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FOR t h e w e e k of fe b i?uary <?3,I9 6 fiPOINT RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA
ODD ENDS .......................OVER the Backyard
F ence ------------------RECREATION ...............REMINISCING ---------THE OLD PROF ..........WANT ADS ..................WASHINGTON SCHOOL
ACTIVITES This Week CIVIC CALENDAR - - CAMPFIRE & SCOUTSHERE & THERE ------INDIANS ATTACK
T e x tb o o k s -----
JUNIORS ......................LOCAL NEWS .............
Two young lad ies m oved lo the Point in 1904. They w ere newly m arried , and Richmond was newly form ed. Their fam- j il ie s grew with the town. Three g en era tions p assed , and the two lad ies , sixty - four years la ter , le ft Richmond and the world behind on the sam e night
M rs, F reid a K ess died W ednesday m orning, shortly after m idnight. She was nearly 92 y ears old, and , until three days Before her death, she in sisted on being out of bed, and talcing care of her - se lf . Even those who didn't know her person ally w ill alw ays rem em ber the l i t tle lady who daily walked down the h ill and clim bed back up, to her hom e on Washington Avenue, doing her daily shopping.
B orn in Hanover , Germany in 1876,M rs. H ess m oved to the United States with a Jew ish fam ily when she was 17 years old. After m oving from Santa Fe, New M exico to St. Louis, she came here to m arry F red erick H ess, whom she had m e t in St. Loius. Mr. H ess worked for the Standard Oil Company from 1903 to 1936. They m oved into their home on Washington Avenue, and la ter transform ed it into a tw o-story duplex and rented the upper story . They w ere charter m em bers of the Mt. Olive Lutheran Church; her h u s band was a Mason for 53 y ea rs , and M rs. H ess was active in E astern Star. Her h u sband died in 1945. M rs. H ess bs survived by three sons, four grandsons and one great-grands cn,
M rs, E lizabeth P aasch m oved to R ich mond from a B erk eley Ranch with her husband, the la te R ichard P aasch . M rs. P aasch was a m em ber of E astern Star, M iram ar Chapter 205, N ative Daughters of the Golden West, and honorary m em ber of the Richm ond Woman's City Club. Her husband helped to organize R ichm ond's f ir s t volunteer F ir e Departm ent, he was a butcher and blacksm ith, and becam e Captain of R ichm ond's F ire Departm ent,
She is survived by three sons, eight grandchildren and eight g rea t-gran d ch ildren. A ll of her three sons res id e in
Richmond, and M rs. P aasch was ju sti fiably proud of a ll of them . Richard , j is retired from the city fire department; Robert is with R ichfield Oil Cor; and Waiter, who liv e s on Washington Avenue, has been County C lerk since 1944.
M rs, P aasch lived on Tunnel A venue. She was 89 y ea rs old .
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During the week, M rs. Edward Palenchar had a birthday party for her m other, M rs. Joseph M atteucci, and M rs. M atteucci's s is te r , Josephine M artin,
The three sons of Airs. M atteucci, and their fa m ilie s , Ed Palenchar, and R ose B ozzo w ere a lso p resen t to help celeb rate the birthdays.
C harles Palenchar is hom e on a th irty-day lea v e . He is in the Navy, on the U .S . Bennington, which is s ta tioned in Long Beach.
M rs. Ruby E llis , p resid en t of the W est Side Im provem ent Club, m issed the Club's m eeting Thursday, only b ecau se the H ospital detained her But they w ill probably not hold M rs. E llis for long,
B ern ice D arley w ill a lso soon r e turn hom e from the h o sp ita l. She is p resen tly at A lta B ates.
The Cover P ictu re is a hom e on A rizona Avenue in Point Richmond; The house on page three is located on Tunnel Avenue.
There have been sev era l requests to identify hou ses pictured in Point Counterpoint, which we w ill try to rem em ber to do.
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Saturday evening, February 24 at 8 :00 , the Berm uda Room of the R ich mond Auditorium w ill be filled with G erman song, perform ed by the a ll-m a le chorus of R ichm ond's Manner Chor,A fter the concert, dancing w ill occupy the rem ainder of the evening, with Harry Fox and h is band.
TRYOUTS FOR "BAREFOOT IN THE PARK"
The M asquers of P oint Richmond are announcing auditions for their spring com edy, "Barefoot in the Park" by N eil Simon. Tryouts w ill be held at the M asq u e r s1 P layhouse, 105 Park P la ce , Point Richmond, Monday, February 26 at 8:00 p. m .
There are parts open for two women and four m en. The play, which w ill be directed by V irginia Cherniak, w ill open in A pril. Those in terested in further in form ation m ay ca ll TH 3-3475.
--M a rie Wedell
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SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Sylvia Jenkins, pianist, w ill be p r e sented in concert on Sunday afternoon, 3:30, at Cont4a C osta C ollege. The con cert, by a b rillian t m usician, is open to the public, and free of chargej
M iss Jenkins, who has been a p r iz e winner in the Munich International C om petition, graduated sum m a cum laude from the San F rancisccf C onservatory, and studied in Siena , Ithlyi Included in the program on Sundayiare workd by Bach, Beethoven and Smetana, b esid es Chopin and som e m usic by Bartok.
Additional inform ation is available at CCC, 235-7800, extension 230.
