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OAKLAND TRIBUNE, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1987 B-A CRIPPLED LAD HOPES FOR PEDAL CAR Line Rejects Raise in Fares i BOY PINS FAITH TO ABSENT DAD FOR PEDAL CAR GIFT Santa Claus Letter of Billy, 7, Who Can Walk Again, Tells of Struggle of Family Santa Fe Refuses Permission Granted Several Railroads until six months ago, prevented him from walking. Billy's parents, Joseph Pedroni, and Mrs, Nellie Pedroni, of 1287 79th Avenue, were pressed to provide the necessities of life for Billy and three other children, Helen, 14, Carl, 4, and Darlene, 2, and could not afford the medical attention "Dear Santa Claus: "My daddy went away and left us. Mama is taking in washing. I guess you remember last year I couldn't walk, don't you? Remember, I was in plaster casts. If you know where my daddy is, tell him I can walk.

He promised me a pedal car this Christmas and some new overalls. He said you would bring them if I was a good boy tvhile I was in the hospital. "I am seven years old now a big boy. Please don't forget me and my little sister. "Billy Pedroni." There Is no need to add anything to the story this letter tells.

The writer addressed his note simply to "Santa Claus, Oakland," and it went to Postmaster Nellie G. Donohoe. Behind the little boy's story is a tale Qf heroism and heartbreak that began seven years ago when Billy was born with a clttb-foot which, -O'lft1 to 4 ARTIFICIAL EYES When Billy Pedroni 7 (right), went to the hospital six months ago. his lather promised him a pedal car if he was brave. Doctors said the car would help restore his crippled foot to normal.

Now his father cdn't keep his promise. Joining Billy In hoping Santa won't forget are his brother and sister, Carl, 4, and Darlene, 2. Tribune photo. INDIVIDUAL FITTING ROOMS Blown to order while you wait, or If you prefer, felect them from an extensive stock of newly-macle eyes. We guarantee to fit practically every case satisfactorily.

If you cannot call in person, nave your eyes duplicated by mail- Stock eyes fitted from 10 to 6 daily. Those made to order by appoint' ment only. G. DANZ SON Ban rrtnelfce 1615 BROADWAY tn Anielt 10M PheUn Bldf. TM.Bhont HI t.l.

S17S K4 Broadway Patients Saved As Hospital Burns CCC WILL ENROLL YOJJTHS NEXT MONTH Selection of a limited replacement quota of youths between the ages of 17 and 23 years ofragc for enrollment in the Civilian Conservation Corps will be held between January 1 and 20 of next year, Dayton E. Jones, Director of CCC Department of the SRA, announced today. This year's quota of replacements will be small, it was said, because many of the youths in the camps are remagiing for the maximum period permitted, In order to avail themselves of the programs of instructions and education that arc offered. In charge of selection of replacements in Metropolitan Oakland will be J. O.

Christensen; 506 14th Street. "Dr. Campbell Offers His Finest Dental Plates" ON CREDIT AT LOW PRICES DR. CAMPBELL, will make ANY ONE of his FINE, EXPENSIVE, BEAUTIFUL ALL PINK. ODORLESS.

NO RUBBER natural appearing dental The State Railroad Commission yesterday granted seven railroads operating in California permission to raise passenger rates approxi mately 10 per cent after 'January 1 and immediately had the ofler rejected by one of the rail concerns. Coincident with the announce ment that a petition for rate increases had been allowed, the com--mission was notified that the Santa Fe Railroad wished to withdraw from the petition and would not be a party to the projected rate increases. Refusal of the new schedule by the Santa Fe was permissible, ac cording to Wallace L. Ware, commission president, since the increase, was not mandatory. COMMUTERS SPARED The schedule, effective January 1, will not affect commutation rates but will Increase the cost of other tickets slightly less than 10 per cent.

