Public Relations: Congratulations, 1965
Scope and Contents
A collection of letters, telegrams, news clippings, announcements, news releases, memos & postal cards. These are filed from January through December. Selected examples are: Telegram & news clipping (1/22) re/ International Printing Week banquet at Kona Kai Club and Wilson sent a telegram – “As a longtime advertising man, I wish I could be in San Diego this evening to join in honoring the men and women in San Diego’s printing and publishing industries;” news clipping & letter (1/22 & 1/25) re/ Larry Cushman, a senior at Californian Western, was nominated for Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges; news clipping & letters (Jan.) re/ Richard L. Johnston (Childrens Hospital) becomes president of the Kiwanis Club of San Diego; news clipping & letter (Jan.) re/ Larry I. Peeples is elected president of the Chula Vista Chamber of Commerce; letter (2/18) re/ Lew Lipton (Savoy Restaurant) is nominated to serve on the Civil Service Commission; telegram & letter (3/18 & 3/26) re/ “warm personal regards [to Adm. Leslie E. Gehres] on this 25th anniversary of the notorious attack on the USS Franklin” & reference to Wilson’s move from the Old House Office Building into a new suite in the Rayburn Building – after 12 years in one office; clipping & letter (Mar.) re/ Cy W. Greaves appointed as Manager of Public Affairs, UCSD; letters & announcement (Mar.) re/ Fulbright-Hays -- Harvey I. Dunkle (SDSC) is to participate in a summer seminar for American teachers of German at Goethe Institut, Munich; letters & announcement (Mar.) re/ Peter B. Wilson (Attorney at Law) opens law office in the San Diego Trust & Savings Building & personal note to Congressman Wilson & staff from Peter Wilson; news clipping & letter (Mar.) re/ Mrs. Florence Beadle is selected as Lakeside’s “Woman of the Year;” news clippings & letters (Apr.) re/ George E. Bryans is appointed to the Municipal Court Bench, Robert K. Cleator is appointed as a member of the City Planning Commission & Ray T. Blair is promoted to Director of Communications at General Dynamics-Convair; National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution PRESS release & letter (Apr.) re/ Miss Teri Lou Howden, a senior at Samuel F. B. Morse High School, wins the “DAR Good Citizen” award; letters & announcement (Apr.) re/ Fullbright-Hays – Richard B. Oliver (UC Berkeley) receives a grant “To study Architecture” at Pembroke College, Cambridge University; news clipping & letter (4/28 & 5/3) re/ marriage of Dr. Frank M. Lowe (President of the San Diego Board of Education) to Mrs. Timothy J. McCarthy; news clippings &letters (May) re/ Stewart J. Moulin is elected President of the United Federation of Postal Clerks Local 2875, Paula Kent (Promotion Dir., Union-Tribune Publishing Co.) is selected as “Woman of the Year”& J. Thomas Erchul is elected President of the Hillcrest Lions Club; memo & letters (Apr. & May) re/ “Congratulations and best wishes to the San Diego Rotary Club for their observance of ‘Family Week.’ I am honored that this project was inspired by my article, ‘Dangers from Within’” & reference to securing the telegram from General Eisenhower to send to the Rotary Club; announcement & letters (May) re/ 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. & Mrs. Walter V. Dorn, Sr. with photograph of the family; news clippings & letters (May) re/ Everet L. Tate is elected “Exalted Ruler North Shores Elks 2150, the Pacific Beach Post of the VFW will receive a life membership charter & La Mesan James M. Gillean is elected president of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce for the 1965-66 term; letters (5/10 & 5/20) re/ Editor in Chief Ray Henle makes decision to terminate “Three-Star Extra” (a newspaper of the air on NBC) after 18 years & become a consultant for the Hoover Institution and the American Enterprise Institute; letters & announcement (May) re/ appreciation luncheon in honor of Dr. Frank Lowe & gold medal to be presented by the “International Supreme Council of De Molay for his work with Washington-Lincoln Laurels for Leaders and the youth of our community;” letters & news clipping (May) re/ Lawson B. Knott Jr., “a 30-year career Government employee, was named by President Johnson yesterday to the administrator of the General Services Administration;” news clipping & letters (May) re/ John Davis & Jim Warren are installed as Master Councilor for the Point Loma & the John D. Spreckles Chapters of the Order of the DeMolay & James Reading, Jr. (S.D. Transit System) is elected 54th president of the Advertising and Sales Club of San Diego; for June: a large number of news clipping & letters cover such topics & persons as Fletcher Hills Lions