7""- 3. Grading, paving, construction of curbs and gutters, and aquisi- tion of additional right of way on A ,Central avenue from Fountain ave- 4 7 1 .nue to Lighthouse avenue. Cost, ·5 - $3700. - . Total allocation was $10,550. , Work on the first two projects 1 will begin as soon as the depart- ment of public works approves the city's construction plans and makes the money available, according to City Manager Dames. Paid to the city in four installments, Pacific Grove should receive the first check in March. With work already in progress on the Central avenue project, the? additional funds granted by the state for Central avenue were to reimburse the city for money spent acquiring right of way for widening the street. Original plans called for paving Pine avenue under a 1938-39 project. A new system of approving projects- 4 , for one yearrather than for a bi- ennium necessitates waiting until -1939 to finish the Pine Ave. work. MRS. FAIRLY WINE Fairly, squarely, and with no soft soap, Mrs. H. C. Fairly, 311 Cedar street, just won $100 in a national soap contest. Writing 25 words on why she liked the soap flakes she was using, Mrs. Fairly learned this wdek she was one of the ten $100 winners in America for the day she submitted her entry. DR. HOYT RECOVERS Dr, Spencer Hoyt, bruised and shaken when his car skidded and went over an embankment between Carmel and Pacific Grove Monday morning, expects to be back on his feet again Sunday. The Peninsula Community hospil tal reported yes€erday Dr. Hoyt had not received any serious injuries in the accident-no broken bones- although the impact when hig car struck a pine tree knocked him un- conscious. New President Assumes Duities In P. G. C. of C. C. A. Borchers, newly elected president of the Pacific Grove chamber of commerce, presided over the meeting of the board of directors held ·this noon in the Del Mar coffee shop. A number of routine matters were discussed. Reginald Foster reported that, th& Open House fund will be ap- proximately $100 richer from the play given at the high school re- cently. Secretary A. C. Jochmus reported that the new chamber of commerce headquarters at Forest avenue and Grove street will be ready for oc- cupancy before the end of the month. Sheldon Gilmer reported that the city recreation comimission.isi now investigating the feasibility of the use of the Boy Scout hall as a city ' recreation center. City Manager Erwin Dames stated that the new adobe wall and sign at the top of Carmel hill will have to wait until better weather before construction can start. Edward Simpson, member of the, highway committee, was asked to interview Senator E. H. Tickle to ascertain the status of the proposed highway link from. Castroville to the Prunedale Cut-off of U. S. 101. Church Presents "Abraham Lincoln" Opening its doors to the public, the First Christian church tonight presents the famous D. W. Griffith production, "Abraham Lincoln." Script for the film, written by Stephen Vincent Benet, emphasizes the real life of The Great Emanci- pator-romance of the Civil con- flict complicated by personal con- flict and love. The show begins tonight at 7:45. THE CURRENT Mrs. Philbrick Presents Chimes By BILL GOULD . , To Pacific Grove WEDDING 'GUEST Before long, we shall have an im- With pr6spects of having West- posingarayofane.cdotesconcern-ministerchimesinstalledinthecity ing "Nisky," the little grey cat, hall tower within a month, Pacific andhermaster,DavidWoodruff.Grove'B-city,councilWednesday youngestsonofRev.'andMrs.nightacceptedthechimesasagift James Woodruff. from Mrs. Flora B. Philbrick, 232 ' ' Eighteenth street. 'We have Mrs. Philbrick donated the episode in chimes to the city through Council- cat in the man B. A. Lee as a memorial to distress of her late husband, Sumner E. Phil- the cat . ' brick. In 1935 she presented the city . hall tower clocks to Pacific Grove. Council decided definitely to ac- cept the gift when City Manager Enwin Dames discovered the chimes could be installed without * * ' -·, ; j disturbing:.the fire alarm ¢ell. Pre- It was to be far more pretens viously the city ,thought,*ccepting tiousandformalthanth€'mar- thechimeswouldinvolvq.buyinga riages generally arranged · for a new alarm system. parsonage. Thanking Mrs. Philbrick for her *** ' gift, the council voted .to . include Usually the young couple drives a resolution of thanks in the min- up, shows the license, the minister utes of the council meeting. comes in out of the garden, calls At the next council meeting City his wifb and one of the neighbors Manager Dames will have com- to serve as witnesses, performs the plete plans for remodelling the city ceremony and the whole thing is hall tower. Approximate cost of over in a few minutes. chimes installation will be $350. * * * Not certain what company the But this one was most carefully chimes will be purchased from, prepared and was to be extra-spec- Councilman Lee yesterday morning ial in every detail.