The Public, and esp ec ia lly the youth, is again invited to Washington School Auditorium, to v iew a film concerning Drugs and A buses, which w ill be p r e se n ted by form er Troop 1 Scout, Sergeant Bob Woods, of the Richmond P o lice D epartm ent. He w ill a lso have displays of narcotic paraphernalia.
The film , although a ser v ic e to the entire com m unity, is being presented as part of Boy Scout Troop 111 's tra in ing cou rse in p h ysica l fitn e ss .
&FILM SERIES BEGINS
The "Bridge on the R iver Kwai" is the f ir s t film to be shown in the new F ree film se r ie s at Contra C osta C ollege. Sp onsored by the a ssocia ted students of Contra C osta C ollege, the f ir s t film w ill be presented on Monday, March 4, at 8 p .m . in the c o lle g e 's lib era l arts lecture hall, 2600 M ission B ell D rive,San Pablo. David Jacobson, E nglish instructor, w ill introduce the film and lead a d iscu ssion period afterw ards.
The "Bridge" stars W illiam Holden,M ec G uinness, jack Hawkins and S essu e Hayakwwa. It is a v isu a lly m agnificent film , fu ll of action.
ON LUNAR M ATTERS..
D r. A lbert Hibbs, who is heard weekly on the radio program , "World of Science" w ill being h is audience up- to-date on the moon and its surface, in a lecture at CCC Thursday, February 28 at 8 p. m . in the C ollege gym . This is part of the L ecture s e r ie s , and without a season ticket, co sts $1. 00.
D r. Hibbs d irected the f ir s t TV cam era^ which gave us the f ir s t shots of the m oons' surface , and the in stru m ents which made the f ir s t observations of neighboring p lanets.
Interesting and som etim es amusing a r tic le s from old Richmond and Point Richmond new spapers, through the courtesy of the Richmond M useum.
1916
From the Richmond Independent of February 25, 1916:
"THE ONLY WAY TO SAVE IT WAS TO DRINK IT.'"
", . . said John Hanna of Stege in excusing h im se lf for being in toxicated. He told such a good story that the judge le t him off with a reprim and.
H ere is h is story:'I was walking in fronpff^- ■'>Albany when I cam acro ss a team ster who had lo s t a cask of wine from his wagon.The wagon being broken down, the team ster asked me to watch the wagon and cask while he went to Albany for another wagon. The b arrel that had fa llen from the wagon wa leaking, in order to con serve the contents I secu red a pitcher and placed it be-" neath the leak. I found that I couldn't put it back in the b arrel and saw no other way of disposing of it except to drink it. (
'I had only one pitcher, and the wine ' flowed so rapidly from the leak that I hadj to f ill the pitcher sev era l tim es . I guess < I drank all that leaked from the b a rrel. 1
Unth. a)on Church-
1917
February 20, 1917;"CARGO OF WINE IN .
STRANGE FIGURES," .. . .
"The Steam er Minnesota; le ft W ine- haven with the la r g e st cargo of wine ever shipped on a sin g le steam er, from E u rope as w ell as from C a lifo r n ia ... A total of 25, 100 b a rre ls of which the C alifornia Wine A ssoc ia tion shipped 17, 000 b a rrels
or 1, 255, 000 ga llon s. The freight charges w ere $81, 000
and the value of the wine was about $475, 000, and
the governm ent c o lle c t ed $60, 000 internal revenue on it.
"To ship by ra il would have required 418 cars or a train m ore than three
m iles long. Were it bottled, 6, 275, 000
com m ercia l quart bot- ,fy- t ie s would be required,
which, p laced end-to-end would reach from San F ran cisco
to Omaha , N ebraska."To f il l the b a rrels would have taken
one man tw o-thirds of a year, and would have taken three m en a month to sten cil the b a r r e ls . If the b a rre ls w ere arranged nine square or 81 to a tier would, if p iled on such a foundation reach as high as the E iffel Tower. "
(S trange--th ey didn't figure how long it would take those m en to drink i t ' )
"Judge M cKenzie, after hearing both sid es of a d ivcrce c a se , decided to d is m iss the su it. It had been shown that the couple had liv ed together since the suit was filed . The husband claim ed that his wife allow ed g e e se in h is room, and poured water in h is bed. "
February 21: "$150, 000 FOR ENLARGING BRICK FACTORY"
The L os A ngeles P r e sse d B rick F a c tory announced the expenditure for in s ta llation of m ore m odern m achineryto put out "the very fin est pre ssed brick.," according to the firm 's superintendent John G erlach.
££RTRUD£ &EJCSWDo you like to play "What If"? Like, .
MThat if the m en who strung the f ir s t lo n e ly telegraph w ire a cro ss the country had buried it instead of putting it on a pole? ? ?
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an econom ic sy stem to riva l a ll other plans. His sy stem is based on two con tem porary phenomena: we seldom handle rea l m oney , and insurance com panies are able to compute how much money a man w ill earn in a life tim e, based on the highest grade he has com pleted. So. . . . says this young man. . . . why not g ive each person , upon m aturity, cred it for the amount of m oney he w ill earn in h is l i f e tim e. He would have the g rea test amount of money when starting h is fam ily and could spend the r e s t of h is life working off h is cred it.
