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Writers' Program (U.S.). California.

Los Angeles; a guide to the city and its environs

. (page 3 of 52)

lations may be changed biennially; federal regulations, annually.

Hunting Licenses: License year July I to June 30. Residents under
1 8, $i ; resident citizens, $2; nonresident citizens, $10; declarant aliens,
$10; other aliens, $25. Deer tags, $i.

Midget Auto Racing: Atlantic Stadium, Atlantic Ave. and Bandini
Blvd., Tues. nights from Apr. or May until Oct. Gilmore Stadium,



XXXV111 RECREATIONAL FACILITIES

100 N. Fairfax Ave., from Apr. until Thanksgiving, Thurs. nights.
Occasional racing at Southern Ascot Speedway, Southgate; no fixed
dates.

Mountain Camps: (County supervised) Big Pines Recreation Camp
(see Tour 7), in Angeles National Forest, 85 miles from Los Angeles;
6,864 ft. elevation; summer and winter sports. Crystal Lake Recrea-
tion Camp (see Tour IB), in Angeles National Forest; 50 miles from
Los Angeles; 5,717 ft. elevation; summer and winter sports. (City
supervised) Camp Seeley (see Tour 1), in San Bernardino Mountains,
near Lake Arrowhead; 75 miles from Los Angeles; 4,700 ft. elevation;
summer and winter sports. Camp High Sierra in the High Sierras;
335 miles from Los Angeles; 8,400 ft. elevation; open summer only.
Camp Radford in San Bernardino Mountains; 90 miles from Los An-
geles; 6,000 ft. elevation; available only for large organized groups.
Rates: for county camps apply 524 N. Spring St.; city camps apply
200 N. Spring St.

Parks and Playgrounds: There are 87 municipal parks totaling 5,486
acres. Griffith Park (see Tour B), the largest, contains 3,761 acres.
Forty-nine playgrounds are municipally controlled. They offer almost
every recreational facility. The following list of the more important
playgrounds has been keyed for convenience and brevity and provides
a comprehensive directory of playground facilities. Among the activ-
ities, horseshoe pitching, volleyball, basketball, paddle tennis, ping-pong,
and croquet can be played at most playgrounds and are not keyed in
the directory.

Key:

A Archery Ranges SL Softball Diamonds Lighted

B Baseball Diamonds for Night Use

C Community Clubhouse Bldgs. SP Swimming Pool

F Football and Soccer Fields T Tennis Courts

S Softball Diamonds TL Tennis Courts Lighted

for Night Use

Playgrounds: Anderson Memorial, 828 S. Mesa, San Pedro (C-SL-
T-SP) ; Banning, 1331 Eubank St., Wilmington (C-SL-T) ; Benedict,
1811 Ripple St. (C-SL); Cabrillo, 38th St. and Bluff PL, San Pedro
(C-S); Central, 1357 E. 22nd St. (C-SP) ; Daniels Field, 845 I2th
St., San Pedro (B-C-F-S) ; Downey, 1772 N. Spring St. (C-B-SL-
SP-T-F); Echo, 1632 Bellevue Ave. (C-SL-TL) ; El Sereno, 2501
Eastern Ave. (C-S-SP-T) ; Elysian, 1900 Bishop Rd. (SL-T) ; Ever-
green, 2839 E. 4th St. (C-B-SL-SP-T-F) ; Exposition, 3981 S. Hoover
St. (C-S-SP-TL); Fernangeles, 8851 Laurel Canyon Blvd. (C-B-S-



