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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1956
Page
2
San Leandro hosts a public hearing on January 31 at 10 am in the Veterans' building to discuss plans for the Foothill freeway route from Oakland to Castro Valley. State officials will present location studies and residents may submit testimony, which will be transcribed into the official record.
Thieves worked in South Alabama and De Soto county prying into a cario shop and an Alvarado electrician home over the weekend, taking about 200 dollars in cases and portable items. They passed up money, guns, and furs, taking a tolewriter and radio valued at 116.01. A separate theft at La Suprema Game shop on 509 3rd Street De Soto netted 80 dollars plus wallets perfume and metal changes imported from Mexico. Entry used screwdrivers to pry doors and windows. sheriff noted.
Dr. David Frost, former Alameda city health officer, will resign as director of the California State Alcoholic Commission. He plans to submit his resignation at the January 15 meeting in Sacramento amid reported differences with commission members. Fractions of his rumored move to a consultant role with the vocational rehabilitation division in San Francisco are unconfirmed.
The Hayward Union High School District of Alameda County invites sealed proposals for all labor materials equipment and services to complete the Tennyson High School project. Bids due January 17 1987 at 8 00 p m opened publicly. Plans and specifications by Anderson Blade & Simonds Architects Oakland California. Bid forms require cashier s check or certified bank draft of 150 000 payable to Hayward Union High School District. Employee wage rates per diem set for various trades.
Funeral services held in Oak for Matilda Agnes Lange age 77 mother of Supervisor Francis Dunn of Hays ward. She died Thursday. Survived by three other sons John L Leo Stanley Alfred Dunn and daughter May Ethel Stabler plus nine grandchildren. Requiem mass at St Elizabeth's church.
GLIOTT J ALIE was sentenced to five years to life in Utah state prison. Wayne Cox of Hayward reported being robbed by King on a deserted Provo road, with $400 and a car taken. King was captured by the FBI near Las Vegas on Thanksgiving Day.
Funeral services were held at 6 a m today in Hayward for Mrs Lottie Griffeth aged 84 wife of Orlando Griffeth of 765 Harder Road a native of Oregon and long time resident of the community She is survived by one sister Mrs Ida Holler of Sacramento and several nieces and nephews The Sorensen Bros chapel conducted the rites followed by burial at Lone Tree Cemetery
Ray A Silva a San Lorenzo warehouseman native of Honolulu died after an extended illness. He was brother to Mrs Melba G Laing of San Lorenzo Morbert Manuel and Richard Silva of Honolulu. He belonged to the Loyal Order of Moose Oakland lodge. The notice also contains union wage scales and apprenticeship wage details for a Hayward Union High School District project in Alameda County California.
Alfred Rotermundt 72 died Saturday in a Castro Valley hospital. He was a native of San Francisco and husband of the late Ethel Jane Rotermundt. Survived by daughter Lela Vanier and three grandchildren. Former Cardoza Co. printer and member of Bookbinders Union Local 31-125 B of San Francisco. Funeral at Pratt-Flier Mortuary Hayward 2 PM Wednesday officiated by Rev. Richard C. Norberg.
Norman M. Baker retired manager of West Battery Separator, longtime Irvington resident, died yesterday in a San Jose hospital at 72. Survived by daughter Helen Baker of Toronto. A University of Minnesota graduate, he lived in Davenport, Iowa before moving to California in the 1920s. Funeral at Berge Mortuary in Niles at 2 pm Wednesday, with burial tentatively planned for a San Jose cemetery.
Polls close Thursday for the South San Leandro Merchants Association election of officers and directors for 1957. Ballots were mailed or delivered to the association office at 858 Fast 14th Street, with balloting steady until Christmas. Todd Malone is the presidential candidate. Gil Paulist and Arnold Almason are nominated for vice president, while directors include Wally Hahn Bud Tageson Joe Smith Ralph Runavaar Evelyn Mills Ruth Coughtin and Chuck Branch.
The City council will hold a special meeting at 7 pm Wednesday to consider and act on two major zoning items.
Streetcars on Geary street will run their final trip today from the East Bay Terminal to the beach, then be retired to the boneyard. The old B and C trolleys will be replaced by buses.
Three robberies occurred within minutes early yesterday in Hayward. Two men robbed a Castro Street service station of 167 dollars, then a second attack at Gresel and Castro streets yielded 40 dollars from a customer, while a further hold up at Prestwick Avenue station netted 127 dollars and the station’s adding machine. One gunman then forced a man home on Prestwick Avenue to drive him away before fleeing.
A stolen safe containing about $10,000 was found empty on Red wood road and Skyline boulevard in Oakland. The safe had been taken December 20 from Bellini Bayside pharmacy at 1320 Ottawa street in San Leandro. The door was ripped open and $3000 in cash plus $2060 in negotiable money orders were removed. John Kurlich, part owner of the store, identified the safe.
Castro Valley Toastmasters set a 7 p.m. meeting at Terrace Club on Foothill Boulevard with John Waliters as host and Charles Holt Art Emmes and other members speaking and evaluating comments on New Year resolutions for others.
In Southern Alameda County Eden township, the Voters League criticizes the Citizens Committee for Eden hospital for its “hand-picked” roster. Paul Deadrich chairs a 17-member nucleus with diverse trades and faiths, aiming to shape subcommittees and rules before expanding the panel. Officials from unions and churches appear, while some groups feel excluded. the piece notes past expectations of political groups controlling endorsements.
A Berkeley conference on Automation-Changing Technology and Related Problems will be held Jan. Q at the Fairmont hotel in San Francisco. UC authorities and business educators labor leaders will join in discussions and work sessions. John Diebold will speak on Industry and the Automated Future. Others include Stanley Ruttenberg of AFL CIO and Frank Shallenberger of Stanford.
A British priest who does not speak Hungarian will conduct a marathon marriage service on Wednesday for 22 Hungarians who do not speak English. The 11 couples are among 230 Hungarian refugees housed here. Father Peter Donati said many are virtually penniless but a donor has provided wedding rings for all.
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