The Malibu Times

MUD) APPONTQ) JUDGE $5,000 Reward For Apprehension Ot Killer of Cops Sheriff Peter J. Pitchess and El Segundo Police Chief Tom De¬ berry in a joint statement today announced tnat a reward of §5,000 has been pledged for any infor- imation leading to the arrest -and conviction of the suspect who murdered two El Seguuuo Ponce Officers on July 22, 1»67. Pitcness ana Deberry further stated tnat iu,0uu circulars will be mailed to law entorcement agencies throughout the United buues, Canada, Mexico and Haw¬ aii. Every federal, state, county and city penal institution and chief special agent s office will also re¬ ceive this information. Since the aeam of Officers Richard A. Phillips and Milton Curtis, two deputies and two El Segundo officers have investigat¬ ed over 4.UUU suspects relative to this case. The reward will remain in ef¬ fect for one year, and information must have been received and claun made after April- 15, 1959, and prior to midnight April 14, 1950. In case of conflicting claims, final determination as to who shall receive the reward will be determined by a committee appointed by the executive board of the Los Angeles County Peace Officers Protective Association. The information must be furn¬ ished directly to the: El Segundo Police Dept., 348 Main St., El Se¬ gundo, California, Phone ORegon 8-1500 or Peter J. Pitchess, Los Angeles County, 306 No. Broad¬ way, Los Angeles, Phone MAdi- son 6-9511, Homicide Detail, -Ex¬ tension 3615. *»* _ Bakersfield Man Injured In Car Accident Friday *** _ Anthony P. Craig of 618 Al¬ pine St., Bakersfield, was serious¬ ly injured when his car skidded off the road and struck a tele¬ phone pole approximately 100 yards north of Busch Drive on Pacific Coast Hwy. at 2:25 a. m. last Friday morning, Sheriff’s Malibu records t revealed this week. Craig’s vehicle was apparently traveling south on Pacific Coast Hwy. at the time of the accident. The driver was pinned in his seat. Sheriff’s Deputy Don Smith was unable to discover the cause of the accident at the time because the victim did not regain con¬ sciousness until after he had reached the hospital. Malibu Lions Club N ews by LEON TOMS As our Malibu Times goes on the stands and is on its way to its many subscribers, the Lions Club breakfast will be under way. Chairman Bill McKee ex¬ pects a large turn out to the “Pancake Breakfast” and from all I have been able to gleen, he is right. If you haven’t gotten tickets, just come over to the Mayfair Market parking lot, buy your tickets there and have the best breakfast ever, says Lion Bill- Next meeting of the Malibu Lions will be April 30th. Usually when there is a fifth Thursday in the month, there is a Ladies night but not this time. There will be NO Ladies night on April 30th. Understand an unusually large group of Malibu Lions and their wives are going to the Catalina Convention this year. Fun, frolic and a grand time is being looked forward to. Don’t forget “THE SPRING THING” featuring those ghastly Gaslight Players (including Clar¬ ence and Betty), your favorite vocalists and Lion Johnny Miller’s music. M. C. chores will be in the capable hands of Lion Gene De- ■neen. The date is Thursday, May 21st, the time, 7:30 p. m. The place, Sea Lion Restaurant’s ban¬ quet room. You bet, bring the wife and guests also. An hilarious is promised. mlT1 , „ , , miT„, 6-M0NTH DEADLOCK THE MALIBU TIMES ended; new judge SW0RN1N0NTHURS. • Sheriff GLobe 62051 • Fire GLobe 62037 • Lifeguard GLen. 72 525 Official Legal Newspaper of Malibu Township. Adjudicated by Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Mar. 7, 1950 VOL. XIV — NO. 2 MALIBU, CALIFORNIA 7 CENTS April 24, 1959 JUAN CABRILLO PTA NEWS OPEN HOUSE — In lieu of tne regular monthly PTA meeting, Op¬ en House will be held at Juan Cabrillo School on Wednesday, April 29. Classrooms will be open from 7:00- to 8:30 p. m. for inspec¬ tion of the children’s work. All parents and friends are cordially invited. During the same week, which is Public School Week, parents may also observe their children at work in the classrooms On Visitation Days, Thursday and Friday. Tickets for thd aimual Cabrillo picnic will