Los Altos Hills - Historical Scrapbook Digital  Archive - Book 05
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Freeway Routes: A Route, "green route" through center of LA & many peninsula cities, regarded as a strawman to get cities to adopt B Route; B Route, "red route" desired by Division of Highways, follows the SP right-of-way, where Foothill Expressway presently lies; C Route, the "blue route" through Purissima (route adopted for 280); F Route sweeps through hills further west of C Route, at top of Twisters (IMG_1706, IMG_1716, IMG_1719)
IMG_1670.JPG 5/25/1977 First LAH council to reconvene at "Founders Meeting" Fowle, Dungan, Bledsoe, Treat (widow) - also Stedman, Hoefler, Tantau, Bullis, Hibner, Stegner, Wawley
IMG_1671.JPG 11/12/1980 Oil Painting (pictured) of old Purissima School donated to town by History Society on 25th Anniversary of incorporation
IMG_1672.JPG 5/2/1977 Re-Union of LAH founders and incorporation advocates - Fowle, Dungan, Bledsoe,  Stedman, Hoefler,, Bullis, Hibner, Stegner
IMG_1673.JPG 1/8/1957 LAH vote to liberalize truck law - Neary aims suit at trucking law - LAH first birthday - Birthday observance bows to town business - Move to hire building official - LAH prefers route for Serra Highway along railroad (now Foothill Expressway)
IMG_1674.JPG 1/10/1957 Citizens to attack subdivision law - Group to ask court for tract referendum vote - No referendum vote on ordinance planned - Study session says Subdivision Oridinance 19 needs reorganising -Tantau appointed planner - Licensing of businesses a step closer in LAH
IMG_1675.JPG 1/11/1957 Suit filed against Neary by landowner - Williams and Powell appointed planners - Residents seek answers on Freeway plan - Woodside rejects role as goat in dirt hailing controversy - Council may license contractors  -  Council retains "Los Altos Hills" as town's name -  Supervisors refect firearms law
IMG_1678.JPG 1/22/1957 Neary and LAH gear for test case on trucks -Serra Freeway 280 taken over by state - Bullis hopes for show-down on truck ordinances - Police Chief and building official not yet named - Home fire prompts praise for department - Formation of citizens committee considered - Los Altos considers copying LAH trucking ordinance 
IMG_1679.JPG Page two of letter from citizens committee about ordinances for parcel drainage fees and road fees
IMG_1680.JPG 4/4/1958 Smith named LAH Police Chief - LAH council told to listen to critics - LAH vote on disincorporation and two council openings coming up - candidates Clayton, Fowle, Hoefler - Committee to study roads and budget set up, members are Bledso, Clayton, Salfen, Longmire 
IMG_1681.JPG 1/14/1957 LAH not all feuds, Cathcart and Koehn working with town - LAH Police Cief is Litchfield -Salfen is building inspector - Goldsmith asks for curbs on dogs and speed - Map approval procedure recommended for streamlining - LAH wants Serra freeway near railway - Neary wins injunction against truck ordinance 
IMG_1682.JPG 2/4/1957 Ruling postponses LAH referendum - LAH says anti-truck law not unfair - LAH to vote on subdivision issue - LAH acts against mud dropping - Subdivision road question before council  - Subdivision law faces court test - Licensing of contractors is closer - Town Clerk may delay painting of his house to accommodatw Town Hall opening - 
IMG_1685.JPG 2/21/1957 LAH horsemen suggest city create roadside pathways - Residents urged to join new organization "Los Altos Hills Association" to protect rural environment - Macabee pleads with council not to widen roads but keep town rural
IMG_1686.JPG 2/23/1957 Editorial New Town Hall $25,000 and 13 months community effort - Cartoon Town Hall Community Project - Photo town clerk Paulman using telephone in new town hall with same phone number - Invitation to Celebrate opening new town hall
IMG_1687.JPG 2/23/1957 Residents invited to join Hills Association - Photo open house new town hall - Councilmen to tackle storm drainange problem - Sewers to serve part of LAH
IMG_1689.JPG 2/19/1957 Ceremonies mark opening of town hall - LAH to tackle mounting drainage problems - Group to examine subdivision ordinance - LAH officials criticized in satirical tract - Anti-mud law before council - Rustic roads to be cleaner - Drainage plan seen as possible - two ordinances to boost income for LAH
IMG_1690.JPG 2/26/1957 Fowle gives three Serra route guesses - Council holds first meeting in town hall - Council sets excess run-off policy - Council repeals licensing ordinance and will study revision - SF to oppose peninsula on freeway route alternative C
IMG_1691.JPG 3/7/1957 Three possible route for Serra freeway through LAH - Hills Association more than 500 charter members - 
IMG_1692.JPG 5/31/1957 Inside story of trick plan by state  for Serra freeway - First choice of route for Serra freeway by state is a victory for Palo Alto and LAH but loss for Stanford - State favors route for Serra freeway along Hetch Hetchy right of way in Menlo Park and then Southern Pacific rightof way through Los Altos
IMG_1693.JPG 4/3/1957 Serra route through hills urged by Los Altos sending it through middle of LAH - LAH may press for rapid transit system instead - Map of proposal to transform shoreline dumping ground to marine park
IMG_1694.JPG 4/5/1957 Two Serra routes aimed at minimizing property damage (map) -
IMG_1695.JPG 4/16/1957 Santa Clara planners recommend B route for Serra freeway - LAH voters repeal business license ordinance - Treat and Rothwell re-elected as Mayor and Deputy mayor -  Forum sought on highway by Daly City
IMG_1696.JPG 4/23/1957 Serra freeway routing facing tests and opposition from high cost residential districts - San Carlos votes "no" on proposed routing  - 
IMG_1697.JPG 5/9/1957 LAH favors Serra Freeway route along tracks - Burlingame lashes out at both routes - San Bruno backs route "A" - Peninsulans back route "B" - Monteclaire homeowners map opposition to Serra routes - Last minute peace parley in truck row
IMG_1698.JPG 5/8/1957 Trafficways plan (map) will go to advisory group - Westward Serra shift overruled - County expressway plan unveiled  - Burlingame OK's baseball diamond
IMG_1699.JPG 5/9/1957 Map shows predicted highway needs in San Mateo - Truckers pledge self-control to cities - Burlingame groups assail Serra routes - Belmont will air freeway stand - New Belmont truck arrest - LAH will receive Fowle's report on Serra routing
IMG_1700.JPG 5/14/1957 Los Altos doesn't like any freeway plan - Land saving seen with rapid transit - Belmont councilmen in truck row - Woodside postpones truck law -  San Francisco enlisted in protest against Serra freeway - Hillsborough to air Serra plans - Editorial don't rush to rip up Foothills railway
IMG_1701.JPG 5/13/1957 Battle forma against Serra freeway - Splits develop on Serra routes - Truck controversy meeting set - San Carlos critics oppose earth hauling plan - Sewers endorsed by LAH in principle - LAH committtee to report on Serra freeway route - Millbrae Serra meeting set - 
IMG_1702.JPG 5/15/1957 City of San Mateo rejects freeway route - LAH residents seeking answers on freeway plan - Magdalena residents want three ton truck limit
IMG_1703.JPG 5/19/1957 Los Altos hires consutant for freeway research - LAH defines who may rent town hall  - Hillsborough freeway meet planned - Freeway forum planned in LAH - Hillsborough residents oppose Serra routes "A" and "B" in favor of more westerly route  "C" 
IMG_1704.JPG 5/15/1957 Truckers offer earth hauling legislation  - El Camino to be widened - LAH engineer prefers rail route for freeway - Representatives named for parley on Serra freeway - New licensing ordinance for LAH likely 
IMG_1705.JPG 5/23/1957 LAH reaction to Serra freeway moderate  - LAHto petition court on Magdalena hassle - Hills Association favors SP route for freeway - LAH will ask court to ease Magdalena injunctions - LAH flatly rejects Los Altos proposal to move freeway route - Letter to editor by Duveneck argues freeway would reduce commute traffic through Los Altos and LAH
IMG_1706.JPG 5/31/1957 Eight cities to meet at Stanford to work on freeway route - Serra route through foothills backed by five of nine jurisdictions - Two State Senators assured that Serra route "A"is out - Senate bill asks route "B" approval - Serra routes explored in LAH meeting - Mountain View backs route "B" - Sunnyvale rejects U-5 alternative route for freeway in favor of "B" but Cupertino rejects both.
