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POMONA'S State Chamber Week Observed in Montclair NEIGHBORS etin Zajac Wins Guggenheim Fellowship for Study Abroad IProgrg proclaimed the state observance and Mayor Paul Frame Pag 10, Sea. .1 Monday Evening, April 20, 1959 CLAREMONT Jack Zajac of the Pomona College art faculty has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for a years study In creative sculpture. Awards totaling more than $1,500,000 for 321 scholars and aiti-ti were announced today. Zajac plans to spend two or three months visiting museums and temples in Japan, Ceylon and India then will go to Rome wneie he previously studied and worked, lie will leave Claremont about the middle of August and will be Joined in Rome by his wife, Coida, and their son, Aaron. The amounts of the Individual fellowships were not made public.

Guggenheim fellowships are awarded each year to persons of the highest capacity for scholarly research, demonstrated by pie-vious publication of contributions to knowledge, and to persons of unusual and proven creative ability In the fine arts.1' Sculptures by Zajac w-ere printed in color recently In Life magazine. Zajac studied at Claremont Graduate School and won the Prize Fellowship in l'tri 55, W'ith renewals extending to October, 195k, for study at the Ameiuan Academy In Ron lie held the Fiomkes Fellowship for the summer of 1954 In Segovia, Spain. He began his creative career in painting, and has won acclaim for both painting and sculpture in one-man shows in I-os Angeles, Pasadena, Santa Batbara, Rome, New York and Honolulu. He Is represented with paintings or sculpture in collections of the Muspum of Modern Art, the William Rock-hill Nelson Gallery in Kansas City, and other museums. He won first prize In the I-os Angeles County Museum Annual In 1953, the $2,500 WINNER Jack Zajac of Claremont, winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship, poses with one of his bronze sculptures, Goat in Stakes." MONTCLAIR The Chamber of Commerce Is Joining other chambers throughout the state this week in observing Chamber of Commeice Week.

Governor Edmund Drown City Manager Takes Office LA VERNE The new city manager, Allan Roger Schell, will attend his first La Verne City Council meeting tonight. Schell comes to La Verne from Hayward where he was administrative assistant to the city manager. He succeeds William Cornett In the La Verne Job. Schell is 29, married and the father of four children. The Council will meet 7:30.

Trojan Band Plays in Chino -ru ir i CHINO The University of California Trojan Hand will give a concert Wednesday night In the junior high school auditorium. Marches, classics and modern music will be on the program. The band of about 80 pieces Is directed by William A. Schafer. The Chino High School Cowboy Dand is sponsoring the concert to raise monpy for scholarships for band members.

The concert is open to the public, and tickets, may be bought at the The program will begin at 8:15. Child Suffers Fatal Burns AZUSA Danny Class, a 5 year old Azusa boy, was fatally burned Saturday when a ran of cleaning gasoline was ignited. Police said that the fire apparently started when fl ther the victim, sitting In the rear seat of his mothers parked car, or one of two other boys in the front seat splashed the gasoline on the rear seat and lit a match to it. Chino Girls Seek Dairy Queen Title CHINO Two Chino girls will compete In the first round of a contest to pick a state dairy queen. The contest will be Saturday at the Disneyland Dairy Festival.

The girls are Dolores Lade-gaard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ladegaard, 16139 Euclid and Sharon Von Euw, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Von Euw, 15945 Grove Ave.

The Chino High School Dand and Chorus will pei form 'at the festival. pioclalmed It locally. The chamber board will meet tomoirow night at 7:30 at the First National Dank. The board invites the public to attend and see a movie, What Is a Chamber of Commerce. The chamber put out the first Issue of Spotlight" today.

The mimeogiaphed newsletter was mailed to all homes In the city. It asks support from everyone to make the chamber grow Into a strong organization, "Without positive thought and positive action there can be no constructive progress," the letter states. Brakeless Car Smashes Into Auto CLAREMONT A local woman was Injured late Saturday afternoon when her auto was struck by another womans car which had no brakes. The injured woman, Mrs. Mary DiOpio, 40, of 466 St.

Augustine was treated at Pomona Valley Community Hospital for injuries to he Un JanH knees, foiehead and shoulder. The other motorist, Mrs. Olive Wyatt, 39, of Glendale, was unhurt. She told police that while driving west on the freeway she noticed her auto's brakes had gone out. When she reached the first off-ramp, which was Alexander she turned off.

She was unable to stop at the stop sign and struck Mrs. DiOrios auto, Book Display Is Set Up In Claremont CLAREMONT Three new displays of books for both elementary and secondary schools have been received by the library of the Curriculum Laboratory of Claremont Graduate School. Three publishers are repre sented In the displays: Ameri can Dook Company, with books on music, science, reading, and the new Websters secondary school dictionary: Mentor Dooks, paper-backs, all for secondary students, which Include Homers Odyssey, works by Shakespeare, Platos Dialogues, books on history and science; and D. C. Heath Company, with science, mathematics and reading material, on both school levels.

