Culver City Call

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The weekly Culver City Call was the first newspaper published in Culver City, California.

History

The paper was founded in 1913 by S.C. Perrine, who was also secretary of the Culver City Chamber of Commerce. [1] [2] [3] [4]

This 1915 advertisement in the Los Angeles Times for the Culver City subdivision displays an image of a Culver City Call front page. Newspaper advertisement reproduces front page of Culver City Call dated February 20, 1915.jpg
This 1915 advertisement in the Los Angeles Times for the Culver City subdivision displays an image of a Culver City Call front page.

In 1916 Perrine sold the Journal and The Coast Press to W.E. Woodbury and L.E. Taylor, who installed a $6,000 print shop in the Field Building on Venice Boulevard to print the two newspapers. [5] [6] The Call was purchased in the same year by W.E. McLernon, who had worked for the Los Angeles Examiner and the Los Angeles Express. [7]

McLernon died of acute gastritis in Los Angeles on June 23, 1917, [8] leaving ownership of the paper to his wife, Katherine, and C.W. Roach became editor. Mrs. McLernon then sold the newspaper. [9] [10]

H.P. Bee was the next editor and publisher. [11] [12] C.H. Garrigues contracted to purchase the newspaper in 1924, but the sheriff "turned me out," as he put it. [13]

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References

  1. "Get Acquainted Boosters' Trip," The Redondo Reflex, January 15, 1915, image 1
  2. "Culver City Boosters Coming to Pomona," The (Pomona) Bulletin, April 20, 1915
  3. "Success to the Call," Venice (California) Daily Vanguard, November 12, 1915, image 2
  4. "First Home Owner," Evening Star-News, Culver City, July 31, 1937, image 13
  5. "Install Print Shop," Los Angeles Times, January 30, 1916, image 73
  6. "A Good Plan for This City to Try," The Redondo Reflex, February 18, 1916, image 4
  7. "W.E. M'Lernon Takes Over Culver City Call," Evening Vanguard, Venice, California, April 14, 1916, image 6
  8. "Pen Is at Rest," Los Angeles Times, June 25, 1917, image 10
  9. "Venice Gives Editors Week of Pleasure," The Redondo Reflex, July 1, 1921, image 2
  10. "Renamed as Culver City Mail Chief," Los Angeles Times, February 14, 1924, image 19
  11. "Leaps to Safety as Stand Crashes," Pasadena Evening Post, January 1, 1926, image 8
  12. "Ince Quiz Rumor Denied," Los Angeles Daily Times, September 21, 1926, image 6
  13. George Garrigues, He Usually Lived With a Female, pps 34, 39 ISBN   0963483013