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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1949
Page
2
Russell City residents push for adequate water from Alameda County to replace polluted surface wells. Mrs. Gonzalves urges county and Hayward cooperation to finance Hetch Hetchy water lines, while officials debate legal authority and district formation. Bruce Atwater chairs San Lorenzo Village festival preparations ahead of Christmas.
Hayward merchants vote to extend hours with most stores on First Street and downtown set to stay open Friday evenings at 9 p.m. starting tomorrow. Leonard Baskin, president of the Hayward Merchants Association, announced the policy change benefiting local shoppers.
Baseball Today reports Cincinnati and Pittsburgh games with scattered scoring while noting night games in New York at Brooklyn Philadelphia at Boston Chicago at St Louis and other matchups. Pram tea Lombardi Gumbert and Howell are listed as pitchers with incomplete details from the soggy OCR lines.
A state Senate interim committee on Bay area rapid transit outlined a three point program to improve mass transportation. It calls for hearings across Bay area counties, measures with public approval, and an amended Senate bill 194. Gerald J. O Gara was elected chairman with Arthur L Breed Jr as vice chairman.
Opposition grows in Hayward area as annexation to San Leandro draws critics and anonymous handbills. Leaders from Hillcrest Knolls and others insist Fairmont school should remain in San Lorenzo district. meetings planned to mobilize against the boundary proposal.
Rayward California newspaper notes September 8 1949 as the city recovers from postwar adjustments. Local business, farm output, and public services navigate shortages and price changes while citizens seek steady employment and schooling amid gradual economic stabilization.
A six man coroner's jury returned verdicts of accidental death in four fatal highway crashes. The hearings, led by county coroner Mark L. Emerson at Sorensen Brothers mortuary, named Brooks, Ruth Blancheliver, Lois Perkins and Rosa A. Jones among the decedents. Foreman John Lee Wilbur and jurors Stanton Soares J R Shaw Nels Pavelson Charles Borensen Ravert W Borne man observed the proceedings.
President John McCune of the San Lorenzo Village Merchants Association said most firms in the motel shopping plaza will stay open on Admission Day Friday. Only three businesses, including the Andrew Will and Pairway Market and the Village Branch of Central Bank, will close. The San Lorenzo post office will also reopen as usual.
The Ninth Annual Fiesta at All Saints Parish marks its 51st anniversary with a California Centennial celebration from Sept. 16 to 18. A large committee organizes events and costumes reflecting early California life, with many named volunteers and participants listed for various roles and booths.
Castro Valley Farm Bureau and Hayward Union High School trustees approved continued monthly poultry discussion meetings in the high school cafeteria. John Olson announced sessions begin Sept 28 and continue the fourth Wednesday monthly with the Agricultural Extension Service UC involvement. About 100 poultrymen attend yearly. public access permitted. George Vestal obtained gym use for Hayward folk dancing events Sept 24 to Feb 26 and girls gym on Oct 29 and Navy 26.
A large television talent contest runs across Southern Alameda County with three winners to be chosen at the Farm Home and Industry Show at Hayward Union High School October 20 to 23. First amateurs show September 22 at Hayward Theatre, with further dates later and prizes on Durli Martins Hoffman Hayride on KGO TV.
A fire started by a discarded cigarette burned a barn on Walter James property at 2747 Second Avenue. Fairview firefighters stopped the blaze, which scorched about 10 feet of grass after spreading from an incinerator at 3 50 pm near a home at 8385 Almond Inn, Castro Valley.
Mrs. Lillian E. Elred 62 wife of John R. Blyod a Castro Valley real estate broker died after a long illness in a San Francisco hospital. Funeral services at Sorensen Brothers chapel at 11 a.m. Saturday with Rev. Richard C. Norberg officiating. Burial Lone Tree Cemetery. She was a Rochester native resident 24 years in the area. Survived by her husband son Roland Blyod of Castro Valley and sisters Mrs. Katherine Morse and Mrs. Harriot Hunvick of Berkeley. She was a member of the Hill and Valley Club of Hayward. COUNTY GROUP TO MEET Alameda county committee for National Employ-the-Physice aly-Handicapped week will hold a luncheon meeting at noon Wednesday Sept. 14 at the Cock-The-Walk Harrison at 15th Oakland. Members plan preparations for the national week. NO MEETING FRIDAY No meeting due to Admission Day holiday. Paiute Alam county real estate board will not meet tomorrow. A special program planned for the next breakfast meetings on Sept. 16.
A secretary at a San Lorenzo school explains she searched records for information about a village girl entering first grade. She notes she is short with dark hair and a pleasant smile and asks recipients to collect two dollars at the Daily Review office by tomorrow.
Forty Hayward area and surrounding schools will host safety programs sponsored by the Hayward Kiwanis Club in September and October. Clown Nemo and partner Gite And View will use magic and entertainment to teach safety with a state highway patrol officer in each show. Nemo answers reader questions in The Builly Review through Nemoa’s Moppet Column, with a school-by-school schedule listed.
Funeral services for Mrs. Jar Manning of 785 C Street will be held at 2 pm Saturday from Soren sen Brothers chapel on 1 M10 3 Street. Oakdanil Oyekane clan will hold mourning. A resident of Unyward for 10 years Adel Manning, native of Domnark, wife of the late Thomas Manning, mother of Bernice Steele Myrtle Hamner Ruby Pimentel, sister of Christen of Oakland. Survived by eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Eden Township hospital district plans a bond election in a special district vote aligned with a secular election. Board chair Leslia L. Williams and attorney George Phillips Jr. say approval from Alameda County supervisors and board action are needed. State funds request totaled 2,046,000 dollars, with a Sept 29 filing deadline.
Hayward San Lorenzo and Castro Valley district leaders met at the union hall to discuss Proposition No 1 a 250 million bond. Attendees endorsed the measure and explored state aid plans if approved. Participants included Paul Ehret GC B Paulsen Jack Di Reva A G B Morris Wowell Plemmons Merlin Haley Geva W Taundgren E Guy Warren Russell Consiven David T Dickies Arnold C Anderson and others.
Dads Dunn Jr representative of this district will be principal speaker at the meeting of the Dads Club for the new school near Weld on Hesperian border next Tuesday evening in the school auditorium. Assemblyman Dinin will discuss the $50,000,000 school bond issue and better education facilities in California. Dave Alten invites the public and all interest in the $250,000,000 bond issue to attend. A separate Berkeley quake report notes a tremor about 1:33 pm yesterday, 70 miles from campus.
Hinshelwoods returned to Trinity Episcopal Church after a trip to England as a parish gathers for a $25,000 debt retirement and parish improvements. A parish hall dinner and a subscription drive kickoff September 23 were announced under Mortimer Stetson’s direction with Orland Cinse as campaign chair and a broad lineup of committee leaders.
Our Lady of Loretto festival planned for this Sunday at the BUM hall Homestead park begins with a solemn high mass at Saint Saints Church at 10 30 am. The observance continues with a meat dinner a public auction and advice from 2 pm Father Alyos to deliver the sermon Manuel Viegas presides with John Abvue as vice president Joe Bason secretary and Mrs Montero among the committee members.
Weather notice reports variable cloudiness for 13 days and tonight with increasing cloud cover Friday followed by night showers. Wind speeds reach up to 40 miles per hour in the afternoon. Yesterday's high is unclear and today’s temperature remains uncertain.
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