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First newspaper published in Culver City, California
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 .
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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.
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[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 .
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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.
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H.P. Bee was the next
editor and
publisher .
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C.H. Garrigues contracted to purchase the newspaper in 1924, but the sheriff "
turned me out ," as he put it.
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References
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"Get Acquainted Boosters' Trip," The Redondo Reflex, January 15, 1915, image 1
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"Culver City Boosters Coming to Pomona," The (Pomona) Bulletin, April 20, 1915
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"Success to the Call," Venice (California) Daily Vanguard, November 12, 1915, image 2
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"First Home Owner," Evening Star-News, Culver City, July 31, 1937, image 13
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"Install Print Shop," Los Angeles Times, January 30, 1916, image 73
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"A Good Plan for This City to Try," The Redondo Reflex, February 18, 1916, image 4
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"W.E. M'Lernon Takes Over Culver City Call," Evening Vanguard, Venice, California, April 14, 1916, image 6
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"Pen Is at Rest," Los Angeles Times, June 25, 1917, image 10
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"Venice Gives Editors Week of Pleasure," The Redondo Reflex, July 1, 1921, image 2
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"Renamed as Culver City Mail Chief," Los Angeles Times, February 14, 1924, image 19
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"Leaps to Safety as Stand Crashes," Pasadena Evening Post, January 1, 1926, image 8
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"Ince Quiz Rumor Denied," Los Angeles Daily Times, September 21, 1926, image 6
^ George Garrigues, He Usually Lived With a Female, pps 34, 39
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