Santa Maria Times from Santa Maria, California • 1

VpOBPl-A0J 9 SANTA7rBARBARAcAlir No Fooling JACKSON Miss UP Stats legislators defeated a biff to allowthem to use license plaits bearing their names when one member reminded them that Fools names like fools faces are always seeji in public places -y Santa Mana Arroyo Grande Bain this afternoon and "evening becoming showery- tonight and Thursday morning' Southerly Winds 2530 mph today decreasing to 12-25 mph tonight i r- Plieaei 8usImss i News 5-24? 1 5c COPY $125 PER MONTH SANTAMARIA CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY APRIL 2J958 TEIs( PAGES WSECTJON Established April 22 1882 Breakthrough Of City Dike: ''Xsv Threatened 'A -jA vs "i 0 rTimes Photo Santa Maria River Riders Soaking Vet after shooting" the SantaMaria River on rubber tubes and surf boards from Gary to Suey Bridge three Santa Maria youths wait for friends to pick them up From left are George Tunnell 15 231 Park Mickey Darlington 15 912 Cypress and Bard Saladin 16 500 Cook The three spent over an hour making the trip yesterday A fourth Mike Smith 709 Church had his rubber raft sink after 15 minutes in the water It wasnt swift or deep the trio said but it sure was wet and cold Santa Maria Valleys three and one-half million" dollar' strawberry industry may suffer severe damage if heavy rains continue several growers and a packer said today! Approximately 600 acres in and around 1 Arroyo Grande will probably have the largest loss termed unpredictable by most growers since crops there are from 10 days to two weeks ahead of ones grown in the Santa Mana area Harwood Hall- Santa- Barbara County Farm Advisor said that We can hold off on picking for awhile Nakamura Said But if rains continue for about another week then the damage will really begin to show Another couple of weeks will tell the story among Santa Maria area growers Bob Sheehy of the 530-acre Sheehy Berry Farms said The rain-fed Santa Maria and Sisquoc rivers continued to pose possible flood threats to the Santa Maria-valley today as weathermen forecast another storm fronts which could produce an additional half inch of rain Normal flow of the Cuyama river was slowed considerably by the Twitchell dam according to Buredu of "Reclamation officials: City crews battled the Santa Maria river east of the city last night to keep from tearing a path into the city and 50 families were cut-off from their normal transportation route when two spans of the Garey bridge washed out bage fill dike with saving the city from flood damage The river hit that Sanity laundry debris and switched north he said Some 50 families including 27 Blochmao school children and five high school children were strand- -ed on the other side of the Garey bridge The Sisquoc river undermined a Valley Area A new storm not carrying quite' asmach moist urt as -the previous One but still a goodly amounF was-due'this afternoon according to weathermen as Santa Marians recovered from the latest downpour which brought 1 52 inches -in 20 hours to the area The recent storm as counted by the Santa Maria Airport Bureau started about 8 50 Monday and reigned until 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon -Despite all the damage caused the storm set no new records The high for a 24-hour period in April is 132 inches set the 26th afd 27th in 1944 Yesterday's April 24-hour total only amounted to 125 (midnight to midnight) large share of the heavy rain fell during the last three hours of March The maximum ever (since the airport bureau was established In 1943) for a 24-hour period any mojith is 3 07 on Dec 24th and 25th 1955 Normal rainfall for all Spril Is 1 20 Last y6ar 94 fell during the month The expected storm hit the Bay Area earlyJhis morning dropping 59 from 4 to 10 a on San Francisco Blue Canyon in Central California (Donner Summit area) had' 38 precipitation in six hours and ML Santa Maria Construction Continues Ahead of 1 95 7 piling on the Garey bridge dropping two spans into the river One person lost his life several years ago iq a similar mishap -Fifth District road superintend' ent Dille and assistant county road commissioner Leland Smith were on the scene this morning County road commission- er Lee Steward and Fifth District Supervisor Fred Gracia wert te confer this afternoon to determine what can be done to replace the bridge Constructed In 1918 the Garey