De avanaDie at open xiouse according to Lveiyn bee, picnic coalman. The date set for tne picnic is May lb ana the tick¬ ets sea lor $l.uO for adults, 50c for children. Plan to join in the fun on that day. Lincoln Junior High will hold Open House on the 28th of April and Samohi will haye "Boys’ Career Day" during the day on the 29th. 1959-60 PTA OFFICERS At the last PTA meeting, the following officers were elected to serve for 19э9-Ьи school year: Mrs. C. L. Dunlap, president; Mrs. Paul Tasker, vice president; Mrs. John Dunning, secretary; Mrs. John Semprez, treasurer; Mrs. bid Campbell, historian; Mr. S i d Campbell, auditor. PTA COUNCIL Santa Monica PTA Council met today. at a luncheon honoring all Honorary Life Members at the Miramar Hotel, after which new council officers were installed. “FLAPPER SHOW” A SUCCESS Mrs. Schiller Colbeig, president of Cabrillo PTA, extends many thanks to the models, soloist, pian¬ ist and all others who assisted in making the "Flapper Show” a success. The models were: Betty Briggs, Ruth Kubovec, Dottie Ciniglio, Myrna Eubank, Marge Steele, Maisie Buchanan, Madge Strawser, Marge Clampitt, Rovena Jacobson, Ruth Berlin, Marilyn Martin, Dina Fitzpatrick, Nan Bryan, Myra Roche, Romayne Noble, Betty Dowey, Helen Gar¬ cia, Wendy Berkeley, Rose Cerra, Margaret Colburn, Rose Burnside, Ruth Dunning and Bessie Linvill. The soloist was Bonnie Berke¬ ley and the pianist was Gerry Murray. The show was sponsored by the Goodwill Industries and narrated by Mrs. Shultz. NEW PTA EQUIPMENT | Newserving trays, punch bov/l, teapot, silverware and tablecloth have been purchased by the PTA in order to facilitate serving at PTA functions. RABIES SHOTS Rabies shots will again be avail¬ able for Malibu pets in May or the first part of June. Watch for an announcement in the near fu¬ ture. SWELLING THE LIST of notabl¬ es at the 30tli anniversary о S the Westwood Village Chamber of Commerce at Santa Monica’s Mira Mar Hotel recently were members of the staff of West¬ wood’s Security Federal Savings & Loan. Shown here are (back row) Mr. Milton Taenzer, board member; Mrs. Thomas J. Dixon; Tom Dixon, president of Security Federal (the Dixons are residents of Malibu); Mrs. J. D. Cozzens; Dr. Cozzens, board member; (front row) Francis C. Civilette, treasurer; H. Camden Graham; and Silba Graham, secretary. Cof C Meets Chace Members of the Board of Dir¬ ectors of the Malibu Chamber of Commerce held a luncheon meet¬ ing with Supervisor Burton W. Chace and his field deputy, Steve Kalagian today.. (Friday)., at the Trancas Market. Much of the discussion center¬ ed around the location of a pro- Continued On Page 6 Frank Kelleher To Speak at First Malibu Sports Nite Tne lu-st annual LitUe League opuiis 14‘K‘H Will DeglU prouipuy Ui / p. in. oil г гшау, лрШ « ill me junn w cosier acnuoi аиш- tonum, oon iviaeiadyen, president of me League, announced waay. r rariK ivenener, weii-xnown baseoau figure and now memoer oi me c>eveu-up xouin c ounna- uon, will be me principal speak¬ er ana will laiK Daseoall, both mg and Lime League, nis twen¬ ty years in organized baseoail naye made him an authority on me many facets of tne national pastime and have made him much sougnt alter as a speaxer for sports events. Films of the World Series and die Little World Senes will ue a.iown. iVlacfauyen stressed that the public is invited with partic¬ ular emphasis on tne mothers and lathers oi boys of the Little Leag¬ ue age. The program is slated to end at 9 p. m. so that the young¬ er members of the family will not be kept out too late. Arrangements for the sports night Refreshments will be served, were made by Gus Galvin, Bill Moore and Frank Engler. Boy, 10, Bitten By Rattlesnake Jim Hansen, 10, of 885» ALeott St., Los Angeles, was playing in a pile of lumber at 6033 Bonsall Drive, Malibu, where he was vis¬ iting last Sunday afternoon. He thought he had stuck his finger on a nail but when his aunt, Mrs. B. Simpson of 1503 S. Wooster St., Los Angeles, examined the boy’s hand, she discovered the fang marks of a rattlesnake bite. The boy was rushed to the Malibu Emergency Hospital where he was administered serum by Dr. Tom Hodges and