The Malibu Times

A Very Very Merry Christmas To AEE of You! The First and only Newspaper Printed in the Malibu Vol. Ill— No. 35 Malibu Ешш _ In the Heort of Malibu — Malibu in its Heart _ MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, Saturday, December 25, 1948 . . . Peace on Earth — Good Will Toward All Men.” Five Cents MERRY CHRISTMAS — Today, throughout the land, we are cele¬ brating the birth of our Saviour. Whether you live where the snow falls or on the sunny shores of Malibu, it is a day for rejoicing. It is a day for the quick, bright laughter of children. It is a day for the smiling friendship of ad¬ ults. It is a day for understand¬ ing. Christmas is a day for hap¬ piness. But while we are enjoy¬ ing this Great Day, let us not for¬ get the meaning of the word “holiday" which we have come to understand as a day for fun or pleasure. “Holiday” is but the modem derivation of the words “Holy Day." This does not mean that we should not be glad or happy. Indeed the birth of Christ heralds an eternal hope for mor¬ tal man. But by remembering just a little about the Greatest Story Ever Told — the Miracle of His birth, the manner of His passing through a short but glo¬ rious life and the way in which He laid down His life for us — we can have an even better Christ¬ mas. GOING HOME— It is somewhat prophetic that in the same week we celebrate a Birth, we in our family, have been asked to en¬ dure thg^toss by death of a loved one. A^Keat and good man. Ma- .ГбТ^-рЛВк Stewart Povah left his mortal rrark in deeds of gen¬ tleness, compassion, humility and love. He wa* a man who asked little but gave much. He was a man who made the world just a little better place in which to live for all those whose lives touched his. He was a man of wonderful principles in a world where too many bow shamefully to expedient ways. He clung to and horded these principles guiltlessly with a fine disdain for the bright sophistication of the day. He was a Godly man without the cloak of the saint. He was a good man and a simple man and a humble man. He was an office of wisdom for those who sought rejuvination of a tot¬ tering faith in simple fundamen¬ tals. I speak in the past tense only to describe a mortal man. Major Povah has taken the up¬ ward step and for those of us who knew and loved him, he will always be with us in such a vital way that death has no possible chance of ever eliminating his presence. (X - Set Garbage Hearing Date January 18, 1949, at 10 a.m., was set by the Board of Super¬ visors Tuesday, as the time for public hearing on the formation of the Malibu Garbage District. The investigation report as to the necessity for such a district was approved on motion of Sup¬ ervisor Raymond V. Darby. The District will comprise the Las Flores, Topanga and the Mal¬ ibu beaches and vicinity. It is expected that the cost of operating the District will be $16,- 094 annually. Because of the time necessary to carry out the re¬ quirements of setting up a special election, it will be impossible for the new district, if formed, to get in under the new tax rate, Darby said. ★ - Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dedmond, recently of Westwood purchased the property at 28901 Boniface Dr., Malibu Riviera. They moved out on Dec. 9, and since the house had not been completed, Mr. Ded¬ mond, retired director of person¬ nel at Douglas, is enjoying the work of finishing and beautify¬ ing it LEXANDAR, Caesar, Charlemagne and I myself have founded empires; but upon what do these creations of our genius depend? Upon force. Jesus alone founded His empire upon love; and to this very day millions would die for Him. -Napoleon. Kids Swamp Courthouse The Malibu Children’s Christmas party for 1948 was a huge success. The Courthouse overflowed with children from babes in arms to boys and girls who have been attend¬ ing these parties for many years. Under the chairmanship of Ethel Hyatt, the Malibu Red Cross Sewing Group work¬ ed out a splendid program, trimmed the beautiful tree, fill¬ ed stockings and attended to other details. Vivian Spurgin, at the piano, led the children in singing Christ¬ mas carols, Jerry Chase opened the program with the salute to the flag. Judge Webster then made a few welcoming remarks, telling the children and friends how happy they were to have them al! at this 17th annual Christmas party, after which