IMG_1707.JPG 5/28/1957 Mountain View backs Serra route "B" - LAH promises stand to block  Los Altos resolution to shift Serra route - LAH aides to act on Serra route - Serra freeway route recommendation from State expected in summer - LAH officials promise stand against interference on freeway route from neighboring communities
IMG_1708.JPG 5/31/1957 Editorial comment and cartoon on achieving agreement between LAH and Los Altos on freeway route - Once councilmans view on impact of local businesses - Supervisors invite cities to a hearing on Serra route "B"
IMG_1709.JPG 6/3/1957 County supervisors hit Serra route "A" - LAH and Los Altos plan joint session on Serra freeway route - LAH endorses freeway route along railroad -  Letter to editor opposing route "B" - LAH to appeal edict against truck ban 
IMG_1710.JPG 6/12/1957 LAH councilmen agree not to play back tape with wording of motion - PUC told Serra route will contaminate city water supply in Crystal Springs - Feud between Los Altos and LAH looms on freeway routing - LAH orders study of drainange problem -  LAH budget of $67,000 announced
IMG_1711.JPG 6/18/57 "Depressed" (below-ground-level) Route-B freeway along Southern Pacific tracks (present Foothill Expressway) proposed through Los Altos seen as a "smog tunnel"; Route C further west seen as "beautiful landscaped parkway" - LAH enacts emergency license fee for contractors - Junipero Serra freeway route still in evaluation stage - No compromise in LA rejection of LAH support for route B for Junipero Serra Freeway along Southern Pacific tracks; LAH rejection of route C (present 280 route)
IMG_1712.JPG 6/21/57 Tape recording playback used to resolve challenge to written minutes of 03 June council meeting - Bay being dredged for mud to extend Bayshore Freeway - Permanente Cement sued for dust damage by local residents - (8/8/57) -- Councilman Bledsoe challenges Neary Quarry ruling allowing trucks to 12 tons over local roads - (6/28/57) LAH councilmen informally agree to financially support LA library quarters - LAH committee appointed to examine Junipero Serra "fishhook" freeway around SF Bay-- Candlestick Point Quarry (Harney) application draws SF resident protests (2G cubic yards of stone to be removed)
IMG_1713.JPG 9/5/57 Town Clerk Paulman resigns; post filled by building inspector Paul Salfen - Paulman heatedly insists he hasn't resigned; mayor Sidney Treat's announcement of resignation in error - LAH town council scheduled to make announcement on Town Clerk - (9/12/57) Paulman "blasts" resignation announcement; Mayor Treat backtracks and labels newspaper story "not good reporting" - (7/11/1957) Judge lifts ban on Neary Quarry trucks
IMG_1714.JPG 7/3/57 Southern Pacific opposes Route B Junipero Serra Freeway (present Foothill Expressway) - (17 Jul 1957) "Purissima Valley Freeway" (Route C, present route) represents best plan says State Division of Highways - (23 Jul 1957) Neary Quarry route on Stonebrook to be paved; Martin Taafe contractor; Treat, Fowle, Hoefler pro, Bledsoe against - LA insurance consultant WJ Greene disputes study supporting route B freeway along Southern Pacific line through Los Altos -- (partial) Foothill College Bond district supported
IMG_1715.JPG 7/25/57 Maurice Mayer commercial artist draws proposed Route B Junipero Serra Freeway through LA; supporters and opponents show up at meeting; PR firm hired by LA Council opposition - State won't make special study comparing effects of Route B with Route C "Purissima Valley" - (29 Jul 1957) LAH residents protest inability to express disapproval of projected license fees for contractors; fees to be used to continue contesting Neary Quarry lawsuit; Roland Gilbert committee treasurer; chimney sweeps pay $5 - Public meeting set for Serra freeway review
IMG_1716.JPG 8/5/57 LAH argues for Route B (along railroad tracks) for Junipero Serra; Stanford planning huge residential community (Peter Coutts Road) - LAH council set up panel backing B Route - (Jul 3 1957) Southern Pacific abandon rail in Tulare County - SC County passes ordinance preventing shooting on another's property without written permission - (5 Aug 1957) LA Downtown Association merchants have no freeway preference; routes described: A, B, C, F - LAH Building permits total ~$300k
IMG_1717.JPG 8/14/57 LA/LAH set meeting to clash on freeway routes - Editorial: don't rush to rip up Southern Pacific tracks - LAH probes ways to close Neary Quarry
IMG_1719.JPG 8/14/57 Sunnyvale hearing set to air freeway route conflict; map of alternate routes drawn A, B, C, F; photo of Southern Pacific tracks, San Antonio Road, St. Nicholas Church, Hubbard & Johnson Lumber, Clint's Ice Cream, first & Second Streets, Covington Junior High School & St. Nicholas Grammar 
IMG_1722.JPG 8/15/57 Separate LA study for freeway conflict wasteful: LA Henry Chace - LA State Assembly man Clark Bradley supports Route C through LAH; photo LAH Fowle, Treat, LA Atkinson, Prior, Estill - Chairman Stanford Trustees Dinkelspiel supports Route C west of Stanford
IMG_1723.JPG 8/22/57 State Highway Commission pressured by local groups -- Carquinez Straits cut is largest in world (photo) - (21 Aug 1957) Junipero Serra 8 lanes because designated National Defense highway (Alexander Bodi column); traffic increase projected; employment growth seen: Sylvania, Beckman, Varian, Lockheed
IMG_1724.JPG 9/13/57 Editorial: Harry Bridges union members have right to strike and picket to halt shipment of troops - Park site sought in LAH; Hidden Villa, Stevens Creek Reservoir considered - (9/8/57) long agenda for new LAH councilmen - Clerk Paulman resigns LAH - (9/17 1957) stop sign approved at Stonebrook & Oneonta - Road commissioners quite after sign approved - Sheriff's Department coverage to cost LAH coming year - new secretary for LAH Mrs. Woodrow Morgan
IMG_1725.JPG 2/28/58 Town Clerk Salfen & Smith carve wooden LAH sign - Governor Knight declares Sacramento flood disaster area - Clerk Paulman charges he was fired - LA residents ask for special assessment for road work - San Mateo County grants permits for heavy trucks - Los Altos sets routes for quarry trucks
IMG_1726.JPG 2/26/58 LAH group seeks disincorporation (Bullis, Dawson, Hoefler, Fowle) - LAH Disincorporationists charge set-back ordinance will force home removals in 10-20 years - (3 Mar 1958) Quito Road resident protests road condition - (26 February 1958) Atherton school policy
IMG_1727.JPG 9/19/57 Town Crier: Neary Quarry trucks off El Monte and onto San Antonio & Grant Roads
IMG_1728.JPG 10/27/57 SF Examiner: LAH City Hall; Dick Dawson; photos
IMG_1730.JPG 10/28/57 SF Examiner: LAH overview; Treat, Simrell, Fowle, Mellquist photo: business backgrounds of Mellquist, Bullis, Tom Sherlock, Stedman, Mrs. Hal Williams, Tantau, Spain - Page Mill Road through Stanford Industrial Park to be landscaped - "pay as you go" TV
IMG_1732.JPG 10/1/57 LAH council boosts fulltime employees to 3 - LAH Association neighborhood meetings set - CJ Smith named LAH town clerk - Geer denies attempt to get LAH town attorney Gardiner Bullis - cement plant issued permit in abandoned Stanford quarry on Page Mill Road - Oscar Holm named new planner to commission - (Dec 14 1957) letter: annex 12 acres of LA to block Route B of freeway - "Children at Play" signs must be paid for by requestors; City Council - LAH seeks state road funds
