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Newspaper
Hayward Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1946
Page
5
Recreation leaders met at the home of Wesley Gordon, assistant superintendent, to set a district summer program. Two training weeks run June 10 to 21 with playgrounds open 12:30 to 6 and daily morning workshops from 8:30 to noon. Full schedule begins June 22, culminating in a grand country fair and fiesta on August 21.
Three district wide junior high girls volleyball teams will compete to determine the champion at Hayward High School Saturday May 25. Matches occur in the morning with a finale in the early afternoon. Lunches are picnic style and a program features Folk Dangers Modern Dans Groups and dancing supervised by local staff. A school song and yell competition adds to the event.
A new member joined the Wayward Area Park Recreation and Parkway District staff. Bessie Campbell, formerly assistant superintendent of Visalia Recreation Department, brings camping craft work club activities and scouting expertise. She will perform special duties in addition to clerical work in the main office.
UPI testimony in San Francisco records Mrs. Signa Bredeson died last Christmas day from peritonitis due to internal perforation. Dr. Charles Caldwell faces trial with Dr. Warren Bostick testifying about autopsy findings and potential instrument-caused perforation.
Fourth to sixth grade girls across the district are invited to a dedicated play day at the Burbank School Playground next Saturday while older sisters compete in volleyball. Playgrounds groups under directors include Ashland Donna Carlson Castro Valley Gretchen Ambrose Burbank Wanda Galletti Sunset Gerry Mundt John Muir Jean Browwell Markham Colleen Brooks San Lorenzo Beth Watson. Softball opens the morning activities and girls will form playground teas breaking with past policy of mixed teams. Gerry Munoz leads the noon program.
Northern California harness racing scene honors Electioneer, Stanford’s famed California harness stallion, with a memorial event at Bay Meadows to open on Memorial Day May 30. Pacific Coast Trotting Association leaders Walters and Found host, honoring the immortal horse tied to Palo Alto and Stanford.
Kiwanis International announced its 1946 Victory convention set for June 9 through 13 in Atlantic City. About 10,000 attendees from the United States and Canada are expected. Speakers include Dr. Ralph Sockmen, Marold Stassen, General Omar Bradley, Rep. Clare Doath, Secretary Clinton Anderson, and Drew Pearson among others.
John McCullough Jr of the San Francisco Reconstruction Finance Corporation reviews the first year of REC s blanket participation with banks noting over 100 million dollars in credit extended to business enterprises without actual federal fund use. The REC guarantees up to 76 percent of each loan, except for agricultural or home-building loans, when banks do not want full risk.
John F. E. Cooter of the California USDA Wage Board reminded cherry growers and workers that maximum picking rates are set at one dollar per hour or four cents per pound for the coming season. The rates apply across Santa Clara Santa Cruz San Benito Alameda Monterey Napa Sonoma and portions of Solano and Contra Costa counties west of the Meridian. The board stressed the container rate must be computed on an equivalent basis.
R Edward Wil red Mazerall 30 a former engineer with the National Research Council was found guilty today on a charge of conspiring to give cover information to espionage agents of Soviet Russia.
The Associated Sportsmen of California approved recommendations to the State Fish and Game Commission detailing deer districts open seasons on August 7 to September 15 and other regional dates. Proposals include a two buck limit, no antelope season, and new limits for cottontail rabbits, grey tree squirrels, and brush rabbits, with various district timings and regional adjustments.
Future Farmers of Hayward high school judging teams earned three first place ribbons at a San Luis Obispo event. Blue ribbons in farm mechanics and poultry went to Lenin composed of Ear Ter Manuel Goularie Edwin Tavares and Billy Johansson. In meat, animals and equipment, Joe Veechio Don Chiisy Jensen and Ed Furia earned blue ribbons. Veechio also took a first for fanny mechanics. Second place in the machinery division went to Joe Veechio Ed Faria and Ben Christensen, with Don Christensen taking a third.
California processors and growers and the AFT State Council of Cannery Unions are set to sign the 1946 contract for 83 northern California canneries this afternoon in Oakland. Spokesman Hal Anvus notes the agreement includes a wage rise of eight and a half cents an hour retroactive to March 1 and the prior ten cent increase from last November, totaling an 18 percent boost over the 1945 contract.
Washington police report Alan Sleyne, a 49 year old State Department official, was shot in the chest at the Metropolitan Club. He was taken to Emergency Hospital in critical condition. details of the shooting were not immediately available as of the report.
Two New Mexico residents injured after a bus car crash 17 miles east of Winslow Arizona. three California youths killed. Javier Arevalo 18, Enrique Bonilla 14, Jose Arevalo 16 from Pico California among the dead. the Santa Fe Trailways driver Tiny Merrill from Albuquerque treated and released. victims include young Roper Arevalo 16 who allegedly fell asleep at the wheel.
Hollywood stars and political figures converge in Oakland for a Democratic rally at the Oakland Auditorium theater on May 27 at 4 00 p m. Monroe Friedman chairs the event to feature music speeches and accordion interludes with Jimmy Gleason as master of ceremonies and Robert W Kenny as the principal speaker introduced by Colmd Roosevelt.
A Hayward swimming party will be followed by a winner roast tomorrow evening for members of the Columbian Squires Circle 4. Bill Perry leads the committee in charge of the program.
Winners of local tennis tournaments sponsored by the Hayward Area Park Recreation and Parkway District will play in the first round of all county matches at Bushrod Playground Oakland on May 25. Champions include Tommy Elledge boys under 13 Jimmie White boys under 16 Andrea Smith girls under 13 and Barbara Fette girls under 16. Hayward Area had no entries in under 18. Over 75 percent of original signups were novices coached by Marshell Brady at the High School on Tue Thu and Sat. Coaching continues to summer vacation to boost skill.
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