the audience sang “God Bless Am¬ erica.” Mr. Manley with his Punch and Judy show and Mr. Terry The Magical Funster, then fol¬ lowed. This part of the program is always a high point with the children, and these two were es¬ pecially good. The musical pro¬ gram. furnished by the children, was well received. Diana Mills, with just two months of music lessons, played “Silent Night” as¬ tonishingly well; Shirley Fry sang “Adeste Fidelis” with real feeling; the Couchois sisters, Ann, Kathy and Karol, were adorable in costume and sang “Buttons and Bows." Judy Archer, whose piano solo, “Star Dust,’ was so good that she encored with “San¬ ta Claus Is Coming to Town’; Little 2-year-old Judy Reid, whose mother, Betty Golding Reid, at¬ tended these parties when she was growing up, was so carried away with Judy Archers music that she went into a hubba hubba dance with much abandon and great rhythm. This, of course, was greatly appreciated by every¬ one. Michael Rubini, 6-year-old son of Jan Rubini, played Beethov¬ en’s “Feurelife” very beautifully and then accompanied his famous father who played "Traumeri.” This duet if violin and piano by father and son was beautiful to see and hear. After this, Santa Claus distrib¬ uted the gifts, candy, nuts, ap¬ ples and oranges, and the chil¬ dren left, stopping for their ice cream on the way out. Judge Webster wishes to take this opportunity to thank all who have given so generously of their time and means. He commended Mrs. Ethel Hyatt, who as chairman took the re¬ sponsibility of making the Children’s Christmas Party of 1948 the great success it was. - The H. A. Van Dyke family celebrate the Holidays at China Lake, California. Jerry, Charlotte, Gretta, Grandson Stephen Wages and sister, Marguarite Thompson will be on hand. This will be the first Christmas for a long time that they could all be together and they plan a grand time. TALK ABOUT WATER- LISTEN TO THIS! The following is from a pam¬ phlet issued by the Los Angeles Bureau of Municipal Research, called “Tax Talk” and entitled: “The Los Angeles County Water Supply." We thought it might be of interest to the people of Mali¬ bu. “Whether or not atomic energy becomes an instrument of water supply in Southern California, there is no immediate prospect of a water shortage. “Los Angeles City has a depen¬ dable supply of 671 seconds feet from the Owens Valley, and about 150 second feet additional from the flood-controlled Los Angeles River. Other indigenous water oi the coastal plane, not to mention the North slope of the Sierra Madre mountains, is sufficient to make the available County supply total about 1,200 second feet. “The Colorado River Aqueduct has a rated capacity of 1,800 sec¬ ond feet. This County may count on 1,500 second feet of that sup¬ ply, thus bringing the available total to 2,700 second feet. “One second foot of water sup¬ plies the domestic needs of 5,116 people. Thus, there is enough available water to supply three times the present population of 13,813,000 people before it will be necessary to turn to the ocean. “In a recent local news item it was stated that the Colorado Aqu¬ educt pumps are now working a- round the clock. That is mislead¬ ing. Water is being pumped con¬ tinuously by one or more of the several pumps operating in re¬ lays. For the year ending June 30, 1948, the Metropolitan Water District reports water deliveries equal to 156 second feet average, or 8.66 per cent of pumping cap¬ acity. Of that quantity, San Diego County received 36.3 per cent. Los Angeles County cities receiv¬ ed 82.6 second feet or 52.9 per cent of total deliveries. The bal¬ ance went to Orange County. The City of Los Angeles has a water supply reserve sufficient for two million more inhabitants without necessarily drawing on the Colo¬ rado supply.” ★ - Charles Crutcher of the Malibu Times staff left Wedesday to spend the Holidays in San Diego. He plans to be away about three weeks, going into Old Mexico be¬ fore his return. MALIBU YACHT CLUB T - - _ _ . .. to compete in xmas Host of Bay Area rnends NEWPORT REGATTA ; Mourn Major F. S. Povah Funeral services were conducted Wednesday morning from the Chapel of Gates Kingsley Gates in Santa Monica for Major Frank Stewart Povah, father of Mrs. Reevc.1 Templeman of Malibu, who passed away suddenly Sunday afternoon in his home just a few hours after being re¬ leased from a Santa