Alameda County Fair to Offer Record Premiums at Pleasanton
The Alameda County Fair runs June 21 to July at Pleasanton with over 100 displays in a new commercial building. Premium money tops 100000 with blue ribbons across livestock exhibits art home economics and more. Top thoroughbred racing purses exceed 150000 as Sam Whitin directs 12 days of pari mutuel action. Board of Supervisors Day marks opening.
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Pleasanton
Alameda County
Harry Shackelton
Shackelton
Maine
Future Farmers of America
Sam J. Whiting
California
West
Board of Supervisors
Optimists Club to Host Annual Barbecue in Castro Valley
Castro Valley Optimist Club will hold its annual barbecue and dinner dance Sunday at Castro Gardens, 168 Castro Valley Blvd. Festivities start at 1 pm. Proceeds benefit La Honda Boysville Building Fund, aiding underprivileged bays across Northern California.
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Castro Valley
Castlewood Country Club Mansion Built By Hearsts
Historic estate story traces Castlewood’s origins from Rancho Las Positas grant to Salvio Pacheco, then Noriega and Livermore claim, Hearst family ownership, and its 1920s mortgage foreclosures. Postwar sale to Curtola revived club, restored Mrs Hearst’s Hacienda, added golf courses, sewer plant, and resort facilities for guests.
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Castlewood Country Club
Hearsts
Leona Ward Pleasanton
George
Phebe’ Apperson Hearst
Castlewood
Hearst
Las Positas
Salvio Pacheco
California
Jose Noriega
Robert Livermore
Mname
Italy
Oaks
William ‘Randolph Hearst Tand
East Bay
Hearst Ranch
Florentine
Bath
150 4-H Girls to Star in Fair Fashion Show
Pleasanton readers learn 150 junior 4-H girls will headline the Alameda County Fair fashion revue at Pleasanton fairgrounds. Most are 10 to 15, with some 18 year olds, under Gladys Boone supervision. Ann Pleasant of Contra Costa County will judge alongside other officials.
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Pleasanton
Aalmeda County Fair
Pleasanton Fairgrounds
Gladys Boone
Alameda County
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Ance Co
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Hearst Mansion
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