Upland News, The (Newspaper) - November 16, 1972, Upland, California The Upland News Seventy-Eighth No. 34 November 16, 1972 50 Pages 10 Cents CAN'T KEEP ON N Prog P.O. Site ress Seen After four long years of and Upland's master Chuck Welch is in high hopes of finally seeing some progress made on the new post office building site s fourth post on the corner of Arrow Highway and Third Ave. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in charge of all aspects of the demolition of old buildings and contracts for the new Welch was fied that demolition of the houses and one upholstery shop on the property would be de- last Groundbreaking is scheduled for Feb. and Welch predicts the town may have a new post office in one or one and a half Because of the dous population explosion felt in the city since 1959 when the current post located at 498 was first that building is now much too small and the post office ity has completely outgrown the facilities according to number of employees and routes has tripled in the last 13 years he packed in here now like postal employees in a he Abner B. deman was the Councilman who appointed in groundbreaking on the last post office site took win Alder was City ager but Chuck Welch wasn t Roy A. Ray The post office before this was located at 271 E. 9th in land Town Center the ing which now houses a coin op- dry cleaners and The first officially listed post office in Upland is dated March of 1902. By PATRICIA REID Of Staff The Upland City special session last week to con- duct a lic hearing concerning proposed alternate truck routing in the city as mandated by an Ordinance passed April 18. Although it was obvious from the discussion that neither the representatives of the rock com- panies nor the councilmen really understood the purpose of the formal it was advertised as necessary for the Director of State Department of Highways to have recorded opposition to the alternate truck routes before he could give his The Council voted unanimously to reaffirm their past action con- changes in truck weight limitations and lowering speed limit on 16th St. from 45 mph to 25 city's prohibits trucks from traveling Euclid Ave. from 16th to 19th trucks ing north on Euclid Ave. must turn east from Euclid and then north on Campus Ave. to 19th St. The route change also truck traffic on 19th St. and Mountain There was considerable sion and many objections were raised concerning the tape re- cording being Councilman George who was mayor last November when this con- topic was being dis- strongly objected to the tape to the Highway Department because he felt it didn't fully represent the With Councilman John Carthy the three other councilmen voted not to furnish the tape as requested by the de- Representatives of the rock companies affected by the re- routing objected to the public notice of the They felt the city's legal advertisement wasn't obvious enough and that the city should have mailed no- tice of public hearing to residents living along the new truck particularly on 16th St. McCarthy explained that con- cerned residents had filled the council chambers many times in the past two Warren who lives at the corner of Euclid Ave. and 19th com- about the re-routing and said are still con- cerned and not satisfied one little bit with the Other dents complained about the city s alternate route and agreed that just because a large number didn't show for the t mean they weren't still concerned about the truck McCarthy told about former Mayor Gibson's Committee which was established a year ago up of city residents and to come up with workable solutions to the truck routing It was the committee s mous decision to reroute truck traffic down Campus Ave. to knew the proposed ordinance wasn't a solution to the but we felt at least it would resolve some of the problems of one segment of the said Gibson said that a delegation of 15 Uplanders went to mento to try to get the speed limit lowered on the 19th St. state but got no Jarnes Christiansen read a prepared statement to the cil from Ernest E. eral council for the Southern Rock Products He said the truckers have voluntarily bypassed Euclid Ave. between 19th and 16th via the Campus Ave. 16th St. object to the proposal to prohibit the use of 19th St. from Campus to tain Ave. and Mountain from 19th to 16th St. Gallego said trucking rates are based on mileage and the new route would mandate higher ges to he mean a total loss of market for the aggrieved It was also suggested that the diversion of vehicular traffic might require an impact report before the route change is approved by the state heavy vehicular may damage Industry spokesman suggested that the city defer action on the route change until a committee could be appointed to study the proposed Gibson stated that are Upland's most valuable set and their concerns