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If the rain is getting you down, h ere's a little som ething to get your mind off damp th ings. Can you rem em ber who sponsored Superman, T erry and the P ir ates, Jack A rm strong, Mandrake the Magi cian, The Shadow, and Tom Mix on radio? How about Ma P erk in s, Our Gal Sunday, Helen Trent, S tella D allas, Just P la in B ill, and Pepper Young's F am ily? Can you rem em ber the evening shows, B lond- ie, F ibber Magee and M olly, George Burns and G racie Allen, One Man's F am ily , The Great Gilder s leev e , Red Skelton, Jack Benny, Inner Sanctum, F red A llen, and C harlie McCarthy and Edgar B ergen?You m ay not rem em ber a ll the sponsors, but I'll bet you'll have a good tim e thinking about it.
From the Richmond Independent of February
2, 1915:
LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE
WAS REALITY TO MEXICAN
Juan Topas, who liv e s in a shack on C Street, has so lved the sy stem of moving without any com m otion. In other words, he has converted his place of abode into an ark and n av igates about the lake that has been form ed by the recen t heavy rains with every change of the wind. Topas went to bed la s t night but fa iled to take his bearings by the North Star, and when he awoke this morning he was certa in that h is dom icile had m oved a block from where it was when he went to bed. After rubbing h is eyes in consternation it dawned upon him that h is house was afloat but he had no m eans of heaving anchor and b e sid es he was not certa in he could touch bottom , as from all of the su r rounding scen ery there was nothing to indicate that he had not been swejjt to sea . With this su rp r ise in store upon awakening, he quickly developed all of the sym ptom s of an attack of mal de m er and converting som e of h is household belongings into a raft, he read ily made h is escape to a point where th e water was shallow and then waded ashore.
HOW OFTEN do you look out your bedroom window and see a h orse? That's what a Scenic Avenue resid en t has been seein g lately , and she finally rea lized , much to her re lie f , that da e's not "seeing things" . The h orse liv e s on N icholl Kn obi
'The M agnificent Cuckold " w ill be presented at Contra C osta C ollege on March 8, 9, 15 and 16 by the Stagedoor Guild. Starring in Fernand C rom m elynck's play w ill be David Eakle in the ro le of Bruno, the husband, and Connie F oster , as S tella h is w ife. This is the f ir s t showing of the play in this ar ea. T ickets are available at Contra Costa C ollege, both at the A ssocia ted Students office and at the door of the student lounge on p e r form ance nights. General ad m ission is $1.50, students with a sso c ia tio n cards, $1.00 . Curtain tim e is 8:30 p .m . on F rid ays and Saturdays.
ATTEND YOUR NEXT School Board M eeting : March 6 , 7 p. m . at Grant School. Find out the REAL is su e s . . It i s easy to be m isled by in flam m atory sta tem ents. A ct on Fact.'
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The Contra Costa Shoreline Park C om m ittee is continuing to work for die saving of E ast B rothers Light House, G eorge P erry is making print cop ies of a photograph of the Lighthouse, which w ill be sent to yacht clubs and other in terested organizations, to a lert them to the danger of losing an h isto r ica l and handsom e Bay land m ark.
M ovies by the Park C om m ittee w ill soon be in the making , due to the g en er osity of another point cam era-m an, J im R oberts. There is a need for a Super -8 m ovie cam era for this project. If you know of one, p lea se notify L ouise Ham mond at 235-6717,
March p ro m ises to be an active month for the C om m ittee. Three events are scheduled for excu rsions to K eller 's Beach and N icholl Knob. The area-w ide annual m eetings of the G irl Scouts and the Cam pfire G irls w ill be celebrated with bonfires and picnicking at K eller 's Beach and a hike to the top of the h il ls . The Social H eritage Club w ill com bine a house tour with park view ing.
The C om m ittee fe e ls that as people from all oirer the county becom e a c quainted with the area, they w ill r e a l ize the unique opportunity it p resen ts for an a c ce ssib le shoreline park and that som e day Contra C osta County w ill enjoy a R egional Park there]
--L o u ise Hammond.
«TRIDUUM IN HONOR
OF THE SACRED HEART
Father George T w igg-P orter, S. J.th< R egional D irector of the A postlesh ip of P rayer w ill give a Triduum in honor of the Sacred Heart, the sym bol of C hrists' love for us, March Third to the Fifth, at Our Lady of M ercy Church, Point Richmond.
He w ill speak at the M asses on Sunday , March Third. He w ill speak again that evening at 7:30 and on Monday and Tuesday at 7:30 a. m . and 7:30 p. m. E veryone is invited to join in th ese m ed itations on Christ'slove for us.
--F a th er p ren d ev ille
by G errie K retzm er
On F ebruary 20, U. S, Senator Robert Kennedy stated that the few s ta tis tic s a - /a ilab le "are the m ost eloquent evidence of our failure in Indian education. "
That beleaguered group of second - ;la ss c itizen s , the A m erican Indian , has recently taken a look at its im age in e le mentary education and found it sadly wanting. M em bers of the A m erican Indian H is torical Society in San F ra n cisco have ^>ent three y ears evaluating C alifornia State textbooks , with referen ce to h is to r ical treatm ent of the Indian. C onclusions are that the A m erican Indian is either not m entioned at all, or h is h istory is d is to r ted - - particu larly during the Gold Rush anc M ission Days in C alifornia. The textbooks are so inaccurate in this area that grave doubts are ra ised about all of the in stu c- tional m ateria l and its e ffect on the teach= ers as w ell as the students.