The library, located In Harper Hall, Is available for the use of students and teachers, and contains the most recent textbooks of more than 70 leading publishers. Evening Section Elects Officers SAN DIMAS The Evening Flection of the San Dimas Womans Club has elected the slate of officers presented by the nominating committee. are Mrs. Don Clarke, curator; Mrs. Kurt Thies, secretary; Mrs.

Guff Rorex, treasurer; Miss Rebecca Bur-dof, program chairman; Mrs. R. E. Aldrich, historian; and Mrs. Enid Ganster, publicity chairman.

SHOP PROGRAM AGAIN Virgil Welch, Bonita School District shop instructor, works with three San Dimas Elementary School students in the school's first shop in 14 years. The students are Leonard White, Jay Caffey and Robert Keeling. (P-B photo) Marines Recruiting S. B. County Platoon Claremonter To Give Recital on Wednesday Limited Editions Club Prize i Aqua tint Etching, and many other awards and prizes In exhibitions throughout the counl ry.

Last summer while he was still Rome, his sculptured piece, Lamb, won a first prize and $1,000 In the All-City Outdoor Art Festival at Park in Los Angeles. nus by the Marine Corps In the form of rredlt for inactive service spent In the Marines between now and July 29 when the organization will be formed. This means that candidates who erdlst now will already have several months of service by the time they actually depart for duty, service that counts as part of their mill tary obligation and for rcgu lar puy Increases and promotion. The recruiting drive for the San Dernardlno County platoon will conclude July 20. The men will leave for twelve weeks training at the San Diego Marine Corps Reerult Doiot, followed by four weeks of basic infantry training at Camp Pendleton.

They will then return as a group for 15-day leave, and will be assigned to a school or to on-the-Job training after the leave period. One of his sculptures, Easter Goat," was recently purchased by the Museum of Modern Art In New York. Zajac joined the Pomona College faculty last fall as a part time instructor In sculp-tur. His mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Za)ac, lives at 351 N.

Cambridge In Claremont. Chicago U. Professor To Lecture CLAREMONT Dr. Morion Grod.ln.s, professor of political science at the University of Chicago, will speak on Unwinding the Federal System: President Elsenhower's Fed- oral State Action Committee' Wednesday at 8 p.m. In the Common Room, Harper Hall.

Dr. Grodlns was consultant to the Hoover Commission in 1948 and has been closely as undated with the Council of Slate Governments and the Public Administration Clearing House. Ills books arc "Americans Dot rayed" and "The Loyal and the Disloyal. The public Is Invited. Glendoran Held For Drunk Driving 1 blower, was arrested when his jauto was observed making an illegal lefthand turn, deputies said.

He was held in lieu of $263 bail for arraignment to day In Court. Pomona Municipal CLAREMONT Connie Beaver, 652 Colorado Claremont, will give a graduate recital at Pomona College in Bridges Hall of Music at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Miss Beaver is a 1958 magna cum laude graduate of Pomona. She will play selections by Scarlatti, Beethoven, Schubert and Mozart at the piano.

She will be assisted at the piano by Cheryl Peterson of Bakersfield, a freshman majoring in music. Miss Peterson will also play the orchestral parts in the program. Miss Beaver Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John H.

Beaver of Laguna Beach, and Is a 1954 graduate of Laguna Beach High School. She holds a bachelor or arts degree from Pomona College and is a mem- TOWN HALL SPEAKER CLAREMONT Dr. Harold R. Bruce, visiting professor of government on the John Hay Whitney Foundation at Pomona College, will address Town Hall In Los Angeles tomorrow noon on the subject, The New American Balance-of-Povver System." SAN DIMAS Sheriffs deputies booked a Glendora Candidates must be 17 man early Sunday morning on through 28 years of age, in 'a drunk driving charge, good physical knd mental con-1 The suspect. Thomas An-dtt Ion, and must be citizens or drew Anderson, 38, a glass have filed de laratlon of lnten tlon to become a cltlen.

Details of the program, may ohlulned from Sgt. Van Iaindinghani at the Coips office In the post office building. Marine Ontai lo ONTARIO- A San Iiernnr-dlno County platoon of 70 men Is being recruited by the S. Marine Corps, The first two candidates are Rnlicrt D. Fowler of 459 W.

Locust and Ernest M. Dearden, of 400 E. California Dlvd. liot are Chaffey High School students. The Idea for a full reerult training platoon composed of men from the same area Is not a new one, according to Sgt.

Tom C. Van I-andlngham, Ontario area Marine Corps recruiting officer, hut It has been nulhorled here for the first time. I5y enlisting now for the standard four-year service, young men are given a bo- Georg Solti Will Conduct Philharmonic CLAREMONT-Georg Solti will conduct the Los Angelos Plulhai monie Orchestra In a conceit Fildny night. The conceit will he at 8:15 In Bridges Auditorium. This Is the final conceit of Hie season in the Claiemont Colleges Ait-1st Course.

Diahmss Symphony No. 3 In mnior, Opus 1M) and Beet hovons Symphony No. 3 In Flat major. Opus 55. the Eroiea," will be the maor woiks to he performed.

