anaheim-gazette 1963-10-31

Gazette Operated by Kuchels for The Anaheim Gazette observed its 93rd anniversary on Tuesday of this week. Space prohibited inclusion in last week's issue many vital historical facts, the most important of which have to do with the distinguished Kuchel family of this city. Henry Kuchel, editor and publisher of the Gazette for 48 years until his death in 1935, was the first Southern California elected to the California Newspaper Hall of Fame, in 1960. Mrs. Henry Kuchel, widow of the publisher, proudly received the award at ceremonies in San Francisco, in the presence of her sons, U.S. Senator Thomas H. Kuchel and Theodore (Ted) Kuchel, then co-publisher of the Gazette with Bert J. Abraham. This newspaper became the property of the Pinkley Orange County publications in 1961. Vigorous Henry Kuchel, who learned his printer's trade in San Francisco and Los Angeles, returned to his home town of Anaheim to buy the Anaheim Gazette in 1887 and give Southern California's second oldest newspaper vigorous and personalized editsorship until his death in 1935. Blindness did not deter Kuchel from prolific writing. His wife took his dictation and retained many of the handwritten manuscripts of historical events. His two sons joined in the constant reading of publications from his brother-in-law, Richard Melrose, in partnership with Kuchel. He bought out brother in 1897 and had an uninterrupted 48 years as editor and publisher before his death. He learned to set type in the Gazette office and was 16 when he set out to see the world as a printer. He variously wrote sports and set type on the San Francisco Chronicle, knew William Randolph Hearst while working on the San Francisco Examiner, set type in San Diego and Escondido, then served as composing room foreman for Gen. Harrison Gray Otis on the then young Los Angeles Times after 1881. He formed a lasting friendship with Otis and joined him in his later years on the Gazette. As Anaheim grew, so did the stature of the Gazette and Kuchel's fame as an editor. Politicians, national figures and the famous came to visit the country editor and it was characteristic of his remarkable hearing that he could remember a voice or a footstep and call out hesitatingly to his unseen visitor. The Gazette came out as a weekly, except for two years as a daily from 1875 to 1877 and again as a daily for a period in his 50. Kuchel was a sharp observer of the national and world scene, based on daily reading to him by his family from the Congressional Record, papers from New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles, and a variety of other publications. (Boulder Dam). That is not so and no one knows it better than Mr. Young himself. If he has no better campaign material to offer, he might as well return to Berkeley and hang his harp on a willow tree." Kuchel was a militant defender of water rights, a controversial subject in the early years of irrigation companies sparring for water supplies from the rivers. Henry Kuchel was born June 11, 1859, in San Francisco, the son of Conrad Kuchel, a mechanical engineer who left Germany many prior to the Revolution in 1848 and settled in Indiana. He came to San Francisco in 1856 by way of the Mississippi River and Isthmus of Panama. He brought his family to Anaheim in 1860 and owned 20 acres of vineyard where the Gazette office was later located in downtown Anaheim. Henry was the second of five children and there were three others by previous marriage. In 1896, he married Miss Laitia Bailey, daughter of Southern banker who brought his family from Texas to Anaheim in 1876. In his earlier years, Kuchel sported a heavy moustache but trimmed it smaller in later life. He was a handsome man of feet 2 inches and there is considerable family resemblance in his two sons. He was an incessant cigar smoker and was eloquent and meticulous in his speech-as the result of diligent self-education after grade school, where he evidenced... STORK CLUB Garden Park General Hospital Oct. 5 Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. James, 616 Avon Pl., Apt. B, a girl, 8 lbs. 15 oz. Oct. 9 Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Webb, 806 So. Roanne St., a boy, 5 lbs. 14 oz. Oct. 14 Mr. and Mrs. Jerry W. Van Dyck, 508 So. Illinois St., a girl, 5 lbs. 2 oz. Oct. 16 Mr. and Mrs. William J. Forbes, 9791 Messersmith, a boy, 6 lbs. 8 oz. Oct. 18 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zinger, 703 So. Gilbert St., a girl, 8 lbs. 3 oz. Oct. 20 Mr. and Mrs. Leonard A. Peterson, 3152 Lindacita, a boy, 6 lbs. 14½ oz. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony G. Wallick, 2554 Glencrest Ave., a girl, 6 lbs. 2 oz. Anaheim Memorial Hospital Oct. 9 Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Scally, 400 S. West St., girl, 9 lbs. 1½ oz. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Kreitlinger, 710 S. Harbor Blvd., girl, 6 lbs. 5½ oz. October 17 Mr. and Mrs. Norman Newberry, 1736 Chateau, boy, 7 lbs. 15½ oz. October 18 Mr. and Mrs. William Campbell, 501 W. Hampshire, girl, 6 lbs. 9 oz. Garden Park General Hospital Sept. 26 Mr. and Mrs. David R. Girard, 750 N. Los Angeles St., boy, 8 lbs. 2 oz. October 4, Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Bak-Oct. 5 er, 1655 W. Pampus Lane, boy, lbs. 3 oz. 7M r,r' I' 7 lbs. 3 oz. Mr. and Mrs. John Edmund Reese, 9951 Guinida Lane, girl. Mr. and Mrs. Catarino D. Arelanes, 126 No. Aladdin Dr., boy, 6 lbs. 5½ oz. October 7 Mr. and Mrs. Don V. Edmunds, 901 N. Winter St., boy, 6 lbs. 14 oz. October 8 Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Borders, 1225½ Diamond St., girl, 7 lbs. 10 oz. October 9 Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Jeffrey, 10046 Gilbert Street, girl, 5 lbs. October 10 Mr. and Mrs. George Orlandos, 1720 Nedra Pl., boy, 6 lbs. 10 oz. SIERRA CLUB MEETS NOV. 5 Recently returned from a summer-long trip to Japan, Bain Hawkinson will show his slides of the Orient at a meeting at 8 p.m.; Tuesday, Nov., of the Orange County Group; the Sierra Club; in the Spruce Room of the Santa Ana Public Library. Leading the brief business meeting prior to the slide Gardeners Checklist By the California Association of Nurserymen 1. Check long canes on climbing roses to make sure they are secure against winter's weather. 2. Clean up fallen leaves and other litter in flower beds. 3. Top dress borders and beds with steer manure. Winter rains will work it in to improve the soil. 4. The wonderfully colorful garden lilies should be planted now for bloom in late spring and summer. 5. Pyracantha is our most colorful fall shrub and may be planted full of berries for immediate effect MEETS NOV. 5 Recently returned from a summer-long trip to Japan, B Hawkinson will show his slides of the Orient at a meeting at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6 of the Orange County Group of the Sierra Club, in the Spruce Room of the Santa Ana Public Library. Leading the brief business meeting prior to the slide presentation will be Ben Lindenstein, Anaheim, group chairman, who will explain the purposes and objectives of the Sierra Club. The conservation organization was founded in 1892 by J Muir. Refreshments will conclude the meeting. The Anaheim Gazette—7 Methels for 69 Years (After Dam). That is not so one knows it better than young himself. If he has water campaign material to the might as well return Lakeley and hang his harp willow tree." Kuchel was a militant defender of water rights, a conspirator in the early days of irrigation companies using for water supplies the rivers. Kuchel was born June 1890, in San Francisco, the Conrad Kuchel, a medical engineer who left Gerrard prior to the Revolution in and settled in Indiana. He to San Francisco in 1856, by of the Mississippi Rivervalsthmus of Panama. He met his family to Anaheim 20 and owned 20 acres of land where the Gazette of Anaheim later located in down Anaheim. Henry was the son of five children and were three others by a us marriage. 1896, he married Miss LuBailey, daughter of a banker who brought family from Texas to Anaheim in 1876. His earlier years, Kuchel had a heavy moustache but led it smaller in later life. As a handsome man of 6 inches and there is a terable family resemblance in his two sons. He was possessant cigar smoker and doquent and meticulous in speech as the result of his self-education after school, where he eviden- plus limited medical knowledge of treatment. Chinaman At Crank Historical features were among the most readable stories in the Gazette, many stemming from his retentive memory of the early days and Mrs. Kuchel's enthusiastic delving into the files and her long family background in Anaheim. Many old timers of the area continued to be Kuckel's subscribers, and as one of them put it: "Every Thursday the Gazette was due to come out... All of us made it a point to be there... we would bring our buckets of beer and read the paper while that Chinaman labored at the crank." And even today, a quarter-century after Kuchel's death, most of Anaheim's early families remain on the subscription lists and the historical writing is one o'f the most popular features. Kwikset Employes Get Pins Eleven employees of Kwikset Division, now in its 18th year of lockset production, were presented their 15-year service Employes Get Pins Eleven employees of Kwikset Division, now in its 18th year of lockset production, were presented their 15-year service award pins, announced Robert Hutchison, Director of Industrial Relations. Those joining the company in 1948, when Kwikset was established in Anaheim, after having moved from South Gate, were Monnie Smith, Anaheim; Maury Jones, San Marino; Virgil Strunk, Anaheim; Sam Starbuck, Garden Grove, Don Bell, Anaheim; Elden Woodman, Anaheim; Pearla Youles, Fullerton; Herman Hoch, Fullerton; John Chapman, Anaheim; Earnest Ownbey, Arlington; and John Gray, Anaheim. 10-Years Receiving ten-year service pins included: Roger Charland, Anaheim; Max Knutson, Anaheim; Roscoe Orton, Anaheim; Isaac Martin, Anaheim; Louis White, Santa Ana; Walter Nix, Anaheim; Harold Allaway, Anaheim; Richard Keto, Garden Grove; Pat Patterson, Anaheim; Walter Brown, Placentia; Karl Lloyd, Santa Ana; Lee Burke, Garden Grove; LeRoy Hallett, Orange. Five-year pins went to Richard Renz, Westminster; Betty Schools, Orange; Carl Ford, Anaheim; and Edmond Fedor, Santa Ana. Silver service pins for three years were given to Betty Thompson, Anaheim; David Dean, Anaheim; and William Potts, Santa Ana. 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