RECREATIONAL FACILITIES XXXIX

SP-F); Fresno, 1016 S. Fresno St. (C-B-SL-F) ; Griffith, Riverside
Dr. and Los Feliz Blvd. (C-B-SL-SP-TL-F) ; Harvard, 6120 Denker
Ave. (C-B-SL-F-TL); Hazard, 2230 Norfolk St. (C-B-SL-T-F) ;
Highland Park, 6150 Piedmont Ave. (C-B-SL-SP-TL) ; Lincoln
Heights, 2605 Manitou Ave. (B-C-F-S) ; Manchester, 8800 S. Hoover
St. (C-B-SL-SO-TL-F-A); Mayberry, 2408 Mayberry (S-F) ; North
Hollywood, 5301 Tujunga Blvd. (C-B-SL-TL-F) ; Oakwood, 767
California St., Venice (C-TL) ; ic-Qth St., 1500 E. logth St. (S-F);
Pecan, 127 S. Pecan St. (C-SL) ; Queen Anne, 1245 Queen Anne PL
(C-SL-T); Poinsettia, 7341 Willoughby Ave. (C-SL-TL) ; Poplar,
2630 Pepper St. (S) ; Rancho Cienega, 5000 Exposition Blvd. (A-B-
S-T-F); Reseda, 18411 Victory Blvd. (C-B-SL-SP-F) ; Roscoe, 8133
Vineland Ave. (C-SL-SP-TL) ; Ross Snyder, 1501 E. 4ist St. (C-B-
SL-TL-F-A) ; James Slauson, 1244 E. 6ist St. (C-B-S-T-F) ; South
Park, 345 E. 5ist St. (SL) ; State Street, 716 N. State St. (C-SL);
Stonehurst, 11101 Wicks Ave. (A-B) ; Sunland, 8700 Foothill Blvd.
Tujunga (BB) ; Van Nuys, 14301 Van Owen Blvd. (SL-T) ; Ver-
dugo, 3580 Verdugo Rd. (C-B-SL-SP-TL-F); Vineyard, 2942 Vine-
yard St. (C-S); West Los Angeles, 1831 Stoner Ave. (C-B-SL-SP-
T-F); Yosemite, 1840 Yosemite Dr., Eagle Rock (C-B-SL-SP-T-F).

Polo: Riviera Country Club, Sunset Blvd. and Capri Dr., Pacific
Palisades, games nearly every Sun., 2:30 p.m.; Will Rogers Memorial
Field, Sunset and Chautauqua Blvds., Pacific Palisades, games nearly
every Sun., 2 130 p.m. ; Midwick Country Club, Ramona and Atlantic
Blvds., Monterey Park, Sun., 2:30 p.m. (Note: Special adm. prices
at all tournament games.)

Skating, Ice: Pan Pacific Ice Arena, 7600 Beverly Blvd. Largest
indoor rink in the United States (22,000 sq. ft.). Polar Palace, 615
N. Vine St., Hollywood. (Season, June to Sept.). Aft. 2-5 p.m.;
eve., 8- 1 1 p.m.; Sat. and Sun. 9:30-12 a.m.; skates may be rented.
Special price session for children under 16 yrs. Sat. morning and after-
noon. Tropical Ice Gardens, Community Park, Westwood Village.
(Open all year) Morn. 8:30-12 a.m.; aft. 1:30-4 p.m.; skates may be
rented.

Skating, Roller: Lincoln Park Roller Rink, 2037 Lincoln Park Ave.
Aft. 2:30-5 p.m.; eve. 7:30-10:15 p.m. (Fri. 7-10 p.m.). Shrine
Roller Rink, 700 W. 32nd St. Aft. 2-5 p.m.; eve. 8-u p.m. Roller-
drome, 11105 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City. Eve. 8-n p.m.;
Sat. and Sun. aft. 2-5 p.m. Hollywood Rollerbowl, 1452 N. Bron-
son Ave., Hollywood. Aft. 2-5 p.m.; eve. 7:45-11 P- m -



xl RECREATIONAL FACILITIES

Skiing, Tobogganing, Winter Sports: Municipal Camp Seeley and the
two county camps, Crystal Lake and Big Pines (see Mountain Camps).
Equipment for rent.

Soccer: Los Angeles Soccer League, comprising best teams in this sec-
tion, play at Loyola Stadium, 1901 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, Sunday
afternoons, almost the year around.

Swimming (see Parks and Playgrounds) : All municipal pools are out-
door pools, open only during summer. Fernangeles, Downey, and Ver-
dugo are shallow children's pools. (See also Beaches). Municipal
recreation department, A.A.U., and collegiate swimming meets often
are held at Los Angeles Swimming Stadium, among largest swim cen-
ters in U. S., at Exposition Park.

Tennis (see Parks and Playgrounds) : No permit needed for indi-
vidual play on municipal courts. For special group use or tournaments,
permit must be obtained. Fee is charged for use of night-lighted
courts. Top-ranking tournament tennis played at Los Angeles Tennis
Stadium, 5851 Clinton St., each summer.