T hese books and m ateria ls depict the Indiana as m ere parts of the landscape, to be c leared out to make way for the great "movement" of white population a cro ss the land; and that.Indians w ere forcib ly r e m oved from their ancient hom elands to make way for adventurers (usually ca lled "Pioneering goldm iners") , for lan d -grab bers (usually ca lled "settlers" ) , and for illega l squatters on Indian-owned land (usually ca lled frontiersm en"). The Indian student is told that Columbus d iscovered A m erica , that Coronado brought " c iv iliza - |Lon" to the Indian people, and that the Spanish m iss io n a r ie s provided havens of refuge for the Indian.
The C alifornia Indians w ere the m ost p eace-lov in g , friendly people on the con tinent. They w ere com plete, com plex hum an beings with a com plex socifety and a com plex econom y suitable for their period of human ex isten ce and their environm ent.
It is not n ec essa ry to d istort facts, to n eg lect the truth not to ignore the very ex isten ce of a people whose help made
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p o ssib le the survival and ultim ate p r o s perity of an a lien race of white people, who cam e osten sib ly to liv e in peace and lived at la s t to conquer by force and vio». len ce .
C alifornia State law req u ires that lo cal d is tr ic ts study the h istory of their area and provide a textbook in connection with this study. "Local" h is to r ie s are in fin itely w orse than the state-adopted textbooks. The following are quotes from the "Story of Richmond" by F rid ell: "They had no soap and w ere so filthy that lic e and flea s craw led and jumped a ll over their b od ies. But perhaps they did not mind because they didn't know any better .. . The Bay A rea Indians w ere a lazy p e o p le ,. . Like vultures they gulped down the raw flesh , skin, blubber and even the e n tr a i ls . . . Indians did not mind eating sand. It gave their acorn bread a nice gritty t a s t e . . . Their m u sic sounded like a hundred tom cats, with their ta ils tied together being thrown over a c lo th eslin e . Dr maybe it sounded lik e a bunch of p igs all stuck under a gate at the sam e tim e. " This was a standard text in Richmond seventh grades until very recen tly .
The child should be taught the truth about Indian h istory . He can be given a deeper appreciation of the fact that m ankind grow s, m akes m istak es, tr ie s to co rrect them, and, step by stumbling step, man reach es for understanding, knowledge and a better way of l ife . The young student should understand other peop les, other cu ltu res, other r a ce s . And f ir s t of a ll he m ust understand the people, the culture and the race which is Entirely native to his land. The child should be told of the unique heritage which belong s to the A m erican Indian. Much can be learned from the Indian philosophy of human r e lations and dignity. The whole h istory of 1
man is a h istory of sm a ll beginnings, of error and correction of erro r , (page 7)
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The A m erican Indian H istor ica l Society- states: "We do not appear in th is m atter as one m ore com plaining m inority, but rather as a great race of native A m ericans, fu lly consciou s that within our h is tory and in the heart of our culture resid e the true beginnings of our dem ocratic nation. "
E very parent should ask h is child wha t he is learning in his school c la s s e s about the A m erican Indian and the h istory of
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It is typical of human nature to neg le c t that which is convenient and ea sily obtained. For instance; how often do . you go swim m ing ht the Richmond *P lu n g e ? ? ?
The Plunge is so c lo se , so econ om i-* . * (L • 'cal, and so pleasant, winter and sunjrae, that probably very few P oint resid en ts stop to think how u n der-priv ileged they would fe e l if there was not a convenient swim m ing p o o l—or to what lengths they would go if it w ere farther away. Why ’ . not make use of it, even if it is easy to get to? H ere's part of the schedule: *
Public Swim m ing: W ednesdays and F rid ays, 5 to 9 p. m .Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays:10 a. m . to 1 p. m . and 2 to 5 p. m .
Boys and G irl Scouts, Campfire G irls Swim Nights: Thursday, 7 to 9:00.
Youth Learn to Swim P rogram s: for ages 5 to 16. Session III begins March 5, Tuesday and Thursday, 3 or 4 p. m .
Water Safety Instructor cou rse w ill begin February 26, M ondays, 6:30 to 9:30 p. m .
For additional inform ation c a ll 232- 1212, ext. 496, or the Plunge, 234-8202.
LADIES --d o you tire around the m iddle ea sily ? Get out of breath over the ironing board? Want to get out of the house and run around? Then you are invited to join the Point Richmond Ladie s Jogging Club. The f ir s t week's m em bersh ip drive resu lted in only one m em ber - - m e) Another recru it joined la s t Saturday.
The P .R .L . J .C . has no b y-law s, nor dues. If you can JOG (GOJ spelled backwards and if that is the way you w ish to run) you m ay join . Jogging s e s sions are se t up for daily participation, weather perm itting. The tim e is f le x i b le . If you are gazing out your window,
thi:-1 'ng v'io world has gone to ot in a Handbasket, and see a Lady J o g g e r -- com e along, P ied P iper s ty le . You'll go back to saving the world, the Bay, h isto r ica l landm arks, sh orelin e , or shorebirds with z e s t . Our motto is "If your bag b ecom es a drag - JOG!
---- M. Reynolds.
The g rea test im p ression made by. 8 the film , was the effect of tar from c ig a rettes on the skin of m ice .
