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Vi Pismo Beach-a place of rare natural beauty, a cool, convenient retieat fiom the summer heat of the interior, and mildly delight fa. in a seasons of the year. Its majestic tV miles length is unexcelled by any beach in beauty and safety. San Luis Obispo County-One of the largest, richest, and most fertile counties in California. scenery, healthfulness, and agreeable climate it has not one superior few equals.

It has a tillable area capable of supporting ten times its present population. Yearly subscription, $2 NUMBER 22. Pisa JO LEACH, SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNIY, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1933 DEATH TA VFS lU i iLu Licenses Available 4 oeason i or THE STROLLER AROUND TOWN AND VICINAGE Going To Heaven For A Vacation COUNTY TO GET NEW VETERANS FOREST CAMP ACCIDENT PROPOSITION 4 MB 2 Instantly Killed; And Save Taxpayers i-t 1 hv the 133-24 hunting a (- urn awubblc. The lice will be good from Jul 1, 1923 iu June 1j31. Two years ago and Game Cornnus--a chr.ii'- the period of hunting i-in-i--, fio'i the calendar year to ihe li cal rear.

Thus was done to a 'ninmochte duck hunters, partic-d'Fy. who v. ere foiced to renew hunting licensts during their 1 oui because the duck season ran I over to January at that time. Tin1 hunters ere piombed good i --poll nr (lie coming season. Deer Stroller Chats With Learned Man; Travels Thru Jungle; Hears About A.

Dance; Learns About Ilorse-shoeing; and What Adios Means. ERY slimmer most every family is confronted with an 1 age old problem; the same problem every vacation sea- Mountain Area son a problem that tho old brings a new series of difficot-j Favored ties with each return; a problem that often throws a over what would otherwise have been a joyous period of re hEhele 15 more than a good Prob-and pleasure: the problem of selecting a vacation spot I established in AT LuV Obispo agreeable to every member of the family. near Pine Mountain above erne thiouKh Ihe waiter in Father 'antS he Can hunt and fish. That st ranged thfs shape and they are repotted numer- means mountains and Camping, that IS all he wants, but he camp will probably be manned by World War veterans. It would pro- vicle work for about 250 men she will have no Capt Ainsworth of the s.

Ar She has had 1 my lias inspected the site at the If the family camps out she will bead of Stony Creek between Pine 1 ou; Quad haw shjwn marked case according to teports from wardens. Doves and rabbits also are on tiie increase. There will be an cooking to do or worries about household cares reason cm band-tailed pigeons, I enough of that all year. a five dry season Ten Mill ion' A Year Visiters at the Pismo Tunes office Wednesday afternoon included Mr. W.

P. Brady, Father J. Bennis, and Mr. Jesse of San Luis Obispo. They were making calls in the interest of Propositi No.

4 which will be voted on at the State election Tuesday, June 27. Tins is an Assembly Constitutional Amendment amending Section la of Article VIII. If carried it wall exempt from ne Fatally Injured -'-s Club Eovlinc, 40, and Mrs. Mm cis, 57. Los Angeles w.men.

uc-e instantly killed Friday afternoon when their automo-oile piunged from the state highway into a canyon at the Hillciest Dairy, sciuh of Airoyo Grande. Hilton J. Hughes, 83, father of Mrs. Meyers, who was injured in che crash and taken to the San Luis died Saturday as a result of his injuries. The accident was witnessed from a distance by Harold E.

Eeltz and Orville Cox, at woik at the Shan- It hard to make the world believ otherwise than that we are in the little things so we aie in the greater, and vice versa. It was something along these lines that Farrington and I talked. The uay it came about: I thought Howard had a little chip on his shoulder, and while I didn't wish to knock it off, I did want to investigate I threw cut a lead.r; and I receded an answer: i I'm going up to the P.sino Times i say exactly what I think about having the sidewalks removed I gasped. "Why! What's the MAI-! TER with them? Nothing at all. They're fine s.

dewalks; but they are of no USE: they can't be SEEN; they can't be WALKED ON; why HAVE them taking up room?" I looked about me a bit, perplexed. Then I saw what he was driving at. I laughed in agreement with him. It is terrible, isnt it? I said. Its DISGRACEFUL! Thats what it is.