IMG_1733.JPG 11/14/57 Disincorporation sought by LAH residents: Gilbert, Berg, Lockwood, Meredith, Gut - Disincorporationists claim tax hike coming - disincorporation literature sent out to LAH residents - Xmas toy drive planned
IMG_1734.JPG 12/30/57 LAH disincorporation drive and history; Clerk Paul Salfen photo; Paulman town clerk resignation contention
IMG_1735.JPG 12/31/57 1957 Budgetary Pie charts: LAH tax payment rates and use; revenue from all sources; operating fund expenditures
IMG_1736.JPG 1/1/58 1958 Budgetary Pie charts: LAH tax payment rates and use; revenue from all sources; operating fund expenditures
IMG_1737.JPG ?1970s? Town Crier editorials, letters: Tuck Shepherd column referencing Nixon Frost interview 1977 -- "No" to unrestricted legal advertising, Read Ambler, President Santa Clara Co. Bar Ass. - San Felipe Division, California Valley Project (drought water transfer) - Preying Reporter: Kiwanis pet parade
IMG_1738.JPG 1957? Events impending on second birthday LAH: census, council election, registration day, disincorporation petition
IMG_1739.JPG 5/18/57 Town Crier: Original town founders meet at old Purissima school; 1949 photo of founders (including Alan Cranston)
IMG_1741.JPG 1/28/58 Hills sewer problems studied - town clerk Paul Salfen proposes creation of LAH branch PO -- water service extension for LAH residents - final word on Junipero Serra freeway set - LAH road fee challenged - only two incumbents file for LAH town council election: Hoefler & Fowle
IMG_1742.JPG 2/12/58 Mayor Sidney Treat 12670 Robleda - copy of Wall Street Journal: Future of Civil Defense in post WWI
IMG_1743.JPG 2/13/58 Cement freight rate inquiry by GSA - Pacific Mercury Television Manufacturing purchased in LA - State Highway Engineer Booker tending toward approval of B Route (Southern Pacific Track route in LA) -- LAH Disincorporationists file petition for election -- 200 signatures gathered on pro-Disincorporation petitions; 280 needed; Roland Gilbert contact  -- Three vie for two LAH council seat vacancies: Fowle, Hoefler, Clayton - LAH association commences disincorporation meetings - LA predicts state will select C Route (Purissima Valley) for Junipero Serra
IMG_1744.JPG 2/13/58 LAH Disincorporation petitions signed by 356 out of 1400 residents -- Mrs. Walter Benson's nomination for LAH town council not accepted by Attorney Gardiner Bullis because 11 minutes late - LA vote set for annexation of Arbor Drive area (Country Club area across Magdalena from Methodist Church) -- LA and LAH joint recreation area considered by LAH council -- April date set for LAH disincorporation vote - Melvin Hawley named to LAH Planning Commission - Mrs. GW Sudden letter contra disincorporation
IMG_1745.JPG 2/26/58 Invective marks disincorporation discussion - Disincorporation hit Ordinance 44, setback ordinance - two to be elected to LAH council could have no job if disincorporation goes through -- Pro-incorporation campaign started - Former LAH  mayor Fowle seeks office
IMG_1747.JPG 3/12/58 State backs Route C of Junipero Serra freeway, in conjunction with 4-lane expressway (Fremont Avenue) through LA - Cupertino prefers Route A; closer to northern border - State flood aid sought for February floods - LAH mayor Treat defends setback ordinance
IMG_1748.JPG 3/19/58 LAH firmly against Freeway Route C through Purissima Valley; cost estimate of 4-6-lane expressway replacing Southern Pacific tracks sought - San Mateo County mayors set gas tax meeting - section of LAH setback ordinance governing nonconforming structures deleted - Adobe Creek Lodge brochure prices for services (15 April 1958) - (15 Mar 1958) San Jose Mercury advertisement for Adobe Creek Lodge
IMG_1750.JPG 3/18/53 LAH officials deny homes threatened with removal for noncompliance with setback ordinance - LA parents want change in curriculum to basic subjects in meeting at Hillview School  LAH town council candidates "don't like" disincorporation - Boyce Construction low bidder for LA High school music building
IMG_1751.JPG 3/29/57 Proposed closure of Southern Pacific Depot first & main streets (now Maria's antiques) debated - LAH Association cites need for incorporation to fight destructive possibilities of Junipero Serra Freeway - State Highway Engineer McCoy recommends Route C through Purissima Valley - map of recommended Route C for freeway
IMG_1753.JPG 2/24/57 Katherine Treat, wife of first LAH mayor: registration & signatures of attendees first open house LAH town hall (Pender, Trudy Sherlock)
IMG_1760.JPG 1958? Citizens Committee of LAH: against licensing ordinance; mimeo statement
IMG_1761.JPG 1958? Citizens Committee of LAH: stand on the Neary Quarry lawsuit - PRO disincorporation - County Services would have jurisdiction under disincorporation
IMG_1762.JPG 1958? Citizens Committee of LAH: notice of circulation of petition PRO disincorporation
IMG_1763.JPG 1958? Citizens Committee of LAH: statement on removal of portion of Ordinance 44 regarding non-conforming setbacks - Ordinance 44 falsely concealed from public view and comment as a "working draft" - PRO disincorporation arguments presented - Frank Berg author
IMG_1765.JPG 1958? Citizens Committee of LAH: PRO disincorporation arguments
IMG_1766.JPG 1958? Citizens Committee of LAH: PRO disincorporation arguments - disputing contention that after disincorporation, Stanford would swallow up vacant land for another industrial park - Neary Quarry lawsuit, Route C proposed for Junipero Serra Freeway - various passed and repealed zoning ordinances
IMG_1767.JPG 1958? Citizens Committee of LAH: PRO disincorporation arguments - answering Dawson charges - disputing projected cost of road maintenance post-disincorporation -
IMG_1768.JPG 1958? Citizens Committee of LAH: Ordinance 44 may force removal of nonconforming structures (houses)
IMG_1769.JPG Citizens Committee of LAH: Urging citizens to vote in election PRO disincorporation
IMG_1770.JPG 3/17/58 Frank Martinelli Jr threatens to convert Adobe Creek lodge to golf course (photo of Frank Sr with picnic tables who states it will remain a picnic area) - Palo Alto to represent Santa Clara Valley in negotiations for highway maintenance with state - LAH attempt to delay/prevent Route C of freeway by asking Santa Clara Country supervisors to explain their vote for Route C - LA Henry Chace says Santa Clara County Supervisors sold a bill of goods in backing Route C through foothills versus Route B along Southern Pacific tracks/Fremont Road - LAH Mayor Treat objects to Adobe Creek Lodge change of use from picnic venue to golf course; father and son each own 50 acres of 100-acre tract
IMG_1772.JPG 5/11/58 List of members of 11 Neighborhood General Committees
IMG_1773.JPG 5/1/1958? Anti Disincorporation memo - list of LAH sponsors
IMG_1777.JPG 3/30/58 Route C of freeway accepted by state highway engineers - Camino Los Altos proposed (Foothill Expressway) - disincorporation not in town interest
IMG_1778.JPG 4/8/58 Town Council and Disincorporation ballot - Proposal: LAH fire district taken over by LA - Contra Costa maps flood control work needed - flood aid needed speedily