Since the Doctor who was in charge was called away for em ergency suggery, the boys played a gam e of "Steal the B a con" while the g ir ls cheered the com p etition,
The Fourth Grade C am pFire G irls w ere p leased to be asked to p resen t the flag cerem ony at the recent N ystrom School PTA Founders Day Luncheon. I sa bel A ustria was the announcer, Sharon Jackson carried the flag and C arol D a r ling led the P led ge of A lleg ian ce . Cheryl Johnson, L isa R ios and Sandra Kinter a s s is ted . The g ir ls w ere invited to stay for lunch and enjoyed the ham and sw eet pota to es .
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The G irl Scouts invited the Cadettes to W ednesday's troop m eeting. We saw an actual 1918 m ovie that Juliette Low had made h e r se lf calfced "Follow Me G irls" . B e ss ie Squires gave a talk on the things that you should liv e up to as G irl Scouts.
On M arch B, A ll the G irl Scouts in W est Contra C osta County w ill get togeth er at K eller 's Beach to have a B onfire.We are hoping for the R egional P ark . V. e are a lso celebrati&g G irl Scout Week. The Seniors Scouts w ill lead us in singing; the Cadettes w ill lead a hike to N icholl Knob to get a better view of the land , and the Juniors are going to build the f ir e .
---- Jean Morin,Troop Scribe.
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Boys Scout Troop 111 and PaKaNena Camp F ire G irls are planning a joint Snow Trip to Peddler H ill on Saturday, M arch 2. They w ill lea v e the Point at6:30 a. m .
There w ere about 50 in attendance at Sm oking F ilm , with G irl Scouts and Camp F i r e g ir l s a lso attending.
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H ello there, fo lk se s . Come on in and s it a sp ell w hilst the Old Prof tu n es( up again. Today, to add to your store of lo re in the fe r tile fie ld of zoology, we shall leave our native heath (I’l l bet you wouldn't know w native heath if you found one in your soup) and travel to the Southern H em isphere the better to study our la te s t subject, which is the MONKEY- APE fam ily . You m ight say w e're going to "San Simian" (which I consider a rea l k n ee-slap p er). So le t 's je t underway.
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BABOONBy the ligh t of the s ilv e ry moon,Do not try to con verse ,Just go into r ev e r se ,Or you 'll get y o u rse lf pretty w ell
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Now we hustle our b u stles back a- board the old DC-3 for the hop to India where we find this slothful creature:
F rom Ceylon com es the nocturnal LORIS,
Who liv e s in the prim eval fo r is They're too lazy to play - - So they sleep night and day,And I venture to say they o u t-sn o r is .
And a quick jump to the Indonesian jungle brings us v is -a -v is with our next v ictim s:
The E ast Indian ORANG-UTAN,Is about half as big as a man.But They're sm art, and, I guess There are m en who learn le s s Than a w ise old ORANG-UTANcanJ
An odd-looking ape is the GIBBON.If I said they are cute I'd be fibbon. When they eat, as a rule,They're quite lik ely to drule,Which is bad, for they don't have a
bibbon.
At la s t, homeward bound, we drop down in the Matto g r o sso for a chat w ith the lo ca l head-hunters and this arboreal neighbor of theirs:
-* • A '’--e r ic a ■ s sleeK MARiviDSE x’SMake charm ing, adorable p ets .But lik e any sm al sim ianThey shouldn’t go swim m ianOr e ls e th ey’l l wind up at the v e t ’s .
And I ’l l leave you at th is point. When I return I ’ll check the supply of shrunken heads to se e if I can find any fam iliar fa c e s . A dios, am igos.’ It’s la ter than you shrink]
* R obert C. Friend .
.Cub Scout Pack 135 w ill have the Big Blue and Gold annual P ot Luck dinner at Washington School on F riday , February 23 at 6:30.
There w ill be the regular advancem ent of cubs, and recognition to Den m oth ers.
NEEDED: A Cub M aster to keep the pack operating] P le a se volunteer]
On March 21 the Annual Pinew ood D er by ra ce , w ill take p la ce . Cars are already p assed out. The race w ill be held at the Washington School Auditorium .
Socifety is sponsoring a Day at the R a ces . For only $7 , which includes a buffet lun cheon and ad m ission to the Turf Club, you can have a mad, irresp o n sib le day at G olden Gate F ie ld s .
The m oney you spend is even tax,-deduc tib le, s ince it goes to a very worthy cause, the A m erican Cancer Socitety. F or tickets to the unusual event, ca ll Eunie M orin at 233-5358 or the loca l Cancer office at 232- 7494. T hey’re Off]
How im portant it is to lock your windows and doors was d iscovered by a com -
paratively new resid en t of the Point. Several household item s w ere taken by som eone who made their way through a jam m ed window. Item s taken, should anyone se e them anywhere w ere:An antique rocking chair with a blue seat; A m aple hutch iwith a 4 ’ by 8 ’ wool A m erican F lag and a 6* by 5 ’ Canadian flag; A cylinder lam p, about 2 1 / 2 ’ high; A brown and orange tweed 8 ’ by 4 ’ tfound rug, a 2 ’ by 4 ’ bright green rug; Indian pillow s, and a wool hand-woven m u ltico lored blanket with a fringe.