bridge serves as an entranceway to the Tepusquet canyon area Two 20-foot spans from the 200- foot bridge reportedly had dropped into the river "Blochman school principal Jack Oakes reported 27 pupila on tha otheride ofthe bridge He said if a walking bridge couldnt ba -constructed across tha river tha district -might have to set up a LFamilyEscapes Drowning in Straam Mr "and Mrs" Irving Munoz and their 14-month-old daughter reportedly escaped unscathed yesterday after an experience with a rain-swollen creek in the Buckhorn area According to unverified reports Munoz who' resides on the Morris ranch was attempting to cross stream into the ranch in an auto when it stalled to the the it stream and at- con- iirmation was not successful building values topped $350000 each month Permits for 41 new Tiomes have been issued during the -first-three months of this -year- compared to 17 for a similar period 1957 Twelve new residences were started last month compared to seven in March of 1957 Other monthly totals included two new non residences four residential additions And non-residentail additions and alteration and fi'as mfscellaneotis 'The March 1957 report shpw one new non-residence fouf residential additions and alterations four non-residential additions and alterationsand Il miscellaneous-J As while strawberries continue to bloom and develop until- early November that early harvest generally brings better prices Eddie 'Nakamura a growerin Fair Ohks said he felt that Arroyo area growers who pruned early -may already be showing about a 20 per cent loss He explained that-plants which are pruned early bloom first and are more susceptible to loss He also said that stem rot from too much rain was already prevalent among Arroyo Grande area plants -The fains will help first year plantings fed 'said tout-if they continue they will do great harm I 7 tJ MI 1 7 Birds-wm- als caurinj jSirds-eoj- alse'causlfig-a-- great dea Of'-damage- headded Dther reports from the" Arroyo area are that some berries are rotlingiromJyingon therain drenched soil' Blake Caiivet To Be Installed As Elks Ruler If these heavy rains continue were going to suffer considerable loss Both he and Lloyd Colby sales manager' declared there is no way to estimate the potential damage if rain continues Were not particularly hurt now SheehyjummeA-up Because of our large acreage we were late in pruning Those who prune earlier are more likely to be-hurt first Both men said they had heard of damage to Arroyo Grande area crops and claimed it comes because that area ahead of local growers Bill Ball manager pf Santa Ma-Betty Pickers said there has definitely eea -BOnKfe toss because Jew berries hare been harvested Many of our growers are in the Arroyo Grande area he said and we should normally be receiving more berries now from them than we are getting Stowell-lOl Plans Set for Talks Tonight A possible commercial development at the southeast corner of Stowell and Highway 101 will be discussed by a joint city-county planning committee tonight at Buelltdn The committee will be asked to consider zoning 500 feet south and east from the intersection for gen- Temperatures Chicago T57 ripnvpy 60 Kansas City 66 Los Angeles Si New York 47 Reno 48 Sarramentn Salt Lake City 49 San Diego 62 San Franciscp 59 Seattle 6Q Lr56 40 34 41 48 39 31 47 42 54 49 39 40 Washington CREDIT MEMBERSHIP Dick Walmsley mpnagec-o dlTBurtaus bf-lanta Maria Lompoc Valleys haa been notified of' his Agencys acceptance for membership in the ne'w Commer- cial Division -of American Collec tors Association -Inc I track plus a special open mule race event which is expected to attract" mules and riders' from a large area Andy Juaregui will again furnish rodeo stock' for the annual Elks Recreation Foundation -vent Inst tin ion yoni SatiVir "Mfirt" J614 577 BM CU Jlalt- 49 6 79 BJ tf I'll via 17 If 26 Orcutt 70 17 6 15 Ioi Alamos 58 22 52 7 61 Guadalupe 81 18 08 6 65 Arroyo Grande 60 22 62 8 02 Poxen Canyon 60 21 55 8 22 Orcutt and Guadalupe tabulated UUWUJU caI1I mIo8ma' n'hempTfo locale Munoz Tor As Munoz attempted get his wife and child from car be -was knocked Into stream by the swift flow was reported One report said the turned the -car around headed it downstream An Santa Maria city construction continued well ahead of 1957 last month according to a monthly building report issued by City -Building Inspector Gaylord