IMG_1779.JPG 6/24/58 Gardner Bullis replaced as new LAH city attorney by Robin Faisant - telephone test census made in LAH - Councilman Rothwell submits budget; $9000 deficit - Palo Alto Junior High School site approved on Page Mill Road opposite Bahr-Ledoyen quarry (12320 Page Mill Road?) - LAH Mayor Treat planning on stepping down - 
IMG_1780.JPG 6/4/58 LA group pushes for "El Camino type" expressway along Southern Pacific tracks - Fowle elected mayor of LAH; Bledsoe vice mayor - RD Faisant appointed LAH town attorney - Memo from Editor (column): Nice local places to live cited in Time magazine
IMG_1781.JPG 4/19/58 LAH voters turn down disincorporation - LAH told to stay in County Fire Protection District even if LA votes to withdraw - Santa Clara County supervisors vote to back Route C freeway through LAH
IMG_1782.JPG 1958? Proposed map for layout of new Fremont Hills Country Club on Shumate Ranch - LAH seeks to find out who will pay for widening of El Monte to serve future Foothill College - residents of Arastradero Road country area would rather be annexed by LAH than PA - state opens bid for 4.4 mile section of Bayshore Freeway to be constructed between Embarcadero Road and Stierlin Road (now Shoreline)
IMG_1783.JPG 4/22/58 Mysterious horseshoe wreath arrives at LAH city hall (photo) - Tom Sherlock fills vacancy on Town Council, replacing Richard Dawson (who is art director Sunset Magazine) , who replaced Easton Rothwell, director of Stanford Hoover Institution - LA meet to push for Route C of Junipero Serra freeway through LAH - Sunnyvale trailer law approved - Dr. Rothwell quits LAH council post
IMG_1784.JPG 4/1/58 Map of Junipero Serra freeway Route C - Mayor Fowle calls merger rumors between LAH and PA "unfortunate" - LAH seeks state aid to repair storm damage - LAH may get own police force
IMG_1785.JPG 11/1/58 EPA threatens to incorporate again; (photo) locked gate bars entry to old port of Ravenswood in EPA, now buried beneath PA dump - death of Albert St Clair Robinson, brother-in-law Paul Shoup; started first grocery store, first station agent, executive Tidewater Oil 35 years - Vizcaino Drive (now Road) name change suggested to Roble Veneno Lane (Poison Oak Lane) east of Concepcion Road; other street name changes noted 6 Oct 1957)
IMG_1786.JPG 10/1/58 Map of Proposed 2500 acre Foothill annexation to Palo Alto - LAH to get state road funds
IMG_1787.JPG 11/1/58 Palo Alto to Annex Foothills Park - photo City manager Keithley, Vice mayor Jerry Marshall, mayor Noel Porter. Amphitheater planned with riding trails; majority owner Dr. VA Lee of Boronda Farm and PA Clinic
IMG_1790.JPG 10/2/58 Tree-studded foothill area proposed for park (photo)  PA town council expected to approve park
IMG_1793.JPG 1/16/58 Writer Merlin Neff criticizes LAH laxity in protecting rural atmosphere - Sunnyvale refuses to place Urban Renewal issue on ballot - Mt View downtown merchants support creation of parking district - 75 acres in PA may be annexed by LAH; Attorney Richard Frank of Manuela drive spokesman for annexation - (photo) City Clerk Paul Salfen points out area to be annexed by PA, bounded by Arastradero Road, Southern Pacific Railroad (Foothill Expressway now) and LAH boundary
IMG_1794.JPG 1/7/59 Los Gatos seeks Freeway agreement with Lark Avenue Interchange (Highway 17) - Purissima Water District to consider request to extend water mains - Wesley Hubbard Chairman SC Country Supervisors, draws ire for proposing reorganization of LAH Fire District - About the town (column): LAH survives disincorporation "mortal blow" - LAH declares intention to Annex 9 square miles of foothills wanted by PA; Keithly, PA City Manger, threatens legal action
IMG_1795.JPG 2/17/59 Hills adopts anti-litter ordinance - Anti-litter law goes into effect Mar 1959 - Arastradero Road speed limit cut from 55 to 35 - SC Board backs state bill for increase of gas tax - Five north SC County cities vote to disband mayor's division of Santa Clara Inter-City council as "ineffective" - North SC County cities asked to endorse change in boundaries of county supervisorial districts
IMG_1796.JPG 3/16/59 Lot subdivision in LAH found to be less than 1-acre minimum - LAH withdraws  annexation attempt of Duvenecks after promise it will be greenbelted - SC County board favors gas tax increase - Annexation ballots available -- LAH annexation attempt upsets PA timetable for expansion
IMG_1797.JPG 3/19/59 Hills Duveneck Park project tops county agenda - PA to furnish policing of annexed Foothill Park - Hills OKs subdivision of Pink Horse Ranch #2 across from proposed Foothill College; seek to straighten Moody Road; Wendel Roscoe developer balks at providing right of way - Ad CONTRA purchase of second PA park (first purchase was Duveneck's 1800 acres)
IMG_1798.JPG 4/4/59 Map of proposed PA annexation of Duveneck land - dispute over park resolved between LAH and PA - Dr. Rothwell backs SF as summit conference site; Rothwell former director Hoover Institute library and executive secretary 1945 during UN organizational meetings - William Clayton  elected LAH deputy mayor replacing Leighton Bledsoe
IMG_1799.JPG 4/2/59 LAH counters PA annexation by its own attempted annexation of 9 square miles; map of annexation. Includes 2800 acres of Duveneck property; PA warns if LAH does not reconsider, PA would "take necessary actions to protect interests." - LAH land grab startles PA - doubling size of LAH from 6080 acres to 11,870
IMG_1800.JPG 5/27/59 PA School sewer plan from Fremont Hills School in LAH to PA sewer system OK'd by PA Board of Ed and PA City Council - Column: Around the Beats: Chief Richard Bassett: LAH top pay scale $513 versus PA $552 (a month?); 6 firemen quit force; friction between Bassett and Fire Commissioner Dethlefson - Mercury editorial: consolidation of county fire districts under County Board of Supervisors to reduce funding shortfalls
IMG_1801.JPG 4/4/59 Around the Beats: column: Duve necks deeding and selling property to county for park, obviating need for LAH annexation to preserve greenbelt - PA indicated it wants 1/2-acre zoning for developments - County planning commissioner Morgan Stedman; LAH property tax $0.25/$100 assessment; PA is $0.75 - Special hearing on Duveneck greenbelt - SC County Supervisors resolve PA/LAH annexation controversy - Column: On the Party Line: Republican May Day House Tour, Ross Aikens Magdalena Ave welcome Mrs. Ivy Baker Priest, US Treasurer, Jensen of LA and Kuehn (Buena Vista) Mrs. Harold Ewing, and others.
IMG_1802.JPG 6/1/1959? Fremont Hills Country Club pool largest on peninsula; AAU meet scheduled July 1959; Tom Haynie Stanford swim coach
IMG_1803.JPG 5/7/59 Annexation fever hits peninsula; Menlo Park, Mountain View, Palo Alto, LAH; mayor Fowle and PA City Manager Keithley - LAH files formal annexation but withdraws when PA threatens undisclosed action - LA passes up suggestion to acquire BB Bowman property and add it to Shoup Park; price too high - LAH approves either PA or LA sewers into jurisdiction -- State Highway Department pays Foothill College $6000/acre for 22.68 acres for freeway - Photo Mayors Fowle LAH and Atkinson LA don cowboy outfits to promote campaign for Community Youth Center; President Joe Sweeney spear head campaign; Donald Winbigler Dean of Students at Stanford, trustee; Billy Russell, Mrs. Eugene Crocker, Paul Epley, Col Albin N Caldwell; Sammy Kahn (pharmacy) lead balladeer.