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RABIES SHOTSR abies vaccinations are available at
clincas in Richmond. The c lin ic s sire open from 2 to 4 p, m . The fee is $2. 00.
The next c lin ic open in this area is on M arch 3, at the Richmond Boys Club, 263 South 20th S treet.
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WHAT'S NEW FOR TODAY ( No. 1)
GEORGE WASHINGTON
1, U nscram ble this;nhionasgtw's hirtabdy aws etyysdrae
2. R iddles for today.What A m erican has had the la r g e st fa m ily?(Answer: G eorge W ashington--he was the father of h is country)What state is the c lean est?(Answer: (Wash) ington.What anim al d rives an au tom ob ile?
(Answer: A road hog)
3. DILLY -DAFFY-NITIONS
D rypers: Something they very seldom are, on b ab ies.
Luniversity: A co llege for crazy people. Kleenex: Your daily n ose-p ap er .M eowsic: A serenade of cats in the night. Baby: N ew ly-w et.W easel: If blow s at noon.
by Wendy Wirth and Jean M orin.
STUDENT TALENT SHOW MARCH 5: 7:00 p. m .
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It's time to prepare for the annual talent show. Get your acts fead y now, and enter one of these ca tegories:
Instrum ental M usic Vocal M usic Dance V ariety.
P r iz e s w ill be g iven for g ra d e s 1 - 3 , and g ra d e s 4 - 6 . F in a l is ts w ill go to the c ity -w id e ta le n t show.
eL AM MUSIC
Through me sp ir its im m ortal speak the m essa g e that m akes the world weep, and laugh and wonder and w orship.
I te ll the story of love and hate. I am the incense upon which prayers float to heaven.
I am c lo se to the m arriage alter, and when the graves open, I stand nearby.I ca ll the wanderer hom e, I open the lips of lo v ers and through me the dead w h isper to the liv ing .
I speaJk through the birds of the air, the in sects of the fie ld s, the crash of w aters on tock -rib b ed sh ores, the sighing of the wind in the tr e es , and I am even heard in the clatter of w heels on city s tr e e ts .
I know no brother, yet all m en are my brothers; I am the father of the best that is in them . I am of them and they are of m e. For I am an instrum ent of God.
L.AM MUSIC.
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A SMELLY MYSTERY
There was an odor of death and d e cay emanating from one of the P oint's b u sin ess buildings la s t week. At a.bout midnight the p olice w ere called in , and in ten m inutes two o fficers appeared on the scene; O fficers R obert Saddler and R obert Peckham . A fter a thorough search , they found the cause of the odor, and called the health departm ent. Next morning a large sack fu ll of dead shrim p was picked up.
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I v istted Point Molate this week, to view the beautiful E ast B rothers Light= house. While at the R aodering FLant, I m et Carl S terigriff, who helps to op er ate the plant. This plant has been at Point M olate for over 20 y e a rs . They make dog food from b eef scra p s.
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Did you know that Point M olate was at one tim e one of the la r g e st Shrimp producers in the world? What happened?
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Winehaven at P oint M olate, now a Navy w arehouse, was one of the la r g e st Wine cen ters known, about 100 years ago.
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M em ories of the m ovie, "Blood A lley" w ere conjured up by Richard and E rn est B aroni and Robert Souza as they w ere v isitin g the Point Molate area . The picture was on location here , Albany,El C errito, B erk eley and parts of Oakland The picture starred John Wayne and Laufl&r B acall. Som e scen es included the E ast B rothers Lighthouse, and the K aiser Ship yards,
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O v e rh ea rd com m en ts: "Isn't it nice to se e all those lo v e ly vio lins hanging in th<» window of the store next door to the
Santa F e , and to watch the proprietor playing one?"
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A POEM
I turn to the futureI laugbuand l i f t my headClouds may darken the sky of life ,Yet to the y ea rs that are ahead Life b loom s as we travel on. Tom orrow co m es. Why w orry?We are younger yet for growing older.
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We attended a very short City Counc il m eeting Monday evening. Several of the item s w ere put off until next week. The council com m ended patrolm an of the year, C harles W. Snyda- .
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The sam e D r. M ayer of the C o m m ittee of R esp o n s ib ility w ill be showing h is new film on h is tr ip to V ietnam . Save the d a te : Sunday, A p ril 7, a t 7 p . m .
G race L u th e ran C hurch .CARE about the c h ild re n of V ietnam ]
The re c e n t death of two of P o in t Richm ond 's o ld e s t p io n e e r la d ie s brough som e m e m o rie s of c o n v e rsa tio n s long p a sse d . . . . one tid b it te c a l le d was the q u e ry of M rs . T ran n ie D ornan as to when she had m oved to the P o in t . H er re p ly was to the e ffec t th a t she h a d n 't m oved out h e re un til 1905. The re p ly to th is was a laugh ing , "Oh, y o u 're ju s t a 'C h a r l ie - c o m e - la te ly '. '"
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D ear E d ito r:The p o e try of M rs. E a k le 's c la ss is
m uch en joyed. I hope they w ill p roduce some m o re fo r pub lica tion soon]
S in ce re ly ,L ou ise H am m ond.
