Hawthorne Press Tribune The Weekly Newspaper of Hawthorne Herald Publications - Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, El Segundo, Torrance & Manhattan Beach Community Newspapers Since 1911 - Circulation 30,000 - Readership 60,000 (310) 322-1830 - July 23, 2015 Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................4 Classifieds............................3 Community Briefs...............2 Film Review..........................6 Finance..................................2 Food.......................................5 Hawthorne Happenings....3 Legals............................... 6, 7 Looking Up...........................2 Pets........................................8 Police Reports.....................3 Sports....................................4 Weekend Forecast Friday Partly Cloudy 75˚/66˚ Saturday Partly Cloudy 79˚/66˚ Sunday Partly Cloudy 71˚/65˚ Hawthorne Celebrates Fifth Annual Good Neighbors Day Zeia, a recording artist who lives in Hawthorne, singing the National Anthem at the Opening Ceremony for the Fifth Annual Good Neighbors Day, Saturday, July 18 at the Hawthorne Civic Plaza. Front Row, left to right: Councilman Alex Vargas, Mayor Pro-Tem Olivia Valentine, Councilwoman Angie Reyes-English, vocalist Zeia, Thierry Lubenec, President of the Hawthorne Historical Society; Back Row, left to right: City Clerk Norbert Huber and City Treasurer David Patterson. Photo by Nancy Peters. Hawthorne Historical Society Honors Five 2015 Hall of Fame Inductees By Nancy Peters The Hawthorne Historical Society celebrated the Fifth Annual Good Neighbors Day, Saturday, July 18 on the Civic Plaza. With local bands, a Classic Car Show, Citizen’s Activities Booths, and an Art Show, the activities went forward despite thunderstorms all morning and most of the afternoon. The Classic Car Show exhibited many vehicles, including a vintage Hawthorne police car from 1955. Many vehicles demonstrated the polished beauty of old Chevys, Pontiacs, Corvettes, Mustangs, and some foreign- made cars, which lined 126th Street and the City Hall Parking Lot. Many vehicles, dating back to the ‘40s, ‘50s, ‘60s, and ‘70s, were all eligible for a trophy after judges chose each decade’s Best in Show. Prizes were awarded for Overall Best in Show, People’s Choice, and a Participation Trophy for the Car Club with Most Cars. The car show was coordinated by Hawthorne neighbors John Baker and Lee Leonard for the fifth time. Entertainment was provided by local bands- --Casillos de Arena, which included a great sound with many brass instruments from these winners of the Hawthorne High School Battle of the Bands; the #1 Tribute Band to the sounds of the ‘60s and The Beach Boys, Woodie and the Longboards; and Jimimax, playing sounds of original music in Hawthorne for 50 years. Zeia W started the day with an A Capella rendition of the National Anthem. Welcoming remarks were given by Thierry Lubenec, President of the Hawthorne Historical Society/Chair of the event; Mayor Pro-Tem Olivia Valentine; Council members Alex Vargas and Angie Reyes-English; and City Treasurer David Patterson. City Clerk Norbert Huber was in attendance as were several members of city commissions, such as Dick Heun, Alex Monteiro, Darlene Love and Gordon Mego. Mayor Chris Brown and Council member Nilo Michelin were not present for the opening ceremonies. Reverend Terry Cookes offered the Invocation. The Art Show, presented courtesy of Phantom Galleries, featured artists from the storefront art consortium which brings fine art exhibitions to Hawthorne Boulevard as part of the revitalization project of the Downtown Hawthorne Specific Plan, and introduced to the community by Mayor Pro-Tem Valentine. The various exhibitors included the Hawthorne Police Department (HPD) and K-9 Unit; Hawthorne Historical Museum; the Friends of the Library; Guy Hocker Realtors; Hawthorne Downtown Specific Plan Community Committee; the various Homeowners’ Associations (HOAs) for Ramona Neighborhood HOA, North Hawthorne Neighborhood HOA, and Holly Park HOA; and the Islamic Center of Hawthorne. Sponsors for Good Neighbors Day also sponsored the previous evening’s Hall of Fame Dinner and Induction Ceremony. These included Chevron Corporation, SpaceX, Farmers Insurance, Flights Sports Grill, Domino’s (Tony Manoz), Allied Waste Services, and Bell Event Services (Michael Bell). The weekend festivities began Friday evening, July 17, when the class of 2015 Hawthorne Hall of Fame Inductees were honored at a dinner at the Hawthorne Memorial Center. The first inductee spent some of his later years as a Hawthorne resident, although he was born in Oklahoma on an Indian Reservation. After participating in the 1912 Olympic Games, Jim Thorpe was declared the World’s Greatest Athlete and in 2000 finished third in the ABC Sports Poll of the Greatest Athlete of the 20th Century. Thorpe was a track and field athlete, played baseball, football, and was the first American to win the Olympic Decathlon. The next inductee is Seers Lumber, which began in Hawthorne in 1946 on El Segundo Boulevard and still remains in the same location for 80 years. The original founders, Al and Mary Seers, left the business to their son, Bill, who took over the day-to-day business in 1970 upon the death of Mary. Most transactions by Al, and carried on by his son, were based on credit given with a handshake. Many houses built in Hawthorne from 1946 to the present day can boast that their structure began with wood from Seers Lumber. Carl Boenish was the third inductee, best known as the father of modern BASE jumping and in freefall cinematography. A graduate of Hawthorne High School, he popularized modern BASE jumping by filming parachutists while they were freefalling and his prowess in the field is a legacy in the film industry. He lived on Manor Drive. His popularity and innovations are chronicled in a documentary, Sunshine Superman. Inducted in fourth position, Reese Walton was another transplant to Hawthorne when he began working at North American Rockwell in the 1940s, building B-25s. Walton left his mark by way of a remarkable career as the Superintendent of the Hawthorne School District. He began his tenure as a teacher in 1947, became Washington School principal before serving as Assistant Superintendent. He was hired as Superintendent in 1961, where he served for 20 years. Walton was an avid contributor to the community through Rotary Club, YMCA, Chamber of Commerce, and Stroke Foundation. The city of Hawthorne chose him as the Olympic Torch Bearer in 1984 for the Los Angles Olympic Summer Games Torch Run, when he ran Hawthorne Boulevard on Opening Day with a turnout rivaled by few other participants around the world. Reese Walton died in 2003. The final inductees of the 2015 Class of the Hawthorne Historical Hall of Fame are the five original members of The Beach Boys. Three brothers (Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson), their cousin (Mike Love), and a friend (Al Jardine), known as the originators of the “California Sound,” have sold more than 100 million records worldwide and are number 12 on the list of 100 Greatest Bands of All Time in Rolling Stone magazine. Their unique arrangements, harmonies, and melding of instruments and voices were rivaled by no other bands in the 1960s. The Wilson family lived on Kornblum Avenue near 119th Street and the Wilson brothers graduated from Hawthorne High School. The Beach Boys are one of the most important legends in the world of Rock and Roll and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. •
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