IMG_1804.JPG 5/6/59 $75,000 fund drive for LA/LAH Youth center; Fowle, Atkinson mayors; Dawson, Berkshire, Caldwell, Russell; Duggan; Lee Shahinian, Kenneth Rowley - LAH seeks fast report of sewer recommendations to resolve Dry Creek and Deer Gulch problem areas; Fowle, Clayton, Goodman, Frost, Hartley - Karl Belser SC County planning director says Junipero Serra freeway "can be made beautiful" - 13 cities and 2 counties need to act now if they want to influence design decisions
IMG_1805.JPG 5/5/59 Temple Beth Am Arastradero Road construction delayed; protest by Mrs. Paul Hunter of noise & traffic; Proctor Mellquist; Steinberg architect for project;  - Consolidation of fire districts into a single county-wide district killed in State Assembly; Bradley assemblyman loses; cities against and counties for it - "5 years ago today": LA opposed to construction of $23M VA hospital on Page Mill Road - LA approves extra connections to Foothill College sewer line; LA councilman Robert Prior, City Engineer Dexter Ahlgren - LAH holds hearing on master plan for rural residential type community; Nestor Barrett planning consultant - ~7% of property is off tax rolls (schools, church) + 5% roads - present population 4000, could reach 14,000; recommended lot-size requirements be increased; increase street right-of-way to accommodate future four lanes -  Lewis Hollander letter: suspicious of PA need to run sewers and water through LAH to PA park; maneuvering to annex LAH to PA in works?
IMG_1806.JPG 6/3/59 State assembly drops consolidation of SC Valley Water Conservation District into County Flood Control District; congressmen Allen, Bradley, Busterud, Lowery - Vandals wreck 200 mailboxes in LAH; Mora, Loyola drive - second JC campus site (De Anza campus) earmarked; Stevens Creek near Snelling Road - Foothill campus classes held in temp Old Highway School on El Camino in MV - 100 acre De Anza campus owned by EE Euphrat; possible second site on Steven Creek Road; Robert Smithwick and Calvin Flint -  Sewer plan ok'd for Foothill College from Fremont Road up El Monte to Foothill College - pathway desirability noted by LAH council during consideration of subdivision maps; councilman Tom Sherlock - LAH studies sewer plans; LA to extend into LAH; Fowle; Dry Creek Valley coverage (Fremont Hills, Manuela, Concepcion, Paloma); Bill Powell, E O Huttlinger - Column: Around the beats: will LAH succumb to PA lure of services to become part of PA: water, sewers - Purissima water tax rate 68 cents just 8 cents less than PA entire municipal rate (per $100 assessment) of $0.75.
IMG_1807.JPG 7/6/59 Hill group protests possible secession to PA; LAH vice mayor Clayton; sewers offered in return for 500 acres - Editorial: PA makes sense trying to annex Page Mill Road - Clayton: LAH is receptive to PA annexation; PA willing to exchange sewers on West Fremont for 500 acres of Page Mill Road - John Riley passes out cigars to LAH City Council; baby boy - PA send peace bid in annexation dispute; joint meeting; Cecil Riley, Jerry Keithley - LA warns MV against annexation attempt of Truman and Oak Avenues; MV Mayor Irving Atkinson; LA Councilman Prior - new zoning and building ordinances LAH approved by council
IMG_1808.JPG 7/7/59 LAH pulls out of water line agreement with PA; PA councilman Bert Woodward, Albert Henley, Mrs. Jack Frost, Robert Buss in favor of agreement; Garbett alarmed; Andrew Stevens protests; Clayton says PA reneged on agreement - Column Around the Beats: Foothill College has many confusing aliases; Calvin Flint wants to drop the "junior," Foothill College of the Foothill Junior College District;  "Football" College, Boot Hill, Parkside.  Foothill still in temporary quarters on El Camino - LAH accepts offer to meet with PA to resolve utility dispute; Clerk Salfen, Mayor Keithley; Clayton
IMG_1809.JPG 7/7/59 PA asks LAH to cede land; Keithley, Fowle, Woodward, Clayton Colin Peters, Carl Stibolt, Permanente Cement - Hills tables pool fencing requirement; Fowle, Bray, Sherlock, Henley -  PA send peace bid in annexation dispute; joint meeting; Cecil Riley, Jerry Keithley - LA warns MV against annexation attempt Truman and Oak avenues; MV Mayor Irving Atkinson; LA Councilman Prior (same as 1807)
IMG_1810.JPG 7/9/57 LA speeds transfer of control of LA Fire Protection District from county to LA; Atkinson, Prior, Hope; AB 919, AB 920 Omar Spain leaves LAH Planning Commission for Syracuse NY; SRI, Pass&Seymore Ordnance Division - 22 new home sites approved in LAH: Cochran, Smith, Wilson, Bastow, Koblick - Tree stump fire points up danger to Shoup Park; Pirie, Renshaw, Daley, Westerman - Second Foothill College Campus in Cupertino; EF Euphrat estate, bounded by West Valley Freeway (85) - LAH town council defends Page Mill Road area against annexation by PA; Henley, Fowle, Faisant, Jones, Garbett, Kepler, Stebbins, Stevens, Clayton, Keithley, Buss
IMG_1811.JPG 6/4/59 Hills Retracts easement to PA for water line along Page Mill road; Fowle - Layout (drawing) of new Foothill JC campus; scheduled completion Aug 1961; Trump, Sasaki, Walker architects - $20000 Prewitt home destroyed by cigarette fire; Bassett, Pirie: firemen injured; Dolan neighbor phoned in; Clark Hallin - Want to see that fire? Keep your distance; ordinance prohibits viewing closer than 1000 feet; Perusina - Neary Quarry in trouble again; no County use permit; George Neary, Haas, Wilder - Sheriff's department report on traffic control; Fowle: "LAH doesn't like traffic." Sgt Howard; Helen Benson - LAH Council meeting change - Anonymous letter/ editorial: redundancy in local government
IMG_1812.JPG 8/4/59 Shops, apartment proposed at Page Mill-Arastradero Road; Atkinson San Mateo Co; 100 acres; Fowle warns of local LAH resistance; Mellquist; breach of 1-acre zone limitation; Concar attorney; apartments near Foothill JC - LAH supports county move against expansion of Neary Quarry; Sherlock votes against LAH; Haas - Hills shopping center proposed Fowle, Rocca developer, Clausen lawyer - US Court of Appeals overturns LAH truck ban of Neary Quarry; Bledsoe, Bullis, Faisant LAH attorneys; Marais attorney for Neary - Citizens Committee urges immediate action on Hills sewers: Frost, Georgis, Johnson, Goodman, Hartley; description of service  areas & estimated homeowners costs
IMG_1813.JPG 8/4/1959? Country Board chief Hubbard accuses LAH councilman Henley of conflict of interest in water district recommendations - PA receives OK to extend utility lines through LAH by LAH council; Fowle, Bledsoe, Henley, Clayton, Sherlock - Complaints of Adobe Creek dumping heard; Reid, Stevens, Ahlgren, - District court rules against Neary Quarry (Stonebrook) truck ban; Fowle, Bledsoe - LAH budget set $0.25/$100 assessment - More information: Hills wants to study proposals before withdrawing from LA Fire Protection District; Fowle, Hibner, Williams, Lovett - LA & LAH call elections for fire protection district; Prior
