Desert city Las Vegas hosts diverse summer gathering
A breezy local reminiscence notes Las Vegas as a convention spot with Legal Secretaries Assn. delegates Virginia Christiansen and Doris Robertson in attendance. Other items mention Bob Bird’s Kentucky colonel honor, Hayward population figures, a Castro Valley masthead drawing, Rotary notes, local oddities, and Newark’s two year cityhood parade plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Alameda County
Virginia Christiansen
San Leandro Municipal Court
Doris Robertson
Centerville
Hayward
Bob Bird
Kentucky
Maverick Happy Chandler
Kent Purser
Fremont
Wally Pond
Irvington Drug Store
Highlands Group Plans Barbecue at Highland School
The Highlands Group and Home Owners Association announce a chicken barbecue from 1 to 3 pm Sunday in the Highland School Multipurpose room at 1511 Highland Blvd. Mayor John Purchio will speak, with Assemblyman Carlos Bee, Supervisor Francis Dunn, and Hayward City Council members invited. Committee leads include Paul Koenig, George Oakes, Paul Johnson, Robert Steele, Lesley Moores, and Delmar Nelson. Dr. Fred Draper is association president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayward Heights
Highsland
Assn
Highsland School
Highland Blvd
John Purchio
Carlos ‘Bee
Francis Dunn
Hayward
Paul Koenig
George Oakes
Paul Johnson
Robert Steele
Lesley Moores
Delmar Nelson
Fred Draper
Association
Joint Toastmasters Meet From Four Clubs Planned
A joint meeting of San Lorenzo San Leandro Castro Valley and Livermore Toastmaster Clubs is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Terrace Club 16254 Foothill Blvd San Leandro. Members will meet district officers recently installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jorenzo
San Leandro
Castro Valley
Livermore
Terrace Club
Foothill Blvd
Expense Drop in Castro Valley District Union Talks
Castro Valley trustees heard Dr. Nuttall of the State Department of Education describe a possible 25 percent cut in administration expenses with unified districts, while keeping overall spending similar and channeling savings into instruction. He supported a larger district but warned Hayward and San Lorenzo unifications could push Cherryland High School near a boundary. Four boards set a January 15 meeting to review comments and board size options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castro Valley
Drayton B. Nuttall
Independent
Palomares
Redwood
Cisis
Dy. Nuttall
State Dept. of Education
Nuttall
Hayward
San Lorenzo
Cherryland High School
Amng
Work to Start On Paper Plant in Newark
NEWARK Guardian Paper Co plans a $225,000 plant at Cherry Road and Central Avenue to be built by Younger Bros of San Francisco. The 39,000 square foot building will sit on a five acre site purchased from Southern Pacific. The firm will move from Emeryville after completion next January and add about 25 to 20 employees as it expands its plastic coated moisture proof paper containers business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Guardian. Paper Co
Cherry Ra
Central Ave
Floyd Carley
Emeryville
Younger Bros. San Francisco Contractors
Guardian
Mosg
Carley
Southern Pacific Co
Thomas C- Sewel
Menlo Park
Nations Day Winners Told at Local Fete
Kenneth Alstrom dressed as a pirate won the funniest costume prize at Vanney playground’s Nations Day fete. Thirteen year old Mike Cornell won two Hayward Area Recreation District awards for 956 beans in a Spanish bean hunt and with Gary Amkuls for an Irish ball game. The Jaguers family Gary Cherry and Jeri entered the most unusual exhibit, with others earning awards for originality beauty and typical country representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castro Valley
Kenneth Alstrom
Vanney Playground
Mike “Cornell
Hayward Area Recreation District
Gary _Amkuls
Jaguers
Gary
Cherry
Jeri
Linda van Kirk
Terry Hull
Lynne Albert
Sharon Shirers
Bronze Plaque Marks First County Seat
Bronze plaque beside a service station wall marks Alameda County's first government home in Alvarado later New Haven. It notes the June 6, 1853 opening of the Court of Sessions for 3500 people, the county seat's moves to San Leandro in 1854 and 1856, then to East Oakland and finally to 12th and Fallon. A 1953 dedication commemorates the site’s origins 104 years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Clark Alvarado
Alameda Coun
Alvarado
New Haven
Court of Sessions
San Leandro
Beck
East Oakland
Fifth and
Broadway
12Th and Fallon
Sts
Ra| Live Sons and Daughters of
Golden West
Alameda County
Chabot Lions Set Movie Meeting in Oakland Courtroom
In Oakland an unusual Lions Club event overlapped with a court session. Charles M. Cooper, head of a Los Angeles slumber firm, collapsed and died minutes before a trial in which he was a plaintiff. The Rainbow Room hosted an American Airlines film presented by Tsilton Champion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Charles M. Cooper
Los Angeles
San Leandro
Chabot
Lions Club
Rainbow Room
Mag
Arthur Blyd
American
Airlines
T Tsilton Champion
TV Studios Hinted For London Square
Channel 2 television studios may be built at Jack London Square Oakland Port Commission approves purchase of waterway terminal for 1560 to speed construction. New studios would occupy 27 000 square feet with a modernized interior. Construction costs estimated at 250 000 and a plant at Embarcadero will replace Norris Materials. Channel 2 assigned to San Francisco Oakland Television and will cover similar area to other San Francisco channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Channel 2
