaluation task and wage scale. Heissner has indicated the hearings have resulted in no basic change to the approach taken by the personnel section in evolving that or-ginal format. There are one or two items which we have found warrant further study and re-evaluation," Heissner declared, "but no real shift in our position appears established by the evidence." Unchanged In about four months little will the voters of Anaheim will decide for themselves the necessity of a bond issue to cover the construction costs of a variety of city capital improvement projects. In the meantime city officials from the council on down through the ranks in the various departments, are studying the requirements for the various suggested items to be included in the bond issue total which will be voted upon on October 8. Full justifications will be prepared by the responsible departments for a c eh item on the program and then the city council must weigh the overall priorities to be assigned. Wide Range From these studies will come projects ranging from the reportedly vital water reservoir on North Ranch to additional park sites. The total costs of all projects could well be in the neighborhood of $18,000,000 according to rough estimates of city officials. The bond issue to be submitted Tbond issue to be submitted to the voters, however, is expected to be closer to $12,000,000, a city will endeavor to maintain its conservative position on debt limit and the expressed intent to keep the tax rate at $1.10. Even if the $12 million figure were voted, however, it would not necessarily mean immediate hitting of the debt ceiling. The city manager's office has pointed out that bond issue approval does not mean immediate sale of bonds as there is often many months delay before the money is actually needed for a project. The fact that the city may use its own discretion in the timing of the bond sales, in whole or in part, is being tentatively considered as a basis for asking voters to approve the whole list of projects recommended with the understanding that the "go-ahead" on projects will not only follow a considered priority schedule but indebtedness will also be controlled. Sell In Investments Under this approach, residents would vote on an $18 million bond issue, for example, but the city would proceed to sell only some fraction of this amount, keeping "center of town." All of us should have a distinct feeling of being citizens of all of Anaheim and be able to look inward from our peripheral positions toward the place where the "flag lies." But, if the flag is to be flown from the core of the city as representing the whole city it must, to maintain this position of representation, be competent to meet the challenge from new frontiers; worthy of the allegiance requested from its constituency and emblematic of the best within its borders or that attracts from nearby areas. If the downtown area could accomplish these hallmarks of representation, we believe it would justify its declaration of vitality to the city. How to do it? On this subject we offer a challenge to the merchants. We have noted contributions so far made and, so far, we have been disappointed. One idea is to change the name of a principal thoroughfare; another is to have signs pointing to downtown Anaheim; another is to improve parking facilities; another to improve alleys. These items are certainly desirable parts of an overall plan, but, in our opinion they are small, and in themselves, inconsequential parts. What downtown Anaheim needs is the feeling for a grand design. A Miracle Mile of its own. We therefore offer what we consider to be a bold approach to the rehabilitation of the central area of our city. We commend to the whole city the idea of more effectively tying in the most famous area of Anaheim, Disney- (Continue on Page 3) Dimes Drive Head Chosen "The two vaccines, Salk and Sabin, both totally fianced by the March of Dimes, have reduced pilio incidence below that of dystheria." These are the words of Arthur R. McKenzie, Costa Mesa police chief, who has been elected Chairman of the Orange County Chapter, National Foundation, March of Dimes. McKenzie who was a polio victim himself, has personal knowledge of what the devastating disease means to a family and also claims years of experience as a March of Dimes volunteer. Because he contracted the disease in 1851, he clearly remembers the long hospitalization, intensive therapy and care involved in his rehabilitation and what a help the March of Dimes proved to be. Anaheim members of the executive committee of the March of Dimes are William Ross, Assistant Superinterdent of Elementary Schools and Robert D. Williams, banker.