then transported to Santa Monica Hospital by Sheriff’s Malibu Deputy Don Smith. Doctors said the lad would recover. Man Suffers Back Seizure; Taken To S. M. Hospital Patrick McCauly, 26, of 18711 Pacific Coast Hwy., suffered a seizure in the back which left him unable to move at 9:30 Tuesday night, according to Sheriff’s Mali¬ bu Deputy Don Smith. The at¬ tack was apparently the result of an old back injury McCauly suf¬ fered in 1951. The injured man’s wife, Delores, accompanied her husband to Santa Monica Emer¬ gency Hospital for treatment. Woman Attempts Suicide Via Sleeping Tablets Because of despondency over business matters, Iva Mayr, 42, wife of Joseph Mayr, attempted to end her life with an overdose of sleeping tablets in her trailer parked back of the Cornell Post Office last Monday, Sheriff’s Mal¬ ibu Deputy Arthur Cantero repor¬ ted this week. The woman was found at noon by her son, George Riley. She was taken to Wood¬ land Park Community Hospital in an ambulance summoned by Mrs. Brandenburger, Cornell Post¬ mistress. Doctors said her condi¬ tion was fair but that she would recover. eyening Malibu Poet’s Corner THE SPRING AND I By ZUma Bartel The spring and I are vagabonds with shocking tWin caprices — With restlessness she bums my soul and tears my heart to pieces! Sea Wall For Las Flores Beach By Assessment Dist. Upon the recommendation of Supervisor Burton W. Chace, the Boord of Supervisors today took the first step towards the con¬ struction of a sea wall at Las Flores Beach. The Board's . action creates a special assessment district in the Las Flores area, Chace said, and makes it possible for property owners to petition for the acquis¬ ition of rights of way and the im¬ provement of Las Flores Beach. At least 60 per cent of the pro¬ perty owners must sign the peti¬ tion and the petition must be re¬ turned to the Board by April 1, 1960. Chase pointed out that the cost of the project — $49,110 — will be bom by the property owners and not the County. Selective Burglar Takes I Bottle And $12 In Coin A burglar or burglars, for some unknown reason, proved very sel¬ ective when they “knocked over” the Malibu Cottage at 22722 Pac¬ ific Coast Hwy. sometime between 2 a. m. and 9 a. m. last Tuesday. They took one bottle of Galliano and coins from the record play¬ er totaling approximately $12. F,n- trance was made by prying open the east door of the establishment. The coin box was also pried away from the record player, causing a damoge of about $10 to the ma¬ chine. Intensive Fire Prevention Plan Urged for Area Supervisor Burton W. Chace to¬ day called for an immediate in¬ tensive program for fire preven¬ tion in the Malibu area: Following a meeting with Fire Chief К. Ё. Klinger and a com¬ mittee from Malibu and Topanga, Supervisor Chace asked Chief Klinger to present to the Board of Supervisors as soon a possible a definite program of fire preven¬ tion in the Santa Monica Moun¬ tains. Among the suggestions offered at the meeting were widening of the fire breaks, amending the or-* dinance to require a wider area nf clearance around individual homes and a civic program to clean up the brush in the area. Chief Klinger and Assistant Chief Harvey Anderson, A Topan¬ ga Canyon resident himself, both agreed to expedite the fire pre¬ vention program. Those attending the meeting In Supervisor Chace’s office in the Hall of Records were Joseph Schiro, president of the Malibu C of C, Jack Macfadyen, Bert Fl- ser, William McKee, Louis Busch and Ray Goodson. Alan Fordney Guests Sports Car Enthusiasts Alan Eordney of 24124 Malibu Road held a champagne party (but nobody got loaded) for some 40 guests at his beach home last Friday night, April 17 — the honor, ed invitees being some of the winners of the 1959 Mobile Gas Economy Run from L. A. to Kan¬ sas City earlier this month. Among the guests were Mary Hauser, driver of the Chevrolet Six, Patricia Venable, her naviga¬ tor (first place in their class), Pearce ' Venable, driver of the Plymouth V-8, first place winner in his class; Sam and Alice Hanks (Sam was 1957 500- winner at Indianapolis), sports car drivers Eric Hauser, Joan Gallaway, Joan Fischal and Bill