Monica hospital following a major operation. His recovery had been so rapid doctors had con¬ sidered it safe to send him home to join his family for Yuletide festivities. Cause of death was given as an em¬ bolism. Although the service, conducted I' RANK SOJOURNER DIES by Dr Rodney L McQuary, pas- Frank Sojourner, age 65, was tor of Malibu’s Community Pres The Malibu Yacht Club has ac¬ cepted an invitation to sail in the Newport Harbor’s Yacht Club’s Christmas regatta, December 26 and Jan. 2. Those who will represent the Club in this series are Dudley Murphy, Allan Storms, Frank Vining, John Biley, Howard Splane. Competition will be extremely heavy as some of the best sailors in Southern California will be en¬ tered from various yacht clubs. Yachtsmen representing the Malibu Club are going to do their best to bring home the bacon, but the going is going to be tough, it was reported. An invitation from the Balboa Yacht Club has also been receiv¬ ed for a series to be sailed Jan. 8 and 9th. Several of the members are planning to sail in this one too, so it’s a busy winter season for the Malibu Yacht Club. Judge and Mrs. Webster left Thursday for Pasadena Sunday where they will spend Christmas with their son, Bill and his family. A - Ben Lowell of Old Malibu Road returned Sunday from Wichita Falls, Texas, where he has been staying the past month attending to business matters. found dead early Monday morn¬ ing at the Los Flores Inn, where watchman for the past year, he had been employed as night- Chris Poulas, owner of the Inn, and Mr. Sojourner had been close friends since 1906 and had been associated together in various en¬ terprises. Mr. Sojourner was bom in Texas, but had spent the last thirty years of his life in Los An¬ geles, Long Beach and San Fran- byterian Church, was for the fam¬ ily only, many friends sent flow¬ ers and expressions of sympathy to members of his family. Major Povah was born in 1878 in Cheshire, England, the son of Francis Mary and Charles Povah. In 1898 he served with the Brit¬ ish Army in the Boer War. He brought his wife and family this country in 1914 when he took a position as chief test en- cisco, where he was in the res- Singer for Thomas A. Edison at his laboratories in East Orange, liked N&w Jersey- A short time later , tbe he enlisted in the Canadian army Malibu who' mo u rn h is~ passing, a™* became commander of the A sister, Mrs. Birdie B. Hayes Canadian Infantry. In 1917 of Oakland arrived Tuesday he was invalided and came back morning to accompany the body to l*10 United States to serve in taurant business. The deceased was well and had many friends to Oakland, where cremation will follow the services. /ffer/stf# Caroctse/ VICKI OS В 0 R n the Liberty Bond campaign. His war service years won him nu¬ merous medals for distinction and bravery. In 1922 he moved with his fam¬ ily to California and has been a resident of the Southland since. For the past 20 years he main¬ tained offices in the Van Nuys building in Los Angeles а,ч я curity broker. Becoming a citizen of the Un¬ ited States, he made numerous attempts to enter the set vice of this country during the last war Merry Christmas everybody! You would also see Ed and Kay f,nd ,failj"g that took a job with At last, it’s really here! Funny, Allen who continue to live in the the Lockheed Aircraft Company but it seems every year, at one valley but can’t stay away from to contribute his share in the war and the same time, Christmas is Malibu, the Ed Kaminskis, Mrs. effort- During these years he cOn- both a long time in coming and Engle and daughter Carol, and tjnued to maintain his office in then, at the last moment, sneaks Frances Patterson (whom we L°f_,/vng(^!es- „ up on you and hits you over the haven’s seen since ages ago when Tbe, Major, as he was af fee- head. She stopped in at the Bister’s one tionately known by his many And I must admit that just a evening). *rie*ds and as*°cia ss\ls SUI7‘coo few days before the day we find Batching it we find Heinz Rein- bis wife } nyllis Ann ot 02,5 ourselves with presents still un- hold, Norman Raich and, from Lincoln Boulevard; two sons Tre- bought, many still unwrapped. San Francisco (our favorite city) vor Frank Povah of Santa. Mom- and, worst of all, the tree not up. is Frank Cook. On hand to survey 9a and Derek Charles Povah of You see, I’m a fiend on putting a the results of his