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Kl a 77 a SINGLE COPIES, 10c 1 YEAR, LA. COUNTY, U50 OUTSIDE L-A. COUNTY," 13.00 SIX MONTHS, $1.50 i COyERhNG: CASTAlC, VAL VERDE, HONBY, SOLEMINT, AGUA DULCE, FORREST PARK AND ALL CANYONS v. v-H And SAUGUS ENTERPRISE VOLUME XXXVI NEWHALL, CALIFORNIA THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1954 NUMBER 34 am I Flag outfits for homes also prove sell-outs' Registrations to begin Monday at Hart High, Grade School Sept. 7 With the first faint hints of Fall-in the air, preliminary steps for the opening of the Township's schools were also announced this week.

The following official rules for registration have been supplied to The Signal, which urges careful reading by parents of school children. It ELEMENTARY REGISTERS BEGIN SEPTEMBER 7 .1 VERNE GOODRICH ROPES Joanne Jauregui and Jim- HOT STOVE TECHNIC Is demonstrated by Frank Col-tnie Wright in the ticket office at Saxonia Park, where tins to Mrs. Doris Dyer and Mrs. Ruth Aragno. all of whom have worked like beavers to make the barbecue big barbecue whing-ding o) Q)Dfe reported to Co-chairmen Mrs.

Ruth Aragno and Frank Collins the final details of their Newhall-Saugus Kiwanians, continuing with their flag project, again ran out of flags before they ran out of customers last Thursday evening. Adjourning their regular meeting early, the members got out with their home flag outfits and rang doorbells on New-hall residential streets. Seventy-two of the outfits were sold before it was discovered that for some unknown reason, only half the necessary number of brackets had been supplied with the gross of flags ordered. Somewhat disappointed, the flag committee suspended flag sales for the time being and ordered the rest of the brackets. More of the large-size flags for the main stem were also ordered.

Some of these will have longer poles, in order that purchasers who wish may use the sidewalk sockets. TALENT SHOW ROLLS In the meantime, the other Kiwanls project, the Talent Show was rolling along toward a similar success. Show chairman Dr. Scown had one of his office, windows crammed with prizes for performers, Including a $50 Savings Bond and a dandy big bicycle. Applications or entry blanks for try-outs have been made available at Scown's office and the Mabrey Texaco Service Station.

Enough candidates made immediate response to convince the committee that some sort of screening or try-out projects will be necessary, if the show is not to run all night. Auditions were therefor arranged for the evenings of the next three Thursdays, September 2, 9, and 16, when candidates can strut their stuff before a real audience of Kiwanians at their meeting at the Newhall School cafeteria. NS A Ford sedan owned and driven by Richard Cook of Van Nuys caught fire Sunday afternoon on U. S. 6 a short distance south of Solemint, and was severely damaged.

HI SCHOOL SIGN-UPS AUGUST 30 TO SEPT. 1 Registration will be held at the Wm. S. Hart High School on the following dates: from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., August 30, 31, and September 1.

The pre-school registration Is planned to assist new students in selecting their courses for the coming semester and to offer Hart High students who pre-registered last June an opportunity to make subject or course adjustments. Who should register? 1) Students (712 grades) who have moved into the Wm. S. Hart District since June 16, 1954. 2) Students (9-12) who did not pre-register last June.

3) Students (912) that pre- registered last June but wish to change their registration program. Students coming Into the Wm S. Hart 7th grade who were regularly enrolled In one of the four elementary schools (Cas-talc, Saugus, Sulphur Springs and Newhall) need not pre-regl-sier. Enrollment information has been submitted from the office of your respective schools. 8th grade students do not pre-register unless they have moved into the district since last June.

