Los Altos Hills - Historical Scrapbook Digital  Archive - Book 01
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IMG_0251.JPG Image of Book Cover - for identification purposes only - (no text)
IMG_0030.JPG 11/14/1955 Foothill  residents to vote in January whether to incorporate as new city Los Altos Hills
IMG_0031.JPG 1/11/1956 Los Altos Hills becomes city - vote to incorporate is 424 to 339 - Fowle Dungan Treat Bledso Rothwell council members
IMG_0033.JPG 12/3/1968 LAH names acting city manager Lahr. Developer giving park to LAH on Moody Court 10 acres added to Byrne
IMG_0035.JPG Record storm in LAH - Bennet on Crist drive escaped injury. Power failures - truck crews clearing debris -flagpole on Elena blown over
IMG_0036.JPG 7/21/1955 Petition to incorporate LAH due - map sketch - circulation of cityhood petition near
IMG_0037.JPG 3/11/1955 Legal notice calling for election for formation of Purissima Hills Water District
IMG_0039.JPG 9/8/1955 Incroporation hearing set - ten to one favor cityhood  claimed -  deadline set for candidate filing - incorporation green light - Fire Commissioner Fowle steps down after 7 years - Moeller Riding Academy Page Mill and Central
IMG_0040.JPG 9/1/1955 Legal notice listing petitioners to incorporate as a  sixth class city
IMG_0041.JPG Incorporation committee discusses storm drainage and road maintenance issues, advisory committee Henley Bullis Stegner Macabee McCandless Bradbury Dawson Duveneck Lohman McKenna Paulman Simrell White Sherlock Melquist - Residents may sign up to vote on incrporation
IMG_0042.JPG Incorporation fate to be decided in january - misc newspaper cuttings - biographies of council candidates Fowle Treat Frame Rothwell Bledsoe
IMG_0044.JPG Flyer - urgent message to all Foothill (lah) property owners prepared by foothill incrporation committee and listing names of 175 supporters
IMG_0046.JPG Flyer continued - why incorporation is necessary - what kind of community do we want 
IMG_0048.JPG Flyer continued - Government taxes changes - Budget and Incorporation Procedure
IMG_0049.JPG Flyer continued - How all can participate  - proposed name is Los Altos Hills - council member candidates available - incorporation fund and straw ballot
IMG_0050.JPG Letter from Moody Road resident Seeba to friends (flyer) urging to vote NO on incorporation
IMG_0051.JPG Platform for Incorporation of Town of LAH listing approx 250 residents names - Protective zoning - residential agricultural only - rural atmosphere 
IMG_0053.JPG Reverse side of Platform document including rough sketch map of town boundaries - Flyer from Adobe Creek Lodge urging residents to vote in favor of incorporation - signed Martinelli
IMG_0055.JPG 12/30/1955 Editorial analysis - Must LAH incorporate to stay countrified? Is Home Rule needed or cheap? - Expected Budget $42,900
IMG_0056.JPG 12/30/1955 (continued) The Need - Encroachments by Los Altos, Palo Alto, Subdividers cited as threatening but these cases all outside Los Altos Hills 
IMG_0057.JPG 12/30/1955 (continued) The Price - planners say $42,900 budget covers Police, Fire, Roads but comparisons raise doubts
IMG_0058.JPG 1/5/1956 Advertisement by Foothills Committee for Lower Taxes - Can you afford higher taxes and wasted money tp keep us rural? Vote NO on  January 10 signed Charles Prior
IMG_0059.JPG 1/5/1956 Anti-incorporation advertisement ires proponents - Arguments listed for incorporation - Opposition points reported - proposed budget - voter candidate meeting Saturday
IMG_0060.JPG 12/30/1955 Hills planners say $42,900 budget covers Police, Fire, Roads,  but comparisons raise doubts planners convinced all costs covered by state refunds of gas taxes, license fees - drainage cited as problem caused by development
IMG_0061.JPG Altos Hills residents to vote January 10, 7 candidates for 5 posts on council. Sketch map of town showing areas opted out of incorporation (dotted lines), Los Altos Hills expected to stay as name of new town