Rail concerns In the original petition claimed they would be unable to continue adequate service, due to high operating unless in-ceased rates were granted. Rejection of the schedule by the Santa Fe was announced in a telegram to the commission from James B. Duffy, assistant passenger traffic manager. The Santa Fe now has pending an application for permission to operate a bus service betweai San Francisco and Los Angeles, and in connection with the request has announced that rail rates would be slashed if bus service was instituted. BUS RULING NEAR Filed two years ago, the bus application was supported by various civic groups and fought by other rail lines.

The matter was taken under advisement by the commission in June after a 148-day hearing during which 575 witnesses were examined- A ruling is expected in the near future. In addition to the Santa Fe, lines granted the right to increase rates include the Southern Pacific, West ern Pacific, Union Pacific, Great Northern, Sacramento Northern-and the Dan Siego Arizona Eastern Railway. Meet Florence Dr. Campbell I mi ll Down fc" Dr. Campbell says: 'in rMB 1 1 "Billy required.

But each six months, Billy went to the clinic at the County Hospital for treatment. BOY BEARS PAIN It took a pretty brave boy to Undergo these treatments. There were days of lyingin bed, encased from knee to toe in. a plaster cast, after doctors had Worked to straighten the crippled foot a little more with each visit, Of course most of the work was done under anesthetic, but later, in the bare hospital ward, there were painful after effects, and Billy dreaded these recurrent visits to -the hospital, even though he knew they might mean that some day he could join his brothers and sisters in their games. Six months ago Billy's father.

buoyed by hope that one more i i iieciimeui wuuia restore ine criDD ed foot to normal, persuaded thejad iu no me nospitai again. "If you're a good boy and to the hospital, I'll buy you a pedal car for next Christmas," the father promised. HOPE BUOYS HIM UP The promise meant much to the boy, even though he did not know what his father knew that the doctors had said that a pedal car would give the boy-needed exercise to aid in restoring the crippled foot to use. 1. i I Diny uiuugm during tne long hos- yn.aia uuys ana nignis ol a shiny red car in which he could get around like other children, perhaps a gleaming streamlined or maybe a fire engine, with a real bell.

That thought helped a lot when the pain was great, and then, when he came home from the hospital and took off the cast, he found that he could walk. But one sorrow dimmed the joy of finding that he could join other cm-Idren in their' games. FATHER HUNTS WORK His father was gone. Desperate at not finding employment, Joseph Pedroni had left Oakland to seek work out of town. Only occasional letters have come from inland cities, letters in which a few dollars are sometimes enclosed letters telling of the futile search for steady work that would it-i mm iuuni the son, promise to his But Bill just doesn't believe that tus datT would fall down on his word.

CLOTHES NEEDED, TOO So when he wrote Sarjta his letter, he said that daddy had promised the pedal car, but he did hope that Santa wouldn't forget that he needed a few clothes, and so did his brothers and sisters. That's all there is to Billy's story. The Community Chest's Holiday Bureau, coordinating agency for all Christmas gifts to the needy, knows of the -family's wants, and has promised at least a Christmas basket for the Pedronis. But the pedal car is a little beyond the bureau's means. Fair Will Feature Map of California An electrified, relief map of California, with tiny moving trains, busses and steamships plying the travel routes of the State, is planned for the 1939 World's Fair.

It will be exhibited in Vacation-land Building. Principal California vacation playgrounds will be constructed in minute detail and each will be connected with a wiring system permitting them to be illuminated by the pressing of a button. Every important highway and railway tn the State will be included in the map. Little stern-wheel river boats will glide up and down the Sacramento and San Joaquin 'Rivers and ferryboats, half the size of penny match-boxes, will shuttle across the bay. Legends alongside the map will emphasize California as an all-year playground.

Family to Vijit NEWARK, Dec1. 18. Rev. and Mrs. Vernon Brown ami daughters will spend the Christmas holidays with Mrs.

Brown's mother Mrs. M. E. Bernard, of Butte City. PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPHS Official style for all uses made at NOVELTY PHOTO STUDIO 1018 run In imi' location.