One of the te a c h e rs a t W ashington school h a ils f ro m M inneapolis , M in n es o ta . She re c e iv e d h e r B .S . d eg ree fro m the U n iv e rs ity of M inneso ta , and began h e r teach ing c a r e e r in Mounds View, M inneso ta . C onsequently she m oved to C a lifo rn ia and taugh t in M cCloud , C a lifo rn ia and E l C e r r i to b e fo re com ing to W ashington.
B efore teach ing fu ll- tim e , th is te a c h e r was ac tiv e in the C h ild re n 's Home Socifety, in R epub lican W om en's o rg a n iza tio n s, in s e v e ra l b rid g e clubs; and when hhe liv ed for a tim e in Kentucky, she was ac tiv e in v o lu n tee r Red C ro ss w ork . She s t i l l k n its , sew s and b e longs to b rid g e c lu b s .
With h e r background , she is not, as you m ight p ic tu re h e r , a l i t t le old lady by now. She d o e sn 't look old enough to have c h ild ren , ages 5 and 3 1/2] But she does, and w hile she is teach ing , h e r husband is w orking tow ard c o m p le tion of h is D o c to ra te a t U. C.
As is a lm o s t obvious, M rs . L e s lie h as tra v e le d through m o s t of the U .S ., pki« C anada. B es id e s , s h e 's an e x c e l len t, te a c h e r fo r our second g ra d e s .
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COME ONE, COME A LL
M ountains a re often m ade of m o le - h il is . U sually out of f e a r . U sually out of fe a r of im ag in ed r a th e r than r e a l p ro b le m s .
Many an u p ris in g h as b een s ta r te d jb y using p e o p le 's fe a r s . U sing th em fo r m o tiv es not spoken in the open.
This v e ry thin& can happen in R ic h m ond, -where c o m m u n ita tio n is poor, w here people a re h a lf- in fo rm e d .
As c itiz e n s of th is town, you owe it to y o u rse lv e s and to b th e rs a ro u n d you to be w e ll- in fo rm e d p eo p le . . . to know fa c ts . The r e c e n t c o n tro v e rsy in v o lv ing the School B o ard can v e ry w ell be the cau se of p ro b le m s . . . m o u n ta in s . . . th a t w ill be i r r e v e r s ib le , once they b e gin g row ing .
B ussing is a m ag ic w ord w hich seem s to cau se fe a r , and thus it is a w ord to be u sed to acco m p lish o th e r ends.You should know th a t the school b o a rd p a sse d on a p o licy , w hich only r e a ff irm s the p o licy th a t h a s been follow ed in R ichm ond. It is nothing new.
It is quoted h e re : "The B oard of E d u c a tion re a liz e d th a t few p a re n ts w ish th e ir c h ild re n to be tr a n s p o r te d fro m th e ir n e a r e s t school, and i t h a s no in ten tio n cf in s titu tin g a tw o-w ay busing p ro g ra m . F o r th is re a so n , the B o ard re a f f irm s its p r e sen t busing p ra c t ic e s .
"The p re s e n t tra n s p o r ta tio n a r r a n g e m en ts of the d is t r ic t w ill be con tinued un til the sp ec ific p ro b le m s of o v e r -c ro w d ing, d is ta n ce and tra ff ic h a z a rd s a re so lved . The d i s t r i c t w ill t r a n s p o r t c h i l d re n with p h y s ica l and le a rn in g handicap^, and s tuden ts p a rtic ip a tin g in sp e c ia l p r o g ra m s . "
Know your fa c ts . A ttend schoo l b o arc m e e tin g s .
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Do you have som eth ing to do on Sunday m o rn in g ? If not, you a re alw ays w elcom e a t the P o in t G ospel Chapel:235 W ashington A venue. The s e rv ic e s a re a t 11:00. When you com e you will be s u re to find a w arm w elcom e. B ring your fam ily and f r ie n d s . See you th e re .
A sk y o u rse lf : W hat have I done fo r God? W hat am I doing for God? W hat am I going to do fo r God?
--W . W.
WHOSE PO PU LA TIO N E X PLOSION?
C o n sid e r the follow ing quote fro m M a rg a re t M ead in Joh L affin 's book, the H unger to C om e, "We can no longer say th a t fa m ilie s should have as m any c h ild re n as they can affo rd , th a t a ll cour le s have the r ig h t to have as m any c h i l d re n as they w ish . We cannot now, as a people continue to ex to l a way of life w hich. . w ill u ltim a te ly tu rn the e a r th fre a h ab itab le p lace to a g rim , overc ro w d ed p r is o n w here in d iv iduals w ill su rv iv e on ly by stepp ing over the b od ies of those
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DONUT SHOPS
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s tru c k down by hunger and d e s p a i r . . . and above a ll we m u s t re a l iz e th a t the tim e to l im i t our fa m ilie s is now, th a t the l i v ing m u s t take p re c e d e n c e over the u n b o rn now, if fu tu re g e n e ra tio n s a re to be b o rn in to a liv eab le w orld . "
F a m ily p lanning fa c il i t ie s :C o n tra C o sta County H ealth D ep artm en t 233-7080; o r See your p r iv a te d oc to r: o r the P lan n ed P a re n th o o d c e n te r , O akland: 654-8822.
