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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1955
Page
2
Wholesale coffee rose three cents a pound across Bay Area houses, following earlier Eastern increases. Observers say housewives will feel the rise within two to three weeks as markets adjust to the new price level.
Henry Francis Ebert longtime Hayward resident and retired poultryman died at 79 in a local sanitarium. He lived at 939 Grove Way since 1921 and was active in Holy Name Society, railroad pension groups, and local unions. He leaves a wife Nellie C. and children Edythe E Battin Helen G Ebert and Madelyne Trobe, plus siblings and grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Garden Chapel Hayward with Mass at All Saints Church and burial at Holy Sepulchre cemetery.
Oakland assistant district attorney Douglas Dunning wrote to San Leandro Public Works Director Richard Lovejoy declining county funds for a $20,000 drainage loan. The plan would divert John Muir Junior High site drainage under First Avenue to John Deere Flow property, with repayment tied to Zone 9 taxes in December. Dunning questioned timing for bids and urged a flowage easement if funds are used, noting the 1953 Zone 9 budget relies on a 35 cent tax rate.
Fremont group outlines a tentative budget aiming at a 50 to 60 cent tax rate while opposing a $29,000 capital outlay for the Gre department and arguing road maintenance could be contracted to Alameda County. The plan relies on a population of 18,000 within 120 square miles and envisions a 100 mile street network. A Fremont police system is urged to cut costs versus Alameda County’s higher salaries.
Arthur Armes of the East Bay Municipal Utility District will speak on Your Water Service Present and Future at noon tomorrow for the San Lorenzo Rotary club at Villa Lorenzo. Oren Curtis, the program chairman, introduces him. Paul Ehret will preside over the meeting.
Two L. Wiliams Fruit Packing company employes were injured this morning when a flying truck tire rim struck them as they worked in a company shed on Waltona Centerville. Foreman Tessah Shepherd 45 South Main Street Centerville was treated for a fractured nose and multiple facial abrasions. Fellow worker Manuel Benites 42 a laborer of Walton Avenue Centerville sustained a compound fracture of the left thumb. Both were treated at Eden hospital Castro Valley and are in good condition.
A youth chased down First street in Wiles on January 29 pleaded guilty yesterday in Washington township justice court to robbery. Robert L. Frisbie, 20, of 3047 Band Avenue Oakland, was charged with taking 221 dollars from the Niles theater and found guilty of similar offenses.
LOS ANGELES INL A determined band of California Democrats have thrown the coonskin cap of Sen Estes Kefauver Tenn into the 1958 presidential scramble. Tom C Carroll a San Fernando businessman and friend of the former unsuccessful candidates for the ten Democratic nomination said papers for a Kefauver for president committee have been drawn up and mailed to the secretary of state in Sacramento.
The first fall meeting of the Washington Township Junior Chamber of Commerce will be held Thursday at 8 p.m. in the high school faculty dining room, under the gavel of new president Geoffrey Sie.
Jack Williard elected president of the Ashland Used Car Dealers association uniting 10 east Ashland dealers. Bob Boyette named secretary as meetings begin Sept. 15 with aim to boost local welfare and position East 14th Street as a key auto market. Members include Mark Dashiel Bay Fair Motors Fred Agabashian Agabashian Motor sales Bob Haze Thrifty Day William Stevens Economy Motors Jack Hilliard William Martin Bob Bayette Nunes Motors Tacks Holland Holland Motors Roy Breuner B&B Motors.
Newark man Samuel F McNulty reported to sheriff deputies that 1776 dollars worth of jewelry were stolen from his car after a August 23 24 crash near Joyland Park. Investigating officers found scattered items at the scene and did not note the jewelry value.
Niles Chamber of Commerce will assist the Niles Riding club in renewing the hillside sign above Highway Nine. E C Parla was named chair of the sign renovation committee and a refreshments hour will follow the chore. The annual firemen’s barbecue date was announced as 15 by chamber president Dr Joseph Enos, with barbecue at the fire station starting at 7 p.m. The chamber also invited Pacific Telephone and Telegraph to establish a Washington township service center in Niles.
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