Gaskins. Also on hand was Daye Brachen and oth¬ er members of the California Sports Car Club. If residents of Malibu Road were wondering — now they know why Alan had his home all deck¬ ed out with checkered flags. “It was a wonderful party, if I do say so,” Alan remarked. "These sports car enthusiasts and drivers are a wonderful bunch of people. They know it is more dan¬ gerous to drive in traffic than on a racetrack. Nobody got loaded or out of line. Besides dancing and playing records, most of the even¬ ing was spent in ‘bench racing’ — armchair discussion of the sport.” At long last the Malibu Judicial District has a judge of its own. \Yitn the unanimous appoint¬ ment on Tuesday of Arlnur C. Miner, memoers of the Los An- geies Loam of supervisors ended a six-montn deaaiocx 1 following tne sen-eievauon of Judge diar¬ ies w oodinansee last ucwoer lo Uie post oi iviuincipal Court judge — a legal move sustained ОУ two Cauiumia courts, one oi mem tne State supreme , court. Judge Yvouamansee nad been judge of tne iviauuu juuioiai District, judge Miller, a former J. P. at 2,8bZ More Cases In Malibu Court in 'Ы-ЪЬ T han 56-57 The Malibu Justice Court han¬ dled 2,bo2 more cases m me ns- cai year of 19э7-аа than in 19o..- 57, supervisor Burton W. Chace disclosed today. Total cases the past year were 8,2b9 compared to o,4U7 the year previous Chace said. Revenuo from the Court last year was $96,943.75 compared to $71,329 the previous year. The Fourth District Supervisor pointed out that the court reven¬ ues are derived from earned fees, fines, forfeitures of bail and pen¬ alty assessments. Traffic led all cases filed at the Malibu Justice Court for the past year with 6,989. Parking vio¬ lations totaled 762; misdemeanor, 369; small claims, 99; felony, 35; and civil, 15. As a comparison, Supervisor Chace released the distribution of cases during 1956-57; Traffic, 4,476; porking, 453; misdemeanor, 342; small claims, 102; felony, 21; an dcivil, 13. Judge of the Court during the period covered by the audit was Judge Charles H. Woodmansee who is now a Los Angeles Muni¬ cipal Court Judge. Newhall, was the first to toss his hat in the ring last fall. He was followed by Barbara Warner of Los Angeles, then John Merrick of Malibu and finally Eugene Didak, an attorney on the staff of Chief Justice Phil Gibson. Warn¬ er got out of the race just recent¬ ly, throwing her support to Mill¬ er. SWORN IN AT ClIACE OFFICE Judge Miller was sworn in at brief ceremonies in Supervisor Burton Chace’s office at 11 a. m. on Tuesday, rushed out to Malibu JUDGE ARTHUR C. MILLER and from 2:30 to 6 p. m. presided over a full calendar of cases, in¬ cluding traffic, assault and bat¬ tery, smal claims and other viola¬ tions. Sitting in the courtroom, near his bench, to lend moral support were Judge Clarence MacDougall of Newhall, who has been presid¬ ing in Malibu “on a temporary basis” for several months, and the grand old man of Malibu’s court, Judge John L. Webster. When Judge Miller arrived at Continued on Page 4 MALIBU WATER CO. UNABLE TO PROVIDE “SURPLUS” WATER TO DEER PATH; SCHEDULE HAULING A safe driver is one who thinks more about his obligations and the other people's rights, than a- bout his rights and other people’s obligations. — Auto Club, So. Cal. Stillborn BabyGirl We were very sorry to leam of the stillborn birth of a daughter last Thursday night to Judy and Jerry Williams of Malibu. Jerry is a deputy sheriff at the Sheri¬ ff’s Malibu station and Judy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Coates of Birdview Drive, Point Dume, Malibu. "Space” Vehicle Visits Malibu -Eyes bugged out one day this week When the Air Force pulled up in front of the Malibu Shores Motel, asked permission of own¬ er Mac Craft to park their “ve¬ hicle” and disappeared into the Malibu Inn for grub. The “Ve¬ hicle” — about yay long — contain¬ ed an instrument for ‘outer space’ — or some such. The ‘“vehicle” was headed for Vandenberg Air Force Base. We suggested that Mac rush right out and scrawl his name on the monster so he could tell his children: “Look, kids, my name is written in the skies!’’ Oooo! Bob Carlson Wins Prize For Naming Inn Banquet Room Bob Carlson, one of the con¬ tractors on the building of the new banquet room at the Malibu Inn, was the lucky winner Df a suggestion for the name of Ihe new facility. Bob’s name: “The Spindle" Room. We don’t know for sure what the prize was, but we know its was something very useful. • ** _ Schedule Meetings In New ‘Spindle Room’, Malibu Inn President Barney Bailey of the Malibu Riders Corral No. 23 will preside at the next meeting of the organization on Friday, May 1st in “The Spindle Room” Malibu Inn baqquet room. Also slated for a meeting in the “Spindle Room” on April 27 is a group of Combuskm Services Development Engineers from Rocketdyne Quality Control Sup¬ ervision Dept. Malibuite Bob Heath is the chairman and will preside. Efforts to obtain "surplus” wat¬ er from the Malibu Water Com¬ pany on a temporary basis iu as¬ sist the hard-pressed Deer Palh Mutual Water Company at Las Flores failed again this year— the fourth consecutive year the request has been made and refus¬ ed. The Malibu Times recognizes the position of the Malibu Wat¬ er Company and does not in any way report this info.mi- tien as a criticism of their de¬ cision. In fact, the language of the company's refusal reflects exactly the contention of Ti e Times: L e., that the company does not HAVE SUFFICIENT supplies to handle more ihan their franchise area — and that they may indeed be hard press¬ ed to handle that if the area does not obtain some relief from the severe drought condi¬ tions. “It is the decision of the board,’, says the Malibu Water Company to the Deer Path Mutual Water Company, "that it will be IMPOS¬ SIBLE to grant your request in this connection DUE TO THE FACT THAT INCREASED DE¬ MAND IN OUR SERVICE AREA makes it IMPOSSIBLE for us to sell water for use outside the ded¬ icated service area of the Malibu Water Company.” This is the ex¬ act language of refusals sent the Deer Path Mutual Water Co. since 1956. The latest answer was re¬ ceived on April 16, 1959 in reply to the following letter dispatched by the Deer Path Mutual Water Co. on April 13, 1959: “Dear Mr. Adamson: An acute water shortage is developing in our system, due to the lack of rains this past winter. If at all possible we would like to purchase SURPLUS water from you, on a TEMPORARY ba¬ sis at your established rates. Any help you can give us will be more than appreciated. Yours very truly, DEER PATH MUTUAL WATER CO. By Jav B. Huehev. Jr., Pres. NO SURPLUS WATER With no surplus water available anywhere In the community. Deer Path Mutual Water Co. anticipates starting hauling operations from Santa Monica within the next week or so, Hughey stated. In the meantime a communica¬ tion has been mailed to all water users of the Deer Path system ex¬ plaining the problem and request¬ ing curtailment of water use. “Please do not wash your car,” says the communique. “Dlscontln. ue all lawn sprinkling and uses of water for other than household requirements, on weekends and holidays.” “Correct any conditions which involve leakage of water." The communique also pointed out: “Your water., company is now entering the period of the year when the water supply is diminishing. This will continue until the rainy - season sets in, late fall or early winter. “We have asked the Malibu Wa ter Company for an emergency connection, but due to the lack of rain this past winter, I DO NOT THINK THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO HELP US. “This summer due to the lack of rain we shall have to hall 88 TO 95 PERCENT OF OUR WAT¬ ER. The system needs about 500,000 gallons per month. It takes 2 hours for a round trip to Santa Monica to brine back 3,080 gallons. “Due to the great expense of hauling and having enough water to go around, It «dll be necessary to have your cooperation In con¬ serving water during the next several months.” Also hard-hit by water lack is the Big Rock Beach and Mesa area where regular hauling oper¬ ations from Santa Monica have been going on for some time. Some of the finest and most beautiful homes in Malibu are located in this part of the com¬ munity. ABRAHAM LINCOLN _ •‘Th, people are much nearer the trut than politicians suppose."