IMG_0062.JPG Incorporation move nears last preliminaries - petition said to have enough signers - approx 1200 eligible voters - 75 protesterscause supervisors to withdraw 1000 acres
IMG_0063.JPG 1/5/1956 Biographies of councilmen candidates Bledsoe Fowle Rothwell Wilson
IMG_0064.JPG 1/5/1956 Biographies of councilmen candidates Dungan Frame Treat - Opposition points reported - minimum city government is slate's goal
IMG_0065.JPG Sketch map of town boundaries for proposed town (revised with 1000 acres removed by supervisors) - Treat slected as mayor and Dungan deputy mayor -3 emergency ordinances passed
IMG_0066.JPG Biographies of councilmen candidates Bledsoe Fowle Rothwell Wilson (Duplicated page)
IMG_0067.JPG Biographies of councilmen candidates Dungan Frame Treat (duplicated) - 7 candidates seek 5 council posts - election facts
IMG_0068.JPG 1/6/1956 Anti-incorporation ad ires proponents - sketch map showing town location on peninsula - flyer (small) urging vote NO on incorporation
IMG_0069.JPG Flyer (large) urging vote NO on incorporation by Foothills Committee for Lower Taxes - citing 19 reasons for negative vote
IMG_0070.JPG Flyer (large) urging vote NO on incorporation by Foothills Committee for Lower Taxes (obverse of previous image)
IMG_0071.JPG Eligibility postcard for Special Election January 10 1956 giving recipient eligibility and information on poling place
IMG_0073.JPG 1/10/1956 Sample Ballot for incorporation and selecting council members
IMG_0074.JPG 1/10/1956 Big turnout in Hills balloting - 22% of 1400 votes cast by noon (evening paper reporting same day) - City of Fremont also formed with 99 square miles
IMG_0075.JPG 1/11/1956 LAH becomes city, incorporation vote 424 to 339
IMG_0076.JPG Editorial welcome to new city - 4 to 3 vote makes 6th class city - Council winners Treat Rothwell Fowle Bledsoe Dungan
IMG_0077.JPG LAH becomes city, incorporation vote 424 to339 - Resident and subdivider Channing Cathcart plans action to delay or rescind incorporation
IMG_0078.JPG 3/27/1956 LAH Council study session on maintenance of streets - Taafe reports town should be able to keep 2 men and 2 pieces of equipment working on roads for 6 months within budget limits
IMG_0079.JPG 1/19/1956 Applicants for town clerk sought - council to hold first meeting tomorrow - Treat selected as mayor
IMG_0080.JPG 2/3/1956 Three councilmen face april election test - council starts wheels of government rolling - Los Altos pledges complete cooperation with LAH - council to mail monthly reports to homes
IMG_0081.JPG 2/10/1956 Fowle donates Town Hall site - LAH to have observers on committee studying new hospital - Paulman becomes first city clerk of LAH
IMG_0082.JPG Xerox copy of photo of councilmembers
IMG_0083.JPG 2/17/1956 Hills council starts wheels of government rolling - Paulman appointrf first town clerk - candidates debate road costs in public forum
IMG_0084.JPG 3/15/1956 Fowle donates town hall site to LAH and simultaneously resigns due to ill health  - Fowle  succumbs to illness and dies at 85 after 2 months failing health
IMG_0085.JPG 2/17/1956 Cathcart incorporation opponent and 2 others file as council candidates - Treat to continue as mayor
IMG_0086.JPG 6/22/1956 LAH planners eye committee suggestions - LAH Police Chief on the spot because cannot make arrests - Philbrick erecting big home on 11 acres between La Paloma, Concepcion, Purissima and West Fremont
IMG_0087.JPG LAH Bulletin - Newsletter of the town of LAH - questions apathy of residents
IMG_0088.JPG Election flyer urging retain current incumbents who have served 3 months - against 3 candidates who want to dis-incorporate
IMG_0089.JPG 4/7/1956 Councilmen and opponents clash in LAH forum - Gutt, Cathcart, lockwood running to oppose incumbents and disincorporate LAH -  Planners to get street data Sherlock, Stedman, Melquist