Wrestling: Olympic Auditorium,. 1801 S. Grand Ave., Weds., 8:30
p.m.; Hollywood Legion Stadium, 1628 N. El Centre Ave., Hollywood,
Mons., 8 130 p.m. ; Eastside Arena Club, 3400 E. Pico Blvd., Thurs.,
8:30 p.m.; Huntington Park Coliseum, 2010 E. Gage Ave., Hunting-
ton Park, Fri., 8 130 p.m. ; Pasadena Arena, Fair Oaks Ave. and Olive
St. (professional), Mons., 8:30 p.m.; Wilmington Bowl, Anaheim
Blvd. at Mahar St., Wilmington (professional), Tues., 8:30 p.m.;
Ocean Park Arena, Pico and Main Sts., Santa Monica (professional),
Fri., 8:30 p.m.



000000000000000000000000080000030^^



Calendar of Annual Events



Note: nfd means no fixed date.



JANUARY



i

i
i
ist week, nfd

5 days nfd (in
Jan., Feb., Mar.,

Apr., May)



Pasadena
Pasadena
Los Angeles
Los Angeles

country clubs
Location shifts



ist week and sue- Los Angeles



cessive Sundays
Jan. through Apr.
Sundays

nfd
nfd



ist week
2 days nfd



nfd
nfd
nfd



Griffith Park
Monterey Park

Midwick Coun-
try Club
Los Angeles

various courses
Arcadia (Santa

Anita Race

Track)
Big Bear Lake

San Bernardino

Mountains

Los Angeles
Shrine Audito-
rium

Wilmington, Cali-
fornia Yacht
Club

Pasadena

xli



Tournament of Roses
Intersectional Football Game
Chinese Independence Day
Los Angeles $10,000 Open

Golf Tournament
Southern California Skeet As-
sociation Inter - Club Team
and Three-man Team
Matches

Los Angeles Metropolitan Ten-
nis Championships
Annual Pacific Coast Elimina-
tion Championship Polo
Matches
Southern California Open Golf

Tournaments
Santa Anita Derby



Winter Sports Carnival and Ski
Jumping Championships
(Junior Chamber of Com-
merce sponsor)

Coast Conference Basketball
Season opening

Sunkist Dinghy Sailing Cham-
pionship Series

Pasadena Open Golf Tourna-
ment



xlii CALENDAR OF ANNUAL EVENTS



J A N u A R Y Continued



17 Los Angeles,

Olvera Street
and Plaza
Church

Hollywood,
Plummer Park

24 or nfd, 8-day Los Angeles,
celebration in- China City

eludes Chinese
New Year



nfd



Long Beach

Marine Stadium



El Diet de San Anton (Sp.,
Saint Anthony's Day). An-
ton, patron saint of animals,
is revered by the annual pro-
cession and Benedicion de los
Animales (Sp., blessing of
the animals). Domestic pets
are welcomed

Trao Chun (Festival of the
Kitchen God.) Chinese cere-
monials preparatory to the
New Year, which is about
the 28th of month

Grand Prix Pacific Coast In-
board Regatta



F E B R U AR Y



3 days first part
of month

nfd

4 days approx. nfd
nfd



nfd



nfd



nfd



nfd



nfd



nfd



Santa Catalina

Island

Los Angeles
Catalina Channel
Arcadia (Santa -

Anita Race

Track)
Pasadena Civic

Auditorium
Los Angeles

China City
Los Angeles

Harbor

Pasadena Bad-
minton Club

Los Angeles,
Arroyo Seco
Parkway

Los Angeles
Municipal
Playgrounds



Catalina Open Golf Tourna-
ment

Boat and Aircraft Show
Midwinter Sailing Regatta
Santa Anita Derby



Annual Pasadena Dog Show

Teng Chieh (Chinese: Feast of
the Lanterns)

Inter-Club Racing Series (Los
Angeles Yacht Club)

Southern California Badminton
Championships (all cham-
pions)

Southern California Annual
Open Lawn Bowling Tour-
nament

Playground Kite Tourney
(about 2500 contestants)