The oveiture to Lltallana in by Rossini will open the pingrnm. Solti Is general musical director of tho Frankfurt Opera and of the Museum Concerts, lie has been a frequent guest conductor at the Hollywood Jlowl. Ills first appearance in the United Stales was during the 1951 55 season, when he conducted the San Francisco Opera and the San Francisco Symphony Orchcslta. The box office will be open Filday fiom 1 p.m. until curtain time.

Auto Slams Into Pole SAN DIMAS Kay Lynne Musselman, 20, 1S09 San Dl mas Canyon was injured when tier small foreign car knocked over a telephone pole on Romolo St. noith of Foothill Blvd. Sunday at 4:30 p.m. The driver told highway pn trolmen her attention was distracted from he road when a baby fell from the back seat of the car. She was treated at Pomona Valley Community Hospital for cuts and released Motorist Booked S.

D. School Begins New Shop Program SAN DIMAS A shop program is being operated in San Dimas Elementary School for the first time in 14 years. Four benches and seven tables have been set up in part of the school auditorium to give seventh and eighth grade boys an introduction to general shop work. Virgil Welch conducts the shop. He also teaches shop at La Verne and La Verne Heights schools.

Included in the new program at the San Dimas school is instruction and practice in woodworking, use of plastics, leather work, copper enameling, sheet metal work, metal-craft, electrical work, radio building and repair and mechanical drawing. Welch divides the classes Into groups of four students working on a variety of projects to introduce them to the crafts. The purpose of the class, he said, is to show the boys possible vocations and hobbies. The shop gives them an idea of what theymight like to do, he said. They can learn their own interests.

Pomona Man Is Suspect In Robbery MONTCLAIR Police have arrested a Pomona man as a suspect in the robbery of a gas station Thursday night The suspect Is Fay Grable, 27, who gave a Pomona hotel as his address. Police said they arrested him at his girl friends house. The robbery occurred at 11:30 Thursday night at the station at Monte Vista Ave. and Holt Blvd. The robber got $300 In cash.

Phi Delta Kappa Inducts Members CLAREMONT Claremont Colleges Alpha Omlcron chapter of Phi Delta Kappa Inducted three members Saturday. They are Fred Bronsdon Jr, Jean Thibault and Dr. Royal Lee Brown. Bronsdon is working toward his administrative credential and masters degree in education at Claremont Graduate School. Thibault is a school principal.

He received his master's degree at the graduate school. Dr. Brown Is school physician in Riverside city schools. CLOTHING BURNS CLAREMONT Clothing placed too close to a floor furnace started burning at 12 53 a.m, today at the home of Martha Harrington. 909 E.

Amadroa Ave. Firemen said damage amounted to $25, ber of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. She Is presently attending Claremont Graduate School with a teaching internship. The concert te presented by the Pomona College department of music. The public Is invited to attend.

Church Council Group To Meet CLAREMONT The social action and education committee of the Claremont Council of Churches will meet Thursday night at 7:30 at the Baptist Church. This is the councils first program committee. The group will work in the fields of international relations, community relations, relief and service. Mrs. Ernest J.

Weekes Is president. Members are Mrs. C. C. Castleberry, Mrs.

Martha Harrington, Freeman C. Bo-vard, Dr. Harvey Seifert, Clifford Cole, Mrs. H. T.

Westbrook, Anne Hungerford, George Furness, Robert Mey-ners and Mrs. S. W. Hurd. The committee made its first report to the board last week.

It asked support from Individuals of member churches to a Senate resolution backing negotiations in Geneva for an end to nuclear bomb tests. Scripps Sets Browning Day CLAREMONT Clara Louise Lukens of Los Angeles will Rpeak at the 14th annual Browning Day at Scripps College Saturday. Her Illustrated lecture is entitled Greece as an Inspiration to Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning." She will show color slides taken on a recent tour of Greece. The talk will be at 2 oclock In the Ella Strong Denison Library. On display will be the Brovvr'ng Collection consisting of more than 50 manuscripts of the poets and family photographs.

The event Is open to the public. Jaycee Dinner Slated Tonight CLAREMONT Members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce will take their ladies to dinner tonight at the Sage Hen. Entertainment will be by Dave Ketchum. television and nightclub comedian, and his wife. Ixmise, guitarist folk singer.

andj Ketchum has appeared on! the Steve Allen and Jimmy Durante television allows, I For Drunk Driving CHARTER OAK Donald Webster Griffith, 29, of San Gabriel was booked on a drunk driving charge afler his car flipped over on Covina Blvd. near Iine Hill Ave. Sun day at 12:35 pm. Griffith, who suffeied ap-pniently minor Injuiles, was booked In the pi Ison wind of I-os Angeles County Hospital by highway patrolman. CAVALIER PEP SQUAD These Cholfey High School Rodent hove been elected to the first Pep Squad of Montclair High School which will open in September.

They ore song leoderi Judy Buchanan, Marilyn Van Duien, Judy Miller ond Carol Swope, ond cheer leader Linda Moyer, Joyce Grimm, Carol Dawion, Sally Hollum, Gary Clayman ond Tied Hontmeyer. (P-B photo) 1.