The Desert Sun from Palm Springs, California • 1

Oh Uu Side Off llte Sun palm Springs California Published Every TUESDAY and FRIDAY in AMERICA'S FOREMOST DESERT Friday April 4 1947 IDilSCOUIlrt dd XtospM Lsnmdls Easter Morning Services April 5:40 A By WILD BILL TODAY I am taking over lor Phat seems that these long days are getting him down He has a peculiar idea that starting to work at 5:30 am and folding up at 9:30 pjn is too long a day So he as he expresses it is going to "Goof off' until tomorrow take a four-day rest let a medico look him over recommend spare parts and so on So here I am on the left Bide of The Sun FRANKLY I know anything about music I know whether "Anniversary or Me Out to the Ball was number one young so I need a bench to sit on while barreling up the drive I'm a good driver so four lanes mean a thing to me As for jaywalkers just open game for me So I cant write on any of favorite topics But I will say this getting very tired of hearing "The Last which some woman gave him last week and which he plays constantly PERSONALLY I think the assignment he gave me Tuesday was the toughest the old so-and-so has ever given me He said: "Bill Tm tired going home Goof off for four days be back Saturday morning your baby until So here I am a batch of hand-written notes I read and at least a 16-page paper to get out Well if that gray haired old guy could put out 24 pages by himself I sure can get by with 16 and I used to think working on a daily was tough! THERE'S quite a bit of mall addressed to just Palm Springs I like to open up another mail or his telegrams but in the spirit of getting out this paper I did There was one from Gene Nifford from Dallas Texas a greeting to you from LATIN Helen Prieto one of the many beauties members of the Palm Springs Mexican Colony from among whom a Queen will be chosen to reign during the lllh Annual Circus Week Tacos Enchilados And Spanish Music Thunderbird Ranch To Be Scene of Mexican Fiesta Monday Night Thunderbird Ranch next Monday night will be transformed into the setting for a brilliant Mexican Fiesta to be presented through the joint efforts of ranch manager Frank Bogert and members of Flor del Desierto newly-formed club of Mexican residents of the Village according to plans announced yesterday PROGRAM Trumpets Release of White Winged Birds Opening remarks by the announcer The Lord Is Today Al-le-lu ia: Sons of God and Angels Say: ia: Raise your joys and triumphs high ia Sing ye heav'ns and earth reply Invocation Rev James Blackstone Jr Mixed Heavens Are Haydn Scripture Reading Rev Charles Farmer Male Chorus Christ Is Kopolyoff Reading from of the Open Van Dyke Hay Mixed Mozart The Easter Rev John Robertson Macartney Hail the Power of Jesus' Choir and Congregation Hail the Power of Jesus' Name Let Angels prostrate fall Bring forth the royal diadem And crown Him Lord of all Bring forth the royal diadem And crown Him Lord of Benediction Musical Director Holly Lash Viscl Accompanist Lois Lux Soprano Soloists Wynne Davis Hammond Violet Phelps Fowler Tenor Soloist Rev James Blackstone Baritone Alexander Hammond Trumpeters John Haro Barry Miller and Robert Grenzow (Music by Gustave Patzner) Junior Assistants Marlene Markham James Blackstone Trout Fishing Season Opens Here April 5 Andreas Tahquitz Stocked With 400 Pounds of Fish Hey you Isaac Waltons of the rod and reel! good news to make you start looking for that fishing rod and to oil and repair the reel get out the hip boots the lucky fishing hat and the spade with which to dig for worms if you know where to dig for them The fishing season here opens April 5 Last Sunday members of the local Fish and Game Conservation association dumped 400 pounds of trout estimated at 2000 fish ranging in size from eight to twelve inches into streams located in the lower reaches of Tahquitz and Andreas canyons MEMBERS of the association toiled up tortuous paths with 60 pound cans of fish strapped to their backs led by Harold Lienau their president During the planting of the fish the game conservationists heard that two poachers were fishing out of season some distance up the stream and Harry Mann and Warren Heath intercepted and arrested them Both men were turned over to Game Warden William Blewetter of Indio who happened to be with the party IT WAS pointed out that a state fishing license is required and if fishing is done on Indian land a permit from the local Mission Indian Agency should be obtained The local Fish and Game association spent considerable effort in obtaining the truck load of trout from state hatcheries and if you catch your limit come season time you can think the members of that organization Heavy iron screen had to be installed on the irrigation intakes of each stream by these members before the state