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ORANGE TUSTIN TUSTIN. COUNTY FREE BRANCH CALIF. LIBRARY "Our LIBERTY DEPENDS on the FREEDOM OF THE PRESS and that CANNOT be limited without being LOST" Thomas Jefferson Letter, 1786 VOLUME XLV-No. 6 The LIBRARY TUSTIN, ORANGE DECOR WINNER in residential classification of Tustin Jaycees Christmas Decorating contest was this animated "Santa's Workshop" display in window of home of Mr. and Mrs.

Jack Freckleton at 13352 Diamond Head Dr. -NEWS Photo Holiday Home Decor Winners Top residential award in the to Mr. Tustin Jaycee Annual Christ- ton, mas Decorating Contest went Jaycee Cox Variance Denied After Investigation Variance committee members of the Orange County Planning Commission Thursday denied Henry C. Cox approval to subdivide a parcel of Lemon Heights land into three residential building sites with less area than required by zoning ordinances, and a fourth site an easement of less than the required 20 feet. The case had been continued until this week to allow personal investigation by members Raymond Reed and Ray Tompkins.

Six local persons at the initial meeting objected to the variance approval. If approved, the variance would have allowed Cox to subdivide the three lots into less than the required 20,000 sq. ft. and allowed a road easement of 16 fu. as opposed to the required 20 ft.

and Mrs. Jack Freckle13352 Diamond Head Chairman Roger Wood announced today. A handsome plaque was also presented to runner up J. L. Kelly for the excellent decorations on his home at 14731 Leon.

Third prize in the residential classification went to Mr. and Mrs. Jim Mallory, 1391 E. First St. On the commercial side, Wind Ambulance was awarded first prize.

Wood made the presentation to Mrs. Jimmie Lou Aquino. Suburban Shop's Bruce Brown accepted the runner-up award for a window designed by Jack Sedlock. Third prize was awarded to Ray for Al's Woodcraft display. Two special awards were also made.

In Division One, St. Cecilia Catholic Church was awarded a plaque for its display at Larwin Square. In Division Two, Downtown Merchants received a special award for decorating and Main Sts. The award was accepted by Lee Wagner for the group. An honorable mention also went to Mr.

and Mrs. Courtney Morgan for their residence at 13572 Woodland. The event was formerly conducted by Tiller Days Inc. This year, the contest was sponsored by Tustin Jaycees. By BILL MOSES Today, the second dav after Christmas, we bope you are all bearing up and ready for New Year's Eve and Day.

We at The Tustin News have made it this far, are not bragging but glad to be aboard. We will turn up with the same holiday schedule on New Year's as this week, working weekends and closed Monday. Our newshen, Sharon Hoagland, is due to turn up in Tustin this weekend, back from a Christmas vacation with her folks in Silver Belt, N.M. Anyhow, that's where she headed and reached. snowy weather prevailing.

This week we had a note from John Bloom's aunt, Mrs. Martin Wist, in Phoenix in which she advised that her hometown of Prescott, Ariz. wag snowbound worst in history. This brought to mind the Dwight Lopers and the Ed Tomlinsons, former Tustinites, who moved to Prescott about a year ago. As the old year nears its end we recall some of the fine things that happened to the Tustin News during the past year or so.

Like the several times Louis Myers, Grimes Electric's expert electrician, who lives out here, rescued our press runs when we were in a bad way for electric motors. The help George and Dean Buhr of Midway Press were to us- when we were. "down' as BRANCH LIBRARY TUSTIN Tustin the Heart of the Orange Belt COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, DEC. 28, 1967 'YEAR IN REVIEW' TOLD IN THIS ISSUE OF NEWS Just arrive recently in Tustin? You'll want this issue of The Tustin News for our "Year in Review" package. This is a "re-cap" of what's happened in this very active community, plus Mission Viejo, Capistrano Highlands, El Toro, Irvine and outlying areas during the past year.

"Year in Review" starts on Page 1, Part 2. It should serve to alert all who are interested in this area's dynamic growth to how much happened here in 1967. Local Church, Pastor Host Presbytery of Los Ranchos United Presbyterian ministers and lay members of the newly organized Presbytery of Los Ranchos will gather for their initial meeting Thursday Jan. at 7:30 p.m. in Tustin Presbyterian Church, Main and Street, Tustin.