WEEDS and GRASS on each side till one feels he may mee; a ROARING LION any minute as he walks thru the JUNGLE they form. And underfoot you could walk over a rhinoceros and not know so thick is the UNDERGROWTH. No foolin, I was forced to admit. rather ashamed of ourselves. Why, everyone is talking about it: people passing thru here from other PLACES that CLEAN HOUSE OCCASIONALLY.

What must they think of us? A lot of hicks surely. Looks more like a haytield than a town. I've only been here about one year but I intend to stay and help build tins place up if I can find my way around. Well of course. I tried to defend, not bung an incorpcrated town we are at a disadvantage on seme such p.mts.

RATS! he scoifed. We hive hoes open on phea the fust in the state's 1ns- sants tcry. taxation the buildings and equipment of any educational institution not conducted for profit, and its Here is what a hunter is permitted to kill during the year for his 52 license: of course bag limits regulate his daily shoot: 120 doves, 120 non Danv, who reported to highway securities and income used exclu-patrolmen that the car crashed into sively for educational purposes; if a guard rail skidded across the jsuch institution be of collegiate highway and crashed down the grade, also exeippts its grounds Mountain and Garcia. The site is located on the Andrew Joaghin I property. Four springs were found, and the water is being tested by Dr.

Allen P. Gillihan, county health officer. Abandonment of the originally proposed campsite near the Avenale, resulted by failure to reach a depth of 100 feet. The veterans camp to be established for needy Southern California veterans, will be semi-permanent in nature, according to present not only be obliged to cook, but under more trying tiresome difficulties. Son wants to go where lie can see some good, clean sports like wrestling or boxing and where he can get into a good plunge occasionally.

He wants to get out onto a road that hasnt an intersection every 200 feet; where he can have a smooth rightaway to drive that new car or the old one. Fishing and hunting are all right, but fied like to meet some real fellows that lie could have a little fun with. Not the sort in the ritzy resorts, but real he-men. ana Dear Folks: Really folks, I think this is the most interesting town in the world. And I am sure strolling here is about the most entertaining thing one could do.

I dont believe so many fine, friendly and INTERESTING folks ARE anyplace else. Now imagine the other day: I was passing the Bank of America, and who should I see but Father O'Flynn coming down Pomeroy Avenue. Instead of tooting for me to get out of the way, in the modern fashion of most cities, he drew his car right up to the curb and we enjoyed a cozy chat. That is, I enjoyed it, and I am sure Father O'Flynn did too; he's just that democratic. It wasnt Father O'Flynn who in performing the last rites over the body of a departed soul said, 'Friends, what we have here in this casket is only the SHELL of our departed brother; the NUT has gone to heaven.

It would seem that I'd see him often, living uptown as he does, in the Lundy Apartments, but Father 1 O'Flynn is a busy man. We had not met for several weeks. If you never I embankment. valley quail, 80 mountain quail, 240 within which its buildings are locat- I wild ducks, 84 wild geese, ItiO snips. An inquest was held Monday ev- jed.

not exceeding one hundred acres 200 mudhens. 150 wild pigeons, 120 cottontail and brush rabbits, 2 pheasants and some species of fur bearing animals. In addition, for one dollar more, the hunter may kill two buck deer. Daughter dont care anything about ANY of that suff. pIans- and may be maintained longer enmg at Arroyo Grande.

No blame area. If such institution be a pi-for tne accident was included in the jvate institution of less than colleg-fmdings of the coroner's jury. Mate grade, the exemption of such The inquest, conducted by Coro-I grounds is limited to ten acivs. ner R. P.