Jones Construction values last month totaled $255355 compared to $137--748 in March of 1957 The three-month total this year is $983982 compared to $347665 a year ago March activity slowed from the January February pace whefiT Tentative" Nodf 7 Given Orcutr Subdivisions1 County supervisors on Monday approved tentative maps on the "Mission Highlands and Western Village No 2 home developments Dear-Orcutt The Mission tract Includes 264 lots to be subdivided by Flagg-Klevin pf Oakland Western Village No 2 to be developed by Ken Mynatt of Bakersfield includes 20 home-lots--- Supervisorsalso voted to further "study a contract -with the Santa Maria Valley Sportsmans Assn for a predator contest in the northern part of the county and gave permission to the Los Alamos Community Service district to install water lines across county roads-' Minetti Announces Purses For Elks Rodeo Contests Purses of $2800 for arena events 1 Four races wilL be held on fhe Santa Maria street superintendent Harold Turner reported a skeleton crew of workmen battled against a possible breakthrough at the east end of the citys garbage fill dike from 8 pm until 4 a nr today 1 Bulldozer operator Jess Smith piled sand against the churning river along a 500 foot front to! prevent it from taking a path di- je narrow twisting road through recJy into the downtown area te Buckhorn it would take two City employes Joe Alexander and l0 tw0 and a jif hours 0 trans-Harold Thompson firemen Wright piipils t0 schooL He gaid Crakes and Art St Pierre and pub-1 dldt ve this pian would be 1 ItfAMl JMAaIaA tlflU AM 4aAM temporary school on the other side of the river Residents east of the Garey bridge actually arent stranded They can make their way Into Santa Maria via the Buckhorn route a distance of some 52 miles Ordinarily it is a 25 mile journey Oakes estimated that because of lie works director William Litzen-berg against the feasible High school bus JFrank Jensen xeo supervisor it it jrrajiK jeosen xewrieuA Blake Cauvet will be installed as exalted-ruler of Santa Maria Elks lodge tomorrow night at a barbecued beef dinner at 730 Paul Sanchez! district deputy grand exalted rulerfjvrtt preside as installing officfer' He be assisted by Norman Goodrich of Gilroy Other officers to be installed in- 3h LutnM JKWSSSS Williams chaplain Richard Gaunt innef guard: Frank Bjork-lund tilen Dan Chern organist Trefts treasurer "Wayne Warner trustee and Frank Shields Elks Recreation Foundation Specialty acts this year will include Louis Cabral of Tres Pinos a sensational jumping act Trick riders will include Mr ind Mrs of Hollywood Miss the The rodeo clown will be Sher man Crane of Pacoima who has developed a new act entitled The Flying Spudnik Minetti said a special'portable fence will be used during bull eral commercial useaccordmg'to KlW-YORK (UP)- The-New the citsiept countv nlanmne official BobrywTwjunfl Cwinaiy seUijDjnverwl'ue tne riept county planning offi aided in the fight Mitchell -X" 'CWji rPhVrwercutiQTrLasier vASA! in Veteran Advertising Man Joins SFaff of The Times Shasta which is near the Califor ma-Oregon border an even inch Normal rainfall for ail Aoril is now seven feet at ML Shasta two feet 7 There was one consolifig thought from weatherman Dave Wise There are still chances of recurrent periods of ram However the high pressure area which is now near Hawaii shows Signs of moving toward the Pacific Coast Theres a 50-50 chance it will 4-it does-it wtH have the effect of keeping" the stormnorth of our area WATCHFUL WAITING this school but construction vil! a year he itsarinuaf waTcfTttfcfay on ine ieie-phone at the Bronx Zoo Callors aking Jor Mr Beat Mr 000 motel at 1204sT Broadway re- pp-0Xi Lion Miss Wolf or Miss portedly is interested development of part of the Joe Enos property It also has been rumored that a large home development is planned for the 180 aces adjoin ing the city at Stowell Rd Katz will be politely informed that someone must be trying to make them an AonLFool The phone company said It passed thewoid to 2642 callers last April 1 anF $1700 In racing events will be offered at the 15th annual Elks rodeo here May 31-Junel arena director Clarence Minetti reported today Approved by the Rodeo Cowboys Assn the local rodeo purses do not include entry fees Rodeo events scheduled include bull riding bareback riding saddle bronc riding calf roping steer wrestling