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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1949
Page
1
Mervyn Morris and family celebrate the grand opening of Mervyn's department store on the model shopping plaza in San Lorenzo Village. Hundreds visit as 600 gardenias for women run out by 5 pm and men receive cigars.
Harry M. Lustig of San Lorenzo Village seeks a permit to operate an airstrip and flying school at the Old Hearst Ranch south of Pleasanton. Alameda county planning commission, with one dissent, voted to recommend approval to the board of supervisors, expected to act next Tuesday. Support comes from Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce. opponents include three nearby property owners, Western Pacific rail, and Western Union Telegraph Company. Lustig already runs a flying service at Wayward airport and lives at 15817 Via Del Sol.
James Roosevelt said he would decide by October 1 whether to seek the Democratic nomination for California governor in 1950. He plans to consult voters in central northern and southern California and stated he is not seeking a U.S. Senate seat. He spoke at a Woodrow Wilson memorial dinner in Oakland.
The San Lorenzo Community church at 351 Paseo Grande in the Village opens its first Vacation Bible School in the new building next Monday morning. The two week program runs daily 9 to 12 with 17 teachers and 11 volunteers. Theme is The Bible Goes Around the World.
President David Allen of the Village school Dads club announces the first meeting for the 1949 1950 term will be held Tuesday August 9 at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. The meeting will propose a wide program based on the club constitution and preamble. All fathers of Village school children are invited.
A San Lorenzo all star squad from the local adult leagues will compete in the Alameda county softball tournament in Berkeley from August 8 to 15. Manager John Costas announced the lineup featuring Jim McClellan as catcher, pitchers Al Lindner Ollie Seeley, infielders Frank Muterspan Frank Silva Ed Krueger Charles Souza Lawrence Krueger, outfielders Marion Studebaker Lawrence Erickson and Gene Frey, with John Rawlins at utility. The Dalles Oregon is noted as a major wool shipping point in the region.
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