remodeling J-fs Angeles; and a daughter, tree up several weeks before plans for Jessie’s home is Ralph ”}rs- Re^v®* Templeman (Eileen Christmas and keeping it up till and Kitty Long from the Long ^ary. of Malibu. Also surviving Valentine Day. Beach House and all the way him are his brother, Alan .Scatter from Cleveland. Ohio, is William f°Yah LoJeStaf,t’ Rng!and' On the list to attend Jessie Kunzman. And all these people ,sist^’ 4rs. Clifford Chari- Coates’ pre-Christmas party were “children ЙеЙГЙ. £n many Malibuites and some from Tune cocktai pa у of Derek Charles p0Vah, • two as far as Ohio. Jessie’s parties, as DUIlel amner' granddaughters, Sandra and we’ve said fifty million times be- James Comstocks who Lynn’ and grandson Terry, chil- fore, are always tops. This time 1 the ^ James Comstocks who drpn of Mr and Mrs. Trevor Po. you would find Maggi and Rudy 1VC\ “? Topanga Lane. Asked a- h Bister in the midst of the festivi- tha flre wh?ch startad m tha * - - - ties. Maggi and Rudy, incidental- kome and ravaged several ly, took a weekend off from the hundred acres and he said it came NIGHT CLUB STAR JOINS busy, busy, business, to go to Up- "?thm a few hundred feet of their NOTABLES IN EUROPEAN land and visit friends who have PIace: >' or some time he had been ENTERTAINMENT JAUNT a ranch there. They came back w°rnf aboat th® thick growth * raving over the most magnifi- f underbdush and feels very for- Even though it meant the loss cent cold storage walk-in refrig- *unate that the fue was turned 0f a key part of the grand open- erator you’ve ever heard of. It hack when it was. Told us of a ing of Symmes Grill Friday nite, was so tremendous there were fnend who took very exciting Milt Roth, owner and prominent chart to show where everything color fllms of the flre’ boxinS promoter, gave his willing was and they had their choice _, ., . ,, , , . consent to Tony Roman to fly ranging from the ever-popular Chatted with Edna Muskie to Berlin with Bob Hope, Vice¬ ham to exotic pheasant wtule 1 s13111!**1 and sealed what President-elect Barkley and a „ _ . .. . seemed like a million Christmas troupe of eight entertainers to The Dave Christiansons who cards. She is a perfectly beautiful give a Christmas show to our by now are inveterate Maliboos- woman and has the most adorable boys over there ters, are attending as we daughter, Betty Lou, you have as Ben and Kay Rooks (don’t tell ever seen. Eileen Templemar m*h® 8 staying m town for a- took pictures of Betty LoU las{ while! Also present will be Mr. Christmas that were out of this Й world- The youngster was in get- trio. Romano will rejoin the act the Colony we find the Al Cham- ting a' permanent, berlains and Dorothy Morris, and from the desert come Bob and Ran into Liz Gunn who return- Joe Venuti of the Bing Crosby •adio show will headline a stel- 'ar^cast at Symmes featuring Judy Scott and the Black -Smith when he returns New Years Eve. With Joe Venuti will be his fabulous $40,000 Seraphin vi¬ olin. Seraphin is the man who Marie Storms and Marie's sister. ed a few weeks ago from a vely . „ 11И= Ulall wno Mrs. Storer. By the way, Mane ]ong уасац0п. Told me all about ^taught Stradivarius how to make was telling about the recent theB snow and everything. And violins. earthquake in the desert, which said sbe pianned to stay home a- 1 The two-week engagement op- was quite frightening. while now. Speaking about snow, ened last night. P Marie was knocked down twice you would have died laughing if ^ during the quakes and finally you had seen dad and me the day Lowes to Tulare — ended up just lying on the floor of the “big snow in Malibu” Mr. and Mrs. David Lowe of till it was over. Several thousand which made headlines. Twas also Casa Malibu left Monday on a dollars worth of damage was the day of the big rain and Glenn two days’ business trip to Tu- done to their place and now and I drove up to the Mesa stop- lare, Calif. they're talking about selling it ping every few hundred feet to ★ - - and building another. And they look at the snow which turned The advertisers of The Mali* aren't the only ones for already out to be white gravel each time, bu Times join the staff In a number of those who went ^ wishing you all a very Merry through the quake have put up Also hosting for a Christmas Christmas and a prosperous their homes for sale. Continued on page 5 and Happy New Year.