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

History

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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.

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]

References

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  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
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