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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." ' 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. ------- 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 COMPLETE LINE OF SHRUBS, FRUIT TREES, BEDDING PLANTS AND GARDEN SUPPLIES MEL-O-DEE SEASIDE Main Nursery Fremont Extension at Spruce Street Phone 7388 NURSERIES CARMEL 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-. ' ing came the appointment ot our order and special delivery. IK DURABILITY! HEAVY-DUTY VARNiSH YOU'Ll USE ALL OVER THE HOUSE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS * Th longtsl wearing varnish we FOR HOOKS, WOODWORK :'-r - ' .- (SKm Seaside's Ni 1924 Pop 1944 Pop The following f - General--Con t-r-ae-tnrs ELIO & VASSALS 201 Eardiey Pacific Grove Phone 4654 Lumber and Building Materials by THE WORK LUMBER CO. David at Lighthouse New Monterey Phone 3171 <; ^sffsiDr d r ug s t o r e Phone_7i04J 1 -am "Real-Estate^=_In5uxa7iceT=_N:otaTyr- --H ighwa-y--N-er-4 4------ Pbone-9-HH-- . , Next to Seaside Drug Store . j- SEASIDE MARKEf Meats -- Groceries -- Produce Del Monte and 4th . Phone 7157 c 7- Ileal Es'faGF-- Insurance -^Notary 65.7 Highway No.-l ----------------- -Fhfee Seaside 1 -------------------- -- --