Section and class assignments for the 7th and 8th grades will be announced the first day of school. Class and program assignments for all 9-12 grade students will be announced the first day of school. Class and program assignments for all 9-12 grade students pre-reglstering last June have been completed and will be issued on the opening day of school, Monday Sept 13 at 8:20 a.m. The days and hours of this early registration have been ranged in order to benefit students employed during the day, as well as offering an opportunl ty parents to accompany their children to discuss courses of study and vocational aims" they are preparing iai the Sunday. A ton, 2,000 pounds, count 'em, 2,000 of Number One beef will constitute the piece de sistance of the Mint Canyon Community Barbecue, to be staged this Sunday in Saxonia Park.

With the beef, of course, there will be 300 pounds of beans, a truckload of green sass" for salads, and 400 loaves of french bread. 3udge C. M. MacDougall will doff his judicial robes and don apron and cap as the cordon bleu, or top chef of the proceedings. Those who have tried It declare that Chef MacDougall begins where most others leave off when It comes to barbecuing tasty beef.

Enthusiasm for the barbecue was reported at high pitch this week in all of the Communities surrounding Mint Canyon. This barbecue is being sponsored by all of the organizations of these CaialVlAl communities in order to raise jtory rape charge in Los Angeles funds for the erection of a new Superior Court; John W. Sal-community building that is 'lee, same age, also of Bakers-needed in this area. fieid will stand trlal on tne Chairmen of the many com- game charge in Kern Superior mittees working on this event Court) as the of the story SIGNAL TOWER JEZEBEL JUNIOR She was petite and dark and pretty. i Like Liz Taylor, except that her eyes were not blue, but a smoky brown.

She. was mature and fully developed, like Liz. She was trim and neat and immaculate in a pink dress, not as expensive as the frocks Liz wears, but trim' and neat and pretty. She had long Egyptian eyes, dark and liquid under black, arched eyebrows. Her mouth was ripe and full, and believe it or not, sort of prim looking.

She was13 years with all the bloom of early teen age In her skin. That was what flabbergasted spectators i the court room Tuesday morning her youth( her fresh, attractive exterior and the words of ancient, black immorality that issued from her youthful mouth. Quite casually, with utter unconcern, with complete self possession, with not. the slightest trace of embarrassment, she related actions, episodes which appalled the ears of hardened, cynical police officers, caused veteran Court attaches to blink their eyes. The sins of Sodom and Gomorrah came out like the details of a little girl's tea party for dolls little soft words in a.

pleasant, modulated, refined voice like little soft links in an unbreakable steel chain. The steel chain was coiling about the person of a roughly dressed young fellow in the prisoner's dock. A young fellow watching the girl with a puzzled look on his face, his ears cocked as tthough for the clang of prison gates. So it was in the court room Tuesday morning. The girt was 13 years old.

It will be five years before she is 18, and deemed responsible for her actions. Five years through which she can wander as a deadly menace, a temptation out of Hell itself for every man crossing her path. Thank goodness, the gal belongs to Kern County. We hope she spends the next five year there or the next fifty for that matter. Us simple, mountain horn-bres can't cope with the likes of her.

SCOOP OF EMOTION Seldom Seen Ben Johnson, the Sand Canyon hermit, was in The Signal office the other day. Ben is getting fed up with folks, he says. The population is getting too thick for him. Ben says he is looking for a fur-away ranch a diggin's so re-' mote that they'll have-to fly visitd'rs in by helicopter, and so Tugged nobody will ever think of trying to zone it Ben says the character of Sand Canyon is changing even more the very name is changing. Now they're calling it Ihe Canyon of Hate.

WE GOT AIR This is to notify all and sun dry that Palmdale and Lancaster and Muroc haven't got a monopoly on aircraft facilities nor is Soledad Township devoid of landing fields. A new one was opened the first part of August on the Two Shay Ranch up at the top of Bouquet Canyon, above the reservoir, near the Junction of the Bouquet and Spunky canyon roads. It's a well graded and levelled airstrip 2300 feet long, and it has no high lines or other landing hazards. The strip has the approval of the State Aeronautical Commission. It was officially put inta use the first "week in August when Pilot Chuck Hitchcock and Co-pilot Bill Gervais of the San Fernando Valley put down their Stinson L-5.

