The Times from San Mateo, California • Page 17

SECOND! FRONT PAGE A I A TO THE I OF SAN A PENINSULA SECTION SECOND MAIN NEWS SECTION SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1959 10c PER COPY $1.50 PER MONTH ALL SET FOR BIG JOB--Ready to canvass Burlingame for the Apri! Cancer fund drive are, left to right, Mrs. Robert S. Craig, South Burlingame chairman; Mrs. .1. P.

Nevin North Burlingame chairman; Mrs. Delos Druf- fel, district chairman; and Mrs. R. D. Martin, Burlingame city chairman.

Standing at right is county campaign chairman, Mrs. W. R. Ketler of San Mateo. All-Out Cancer Drive Planned An all-out effort will be undertaken this year to make Burlin game an outstanding contributor in the forthcoming annual Apri Cancer fund drive.

The county's goal is 890,000. A total of 12 area chairmen and Cancer Society leaders in Burlingame, gathered to organize the drive at the Cancer Society offices at 320 Third avenue in'San Mateo. Conferring with them were President Mrs. Albert A Hedge, County Service Chairman i Mrs. Lachlin McKinnon, and County Campaign Chairman Mrs.

W. R. Keller. Attending were Mrs. Jack Wilbur, Mrs.

Stanley H. Miranda, Mrs. Frank A. McMillan, Mrs. Harold R.

McKibbon, Mrs. R. D. Martin, Burlingame city chairman; Mrs. J.

P. Nevin North Burlingame chairman; Mrs. Delos Druffel, district chairman, Mrs Robert S. Craig, game chairman; South Burlin- Mrs. Stanley Allsebrook, Mrs.

Christine Rasmussen, Mrs. Robert J. Colton and Mrs. John Kowafski. President Hedge today emphasized, "We have a tremendous responsibility this year in meeting a fund goal which is a record high for San Mateo county.

"But, it has been set for us Because San Mateo county holds the record in fund-raising for the state of California. I hope the good people in our communities once again come forth to provide the necessary to promote research for the cause and cure of cancer, to help our own cancer victims in this county, and to promote public education. "Doctors are able to cure half of all cancer patients--but actually less than half are saved. The reason is that many people with potentially curable cancers do not get to their doctor in, time. It is our job to remind them." Ranch Purchase Hearing Slated REDWOOD CITY Public hearing on the proposed purchase of the Leslie Sampson property of La Honda as the site of a San Mateo county boys' ranch will be held before the board of supervisors tomorrow at 10 a.m.

County officials expect that there will be no protests because the site is in an isolated area and adjoins San Francisco's Log Cabin ranch. The 60-acre property has been offered to the county for 517,500. Each of the supervisors has indicated he favors the deal, except Thomas J. Callan, who said he doubts that the property is worth that much. It is expected that the purchase will be consummated following the hearing.

Keating Talk Expected to Draw Crowd One of the largest crowds ever t5 attend a San Mateo county Republican fund-raising dinner is expected to be on hand to hear Sen. Kenneth B. Keating of New York when he speaks at a $100 a plate dinner to be held at the Menlo Circus club in Atherton on Saturday evening, April 4. Hosts and hostesses for the affair are Mr. and Mrs.

J. Scot McCann, Atherton; Mr. and Mrs. G. W.

Douglas Carver, Woodside, and Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Grant Hillsborough. "Springboard to Victory" will be the theme of the dinner, which will be carried out in decorations both on the grounds of the Circus club--where a huge stone elephant created by sculptor Beniamo Bufano will dominate the scene at the top of the huge Olympic size swimming pool-and inside the banquet room. Mrs.

Ray T. Marsh, San Carlos, and Mrs. Merritt Cutten, Woodside, are in charge of the decorations. Eugene J. Brenner, Hillsborough, chairman of the United Republican finance committee, reported to a ticket selling com mittee today that already more than 100 reservations have been received.

A crowd of 400 is expected to attend the function. Tickets are available at Republican headquarters, 329 Primrose road, Burlingame. Dancing will follow the dinner, with Vern Vincent's orchestra providing the music. BOARD TO MEET The Burlingame public library board of trustees will meet at the library at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, G.

P. Lechich, board clerk, announced. Planners to Eye Gas Station Bid BELMONT Consideration of an application by the Richfield Oil company for a use permit to allow construction of a service station on the southwest corner of Ralston avenue and El Camino Real will be before the city planning commission at its meeting at 8 o'clock tonight in city hall. Planners also will consider an application by Cunningham and Stone for rezoning of 256 feet of property along Hill street west of El Camino Real from commercial to apartment zoning. HILLSDALE OPEN TONIGHT Interest Here In Salt Water Conversion REDWOOD CITY --County officials have expressed.interest in obtaining a salt-water conversion plant for San Mateo county.

