Cub Scouts Charade Night Turns Outfallward Fun
Castro Valley Cub Pack 33 members after a rough start at Parsons school multipurpose room performed a charade night. Each boy pantomimed a vacation highlight while others guessed, including a scene of digging and another implying drinking, prompting a gentle rebuke from Cubmaster Robert McCloud and Den Mother Della Safford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castro Valley
Parsons School
Parsons Road
Robert McCloud
McCloud
Della Safford
Freckle-face
Nevada Teller Declines Personal Check From Stranger
In Elko Nevada a traveler named Prucha tried to cash a personal check after running out of cash with his wife. The teller would not accept an unendorsed personal check. Prucha tried to contact a local acquaintance in Winnemucca to endorse it. When that failed the manager attempted to reach Cole Acree, but the call went unanswered. The story ends with a humorous note about needing a local endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Bill Prucha Jr
Chicago
Trucha
Elko, Nev
Prucha
Nevada State Bank
Elko
Winnemucca
Cole Acree
Berkeley High
Acree
Cole
Irvington Chamber Funds Sign Motion and Lost High School List
Irvington Chamber of Commerce received 2 bills from the law offices of Judge E A Quaresma for filing incorporation papers totaling 2 89 sparking a quip about a starving lawyer fund. Mrs Olivia Andrews Vaughan presented a list of San Leandro High class of 3 members seeking a reunion and light was shed on a years old neon sign study with a 100 budget to finance a sign operation and the chamber voted to keep signs in place and fund their operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvington Chamber of Commerce
E. A. Quaresma
Irvington
Chamber
Morris Hyman
Quaresma
Don Colvin
Warm Springs
Hayward Council Delays Cemetery and Civic Center Moves
The Hayward City Council postponed action on the Niles highway cemetery and the new civic center site near Winton Avenue. No firm plan on annexation or zoning was approved as discussions pointed to Aug 16 for a hearing and further negotiations with San Francisco financier Ben Swig and landowner properties.
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Hayward
Niles
Highway Cemetery
New Civic Center
Marlin Haley
C. W. White
White
Civic Center
Winton Avenue
Eastshore
William Scanlon
San Francisco
Ben Swig
J. Wayne Valley
Swig
Lyhn Ficklin
Kent Purser
Board of Supervisors
Pursel
Foothill Annex
William N. Harden
Harden
Robert Burnstain
Foothill Boulevard
Hayward High School
Besstor Robinson
Oakland
Robert Wright
John Purdle
Ficklin
Purchio
Wright
Planning Commission
Niles ‘Highway
la Vista
Asquire Road
MES
Miriam Carroll
Niles Highway
East 14Th
Fred Cox
Herbert Way
Ar Street
Main Street
Hearings Set On Rezoning in Alameda County
Alameda County Supervisors schedule public hearings for August 18 at 2 p.m. on two rezoning proposals. EH J Payne and Louis Dietz seek to rezone northeast corner of Thornton avenue and Blacow road near Centerville from residential lots to business development. area currently zoned 6000 square foot lots. Mrs Tsabe Smith seeks residential and commercial zoning east of Highway 17, north of the Alameda Santa Clara line. area now agricultural. County Planning Commission recommended denial of both applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland — Alameda
Washington’ Township
EH. J. Payne
Louis Dietz
Thornton Avenue
Blacow Road
Centerville
iPhe
Cmaininum
Tsabe
Man Builds Own Bomb Shelter in Hayward Yard
Gerald Ponsi, 48, of 24040 Jorgensen Lane, Hayward, is constructing a backyard bomb shelter for his family, begun four months ago. The shelter will be about 1.5 feet underground with a six inch roof, eight inch brick walls, reinforced with steel rods, and a ground level entry with a double blast wall. The project coexists with ongoing construction at the Pabco gypsum wallboard plant in Newark, which plans to be in operation by early 1956, while officials from Barrett Construction report no delays despite plan changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Endo
Don Garter
Garald J. Ponsi
Jorgensen Lane
Hayward
Ponsi
Gerald Ponsi
Federal Civil Defense Admintration
Newark
Pabco
Barrett Construction Company
San Francisco
Earth
Z . Newark
Helment
Locs
Defense Administration
Gore
St Cherry Road
Avenus
C. E. Andreas
Gineer
Jack Conand
Bareval Gamlttays
Gasrett Construction Company
Board Shifts to Pupil Insurance and Budget Approval
The U S Board seeks bids for a pupil insurance plan and OKs a 3 784 330 budget for the district The plan features a 2500 maximum with 10 deductible medical or dental coverage and a 26 week period with 100 dental benefits The district plans to add intramural sports coverage and awaits formal bids A second proposal expands coverage per PTA support and bids for bid review at the next meeting A separate note reports six construction bids for a cafeteria roof and gym repairs at John Muir Junior High with poor roof specs and rewiring found and a pair of audits bid low at 1400 each by lot selection
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leandro
George P. Wood
Leandro Unified
Persons Brown
PTA
Dent Clarence Burrel
Anl
Taxi
Washington School
W. C. Henshaw
Oakland
Henshaw
Lot
Reed Hardman
John Muir Junior High School
Hardman
Key System plans reroute meet mild county protest
County supervisors voiced a mild protest to Key System’s proposal to reroute the Castro Valley area bus line. County Surveyor Wallace B Boggs warned of steep grades on Seven Hills road and urged a plan to develop an alternate routing to avoid adverse road conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Alameda