Richardson, found basal California is the only State in the fractures of the skull as causes of still taxing private non-pi'o-the death of Poscabel Meyers and fit schools and it should be pointed Chilla Roseline. With Milton J. lout in this connection that 600 pri-Hugiiss, father of Mrs. Meyers, they vate non-profit schools are today died as the result of the accident, saving taxpayers of this State up-Jurors who rendered the verdict were: Dickason, John Wilkinson, H. M.

Fouch, John Orman, R. H. Stephenson, H. H. Mades, G.

W. Hendricks. S. Wright and W. A.

Zejen. ward of ten million dollars a year by educating 100,000 students the State would otherwise have to educate. To continue this magnificent (Continued Beach Safety Zone Spick and Span The zoned area of the Pismo Beach will be kept neat and trim on page 3) engaged this learned man in con- rakes a' scythes, and strong than the six-months period set for regular C.C.C. camps. I Mr.

Lyda. who accompanied Capt. the sands without freezing to death. She wants to dress up Ainswort'1 when inspecting the site at night and dance to her heart's content, without being roasted to a frazzle, her marcel sweated out and her pretty I county with the establishment of clothes bedraggled. She wants to be where she can get her lthe camp- Roads' trails and fire-hair shampooed and dressed whenever necessary.

She wants be buiiMby res" to be where there are shops in which she can buy the thou-1 will benefit this section for many sand and one little things she will need from time to time. yeals t0 come. An intense fire sup-She may have more wants than the others, but she DOESNT want to go to the mountains. Father says there is no place on earth that contains all the things this family wants: mountains, seashore, warmth, coolness, relief from cooking, plenty to eat, hunting, fishing, swimming, dancing on good floors to good music, shops, beauty parlors etc. etc.

all at one time. And the family goes TOGETHER or we ALL stay home, he finally sets his foot down. We MAY find something of the sort in the hereafter, but there is no such heavenly spot on Mountain. There are five federal on duty in ihe forest men now earth! versation, folks you have missed a treat. Occasionally when I am alone in the Times office in the evening, he drops in.

We have great times discussing national and international affairs. We have no better informed man; a great scholar and a wonderful personality. It has been said that education is what you have left after youve forgotten what you learned. Father men to use aem! All we need is a little morai suasion and some SPUNK! The way he said the last word can only be SAID, folks; it can't be written. I jumped like he'd taken a bite out of me.

The impact of the force of it set me back a couple of feet. When I got my balance he was probably entering the Times office. A while later I found him and hrouahOul the summer months, by ordrr of the Board of Supervisors who hae set aside a small fund for this purpose. Bud Harter has the job and v. ill devote several hours L'dch day to removal of seaweed and rubbish so that at least the fenced pla mound will present an inviting appearance.

No tires will be permitted the zoned area this summer. Picnickers usually haul in old rubber tires and other trash to burn and thereby make the beach untidy and attractive for those who en-jov a clean beach. The work of cleaning up the beach commenced last Friday and by Tuesday morning visitors were beginning to notice and comment on the FIST ART GALLERY IN SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY IS NOW OPEN TO PUBLIC AT MORRO Located At Picture Shop; Many Fine Works Adorn Newly Painted Walls of Unique Gallery (From The Sim) After several weeks of perparation 'Donald Fort, C. L. Elgin and Walter rhe fiist art gallery in San Luis Schoeneman.

As Mr. Nielson's work Obispo County is now open to the 'is in the most beautiful private public in Morro Bay. Located in the homes and public buildings of south-Picture Shop owned and managed California, Morro Bay's art gal-by Miss Olive Cotter, the infant lery is getting off to a good start, gallery ill be conducted by Miss The gallery was new read' for its O'Flynn has not forgotten much tho Adams and Pratt in a huddle, and he has learned, and is constantly have an idea that before many learning a great deal. jmore days we can see across the He radiates brightness and all i streets again, that is beautiful, like a rainbow in You look like you'd buried your the midst of a cloud of darkness. He family, I said to John Plessas would invigorate the most depressed I as I met linn one day this week, spirits.