CALENDAR OF ANNUAL EVENTS xliil

F E B R u A R Y continued



3rd week to Apr. Sierra Madre
nfd



22



Los Angeles
Harbor



Wistaria Fete, celebrating blos-
soming of world's largest wis-
taria vine

Southern California Yacht As-
sociation Midwinter Regatta.
Cal. Yacht Club



MARCH



First Saturday Long Beach



Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday



nfd
nfd
nfd

nfd

nfd



All 2nd week
nfd

nfd 2 days
nfd

nfd



Southern Pacific Association
Amateur Athletic Union Re-
lay and Field Meet (properly
named the Long Beach Re-
lays)
Hollywood Easter Sunrise Service

(Bowl)

Glendale (Forest Easter Sunrise Service
Lawn), and
many other places



Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Los Angeles

Harbor
El Segundo
Arcadia (Santa

Anita Race

Track)
State- wide

Los Angeles



Arcadia, Rancho

Santa Anita
San Pedro



Los Angeles

Riviera Country
Club



Girls' Doll Festival (Japanese)
International Tennis Matches
San Clemente isomile Yacht

Race
Kite Day
Santa Anita Handicap Race



California Conservation (of
natural resources) Week

Blooming Tulip and Hyacinth
Season (35,000 bulbs) in
Griffith and Exposition Parks

All-breed Santa Anita Kennel
Club Charity Show

Guadalupe Island Yacht Race
(from San Pedro to Guada-
lupe Island and return)

Horse Show, Easter Parade,
and All-Star Polo Matches



xllV CALENDAR OF ANNUAL EVENTS

MARC H continued

nfd Los Angeles West Side Tennis Club invita-

tional Tournament
nfd Los Angeles, Professional Golf Association

various courses Open Meeting

nfd through Los Angeles, Midget Auto Races

Thanksgiving Atlantic Speed-

way and Gilmore
Stadium

nfd Los Angeles Ice Hockey Championship Play-

off Games

nfd Santa Monica Dudley Cup Tennis Tourna-

ment (high school contest-
ants)



nfd

2 days nfd

3 days nfd

ist week 5 days



Through Apr. and
May

nfd
nfd

nfd

nfd
nfd

nfd

ist and 2nd
weeks, nfd
nfd

Late April
through May



APRIL

Los Angeles Southern California Golf Tour-

nament

Pasadena Pasadena Spring Flower Show

Santa Catalina Bobby Jones Trophy Tourna-
Island ment

Pasadena California Institute of Tech-

nology Exhibit and Open
House

Annual Exhibition of Painting
and Sculpture

Pasadena Dog Show

Pacific Southwest Spring Mo-

torboat Sweepstakes
Southern California Spring

Flower Show
Beverly Hills Dog Show
Southern California Band and

Music Festival
Newhall-Saugus Rodeo
Gold Cup Yachting, California

Yacht Club

Beverly Hills Tennis Cham-
pionships

Los Angeles County Museum
Wild Flower Show



Los Angeles

County Museum,
Exposition Park

Pasadena

Long Beach

Marine Stadium

Pasadena Brook-
side Park

Beverly Hills

Los Angeles

Newhall vicinity
Los Angeles

Harbor
Beverly Hills

Los Angeles

Exposition Park



CALENDAR OF ANNUAL EVENTS xlv



I week, early in

month
nfd

nfd



nfd
nfd

nfd
nfd

nfd

3 weeks nfd

nfd

nfd

nfd

3rd week 2 days
10 days nfd

25

Late May

30



MAY

Los Angeles
Los Angeles

(Olvera Street)



Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Los Angeles



Los Angeles
Los Angeles

Compton



Location shifts



Los Angeles

Los Angeles

Exposition Park
Los Angeles

Santa Monica
Bay



San Pedro,

Cabrillo Beach

Los Angeles

Harbor
Pasadena, Civic

Auditorium
Harbor cities
Los Angeles

Harbor
All communities



Boys' Festival (Japanese)

Mexican Celebration of Cinco
de Mayo and Fiesta de las
Cruces (Sp., fifth of May
and Feast of the Crosses)

Southern California Festival of
Allied Arts (presentations)

Southern California Women's-
Golf Championship Matches

Southern California Tennis As-
sociation Team Champion-
ship Matches

Los Angeles Kennel Club Show

Eisteddfod (Welsh Musical
Celebration)

Invitation Track and Field
Meet (West and Middle
West)

