anaheim-gazette 1963-07-25

Anaheim's new Post office, dedicated Saturday, is the largest postal facility to have been built in California since before World War II. This fact was pointed out by Walter Spolar, director of community programs for the Postoffice Department, here from Washington, D.C., to deliver the dedicatory address. "This fine facility is on the tax rolls, too," the speaker pointed out. The 45,000-square-foot Postoffice building was built as a private enterprise under government specifications and leased to the Postoffice Department. A Postoffice must grow with its community, it was pointed out by Raymond R. Germain, assistant to the regional director, who added: "The most sincere comment on a city's growth relates to its Post-office." Daniel Russell, manager of Ra- $2.5 Million Postoffice Receipts Seen Anaheim Postoffice receipts for all of 1963 are expected to show a gain of $500,000 over the preceding year, it was disclosed this week by Postmaster Marshall N. McFie. That would make for a total of $2,500,000. McFie noted that the increase will be consistent with the growth of the area during the past 10 years, during which receipts climbed from $232,064 to $1,945,208. When the Postoffice was established here in 1868, stamp sales amounted to between $2 million of Rep. Richard T. Harris who presented a flag that flown over the nation's Capitol. "The fact that Anaheim has been chosen for a new post office," Postmaster McFie said, "reflects credit on our growth contribution to the economy and life of the nation." Our patrons will derive more enjoyment from doing business here, their mail will be handled more efficiently and this builds and its up-to-date equipment enable our postal employees work under the best of conditions. The Postmaster commented. "The new facility," he added, "will be a link with a postal item that today has over 450 postal installations. This system serves more than 180 million Americans and handles over three thirds of the world's mail. Of 580,000 postal employees are handling about 65 billion pieces mail a year, including over a million." building was built as a private enterprise under government specifications and leased to the Post-office Department. A Postoffice must grow with its community; it was pointed out by Raymond R. Germain, assistant to the regional director, who added: "The most sincere comment on a city's growth relates to its Post-office." Daniel Russell, manager of Radio Station KEZY, officiated as master of ceremonies at the dedication. Dee Fisher was organist. The Rev. Arthur M. Stevenson, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, delivered the invocation: Postmaster Marshall McFie wel Others on the program were members of the Orange County Postmasters Association, introduced by Walter Lewis, presided this week by Postmaster Marshall N. McFie. That would make for a total of $2,500,000. McFie noted that the increase will be consistent with the growth of the area during the past 10 years, during which receipts climbed from $232,064 to $1,945,208. When the Postoffice was established here in 1868, stamp sales amounted to between $2 and $3 daily. Oldest complete records for any one year — 1913 — show stamp sales totaled $15,106.79. Sales passed the $41,000 mark in 1922, making Anaheim's Postoffice a first class facility. In 1932, receipts climbed to $47,992.92, in 1942 to $75,767.59. Currently, the Postoffice is handling mail at the rate of 2,250,000 pieces weekly. Shriners to Host Boys Clubs and Grid Teams Members of Orange County high school football teams and Boys Clubs of five communities will be special guests of the Orange County Shrine Club when the 12th annual Shrine Pageant and North - South All - Star Football Game is staged in Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Aug. 1. F. Carl Mock, football committee chairman for the Orange County Club, disclosed plans for the unit's participation in the charity event, benefitting the Los Angeles Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children. Boys Club members from Santa Ana, Fullerton, Anaheim, La Habra, and Costa Mesa-Newpoort, plus prep footballers from these same cities along with athletes from Garden Grove, Brea and Orange will comprise the group being hosted by the club. Shriners, their families and friends also will attend the colorful spectacle. Mock stated: "All Shrine Clubs in Southern California are striving for top attendance from their area for this worthwhile project." Mock emphasized. "Youngsters receiving medical care and attention in the Shriners Hospital are so dependent on the proceeds from this mid-summer classic which finance the year-round operation of the famed institution." Information on reserved tickets, sealed at $5, $3 and $1.50, may be obtained in this area through Mock at 214 W. Third St., Santa Ana, Phone KI 3-9408, or C. M. (Bud) Kisher, 413 S. Vine St., Anaheim, phone KE 5-3225. Library to Get Signs Thirty three-dimensional direction signs have been approved by the Anaheim City Council for the new library at a cost of $4952 plus tax in a 3-2 vote Tuesday afternoon. Councilmen Chuck Chandler and Jack Sutton, in voting against the motion, stated that they felt it could be done cheaper by the city signmaker and that it seemed like a lot of money to them. Chandler added he thought this was an internal matter, one for the library board to handle themselves. Mayor Rex Coons in explaining why the signs were brought before