If you gotta plane that 'will stop within 2,500 yards when you set it down, drop In on the Two Shay strip. planning have been completed. All that now remains is the tremendous Job of gathering together and preparing the food that will be required. ADVANCE SALE HEAVY "The advance sale of tickets and the Interest and enthusiasm that has been shown by so many people," Collins stated, "makes us believe that we will have a record crowd. Therefor we are preparing more food than ever before.

We don't want any- 3 'rape' cases get hearing in Court Melvin Lee Crain, 26, Bakers-field, will stand trial on a statu- told by a 13-year-old Bakersfield school girl, about a weekend trip which the three had undertaken to Los Angeles. Not only that, but local officers learned that at least four more men in County are liable for trial on the same charge as the result of the girl's revelations. The young lady, who is both the testimonv she nrplimfnarv hpar! during Crain'S preliminary hear fuesday morning. APPING CLAIMED The local end of the case, which reads like a story out of a Russian novel, began at a.m. Sunday when Sallee came into Newhall Sheriff gave his name at Fredrichs, and claimed that his friend Crain had robbed him, stolen his car and kidnapped his young (Turn to page 4, please) Registration for all new elem entary school pupils planning to attend a school in the Wm.

S. Hart Union High School District boundaries will begin Sept. 7 in the four elementary schools uiiuugiivui uic nil n. School principals will pre-re gister new students both for" kindergarten and for grades one to six in preparation for open ing of school on September 13. The four elementary schools are Castaic Union, Mrs.

Alice Ben jamin, principal; Newhall, Mr. Glenn Riddlebarger, principal Saugus Union, Mr. Raymond Ellerman, principal; and Sulphur Springs Union, Mr. Ralph Bell, principal All students other than kindergarten or first grade planning to enter one of the schools from another school must present their last' report card indicating the grade to which they have been promoted. REQUIREMENTS LISTED Kindergarten and first grade students must meet the following requirements prescribed by state law: Pupils entering kindergarten; for the first time must be five years of age on or before Dec.

1, 1954. Pupils entering the first grade must have reached their sixth birthdays on or before the Dec 1 date. All students being pre-regis-tered must be accompanied by a parent guardian, or other responsible adult In order to complete registration, one of the following documentary forms must be presented showing evidence of age: birth certificate; baptism certificate duly attested; passport health office or vital statistics record of birth date, or affidavit of parent or guardian indicating birth date and statement that other proof Is not readily available. NS Friends of Pat Leetch will be hannv to know that ah i im- rr. lywood, and Jerry A.

Tolin of aan uimas. ah oi mem, according to the Rangers, got very hostile and tough, under questioning. The four men were clearly "out of line" with their spotlights, and their invasion of closed territory, but the Ran ger men were on a spot, too. The men refused to sien cita tion tickets. The officers had no means of detaining them.

In this emergency the assistance of the Sheriff Department was reouest- ed and Deputies Manley and Topping appeared on the scene. DEFIANCE WILTS Sheriff's men had a verv good set of detention cells for citation deiiers. The arrogance of the hunters wilted considers. bly when this fact was made plain, and they understood the alternative of sienine the tiokpts or spending the rest of the nighf Denina bars. Tney became cooperative, and were allowed to leave the scene.

The citations are returnable in Federal Court, and it is here that the trespassers will have to appear and answer the charges. The citations were for hunting illegally in closed ter ritory, dui me rtanger men were not at all satisfied about the spotlights. Hunting deer with spotlights or "jack" lights is strictly forbidden by all hunting laws. The U. S.

Ranger Service maintains an investigation department with a long arm and a longer memory. NS TEE WEATIXt a success. one to go away hungry." 2,000 pounds of beef, 300 pounds of beans, 400 loaves of french bread together with the salad vegetables and barbecue sauce ingredients that will make this typical Old California barbecue have been ordered. The women In the communities around Mint Canyon under the leadership of Mrs. Lela Merrill, are gathering together untold numbers of home made cakes and pies that they will dispense at their special booth where ice cream and soft drinks will also be available, OAK WOOD GATHERED Chairman Jimmy Edmiston of the wood committee and his crew of Lions Club members have been gathering seasoned oak wood for the past two weeks.