would permit the streams to be stocked Similar work will be done this Saturday on Snow Creek The limit catch allowed per fisherman is 15 Remember! Fishing Out of Season Costly It doesn't pay to fish out of season especially if you get caught This was the sad experience of two Los Angeles trout fishermen who were hailed before Judge Eugene Therieau Wednesday morning Wesley Peck and Stewart II Macgillevary both paid a fine of $50 each when found guilty of fishing out of season in Andreas Canyon last Sunday afternoon Game Warden Blewett who filed the charges told the court that the two had been apprehended while Ble-wett and members of the Fish and Game Conservation Association of Palm Springs were stocking the stream with 400 pounds of fish where Peck and Macgillc-vary were fishing Worse of all the more than 30 trout the two had caught were confiscated Movies Movietone News to Film Events of I Ith Annual Circus RESORT 16 Pages $500 Per Fanfare of silvery notes from trumpets echoing back and forth across the valley will mark the ening of the services from the le of the hill just as the sun peeks above the horizon to the East at 5:43 a A DRAMATIC TOUCH to the observance will be followed 'as in years past with the release of a flight of white pigeons At this point the program announcer will make a few remarks and the worship will get under way For the second year the entire program from the side of the hill will be broadcast over the facilities of radio station KCMJ under the direction of Roland Vailc who will also announce the program THE COMMUNITY choir of eighty voices will be blended in singing under the direction of Holly Lash Viscl Two thousand souvenir programs will be distributed to those present Boy Scouts will be on hand to direct those attending across the green of the golf course Entrance may be gained on Amado road which will be opened in ample time to allow persons to reach the side of the hill where the services will take place Those who plan to be present are urged See SUNRISE SERVICES Page 8 Parade Trophies Awards on Display On display this week in the windows of the Palm Springs Drug and Import Company is an array of trophies and awards to be made to winners of the 11th Annual Desert Parade which will be staged at 10 am on Saturday April 12 down Palm Canyon drive Centerpiece in the silverware and awards will be the grand sweepstakes prize that will go to the best-in-parade on April 12 Last year the award was won by the Mexican colony of Palm Springs Year Single Copy Recreational Area Ward Seems Assured Haight Expected To Tell City Fathers Big Discount Assured The Desert Sun learned early this morning that Palm Springs may be more than partially successful in its attempt to acquire surplus declared Torney General Hospital This is the report expected to be made by Raymond Haight attorney retained by the city and the Community hospital when he returns from Washington DC early next week ALTHOUGH information obtained by The Desert Sun could not be confirmed early this morning Haight will tell the city fathers he has been successful in obtaining assurances that a substantial discount on the back forty acres of Torney for school and educational purposes will be granted and on part of the land and buildings of the 27 acres on which are now situated the old El Mirador hotel the swimming pool the building in which the Community hospital is now operating and some of the nearby cottages As for the hotel property itself what discount would be granted the city for the use of this building for purely administrative purposes is not known However it is expected that the city will enter its bid for this structure at the government's appraisal and hope that a substantial discount will be granted WHEN HAIGHT was called into the picture to aid the city in acquiring all or part of Torney General hospital its original application had been turned down by government officials When he went to Washington DC he is reported to have gone with determination to fight for the application but with little hope that he would be successful His report on his return to the Village will come as a gratifying accomplishment it is said It Snowed! Keiny Paul Reports Snow at Vista Chino And Palm Canyon Believe it or not it was snowing in Palm Springs yesterday afternoon This was the startling report of Kenny Paul owner-operator of Mobilgas service station at the corner of Viata Chino road and Palm Canyon Drive His telephone message to the' Desert Sun came in at 4:101 pm and he said at that time it had been snowing for ten minutes He added that he could see from his service station heavy snow falling in Chino canyon Too bad the aerial tramway slated to take off from Chino Canyon in operation Legion to Pay $500 for Use Of Field Club