Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 53

OAKLAND'S LOCALLY OWNED AND LOCALLY CONTROLLED DAILY NEWSPAPER MORE NEWS THAN ANY OTHER PAPER IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TOPS" IN FEATURES Iitikiituli ititii.m 4i uti AISIIIITII MEIS lillt IWt rtREIII tllVItt VOL CLXIII CALIFORNIA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1955 51 NO. 144 Landmark by Lake Yields to Modern Era lllllll Hill mmm wrui nn i I A landmark of 'the bygone aslight era is being torn down on the shores of Lake Merritt to make way "for a modernistic 11-story luxury, apartment For the average family mm building. when you order famous The three-story mansion at the corner of Lakeside Drive and 17th St.vnow being ripped apart by workmen with crow Mapsek Meats bars and sledge hammers, was built. in 1902 by John Russell BYGONE ERA Built in 1902. this one proud mansion on the shores of Lake Merritt is being torn down and will be replaced by a modernistic 11-story apartment Burnham, The Burnham family selected the site tin the.

edge pf the lake because of its similarity to Lake Geneva. At the time the Burnham home was built, the area was an exclusive residential area. Many of the families well known in 5 lo 8 Month Supply ol choice Slccr Dcof, Pouliry, Vegetables, etc. for the average family, i Save up to $60 ORDER TODAY or TOMORROW AND RECEIVE All ADDITIONAL early day Oakland history the Beldons. the Wheatons, the Schillings', the Kales and others had homes on the shore I of Lake Merritt.

Distinctive features of the 1 house were the first stall ahower in the community and an automobile garage. The Supply of FOOD FREE Burnhams were the owners of i-TTJL. one of the "first two automobiles in Oakland: The mansion was the scene' of; IN ITS HEYDAY This Is the way the Burnham house looked around 1905 with it landscaped gardens when many ot daklahd's ltading families had homes on the; lake shore. many social, events. In 1906.

the home was 'the scene of the fashionable wedding of Lucretia Burnham and Charles David Bates, then treasurer of the City of Oakland. The last big party to be held in the home was a reception in honor of the Bates' daughters, Mrs. John Gompertz and Mrs. Parker Holt, and daughter-in-law, Mrs. Charles Bates with frontage on Lake Merritt.

shortly before the beginning of Other features will inpluqe World War II. (TQVQlli'ffrSl After the war began, the man parking fan two levels of garage space, elimination of corriddrs. a hospitality center. The Red Cross occupied it throughout the war. The building was subsequently occupied by Alcoholics Anonymous.

Last week AA moved to new quarters. The mansion and land sion was turned over to the extensive elevator system' and American Red Cross for use as cCriDp)GaB(iniOite individual patios and roof garden. has been sold by the Bates family to Co-owners, which will build the new apartment He tar ear house. LOOK YOU GET ALL THIS U.S.DJI. CHOICE GRADE Construction is expected to ELECTRIC TYPEWRITERS eatf Itloned Kent Slt start in the early spring on the yv1 Rental PareasM PIB Electric Typewriter Co.

7 I.IXth St. PER STEER BEEF, POULTRY, VEGETABLES, ETC. FOR OIILY $2,500,000 structure. Each of the 60 apartments will run completely through the building MOUTH PLUS 2 lbs. Skinless Franks 2 lbs.

Pork Link.Sausage 1 lb. Bacon 6 lbs. King Size Vegetables 7 Total price $159.95 or $2832 per month 'for 6 months. Substitutions may be made. Satisfaction guaranteed, Meat vv7; -i 'vs V-v i i Ml-, 'y I i V- Yx Side Beef 11 3 lbs.

Weighed Hr cutting, you do not pay for bones, suet or boiling beef. Average Contents: 4 T-Bone Steaks 5 Porterhouse Steaks 2 Sirloin Tip Steaks 3 Filet Steaks 3 New York Cut Steaks (large) 5 Top Round Steaks 3 Swiss Steaks 1 Sirloin Tip Roast 2 Pkgs. Short Ribs 6 Beef Stew 1 6 Ground Beef 3 Chuck Roasts Rump Roast 1 Boneless Bisket Roast 2 Cross Rib Roasts 1 Flank Steak 2 Beef Shank, Bone 2 Rib Roasts Vi Beef Chuck 21 lbs. Weighed after cutting, you do not pay for bones, suet or boiling beef. Average Contents: 3 Chuck Roasts 3 Stew 3 Ground Beef 1 Short Ribs 'j Choice Lamb 21 lbs.