- wrote to two firms. Chimes will ** * have their *own timing system, Lee All of which led the three W9od- said. They can be adjusted to play ruff boys to beg to be permitted hourly .or fifteen- minutes. to see it. , Work on the tower t6 inake it ready to house the chimes will be- Their mother finally consented to gin as soon as the council approves let them peek from the · kitchen City Manager Dames' plans and door. ·· ·f weather conditions permit con- I . I . struction. Which would have been quite all' right, except that Master David Mrs. E. Borwick of c 1110 Sinex wasn't very .thrilled with the cere- avenue was called to San Jose this mony. week by the death of her sister-in- (Continued on page 5) -law, Mrs. & L Wakeman. already chronicled. the which David locked his refrigerator, to the great his mother, as well as More recently, it seems that a special wedding ceremony had been arranged at the parsonage for an out-of-town party. man ' on each or the society-S two' trucks could not cover the penin- sula thoroughly, patrolling- early and late., , "I think we can shorten the time of this quarantine if we put th6 men on now and enforce the quar- antine effectively," he said. "We would probably need the men for two months." The quarantine will last 91 days after discovery of the last rabies infected dog in this area. Last dog was discovered in New Monterey Friday. -· Councilman Murray Mathews im- mediately replied to Curtis that the city had no money. "We turned down the P.-T. A. on a request to help remodel the Boy Scout hall just a couple of weeks ago," Councilman Mathews told Curtis. Councilman Mathews said Curtis (Continued on page 10) 0-9}, «14» e. 47 42 - ' He lit.es longest # at is #IL rke most hours." FEBRUARY 5-The hot blast -was first successfully used in iron ref making. 1837: -114 6..SailorsSnug Harbor, 6taten Island. incorpo- rated, 1806. 7-Amelia Earhart becamo : the bride o[ George . Palmer Putnam, 1931. 8--Schenectady burned, in- habitants massacred by · 4 the French and Indians. '' 1690. 9-General Robert E Log .C made commander of tke Conlederate forces. 1 '01 411 10-Buffato. New York, 41 created by cri act of the legislature. 16!04 11-Daniel Boone. p;-ne.r of Kentucky. born, 1735 1 1 0319 . 1-7 0 6 - P e 1 4-f, fl'3-2 t , OCR Text: 7""- 3. Grading, paving, construction of curbs and gutters, and aquisi- tion of additional right of way on A ,Central avenue from Fountain ave- 4 7 1 .nue to Lighthouse avenue. Cost, ·5 - $3700. - . Total allocation was $10,550. , Work on the first two projects 1 will begin as soon as the depart- ment of public works approves the city's construction plans and makes the money available, according to City Manager Dames. Paid to the city in four installments, Pacific Grove should receive the first check in March. With work already in progress on the Central avenue project, the? additional funds granted by the state for Central avenue were to reimburse the city for money spent acquiring right of way for widening the street. Original plans called for paving Pine avenue under a 1938-39 project. A new system of approving projects- 4 , for one yearrather than for a bi- ennium necessitates waiting until -1939 to finish the Pine Ave. work. MRS. FAIRLY WINE Fairly, squarely, and with no soft soap, Mrs. H. C. Fairly, 311 Cedar street, just won $100 in a national soap contest. Writing 25 words on why she liked the soap flakes she was using, Mrs. Fairly learned this wdek she was one of the ten $100 winners in America for the day she submitted her entry. DR. HOYT RECOVERS Dr, Spencer Hoyt, bruised and shaken when his car skidded and went over an embankment between Carmel and Pacific Grove Monday morning, expects to be back on his feet again Sunday. The Peninsula Community hospil tal reported yes€erday Dr. Hoyt had not received any serious injuries in the accident-no broken bones- although the impact when hig car struck a pine tree knocked him un- conscious. New President Assumes Duities In P. G. C. of C. C. A. Borchers, newly elected president of the Pacific Grove chamber of commerce, presided over the meeting of the board of directors held ·this noon in the Del Mar coffee shop. A number of routine matters were discussed. Reginald Foster reported that, th& Open House fund will be ap- proximately $100 richer from the play given at the high school re- cently. Secretary A. C. Jochmus reported that the new chamber of commerce headquarters at Forest avenue and Grove street will be ready for oc- cupancy before the end of the month. Sheldon Gilmer reported that the city recreation comimission.isi now investigating the feasibility of the use of the Boy Scout hall as a city ' recreation center. City Manager Erwin Dames stated that the new adobe wall and sign at the top of Carmel hill will have to wait until better weather before construction