Thanksgiving Feast Brings 150 Hayward Children Joy
Mr and Mrs Hammontree and their helpers hosted a Santa day dinner at the Pergola in Dublin Canyon for 150 Hayward children. They enjoyed turkey stuffing pies cakes and more with volunteers from Lions club and Peter Verzic assisting. The event left kids wide eyed and grateful and highlighted the generosity of local residents. A separate report notes a street car robbery in Hayward with $59 taken and one watch lost, while San Francisco police report a quiet Christmas holiday with no arrests.
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Fred Hammontree
Hayward
Pergola
Dublin Canyon
Peter Verzic
Mrs. Hammontree
Grant Named Director of Public Buildings and Parks in DC
Major A. 5. Grant III, guest of the Hayward Rotary last May, designated as director of public buildings and parks in the National Capitol. He succeeds Lieut. Col. Clarence O. Sherrill who resigns to become City Manager of Cincinnati at 25000 a year.
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A. 5
Grant III
Hayward
Rotary Club
Grant
Pergola
Larry Bradford
Major Grant
Clarence O. Sherrill
C. E
U.S. A
Cincinnati
Ohio
Local School Staff to Return Homes on Maple Court
Miss Miller and Miss Ellis of the high school are to return to Mrs. Bickell's house on Maple Court this Sunday. The grammar school teachers Misses Gleason and Johnson will return a week from next Sunday.
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Miller
Ellis
London Chimes Set to Ring New Year for U S Listeners
New York dispatch reports London Parliament bells will mark New Year for American radio audiences. RCA plans to broadcast the chimes from England and rebroadcast via a chain of stations with KGO Oakland as the far western link.
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New York
Parliament
London
Radio Corporation of America
England
Far West
KGO
Oakland
California
Marines Sail for China in Urgent Mission
In Manila on December 26, 200 American marines received orders to sail at midnight for China. Destination believed to be Tien Tsin amid reports of worsening conditions there. Six American destroyers also left port for Chinese waters.
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Manila
China
Tien Tsin
Garland Cottage Fire Kills Child and Injures Seven
Det onecome and was purneeto death, four other children and three men injured in a cottage fire at Harry Hall residence. Igar Hall, age 4, died trapped inside as parents were away. Firefighters and rescuers worked to save the children and men.
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Garland
Onecome
Purneeto
Harry Hall
Igar Hall
Plan to regulate motion picture industry debated in Congress
Proposal by Representative Swope of Pennsylvania urges federal regulation and censorship of the motion picture industry. He argues the United States is the only civilized country without such controls. Also notes weather: increasing cloudiness tonight and tomorrow with a slightly warmer spell and light frost in the interior.
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Washington
Congress
Swope
Pennsylvania
United States
Hayward Post Office Cleans Up Christmas Mail Record
Postmaster Bradford reports the Hayward office handled the Christmas mail rush well and expects to be fully back to normal within a day or two. He notes unusually few one cent postcards and claims the local campaign educated the public to correct postage.
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Bradford
Hayward
Merced
United Press
Petition circulates for 2 percent to fire volunteers
Fire Engineer Jack Carr leads a statewide petition drive to require foreign insurance companies operating in California to contribute two percent of gross earnings to pension funds for volunteer fire department members. The measure targets filings by May next year, with 10 000 volunteers statewide involved as petitions circulate from Eureka to San Diego ahead of a November 1926 vote.
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Hayward
Jack Carr
California
Carr
Eureka
San Diego
Melo Hints at Flu Slows The Review Editor
John Melo Jr. of The Review has been bedridden for two to three days with what he suspects as the flu. On returning to the office his face showed a heavy growth of beard that confounded many friends who could not recognize him. He laments his reduced capacity to eat the usual Christmas turkey.
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John Melo Jr
Breeding Poultry Report Notes High Egg Average Per Bird
The record describes bred-in-line pullets mated to line-bred cockerel No. 3 across a year of 365 days. It notes an average of 192.6 eggs per bird with a near 200 egg yearly flock average, indicating the education campaign influenced production.
Mrs Wilhelmina Aleier 85 Dies in Modesto
Mrs Wilhelmina Aleier aged 85 former San Lorenzo resident died in Modesto early Saturday. She will be buried from Sorenson Bros parlors Monday with remains at the parlors Sunday evening for viewing. Widow of Wilhelm Meier she was a Denmark native and mother of Sophia Fries of Modesto and grandmother of several listed relatives. Interment will be at San Lorenzo.
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Wilhelmina Aleier
San Lorenzo
Modesto
Sorenson Bros
Acloch
Meier
Wilhelm Meier
Denmark
Sophia Fries
Mod Esto
Tec. Fies
San Francisco
A. B. Joseph
Newman
Wilhelmina Cook
Charles Heyer Returns to Active Life in Hayward
Hayward businessman and County Supervisor Charles Heyer, home two weeks from a three month illness after a curbside fall, greeted by friends on the street as he hobbles with crutches. He mused on building a four story hotel with an elevator on the Illa Hotel site and pledged to resume community activity.
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Charles Heyer
Hayward
Board of County Supervisors
Inkland
Heyer
Mr. Heyer
Fach
Illa Hotel
Boy Guesses Close to Weight of Candy Cane
A seven foot candy cane at the I Chocolate Shop drew crowds as Richard Rhode guessed its weight at 6 pounds 10 ounces while the actual weight was seven pounds. The Rhode family hauled the cane home in a car but it would not fit inside so they attached it to the car. In the scramble the cane broke and was chopped into stove lengths amid laughter.
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Man
End of Grange Era Spurs Bears Interest in Pro Football
Interest grew in professional football during the season even before Red Grange left Illinois to join the Chicago Bears. Games in New York drew crowds, though it is unclear if fans came for curiosity or genuine support as the Bears earned early honors.
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Ena
Red Grange
Illinois
Chicago Bears
New York
Veterans League to Elect Officers Monday
The Veterans' League regular meeting will be held at the usual place on Monday with the special business of electing officers. The Hayward Vets, now eighteen strong, are aging and shrinking as they lose members each year.
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Veterns’ League
Hayward
Oakland G. A. R. Post
Bradford
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