the council remarked that the library board wanted the Council's opinion on the subject. Total cost of the signs is less than one-half of one per-cent of the total cost of the new building. Concert Set Friday at High School Summer School of Music sponsored New Mart to Locate Here A new concept in merchandising combining discount hard goods and retail items enables our postal employees to work under the best condition the Postmaster commented. "The new facility," he added, "will be a link with a postal item that today has over 455 postal installations. This system serves more than 180 million Americans and handles over three thirds of the world's mail. Our 580,000 postal employees are ding about 65 billion pieces of mail a year, including over a billion parcels," the postmaster added. "Mail business in this area has gone up," the postmaster noted. "For example, 10 years ago revenue was $232,064 compared with $1,945,208 today." When the local post office was first established in 1861, its receipts ran only about $600.00 per year. Concert Set Friday at High School Summer School of Music, sponsored by the Anaheim Park and Recreation Department, will chmax its six-week course by performing a three-hour concert Friday at the Anaheim High School Auditorium. As there will be five performing groups, the program will start at 9 a.m. and continue until noon. Admission is free. More than 330 students will be combining their talents in performing tunes by composers of the classical and romantic period. The five groups; advanced orchestra, advanced band, intermediate band, beginning brass, woodwind and percussion, along with beginning strings, will perform at half hour intervals with the advanced orchestra opening the concert at 9 a.m. Schools participating in the program are Loara, Anaheim, Sycamore and Dale. A few of the numbers to be presented include "Scherzino" by Beethoven, "Interlude" by Mozart "La Cucharacha" and "The Drunken Sailor" by Haydn. Big Move Aug. 1 One of the largest moving operations in Orange County will begin at Orange State College Aug. 1, when the entire faculty, administration and student body move into the new six-story, $11 million Letters and Science Building. The College is presently housed in 16 temporary buildings that have been used since 1959. Over 3,500 faculty, staff and students will be involved in the move. New Mart to Locate Here A new concept in merchandising combining discount hard goods and retail fashion soft goods departments was revealed today with the announcement of the first in a series of California department stores to be located in the Village Shopping Center at Euclid and Crescent streets in Anaheim. The initial store building will be a 40,000 square foot air-conditioned modern store presentation with an ornamental metallic frontal exterior and will serve as the "anchor" store of the centrally located Anaheim shopping center. Frank Frand, one of the founders and former vice president and general manager of the GEMCO chain of discount department stores, is president of the newly formed company which has made an initial projection of three California department stores in the ensuing 12 months. Grand stems from a pioneer merchandising family which had its California beginning with his father's jewelry store established in 1923 at Long Beach. The initial opening in the proposed chain at Euclid and Crescent streets in Anaheim is slated for Oct. 15 and will be called JOY Quality Mart. UP DIVIDEND The Board of Directors of Title Insurance and Trust Company has increased the quarterly dividend to 55 cents a share on the common stock from 50 cents previously paid, payable September 10 to stockholders of record August 14. New Play At Melodie "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," a rollicking tale of the Colorado mining country in the Victorian era, opens a two week run Tuesday, July 30, at Melodyland Theatre opposite Disneyland in Anaheim third in the summer-fall series of smash hit musical comedy revivals. "South Pacific," starring Janet Blair and Richard Eastham, closes Sunday night, July 28. Jane Powell, star of such film musicals as "Hit The Deck," and the "standing room only girl" on Air Show Will C Glenn Martin's Fi A 30-minute precision acrobatics demonstration in a World War II P-51 Mustang fighter will be one of the highlights of an air show to be held this Saturday at the Orange County Airport, according to Bill Bergstrom, Orange County Squadron Commander of the Air Force Association, a sponsor of the event. The air show, scheduled for 2 p.m., is part of Air Force Reserve Day, the purpose of which is to commemorate the first flight of Glenn L. Martin from a spot near what is now Orange County Airport, Aug. 1, 1909, Bergstrom said. In addition to the P-51 acrobatic demonstration which will be performed by nationally known pilot Bob Hoover, the P.O. Receipts Expected for 1963; 1000 Per C NAHEIM Gazette Established in 1870 Pages Anaheim, California, Thursday, July 25, 1963 Cited of Rep. Richard T. Hanna, presented a flag that had over the nation's Capitol. the fact that Anaheim has chosen for a new post of Postmaster McFie said, acts credit on our growing distribution to the economy and of the nation." our patrons will derive more ment from doing business their mail will be handled efficiently and this building its up-to-date equipment will are our postal employees to under the best of conditions, Postmaster commented. the new