Club President Ralph King; “Queen for a Day” Mrs. Morris Pion of Chula Vista; Don Diego Post 7420, VFW Commander Eligo A. Garcia; San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau President R.C.A. Lubach; El Cajon Chamber of Commerce President James Sivelle; Executive Assn. of San Diego President P.N. Hyndman; the Pierre S. duPont High School of Wilmington, Del. receives the annual Bellamy Flag Award for 1965; SDSC freshman Patricia Sumner is named Miss Young Republican for San Diego; Wilson to RAdm. B. W. Decker (6/17) - “Dear Benny: Congratulations on the fine write-up about your work in Yokosuka. I remember my visit there twelve years ago – and you were already a legend; ” El Cajon Valley Lions Club president Trenton Huls; Clairemont High School Senior James Hylton wins Copley Scholarship; John Banks (President, National Steel & Shipbuilding Co.) is elected president of the Propeller Club; retirement of J. S. Knight from 33 years of service to the State of California & a brief biography; Chula Vista Lions Club president George Edwards; Terry O’Rourke is award the Claremont Men’s College Scholarship & San Diegan RAdm. Draper L. Kauffman becomes Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy; for July: news clippings & letters cover topics & persons such as Richard Thruston as President of the El Cajon Chamber of Commerce; Alfred G. Laing as President of the Coronado Rotary Club; the Reverend George W. Smith is elected President & Arnold O. Steele is elected Vice President of the Board of Education of the San Diego Unified School District; Howard Pierce is elected president of the El Cajon Rotary Club; & Ralph W. Morrow becomes President of the Harbor Lions Club; only 2 items from Aug.: Pat Pena received a Superior Accomplishment Award from the Postmaster & notes, memorandum & letters re/ personal information & comments on RAdm. H. G. Bowen, Jr.’s assignment as Deputy C.N.O. for Research and Development; for Sept.: the mandatory retirement of friend Spencer T. Olin (44 years with OLIN of St. Louis) brings forth Wilson’s comment – “I want you to know you have not reached the mandatory retirement age for politics. I expect to call on you for continuing assistance in rebuilding the strength of our beloved Republican Party;” letters, telegram, notes & pamphlet re/ Dr. Frank Gigliotti named Kiwanis Man-of-the-Year; Wilson sends San Diegan Deron R. Johnson “congratulations for the honors that have been accorded you for your fine work with the athletes;” letters, memo & statement re/ the “18th Anniversary of the murder by Communists of the Bulgarian hero, Nikola Petkov;” for Oct.: news clippings and letters on such topics and persons as Grace Thackery President Elect, California Federation of Republican Women; opening of new offices for San Diego Imperial Corp.; appointment of Edmund Converse as ;” Washington representative for Bonanza Air Lines; retirement of Ralph J. Phillips from the San Diego Gas & Electric Co.; George H. Foster as V.P. of the C.A. Larsen Construction Co.; retirement of Stanley Hiller, Jr. from the Fairchild Hiller Corp.; Ewart W. Goodwin elected to the Presidency of Mortgage Bankers Assn. of America; Will C. Crawford High School Principal George S. Perry receives Moral Fiber Award of the San Diego Kiwanis Club; 2 page note to Wilson from Mrs. Grace Thackery (CA Federation of Republican Women); & Wilson telegram to Earl W. Baughman re/ San Diego Buildings Service selected as the most outstanding building management in the nation; for Nov. & Dec.: Wilson note & letter & copy of KSON editorial re/ “Congratulations, Dan [Mckinnon], on your fine editorial on the Vietnam protest. It was wellwritten and truly great. Wish the Congressional Record were being published - - - I’d insert it;” announcement & telegram re/ change of command ceremony on board U.S.S. Ranger, NAS North Island; news clipping & letter re/ former F.B.I. agent E. C. Williams is named by Bd. of Supervisors as San Diego County Tax Assessor; letters from General B. A. Hochmuth (Commanding General, USMCR) & Wilson plus 8x11 b&w photograph of Robert Blankenship & his girlfriend re/ Robert Blankenship “was named Honorman of his Battalion at graduation on September 22, 1965;” 3 letters, a telegram & a news clipping re/ Claude Ryan is “our new Mr. San Diego;” 2 letters & a news clipping re/ Carthad D. De Loach is appointed Assistant to the Director of the F.B.I. – “Like Hoover, De Loach is considered a political conservative.”
Dates
- created: 1965
Creator
- From the Collection: Wilson, Robert (Wilson, Robert Carlton) (1916-) (Person)
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Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
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