Invitation Amateur Golf Cham-
pionship of Southern Califor-
nia Golf Association

Los Angeles Country Club In-
vitation Tournament

Giant Trade Exhibit

Women's International Bowl-
ing Congress Tournaments

Annual Salt Water Carnival
and Rough Water Swimming
Competition (auspices of
Santa Monica Junior College)

Harbor Day Aquatics (auspices
Junior Chamber of Com-
merce)

San Clemente Island Yacht
Race

Pasadena Music Festival

Harbor Day

Annual Predicted Yacht Races

Memorial Day Observance



xlvi CALENDAR OF ANNUAL EVENTS



I through Sept.

ist week through

summer

1st week 3 days
nfd

nfd
nfd

nfd 3 days
nfd

nfd
nfd

nfd
nfd
nfd



3 or 4 days

nfd

nfd

nfd

nfd

June or July nfd
and week
through Oct.



JUNE

Santa Catalina

Island
Hollywood

(Bowl)
Altadena
Flintridge

Riding Club
Los Angeles Me-
morial Coliseum
Los Angeles

various courts
Los Angeles
Arcadia, Santa

Anita Park
Redondo
Los Angeles

Griffith Park
Long Beach

Marine Stadium
San Fernando

From San Pedro



Santa Catalina

Island
Los Angeles

Hollywood

Around Santa
Catalina Island

Inglewood

Ocean Park, Venice
From San Diego
to Santa Barbara



Opening of Santa Catalina Is-
land Fishing Tournament
"Symphonies Under the Stars"

Festival of the Mountains
Children's Horse Show

Southern California Music Fes-
tival

Southern California College
Tennis Championships

Riviera Horse Show

Sheriff's Relief Association Bar-
becue Picnic

Covered Wagon Days

Men's Public Links City Golf
Championships

Southern Outboard Association
Regatta

San Fernando Fiesta and Pa-
geant

Tri-Island Sailing Race of 250
miles San Pedro, around
San Clemente, Santa Barbara
and Santa Catalina Islands

Catalina Women's Invitation
Golf Tournament

Los Angeles City Golf Tourna-
ment Matches

Hollywood Golf and Country
Club Invitation Tournament

Yacht Race around Santa Cata-
lina Island, Los Angeles
Yacht Club sponsor

Hollywood Turf Club Horse
Races

Children's Floral Pageant

Southern California Salt Water
Fishing Tournament (Los
Angeles Junior Chamber of
Commerce sponsor)



CALENDAR OF ANNUAL EVENTS xlvii



JULY



4


Los Angeles,
Pasadena


4 biennially


Location shifts


4 biennially


San Pedro


4


Long Beach


I week nfd


Los Angeles


July and Aug. nfd
July and Aug. nfd


Hollywood Bowl
Hollywood


nfd
nfd
nfd


Los Angeles
Harbor
Around Santa
Catalina Island
Avalon to Her-
mosa Beach



nfd

nfd (both month
and day vary
from year to
year)

nfd (both month
and day vary
from year to
year)

nfd (both month
and day vary
from year to
year)

nfd (both month
and day vary
from year to
year)

nfd



Del Mar

Long Beach
(Long Beach
Stadium usually)

Long Beach
( Long Beach
Stadium usually)

Long Beach
( Long Beach
Stadium usually)

Long Beach
( Long Beach
Stadium usually)

Los Angeles



Fourth of July Celebrations in
Los Angeles Coliseum and
Pasadena Rose Bowl

California to Honolulu Yacht
Races

All Channel Islands Yacht
Race

Craig Trophy Race (for big
sloops)

Riviera Country Club Invita-
tion Golf Tournament

"Symphonies Under the Stars"

Pilgrimage Play (Life of
Christ)