facility," he added, be a link with a postal systhat today has over 45,000 installations. This system more than 180 million cans and handles over twoof the world's mail. Our postal employees are hanabout 65 billion pieces of year, including over a bil- Comm Zone Council A Requesting minor changes City Council has referred pending CO (commercial zoning ordinance to City Attiseph Geisler for final preparaThe ordinance is designed SALUTE TO 'MR. ZIP' — When new Postoffice was dedicated, Scott Birdsall, first class Scout of Troop 72 officiated at raising of colors, but first blew a salute to 'Mr. Zip' whose newly instituted policies prevail all over U.S. Others in photo: Raymond R. Germain, assistant regional director; Postmaster Marshall N. McFie and Walter Spalar, director of community programs, P. O. Dept., Washington, D.C. (Gazette Photo) Edison Rate Cut OKd Benefits City and its Industries Under threat that Anaheim and four other cities might build their own generating plants, Southern California Edison Co. has successfully pursued its proposal to reduce wholesale electric power rates. Anaheim's large industrial energy users also will benefit by the reduction. The State Public Utilities Commission approved a tariff filing of the Edison Co., which reduced rates effective last Thursday, July 18. Other cities affected by the reduction are Azusa, Colton, Riverside and Vernon. Like Anaheim, these cities operate their own municipal distribution systems and buy all their electrical energy from Edison. Large industrial users will save a total of $1,607,000 a year. Anaheim will save as much as $250,000 annually, according to Mayor Rex Coons. The industrial savings are estimated at 4.9 per cent. Anaheim, Colton and Riverside some time ago employed Ziner & Associates to determine the feasibility of building municipal generating plants. Results of the studies indicated the plants would be economically feasible. In any future rate proceeding, Edison agreed to assume the burden of proving that the reductions will not impose an unreasonable difference in rates on other classes of service. Last May a similar filing by Edison was rejected because the Commission was not satisfied that the lower rates to the large users would not be a burden on other customers. Authors Article · "The Vocational and Technical Education Function of California Junior Colleges," an article by Dr. Basil H. Peterson, president of Orange Coast College, has been published by The Junior College Journal. PROMISES THRJLLS — Robert G. (Bob) Hoover, world-famed split-precision acrobatic flier, will perform at Air Force Re- Library to Not Signs Three-dimensional directories have been approved by the Anaheim City Council for the library at a cost of $4952 plus 3-2 vote Tuesday after Calmen Chuck Chandler and in voting against the stated that they felt it done cheaper by the city mer and that it seemed like money to them. Chandler thought this was an inatter, one for the library handle themselves. Rex Coons in explaining signs were brought be-council remarked that the board wanted the Coun-sion on the subject. Total the signs is less than one per-cent of the total the new building. New Play Opens Melodyland insinkable Molly Brown." the concert and nightclub circuit. New Play Opens Melodyland Unsinkable Molly Brown," long tale of the Colorado country in the Victorian era is a two week run Tuesday, 30, at Melodyland The site Disneyland in Anaheim third in the summer of smash hit musical revivals. "South Pacific," Janet Blair and Richard closes Sunday night, well, star of such film as "Hit The Deck," and living room only girl" on the concert and nightclub circuit, stars in the title role. Stuart Damon, a Broadway and Las Vegas hit in "Irma La Douce," has the leading male role. "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" was a sellout smash in New York several seasons ago. It recounts the true saga of "Leadville Johnny" Brown, a happy-go-lucky prospector whose claim turned out to be a bonanza. The musical play carries his wife, Molly, through her attempts to "crash" high society in the starched and ruffled 1890's. Show Will Commemorate Martin's First Flight Minute precision acrobat demonstration in a War II P-51 Mustang will be one of the high-ane air show to be Saturday at the Ornity Airport, accorded Bergstrom, Orangequadron Commander Force Association, a part of the event. The show, scheduled for its part of Air Force Day, the purpose of to commemorate the loss of Glenn L. Martin not near what is now county airport, Aug. Bergstrom said. Aion to the P-51 acrobat demonstration which will be named by nationally known Bob Hoover, the afternoon's program will include a "fly-over" of a group of World War II aircraft including the only Japanese "Frank" in existence and a pre-war Boeing P-26 fighter. A Japanese Kamakazi bomber and several other classic aircraft, plus an American "Hounddog" missile and an Apollo capsule, will be on display and open for public inspection. Other features of the show, which is open to the public with no admission charge, include sky diving demonstrations, a mass parachute jump and a flying demonstration of a reconstructed 1910 Curtis pusher biplane which will be flown by Frank Tallman, famous motion picture stunt pilot. 