There was a considerable amount of mixed feelings in the Village yesterday following the action of the city council in voting to charge the Owen Coffman Post of the American Le-ion $500 for the use of the 'ield Club where the rodeo is to take place on Saturday and Sunday afternoons April 12 and 13 A letter from Jerry Sanborn commander of the Legion here pleading with the city council for a waiver or reduction of the fee went unheeded Tom Kleley and Charley Farrell councilman argued in favor for a waiver or reduction of the fee but their pleas went unheeded when Ar-mand Turonett made a motion that the $500 fee be charged on the grounds that a precedent would otherwise be established All of the councilman then voted in favor of the charge except Farrell and Kieley Sunrise Services Begin at 5:40 A Worshipers from far and near will gather at the foot of the mountain on the O'Donnell Golf course to witness for the thirtieth year the observance of Easter morning Sunrise Services in Palm Springs Another one: "Where in the (oh mister we cant print that sort of talk) did you get the idea that we need better street signs? this is a place for rest why guide people to where we Anti-social I would say OF COURSE being the author of Spots I'll have to ring a bit of that in the column Music (of which Phat says I know a bit about) was really well represented at the Pago Pago the other night there was Horace Heidt and party Love You in My Betty Grable and Harry James Dick Haynes Johnny Myers Harry and Jimmy Ritz Mr and Mrs William Powell Prince Fauz of Arabia the shiek?) with Preston Dyer manager of the Hearst ranch asked Phat "with the word I use until after Sunday was Tony Martin and See You in My THERE are a lot of notes here in that carton from McGovern and McGovern Seattle fish-packers which Phat uses as a filing case which I am going to have trouble in reading Outside of Carl Barkow and myself his notes are the hardest to decipher of any I have ever looked at I think I get this one It says that John Gray and Budd Sarkis at the Roily Room have filled their third and going to a little girl in the Village seems they have a glass jar down there and when anybody says the bad word he has to chunk it in the jar for charity the hospital has benefited twice because of breach of tempers now this little girl is going to profit So if you have to swear do it at the Roily Room and be prepared to pay GETTING back to and therefore to music another note out of the fish box Guy Renney at the Lido a plug for the way he sings "I Guess Take the because when he mentions the papers he always says "The Desert And another note: Rasch of the Chase hotel St Louis is now at Mr Dee's they call him the Carmen Cava-lerro of Saint And forget my second best girl friend Connie at the Dunes can she sing! I ASKED the guy who was his best girl friend guess the answer Mrs WelL Lie shy of the bottom of the but so was he Tuesday a little ank who am I to complain Anyway happy April 4 to you and go to church Sunday Easter Perhaps you may have the ambition to go to the dawn service it will be good for you RED CROSS MEMBERS TO MEET APRIL II Annual meeting of members of the Palm Springs -Community Chest Incorporated will be held at 4 April 16 in Red Cross headquarters Purpose of the meeting is to elect members to the board of directors for the ensuing year Other matters will be voted upon Tickets for the event at which genuine Mexican food will be served and the lilting music of Old Mexico played for Mexican and American dancing are on sale at the chamber of commerce Thunderbird Ranch and other spots about the Village PROCEEDS will go to the club to help defray expenses of participation in the circus parade Only a limited number of tickets will be sold to the event since only a set number of persons can be accommodated so persons planning on attending are asked to phone either to the ranch or the chamber of commerce and reserve tickets Real Mexican food will be a tasty delicacy for those attending the event Members of the Mexican fafnilies holding membership in the club will direst preparation of the food to be served OUTSTANDING musicians will play and sing during the meal and later the colorfully-garbed senoritas of Palm Springs will sing and dance American dances will complete the evening's program Persons attending the event are asked to come dressed either in Mexican or western garb Candidates for Queen Honors lie between eight candidates to be chosen at another gala fiesta on the grounds of the Frances Stevens School the night of April 5 Contestants include: Helen Prieto Stella Prieto Candy Rayes Eleanor Mendoza Dora Martinez Anita Boldowskl Vera Prieto and Beverly Mendoza Museum Deeded $75000 Property Directors of the Desert Museum will hear for the first