Jack London Square
Oakland
Ares
James F. Galliano
Board of Port Commissioners
Port
San Francisco
Inland Waterway
Zoat
Webster
State of
California
Norris Building Materials Co
Embarcadero
San Fransiscod-Oakland Television
Pabst
San Francisco-Oakland Television
Federal Communications Commission
Meeting Set On MSJ Plan In Fremont
Fremont city planners schedule an 8 pm public meeting at City Hall to discuss the Mission San Jose little master plan. Residents and merchants voiced few objections, centered on the Paseo Padre Parkway route and traffic flow past the Mission. A widening of Mission-Irving Road is proposed to avoid a direct head on approach to the Mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
Norrow
Mission San Jose
Mission
Mission-Irving Rd
Fremont City Hall
Medical Chief Visits Oakland to Discuss Heart Association Program
Dr Eugene B Perris Jr medical director of the American Heart Association recently visited the association's Oakland office to review the local group's research program and urge volunteers for next February's fundraising drive. Women seeking to help should call HI 4 3568.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varlad LI
Eugene B. Perris Jr
The
American Heart Assn
Asso
Ciaton
Oakland
Dr. Ferris
10 Year Worker King Honored at Shell Emeryville Center
Donald G. King of Sen Lorenzo receives a 10 year service emblem from Shell Development Company. He serves as purchasing and stores supervisor at the Emeryville Research Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald G. King
Sen Lorenzo
Shell Development Company
King
Emeryville Research Center
Cooper Dies After Heart Attack At Court In San Leandro
Cooper collapses entering Superior Judge Ben V Curler’s court and dies at Highland Hospital. He and San Ramon Lumber Co were co-defendants in a suit by Basket America over payment for a lumber shipment. The Optimist Club holds a semi monthly meeting at Haycock's Steak House with plans to show pictures from the Shrine East West game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper
Court of Superior
Ben V Curler
Highland Hospital
San Ramon Lumber Co
Basket America
Ray Wentworth
Jimmy Nixon
John E. Goldring
Uniform plan rejected in San Leandro vote
San Leandro officials defeated the uniform street numbering proposal last night as Councilman Jack Maltester led the opposition and Leona Ward reported on the scene for the local desk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona Ward
San Leandro
Jack Maltester
Taek Senate
Mulford Gardens buffer plan spurs San Leandro zoning talk
The council split 3 to 3 on Maltester’s motion to table the street numbering plan pending a conference with Hayward officials. The Mulford zoning committee will present a buffer zone proposal at a San Leandro Planning Commission meeting. Initial street grid changes and city record updates face hearings amid concerns over costs and local identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vel
Maltester
Hayward
Valance Gill
William Swift
Joseph Bellisi
James Frazier
San Leonaro
Lake Merritt
Oakland
San Leandro
Mulford Gardens
Ave
137Th
San Leandrs
Mulford
Robin Wilson
Commission
Mulford Garriden
THER
Kenneth Cheatham
Ray Veronda
J. 3B. Lord
William Lubber
George Bothelia
Bayard Brown
Batty, Kerns
B. Lord
Aurora Dr
Toin
Alameda County
Hayward Council
Hahn ,Wise, and Assoc
Peninsula_planning consultants
Gill
Malcolm Byce
Hahn-Wise
Washington Manor
Annexa
San Lorenzo
San Leaadro
Byce
Fremont
Blossom Way
Mt Eden Tax Boost For Mt Eden School District
Mt Eden School District adopts a 1957-58 budget of 1 221 376 with a 47 cent per 100 assessed value tax rate increase to reach the ceiling. Enrollment up 30 percent last year and expected to rise further. Three new schools open or under construction drive the hike. new teachers and contracts approved including drapes for Palme Ceia and Eldridge schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Eden School Dist
Fred E. Turner Co
San Francisco and Son-Nel: Co
Oakland
Palme Ceia
Eldridge
Donella Luce
Jpew
Leandro Wins Traffic Award in AAA Contest
Leandro today received an honorable mention from the American Automobile Association for its pedestrian protection contest. Mayor Thomas Knick accepted the award at a city council meeting, presented by California AAA sponsor 3 H McLaughlin. San Leandro's school safety program and accident records system were cited, noting the 1956 pedestrian death rate was below the group average among 203 cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Geandro
San Leanaro
American Automobile Assn
Thomas ©. Knick
H. McLaughlin
California State Automobile Assu
California
San Leandro
AAA
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wheels of Progress
Castro Vali
Cog
Niles Curmudgeon
Doc Wilson
Niles Rotary Lab
Don Dillon
Four Winds Nursery
Harold McBee
E. Mth
McBee
26Th St
Len Baskin
Sunnyvale
Len
Wally Perry
la Vista
Perry
Santa Rita
Fremont City
Mgr
Bob Coop
Mission Vaquero
Herbert Lacey
George Latham
Enest J. Pimental
Fifth St
Bank of America
Highlands Group
Chabot Lions
John Macchulli
Alvarade
London Square
Oakland Television, “Inc
Washington St
Paris
KFRC
Leandro
Buffer
Mt. Eden
Movi
Oreo
U. C. Express.&. Storage CO
Aare-Meytowar
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!