IMG_0090.JPG 3/27/1956 LAH Officials deny plans for a commercial area - Council devotes study session on maintenance of streets Hibner, McCandless Macabee Dungan Taafe
IMG_0092.JPG 4/4/1956 Six seek three seats on LAH city council Cathcart Rothwell Treat Bledso Gutt Lockwood
IMG_0094.JPG 4/10/1956 (Old clipping from january)LAH Becomes city - incorporation wins 424 to 339 - Card asking Can You afford incorporation and urging NO vote - three incumbents returned 
IMG_0095.JPG 3/20/1956 Election flyer for Cathcart, Lockwood, Gutt - Candidates to face public - Three incumbents returned 
IMG_0096.JPG 4/13/1956 Temporary lid on Hills garbage cans -Dawson offers gift for town hall - Hills acts to keep rural setting - Hills votes to enter road contract
IMG_0097.JPG 4/29/1956 Second election flyer letter from opponents Cathcart Gutt Lockwood -  Council votes to rtetain Treat as Mayor
IMG_0098.JPG 5/25/1956 Election flyer from incumbents Bledsoe Treat Rothwell urging re-election - Hills budget holds to promise - LAH to get mail "city delivery service" rather than "rural route carrier"
IMG_0099.JPG Election flyer from all six council members urging continuity after three months of cityhood to re-elect incumbents
IMG_0101.JPG To the voters of LAH - flyer/letter from three seeking re-election
IMG_0102.JPG To the voters of LAH - flyer/letter from three seeking re-election
IMG_0104.JPG 4/10/1956 Hills planning tackled - Legal action brought by Gutt - Councilmen ordered to appear in court to show cause why subdivision ordinance should not be repealed or put to election - sample ballot - Editorial 
IMG_0105.JPG Council apponts committee to conduct name poll - Road official quit over councils decision to put stop sign on Stonebrook - Newsletter planned - Council to consider changing name of town - LAH resident appointed to Library commission
IMG_0106.JPG 4/18/1956 LAH officials deny commercial area plan - Treat continues as mayor - Dawson thanked for offer of fund to build Town Hall - LAH not reimbursing delegates to attend League of California Cities
IMG_0107.JPG 3/4/1956 Pros and Cons of LAH - City fathers like new town just the way it is
IMG_0108.JPG 7/27/1956 Pre-election drive over Hills trucking issue expected - LAH clerk soon the be named - election postcard urging note NO
IMG_0109.JPG 4/18/1956 Hills planners agree 24 foot width for major streets - Hills planners approve subdivision rates hike - Treat to continue as LAH mayor
IMG_0111.JPG 4/19/1956 Sketch - new town hall may look like this - Candidates in tuesdays election Bledsoe Cathcart Gutt Lockwood Rothwell Treat
IMG_0112.JPG 4/18/1956 Times recalls 50 year anniversary of quake - New city LAH keeps old spirit - Hills to eye stop sign row again (Stonebrook and Oneonta) - New furnace at Permanente cement, one of largest in the industry
IMG_0113.JPG 6/20/1956 Report to LAH council on proposed El Camino Hospital District in favor of formation - by  Williams Wickman Lagario - Logario will take over as LAH attorney succeeding Bullis
IMG_0114.JPG 5/24/1956 Hills planning tacked for zoning and subdivision ordinance - Hills motorists and truckers face restrictions - LAH Council plans to end heavy truck traffic 
IMG_0115.JPG 5/22/1956 LAH roads division recommended - attorney suggests rules for trucking - quarry operations to be protested by residents - LAH Road money requested - Planners meet tomorrow on zoning law
IMG_0116.JPG 4/13/1956 Three incumbents returned - Palo Alto to fight LAH truck limit - LAH one horse trail town - gifted first horse pedestrian trail on Miranda - Truck ban in state of suspension - Fortriede founder of Purissima water dies at 50 - LAH may hire building aide
IMG_0117.JPG 6/28/1956 LAH First budget $19,078 - editorial on Councilmembers and trucking ordinance - LAH to hold hearings on truck limits - Editorial New city keeps old spirit - Bill to speed up construction of Seraa Highway (280) as well as extend Bayshore (101) to Moffett Field