This is now being cut in readiness for the two big pit fires that will be started early Saturday morning. Judge MacDougall, Frank and Dick Cone, renowned artists of Soledad Township, will supervise the preparation of the meat that will be lowered Into the pits Saturday noon so that it will be. ready for the first customers on Sunday. Percy Hanson, president of 'he Mint Canyon Lions Club reported that virtually every member of that organization was working actively for the barbecue and that excellent sun-port has been received from the 'wo other Lions Clubs in this area, Newhall-Saugus and Cas-taic. "The amount of support that we have received for this project from such a wide area Is most gratifying," Hanson stated.

"We need a Community Building in Mint Canyon, and as all of the money raised at thisbarbecue is going for that purpose, it looks like we will be able to accomplish our ambition this year." Mrs. Doris Dyer, president of the Mint Canyon Womens' Club, was equally enthusiastic In her praise of the women of the area working, under the lead :3 r.ins. FnnncES pmllips, pioneer 1E17I1ALL REALTOR, LAID TO REST HUNTERS WITH SPOTLIGHTS JABBED Ifl AIIGELES FOREST Jim Buddell ho tot ership of Mrs. Ruth Aragno, Woman's Co-chairman of the bar becue. TWO ORKS TO PLAY Two orchestras have been secured to supply music for the dancing that will start soon after noon and continue on into the evening.

There will also be a number of booths providing attractions of various types as it is expected that most those who come for the barbecue will stay for an afternoon and evening of carefree fun. Local interest, as usual, is centering on the traditional "dunking booth" that is the spe-(Turn to Page 4, please) Sept. 9 is last day to register The general election of November 2 cast its shadow before this week as local registrars of voters Issued warnings that the books close on September 9, and strongly urged voters to at-ftend to their registration duties before that date. I There are six classes of persons who should register or re-, register for the election, they are: 1) Those who have changed their addresses since they last I registered. Those who have changed their names since they last re-jgistered.

I 3) Those who desire to change tneir political ailillatlon. 4) Those whose registrations were cancelled because they did not vote at either the District I Primary or General Election in 1952, and who have not re-regis tered since said cancellation. 5) New residents of Los Angeles County, who will have the required qualifications by the date of the election. These qualifications are: a) one year's residence in the State; b) Ninety days' residence in the County; c) Twenty-one years of age; d) A naturalized citizen must "have been a citizen for at least ninety days prior to the date of the election, and must show his naturalization papers to the Deputy, when registering for the first time; e) All voters must be able to read the English Language, and sign his name. Registrars in the township are: Newhall Mrs.

Pearle B. Russell. 1527 N. Walnut St; Mrs. Frances L.

Mont 16557 Sierra Highway; Rudd Haynie, Power Plant No. 2, San Francis- quito Canyon; Mrs. Susie M. Towns, Val Verde; Acton Mrs. Mazie E.

Roth; Gorman Mrs. Lucille Hamilton. NS Mrs. Dcra Taylcr dies during Iowa visit Word reached Newhall Tuesday of the death of Mrs. Dora M.

Taylor, 313 Tenth street while on a three-month visit at the home of her daughter in Waterloo, Iowa. Mrs. Taylor who was 78 years old, passed away in her sleep. The funeral services will be held in Waterloo and interment will take place at Center Point Iowa she will be laid to rest beside her husband. She is survived by five sons and four daughters.

Mma Mrs. Frances Amanda Phillips, who owned probably more valuable real estate in New- hall than any other individual. died last Wednesday in Santaling the past in this Valley, The 'p. i Higman of Southgate and Mrs. Margie Salstrom of Sacramento, and four grandchildren.