Times Trophy Race

Stewart Bros. Auxiliary Han-
dicap Race

Santa Catalina Island-Manhat-
tan-Hermosa Beach Aqua-
plane Race

Del Mar Turf Club Race
Meeting

The Hearst Regatta



Model Yacht Races



Outboard Races



Sailing Races



Riviera Horse Show



xlviii CALENDAR OF ANNUAL EVENTS

J u L Y continued



nfd
nfd
nfd
nfd
nfd
nfd



Pasadena
Inglewood

Los Angeles

Harbor
Los Angeles

various parks
Los Angeles

Swim Stadium
Los Angeles



Vista del Arroyo Tennis Tour-
nament

Centinela Garden Clubs'
Flower Show

Nordlinger Trophy Yacht
Race

Metropolitan Junior Tennis
Championships

Aquatic Pentathlon

Soapbox Derby



AUGUST



ist and 2nd week Long Beach



nfd 3 days
nfd

nfd



nfd
nfd
nfd
nfd
nfd
nfd
nfd

Aug. or Sept. nfd
nfd



Venice

Los Angeles
Griffith Park

Los Angeles
Hotel Ambas-
sador

Santa Monica

Los Angeles

Santa Monica

Canyon
Avalon

Los Angeles
Swim Stadium

Long Beach

Marine Stadium

Santa Catalina
Island

Newport Harbor

Los Angeles



Southern California Yachting
Association Regatta

Mardi Gras

Metropolitan Junior Tennis
Championship Finals

Ambassador Tennis Club Tour-
nament

Santa Monica Tennis Cham-
pionships

Pacific Coast Public Parks Ten-
nis Championships

Five-mile Swim (to Venice)
and Water Carnival

Paddleboard Race (from Ava-
lon to Cabrillo Beach)

Aquatic Show (Junior Cham-
ber of Commerce sponsor)

Southern California Outboard
Regatta Championships

Commodore's Yacht Race (to
the Island Isthmus)

Tournament of Lights

Nisei Festival (celebration
week of Second Generation
of local Japanese-Americans)



CALENDAR OF ANNUAL EVENTS xllX



SEPTEMBER



ist Monday
8 and 9



nfd

8 days nfd
nfd

nfd

nfd
nfd
nfd
nfd

2 weeks Sept. and
Oct. nfd

10

27

9 days in early
winter, nfd

nfd

2 days, nfd
nfd

nfd
nfd



Los Angeles
San Gabriel

Los Angeles



Los Angeles

Swim Stadium
Los Angeles

Los Angeles
Griffith Park

Long Beach
Bixby Park

Los Angeles

Riviera
Los Angeles

Los Angeles
San Pedro



Pomona



Labor Day Parade

La Fiesta de San Gabriel (Sp.,
The Feast of St. Gabriel)

Los Angeles Birthday Celebra-
tions, Pageant from San Ga-
briel Mission to City Hall

Metropolitan Swim and Dive
Championships

Pacific Southwest Tennis
Championships

Women's Public Links City
Golf Championships

"Biggest Picnic in the World"
(estimated attendance 150,
ooo)

Children's Country Club Horse
Show and Pet Parade

La Fiesta de las Flores (Sp.,
the feast of the flowers)

Pacific Southwest Tennis
Championship Matches

Opening Gold Cup Sloop Sail-
ing Series

Los Angeles County Fair (Run-
ning and Harness Races)



OCTOBER



Los Angeles
(Chinatown)

Los Angeles
Harbor

Los Angeles

Pasadena Car-

melita Gardens
Los Angeles

Long Beach

Marine Stadium
Pasadena
Los Angeles



Anniversary of Founding of the
Chinese Republic

Navy Day

Los Angeles Annual Automo-
bile Sfiow
Pasadena Fall Flower Show

Riviera Country Club Horse

Show
Annual Pacific Coast Inboard

Regatta

Annual Pasadena Weed Show
Great Western Live Stock

Show, Union Stock Yards



1 CALENDAR OF ANNUAL EVENTS

NOVEMBER



ii
nfd

nfd

i week nfd

Nov. and Dec.

nfd
and week

nfd



nfd
nfd

Late Nov. to
Christmas



All communities
"Los Angeles Union

Stockyards
Los Angeles
Los Angeles

Los Angeles
Sierra Madre
Pasadena



Arcadia, Rancho
Santa Anita

Los Angeles Me-
morial Coliseum

Hollywood

Hollywood Blvd.