Harvey 0. Manks, director of the state department of water resources, said the federal government is looking for an appropriate site for a pilot plant. Although local officials have not been approached on the subject, they have heard about the project and have expressed themselves as interested. Banks said he is sending questionnaires to county and city officials in the coastal area south from San Francisco to San Diego. The final decision on the site and type of conversion plant to be installed will be made by the secretary of the interior.

The pilot plant. Banks said, will probably be of the distillation type, with a capacity of not less than 1.000,000 gallons a day of high purity water suitable for municipal, industrial or agriculture uses. "While the primary purpose in building the plant is to determine the engineering and economic potentials of a particular process, and to obtain design, operating and cost data for use in the design of future large plants," Banks said, "it is desirable that there be a genuine need, either now or in the future, for supplemental water in the area near the plant location. It should be pointed out, however, that the output of the plant cannot be considered as a firm supply since testing and experimentation will be carried on for a period of several years." At least five plants will be built in the United States, one of them on the West coast. "Speaking as an individual," said William M.

Werder, chairman of the county board of supervisors, "I feel that the county very definitely would be interested in having the plant here. The future of our water supply'is uncertain. I feel certain that the county will want to be considered as the location for the project." County Engineer Don Wilson said the county should look to saltwater conversion for its future water supply. "I don't know anything about the particular proposal," Wilson said, "but, generally speaking, these projects are desirable." Planning Director Frank Skillman pledged the help of his office in locating particular sites for the plant. "It would seem', however," he said, "That the plant would go to one of the water-short counties, such as Santa Barbara county, which is desperate for water." Car Speeds Wild Down Millbrae Hill; 1 Injured MILLBRAE--Its brakes out, an auto raced wildly down steep Hillcrest boulevard yesterday, jumped off the street's dead-end and crashed to a halt on the Southern Pacific railroad The speeding auto, with three.

persons inside, miraculously missed colliding with other autos as it sped through several stop signs at 75 miles per hour and across busy El Camino Real. Joint Panel To Discuss Mills Schools Problems confronting schools in the Mills estate subdivision will be discussed by a two-city panel at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Mills High school cafeteria before a meeting of the Mills Estate Home Owners association. Burlingame panel members will include Mayor Andrews Superintendent of schools George V. White and Lloyd Lynes, prin- i a of Benjamin Franklin school.

Millbrae panelists are Mayor Douglas Morgan. Superintendent of Schools Earl Kuhn and Tom Vandruff, principal of Spring Valley school. Dr. Edward Walsh, principal of Mills High school, will represent that school. Millbrae school trustee, William Glang, will moderate the session.

In a business meeting to follow, 15 members of the board of directors of the association will be dominated and elected; the group will discuss community- sponsored, 24-hour home services; it will form its 1959 policies and it will discuss possibilities of put- ing the Mills High swimming pool to use during the summer, particularly on weekends. of to Mark Irish Holiday San a Council 1346, Knights of Columbus, will celebrate St. Patrick's day tonight with a corned beef and cabbage dinner at of hall, 217 Baldwin avenue. The Rev. John Ryan, council chaplain, will discuss Ireland's past history and its position among nations of the world today.

A group of Serra High school students, obtained by chairman Ed Ray, will lead a community sing of Irish songs. Injured in the crash, which ended the wild ride of the auto, was its teen-aged driver, Joseph Gene Openshaw, 16, of 456 San Ansel mo avenue, San Bruno. Openshaw was given emergency treatment for lacerations at Peninsula hospital and transferred to Kaiser Foundation hospital in South San Francisco. Two occupants of Openshaw's car, John A. DiCello of 225 Mastick avenue and Daniel Mahoney of 1072 Crystal Springs road, both of San Bruno, escaped injury, officers reported.

According to officers, Open shaw was driving down the steep grade of Hillcrest boulevard when his brakes failed. As the car began to p.ick up speed, Openshaw desperately tried to slow it down with the emergency brake. That brake became heated, however, and failed to halt the car. The auto, officers said, made a mile-long plunge at speeds of up to 70 and 75 miles per hour before it cracked up. The vehicle plunged across crowded Sunday afternoon traffic on El Camino Real without striking another car.