He has created about him- What in the world is the matter? self a genial atmosphere of cheer Ohhh Look at THAT! and the joy of living. In this he I THAT was a copy of the Times dwells always, imparting its con- which he joked under my nose. It stmetive sunshine to all with whom was folded that his ad was plainly county. The Santa Barbara national forest is naw closed to smoking except at regularly established camps and at fag stations, designated by th" forestry service, where smoking doto visible. "1 ins? I asked pointing to it.

He nodded dejectedly. Looks like a darned good ad to me. What's biting you? he comes in contact. Well, Father, I asked as he turned off the engine, what does your far-seeing eye find in the future for Pismo Beach, today? Arroyo Hi School Benefits By R. F.

C. Ten men were given employment by the trustees of the Arroyo Grande Union High School Monday morning under terms of the R. F. The board of trustees met Sunday with Harold Guitton, of Oceano, uho is in charge of R. F.

C. work in this district and arrangements were completed for 309 days of work for (he Arroyo Grande High School. New oil sand walks will be put in also the school ground leveled off for a lawn, trenches will be dug on the athletic field and various other needed improvements effected. Cotter. pictures and Harold Knott was cal- A visit to the Picture Shop, located ted in to hang them.

Those show- "Ah, much! We shall have a GREAT Pismo Beach here some day. Now let me tell you, Stroller, Port San Luis improvements simply MUST become a reality. Its ONLY authority for spelling it that way. seven miles from Pismo. Why, it He was mortified.

He felt he had Well, the upshot of it all was: John had advertised draft beer. Someone had told him he had misspelled draft; that there was no Ah, but you are wrong, Father. There IS such a spot! Just one. And it is within the reach of all, both as to distance and cost. Impossible! you exclaim.

Sure, we knew you would. It IS hard to believe. We agree that one would not expect to not endanger the forest find such bliss this side of heaven. But we have been trying to tell you for a long time that we have a little Eden here. People from all over the world globe trotters have told us so, and we who live here KNOW it.

One vacation here will convince anyone that Pismo Beach- is the solution of this yearly problem that has caused 1 tears from Mothers, pouts from Sisters, curses from Fathers I and grouches from Sons ever since the worlds first vaca-! tion season. Here in Pismo Mother can forget everything she ever i knew about cooking and still know that her loved ones are i well fed. They can stay at a first class modern hotel where she can be waited on to her hearts delight. Or they can find comfortable accommodations at a clean, sanitary auto court. They can rent a cottage or an apartment Pat McGill of Long Beach and for the duration of their stay.

Or tliev can even camp in the pride of fait, put on a good clean match at the mountains with ather irum where Sister can enjoy those the Legion stadium last Friday seashore and n'aht- hoys worked hard for a fall, bat the match ended, in a draw. STRELICH VS. CAL BERMAN AT I PISMO TONITE Fans To Get Their Moneys Worth By MAKIf L. STREETER thmgs which she demands, principally the and Son his the MastOii Hotel at Fifth and I Main streets, shows a well-proportioned, even if small, room whose i walls have been painted a warm gray. The work was done by Miss Cotter, herself, assisted by Victor pictures in the opening exhibition are Olive Cotter, C.

L. Elgin. Donald Fort, Victor Gabell, Harold Knott, Peter Nielson, Otto Renner, Nadine Richards and Charles H. Robinson. Aaron Kilpatrick is un-Gabell.

When the work bad reached fortunately absent owing to his ab- this stage Peter Ni. Ison, master dec- sence from town at Dip present time. orator of the well-known firm of i The majority of work shown this i Intprpsf in pj-pp Holzklau and Company, Los An- month is in water color, but there lAJLICI 1 geles, arrived in Morro again on a is a number of fine paintings in sketching trip. He offered his ser- 01 as well. vices to the cause and planned and There aie a number of rules gov-versation, he looked suuarely at me.

executed the decorations, calling in ermng the hanging of the pictures. His eyes brightened hippily. "Real- to assist him in the work those Miss Cotter has asked the Associated ly? he cried incredulously. members of the Associated Aidists Artists to act as a jury of selec- I nodded. And that's not half of who happened to drop in to watch tion eah month and no pictures will Lectures Ward Mrs.

