Bird in the Hand Sparks Stock and Sign Tales
A quirky August 1954 column recounts a National Distillers ad stunt using Ole Crow the talking parrot to promote stock ownership. It notes the bird’s mishaps, a failed insurance attempt, and a pithy Hayward sign gag. Other items include Gillig bus notes, backward spelling jests, classroom pen use, and a reminder that a surveying crew left a tripod overnight.
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Bird
National Distillers Products Corporation
Ole Crow
Tame
Talking Bird
New York Stock Exchange
Corporation
New Ie
York Stock Exchange
Freeh
Joni
Rep Miller to Dedicate New Washington Manor Post Office
Final plans outline a three day celebration August 12 to 14 for the new Washington Manor Post Office at West Avenue 150th and Zelma streets. Rep George P Miller Jr will lead the dedication with Alameda officials present. The facility cost 25000 and opens as a San Lorenzo substation with six carriers and three clerks under Frank Eixoto.
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Washington Manor
West Avenue
150Th
Zelma Streets
George P. Miller, Jr
Frank Coakley
Alameda County
H. P. Gleason
Thomas L. Foley
Gerald P. Connitt
Hayward and
San Lean
San Lorenzo
Frank Eixoto
John Kenney
Alameda ‘Homes Company
Washington Manor Merchants” Association
Rotary Meeting to Hear Col. Martin on Shock Troops
Niles Rotary will host Col. R. E. Martin of the Oakland Salvation Army at International Kitchen for this week's luncheon. Martin will discuss his topic Shock Troops. Cecil Rhodes of Irvington serves as Thursday's meeting chairman.
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Niles
R. E. Martin
Oakland
The
Salvation Army
Niles Rotary Club
International Kitchen
Martin
Cecil Rhodes
Irvington
Burr Solo Planned at Oakland Lakeside Park
J Edmund Burr cornetist will be featured soloist with the Oakland Municipal band at a Sunday concert slated for 2 30 pm at Lakeside Park Oakland. The series continues each Sunday afternoon throughout the summer.
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Oakland
J. Edmund Burr
Oakland Municipal Band
Lakeside Park
Police arrest two motorists for speeding and sharing liquor
State police in Wallingford Conn arrested two New Britain drivers for speeding on a busy highway while passing a bottle of liquor between their cars. The incident occurred as officers observed both vehicles traveling at high speeds side by side.
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Wallingford
Conn
New Britain
DeMolay Degrees Conferred by Castro Valley Chapter
Castro Valley DeMolay ceremony awarded initiatory and DeMolay degrees to Alan Shaw and Stan Gurkey Monday night. The chapter plans to send members to a DeMolay camp near Placerville, with a work crew departing August 20.
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Castro Valley
Alan Shaw
Stan Gurkey
Placerville
Ithe
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the Daily Review
Hayward
Gillig Brothers
Corrine Aitken
Gillig
School District Board of Trustees
Robert Hayden
Parsons School
Old Inn Wells
Rep. Miller
New Wash
Manor Post Office
Rotary
Burr
Stroy
A. M. Ojeda Shoe Repairing
Hayward Acroam
Bret Herte
Fairmont Hospital
Jembos
Jom’s Photo Service
M. Carpenter
Alberta Armatrong
Armstrong
Rubin Torres
Dacato
Wiklbua
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