and team roping A girls barrel race will also be held 4 lisher Robert Magee--announced today MacMorris a bachelor was for-merely account executive with the Epreka Times-Standrd newspapers aftd was editor and publisher of the LaMirindan weekly newspaper in the San Ffancisco bay area He also operated his own ad agency in Los Angeles and Annapolis Md for 12 years A native of Iowa MacMorris attended Iowa State college Drake university Chicago Art Institute John Hopkins of Baltimore and the Art Center School in Los An- geles MacMorris will join Erv Water-street and Robert Haug as members of The Times display advertising staff Paul Ryan heads The Times ad department which also Includes Mrs Frank Bregante Jane Thurman was the same place where the river broke through In 1952 flooding the eastern emf of the city including the present Ranch Park area HA also credited the gar- Santa Maria' Cancer Drive Gets Started Lives of an1 estimated one-fourth of 20009 Californians who died last year of cancer mteht have Architect C'lff Hoiser said the been saved if Jheir lllnessould municipal swimming pool origin- have been detected and treated in ally slated for completion the rnid- time according to Mrs 'Kenneth die of this month 0 a oty Trefts who is crusade chairman! wouldnt be finsheduntu June be-for the program in Santa Maria cause of too much water A month long educational and fund-raising campaign is planned) Bureau of Reclamation engineer with more than 7000 pamphlets Richard Lawrence reported the 15-listing the seven danger signals of outlet tuhnell running full of high school would have had a bus on theother of the bridge The Suey bridge across the Santa Maria river was closed because of the danger of the churning river weakening the supports of the bridge Hundreds of spectators yesterday afternoon and evening however found the bridge a good vantage point to observe the full flow of the muddy stream 1 The Cuyama river was being held partially in check by the Twitchell d3m Santa Maria Orcutt To riding events to confine the bulls to a small area and provide a maximum of thrills for rodeo fans Committee Wants to Dicker On Cuyama Cost A five-man committee has recommended that it be empowered to negotiate with theBureau of Reclamation "and State Highway Department in an effort- to pare another $600990 off the cost of the Twitchell dam project to be paid for by Santa Maria Valley Water District taxpayers -The committee appointed by water district directors and composed of Glenn Seaman Preisker John Adam Adam and Sacramento attorney Ralph Brody' conferred yesterday to determine how much money might be saved because of a lower-thatr-estimated contract for relocation a portion of Cuyama highway running through the dam reservoir The committee reported the districts payment of $1994 000 for the road relocation based on the state's estimate of $5300000 was approximately 40 per cent of the total Madonna Construction Co of SanLuis Obispo has been awarded contract to relocate the road on I low- bicj of $3299000 Committee Tnefnbers said that if the 6ame 40 per cent ratio on the actual cost can be secured through negotiations with Bureau and State officials it would decrease the amount to lie paid by water district taxpayer! by approximately $600000 t- surprise to the district since their 1 wateri at an approximate rate of 4900 cubic feet per second He id tje Cuyama river wasv backed up to a depth of 25 feet above the normal river bottom for a distance submit- society's program of education xe-ted based on 41 1 search and service children and Fight Cancer With a Checkup Gale MacMorris former advertising director of the Lewiston Ida Morning Tribune bas joined The Times advertising staff Pub Times Photo GALE MACMORRIS Oceano Car Hit San Luis Driver Henry Mainini 39 of San Luis Obispo was cited for a right of "way violation yesterday after driving his car into the side of a -1957 station wagon driven by Loye Rogers 31 of Oceano California Highway Patrol officers said Maminl had stopped on old highway lul where it joins the new 101 freeway three and one half rules south of San Luis Obij- po but struck the Rogers vehicle on entering the highway No one was injured and damage to Cat's was minor -the CHP said --r Tha Office of Education Washington has tentatively earmarked more than $280000 for construction of new schools in the Santa Maria area according