Ada Bushncll, Mrs. Southvick, Mrs. C. F. Mills Jeanette McGuire, of Pismo Given-At Theatre A.

N. and Mrs Beach; would do wonders for us here And then there's the need of a good road thru from San Luis Obispo to Avila We'll GET all these things too. We cant help it. In a county of sane humans, it would seem we MUST get these things, but well we dont act very sane sometimes, and I am not so confident as the good Father whom I so much admire. If we all had his foresight and intellect and energy wed have a world famous resort here in no time tho, I'm telling you, folks.

Its nobody's fault but our own that we don't. If eating fish makes brains some' of us should try a few whales. I walked on up Pomeroy Avenue, the progress of the work, namely (Continued on Back Page) and Mis. m. r.uth Duuon.

of Haley- on, weic among those who attended dances, can spend time on the beach, in town V. (he lecture, The Building of a Uni- it: d-r-a-f-t is Websters first choice. He fairly danced ai.d invited me in for lunch as his gaest. I must sample the draft beer, he said. It is matchless in flavor.

And I want verse, by Charles E. Edgar, at the Ward Theatre Saturday afternoon, most arj.stocratic of restaurants owned and operated by fa-The jeciuie was illustrated by pic- 1 In the semi-wmdup the Irishmen went after each other when that wild, loco Bud O'Brien of Pasadena; and Flesh Kelly of Sacramento mixed it. Kelley is a good man and won FRIEND OF PRESIDENT SENDS EARL B. SMITHS WRITINGS TO THE WHITE HOUSE thinking over our conversation when i you to just see the creamy foam! I met a man you all know: Howard jzest snap; thats what it has. C.

Farrington of the fine service And it did, and was, and is; tho station on Price Street next to the owing to several urgent appomt-Shell Cafe. You know, folks, I ad- merits. I was unable to accept his tnre slides taxin at the Mount olwervaloi y. Thesp lectures are worth while ard those attending felt well repaid tor i lie time given. They are free and should draw a large audience.

Next. Saturday at 2 m. Mr. Ed-rr ill lecture on Mars and Its habitants. mous chefs.

Still again if they prefer they will find modest middle class restaurants. Pismo lias some of the best as tbe match after he got used to the well as the most amazingly reasonable little highway lunch fntics of tlle wild 'Brien and the fans nearly brought the house down, places also, whore many take their meals. Then if they They would like to bring the roof tire of all that, MuLher can give Father a treat by making upon O'Briens head. 1 In the main event Don Hill of Bakersfield; and Cal Herman of Marysville put on a good match when Herman got dawn to business and quit fcolmg around. Hill won the first fall but Herman took the other two in fast succession.

This Friday night, June 23, the j- fans will see Cal Herman try his 1aiher can lish in the early morning when our fine luck with Steve strelich, the terrible trout in the streams bite so well. Or he can fish from the Swede, strelich is the California pier or go out on a deep sea fishing boat at Avila nearby. I light-iaoa veiglit champion and a tough opponent for anybody and a good iatch. That same afternoon he can hunt in the mountains and be this should be Former Times News Writer Drps In Vi Sr'. les, of Tuc-ai.

Ai'om. and the latter's sister, X. Whim, of Mono Bay. were a Piuro Peach Tuesday, calling on Tr and Mrs. E.

L. Pratt. While M's FiavIos called on as many The editor is privileged to cjiioto from a personal letter as follows: Los Angeles. June 15, 1933 My dear Mr. Smith: Some time ago Mr.