Weighed after cutting, you do nor pay for. bones trim. Average Contents: 1 Leg Lamb 5 Large Loin Chops 8 Small Loin Chops 8 Rib Chops 4 Round Bone Chops 8 Shoulder Chops 1 Breast of Lamb 1 Pkg. Stew 1 Lamb Shank 1 Hindquarter Veal, 13 lbs. Weighed after cutting, you do not pay for bones, or trim.

Average Contents: 1 Rump Veal Roast 12 Kidney or Loin Veal Chops 12 Veal; Steaks 4 Sirloin Veal Steaks 2 Pkgsl Veal Stew 1 Perk Loin 9 lbs. Weighed after cutting, you do not pay for excess fat or trim. Average "Contents: 1 Pork Loin Roast 14 Pork Chops Smoked Picnics 5 lbs. cuts as listed above are aver-age contents. All orders are custom cut to your family's needs, so the exact contents of your order will depend on the thickness of steaks and size of roast your family requires.

Delivered weight of 241 lbs. of meat, poultry, vegetables, is guaranteed. YOU'LL FEU LIKE THIS WITH MONEY IH THE BANK; i MFi''vlS '(III' START SAVINS NOW AT OAKLAND UM fort 14th mn4 35th Avmw BEtKElEVi SlMtmck and Bancroft INCLUDED IN THIS ORDER MODERN TIMES This is how the luxury apartment i building, to be built on the site of the old Burnham mansion, will look when the 60-unit structure is completed. HATWAROt mn Mai Mtmbtr fdfi Deposit lnurnc Corporation II 48 10-oz. Libby's Vegetables 5 Peas 4 Chopped Broccoli 4 Cut Corn 4 Cream Style Corn 5 Mixed Vegetables 4, French Fried Potatoes 4 Diced Potatoes 4 Potato Patties 5 Carrots and Peas 5 Chopped Spinach 4 Leaf Spinach 6 10-oz.

Libby's Fruits 2 Peaches 1 Melon Balls 2 Strawberries Pineapple Chunks 12 6-ox. Libby's Juices 2 Orange Juice 2 Lemonade 1 Limeade 1 Tangerine Juice 2 Blend Juices (Orange Grapefruit) 2 Grapefruit Juice 2 Pineapple Juice 10-Pound Thanksgiving Turkey Total Weight 38 Pounds Billy Graham Ends Revival, Works on TV LONDON, Nov. 21 MP-f-Billy rttIIttIITTtTTTtXXXIIIIIIIIIXIXXXTTTTTTTttTrn Graham turned bis attention to television films and sitting for his portrait todayl after winding up a 10-day revial in the uni rMiEMVCHll HI lEEill versity towns of Oxford and Cambridge. i Ml Ml ftsECS? The American evangelist is fnaking films for Britain's new commercial TV system and. hav- Mwn of mm 03 i Ins his portrait painted by Brit- HI ish Artist FranK Salisbury De-' fore leaving for the United States Nov.

29. preached his final 110 DOWN PAYMENT 1st smoll payment next year 4 a 4 4 i sermon in Oxford yesterday to gome 1 000 persons packed so densely into St. Aldgate's 'Anglican Church that they could 35 lbs. of Choice Steer Beef, poultry, vegetables, including your favorites such as: steaks, roasts, stews, ground beef, chops, chicken, bacon, sausages, franks, king-size vegetables. All premium Luchetti quality.

not kneel to pray. His message was relayed to two other FREE Cutting and individual wrap- 3 a 4 churches filled to capacity. HI ping in freezer paper. Free refrigerator delivery within 50 miles (slight delivery. i Graham's aides said one of the first to answer his appeal for Decisions for Christ" last HI night was British miler Roger Bannister, first man to the distance in -less than "four fj minutes, j.

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