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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1955
Page
9
A quirky public notice from Mrs. William Kane of 760 Willow Avenue Hayward asks residents to watch for a silver airedale dog reportedly fond of people and cars. The note notes the dog may be real gone and urges caution for motorists and observers.
Athy the airedale Susan, once herder of goats and chickens on a Turlock dairy ranch, has vanished from Hayward near Cherryland School. Mrs. Kane, the owner, asks residents to report any sighting of a silver airedale roaming around schools or streets on Tuesdays, the day she normally bolts.
A note from Mrs Mildred I Thornton of Decoto asked the Alameda County Board of Supervisors for permits to open banks and stores, a move the board and planning commissioners find inconsistent with orderly zoning. The letter was forwarded for review. In Hayward Worary a librarian asked a patron about borrowing a Zane Grey book, while Ralph Pearson helped Mrs Margaret Peck by spraying a king snake under her car, revealing the snake under the hub cap as onlookers watched.
Centerv ille Washington Township students may be called on to help with the July harvests. Apricots beans and the second strawberry crop threaten a labor shortage, according to Donald Spetts of the Eden Washington Farm center. A special campaign to enlist students may fill the gap. A new slate of Farm center officers was elected at this week's meeting with Brung Or setti of Newark as chairman and Howard Mitchell of Niles as vice chairman.
A Castro Valley girl about a year old suffered a fractured skull in a fall from a playground slide at the Hayward Motor Movies drive-in theater Tuesday night. She remained in fair condition at Hayward Hospital. deputies said she fell from the top of the slide and struck her head on the bottom rung.
Newark residents witnessed the Newark Homeowners association meeting as two candidates announced for the proposed city council. Everett Ezra and George M. Silliman received endorsement to join the incorpora tion committee slate. A straw vote on bonds drew 23 cards with 64 responses. 32 yes and 22 no, with a toss up on the rest. A newspaper study group was urged by Herbert Lacey, and a voter registration effort in Newark business districts was planned to establish an official population count for funding.
Carol Berscheid of Hayward will star as the lead in Peg O My Heart at Fallon House theatre opening its summer season in Columbia Saturday June 25. The College of Pacific summer troupe presents five plays in a seven week run with performances on June 25 26 and July 1. Tickets and schedules are available by writing the theatre.
Harold Schoenfeld led the Decoto board through its final fiscal year meeting with a $527,580 budget approved, up from last year’s $421,684, and a proposed tax reduction from $2.07 to $2.04 halted by insufficient data on El Rancho Verde and Fairway Park. A budget hearing is set for August 2 as plans include allocations for Searles, El Rancho Verde, and Hillview Crest additions.
Centerville residents will hear Alameda County Flood Control District official James Vivivette at Glenmoor Home Owners Association meeting at 8 pm. The gathering at Washington Union High School will also elect a director to succeed James R. Meyer in the forthcoming Zone 5 bond election.
Alameda County Flood Control official Herbert Crowle moves to file a county application for 360000 acre feet of water per year from the San Joaquin River. The plan envisions an aqueduct from the delta to Tracy via Niles Canyon with storage dams in Dooly Canyon and Arroyo del Valle, plus use of underground gravels. Crowle says completion could start within five years, and the district may transfer rights if another jurisdiction advances the project.
The Niles Chamber of Commerce heard flood control proposals for the zone five area including Niles. County flood district manager Hervert G. Crowle said the plan could proceed only if $4,000,000 in bonds are approved at a July 19 vote. Maps were shown and questions raised about open ditches and site details.
About 400 Alameda county school staff including bus drivers custodians and maintenance men attended the San Lorenzo in service training at Bethannon school sponsored by County Schools Superintendent Vaughn J Seidel. Morning talks covered psychology life retirement compensation and bus driver training with leaders from state retirement health and safety agencies guiding afternoon sessions. Luncheon was held at Pioneer Village and districts plan further meetings tomorrow.
Dwight Woodfield a San Lorenzo high school senior earned one of California College of Arts and Crafts statewide scholarships announced by the college. Twenty of the most promising new students were selected from about 150 applicants for these awards.
Alameda County Planning commission studied 20 000 acres in Eden and Washington townships in a special session and set a hearing for August 10. Staff recommended 4000 acres for industrial zoning between Hillview Crest tracks as a buffer to the residential area. Central area to be agricultural, with Leslie Salt seeking a special land use. About 6000 acres of Bay frontage are devoted to salt production blending industrial and agricultural use.
Decoto Flying Fools announce a paper drive to raise funds for airfare to the State championship meet at Los Altos July 18 to 24. Co sponsor Mrs. A D Warren says her son Alanson Warren, 18, an Air Force airman third class, will be flown from San Bernardino to Travis Air Force base for the All Air Force model airplane meet. The club, founded by Warren, is open to all model airplane fans and based at 701 13th Street.
San Lorenzo district trustees approve a tentative 1955 56 budget of 3 056 040 with pay hikes totaling 61 000. Teachers receive 49 074 and uncertificated staff 13 000, tied to law’s AB 181 urgency provision to preserve San Lorenzo High School. Gerald Cochran pledges to appeal to the Board of Supervisors.
Alviso trustees opposed joining a multi district consolidation affecting Alviso Alvarado Decoto and Niles while approving four year contracts for assistant superintendents Carl Ekoos and Awbrey Laws at 10530 annually each. The district faced a tax increase proposal from 80 cents to 1.30 per 100 assessed value to support operations. Trustees warned consolidation would raise taxes for Alviso residents while other districts would save, with a campaign planned to push support.
The Board of Supervisors eyes Sept 13 as the date for an incorporation election if the area remains within Bay City. Governor Knight may sign 181 into law, allowing San Leandro to acquire the land but not the San Lorenzo high school facility.
C Y Directors of the Castro Valley Chamber of Commerce will meet at 3 pm at chamber offices located at 3111 Castro Valley Boulevard for a directors session.
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