can start. Edward Simpson, member of the, highway committee, was asked to interview Senator E. H. Tickle to ascertain the status of the proposed highway link from. Castroville to the Prunedale Cut-off of U. S. 101. Church Presents "Abraham Lincoln" Opening its doors to the public, the First Christian church tonight presents the famous D. W. Griffith production, "Abraham Lincoln." Script for the film, written by Stephen Vincent Benet, emphasizes the real life of The Great Emanci- pator-romance of the Civil con- flict complicated by personal con- flict and love. The show begins tonight at 7:45. THE CURRENT Mrs. Philbrick Presents Chimes By BILL GOULD . , To Pacific Grove WEDDING 'GUEST Before long, we shall have an im- With pr6spects of having West- posingarayofane.cdotesconcern-ministerchimesinstalledinthecity ing "Nisky," the little grey cat, hall tower within a month, Pacific andhermaster,DavidWoodruff.Grove'B-city,councilWednesday youngestsonofRev.'andMrs.nightacceptedthechimesasagift James Woodruff. from Mrs. Flora B. Philbrick, 232 ' ' Eighteenth street. 'We have Mrs. Philbrick donated the episode in chimes to the city through Council- cat in the man B. A. Lee as a memorial to distress of her late husband, Sumner E. Phil- the cat . ' brick. In 1935 she presented the city . hall tower clocks to Pacific Grove. Council decided definitely to ac- cept the gift when City Manager Enwin Dames discovered the chimes could be installed without * * ' -·, ; j disturbing:.the fire alarm ¢ell. Pre- It was to be far more pretens viously the city ,thought,*ccepting tiousandformalthanth€'mar- thechimeswouldinvolvq.buyinga riages generally arranged · for a new alarm system. parsonage. Thanking Mrs. Philbrick for her *** ' gift, the council voted .to . include Usually the young couple drives a resolution of thanks in the min- up, shows the license, the minister utes of the council meeting. comes in out of the garden, calls At the next council meeting City his wifb and one of the neighbors Manager Dames will have com- to serve as witnesses, performs the plete plans for remodelling the city ceremony and the whole thing is hall tower. Approximate cost of over in a few minutes. chimes installation will be $350. * * * Not certain what company the But this one was most carefully chimes will be purchased from, prepared and was to be extra-spec- Councilman Lee yesterday morning ial in every detail.- wrote to two firms. Chimes will ** * have their *own timing system, Lee All of which led the three W9od- said. They can be adjusted to play ruff boys to beg to be permitted hourly .or fifteen- minutes. to see it. , Work on the tower t6 inake it ready to house the chimes will be- Their mother finally consented to gin as soon as the council approves let them peek from the · kitchen City Manager Dames' plans and door. ·· ·f weather conditions permit con- I . I . struction. Which would have been quite all' right, except that Master David Mrs. E. Borwick of c 1110 Sinex wasn't very .thrilled with the cere- avenue was called to San Jose this mony. week by the death of her sister-in- (Continued on page 5) -law, Mrs. & L Wakeman. already chronicled. the which David locked his refrigerator, to the great his mother, as well as More recently, it seems that a special wedding ceremony had been arranged at the parsonage for an out-of-town party. man ' on each or the society-S two' trucks could not cover the penin- sula thoroughly, patrolling- early and late., , "I think we can shorten the time of this quarantine if we put th6 men on now and enforce the quar- antine effectively," he said. "We would probably need the men for two months." The quarantine will last 91 days after discovery of the last rabies infected dog in this area. Last dog was discovered in New Monterey Friday. -· Councilman Murray Mathews im- mediately replied to Curtis that the city had no money. "We turned down the P.-T. A. on a request to help remodel the Boy Scout hall just a couple of weeks ago," Councilman Mathews told Curtis. Councilman Mathews said Curtis (Continued on page 10) 0-9}, «14» e. 47 42 - ' He lit.es longest # at is #IL rke most hours." FEBRUARY 5-The hot blast -was first successfully used in iron ref making. 1837: -114 6..SailorsSnug Harbor, 6taten Island. incorpo- rated, 1806. 7-Amelia Earhart becamo : the bride o[ George . Palmer Putnam, 1931. 8--Schenectady burned, in- habitants massacred by · 4 the French and Indians. '' 1690. 9-General Robert E Log .C made commander of tke Conlederate forces. 1 '01 411 10-Buffato. New York, 41 created by cri act of the legislature. 16!04 11-Daniel Boone. p;-ne.r of Kentucky. born, 1735 1 1 0319 . 1-7 0 6 - P e 1 4-f, fl'3-2 t , Heritage Society of Pacific Grove,Historical Collections,Names of People about town,N through P File names,Philbrick,PHILBRICK_011.pdf,PHILBRICK_011.pdf 1 Page 1, Tags: PHILBRICK_011.PDF, PHILBRICK_011.pdf 1 Page 1