IMG_1815.JPG 10/6/59 Column: it occurs to me: withdrawal from fire district; Laubengayer - Purissima water district coverage brought to higher levels: Taafe, Elena, Page Mill, Moody Roads; Eshner, Seeward, Berg, Bachou, Ferris, Bugge; Hicks; "Town of LAH is likely to become a choice area," (Seward, Realtor) - Horseplay Fiesta at Hidden Villa LAH cancels Fire Protection District withdrawal election: Henley; action follows recommendations of Treat Committee - LAH issues 19 building permits - Treat Committee recommends LAH remain in Fire Protection District; sewer assessment consideration
IMG_1816.JPG 9/16/59 Column: Around the Beats: Fire protection tug of war between SC County and LAH; Hubbard proponent of consolidation of all non-municipal fire districts; LA save $21,000 if create their own fire district - Fire district move called premature - Fire district consolidation proposed; Hubbard, Levin - 49th Annual County supervisors convention: cut costs and consolidate districts; McBride (D-Ventura): costs of gov't risen 50% in five years; Clark Bradley (R-San Jose); Cobey
IMG_1817.JPG 10/1/57 LA Fire Protection District backs LA city-owned department, withdraw from county; Joe McKenna, Dewey Sharp, Dethlefson, Hubbard, Dunham; LA & LAH propose leaving county fire protection district - Fire District withdrawal vote set for 10 Nov; Prior, Hubbard, LA Mayor Atkinson, McKenna President Fire Commission - Hills promises more information before election (Fowle)
IMG_1818.JPG 9/11/59 LA proposes operation of LA Fire Protection district combined with LAH coverage and withdrawal from County district; election set; Prior - LAH to keep same fire commissioners if city withdraws from County district; Dewey Sharp, Atkinson, Prior, Treat, Hubbard, McKenna, Sherlock, Alter - LA fire station site San Antonio & Almond dropped as too expensive; Dethlefson, Treat, McKenna - Treat Committee study recommends LAH delay decision on withdrawal from LA County Fire Protection District
IMG_1819.JPG 9/19/59 Editorial: annexation a noxious exercise - Alter & Stevens sworn in as LAH planning commissioners (photo) - LAH City Manager Salfen with Santa (photo) - USPO sending letters by fax -
IMG_1820.JPG 11/25/59 It occurs to me (column, Laubengayer): annexation good because LA zoning restriction tight - LAH firemen create controlled burn off shed - County Greenbelting deals blow to LA annexation; Perham family property greenbelted; 800 acres owned by Catholic Archdiocese greenbelted - acre minimum zoning Ok'd for 1200 acres along Page Mill Road, Nevis, Rodger, Byxbee, Stephens; Emmet Burns large landowner wants 1/3-acre zoning - LAH council adopts rural residential concept plan; present population 4,000, could increase to 14,000 - swimming pool fence ordinance studied; Bray, Sherlock, Henley, planning commission recommends against approval of zoning for garden apartments at Arastradero and Page Mill roads
IMG_1821.JPG 11/24/59 LAH plans move to counter LA annexation; Proctor Mellquist, Faissant, (area legally uninhabited, less than 12 registered voters); includes Neary Quarry - LAH street names mix up genders - Water plans for LAH at standstill; Col. Hicks, Eshner
IMG_1822.JPG 10/10/59  It occurs to me (column, Laubengayer): annexations could cost LA area local control over fire districts - Purissima expansion of water plan set at $650,000 - LAH outlines annexation of 1,300 acres - Fowle sets committee to examine blockage of LA annexation of 1400 acres; owners in area "violently opposed"; Duveneck, Mellquist, Henley - PA rejects LAH terms for permitting utility lines; Noel Porter, Fowle, Woodward, Evans, addresses supporting annexation
IMG_1823.JPG 11/19/59 LA members of LA County Fire District summarily removed after LA withdraws from County Fire district; Dethlefson, Dunham, Sharp; Alter Atkinson of LAH (addresses) remain - Bulk of uninhabited annexation Neary Quarry land; remainder Perham land St. Joseph Ave & Catholic Archdiocese - James Orr, Mayfield old timer, dies at 88, Stanford road master (address) - LA annexation of Neary quarry land draws LAH protests; Myron Stern
IMG_1824.JPG 11/5/59 Neary Quarry annexation map (drawing) - LA withdrawal from County Fire District election; city wants own fire dept. - withdrawal of city from County Fire District outlined - annexation plans upset LAH; Francis Perham (address); Fowle warns of indiscriminate LA development
IMG_1825.JPG 11/19/59 Editorial: annexation a noxious exercise - (repeat of 1819); LA voters vote for LA withdrawal from County Fire District - LA Fire district reorg started; Fowle., Hope - Voters OK LA fire plan (19 % eligible vote) - Treat Commission recommends LAH keep present fire status
IMG_1827.JPG 11/18/59 LAH protests LA annexation at LA council meeting; Huttlinger, Peters, Fowle; property greenbelted to prevent development post annexation - LA Fire Department plan delayed after vote for withdrawal from County Dire District - Blumberg property greenbelted (10920 Page Mill Road, Joan Baez former rental residence); two churches given permits for use - Architectural Forum magazine lauds Foothill JC design - Water study for third water level service zone; Seward (address), Bachou, Bugge, Longmire - LA legal attack of annexation greenbelt; Lagoria, Marials LA attorneys; area not uninhabited; Neary residents withdrew registration 1 day before legal time
IMG_1829.JPG 11/25/59 San Jose Evening News: Palo Alto annexes site for "New City"
IMG_1830.JPG 11/25/59 San Jose Evening News: Palo Alto annex zone commercial (photos) on Skyline; Emmet Burns, landowner wants to develop Skyline/Page Mill intersection commercially: shopping mart, theater, resort motel, apartments; filed for 1/3-acre zoning - LA and LAH annexations thwarted by greenbelting; now owners want exclusive agricultural zoning as protection
IMG_1831.JPG 11/27/59 San Jose Evening News:  Tiny LAH battling Giant PA Annexation; Fowle, Riley, Keithley; city to be built at Page Mill & Skyline - LAH maps annexation to counter LA annexation; addresses of petitioners
IMG_1832.JPG 12/18/59 Photos: Foothill JC site construction - LAH considers antisolicitation law; Faissant, Williams, Lovett (address); Bullis warns care
IMG_1833.JPG 12/8/59 Hills proceeds with annexation despite lack of approval of map by SC County Boundary Commission - LAH adopts rural-residential concept plan; Barrett, Mellquist - LA residents protest agricultural zoning which allows goats on Woodland Acres in LA; Hubbard, Sam Della Maggiore, owners of 8 acres just west of Arboretum Drive - Abatement suit names Neary Quarry as illegal extension to southwest side of San Antonio
IMG_1837.JPG 12/3/59 Hills Council to look at creation of third pressure-level water service area; Longmire, Henley, - Water group cites booster system needs; Bothwell, Buss; up to 800 feet elevation - Hills ponders street hazards; Salfen, Clayton, Spain subdivision considered - talks on LA withdrawal from County Fire district put off; Howard, Campen, Hubbard; LA consolidation with Central proposed, but LA worried that consolidation would dilute LA assets
IMG_1838.JPG 1/1/60 Letter LAH Homeowners association: Mrs. Walter Benson: homeowners association will visit to answer questions about possible annexation
IMG_1839.JPG 1/4/60 General Report on Water Supply (3 pages) Longmire engineer, Henley; Purissima water to be supplied from Hetch Hetchy (as is other water)
IMG_1842.JPG 1/6/60 Decade sees growth of LAH; photos: Salfen, Fowle, town hall constructed on West Fremont 1957