When the vehicle reached the dead end of the street it jumped the curb, careened 226 feet down a pedestrian railroad crossing, knocked over a pedestrian crossing sign and ended up on top of northbound wild ride tracks. During the the vehicle sped through several stop signs. A 17-year-old girl driver and tier 12-year-old brother suffered minor injuries here yesterday afternoon when their car overturned after a broadside collision at Magnolia and LaCruz avenues. Cars involved were driven by Joyce Mae Tregenza, 17, of 111 Minorca way, Millbrae, and John Thomas Lasley, 22, of 175 Ashton avenue, Millbrae. Given emergency treatment at Peninsula hospital for lacerations were Miss Tregenza and her brother, Thomas, 12.

'BLOCKBUSTERS' SIGNED--Members of San Mateo Boys' Club sign up its board of directors to serve as "Blockbusters" during April 6-11 Boys' Club fund drive here. Slogan for the company campaign will be "Give a Buck to Help a Boy." Left to right, adults are George Drummond of Boosters Club of San Mateo, Sam Abruscato, business manager of Plumbers and Steamfitters union, and Harry Lee of Harry Lee Plumbers, who will spark campaign to give first boys' club boost. (Times Photo) Blast Tests Due Today in San Carlos CHAIRMAN DALY CITY--Dee Van Nest, director of parks and recreation lere, has been appointed chair- nan of the California Recreation Society exhibitors section of the annual convention in San Jose on 13, 14, 15 and 16, 1960. The Twelfth annual conference will draw an estimated 1800 delegates from recreation commis- iions and departments throughout California. SAN CARLOS The contro between Contractor C.

Vood and Architect Delp Johnson jver the amount of blasting need to prepare the 35-acre siti west of Alameda de las Pulga or construction of the San Car os High school still is in effec oday. But both sides have agree; further tests today to deter mine how much blasting shoulc ye done on the site. Arrangements for the tests which both sides hope will prove lieir respective contentions, wen ompleted at a meeting between ohnson and Wood in the office Howard Gawthrop, deputy dis rict attorney. Impartial experts, including C. Smith, San Mateo contractor nil witness the tests, which are for.

Oftf afternoon on site. Cost the tests, Gaw throp said, wifl be iborne by the Sequoia Union High school dis trict. Wood maintains that blasting is necessary because the amount rock being uncovered makes i unfeasible financially to attempi to excavate with heavy equip ment. In fact, the contractor said last week, if he is forced to continue excavation without blasting he may be forced to cease operations. The contract Wood holds for the site work provides the payment of $1.25 a yard above the base bid for any blasting done.

Wood says there may be as much as ISff.OOO yards of material to blast. Johnson contends that the amount of blastable material is only between 12,000 and 60,000 yards. The tests today will consist of excavating i special heavy equipment to determine if the work is damaging to the equipment because of rock content in the earth. Kiwanis Plans Coastside Fete A party for San Mateo Ki- wanians and "Kiwaniannes" will be held March 31 on the Coast- side, it was announced today. Tickets may be obtained from Richard Reyna and George Gaugler.

The first annual Burlingame San Mateo Kiwanis-Rotary golf tournament will be held Friday, May 8. Speakers for the four Tuesday meetings of the Kiwanis club include the following: Guenther Kompff, German consul general, who will speak tomorrow; Judge Murray Draper of the trict court of appeals, March 24; Tully Knowles, April and Ed Montgomery, April 14. Junior Livestock Show Nearing The largest junior show in the nation devoted exclusively to boys and girls from California, Oregon and Nevada arms will take place next Saturday through Wednesday, March 25, at the Cow Palace on the north San Mateo county line. This thirteenth annual Grand National Junior Livestock Expo- ition will offer 824,000 in premiums to be disbursed among ivestock exhibitors, plus tro- ihies, premiums and scholarships ffered by various business and ocial organizations. More than 3500 animals will )e exhibited by 1383 members the 4-H clubs and Future Farmers of America.

Of this to- livestock tal, 800 are members of the FFA and 583 are members of the 4-H clubs. Two arena shows for the general public are scheduled on Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., and one on Sunday at 2 p.m. Joe Atkinson, San Mateo, will display his Brahma bull, "Bramo," who will perform some of the 300 tricks this amazing animal has learned to do. Also included on the weekend program are the dancing horses, "Starlight" and "Golden Star," and comic mules, "Scotch" and "Soda," trained by the Hendricks family of Hollywood. Contests include calf and greased pig scrambles and stitch guessing.