IMG_0118.JPG 6/2/1956 LAH delays action against trucks - Neary offers to maintain truck route - LAH budget holds to promise - Planners to eye committee suggestions - objections to larger lot minimum sizes voiced
IMG_0120.JPG 6/8/1956 LAH first budget $19,078 -  Committee recommends one truck route with open door for more - Hills to ban trucks over 12 tons - Councilmen to consider road department for hills - council tp act on truck ban - traffic ordinance before council - LAH to hire audit firm
IMG_0121.JPG 6/13/1956 Horse tax proposed for maintenance of bridle trails in LAH - Council delays action on traffic ordinance - Palo Alto to fight truck weight limit - Supervisors OK srvices pact with LAH - Truck route report due
IMG_0122.JPG 6/28/1956 LAH first budget $19,078 - Compromise possible in truck ban dispute - LAH petition asks repeal of trucking ordinance - Council eyes El Monte as truck route 
IMG_0123.JPG 7/9/1956 LAH to canvas public opinion on trucking routes - Skirmish due over Hills truck routes - LAH attorney suggests new rules for trucking - Committee recommends one truck route for LAH and open door for more
IMG_0124.JPG 6/28/1956 Purissima Hills to furnish water at double usual rate - LAH ban on trucks soon to be enforced - Truck law seen as blow to quarry - Council eyes El Monte as truck route - Letter to editor about increased costs in LAH
IMG_0125.JPG 7/13/1956 LAH continues truck ban debate - LAH to ban trucks over 12 tons - Vote seen on Hills Trucking - Petition blocks weight-curb law - LAH council to get petition
IMG_0126.JPG 7/20/1956 250 petition repeal of truck ban - referendum on truck ban wins october vote - LAH sets truck law vote October 2 - Docs needle dogs at emergency rabies clinic , LAH wants one too
IMG_0127.JPG LAH Council bans heavy trucks effective July 20 - Repeal group affirms plan for petiton
IMG_0128.JPG 7/17/1956 Toll road accusation leveled at Hills truck meeting - Skirmish due over Hills truck routes - Vote seen on hills trucking
IMG_0129.JPG 7/3/1956 Committee eyes truck fee plan - Council to make decision on truck law - Purissima school is voting place - Council OK's first pre-school nursery -Town clerl Paulman charged with slander by painting contractor Gilbert - LAH to resume street work
IMG_0130.JPG 8/3/1956 Sociologist finds LAH rural atmosphere undermined - Los Altans favor more recreation - Truckers offer LAH self-policing program
IMG_0131.JPG 8/30/1956 Editorial opinions - Traffic solution advances on two fronts - A  new line but nothing changes - The spirit of Roble Ridge (Barron Park)
IMG_0132.JPG Sam in Blunderland by Lewis Barrel Capter 1 (Satirical take-off on LAH Council and truck ordinance happening in the style of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol)
IMG_0134.JPG Sam in Blunderland by Lewis Barrel Capter 2 (Satirical take-off on LAH Council  and truck ordinanc happening in the style of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol)
IMG_0137.JPG Sam in Blunderland by Lewis Barrel Capter 3 (Satirical take-off on LAH Council  and truck ordinanc happening in the style of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol)
IMG_0138.JPG 7/27/1956 Hills group blasts proposed ordinance - Simrell replies - Open letter to Dungan from Citizens Committee Walton about facts of voter turn-out - Slef-policing policy for truckers sought
IMG_0139.JPG 8/6/1956 Hils voters will ballot at Purissima - 4,843 voters back El El Camino Hospital proposal - Enforcement to close quarry Neary says in testimony to judge - Belmont granted court power to enforce trucking ordinance
IMG_0140.JPG 8/10/1956 Self-policing policy by truckers sought - Hills voters will ballot at Purissima - Town Hall plans art exhibit consisting of proposed  plans and elevation for new town hall
