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SEASIDE POST OFFICE
! A big surprise to the members
The town of East Monterey was . will be the news that Vivian Della
founded by Dr. J. L. D. Roberts in ; Chiesa, well known star of opera
1887, plotted, mapped and officially | and radio ,will present the first
recorded the same year. About a j convert in the full. At that time
yeaf'"later the town had a summer ) she will be in San Francisco as
population of about 50 families. one of the stars fo^-Lhc opera sea
bright a glow as you are ever
likely to hear."
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Admission to these concerts will be by membership card only; no tidkuls will be sold at the door.
layout will be an unique drive-in parking area for his many custom ers.
PIECE WORK OMAHA. -- A stick of gum, a
corn cob and bailing wire helped
Established as a "summer" recrea- : son there. Througti the efforts of tion spot came the demand for ai Wesley Chase indefatigable gen
jpost office. In 1888 application was eral chairman, of the iocal associ
Jmade for establishment of a fourth ation which is affiliated with Co
DEMAND AGAINST SUPPLY
LOS ANGELES. -- Bidders set (heir own ceilings with no thought
the Rev. W. C. Birmingham of At kinson, Nebr., into Omaha. Short ly after starting on.an emergency 600-mile trip, he discovered his
class office, name of East Monte-^, lumbia Concerts, special arrange- of the office of price administra
rcy.
I meats were made between Co tion (OPA) when the collector of
jTins application was rejected by lumbia and National Concerts customs auctioned several cases of
the post office department in and Artists for her engagement.
Scotch wbi.'ky for non-payment of
tVashinton. principally on the This will fulfil) a request of fakes or duty. The first case went
ground that the proposed name of several years on the part of local for S79.50. An army captain paid
EAST Monterey would bring con Della Chiesa opera apd radio fans $97 for each of the next two, and fusion with the already established who have watched her career with $107 for the third.
gasoline tank had a hole. He plug
ged it with a stick of gum. Later j he bought more gasoline, but fear- j
ing the extra weight might force out the gum, he rigged up a com cob against the gum with' two
pieces of wire for added support.
It held all the way.
name of Monterey and that a name interest since she won a Chicago
without the prefix "East" would radio contest against 3700 other
have to be selected before consid aspirants and became'.a featured
eration would be given. Following radio artist on CBS and NSC pro
this a second application was pre grams, appearing in such series pared and -filed, using the name as the soprano star of American
Now in Our
of "Seaside." This second applica tion apparently got into the "dead letter" file in Washington . and
Album of Familiar Music with Frank Munn and American Mel ody Hour.
New Location
nothing was heard of it for many
The Bary Ensemble, winch is
months.
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WANA.MAKER VISITS
- extraordinary as. a musi.c2J_.urul,will meet the demand for a widely
- Preriroiit~Extr at Spruce St., Seaside-
In 1889, John Wanamaker, weal thy New Yor..kcity merchant and at the time postmaster general, visited file west coast and spent "some Ume'ai Lhe'dltTui igiual' Del Monte. Mr. Wanamaker never missed teaching a Sunday school class wherever he might be.
Years before, while a student at New York university, Dr. Roberts had attended many Sunday school
classes conducted by Wanamaker at the old Coolers institute in New York. While at Del Monte Wahamaker accepted an invitation from the pastor: of the Congregational church at Pacific Grove to attend a small Sunday school meet j at
varied instrumental program. This ensemble was formed by Gertrude Bary, pianist, who is widely known as a soloist with orchestra.
Wren,
fornia and was for several veasr | the first flutist wjth the famous all-girl NBC orchestra. Mara Se-
Jbriansky, violinist, and Virginia
sun, 'cellist, who' held . scholarship for several years with ;
Michel Penha, complete this en- | semble of four young women.
Mildred Diliing, harpist, who appeared as a Community Con cert artist in Salinas several sea sons ago, comes at the request of many members who heard^her
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SEASIDE
Main Nursery Fremont Extension at Spruce Street
Phone 7388
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Flower Shop and Brapch Nursery ... Dolores Sb,%- '
Phone 1895
Seaside.
This Sunday school'class was, at first mail messenger, a'man by the
the time, conducted at the home name of Robert Bauman, one of the"
of Dr. Roberts. Wanamaker at early residents of Seaside.
tended and after Sunday school 43 YEARS' SERVICE
surveyed the new town ol Seaside,
After nearly 43 years of postal
^remarking that a post_office was -sei-vdc'e--and- .with- `the-Tekfgnation, needed and was essential to the of Dr. Roberts, the growth of the development of the community. country seemed to warrant some-
Wanamaker- was-inf-OFmed-that-ap- changes. The first office was in the
plication had been made, the first corner of the basement'of the home
one rejected and the second one of D. J. Houghton, now the resi
apparently lost in- the shuffle in dence of Dr. Szody. Later it was
Washington. Nothing further was moved into a small building In the
said on the subject, but shortly center of the town on the north
.after the return of Mr. Wanamaker to Washington', Dr. TRoherts re
side of the railroad tracks and from
there to a larger building across
ceived appointment as postmaster the street now. .-occupied--by--th`e~
r- of Seaside-post-office^ said-appoint--. ~Seaside G-osp.el- bhurcH.-~`- -- -7' ---
.unent dated November 12, 1890.
Following; this it was moved to
---For -more-tHan-40-years-Dr--Rob a smaller building in:the Vista Del
erts served as postmaster and part He.y-tmc.^orLthe^south-fiidfl^vM-hp. .
of ` this time as mail messenger, railroad. ^During ''its location" on
carrying the mail from train to the north'side the office'.tyas twice
-office.. After about 20 years as mail burglarized; Th'e-fu^rQjne^H^cul-
messenger .as well - is postmaster, prits were apprehended-and sen
it became the duty of the railroad tenced to__prison' but f.hpYsecond
-cqmpanyCtoTpay.FdQHelleilver-yaxiL-: trime-the-thieves-wereDibT'appre-'
--mail within,a certain distance, of- bended. The dfffce-has-a-lways'had'7
any post office'. With this new nil- such, facilities, as-.
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ing came the appointment ot our order and special delivery.
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Lumber and Building Materials by
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