The horse show includes 21 classes, with seven classes programmed for each arena performance. Bay Hackett's orchestra will provide music for the shows. These future livestock producers of the -West will have their animals rated prime and choice by the judges and will be auctioned on March 25, the final day of the exposition. Buyers from restaurants, meat markets, hotels and business firms will be present for the auction. Housewives use this occasion to buy whole animals tj stock home freezers.

Over 300 horses will take part in the horse riders under show, limited 18 years old. to medal designation will embrace three classes each in hunt seat, stock sa'ddle and saddle horse seat divisions. There will be three classes each in jumper, trail horses and stock horse divi- sions, and a three-gaited class, five-gaited class and three classes for sets of four. Allen Ross, nationally recognized horse show manager and announcer, will direct the horse show. i a entertainment is planned for the exhibitors, aged 10 to 21, during the five-day event.

There will be movies, specialty acts, a Camp Fire Girls' social, a city-county dance, and a banquet at the Sheraton-Palace hotel sponsored by Sears-Roebuck during award night. The Gisnd National Junior Livestock exposition is scheduled through the auspices of Agricultural District 1-A, a non-profit organization giving recognition to young livestock producers and an opportunity for city children to see live animals. Francis Author Blackmail Bliss Bill In Senate Three important pieces of legislation were started through the mill last week by Assemblyman Louis Francis of San Mateo One bill that has attracted a good deal of attention would prohibit women trom filing damage suits against men over false promises to marry or to cohabit after marriage. The measure passed the assembly bv a vote of 54 to 14 and is now in the senate. Assemblyman Francis SPEAKING HERE Sequoia Audubon Society of Peninsula will present naturalist Dr.

G. Harrison Orians at 8 p.m. tomorrow at San Mateo high auditorium. Dr. Orians will discuss movie, "Great Smoky Skyland" as he displays color film on wild bird life he shot in North Carolina.

Public is invited to attend the show. City Aides Scan Social Security The San Mateo City Employees' Association, will hold its 'irst meeting of the year tomorrow at the council chambers. President Rosalie Smith said the main business of the meeting will be to investigate the possi- ilities of integrating Social Security benefits with the present etirement system. Guest speakers will be Eugene Jacks, assistant actuary of the State Em- )loyees' Retirement System, and 3d Foley, manager of the local Sociay Security office. Members of the association have been provided with work heets, and are invited to bring questions to be presented to the experts.

The meeting is to begin at 7:30 p.m. Thief Takes Lamp, Bed Spread, Tables SAN CARLOS Theft of a amp, a bed spread, two tables, a hais'e lounge pad and a redwood ray from the Vacation Land Homes store, 301 El Camino Real, was reported to police yesterday. Officers said the top of a me- er box had been hurled through window by the thief to gain admittance. said he introduced the bill "to prevent resurgence of the once flourishing breach of promise blackmail racket." The state supreme court recently decided that a woman had a right to sue a man who promised to cohabit with her after marriage but did not do so. This decision caused Francis to introduce his bill.

"The bill will prevent racketeering by conniving women," Francis, restrict' any remedies now available to, legitimately. wronged." The assemblyman also introduced a bill to extend daylight saving time through the month of October. The measure was approved unanimously by the as-, sembly governmental efficiency and economy committee. Presently, daylight saving time ends in September. Francis said benefits of extension would be increased highway safety and opportunity for more outdoor recreation.

"Also," he said, "it would bring California into conformity with eastern television, radio and transportation schedules." Most eastern states retain daylight time through October. Also last week, the assembly approved Francis' bill to eliminate a loophole in the existing law banning the sale or carrying of switchblade knives. Francis, who wrote the original law, said young hoodlums are now buying a new type of "flipblade" knife, which is not specifically banned by the existing law. Master Plan For Woodside WOODSIDE The Woodside master land use plan has been enacted into law by the town council to climax a series of public hearings extending over six months. Basically, the plan was adopted in the form proposed by William E.

Spangle Menlo Park planning consultant. One of the more controversial sections of the-plan, which will arbitrarily establish all hillside building lots in a minimum three- acre residential-conservation zoning classification, was left in as a part of the plan. The council has turned down an application by Dr. Morton Podolsky, Belmont physician, for a use permit to allow an increase from three to five in the number of ambulatory residents in the len View rest home, 103 Toyon court. TAKE A CHANCE HAVE YOUR CAR SERVICED BY OUR FACTORY TRAINED SPECIALISTS AT COMPETITIVE PRICES Body Fender Repair a Specialty PERIAT SONS PLYMOUTH AND DE SOTO 1320 SO.

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