The Desert Sun from Palm Springs, California • 1

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DEVELOPMENT and CONSTANT IMPROVEMENT of AMERICA'S FOREMOST DESERT RESORT Friday September 12 to Friday September 19 1941 Gray Proves Piscatorial Skill Betty Coffman Weds Kieley in Yuma Ceremony Culminating a romance which began last season Miss Elizabeth Ann Coffman more popularly known as Betty by her scores of friends in Palm Springs was married on August 17 in Yuma to Tom Kieley another popular villager While a few close friends were in on the secret and their marriage was rumored generally Palm Springers learned officially only this week when there came attractive announcements from parents Mr and Mrs Owen Earl Coffman of the DeS' ert Inn' The bride haa lived all her life in Palm Springs graduated from Price Five Cents City Clerk Job Soon To Be Open For Applicants One of the most exacting and important of municipal jobs In Palm Springs that of city clerk be vacant within about two weeks because the incumbent Guy Finney must by that time free to take care of the other new offices to which he was appointed justice of the peace city judge In calling attention to the forthcoming vacancy City Manager John Lange emphasized that position requires special training and abilities He said that while applications will be received from now on it is preferable to wait until a list of the minimum requirements can be prepared and published One thing certain is that the city prefers to have a local man for the if they can find one qualified Lange pointed out Training Requisite The office requires someone with a college education or equivalent business or municipal training the city manager believes Legal background is a distinct advantage This has been shown in case of Pinney who as first city clerk has really been one of the foremost figures in organiz-(Continued on Last Page) Dennis Hurt in Gas Explosion Painfully but not seriously burned was George Dennis operator of the Plaza Pharmacy fountain when a gas stove oven blew up last Thursday evening about 5 o'clock The accident occurred at the pharmacy There was a leak in the gas and the explosion resulted when Dennis sought to light the oven Flame shot out and burned his face and hands First aid was applied immediately and he was taken to the Indio Hospital by Gordon Feek-ings another village restaurant man who happened to be in the store at the time Dennis is getting over his singeing very nicely Big Ones Too! NOW THIS little story has to be handled with some tact and deli cacy because it concerns things military a sergeant who forgot iVhis commands and well this is where the delicacy comes lata huge pile of fertilizer As to the things military everyone knows the importance of these and the necessity for support but we have sympathy for some twenty-five villages wives who suffered direly and directly from the momentous affair of last Wednesday night IT WAS so history will relate the night of the State Guard drill at the highway maintenance station a few miles up the highway Arms" and Bight" and such commands rang loud in the tranquil desert eve-ning Each of the officers was be-jroVjug given a chance to command The company Came Joe Butler's turn Joe is a sergeant He is a darned good horseman He is a more than capable store manager And we guess he is usually a cracker jack sergeant Wednesday night Sergeant Butler met his Waterloo CAME his turn to command the company Sergeant Butler took over like a veteran The company responded smoothly to orders Things were going along swell This way and that way marched the troop voice came crisp and stentorian Yessir here was a sergeant who know what this drilling was all about THEN that pile of fertilizer which Commander Lienau hoped next day to spread nicely for his lawn at the maintenance station loomed up Something happened then Perhaps the thing caught Sergeant Butler unawares It may have been the atmosphere The company was marching straight toward the pile that great big pile And Sergeant Butler had forgotten how to stop them! STUTTERING red-faced he marched with his men Right into the stack Onward knee-deep they marched And still Joe get the right com' xnand He probably get his breath Gamely his troop lunged on the lines wavering on Finally Sergeant Butler hoarsely barked something which the lads understood and which led them from their dilemma SOMEWHAT THE WORSE for this experience Sergeant Butler carried on bravely So did his men But the jinx was still! around Two minutes later the doughty sergeant and his soldier boys got mixed up in the shrubs and had a little trouble getting commanded out BUT IT was all except for the wives when the young gentlemen returned just A little the worse for wear And seri-iously this group of energetic men of this village is getting splendid training The men (Continued on Last Page) Officials Envision Possibilities in Big Iron Deposits Because they had heard so much of the big iron deposits near Indio Francis Crocker Palm Springe manager of the California Electric Power Company end Guy Woodworth noted geologist end hotel owner of Banning made trip of inspection to tho area last Tuesday They came back favorably Purpose of the trip was mainly to obtain information personally about the deposits which have been so widely publicized As Crocker explained he is vitally interested in which can be of material economic benefit to the eastern part of the He left it to Woodworth to give the opinion on the deposits And Woodworth said: were very favorably impressed with the iron ore deposits which are in the nature of a dike cutting across the area for a distance of well over a mile It will be a very fine thing for Riverside county if the development is pos-(Continued on Last Page) School Schedules Begin Monday Both the Palm Springs High school and Desert School district schedules for the 1941-1942 year begin Monday bright and early High school classes will begin at 8:25 a m'and continue until 3 The same hours are effective at the Nellie Coffman