IMG_0141.JPG 8/24/1956 LAH budget $46,816 hearing set for Monday - Council delays taking bid on Town Hall - Citizens group to contest $48,816 budget - Koehn will head Good Government group in LAH - Million dollars paid for Shumate 390 acre property (btween Fremont and Purissima)  by devloper - planned 200 homes to sell in $30,000 to $60,000 range - Purissima Hills subdivision opens (Miranda and Fremont) 11 homes - LAH Planners submit prposed subdivision law - Budget and Sales Tax on Council agenda
IMG_0142.JPG 8/31/1956 Million dollar trade for 390 acres - subdivision to mimic Lindenwood in Atherton - Hospital district hinges on special election - Trucking meeting set in Los Altos - Neary charges extortion in Hills trucking ban issue 
IMG_0143.JPG 8/30/1956 Neary confirms he has bought additional 374 acres adjacent to quarry - Town charges anti-truck law not unfair - Referendum planned in LAH to overturn trucking law - LAH council will hold budget hearing
IMG_0144.JPG 8/15/1956 Hills residents may be asked to OK bonds to improve truck route - LAH clerk says status of petition still clouded - Altos foothill development receives reluctant approval for 345 lots on 113 acres along St Josephs east of Permanente Creek near Maryknoll (i.e. this must be Los Altos and not LAH) - Both Los Altos and LAH hold first readings on uniform sales tax and have second readings on agenda(in article about Palo Alto Utility rate)           
IMG_0145.JPG 1/11/1956 LAH Police Chief on the spot -  Stanford wants Palo Alto to annex another 125 acres for industrial park - City of Fremont incorporated 99 square miles - handwritten note says Ordinance 19 subdivision approved 9/12/56
IMG_0146.JPG 8/15/1956 LAH again delays uniform sales tax ordinance pending Milpitas decision - LAH attorney Bullis says uniform SC sales tax might blow up - LAH council delays taking bids on Town Hall - Earl Dawason offers $15,000 to build on land donated by Fowle - Budget, Sales Tax on council agenda 
IMG_0147.JPG 4/11/1956 Council probably introduce sales tax law next week - Heavy snow blankets hills - could not see across the road on Skyline - Three Hills incumbents returned
IMG_0149.JPG 6/24/1956 Text of Assembly Bill 3111 - Uniform Local Sales and Use taxes (four pages)
IMG_0152.JPG 8/28/1956 Letters to editor - Truck law seen blow to quarry - Tax rate lowered in county - Neary charges in Hills Trucking - extortion via Roberts Rules of Order - San Mateo sheriff to be chief in Woodside
IMG_0154.JPG 9/14/1956 Rgistration for El Camino Hospitl district closes tomorrow -Hills sets truck law vote October 2 - Los Altos Freeway fight seen - Hills asks revision of offer by quarry to maintain truck route Applications for water due in LAH (Purissima Hills water district) - Two new ordinances for adoption in LAH - subdivision and sales tax
IMG_0155.JPG 9/14/1956 Quarry firm in trucking fight buys additional 524 acres - LAH delays action on Uniform Sales Tax pending Milpitas decision - History of Rengstorff in Moutain View
IMG_0156.JPG 9/27/1956 LAH council opposes truck route - Council may resolve disputed Neary maintenance offer - Radar traffic control planned in LAH - Ainsworth determined spokesman about Bullis dual role - Budget to have hearing
IMG_0157.JPG 9/7/1956 Letter from Neary lawyer to town offering to provide road maintenance
IMG_0158.JPG 9/12/1956 Hillviews a Citizens newsletter  opposing ordinance 17 about truck weight and traffic regulations
IMG_0159.JPG Hillviews citizens newsletter and Bulletin town newsletters
IMG_0160.JPG Town newsletter Bulletin
IMG_0161.JPG Hillviews citizens newsletter
IMG_0162.JPG Newspaper advertisement urging NO vote on ordinance 17 about truck weight and traffic regulations
IMG_0164.JPG 9/28/1956 Council views plans for civic center town hall - Fowle for truck routes - tension marks LAH vote - News article about bond issue for flood control Adobe, Permanente, Stevens and Hale creeks.
