CHRIS MACDONALD NEWS FEB.22, 2021

2021 Newsletters

Hello Friends,

My Heartfelt Prayers go to The Swanson Family of Huntington Beach. Lord please comfort this Household!

Ingrid Ono, Assistant to Interim Huntington Beach Police Chief Julian Harvey Said: She has no new Items to mention.

Kirsty Bacon from HB Public Works Said: She has no new Items to mention.

From the desk of Council Member Barbara Delgleize:

March rain showers bring beautiful days to our community and help our parks and landscaping get the needed water so they stay green.

I have been fortunate to serve for the last three years on the Board of Directors for the Boys & Girls Club of Huntington Valley. This amazing organization has been serving children and their families over the last three decades. Our Leader, Tanya Hoxsie, has been our leader through all these years of growth. Tanya has created magic at times and the results have been a big and better Club.

Monday night at our City Council Meeting, Mayor Kim Carr, will present the Making A Difference Award to, Tanya Hoxsie, CEO, Boys & Girls Club of Huntington Beach of Huntington Valley.

Orange County Human Relations presents its 2020 Annual Report. Mayor Carr will present the Mayor's HB Excellence Award to Laura Jenkins, Library Services Clerk. Also, being recommended to consider the Establishment of a City Council Ad-Hoc Committee to perform a Formal Review of the City's Current Boards, Commission, and Committee Structure.

The Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR) of the City of Huntington Beach is published to provide an overview of the City's finances including its sources of revenues and expenditures, as well as economic information about the community.

Several facilities beyond the Super POD sites offer COVID-19 vaccines! Visit HBready.com/vaccine to learn if you're currently eligible for a vaccine and to get direct links to each facility's appointment system.

Public Works Department Capital Improvement Updates:

Under Construction Edison Community Center Rehabilitation The Edison Community Center is nearing completion for the current remodel. The finishing touches are being done with an anticipated ribbon cutting ceremony being discussed for late March or April, 2021. Public Works Department Zone-3 ADA Curb Ramps A total of 61 new ADA-compliant curb ramps have been installed to date. This project is on track to install a total of 238 new ramps in the Zone-3 maintenance area. This project is scheduled to be completed in May.

Until next time, Be Well and Be Safe. All my best, Barbara PS If you have any questions of the postings in this newsletter, feel free to call my at 714.421.0103. PSS Happy St. Patrick's Day.

From Patrick Brenden, Bolsa Chica Conservancy CEO... I'm proud to announce our next virtual ExperTalk program, at 1:30pm, March 20th, on Zoom: Surprising Connections in the Natural (and Unnatural) World, by Drew Talley, Ph.D. Individual habitats, natural populations, and even people are “connected.” What affects one may have profound and often unexpected implications in others. Drew Talley, Ph.D., associate professor of environmental and ocean sciences at the University of San Diego, has been studying these connections in habitats ranging from salt marshes to desert islands for the past 25 years, and will share some of these insights. Talley is an associate professor for the Environmental and Ocean Sciences department at the University of San Diego. He received his Ph.D. from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography at UC San Diego, and has focused his research on understanding the mechanisms behind habitat linkages, and how to apply those linkages into studies of coastal ecosystems. Examples of this include research focused on the connectivity of habitats in southern California estuaries, connectivity at the land-sea interface in the Gulf of California, and the ecosystem-level impacts of species invasions in southern California. Talley also mirrors his research philosophy in his teaching philosophy, where he strives to create an environment where students thrive under a multi-disciplinary system, integrates hands-on learning, and ties the broader concepts to students' personal experiences. To register, go to bolsachica.charityproud.org/ Date & Time: Saturday: March 20th, 2021 1:30pm-2:30pm. Suggested Donation: $10 per participant.

Huntington Beach City Historian Jerry Person Presents Remembering When:

The Dry Squad

The skyline of 1920 Huntington Beach changed drastically from its first decade of small beach cottages. Wooden oil derricks now rose up to the sky in ever large numbers while smoke and noise from the many donkey engines filled the air around for miles in our booming oil town as men poured into town looking for work from the black gold.

