Redlands Daily Facts from Redlands, California • Page 6

Jan. 23, 1957 Redlands Daily Fact: Redlands Community Life As Seen By Facts Photographer KEY the Redlands key station of the Fruit-Frost Service Redlands District Forecaster Ed Legg checks temperature and humidity, in prepara-. (ion for his nightly prediction for citrus-growers. He phones his forecasts for Yucaipa, Redlands, Highland, Bloomington and, Fontana to the Service 's mona headquarters for review and for the 8 p.m. broadcast.

He maintains 25 temperature recording stations in his district. This one includes a recording thermometer and he is, in this picture, preparing to change the graph sheet NORTON and families of 14 Norton aviation technicians who returned Monday from Antarctica, gather with their heroes beneath the yawning jaws of the C-124 in which the repairmen returned. They were involved for 40 sub-zero days in repairing two of that type aircraft which had crash landed on McMurdo Sound ice pack near Little America. Fred S. Shull Jr.

of Redlands (not visible in photo) was among the returnees. making his frost predictions Mr. Legg first studies data from the weather stations in his own district, and makes certain deductions according to a formula developed here from experience by Redlands forecasters. Then he analyzes the broader picture by preparing a weather map from reports received oxer he Weather Bureau teletype. Here lie is drawing the daily map in his office at the Redlands Highlands Fruit Exchange building, Vine at Eureka.

THE 10-YEAR being installed between Grant and Alvarado on West Olive avenue is a new sewer line serve four houses in that area. Utilizing the 1911 Improvement Act, the property owners have 10 years to pay for the installation which is costing $1283. Contractor is Lloyd Johnson. The four houses were formerly served by a private sewer line which the County Health department decreed was no longer safe from a health standpoint -thus forcing city action. "IT SAYS HERE to communicate with Americans was one of the first problems faced by Laszlo Kerekgyarto and his wife, Ildiko, Hungarian refugees who now live at 5 Grant street.

Rev. John H. Muller (right) explains an English word in their Hungarian-English dictionary. He is pastory of the Bethany Reformed church, which is sponsoring the couple and their friend, Gyorgy Falussy. The three were introducad and spoke briefly at last night's Hospital drive dinner at the Baptist church.

QUEENS AT lovely seniors at Redlands High School, who seek the crown of Miss Yucaipa in the Orange Show contest, are already getting an assignment in their home town. Sherry Holmes, left, and Gerri Toner flank Monte Hedman, Yucaipa assistant cashier of Citizens National Bank, inviting people to the open house of the new building February 9. "Samples" of those silver dollars will be given away that day. The Yucaipa Women's club sponsors Sherry and Yucaipa Valley Post of the American Legion backs Gerri. FEATURED C.

Essley, district governor of Rotary International, commends over 200 Redlanders at last night's Community Hospital Campaign dinner for choosing the "American Way" for expansion plans. "I know you will succeed," he told kickoff dinner. UN JAMS PARKING METERS Armstrong has his hands full keeping the city's 534 parking meters in working condition. He is shown here at his shop in the city's pumping plant on Roosevelt road removing a piece of tin jammed into the coin mechanism by a prankster. Besides miscellaneous bent coins and slugs which are the chief cause of meter troubles, he has found chewing gum, paper, and even a child's plastic toy saw.

Beside him on the bench is an assortment of the objects. Besides routine parking meter maintenance and trouble shooting, he also repairs city water meters..