IMG_0165.JPG 9/20/1956 Hillviews citizens newsletter - arguing against ordinance 17 truck weightlimitations
IMG_0169.JPG 11/9/1956 Open letter to town residents from dissident voices citizens committee Berg Heneveld Gilbert Gutt Brittain Merideth Williams Caldwell
IMG_0172.JPG 10/18/1956 LAH subdivision law opposition interjects possibility of legal action - Los Altos introduces sales tax law - Milpitas likely sales tax holdout
IMG_0173.JPG 10/15/1956 Taxpayers plan query Los Altos board - Petitioners battle time in LAH - Pros and cons of truck law explained at meeting - Milpitas firm on sales tax issue
IMG_0174.JPG 9/21/1956 Council may resolve maintenance offer - LAH lets contract for town hall - LAH council ready to congratulate Woodside incorporation - Editorial commiserating on councilmens problems
IMG_0175.JPG 9/28/1956 Trucking dispute climax to ancient row - Neary set to fight on if necessary - citizens group invites public to traffic session
IMG_0176.JPG 9/22/1956 LAH officials  deny town hall use charge - Couincil lauds attorney Bullis - Budget to have hearing - extortion charges on trucking ban 
IMG_0177.JPG 9/28/1956 Quarry firm in LAH trucking fight - key issue in trucking war heating up - Pro and Con arguments on trucking isue presented
IMG_0178.JPG Flyer urging YES vote on trucking ordinance 17 - 
IMG_0179.JPG 9/27/1956 LAH vote Tuesday on trucking ordinance sketch map - photo of quarry
IMG_0181.JPG 9/28/1956 Trucking dispute climax to ancient row - Neary set to fight on if necessary - citizens group invites public to traffic session
IMG_0182.JPG 10/3/1956 LAH board OK's model community sub development Fremont Hills - LAH voters uphold trucking ban - Pro and con of truck law told at meeting
IMG_0183.JPG 10/12/1956 Petitioners battle time in LAH,  subdivision law petition given to mayor - LAH delays action on uniform tax base - Council asks revision offer from quarry firm for road maintenance
IMG_0185.JPG 10/15/1956 Open letter to LAH citizens about problems with  petition against subdivision ordinance signed by town founders
IMG_0187.JPG Open letter to LAH citizens urging to sign petition FOR subdivision ordinance
IMG_0191.JPG Open letter to LAH citizens defending petion AGAINST subdivision
IMG_0193.JPG 10/2/1956 Text of ordinance 17 - Notice of election 
IMG_0194.JPG 10/16/1956 Bullis believe LAH safety law will survive attack - LAH voters uphold trucking ban - Paulman town clerk charged with slander by contractor  - letter to editor about flood protection
IMG_0195.JPG 9/14/1956 Quarry firm in LAH buying more land - Sample ballot for October 2 election
IMG_0196.JPG 10/18/1956 Referendum petition being offered in LAH - LAH officials repeat we like Bullis - Purissima suggested as town name - Deputies sought for LAH - Chaiman Koehn  of LAH citizens committee quits in diagreement over committee stance on subdivision ordinance - LAH voted heavily on truck issue
IMG_0197.JPG 10/22/1956 Discussion of subdivision ordinance set for council discussion - State OK on 3 new school sites in LAH sought - Opposition to subdivision ordinance possible legal action - Council to hear foes of subdivision ordinance - letter to editor about attack on signers of referendum
IMG_0198.JPG 10/15/1956 Subdivision ordinance fight tonight - Subdivision ordinance fight before Dads whether valid or not - Council hears debate on petitions - LAH group blasts proposed ordinance Simrell replies
IMG_0199.JPG 10/16/1956 LAH officials flay dissenters on Subdivision ordinance - Councilmen lash move to block law - Council delays action on petition 
 
IMG_0200.JPG 10/18/1956 Hills fight continues over subdivision ordinance - Subdivision ordinance opposition answer attack, lack of data - Council to consider changing name of town