AUV C11 cV' JL', 0 1 PRIVACY -GUARANTEED BUY THEM NOW PAY NOTHING UNTIL NEXT YEAR Roofless Pistes Charge Extra for Platei Hade "Roofless Style" OUT-OF-TOWN PATIENTS A LIMP I I. PLATES for EXACTLY the SAME LOW PRICE that he FORMERLY CHARGED for INEXPENSIVE, ORDINARY RUBBER PLATES. NO MONEY DOWN WORK COMPLETED IMMEDIATELY YOUR FIRST PAYMENT STARTS 80 DAYS AFTElt Your Plates Ara Completed (Very easy payments ever long- time) This ipeslal afftr MpliM latei Mir 1 ANTHONY, Dec. 18. (U.R) Fifty patients, borne from a burning hospital so quickly and in such orderly fashion that most of them did not realize the danger, were being attended today in private homes of the town, none the worse for their experience.

The Galloway Hospital, only one in town, was swept by fire that caused $11000 damage. The fire started in the basement and. spread slowly. All patients were out of the building before the smoke had reached all the rooms. The staff, including 10 nurses, hastened to their duties without word when they first detected smoke.

Four babies less than week old were among the patients, but there were no emergency cases, and no operations had been scheduled for the day. Firemen arrived in time to help remove the last of the patients from their beds. They were wrapped in blankets and assisted to outside homes; out of the cold weather. Repair work on the hospital began immediately-and in the meantime, nurses went from house to house in tho neighborhood attending their scattered patients. No one can conceal DEAFNESS but anyone can conceal the new Coronation Acoutticon.

Come now let ba people, your eara are probably failing. Do iotnething about it! Find out about thia new, tiny Acouiticon that can return your hearing to you immediately and invisibly. It can be cutlom fitted to your personal hearing lou on Uie Aurogauge in iuat a few minutea. Coniultationi in our oftice or your home, in atrict confidence. A trained Acoustician will diicuii your problem! with you ympathetically.

Con-aultation and fitting! are free or writ for literature to the Acouiticon Institute. ACQUSTIC0I1 INSTITUTE OF OAKLAND 408 14th St. GLencourt 0294 'tfclltl O'h 1 4 I AND- Alameda Grocers Map Sunday Closing ALAMEDA, Dec. 18. Organization of the Alameda Retail Grocers' Committee for Sunday closing of all retail food establishments in the city was perfected yesterday with Marshall Edlin, local food merchant, br ing named chairman.

The committee was formed to seek adoption of the store closing ordinance which will come before the Alameda City Council Tuesday night for discussion. Other officers of the committee arc: F. W. Perryman, first vice-chairman; Roy Lewis, sewnd vice-chairman; Forrest Brown, secretary and Lyle Bowles, treasurer. Veteran Santa Claus To Be Honor Guest Captain William Day, who for years impersonated Santa Claus for Oakland children, will be the guest of honor at a Christmas party to be held by the Sciots Luncheon Club, Tuesday noon, at the Y.

W. C. 15th and Webster Streets. City and County officials and Salvation Army leaders have been invited to attend the party, according to Ray Waring. Sahib of tho club.

Guy Turner, Mobib of the Oakland Pyramid of Sciots No. 2 and superintendent of the Okland Airport, will impersonate Santa Claus for the occasion. YOU WILL FIND THEM AT THE SATKER GATE BOOK SHOP md we will be open until p. m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday- 2271 Telegraph Avenue; Berkeley TH-0580 GIVE YOURSELF FOR XMAS This Special Model TAPPAN Costs $20.00 less for a limited time Regularly $149.95 You save 20.00 You pay 129.9? Insure kitchen cleanliness with a new Tappan.