Castro Valley-Hayward
Seven Hills Road
Wallace B. Boggs
Public ‘Utilities Commission
Key System
Key
Foothill
Costa Valley
Boulevard
William Street
Boggs
San Miguel Avenue
Seven Hills
Pelive
Flood Control Bond Vote Costs Over a Dollar Per Vote
OAKLAND The flood control bond election in Zone 5 Centerville area cost the county more than $1 a vote, Clerk Jack Blue told the Board of Supervisors. The $3,989,000 measure passed 3 to 1 with 1,450 of 6,000 eligible electors voting. Totals show 1,057 for and 393 against with nine absentee ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Centerville
Jack Blue
Board of Supervisors
Blue
Ponsi to build home shelter amid wartime fears
Ponsi estimates shelter cost at 300 to 500 dollars excluding his labor. He says WWII and air raids inspired the project, noting past bombings in England and a desire for a protective hole in the ground. The Hayward mechanic previously worked at UC Berkeley and now flies for Transocean Air Lines at Oakland airport. He returns from India with monkeys for polio vaccine research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponsi
England
Nomandy
Hayward
University of California Radiation Laboratory
Berkeley
Transocean Air Lines
Oakand
India
Piam
Worker on Overpass Hurt in 20-Foot Fall
Rexal Eugene Dykes, 19, of 940 Thorne Drive Hayward, injured yesterday noon when a plank tipped as he climbed down scaffolding on a freeway overpass near 73rd Avenue and Foothill Boulevard. He fell 20 feet to the pavement, suffering a possible broken hip and other fractures. He was taken to Eden hospital after Fairmont hospital attendants treated him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rexal Eugene Dykes
Thorne Drive
Hayvward
73Rd Avenue
Foothill Boulevard
Ewau Fairmont Hospital
Eden Hospital
Unopposed WUHS Budget Approved at Centerville Hearing
Washington Union High School trustees met in a quiet session approving a 720 031 budget with no protests. The board also considered a staff raise for Washington evening school workers and adopted transportation rules for field and athletic trips. The annual WUHS faculty board dinner is set for September 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
Washington Union High School
Washington Evening School
J. Vernon Gould
District Sur
Perntas
WUHS
Jury Trial Granted in Exposure Case in Newark
Vern J. Panrel, 22, of Newark appeared in Washington Township justice court on two counts of indecent exposure. He pleaded not guilty and requested a jury trial. Judge E A Quaresma set the trial date for January 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
Vern J. Pan Rel
Newark
Washington Township
Justice Court
Pannel
E. A. Quaresma
Ij Am
Mrs. Bendel Named Director of Fremont Incorporation
CENTERVILLE Fremont campaign leader Mrs Bendel is named executive director of the Fremont incorporation movement after a petition drive totaling 2277 signatures. The decision was approved unanimously at a steering committee meeting with plans for an election between Jan 5 and 10, 1996. Funds show $2050 raised, $360 spent, leaving $1490 with $400 more anticipated. Studies on utility savings for homeowners vs rural areas cited, pending verification before any official announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
Reland
Geoffrey Steel
Steel
Fremont
Sigel
Michael
Pond
Tem
Holly Sugar to Open Plant on August 10
ALVARADO The Holly Sugar plant will start operations next week with repairs and machinery rushed for opening on August 10. About 1800 tons of beets must be processed to produce around 6000 one hundred pound sacks of sugar, with roughly 30 cent men on a round the clock schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvarado
Holly Sugar Corporation
J. A. Ratekin
Island
Tracy
San Joaquin Valley
Farm Lebor
Irvington
Virginia Chase
Retekin
Ratekin
Series of W. T. Breaks Probed
A spate of burglaries reported in Washington township this week. The Columbia Girl restaurant in Niles was entered from a back door with about 30 dollars in cash and 10 bottles of whisky missing. Parlier Bearcat club in Centerville hit through a side window, cash register and games stolen totaling 105 dollars. Two other burglaries ended with no loot as intruders fled. Italian Village and Solon’s in Niles also entered but nothing taken. Center Open Air market in Centerville reported cookies confections and soda water taken worth about 3 dollars. Two duck blinds near Newark had break ins with no loss reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
Washington Township
Columbia
Niles
Bearcat Club
Solon's
Center Open Air
Newark
Traffic ordinance amendments asked by supervisors
Supervisors authorize preparation of new amendments to the county traffic ordinance. Proposed restrictions would ban parking on Castro Valley boulevard south of Redwood road and require a stop sign at Clawster road and Depot road in Mt Eden. Amendments were recommended by the county surveyor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Alameda
Castro Valley Boulevard
Redwood Road
Clawster Road
Depot Road
Mt Eden
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Shirley Ann O'Rourke
Nancy Robbins
Lillian Silva
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Yvonne Brooks
Frank Cano
Barbara Douglas
Bill Gingrich
Cullen Green
Evelyn Louise Harris
Elsie Mae Larsen
Nancy Olive Lowery
James Eugene McNelley
Marvel May Nelson
Ruth Elizbeth Parker
Shirley Ann Scharf
Willam Francis Sousa
Mae Marian Wallin
Beverly Jean Igntman
Palico
Don Carter
Patin
U.S
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