Armistice Day Celebration

Great Western Livestock Show
and Rodeo

Grand Prix Midget Auto Races

San Francisco Opera Company
presentation

Golden Gloves Championship
Matches

Cascade Chrysanthemum
Flower Show

Pasadena City Amateur Bad-
minton Championship Tour-
nament

California Horsemen's Western
Horse Show

Football Carnival Charity
Game

Santa Claus Lane's Nightly
Parades (except Sunday)



DECEMBER



12
16-24

nfd
nfd

nfd
nfd



Los Angeles
(Olvera Street)

Los Angeles

(Olvera Street)



Location shifts

Ingle wood

Hollywood Turf
Club

Long Beach



Alhambra



Mexican celebration of Nuestra
Senora de Guadalupe (Sp.,
Our Lady of Guadalupe)

Mexican celebration of Las Po-
sadas (Sp., the lodgings). A
unique observance of Mary
and Joseph's journey to Beth-
lehem

Pacific Coast Intracircuit Polo
Championship Matches

"Bridge Tournament Under
the Stars" (world's largest
bridge tournament, attracts
more than 1000 players)

Southern California midwinter
Championship Tennis Tour-
naments

All-States Barbecue



CALENDAR OF ANNUAL EVENTS li

D E C E M B E R continued

Late Dec. to Arcadia, Santa Pari-mutuel Horse Racing

March, nfd Anita Track

Last 2 weeks Altadena The Parade of the Deodars

Christmas Tree Lane (one
mile of lighted living Christ-
mas trees)



HOME-STATE PICNICS

All State picnics are held in Sycamore Grove Park with the exception of the
Iowa picnics, which are held in Lincoln Park, Los Angeles, in the winter, and
Bixby Park, Long Beach, in the summer.

For further information call Federation of State Societies, Stowell Hotel,
416 S. Spring St., MUtual 1981, Los Angeles.

Alabama Aug., 3rd Sat.

Arizona Mar., 2nd Sat.

Arkansas May, 1st Sat.

Colorado Feb. and Aug., 2nd Sun.

Connecticut May, 3rd Sat.; Oct., 1st Sat.

Delaware May, 2nd Sat.

Florida Aug., 3rd Sat.

Georgia June, 2nd Sat.

Idaho No fixed month or day

Illinois Jan., next to last Sat.; Apr., July and Oct., 3rd

Sat.

Indiana Feb. and July, last Sun.

Iowa Feb., last Sat. ; Aug., 2nd Sat.

Kansas Jan. 29; Apr., 1st Sat.; Sept., 2nd Sat.

Kentucky May, ist Sat.

Louisiana Aug., 3rd Sat.

Maine May, 3rd Sat.; Oct., ist Sat.

Massachusetts May, 3rd Sat.; Oct., ist Sat.

Michigan Jan., ist Sat.; Mch. and Sept., 3rd Sat.

Minnesota Feb., 3rd Sat.; Sept., 4th Sat.

Mississippi Aug., 3rd Sat.

Missouri Jan., 2nd Sat.; Mch., last Sun.; Aug., 3rd Sun.

Montana Feb. 22

Nebraska Mar., 4th Sat. ; July, last Sat.

Nevada Mar., 2nd Sat.

New Hampshire May, 3rd Sat.; Oct., ist Sat.

New Jersey May, 2nd Sat.



CALENDAR OF ANNUAL EVENTS



HOME-STATE PICNIC s continued



New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming



Mar., and Sat.

Apr. and Oct., 2nd Sat.

June, 2nd Sat.

Feb., ist Sat.

Jan., last Sat.; Aug., ist Sat.

May 30; Sept., ist Mon.

Apr. and Oct., 2nd Sat.

Mar. and Nov., ist Sat.

May, 3rd Sat.; Oct., ist Sat.

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PART I
Los Angeles: A General Survey

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The Contemporary Scene

E5 ANGELES, the metropolis of southern California and of a
vast adjoining area, is frequently regarded as one of the newer
American cities, as an outgrowth of the motion-picture industry
and as a creation of the real estate promoter. Actually, however, it
is almost as old as the nation itself, having been formally founded and
"subdivided" in the year the Revolutionary War ended more than
half a century before Chicago was incorporated. Over Los Angeles
have waved the banners of royal Spain, imperial and republican Mexico,
of the Bear Flag Republic, and, since 1847, the stars and stripes of the
United States.

That the city seems perennially young and new despite its long,
picturesque history is not surprising, for the bulk of its population is
new. Only a handful of the inhabitants are descended from pioneer
Mexican and American families. Only a small number of adult
Angelenos were born in the city. The majority of the inhabitants
have come here in recent years, mostly from the Middle West. Since

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