IMG_1843.JPG 4/4/60 6 candidates seek 3 LAH council seats: Edward Liston, W Ross Aiken, (photos) address
IMG_1844.JPG 4/4/60 6 candidates seek 3 LAH council seats: Robert Doak, Gordon Bowler, Albert Henley (photos) address
IMG_1845.JPG 4/5/60 7 candidates seek 3 LAH council seats: Tom Sherlock (photos) address - LAH keeps $0.25 tax rate - LAH clings to rural-home ideal - storm damage to West Fremont (photo) Martin Taafe Paul Salfen
IMG_1846.JPG 1/6/60 Freeway deals blow to LAH rural atmosphere; (photo Purissima & Paloma intersection) - Delta: levees being denuded - Berkeley fire chief may have to close 4 schools - Menlo delays Marsh Road school annexation 
IMG_1849.JPG 1/13/60 SP line retention through LA defended (replaced by Foothill Expressway); (photos) SP tracks in LA, Loyola Corners SP commute stop; runs from PA to Los Gatos; A Watson Connor, Riches, Morin, Humphreys, Gibson (addresses) - LAH water expansion plan takes shape - Permanente Cement wants to+E143 greenbelt surrounding area; Nestor Barrett
IMG_1850.JPG 1/5/60 LAH defers antisolicitation ordinance action; Faissant, Clayton, Lovett - Fire District Hearing on consolidation set; Hubbard, consolidation of 8 fire districts  - construction hits new high in MV - construction dips in LAH 1959,  Joe Salameda Building inspector - water survey urged to satisfy levels above 600 feet;  Buss - It occurs to me (column): SP train track fate
IMG_1851.JPG 1/28/60 PA completing water sewage projects through LAH; Herbert Ecklund - Antisolicitation ordinance ready for first reading; Fowle; Faissant, Vivian Williams, Bullis - Neary Quarry and Permanente Cement seek greenbelt status to avoid annexation; attorney John Marlais -- LAH residents want expressway; commuters want SP rail; McDonald (address), Salfen; Williams, Goldsmith, Bullis, Pfeiffer, Mellquist - SC Country transit meeting to study entrance into BART - SC County Board to act of Neary greenbelt bid; Hubbard, Levin, Della Maggiore, Slaght, Marlais
IMG_1852.JPG 2/2/60 Map: proposed Foothills Developments - Neary Quarry denied greenbelt status; Hubbard, Marlais, Belser - LAH opposition to expressway proposed; Clayton, Fowle - 32-foot 500,00 gal water tank location discussed; Bassett, McKenna, Col Hicks - LAH resolution to call annexation election; Atkinson (address), O'Neal
IMG_1853.JPG 1/28/60 PA completing preparations for utilities projects in foothills; Ecklund, - Los Altos Mayor raps plan for shopping center; Balari, Fowle; Page Mill & Arastradero - Taxpayer suit against Foothills Park; Judge Hall, Porter, Sinclair, Lee - Prentice Appointed to LAH Planning group (address) - Summary of LAH Council Action - Filing time for Council posts nears - Permanente given approval for quarrying in PA west of Black Mountain
IMG_1854.JPG 2/2/60 Hills delays antisolicitation ban proposal - SC County studies having own transit unit, separate from BART; Callan, Chess, Werder; Falk, Hubbard, Kaapcke, Supervisor Ed Levin (BTW: Sled Levin park named after him) SP yardmaster, Belser LAH strongly resists bid for Neary Quarry greenbelting; Fowle, Faissant, Clayton, Henley - PA councilmen urge study of Foothill industry boom; Woodward, Nevis, Baylands zoned for light development, foothills residential - Panofsky of Stanford High Energy Lab (SLAC) appointed to Eisenhower Science Advisory Committee (address)
IMG_1855.JPG 2/2/60 LAH councilmen to run again: Sherlock, Henley (address) - BART to end at Redwood City - Site sought for 500,000 gal water tank for Foothill JC - Rapid Transit proposes elevated through PA; engineers  Moses, Hansen - SP track  as transit link: proposal; Clayton, Hoover, Hubbard
IMG_1856.JPG 2/6/60 Letter recommending annexation by LAH of unincorporated hills areas; signatures & addresses included
IMG_1858.JPG 2/10/60 Hills ditch is danger to children at Fremont elementary school (now Pinewood); Hayes, Salfen, Wolf, Keonig - LAH exhumes controversy over routing of  280 Freeway; Clayton, Mellquist - Around the Beats (column): Cities unhappy with County general plan; Fourcroy, Spencer, Brenner, Barrett, Belser - LAH protests Stanford proposed industrial development; Brandin, Fowle, Ampex, 
IMG_1859.JPG 2/18/60 SC County general plan OK'd by planners -- Aiken, Bowler candidates for LAH council (address) - LAH residents hit foothills development by Stanford; Ampex, Spangenberg, Beaver (address)
IMG_1860.JPG 2/9/60 LAH residents hit proposed Stanford development in foothills; Spangenberg - LA mayor won't run again; Atkinson (address) - SC County expressways could cost $200M; Glaeser, Enochs, Starbirds - $3M LAH development for General Telephone on Arastradero; residential development on Schroll road proposed
IMG_1862.JPG 2/11/60 Editorial: industry moving into foothills; Ampex, General Telephone - Ampex light industrial lease area rezoned for residential only - two new candidates for LAH council: Liston, Doak (address)
IMG_1863.JPG 2/19/60 Notice of public hearing for unincorporated sections of foothills; Mrs. Walter Benson; annexation by LAH
IMG_1865.JPG Flyer: Stanford alumni direct questions about annexation to Stanford Trustees; list of Stanford alumni who live in foothills
IMG_1866.JPG Same as IMG_1865, except letters to editor attached;  Ford, Steers, Thompson, Freedman
IMG_1869.JPG 2/2/4/1960 Character of LA determined by industrial surroundings; E O Huttlinger, Realtor - It Occurs to Me column: annexation by LA recommended - LAH firemen burn shed
IMG_1870.JPG 2/24/60 1300 acre annexation by LAH rejected; list of assessed valuations of area - Sharon Heights area considered for industrial development; Ampex on West Fremont & Arastradero; Sunset Magazine site on Willow & Middlefield unaffected; EW Lane (Lane publishing, Sunset Magazine); Keithley, Molther, Borg - Fed aid to 280 Freeway may be curtailed; Sinclair, Evans - Summary of LAH Planning Board actions; Dawson, Williams, Purissima School, Clark, Anderson - LA continues with proposed annexation of Neary Quarry despite LAH protests; Fowle, Atkinson - LAH Planning head named: Dawson
IMG_1871.JPG 3/1/60 Sharon Estate officials reveal development plans; Macdonald, Nelson, Gaylord, Brandin - Light industry, golf course proposed; Stanford scraps application for residential zoning in belief $30-$60k homes will not sell next to a freeway - LAH approves new Catholic church, school (St. Nicholas; Church not built, original house LAH converted to residence for nuns); present parish may be split (split occurs St. Nicolas & William)
IMG_1872.JPG 3/4/60 Examination of Stanford land development plans; Q&As; - by terms of founding grant Stanford cannot sell its property, only lease; government can seize Stanford land through condemnation, and has; Stanford was paid far less than land was worth, therefore seeks to develop it to avoid condemnation and loss
IMG_1873.JPG 3/4/60 Editorial: crucial decision: allowing Stanford development - Altos Mayor Atkinson may seek supervisor spot - County officials accused of conniving in refusing to meet with LAH officials concerning withdrawal of LA from LA County Fire district; Atkinson, McKenna, 