get top Cultural Center Now Lucky Seven Ever since 1965 when a group of culturally minded Uplanders joined together to raise money to purchase the former Episcopal Church at F and Euclid in the city has been er to have its own historical and cultural museum now moved to 525 W. 18th St. Beatrice president and HAPPY The Chaffey Community Cultural celebrate its seventh birthday with a party this Sunday at the director of the tells about how the original founders wanted to save the attractive old church building and about how the former church had to be cut into three pieces to be She said the building is valuable cause it was designed A. P. the famous architect who designed the Riverside Mission Inn and many other notable ings in Southern California and because of the extensive Shields of the Apostles paintings inside by Henry La a Claremont Ms. Riggs has a scrapbook of photographs oi the building's gress through out the seven It's had many noticeable im- inside was empty when it first became a and the parking curbs and landscaping outdoors have improved the appearance a great deal The museum has been ly accredited by the American Association of Museums and is listed in their book since last On June 7 of this year the museum finally got a bell for their previously empty It's on loan from the U. S. Department and is from the Ms. Rices reports that there are some memberships to the museum at Volunteers are on hand to give guided tours for school groups from 1 to 4 p.m. on day and The third day of every month the museum has a special program and it also features seasonal The original plans for the five acres leased from the city in- clude the addition of an art a band shell for symphony music outdoor theater and a multi-purpose recreation Although the members arc still in hopes of eventually seeing their dream plan for the cultural center come they've only had funds available museum so Recently a garage was turned into an agricultural museum and features rock and mineral col- DIXIELAND JAZZ BUFFS Chet leader of the will be on hand this weekend at the Upland Kiosk attention to the Crisis and Suicide Intervention Program will So have a as well as a display by the Fire Jazzmen Featured At Kiosk This Weekend Friday and Saturday the Kiosk Band Stand in Upland's Town Center will feature the happy sounds of live Dixieland Jazz from p.m. p.m. The Night Blooming under the direction of Chet will represent the Society for the Preservation of Dixieland During intermission talks on Crisis and Suicide Intervention Services will be presented under the sponsorship of the West End Mental Hygiene The program will combine entertainment along with an educational program re- lating to a variety of The Society for the vation of Dixieland Jazz meets every fourth Sunday at GOSH Pavillion in Meetings start at p.m. and six hours of live jazz by and musicians Donations are required at the door for admission to the The will donate a free pass to the six hour jazz for every dollar donated at the Kiosk in Upland for the Crisis and Suicide Intervention The Night Blooming Jazzmen are Chet Jeager A math cher at High School and one of the leading cornetists of the Southern California jazz John Seals toured the midwest with territorial bands in the and jazz star on Chuck ter plays alumni of swing era bands and He is now with the music de- at Cal Pete Stickeny Currently appearing at the Upland featured on the Performs at Palace and during past eight Harry Gilbert Stars on Featured with Banjo Kings at Disneyland ing the Featured at za Houses when not at Lee Roberts Plays string Alumni of name Freddie Eddie Ned Brundage drums appeared with several jazz greats pro Mayor Joins Pollution Fight Upland's Mayor Abner B. deman joined the Mayors of 31 other Southern California yors this week at an tional meeting at San dino's City Hall Convention ter to discuss the possibility of establishing a South Coast Air Basin Regional Ben H. Lewis of and Mayor W.R. Holcomb of San ardino organized the pollution At the recent California gue of Cities Conference in heim it was decided that there was a vital need for a tion of organize 10 lignt the ail said the Mayors were generally dissatisfied with the Governor's committee hearings on air pollution in Los Angeles and wanted to organize locally TO the air pollution The Regional is to work toward oping legislation through political efforts of the The Mayors are ing that early action be taken to address State Legislature referencing the need for ent pollution The ing was also to discuss the ition of in The coalition is to go beyond tion problems and also be con- cerned with any state legislation to assist their It s hoped by that the tion will provide the nucleus in port of innovative legislature from the viewpoint and knowledge ing A Diary Retails The Civil The Pomona Valley Section
