Fullerton Grows Up 3

Fullerton News Tribune – January 8, 1927 Although many here in Fullerton told me I had made a mistake in buying property on a hill, I purchased 10 acres northwest of the center of town plus the adjoining 10 acres. The second ten was improved with a nice home and orange trees. The orange trees produced such golden fruit that we gave the place the name – the Golden Hill residential district. Every convenience and improvement are provided, including paved streets and ornamental lighting.

Fullerton News Tribune – July 20, 1942 During this week, July 20-25, the people of Fullerton take pride in dedicating their new City Hall. Ground-breaking ceremonies were held September 28, 1939, and construction under the Works Projects Administration was started. Mr. G. Stanley Wilson is to be congratulated on the warmth of beauty and symmetry of design of the building which catches the spirit of early California days. It has been built to carry on civic enterprises in war and in peace.

Fullerton News Tribune – December 29, 1945 The Kohlenberger Engineering Co, founded by Hans Kohlenberger in 1922 has purchased a tract of approximately six acres on West Commonwealth. This new plant, necessitated by the growth of the company’s business, which features a complete line of refrigeration equipment for all types of commercial and industrial installations. Many of the Army and Navy cold storage plants installed in the Pacific were equipped by the company.

Fullerton News Tribune – August 28, 1946 The population of Fullerton will be doubled if present plans for future growth and expansion of the residential district of the Sunny Hills Ranch Co become a realization. The Sunny Hills Ranch is one of the largest subdivisions of its kind in the West. The ranch has been carefully planned for rural estates where each home may have a rural atmosphere with a small parcel of land for garden, fruit trees, chickens, and horses.