PO IN T COUNTERPOINTis p u b lish ed w eekly in P o in t R ichm ond byDR^ E n te r p r is e s .212 B ishop A venue, P t . R ichm ond, 94801 Telephone: 235-4222 (hours a su a lly a - v a ilab le : 3 to 6 p . m . , 7 to m idnigh t) E d ito r: Donna R o se liu s . 235-4222. A s s is ta n ts : Eunie M orin , 233-5358
D orothy King, 237-4772 (P le a se ca ll th e se la d ie s if unable
to re a c h e d ito r . )News m ay a lso be le f t in m ailbox a t 212 B ishop A venue.
C ontributoi*s; Mid D ornan, G lo ria C rim ,
CIVIC CALENDAR:
F e b . 24, S a tu rd ay : R ichm ond M aen n e r- C hor C o n ce rt and D ance, B erm u d a Room , R ichm ond A ud ito rium , 8 p . m
F e b . 26, M onday: 7 : l§ p .m . D rugs and A buse F ilm a t W ashington School A u d ito riu m .
F e b . 26, M onday: 8 p .m . , M a sq u e r 's T ry o u ts , M asq u e rs p lay h o u se .
F e b . 28: W ednesday: D r. A lb e rt H ibbs, L ec tu re , CCC , 8 p .m . Gym.
M arch 4, M onday: CCC fre e film :The B rid g e on the R iv e r Kwai.
M arch 5, T uesday : W ashington School T a len t Show.
M arch 8, 9> 15,16: "T he M agnificen t C uckold", CCC S tagedoor G uild.
P A P E R CARRIERS: M ike A lla ire , A nna & M ichelle H ealy, John B a rb o u r, D avid Hein, S an d ra K in te r, Je a n M o rin, R oni & Jo d i R o se liu s , J a r e d R o ss , L isa S im pson, N ina W illiam son , Joan B a rb o u r,
NEW WANT AD:Baby S itting : M rs . R aym ond Sw ift C lose to School. 235-9810
CUT THIS CUT AND K E E P IT FOR R E FE R E N C E :
A ir P o llu tio n C ontro l T elephone N um ber;
day o r n ight: K L 2-1300.
Frances S m ith .C irc u la tio n M anager: Ju lie D avis
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WANTED SERVICES (continued)
WANTED: A PIANO Does Anyone have a piano that could be donated to Washington School? They need one more; I f ,you know where one is available , ca ll 232-1436
WANTED: RUGSAny Size rugs, that you don't need.
Call 237-4772, or 235-4222
WANTED: A ROUND TABLE About 5 fee t in d iam eter. If willing to donate, ca ll C ris at 235-7128 after 7 p. m .
WANTED:l Som eone who would be w illing to donate
som e tim e to teach BASKET WEAVING to 4th - 6th grade G irl Scouts. For m ore inform ation ca ll Grethe Tedrick, 234-0415.
WANTED: A RIDETwo working g ir ls need a ride to Oakland, K aiser Center area, 8 - 5 , Call 234-1501
WANTED: RAINGEAR For Grade School Children, for the outdoor education project of H uscicon.Leave in sp ecia l box at Washington School, or ca ll 235-3897
WANTED: TWO COOKBOOKS Two C hinese Cookbooks, by Henry Low, which w ere borrowed from Bob Young. P le a se return if you have them .
SERVICES
TEENS FOR HIRE:Babysitting:
P at & Kathy Dornan: 234-5334L isa Sim pson 232-4283 (also p e t-s ittin g )B ecky R oss; 234-6328Sherry & Loretta M ertle:232-9995L isa W illiam s:233-5211D e b b ie -CoJ-e-S-:2 3 4 -1 0 4 5 ____________ _________
Odd Jobs:R obert Drake: 234-8031 Steve L izarraga: 233-4692 Dale Westman: 234-3327 Cindy F orbes: 232-5395
BABY SITTERS:M rs. Ramona Calvan: 235-4369 M rs. Swift: 235-9810
(In their hom es)HOUSEWORK AND 10R BABYSITTING
Wilda Longacre: 237-1385 Mary (36 Cottage, TVpt. 7) 237-1385
MODERN DANCE:New Dance W orkshop-1837 A lcatraz Ave. B erk eley . Susan Cherniak, Ana Swearingen, in stru ctors.Children, Beginning: T h u rs., 3:30-4:15 Teen, Beginning: T h u r s ., 4:30-6:00 Adult, Beginning:T ues. 7:30-9:00 p. m. j ■ . Thurs. 10-11:30 a. m.Adult Inter m ediate: M on., 3 :30 -5 p .m . For m ore inform ation ca ll 233-8468
NEWSPAPERS COLLECTED:Call for pick-up se r v ic e . . . 233-3696
TUTORINGIs your child working up to grade lev e l? Tutoring by qualified teacher Individual p rag ram m ing M arlys L. R eynolds, 560 Washington Ave. Phone 234-4617 for conference
SEWING MACHINES REPAIRED In Your Home. Any make, age, condition F ree E stim a tes . 30 y r s . experien ce. Point Richmond resid en t. Call 234-2590 or 233-3480
INTERESTING CLOTHES Hand-made &designed. R easonably price-, since made & sold at hom e. Have sold my things in San F ran cisco boutiques. Call 237-0838 after 5
JUDICIOUS PRUNING A cacias, Eucalyptus, et cetera . Jim R oberts - 235-3032
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ORIGINAL TAGS UP TO $40.00 WILL REMAIN ATTACHED<
February 27 thru Hareh 2HOURS 12 NOON TO 6 P.M. - PHONE 235-0936
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