Working on an oil rig was not only hard work, but also could be very dangerous too.

So when quitting time came for the men, it was not unusual for these hard-working men to stop on the way home for a cold beer or drink to wash the taste of oil out of their mouths.

But all that came to a halt with the passage of the 18th Amendment, better known as the Volstead Act on January 16, 1920 that ended the sale of al-kee-hol throughout the country.

But oil workers were not ready to have a "soda pop" after work and so a few locals began making beer, wine and the hard stuff in their homes to supply these men and also some patrons at some of out local cafes.

Bootlegging in Huntington Beach also helped out some local families supplement their meager family income and as time went on, bootlegging became a big business, not only in Huntington Beach, but in a good part of Orange County.

Repeated squads of some of the finest federal lawmen failed to get evidence on the bootlegging fraternity.

In November of 1924, two young ladies from Arizona came into our town and began making friends. These two girls had a liking for liquor and were soon seen at out cafes in the company of local bootleggers. The girls' beauty and friendly manners soon captivated these men and the girls were soon accompanying the bootleggers to their supplier. The girls even bought bottles of booze and packed their suitcases full with the "water of life."

But our police officers became suspicious of these two young ladies and arrested the girls with their suitcases full of contraband liquor and taken to our jail. The girls were locked up for several hours before Huntington Beach Police Chief Jack Tinsley had the girls released, but not before he gave them a talking to. A couple days later the girls left Huntington Beach for other parts of Orange County.

By now you may have guessed that these two girls were not just ordinary ladies out looking for booze, but were federal agents, members of the "Dry Squad" and they reported their findings to headquarters in Los Angeles. On the evening of November 19, 1924, 16 cars loaded with federal agents, with their headlights blazing, entered Huntington Beach at 8:30 p.m. and were met by Chief Tinsley and our entire police force. Under the leadership of Chief Tinsley and chief federal officer L.E. Tyson, this dry squad fanned out in Huntington Beach with 50 warrants in hand.

Six carloads of agents and our police spent the night arresting surprised men and yes women of our town and the surrounding area. Raid after raid was carried out by this "dry squad" until 13 violators of the federal Prohibition laws from Huntington Beach, Sunset Beach and Fountain Valley were arrested and brought to our jail in City Hall.

Included in that night's arrests were Mr. N. Hudson at his small cottage at 13th Street and Main in Huntington Beach. In Fountain Valley C.H. Ellis and his wife were arrested at their home and in a Sunset Beach lunch and soft drink establishment, Edwin Arnold and E.S. Richards were taken into custody.

A surprised Lawrence Fernandez and Gus Barkus from the Golden Lion cafe, 226 Main Street saw the inside of our jail. A year later the Golden Lion would change its name to the Golden Bear cafe.

Taxi driver J.C. Teeters was arrested by the "dry squad" while driving his cab. The Brown residence at 103 First Street in Huntington Beach was raided and its occupants taken into custody.

The "dry squad" raided a home out on Florida Street and recovered a still that supplied local bootleggers and a downtown cafes. This still was operated by Tony Garcia and Hersus Fernandez and they were taken into custody.

But Johnnie Dunnigan of the Tupman cafe didn't like being arrested and put up a big fight with the "dry squad" and in the end had to be taken to the county hospital in Santa Ana.

By 4:30 a.m. the next morning it was all over and the agents departed Huntington Beach for other parts of Orange County.

The clean-up was a total success and those arrested that night would face trials in federal courts and would be fined or given jail time to think over their deeds. It would be another eight years before our oil workers could legally enjoy a beer or two again.

There would still be alcohol to be had in Huntington Beach, but not to the extent it had been before the "dry squad" came into town.

Huntington Beach would never forget that night when the "dry squad" raided the town or those two young ladies of the "dry squad" who made it all possible.

So guys don't always trust that lady that you just bought a drink for, she just might be a new member of today's "dry squad." You can always e-mail Jerry your History questions at: hbnews@hbquik.com .

Many Thanks for reading this Newsletter, Chris MacDonald

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