school for seventh and eighth grades At the Frances Stevens and Cathedral City elementary schools the hours were announced by Miss Katherine Finchy principal asifollows: Primary grades which are first second and third grades 8:45 to 11:45 a and 1 to 2 intermediate grades which are fourth fifth and sixth grades 8:45 to 12 noon and 1 to 2:30 Miss Finchy also called attention to the fact a new state law (Continued on Last Page) McCann Hooked will be two and the job the One peep at this picture proves Earl Gray's story With Jack Gertler left as skipper of the Ro-Mari Gray's handsome boat the operator of the Royal Palms Hotel put out from Newpori-Balboa which is Gray's summer headquarters and three miles off Laguna Earl snagged this big one According to official records it took one hour and twenty-five minutes to land and the weight was 200 pounds The fish was a marlin or swordfish and was the largest Gray has ever caught Gerller is a Palm Springs man also having been at the Amado cocktail place for the last two seasons State Guard Achieves Increasing Popularity and Support Committee Is Formed to Further Fine Activity Fast becoming Just about the most popular activity in Palm Springs is this community's new Slate Guard company and its colorful weekly military drill which attracts large numbers of villagers to the Field Club each Monday night to watch the young man train In fact tha guard la meeting with such enthusiastic approval hero that tha local company has nearly reached its membership quota and only a few more recruits can be accepted according to Company Commander Harold Lienau Established in 1127 Pioneer Newspaper Vol NO 7 Gorham Clarifies Mail Delivery Plan Misunderstandings Home delivery mail service something villagers have been portuning the postoffice department about for years has been assured Palm Springs but due to several misunderstanding may be delayed in inauguration Said Postmaster RMG will have this service Th re will of course be no charge I it except the installation of yoi box It will for the entire year Parcel post will be delivered within the delivery limits whether or not you have a box You are under no obligations to retain your box at the postoffice If you reside within the city delivery limits you are urged to have your box installed at once Emphasized by the postmaster is the fact that boxes may be purchased at the local stores where instructions regarding the manner of putting them up will be given Purchase Anywhere you may purchase them at any place or town you see fit" Gorham stressed is no obligation to buy them in Palm Springs This office is only interested in seeing that they are properly and substantially erected and uniform in appearance has been reported that some patrons have been advised to wait until city delivery service is established before erecting mail receptacles at their he continued this advice has been given by some who are opposed to such service and with the intent of preventing the establishment of city delivery at this office" information iipcorrect and 'should be ignored We will (Continued on Last Page) Season Is Under Way For Palm Springs Hotel Always among the very earliest of local hostelries to open each season the Palm Springs Hotel one of the oldest and best-known establishments of its kind here is getting into full season swing with the usual improvement program going on at brisk pace Margaret and Bill Foldesy were back in the village by mid-August to reopen pvt of the hotel and- start the various improvements and renovations They plan to open the hotel dining room and picturesque Luau Room about October 1st Already many guests of importance have registered at the hostelry Rita Hayworth was there for three or four days last week and Mr and Mrs Harold Margorati visited the Foldeseys Margorati is a noted cameraman for MGM Louis Hayward stopped in for a visit the first of the week Bill and Margaret their sister Irene and father George Foldesy spent some of the summer in Oregon Margaret finished off her travel spree with a ten-day trip to Mexico City Irene Foldesy and her father are now in Oakland but will be back in Palm Springs in the near future Crestline the past summer Warren Strebe carried on at the Strebe theatre In Newport Beach The theatre is presenting two shows nightly at 7 and 9 o'clock Further improvements at this and other of his local theatres will be Announced by Strebe following his return to the village 1 I 5 Hicks Family Has Enjoyable Summer There were certainly no dull moments in a summer of varied activity for Mr and Mrs Harold Hicks and their youngsters Jimmy Gail and Jean They returned but recently from the Eaat to reopen their home and real estate offices on Nprth Palm Canyon Drive Back on June 27th the Hicks family left Palm Springs and went by train to Annisquam Massachusetts a beach resort forty miles north of Boston The charming summer cottage of the Humphrey Birges was their headquarters from then on August 11th they were joined by Mrs Alvah Hicks who had gone by train via Seattle Washington During their Annisquam stay Harold and Caroline went to New York for a stay and different recreation They saw i number of the new shows indud ing that of their old friend Paul Lukas who has been making big hit in on the Rhine" one of the tremendous successes Anxious to Return The Hicks went out to dinner with Mr and Mrs Lukas after the show Another interesting trip was made in company with Mr and Mrs Dick Burge It was to inspect the Cannon Mountain Tramway at Franconia New Hampshire This tramway similar to that proposed for Palm Springs has been such a huge success that the state of New Hampshire has voted to authorize construction of another tramway in the southern part of the state Harold said However this cannot be built at present because of the need for steel for defense purposes Harold and Caroline drove from Annisquam at end to Buffalo and there spent the weekend They rejoined the remainder of the family on train there and returned to California They report the Humphrey