Convener of the first meeting of the new unit will be the Rev. Dallas R. Turner, D.D., pastor of Laguna Beach Community Church. The Rev. Karl J.

Christ, D.D., pastor of the host church, will welcome the delegates and visitors from the presbytery's 50 churches with some 42,000 members in an area extending roughly from southeastern metropolitan Los Angeles to Long $1843 Haul in Johnson Theft Burglars broke into the home of Neal Virgil Johnson, 1352 Veeh Thursday, Dec. 21, removing more than $1843 in valuables, Tustin Police report. Johnson told police that the burglar cut a screen and forced a glass sliding door to gain entrance to the locked house. He reported as stolen a 21- inch console television set, a stereo set and records, several suitcases, a large quantity of women's clothes, two airline tickets, a box camera and a gold chain with a pearl attached. 3 Boys Admit Shoplifting Three Tustin youths, aged 13 and 9 years arrested, questioned and released to their parents Tuesday after a shoplifting spree, Tustin Police report.

The threesome were found by a Super-X Drugs employee with cigarettes, a hammer and nails under their jackets. The boys admitted also stealing cigarettes from Ralphs supermarket. Services Held for W. S. Hatch Services were held Saturday, Dec.

23, in Brown Colonial Chapel for pioneer Tustin area citrus and poultry rancher William S. Hatch who died Dec. 20 in Santa Ana Community Hospital. Brought to Orange County from his native Indiana 80 years ago as an infant, Mr. Hatch resided at 1961 Charloma Dr.

after retiring. He was a member of the Trinity United Presbyterian Church, the Orange County Farm Bureau and the Poultrymen Cooperative Assn. He is survived by his widow Elizabeth of the home; two sons, Richard C. of Tustin and Ned E. of Pasadena; four daughters, Mrs.

Betty Pinkerton of Tustin, Mrs. Wilma Brown and Mrs. Marilyn Robinson, both of Laguna Beach and Mrs. Lucile Grebey of Brunswick, and 15 grandchildren. Officiating at the services was the Rev.

George A. Munzing of Trinity United Presbyterian Church. Burial was in Fairhaven Memorial Park, under the direction of Brown Colonial Mortuary. $1,000 RING LOST A ring valued at $1000 was inadvertently lost by Mrs. Dorothy Marie Esterwold of 24271 Fordview, El Toro, at the lettuce counter of a supermarket, sheriff's deputies report.

The incident occurred Tuesday, Dec. 19. FORTY FIVE YEARS WORKING FOR TUSTIN Section In Awards were made at the Annual Jaycee Christmas Party before more than 35 Jaycees and their wives, including Dis. trict Governor Bernie Svalstad. Mrs.

E. Spencer Services Friday Funeral services for Elizabeth Emily Spencer, 62, will be held at Saddleback Chapel Friday, Dec. 29, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Mr.

Fred W. Niedringhaus officiating. Mrs. Spencer died Christmas Day at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Noe.

Mrs. Spencer also survived by a son, John Spencer of Oberlin, Ohio, and five grandchildren. She was born in Wisconsin and resided with her daughter at 13262 Malena, She had lived in California nine years. Interment at Fairhaven Memorial Park will follow funeral services. Presents Stolen from Under Tree Fifteen wrapped Christmas presents were taken from the home of Fred Mandoza Gonzales, 17481 Amaganset Saturday, Dec.

23, Tustin Police report. The gifts, valued at $300, were removed from under a Christmas tree. Police say the burglar did not force his way into the house. Bob Key Gets Bars as 2nd Lieutenant FT. BENNING, GA.

(AHT. NC) Robert S. Key, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cleo H.

