Local residents in San Leandro parade through quirky events
Jerry Yglesia, age 13, fell in his home triggering a hospital visit for stitches and mumps. Patrolmen Mein and Howard, quarantined for mumps, faced social avoidance for 21 days. A Trade Club event showcased an army colonel in blue. a DMV building opening featured locals Ralph Anderson and Harry Bradford. The Ortho-Rater eye test device debuts, promising safer licensing. a lighthearted traffic court scene ends with real estate agent Bert Butterfield getting a personal reply from Gov Knight after a lunch-ticket joke.
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Jerry E. Yglesia
Ed Mein
Harry Howard
Yglesia
Lucille Avenue
San Leandro
Fairmont Hospital
Jerry
Mein
Howard
Alberta “Albright
Bert’ Butterfield
Gerald Connitt
Butterfield
Gov. Knight
Knight
Valley Tax Ceiling Hike Hearing Set Amid Theft Indictments
Alameda County Grand Jury indicted Eden township couples Fordyce Walker Grace Comstock Lois Comstock Leonard Comstock on 36 counts of grand theft and forgery. They are to be arraigned in Superior Court Monday. continuance asked to review transcripts. Additional cases include John Lightfoot charged with assault on a medical librarian while serving county jail term.
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Eden Township
Alameda County Grand Jury
Fordyce Walker
Maine Drive
San Leandro
Spiritual Army of God
Grace
Lois
Leonard Comstock
Farnsworth Avenue
Washington Manor
Comstock
Ggainst
Hilking
Hayward
Comstock-Walker
Joh
Lightfoot
Weh Alber
Aspites
Plans Approved for Three Alameda Road Projects
County Surveyor Wallace B. Boggs presented three road improvement plans approved by the Board of Supervisors. The Princeton street reconstruction between Sunset and Poplar avenues in Hayward is estimated at 5300, a 1.01 mile Greenville road resurfacing from East to Tesla road in Murray township at 8800, and concrete curb and gutter projects along 300 feet near Olive Avenue east of Toyer and Bailey roads in Washington township at 4100. All three will be completed by county forces.
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Alameda County
Wallace B. Boggs
Board of Supervisors
Princeton Street
Sunset Boulevard
Poplar, Avenue, li
Hayward
Greenville Road
East Avenue
Tesla Road
Murray Township
Olive Avenue
Toyer Avenue
Bailey Road
Washington Township
Boggs
Baywood Area GY Urged to Stay in Castro Valley City Plan
County Supervisors informally agreed Baywood south of Castro Valley Freeway should stay within the proposed Castro Valley city boundaries. They weighed 1024 withdrawal requests and noted service issues if the area remained outside the city, while recalling Haywood’s historical ties to Castro Valley and the risk of ongoing annexation pressures.
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Baywood
Castro Valley
Tomor
Kent
D. Purser
Francis Dunn, Jr
Leland
W. Sweeney
Julius E. Lawrence
Lake Chabot-Parsons
Lawrence
Jthe
Haywood Lig
Dunn
Haywood
Castro’ Valley
Hayward
Furtado Heads Hayward Historical Unit Formation
Manuel Furtado was named steering committee chairman for the Hayward Historical Society formed at a Chamber of Commerce meeting. A noon June 1 briefing will outline plans to assemble and catalog local historical materials. Harry Bradford urged preserving Hayward's past as the city grows and few pioneers remain. Katherine H. Borneman cited residents with large collections and a future history center was proposed to display relics and store materials, a key challenge for the new group.
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G. Hayward Historical Society
Manuel Furtado
Hayward
Hayward Chamber of Commerce Community Services Committee
Furtada
Roger Anderson
Harry Bradford
Bradford
Katherine ‘H. Borneman
Welfare Director Interview Set in tle County
Supervisor to interview candidates for the county post of Welfare Director at 10 am in June. Civil Service Director Philip Berger said an applicant screening process is under way, conducted with the State Personnel Board and to be completed by May 30. Samuel H Thompson ended a quarter century career as Welfare Director last month.
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Tle County
County
County Civil Service
Philip Berger
Civil Service
State Personnel Board
Samuel H., Thompson
Fremont Planning Commission to decide on four mile strip
Fremont officials consider a four mile commercial strip along Highway 17 from Centerville's Alder Avenue to Irvington. Sydney Williams urged the planning commission to set a policy soon amid reports of growing opposition and potential harms.