time this afternoon the news that Mrs Cornelia White pioneer Villager has deeded the property located at Tahquitz drive and Indian road to the museum THE GIFT has been modestly appraised at more than $75000 in value Dr William Colburn president of the Museum first vice president Carl Lykken and second vice-president Earl Coffman all ardent supporters of the museum met at the home of Mrs White this morning where the deed to the property was formally presented by Mrs White Mrs White has been a resident of Palm Springs since 1912 She is on the advisory committee of the Desert Museum Plans call for the erection of a first wing of the museum later to be followed by other additions as finances become available Dr Colburn announced that at the director's meeting this afternoon the finance and building committees of the museum will immediately lay plans to obtain sufficient finances with which to start the first wing of the building Palm 11th Annual Desert Circus will be the subject for a color film movie to be photographed by Movietone News according to arrangements completed yesterday between the Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce and the Nationwide newsreel company Jack Kuhne of the New York office of the film company and a crew of technicians will spend Friday Saturday and Sunday April 11 12 and 13 here com pleting the filming of the color feature Included will be scenes of the Annual Circus Parade Rodeo and Air Circus It is also hoped that lighting may be bright enough to permit shooting of scenes in the Village Insanities Representatives of magazines newspapers and other pi will be here during the Circus period for news and photographic coverage Publicizing of the Circus over the nation-wide hookups of the NBC 'and CBS is assured next week through the medium of the Queen for a Day and Bride and Groom shows The Queen For Day next Thursday will be sent to Palm Springs for the last three days of the Circus being the guest of thte Palm Springs Pueblo On Saturday a Bride and Groom couple enjoying an outing at Stanley Highland Springs will be brought to Palm Springs to participate in the parade one other events Saturday They will ride in the entry of Tahquitz Vista and El Encanto which are also owned by Stanley Rosin Not Too Late For Entry in Pet Show More than fifty entries are registered so far for the children's Pet Show slated to take place at the Tennis Club Friday April 11 as a part of the 11th Annual Circus Those children of pre-school age possessing pets whose parents would like to see them entered in the show still have time to obtain entry blanks at the offices of the Chamber of Commerce Plenty of enjoyable entertainment is planned for the kiddies according to Bob Bennett in charge of the event Bom the clown will be there in person and the Palm Springs high school orchestra will fumlsli the music "Cap Bassett will be on hand with his famous trained dog Roy Randolph plans to have a group of his dancing pupils there to put on a performance Kangaroo Trav Rogers Appointed Long Arm of Law for Circus Week It will be Sheriff Trav Rogers to you suh next week! Palm pioneer horseman and stables owner and major domo of the dcsert-to-mountains rides famous throughout the country will wear the badge of supreme authority conferred by the Supreme Kangaroo Court of the 11th annual desert circus it was announced today by Chairman Barney Hinkle AND CARRYING out his slightest whim in dragging the cringing money-toting victims See KANGAROO Page 8 Isenagle Memorial Fund Given to Scouts Construction of an addition to the Boy Scout hut on Sunny Dunes Road was virtually assured this week when Mrs Cecil Isenagle manager of the Tanner Motor Livery directed that $43620 contributed to a memorial fund for her late husband be turned over to the Rotary club for the Boy Scout project THE MONEY was contributed to a special Community Chest memorial fund in lieu of -flowers that would have been sent at the time of the funeral Mrs Isenagle had asked that flowers be omitted and the money be given to the Community Chest Officials of the latter organization set up the funds in a special memorial account and the disbursement of the funds was mode this week by Carl Lykken president and William Colburn treasurer of the Community Chest Officials of the Rotary club recently suggested that the me- Recount total to close to $1300 THE ROTARY CLUB heads have pointed out that use of the memorial fund would be a fitting expenditure since the Boy Scout movement was close to his heart He had served as an official of the Boy Scout council here for many yean If the addition to the Boy Scout hut can be constructed it will be marked as a memorial to Mr Isenagle according to Jacques Crommelin chairman of the Rotary club Scout committee.