Key, 1072 Charwood Lane, was commissioned an Army second lieutenant after graduation from the Infantry Officer Candidate School, Ft. Benning, Dec. 11. During the 23-week course, he was trained in leadership, tactics of small infantry units and use of infantry weapons. He also received instruction in map and aerial photograph reading, guerrilla warfare and counterinsurgency operations.

fore, John Hardy is still en route around the world on S.S. Ryndam, last heard from in Bombay. See letter to editor, Page 2, Part I) and our other John, Bloom, specifically is noting the season at Moses Lake, Wash. He's sports editor on the Columbia Basin Daily Herald, if we didn't clue you in earlier. That third, John, Ford, our last June Tustin High graduate, is in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, last we heard.

He rejoined his family in the Canadian confines last summer. (Continued on Page 12) LI 4-4110 10 CENTS PER COPY LITTLE ACTION Planners End Year with Split Votes on Zoning Beach, and including all of Orange County. First item on the agenda will be the election of a moderator to serve as leader of the new presbytery for 1968, with both clergymen and ruling elders eligible to hold office. Delegates will also be called upon to approve a budget for the coming year, to adopt their new standing rules, and to elect members of the presbytery's committees. The Presbytery of Los Ranchos is one of five new units created as of Jan.

1 from the former Presbytery of Los Angeles, organized Mar. 20, 1873, and dissolved effective Dec. 31. The four other new units are the Presbyteries of Los Angeles Southwest, San Diego, San Fernando, and San Gabriel. These five will join with the Presbyteries of Riverside and Santa Barbara to form the new Synod of Southern California, with a total membership of some 194,000 in 265 churches in the nine southern counties of California and in Hawaii.

Foothill Knights Beat Tillers by Score of 71-64 Foothill Knights took third place in last week's Santiago Tournament after defeating cross town rival, Tustin, Friday night by a 71-64 score. The Knights were victorious against Norwalk Wednesday 82-65 but were no match for Santiago, losing 72-56. Jack Trotter continued his high scoring ability with 26, Norwalk; 21, Santiago; and 26 Tustin. Next highest scorers against Tustin were Bill Boyd, 14; Rick Edwards, 10; Ron Perkins, Craig Grimm, Rick Nelson, and Rich Christ, 3. Scorers in the Norwalk game included Edwards, 13; Boyd, 12; Grimm, 10; Perkins, Gary Rossman, Nelson, Mike Faust, Steve Doddridge, and Roy Gall, 2.

Foothill traveled to La Quinta in Garden Grove yesterday afternoon for the first game in the Orange Tournament. La Quinta was described by Coach Henry Hummell as a good size and fair ball team. Lt. Miller Enters Georgia Tech for Engineer Degree ATLANTA Second Lieutenant William P. Miller III, son of Mrs.

M. E. Miller of 17061 Kenyon Tustin, has entered Georgia Institute of Technology under the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) education program. The AFIT program provides Air Force members with resim dent training in scientific, engineering and other fields at civilian institutions and industrial organizations. Lt.

Miller will study toward a master's degree in mechanical engineering. The lieutenant, a 1962 graduate of New Mexico Military Institute, Coswell, received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering in 1967 from the University of New Mexico where he was commissioned upon completion of the Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps program. He is a member of Phi Delta Theta. He is the son of Lt. Col.

W. P. Miller, who is on duty with Headquarters, Air Force Systems Command, Andrews AFB, Md. Dr. CONSTANTINE GALLAS Dr.

Callas to Serve on City Chamber Board Dr. Constantine Callas, M.D., was appointed to membership on the Tustin Chamber of Commerce 12-man board of directors last week. He will fill the unexpired seat formerly filled by W. H. "Bud" Maxwell, who resigned because of additional business responsibilities.

a well's term ends July 1, 1968. Dr. Callas has been in general practice in Orange County for the past five years. He took his pre-medical training at University of California at Los Angeles and was graduated from California College of Medicine in 1961. Born in El Centro, the doctor was graduated from Huntington Park High School in 1948.

He also holds a bachelor of science degree in education from the University of Southern California. Dr. Callas served in the United States Army from 1952-54. His internship was served at Los Angeles County General Hos- pital. He is presently serving on the board of trustees of the Associated Alumni-California College of Medicine, University of California at Irvine.