As in all other cases involv kins for the following sketch i i- i i i of Mrs. Phillips', life: TO NcWHALL IN 1898 The passing of Mrs. Frances Phillips, during the past week, severs another of the dwindling ties connecting Old Newhall with the Newhall of today. Mrs Phillips first came to New-hall to work in the second Southern Hotel, back in 1898, as Mrs. Sam Smith, accompanied by her very young daughter, Margie.

From the Southern Hotel dining room, she first opened a small boarding house in the old Powell building (which stood north of the old Powell buHding on Main street opposite' the depot Later she rented the building at 626 Pine St, also conducted as a boarding house, from the late George Camp-ton. Her second marriage was to Charles Delano, then conducting a livery barn at Eighth and Main streets. Mr. Delano died in the first decade of the century. In the Teens, she farmed on one of the leases of the Newhall Ranch.

She was successful in dry farming, and had the old Delano "arn practically stuffed with hay, when, at the beginning of World War hay prices soared. This enabled her to change her operations somewhat About 1913, her marriage to Harry Phillips took, place, this union resulting in two children, Glen and Ethel so very well knownln Newhall In the Twenties. PURCHASED HOTEL In 1917. she purchased the old Hardison Stewart building (Turn page 4, please) Gazing out into the sea of darkness below the High Line lookout tower on Mendenhall Peak in the Angeles Forest Sunday night, Lookout Martha Gist saw what seemed to be powerful lights blinking in what seemed to be the Indian Canyon area, five miles away. She notified Newhall Ranger Station.

Forestry men hastened to the spot, which is an area closed to all hunters. They too, saw the lights, and in a short time came upon a sextet of visitors, equipped with hunting rifles and strong spotlights. Two of the six dived into' the heavy brush and disappeared. FOUR MEN CORRALLED The Ranger men corralled the remaining four. They identified themselves as William R.

Smith nd Donald D. Lutz of Pacoima. Arthur E. Davis of North Hol- Weather to determine data of peel closings In response to numerous inquiries regarding closing dates for swimming pools operated by the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation, County Pools Manager Julie Arenstein today said that the closing in mid-September will be delayed this year if there is hot weather. "Regular policy is to close our eleven swimming plunges the weekend before the opening of the Fall school term," Arenstein said.

"In previous years, however, we have been compelled to refill several of our pools when heat waves developed In late September and in October." The "wait and see" policy was approved by County Parks and Recreation Superintendent B. P. Gruendyke, Paula. She had long made her home at 39325 San Fernando Road, in Saugus, and had been in declining health for many years. She was born October 23, 1877, in Buffalo Township, Iowa, and came to California in the Nineties.

Graveside were held Saturday morning at the Bards-dale Cemetery under the direction of the, Skilleh Mortuary of Fillmore. Mrs. Phillips is survived by a son, Glenn R. Phillips of Fillmore; two daughters, Mrs. Eth- Saugus calls bids With partial half-day class sessions in prospect for the start of school on Sept 13, the Saugus Elementary Board this week Issued, a call for bids on a addition, which is to be pushed through as rapidly as possible to rffieve the congestion expectedthere for the coming school ear.

The bids are to be opened Sept 21. The plans, drawn by the Los ngeles fjrnvofMarsh, Smith, anilweiraTrtor a new wing containing four and a new kitchen ell for the auditorium, to increase cafeteria facilities. Under existing conditions it is expected that year will be required to complete the contract, and the new facilities go into actual use In September, 1955. The Saugus school district voters have approved a $200,000 bond issue for the increase of school facilities, but only half of these have been sold, because of debt limit restrictions. A Low Hi.

W. Aug. 18 91 Aug. 19 55 88 Aug. 20 55 89 Aug.

21 61 82 PC Aug. 22 56 90 Aug. 23 53 S3 Aug. 24 66 SI Aug. 25 61 HAT LADY1 Here's the Official Hostess of the' 9th annual San Fernando Valley Fair, the lovely Elinor Robertson, resting from her arduous chores.

The Valley Fair opens at Devonshire Downs. Northridge, Sept 2 and continues through Labor Sept. 6. Tbatsallthereisthereisntanvmore THE TOWERMAN.