000 Per Cent Gain in 10 Years zette Home City Paper of Fabulous DISNEYLAND 63 Pay your Newsboy only 25¢ Per Month—Phone PR 2-1800 Commercial Office Zone Plan Speeded Council Asks Minor Changes Requesting minor changes, the City Council has referred the building C-O (commercial office) ing ordinance to City Atty. Joh Geisler for final preparation. The ordinance is designed to enoffice center complexes, the ordinance provides for occupancy of supporting service businesses, such as barber and beauty shops, laboratories, prescription pharmacies; tobacco, candy and newsa precise area development plan has been prepared by the City and adopted by resolution of the Planning Commission and or the City Council and where the proposed development complies with Council Asks Minor Changes Requesting minor changes, the City Council has referred the Judging C-O (commercial office) ordinance to City Atty. Josh Geisler for final preparation. The ordinance is designed to enhance orderly development of business and professional office centers, give Anaheim big city bus, zoning-wise, and open the door for what the Planning Commission referred to as "the unique central development which exits within the city." The Commission held hearings on the proposed ordinance June and adopted a resolution call for its adoption. These resources are found to be both local and regional significance due to the city's geographic location and ideal orientation to regional markets, labor pools and regional access and circulation routes." Planning Commission's response said, "These office areas their continued development quality manner are found to resources essential economic health and preservation of a commive growth potential." Occupancy Holdings in the C-O zones may be nearly any type of office. Combination of office-residenance will be permitted. Recognition of the needs of office complexes, the ordinance provides for occupancy of supporting service businesses, such as barber and beauty shops, laboratories, prescription pharmacies; tobacco, candy and news-magazine stands, telephone answering, secretarial service and restaurants and coffee shops, except drive-in or walk-up restaurants. Cocktail lounges will be permitted where such an establishment is an integral part of a building six stories or more in height. Secondary Usage Subject to conditional use permit where integrated within a primary use structure are art galleries, exhibition halls, restaurants and cocktail lounges, schools offering instructions in the fine arts and specialty shops. The latter may be either service or retail shops and may be established on the ground floor of a primary use structure three or more stories in height "where said uses are an integral part of and secondary to a primary use complex and where primarily intendd to serve employees and patrons of a primary complex." Minimum Area Minimum site area shall be 20.000 square feet. A site of lesser size may be developed only where a precise area development plan has been prepared by the City and adopted by resolution of the Planning Commission and/or the City Council and where the proposed development complies with the area development plan. The ordinance provides for landscaped setback areas and use of setback areas for automobile parking. The height of any building within 150 feet of any single family residential zone boundary shall not exceed one-half the distance from such building to the zone boundary. Streets and alleys may be included in calculating the distance. Parking Minimum off-street parking facilities provided for the ordinance are four spaces per 1000 square feet of gross floor space for offices; three spaces per 1000 feet for corporate or headquarters offices not providing direct service to the general public; eight spaces per 1000 feet for medico-dental offices. Owners of a C-O structure may provide parking under ownership, joint ownership or lease, within 750 feet of the premises. The ordinance provides for free wells in accordance with official City parkway development standards. City Pumps Water to Aid Beach Towns Avert a serious summer water shortage in Newport Beach on the Coast communities. Anawill begin pumping and addi- three million gallons of wa- day from the underground to make more water avail- oio the beach area for pur- Manager Keith Murdock anaheim normally purchases ion gallons a day at this time of year from the Metropolitan Water District, and pumps another 21-22 million gallons a day. Even though the South Coast Communities are not members of the Orange County Water District, which replenishes the underground water basin, Murdoch said his city will release three million gallons a day of their portion of MWD water and begin pumping a like amount this weekend to meet the Anaheim demand. Anaheim Water Superintendent Gus Lenain said Anaheim consumption reached a record 33 million gallon peak in a single day last week. He said to help the south county shortage, a new well producing 1.2 million gallons a day will be opened this week and added to the Anaheim line. Manager Keith Murdock naheim normally purchases lion gallons a day at this Even though the South Coast Communities are not members of the Orange County Water District, which replenishes the underground water basin, Murdoch said his city will release three million gallons a day of their portion of MWD water and begin pumping a Anaheim Water Superintendent Gus Lenain said Anaheim consumption reached a record 33 million gallon peak in a single day last week. He said to help the south county shortage, a new well producing 1.2 million gallons a day will be opened this week and added to the Anaheim line.