He and wife, Dorothy Kay, have one daughter and twin sons. City planners through no fault of their own bustled through a sign ordinancestudded agenda Tuesday evening and set some kind of new record for adjournment in planning circles. Commission members found themselves in a quandary regarding an application of John L. and Patricia K. Webb to permit two single family residences in an R-1 zone at the northeast corner of Pacific and Second Sts.

because chairman Larry Marsters excused himself from voting due to a personal interest in the area. Mrs. Marilyn Ludwig was absent and thus, with two members unable to vote, the remainder did not constitute a quorum. An application submitted by Hon Development Co. on.

behalf of Pearl A. White seeking a use permit for a service station and a variance allowing a pump island canopy extending ten into the required setback 55 ft. from feet, the centerline of McFadden Ave. at the on-off ramp of the Santa Ana Freeway was continued at the request, of the applicant. At the same time, Hon Development Co.

asked a continuance on its application for service station and restaurant signs exceeding the city sign ordinance. Both matters were continued until Feb. 26, 1968. The Webb application will be brought up at the commission's next meeting in January. The commission did approve a parcel map removal of an existing lot line on the south side of 4th St.

between Mountain View Dr. and St. for the Tustin Medical Pavilion. The request was made in order to secure a building permit on two lots. The measure had the backing of City Planning Director Jim Supinger.

In other action the commission: Became deadlocked 2-2 over position and recommendation to County Planning Commission regarding an application of W. G. Sommerville to revise R-4 (3000) PD (3000) to R-2 (1700) on a vacant lot at the intersection of Red Hill and San Recommended to the county JOHNSON BOY A boy was born Dec. 15 to Mr. and Mrs.

David Johnson, 24596 Belgreen El Toro, in St. Joseph Hospital. that it approve Thomas L. Sul. livan's application for establishment of a planned development containing 80 dwelling units in an R-4 (5000) PD (3000) and R-4 (5000) PD (3000) District on the south side of Mitchell west of Red Hill.

The units are partially completed. Next meeting is set for Monday, Jan. 8, at 7:30 p.m. No Tree Burn Because of Law Tustin Jaycees today announced that because of a new fire ordinance 110 Christmas tree burn will be held this year. Hitherto, the group held a tremendous tree bonfire under city fire department supervision at First Newport vacant lot.

Jaycee President Don Allison said that in past years, has picked up and removed, the trees. "Unfortunately, we will not be able to hold the public burn this year, and suggest that residents make use of a disposal service," he said. Annual Boys' Club Directors Meet Slated on Jan. 17 Annual membership meeting of the Boys' Club of Tustin's board of directors will be held at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 17 at Ella's Restaurant, it was announced today by VerLyn Jensen, president.

Advisory board members are invited also. A slate of officers presented by the nominating committee will be up for election, Jensen indicated. Various financial aspects of the local club and its relationship to the Anderson trust fund will be discussed by the board at the Jan. 17 meeting. The Anderson trustees have indicated ultimate payment of $25,000 capital grant when the local club obtains a like matching fund through private subscription.

The new club house is to rise on the easterly side of Tustin Area Youth Center's 3-acre site on Sixth St. they say of newspaper presses. The Buhrs and their colleague, Bill Warner, helped us complete a week's run this year and you would not have known the difference except their tubular press and pressman (Dean) are a shade better than we can print on our 1:1 tube press. And then, never to be forgotten is our old buddy, Frank Bolton, L.A. Machinery Movers Co.

owner, who has helped us more times than we can tally, but usually when we were dead in the water and needed aid fast and at inconvenient times. At moments such as those you either have friends to help or you're in a bad way. The average newspaper reader has no idea what problems sometimes must be surmounted to get his copy printed and delivered to him on time. Some issues, from the work in them and the myriad problems arising, should have been priced at $5 per copy. We have been most fortunate at The Tustin News that we have had historically a game, talented staff that could ride the rapids without flinching.

Staff mettle is never well proved as with adverse conditions. Mention of staff recalls that some of our former troopers are in much different areas this Yuletide and New Year. If you didn't get the word be- DOWNTOWN TUSTIN Merchants were awarded a special award for decorating "D' and Main Sts. for the holidays. Jaycee Chairman Roger Wood, left, presented plaque to Lee and Harry Wagner at Jaycee Christmas Party.

She was chairman of merchant effort. -NEWS Photo.