to a telegram from Stale Senator Thomas Kuchel The money given under Public Law 815 to provide help for federally impacted districts was broken down into the following amounts per district 1 Santa- Maria School District 2Santa Maria JoinvUnion High School $77390 3 Orcutt Union School District $41180 Robert Bruce Santa -Maria Superintendent said the money would be used to construct a new intermediate school in the southeast section of the cityr" The District Board of Trustees has approved purchase of 10 acres on the Moretti property and the district is now negotiating for has over 140 districts appli- said it might nearer to figure it costs about build a new government FL 815 Orcutt district under PI 874 operations ACCIDENT I The California original application for $369000 1 not begin for at least had supposedly been whittled to said $105000 when planned subdivision did not materalize Bruce said thgt the Office of Education has assured him that the- money will be available for use about May 1 Leon Furrow high school business manager said3 that the $77-370 amount would be used to construct an additional 10 classrooms ori the existing site He said that the additions would definitely be on the board of trustees agenda at their next meeting The high school will aiso receive Federal money under Public Law 874 for maintenance and operation Furrow said that an application showing 101 federally connected pupils was submitted on Feb 3 Money is normally given on the basis of $150 per pupil In Orcutt Superintendent Joe Nightingale said that the) $41180 slated for that" district wpuld be Hq said his application in November was federally connected that the district now By revising the! cation in October he be possible to receive $200000 than the $41000 He explained that $1309 per -pupil to school and that the pays half of this under Yesterday the was certiiied $2969 for maintenance and expenses "7 LOS ALAMOS LOS ALAMOS Highway Patrol said Donald Queitzsch21 escaped uninjured at when his car of about half a mile The engineer also reported a two-day delay in work on the dam because the acess road into the area was flooded out The post office reported mail delivery tot some 54 families in the Tepusquet was interrupted by the Garey bridge washout ORCUTT SERVICE Service of Holy Communion will 1 be held at 7 tomorrow in Or- cutt Community Church Dr Paul Elliott visitation minister of First Presbyterian Santa Maria will conduct the special Holy Week service cancer to go out in the mails this week Envelopes will contain a letter of appeal to support the antf A Check" again will be the Crusadd slogan During April stated Mrs Trefts "every adult resident in the city will be asked to strike a double blow against cancer with a checkup and a check a medical examination as a safeguard against the disease and a contribution to advance the fight against it' Officers of the Santa Maria Unit of the ACS aiding Mrs Trefts are-Mrs HelenLanyen-beck sendee chairman Mrs Joseph Kanter education and public information chairman Rock 1 Kirkham and Lavagmno co- mailing were Mrs Holbrook Mrs Dryden Mrs Ann Hogan and Mrs Leland Smith A group of Camp Fire Girls also worked on filling envelopes Final Reports Due Tomorrow oh March of Dimes Joseph Dowling State representative of the National PolioFoun-datum will be guest of the Northern Santa Barbara Chapter here tomorrow night chairman Lou Costa reported today Final reports on the annual March of Dimes campaign -here will be submitted at the dinner to be held in the Spanish Gardens Area chairmen expected to attend include Dick Lari and Art Negus of Lompoc LR Thompson of Santa Ynez valley Henry Gewe of Los Alamos Vern Frazier an0 Rick Austin of Santa Maria Milton Caligari of Guadalupe Cerfee and Jerry Luis of Orcuti apd Lou Lund- 'T todaythatumt chairman of Lakewood) --Volunteers Vho helped with Under current constructionused for construction of a primary ABSENTEE DEADLINE -City voters have until 5 tomorrow to pick up absentee bal- lots for the citys municipal election next Tuesday City Clerk Mrs Dorothy Lyman said today 17 7 pm yesterday ran off the highway and overturned four miles south of here The CHP indicated considering filiqg charges Jalst Queitzsch school kindergarten through third grade- Flans ar Bow beihg drawn for coststhe Federal figure would build about 12 classrooms The amount received cam as a i A.