There are 25 or more ways that a new Tappan simplifies or eliminates kitchen cleaning. i Clean" Utensils Retaining a brand new brilliance because of the clean blue flame of Tappan burners arid elimination of scorching. Clean Kitchen Improved cooking methods eliminate grime -tear in steam, thereby protecting walls, curtains and furnishings from soot. Ruud Heater Co. 472 20th Street Can Francisco 437 Sutter St.

ft 1- -t Children to Attend Christmas Party East Oakland 20-30 Club members will entertain .30 underprivileged children from Dewey School at a party Wednesday night at the Hotel Alpine, 1479 Fruitvale Avenue. Charles Little in the role of Snnta Claus will distribute toys and a new pair of shoes for each of the children. Ke will introduce also the entertainment program. Arrangements for the party were made by Howard Sanders and the following committee: J. Meredith Wortz, Dr.

Herbert Wise and Frank Reynolds. Officers of the club elected at the last meeting to serve during 1938 are: Dr. Herbert Wise, president, succeeding Frank Rnynnlds; Frank James, vice-president; Raymond Finnie, Dennis Pearson, Howard Sanders and Dave Woodward, members of the Board of Directors; John Ringleb, sergeant-at-arms, and Clifford De Cius, dictator. Job's Daughters Install Officers Dorothy Klaiss, queen of Bethel No. 1, Order of Job's Daughters, and her officers were installed at public ceremonies in the Brooklyn Masonic Temple here last night.

Installing officer was Miss May Reid, retiring queen. Dancing followed. Other officers seated were: Dorothy Paine, senior princess; Dorothy Lamont, junior princess; Virginia Hickman, guide; Barbara Rost, marshal; Dorothy Gaskill, senior custodian; Beatrice Pye, junior custodian; Anne Drcnnan, librarian; Dorothy Tavcr, recorder; Doris Smith, pianist; Helen Buntcn, treasurer; Inez Sorol, chaplain; Annabclle Chase, inner guard; Frances Spring, outer guard, and Betty Hodgson, Audrey Koopmann, Blanche Pardee, Muriel Hart and Dorothy Peterson, messengers. Exchange Club Will Hold Yule Party Oakland Exchange-Club will present its annual Christmas cheer jinks tomorrow night at Agrella's Haven, 4325 East Fourteenth Street. John Farley is chairman of the committee whicri arranged for the celebration.

He was assisted by Dick Edwards, Byron Hammond, John Elberlingi'ir. H. MacLean, Fred Filer, George Ward and Bill Ross. Each member has been asked to bring to the party a present which will be auctioned off to the highest bidder by O. D.

Hamlin Jr. nd Earl Washburn. Proceeds from the party will go into the Exchange Club Charity Fund, which makes monthly contri- 1- mothers. zain ana vaiencia eireeu it Santa Clara, ree JDtstrwutors Co7ri(bt 1987 br William E. Lees msssmm SI-EXAMINATION-SI Reveals Cause of 111 Health We.

will advise youj of your true condition and locate the cause of your illness; tell you how severe it is, and what to do to regain health. This special examination will be given all this week. OAKLAND HEALTH INSTITUTE DR. C. O.

HUNT, Director 8920 East 14th II 1 Evenings, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 6 to 8 P. M. IBM REPAIRS shippers Courtesy Ad. Florence Ritchie, a fqrmerypatient, will Be in the downtown office all this week to show you the Beautiful Plates Dr. Campbell made for her.

DUE GASTRIC HYPERACIDITY We Do Not ONE DAY SERVICE Ritchie Corner Thirteenth FOR PLATE There's plate made, to Use DR. oratories no need of buying i new when your old plate can be fit tight and look new. CAMPBELL'S dental lab-, for your next plate repair. PERMITTING HOI.DKR TO PURCHASE CHRISTMAS TREE ATZOURTESY PRICE CLIP AND PRESENT THIS AD AT CASHIER'S OFFICE WHEN PAYING FOR TREE GOOD AT EITHER WHOLESALE YARD OAKLAND Corner Ulceshore Excelsior Blvd. Tender and Inflamed, scorched by odd, burn-' ing with pain, gnawing appetite, but such a penalty paid for gratifying it 1 i -1 What a picture! And how unnecessary, thanks to wholesale tali.

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