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Fremont
Planning Commission
Highway 17
Centervillé
Alder Avenue
Irvington
Sydney‘ Williams
Commission
Williams. Ie
Jack Parry
Coms
Mission
Repeated City Moves Seen Bar To New Industry
David Rousseau of San Lorenzo urges Board of Supervisors to push Industry Lure committee to expose harmful effects of repeated incorporation schemes on attracting industry. He cites notices by Howard and Cochran on San Lorenzo Village, Old San Lorenzo, and Greater Bay City. County plans may invite urban land management experts to review climate for industry, while Rousseau criticizes Kuder and Cochran's moves and stresses need for careful analysis.
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David Rousseau
San Lorenzo
Board of Supervisors
Rousseau
Som
Howard
San Lorenzo Village
Gerald Cochran
Greater Bay City
Old San Lorenzo
Beachin
Francis Dunn
Cochran
Kyder
Reward Offered For Identification Of Attacker In Hayward
A $25 reward was offered today by a Hayward mother for identification of a youth who attacked and injured her 17 year old son on a sanded downtown street. Ben Partington, son of Mr and Mrs W B Roland of Muir Avenue, Hayward, was bruised and had a cut that required four stitches above the left eye. He said the assailant, about 17, 5 feet 9 inches, 160 pounds, jumped from a green two door Chevrolet parked at curb near Lamplighter restaurant and struck him with several blows before fleeing with a companion driver. Partington described the attacker as a youth about 17, and the car was a green 1950 or 1951 Chevrolet.
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Foothill Boulevard
Partington
Isixuek
Ninches
Utilities Relocation Costs Tabled for Drainage Project
East 14th Street near Ashland Avenue will require public utilities relocation for drainage facilities. Herbert G. Crowle, Flood Control Engineer, said the county faces costs over 311,000. The Board of Supervisors approved modifying Pacific Telephone and Telegraph coaxial lines and East Bay Municipal Utility District water lines in the area with relocations estimated at 10,000 and 1,280 respectively, the flood district to cover the losses per law.
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Ashland Avenue
Herbert G. Crowle
Board of Supervisors
Pacific’ Telephone& Telegraph Company
East-Bay Municipal Utility District
Castro Valley Trustees Seek Tax Increase for Teacher Pay
Castro Valley Elementary trustees voted to call a July 14 election to raise the district tax ceiling by 50 cents for 10 years, from a current 1.45 percent, to fund a new teachers salary schedule. The plan aims to balance the budget while avoiding broader cuts, with starting pay for new teachers around 3750 and top salaries near 6450, and would require 60 days notice before budget adoption.
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Castro Valley
Geo. Albert
Nina
Dergartens
Fremont Chamber Plans Joint Aid for Master Plan
Fremont industrial committee and the Fremont Planning commission held a joint meeting to discuss assisting each other with a city master plan. Williams outlined a June 15 draft with a June later preliminary statement to form zoning guidelines, noting much land may remain agricultural as a holding action. The group debated whether Fremont should remain a group of towns or be treated as a single area for planning purposes.
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Fremont
Fremont Chamber of Commerce
Fremont Planning Commission
Donald “Patterson
Jack Parry
Commission
Sydney “ Williams
Mary
Williams
Harry Olsson
Jack Prouty
Chamber
Parry
Prouty
Washington Township and Hayward Groups Back County Charter Change
Washington Township industries and the Hayward Chamber of Commerce commend the Alameda County Board of Supervisors for proposed charter changes to convert seven county department heads from elective to appointive. The changes aim to modernize government machinery, improve efficiency, and deliver economies benefiting county citizens ahead of the June 5 primary ballot.
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Washington Township Industries, Inc
Hayward Chamber of Commerce
County Board of Supervisors
Washington Township
Hayward Chamber
Alameda
Alameda County
Square Dance Party and New Club Forming in W T Fremont
Fremont area reports a square dance party for beginners and guests at Washington Union High School. Graduating class members form a club named City Frecks to become an intermediate group with officers John Brdzowski, Barnard McDonough, Fran Barber, and Dorothy Belshew. Begin classes start May 28 in the girls gym, taught by Mick Turbovsky and Saul. Oliver 6 2743 is listed for information.
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Fremont
Washington Union High School
City Frecks
John Brdzowski
Barnard McDonough
Fran Barber
Dorothy Belshew
Oliver
Saul
Ick
Turbovsky
Mick
Turbovs
Debris Fire Along Alameda Creek Extinguished
Fremont and Niles firefighters spent two hours last night putting out a stubborn debris fire by Alameda Creek in Niles Canyon. Two pumpers a jeep and 14 men responded to the alarm at 8 59 under Chief Joe Perry. The fire was spotted by a passing sheriff's car empty detentions.
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Fremont
Niles
Miremen
Alameda Creek
Niles Canyon
Joe Perry
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Hayward Insurance Brokers Association
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