Hollis handed me a copy of the Pismo Times. I was particularly interested in your comment on Our Destiny Under Roosevelt, as I have been a great admirer of Roosevelt ever since I had some first hand evidence of is direct action while we were both in Washington during the war, he as Ass't. Sccrelarv of the Navy and 1 in the humble position of representative of the Babcock Wilcox which firm was at the time turning out over ten thousand horsepower of steam boilers daily fur the Navy. Then on Tuesday of this week I was made happy by the receipt of the same paper in which I found the finest thing I jiave ever read about Roosevelt. I think so highly of this item that I am cutting it out for mailing to Coi.

Howe at the White House where I hope it will be passed on to the president. (Signed) Sincerely Yours, H. R. Hadfield. executive see'y.

Continental Committee on Technocracy Mr. Smith thinks the article specially referred to by Mr. of June invitation then. I have dined there manv times, however, and know tha, the tables with snowy white In cm glasses that sparkle and silver tnut is the envy of many a Pismo hostess, all go far toward making dining at Plessas Tavern a pleasure. Many folks of proi linence from all over the country have dined at Plessas Tavern.

John is a popular pride. BUSINESS pride, PERSONAL Ihost. He is also well known for his pride, then we must have CIVIC 'political activities. He is strong foi pride. jthe Chamber of Commerce and the If we dont care how our CITY Mission Trails Association.

He is looks, then why should the public interested in anything that will tend that we care how' our HOME t0 build up Pismo Beach and San looks? if we dont care whether our Luis Obispo County. CITY receives the publicity and ad- as I had a very special engage-vantages that mean her progress lment (you dont get in on this) foi mid upbuilding, and that will give evening, I stopped in at Haiiy kcr a place among other cities Steniours for a shoe shine, the world, then why should people (xhat establishment of Reds mount-bc-lieve that we give our CHILDREN on an auto truck, is well worth the nourishing food that means Siting. Talk about ingenuity! That THEIR growth and the education boy sure has it. If business don that enables THEM to take their come his way he just steps on the PJace among the best jeople of the 0jd starter, gives the store some orld? If we don't keep our CITY gas and away he speeds right out sanitary and neat well folks, no after customers. That's what I call busi- one Saturday 'a who runs a going dusi- Another good pair on for tonight, Kelley and Stambaugh, in the semi-windup.

Those boys will be worth I atching. Tli on Pat Walker of Jersey City and Jack Toone of Bakersfield will start the evening off with a good i back dresfed dinin in luxulY within an hour after Cud Lehman, reporter for the Pis-1 booting his last prey. And then if he has not had enough dimes about two years ago. She excitement, he can go to one of the best wrestling or box- endeared herself to the pco-I i Of pi rno and all wn.e sorry when ln e' 61 fataed- 111 the or to a theatre, lodge, her herd'h restituted returning to rt'lub, 01 card game. Tuc o.i.

An 'eun. I Leaving Fismo Mr and Mrs. Sowlcs and Mrs White journeyed to Santa Maria ro visit another sister, Mis L. C. Puts, and family.

Whhc here thev enjoyed a clam dinner at Joe Skcllys Shamrock Cafe in the Hotel Olsen building. Son will have 20 miles of hard packed beach that beats any cement road on which he ever drove. He can open all I i. i 1 the windows the car, without anyone complaining about drafts, and he can let his blond or his brown or his black hair as the case may be, blow in the breeze without having the wheezes next day, or without having to about nialch- 1 Mr. and Mrs.

J. W. Lundv, ac- cempanied by Mrs. E. L.

Pratt were in San Luis Obispo on business Wednesday. Mrs. Pratt consulted Dr. Bartle with reference to her injured knee, which was tightly bandaged up again, shattering Mrs. Pratt's hopes of being able to get around as usual this week-end.

worry his appearance. (Continued on Back Page) Will believe that we use go-getter jjacifieltl was the one appeal ing in the Pismo Time night for what it was used for when 'iiess and I don't mean what a fou and I were young maggie. I (Continued on back page) McLaughlin and daughter, wore in Merro Bay Monday. I ,2, in which he named President as the Man Not-Afraid. w.

Martha, i mi-.

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