IMG_0201.JPG 11/10/1956 Toyon and Purissima suggested as town name - Truck ban enforcing soon - Truck law change to get hearing in LAH - Council to mail monthly reports to homes - LAH not paying for delegates - Dungan resigns council post - James Wilson suggestedfor council post - Town roads ready for rains reported - LAH group named for freeway talks - 250 horses in LAH
IMG_0202.JPG 11/10/1956 Picture LAH town hall under way - LAH group blasts proposed ordinance Simrell replies - Democracy worth it all available land in Los Atos to be filled up in 5 years so compare with LAH
IMG_0203.JPG 11/15/1956 LAH may get school in 1958 Gunn says - LAH group named for freeway talks - Picture signing referendum - Moot ordinance sparks debate charges in LAH - Council names committee to conduct name poll Jones Meredith Mellquist radich Packard Hoeffler
IMG_0204.JPG 11/9/1956 LAH sites condemned for two elementary schools - Work starts on town hall without ceremony - Further signups for water service 
IMG_0205.JPG 11/16/1956 LAH petition due Dungan rejects talks - Wilson nominee for council - Council to hear changes in truck law - New features to be added to truck law - Newsletter planned by LAH
IMG_0206.JPG 11/25/1956 Council hears debate on petitions - Ban on trucks soon to be enforced - Bullis hopes for showdown on truck ban soon - Council presented with problem of traffic on private roads
IMG_0207.JPG 10/15/1956 Open letter to all residents, statement endorsed by council, about recent subdivision ordinance 19 signed by original  committee to incorporate the town
IMG_0209.JPG 11/21/1956 LAH expected to act on petition - LAH to vote in January on subdivision issue - Editorial Can LAH avoid more complexity? - 
IMG_0210.JPG 12/1/1956 Printed pamplet to fellow townsman - Some arguments in favor of proposed subdivision ordinance 19 by members of Planning Commission - Dawson Mellquist Simrell Hoeffler Bullis Sherlock Stedman
IMG_0213.JPG Typewritten draft Letter to citizens to set the record straight by member of plaqnning commission about subdivision ordinance 19, unknown exact authorauthor possibly Dawason (handwritten annotation)
IMG_0220.JPG 12/3/1956 No Hills election feasible till April - Neary Quarry pointed to as source of dust - LAH truck limit signs sabotaged - Chief McKenna to quit LAH post - Prospect of school as neighbor disturbs
IMG_0221.JPG 12/4/1956 Trustees reaffirm decision to condemn 20 acres - Ruling postpones LAH referendum - Hills truck limit signs sabotaged - picture of first issue of Hills Bulletin town newsletter being prepared by hobbyist printer Pfeiffer
IMG_0222.JPG 12/3/1956 No Hills election feasible till April 
IMG_0223.JPG 12/20/1956 Nursery school first non-residential use in LAH proposed - Hoeffler appointed to council - OK expected for new LAH subdivision - Palo Alto school trustees buy third schoolsite - services held for LAH rancher Johnson - Council to consider town name change - report submitted on name substitute
IMG_0224.JPG Police Chief McKenna resignation accepted by LAH council - 
IMG_0225.JPG 12/2/1956 Mystery man of LAH citizens committee Caldwell fading from sight - Woodside council cuts ties to San Mateo county - Wide support for county-wide road study - Disaster council formed in LAH - council meetings switch to Monday nights
IMG_0226.JPG 12/26/1956 LAH backers confident of future, picture of new Town Hall taking shape
IMG_0227.JPG LAH busy first year - LAH may hire building aide - Picture builders with blue prints and interior old town hall in schoolroom
IMG_0228.JPG Picture Councilman Sherlock switches tactics from camouflage to landscaping - LAH to vote January 22 on subdivision issue - LAH zoning law to be effective soon
