Week of March 7th Headlines
100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (March 8, 1918)
*Santa Clara Facts & Figures: Founding and Growth of Our Historical Town
*Santa Clara Provides Superior Inducements for Those Seeking New Home in Golden West: Prices Reasonable: Orchard Land Available
*War Work: Dr. A.E. Osborne Appointed to Santa Clara District of County War Works Council
*Peninsular Railroad Company Requested to Complete Paving Work: Urgent Need to Lower Track on Grant Street in Santa Clara
*Santa Clara Man, James Silva, Successful with Paint Enterprise: Granted Patent
*Woman’s Club Monthly Social Next Week: Guest Speaker to be Principal of Santa Clara Grammar School
50 Years Ago: Santa Clara Journal & News (March 6, 1968)
*Santa Clara County Embalmers Strike: Two Mortuaries Hit by Pickets: Santa Clara Funeral Home and Smith Funeral Home
*K-5 or K-6 Query Raised by PTA Which Plans to Conduct Survey on Issue
*Pros and Cons Fly Over Proposal to Allow Small Walk-In Theater Adjacent to Drive-In Movie Theater at Moonlite Shopping Center
*City Will Rescue Santa Clara Boys Baseball Club
*Student Government Day: Santa Clara Teen-Agers from Buchser High School, Paul Kozlow and John Haro, serve as City Manager and Mayor for the Day
*Leap Year Baby David Noland Born on February 29th to Santa Clara Couple — Mr. & Mrs. David Courtney
*Ponderosa School Expansion Construction Bid Awarded by SCUSD Education Board
*Sewer Rates Increased for Santa Clara
*Proposed Charter Changes to be on June 4th Primary Ballot: One Deals With Whether to Eliminate Term Limits for City Council Members and the Other with Regulations Pertaining to Political Activities of Public Employees
*Efficiency Experts Hired to Study the Administrative Organization and Business Practices of the SCUSD