Birges have taken a home in Palm Springs for the season and will be out early this fall New Yorker Builds Home in Chino Canyon Mesa One of the nicer new homes for this season will be that now under construction by Contractor Herbert Foster for Jackson Elliott of Brooklyn New York Costing more than $9000 it Is being erected in Chino Canyon Mesa No 2 The architect is Lea Mae Pike of Palm Springs and Lake Arrowhead PLANNING COMMISSION HOLDS MEETING Problems of rezoning and other affairs bearing on propor development of the village were discussed and acted upon by the city planning commission at its meeting Thursday evening at the city court Realtor Munholland Precedes Family Back to Village It got so John Munholland one of Palm best known realtors for many seasons just could stand It away from' the village any longer And so while his family had made plans to remain in Long Beach until October John was back in town Monday to greet his friends and open his offices on North Palm Canyon Drive Munholland has a realty business in Long Beach also and the family has divided residence between there and the deesrt for a number of years The next drill period1 will be held at the Field Club on Monday night starting at 8 The men will march and maneuver for two hours dressed in their attractive neyr uniforms and the general public is welcome DANCE SATURDAY Tomorrow night Saturday many guardsman and their wives from Palm Springs will motor to Banning to attend a State Guard Dance Tha dance is being staged by tha Piss outfit to raise needed funds and will be held in the new State Guard Armory (formerly tha bowling academy) on South First street just off tha highway Tha dance will start at 1pm and cordially invited to come out and watch the interesting drills Nearly all the members of the Palm Springs company now have their uniforms which can be purchased at the Lykken Department Store Committee Organised Wednesday night the State Guard committee for Palm Springs was organized and met for the first time at the fire hall It will serve as a ways tad means committee to raise money authorize purchases and pay the bills for the village guard company The opinion was expressed that if the men In uniform are (Continued on Lost Page) Council to Meet Wednesday Night Several matters of importance are scheduled to come before the dty council at Its regular meeting next Wednesday night el 7:30 Among these are some referred back to committees at the last meeting two weeks ago It is probable also that question of usage of tho new airport possibly for training of prospective pilots again will- come before tho dty fathers Dente Brothers Enlarge Market For New Season Extensive alterations which will considerably enlarge and make more attractive the store space of Dente Brothers Market on Indian avenue at Andreas Road have been completed in preparation for the opening this weekend for its second season Otto Dente is the manager He will be assisted this year by his brother Mike Dente Los Angeles attorney During the first World War Mike was a major in the Army and had wide experience in buying supplies for the troops in France This experience will aid him in his work in Palm Springs Dente Brothers who also have another fine large market in Los Angeles this season will operate the meat and vegetable departments as well as the grocery end of tiie store They announce they will offer high quality fresh vegetables lending out their own buck to pick up fresh produce at the forma In the meat depart-( Continued on Lost Page) Royal Palms Lounge Opened Yesterday Is Newly Decorated Popular place of entertainment the Royal Palms Lounge reopened for the season yesterday In accordance with usual fall pro cedure it has been handsomely redecorated by Earl Gray man ager of the hotel and its adjuncts Presiding behind the bar are Carl Dcrbonnc who has been at the same stand for a number of sea' sons and Jack Dennis Gray who returned with his family last weekend to get things underway and greet his friends announced there would be no change In prices Improvements Include a new air-condltloncr Villagers Rejoice When Theatre Opens Early With Fine New Cooling System and Best of Newer Pictures Because tha influx of villagers was far tarliar and greater than usual Earle Strebe as is his usual policy rallied to the occasion end opened the Palm Springs Theatre week or two ahead of schedule In order to provide them entertainment The theatre opened its doors last Saturday much to the pleasure of all those vlllagen who had been missing their regular movies during the summer Important new change for thef better Is the new $10000 cooling system Installed late last spring and utilized when the theatre was kept open until the latter part of July This system conditions air scientifically and healthfully and really does a grand job of cooling Good Shows Billed mer vacationing at Lake Arrowhead with hit wife and young ten has been carrying on some business transactions in Los Angeles and elsewhere for the past week or two George Strebe managed Earle'a theatres at Lake Arrowhead and while During a glorious summer vacation Mr and Mrs Maurice McCann and ihtlr son Jimmy loafed and fished along the Oregon coast stopped at Aberdeen Washington to visit with Roland Dunlop son of Mrs Leroy Mills went on a two-day and night fishing trip with him apd an Indian guide along the scenic Qulnaull river went on to Vancouver and did more fishing and to Mable Lake In the Interior of British Columbia where they did a lot mere fishing It was at Mable Lake that McCann caught these beauties a six pound gray trout and a rainbow weighing four pounds four ounces He and his family hooked innumerable other trout and salmon in tho North-wort They reported having no difficulty at all In crossing the border The theatre opened 'with lev eral good productions and has a number more lined up for this and the coming week according to Fred Watson who has been handling things for Earle until he arrives the latter part 6t this week Earle who spent the sum-.