IMG_0229.JPG 1/9/1957 Billis hopes for showdown soon on truck ordinance - Neary aims suit at trucking law - Trucking law changes up for study - Quarry owners sue to kill truck law
IMG_0230.JPG 1/8/1957 LAH council vote to liberalize truck law - Council retains town name - LAH move to hire building official - Housewife Williams and Realtor Powell join LAH planners - No referendum vote on ordinance planned - Big LAH subdivision plan OK
IMG_0231.JPG 1/10/1957 LAH First birthday today - LAH group to ask court for tract referendum vote - Suitre filed against Neary by landowner - LAH council may license sontractors - Editorial Not all feuds in LAH
IMG_0232.JPG 2/14/1985 Invitation from LAH Histrical society to  Valentine party - (dated 1985 totally out of place in this book)
IMG_0233.JPG Cartoon - LAH town hall construction - A Community Project
IMG_0234.JPG 2/1/1957 LAH Bulletin Town Newsletter - what the town did in December and January
IMG_0236.JPG 2/21/1957 LAH voted heavily on truck issue - LAH to tackle mounting drainage problems - Macabee pleads with council to keep LAH rural - LAH truck law faces delay - San Francisco  wins battle to stop quarrying near water reservoir
IMG_0237.JPG 2/9/1957 Injunction war against LAH truck ordinance - Ordinance 19 revisions forecast by committee - Dirt hauling fee check for legality - Map approval streamlining procedure recommended - Picture Eagle scouts birthday present for Ike Eisenhower
IMG_0238.JPG 2/7/1957 LAH Council sets excess run-off policy - Council deletes formula for storm drain assessments (Los Altos) - Two ordinances to boost income for LAH - Editorial After all we are allies
IMG_0239.JPG 2/22/1957 Editorial - inate soundness of LAH as represented by new Town Hall - LAH Council to tackle storm drain problem
IMG_0240.JPG 2/22/1957 LAH residents get invitation to join new group Los Altos Hills Association - picture new Town Hall final inspection and open house -  October 1 favored as date to ban dump burning in Bay Area
IMG_0241.JPG 2/21/1957 Group formed to protect LAH rural characteristics - name is Los Altos Hills Association - Picture  Council holds first meeting in new town hall - Ceremonies mark opening of new town hall - subdivision ordinnce faces court test
IMG_0242.JPG 2/21/1957 LAH equestrians suggest city create roadside trails - Picture horseriders and vehicle on narrow road
IMG_0243.JPG 4/4/1957 Route map fro hills freeway - Map sketch two Serra routes proposed by state highway engineers  (becomes Foothilla dn280 eventualy) - special census Menlo Park and Atherton delayed
IMG_0244.JPG Picture addition to Town Hall for office space - LAH joins county road study - Editorial can LAH avoid more complexity - LAH councilman explains move in truck issue
IMG_0245.JPG 5/22/1957 Editors officials disagree on value of Brown act - New licensing ordinance for LAH likely - Bullis plans to quit post in june - LAH petitions court in Magdalena hassle - Santa Clara County cities get revenues  from sales tax - Hills Association names Geer president
IMG_0246.JPG 6/2/1957 LAH OK's map filing procedure - Truckers ask peace , compromise offered on dirt haul - Depressed freeway works (Hills Association report)
IMG_0248.JPG 6/28/1957 Hills group to survey other cities freeway problems - see how Montclair (near Oakland) handled freeway
IMG_0249.JPG 6/21/1957 Country Lawyer Bullis retires - LAH minutes corrected but road unresolved - LAH delays decisions on assessments -
IMG_0250.JPG Sketch three Pie charts showing LAH  Tax payments, revenue, operating funds for 1956-1957
IMG_0251.JPG Book Cover - for identification purposes only - (no text)