Week of January 10th Headlines
100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (January 11, 1918)
*Fabulous Prices Being Paid for Local Strawberries Which are Being Served in Portland and Seattle Hotels
*Red Cross Does Good Work in City
*New Lunch Room for Santa Clara on Franklin Street: Mr. M. Gleason, Proprietor
*R.W. Bridgman New Principal of Grammar School
*Santa Claran, Mr. E. Jacobs, Fighting in France
*Pioneer Woman Passes Away: Mrs. Paula Fatjo, Wife of the Late Dr. Louis Fatjo
*Morse Seed Company Has Purchased Land Near San Carlos: 60 Acres of the Britton Estate
*Wet and Dry Election Slated for February 19th
50 Years Ago: Santa Clara Journal & News (January 10, 1968)
*School Board Meeting Tomorrow: Topic for Review: Should Schools be Organized as Kindergarten through 5th (K-5) or Kindergarten through 6th (K-6)
*Hockey Game at Alameda-Oakland Coliseum Between Oakland Seals and New York Rangers to Benefit Annual Lawrence C. Curtis, Jr. Scholarship Fund Drive
*Elective Mayor?: Should Santa Clara Voters Elect Mayor Rather than Having Position Rotate Among Elected Council Members?: City Attorney To Look at Voting Systems for Nearby Cities that Elect the Mayor
*Trailer Park Gets City Council OK: Permit Approved for Mobile Home Park on 12-Acre Parcel West of Cheeney Street and South of Agnew Road
*Adding and Calculating Machines Valued at $3,175 Stolen from Buchser High School
*Stephen Dorcich Asks for Annexation and Seeks Permission to Move House in the Vicinity of Laurelwood Road and Edward Ave. near the Guadalupe River
*Santa Clara Redevelopment Agency Director Thomas Bell Negotiating with Dillingham Construction Company Regarding $15 Million ‘Mission Project’ Development Proposal for Empty Six Block Downtown Area Bounded by Benton, Lafayette, Liberty and Jackson Streets