IMG_1874.JPG 3/4/60 Final "Rites" for LAH Annexation; sufficient public protest to turn back annexation; Clayton - LAH town council actions in brief: St. Nicholas school, annexation, Purissima school  - St. Nicholas school construction OK'd; architect Chescoe - LA annexation overturned by court; property is not "uninhabited" as claimed; Menard, Atkinson (addresses) - underground water seen as plentiful - LAH outlines annexation attempt if LA fails; Faissant
IMG_1875.JPG 3/28/60 Candidate warns LAH may have to turn to PA for services; Liston, Sherlock, Henley, Aiken, Doak - Ampex plant first in Stanford plan for development of foothills (map) - Editorial: Stanford (DR. Sterling) to present Stanford development plan for light industrial zoning - LA ponders benefits for its employees
IMG_1876.JPG 3/16/60 Newspaper letter from Citizens Group to Stanford trustees: let's all get together and work things out (contra hills development by Stanford); Williamson
IMG_1877.JPG 3/16/60 Citizens Group criticizes Stanford answers to questions about light industrial development; Mahan - Stanford asks PA to annex 250 acres to allow Stanford development for Ampex plant - PA Chamber of Commerce endorses light industry development in foothill lands; Evans, Houston, Stromquist
IMG_1878.JPG 3/20/60 Map of Stanford development for Ampex: golf course, Motel at Arastradero - PA councilman calls plan "ideal"; Haight, Debs, Monson, Mahan, Spangenberg - Stanford planning foothills motel at Arastradero and West Fremont (PARC, Syntex etc.); Kimball - Stanford Board of Trustees unanimously backs development plan; Dave Packard, 
IMG_1880.JPG 4/1/60 Brochure: statement supporting nondevelopment of foothills from Stanford alumni to Stanford President Sterling & Board of Trustees
IMG_1882.JPG 3/24/60 Letter: Stanford & PA need to work in balance: Cal Larsen - Reaction of public to Ampex site development sought by PA JCs; Whipple - Sterling (Stanford President) responds to alumni statement - PA Referendum on Stanford development in error (PA editorial)
IMG_1883.JPG 4/2/60 Photo: location of Stanford Linear Accelerator; Sterling, Snyder - Campus & Cities pledge accord on land development issue; Evans, Atkinson, Keithley, Sterling, Fowle
IMG_1884.JPG 4/2/60 Midpeninsula population/development boom: problems then solutions; development history; LA, LAH, MV, PA histories; smog, population
IMG_1885.JPG 4/6/60 Town Crier candidates for LAH town council (photos): Robert K-F Scal, Henley, Thurber, Doak, Henley (addresses)
IMG_1886.JPG 4/6/60 Sample Ballot LAH town council; Sherlock, Henley, akin, Liston, bowler, Doak
IMG_1887.JPG 4/4/60 Stanford invites LA & LAH in property development coordination meeting; leases limited to 51 years; Fowle, Atkinson, Branding, Whipple (photo) - PA sewage plant repaired; Hoag - Incumbents Sherlock, Henley, Aiken re-elected to LAH town council - LAH re-elects Fowle mayor
IMG_1888.JPG 5/25/60 Letter to Editor: PA editorial misstates facts when Editorial claims re-election of incumbents in LAH is a vote to support industrial development in Foothills; Helen Benson - LAH tax rate again set at 25cents/$100 assessed value - LAH parents ask for walkway to Purissima school; Clayton - "Around the Beats" (column): re-election of incumbents (Sherlock, Henley, Aiken) and defeat of pro-development candidates (Liston, Doak)
IMG_1889.JPG 5/21/60 Pros & Cons of foothills development debates at PA planning commission; Sterling (Stanford President), Steers, Watterud, Wells, Wills, Wheeler (photos)(addresses)
IMG_1890.JPG 5/23/60 Hills light industrial zone OK'd by PA Council; annexation delayed; Brandin Stanford VP, Nimocks, - LAH road bill estimate for next 20 years revised; Meredith, McCandless - Cautious LA okay for flood control project; Lagorio, Ahlgren - Purissima Water Co not serving 20% of subdivision; Fremont Hills Development Co. wants to know why; Buss - Commercial "buffer" sought for Ampex development area along Arastradero Road by residents (addresses)
IMG_1891.JPG 5/12/59 Flyer: LAH Association, General Plan regarding non-residential land use in LAH (addresses)
IMG_1892.JPG 6/9/60 LAH Radio station, KPGM, groundbreaking (photo) mayors Moore, Dunnet, Pelosi, Fowle, Evans, Atkinson - Report calls LAH roads substandard; Fowle, Liston, Doak, Sherlock, McCandless - Fowle says LAH "disturbed" over possibility of industrial zoning in foothills; Towle, Cameron, Sanders
IMG_1893.JPG 7/2/60 LAH Council chairman selected (Gardiner) (address); member & addresses listed - Town Council action summary -- PA Referendum to decide Stanford industry zoning in foothills likely in November; Porter, Stedman, Arbuckle - LAH plann+E180ing commission at full strength; Bowler, Alter, Dawson (addresses) - June 10 deadline set by LAH for fire protection service; Conner
IMG_1894.JPG 7/14/60 LA Council OKs control of county expressway system funding; Ahlgren - LA sewage districts laid out (map) - Public hearing on sewers 26 July; 9-year timetable for completion; Cimino (address) - LAH names treasurer: Fortreide (address); footpath for Purissima students
IMG_1895.JPG 9/21/60 Louis Corbetta Party house (photo)(address) - Ampex hires firm to design foothill manufacturing center - Hills residents vote to join soil districts protecting against erosion
IMG_1897.JPG ?? County Road Plan: Expressway priorities revised: Alma Expressway expansion (addresses) Foothill expressway expansion (addresses); Oregon- Page Mill; Lawrence; San Tomas, Guadalupe, Almaden, Monterey - PA Chamber of Commerce opposes annexation of Neary property which would void efforts to halt quarry operations; Donegan, Hubbard, Stromquist - Realtor calls PA "City without a conscience" for attempting to annex Neary Quarry and provide itself with an inexhaustible supply of base rock; Powell, Lagario - State rushes appropriation for Junipero Serra freeway; estimate of completion now in 7-8 years instead of previous 16-20;Haylor
IMG_1898.JPG 10/11/60 Vote to settle zoning of foothills for Stanford industrial development; (photo of location) Ampex (location where PARC now resides); list of PA town council members and their votes
IMG_1899.JPG 11/1/60 Light manufacturing zoning up for vote; proposed Stanford Shopping Center; (map) (photo)
IMG_1900.JPG 11/3/60 Freeway work can begin in 3 years; $50 sewer increase means sewers in 4 years; John Fowle, LAH mayor, asks for annexation vote; LA fire board and City Council meeting cancelled
IMG_1901.JPG 11/16/60 Map: proposed interchange Bayshore Freeway and San Antonio road; Fire Decision Pressed -- LA withdrawal from LA County Fire Protection District; County Supervisors take a look at greenbelting; more confusion as suit is filed by 4 property owners to prevent annexation - Rural-Residential Master Plan adopted by Hills Council - Taafe water district asks PA Council to reconsider refusal to supply water -- Frank Costello asks for annexation of two small properties by LAH
IMG_1902.JPG 12/28/60 Vote on PA master plan ordered by Superior Judge Foley; map of PA annexation in LAH
IMG_1903.JPG 12/?/960 Pro incorporation 3-page flyer
IMG_1906.JPG 12/?/1960 Editorial, Paul Salfen, LAH Town Manager: LAH formed to keep area rural and fight must continue
IMG_1907.JPG Back cover, red, scrapbook 1957-1960