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The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California • 112

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SALE at our BOUTIQUE 7 u4:" Iitt it WILLIAM MURPHY Las Angeles Times Recreation stand in front of the restored Plaza Hotel which was erected in 1858 Police Chief Lonny Hurlbut and Ron Erickson chief ranger for the Department of Parks and Three-Flag Past Restored in San Juan Bautista The Town With a Stagecoach Days' Plaza Hotel You will find reductions of 20 to 50 off regular prices at our Boutique on a special selection of precious jewelry famous name watches and clocks Beat your own cost of living with a better income or a second income Each year Times Classified brings you more job opportunities than any other newspaper around Or be your own employer Go into business for yourself with the help of the Business Opportunities listings Promotions are easier to get when you're the boss! Cos Angeles Cameo finest dance floor in northern California San Juan Bautista has always loved a fiesta and this year is no exception June 24 is its special feast day for it was on the 24th in 1797 that Father de Lasuen founded the mission dedicating the little settlement to St John the Baptist The festival will be held on the weekend of June 25 and 26 "It's the occasion for a big celebration" Erickson continued "There'll be dancers music of the 1860s and later and people will be wearing the attire of the era All the activities won't be confined to the plaza Visitors will be exploring the rest of the town where there are a number of fine restaurants and interesting shops" 300 North Rodeo Drive Beverly Hills (213) 276-1161 we honor 1111101Credit card By WILLIAM MURPHY SAN JUAN under three flags has been re-created here with the restoration of the historic Plaza Hotel by the state's Department of Parks and Recreation The hotel which represents the American period was constructed in 1858 by Angelo Zanetta Open to the public for the last few months it has been restored to look as it did during the 1860s when seven stage lines converged on the town and it was a stopover on the route between San Francisco and Los Angeles The town 20 miles east of Monterey and 30 miles south of San Jose was also on the main route among the San Benito Mountain quicksilver mines Hollister Watsonville Monterey and Santa Cruz and was the primary staging trade and supply center for the numerous sheep and cattle ranches in the vicinity The period of Spanish rule is represented by the Mission San Juan Bautista founded in 1797 by Padre Fermin de Lasuen At one time more than 1200 Indians lived and worked at this mission The banner of Spain was lowered in September 1822 and the Mexican flag was unfurled as California came under Mexican rule II I Murphy is a Times photographer 'II The Calla Are ComingThe CAras Are Coming! 11 vim 7' The Mexican Period Representative of the Mexican period is the two-story adobe house adjacent to the hotel which was built by Jose Castro in 1825 It became the headquarters for a successful revolt that Castro plotted against the Mexican governor Juan Guttierrez in 1836 This house has also been restored by the state In July 1846 there was another flag-raising ceremony Commodore John Drake Sloat commander of the US Pacific squadron during the early days of the war with Mexico anchored in the Monterey Bay A force landed and the Stars and Stripes was soon flying California had been seized by the Americans and by 1850 was a new state Isaac Mylar a boy during the 1860s recalled the arrival of the stagecoaches at the Plaza Hotel in his "Early Days at the Mission San Juan Bautista" Valley Publishers Fresno): "The Plaza Hotel was doing a thriving business The barroom was crowded night and day In those days men and woman alike wore long linen dusters tightly buttoned up even closely drawn around the neck in order to keep off the dust which at times was almost smothering "When the passengers on the Overland Stages arrived at the Plaza Hotel they generally rushed to the wash room although in many instances the male passengers would stop long enough at the bar to first wash out their throats ICARI ID 'DM) jUhv And 1st Nationwide Savings and Loan Association Ilas It! 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Conditions include assumption document fee and borrower qualifications At You ca income by year CAM There at the er I 1 5 During the last few years many potential homebuyers have been priced out of buying a new home Now 1 St Nationwide Savings and Loan Association has changed all of that with CAM the Certainly Affordable Mortgage Loan With CAML you can now own the home you wantat a financing cost you can live with now and in the future 1c nany potential I out of buying Nide Savings inged all of Affordable you can ltat a th now and 1 Colored Water A well-stocked bar was part of the hoters restorationbut the thirsty traveler of today must go elsewhere in the town for a drink The bottles are filled with colored water "We make an exception on the first Saturday of each month" said Ron Erickson chief ranger for the Department of Parks and Recreation which supervises all the historic buildings built around the plaza with the exception of the mission which is administered by the Catholic Church "The bar then serves wine and other refreshments There is generally music and we really recapture the atmosphere of the period when the hotel was first constructed" Zanetta built his hotel over a building that had been used as a barracks for Spanish soldiers During its current reconstruction state archeologists sifted through the original foundation and discovered kitchen utensils of the 1870s pottery and numerous empty bottles Several cannon balls which may have been of Spanish origin were also found The original opening of the Plaza Hotel in January 1859 was the occasion for an elaborate fiesta The hotel's dining room and bar quickly became famous for its good food and drink with a genial Zanetta on hand to greet the many guests some whom had traveled great distances from their ranchos Vaqueros gave exhibitions of their superb horsemanship Colorful Mexican attire predominated among both men and women In the evening there was a fandango The hotel boasted the a IS 2111 034 ePo- 0 0 tvzit NP'''s LAI o-t-offilriA" 03 Ala dt 14 4 0 tle Z't imel 1hr- 1:1 40 i at4p4Nr'ftr dt 4z -r VOI-Tpli t-r---1- iatolgioss k1 tto 1114t eLiAVivii --11 to MK MIK Plollt ---mt a Elm 11 At i 1 I II 1 l' to 1 1 443ets fig el coo 404 11414 go p-Nq I (4- 1 11 1 AgAreoP 4 OW 4trea04'seoefOrtifeVr -7- deleiovi-V otefiNO-p 4 4114p- -4iv dii r-il --v allots tvvot We 119(---N11 trafite aigicV21 c-- lki OWL-Easy to di live with 115L 12148 1151iRM 2I148 You can afford CAML today and in the future since the maximum increase caz 2 or decrease in the interest rate is limited to WI W11 noV I IW Is icami I IAl I I ei lI vaoce or decrease in the interest rate is limited to Id in cizI mited to and in 1 increase caz 46 is limited to 3Y2 percentage points With other variable rate loans the buyers have found the interest increases could price them out of their homes Not so with CAML (isz? variable rate le interest increases 4 Ither variable rate I the interest increases Dmes Not so with CAW It tIOMpar the interest rate the comoetitio Compare CATIL Cmpa'lare the interest rate and terms of CAML with the competition We think you'll agree that CAML is the affordable home loan for now and the future Compare vempare CAM the interest rate and terms of 1 the competition We think yc CAML is the affordable horn ale Compa ML with re Annual Percentage Rate Ca Hour Real Estate Broker Tell them you want to put a CAML in your home 1ST RIATIORIWIDE SAVIRIGS -tD 6rJ a sap at' tisk ---v cc 7fie r(' 01 4:4 J'ili ifi lii i 4 7 iks in 4 tt ti: -41 days til irwristv: 1 icy I y2 111( fl allIZ III i 7 )--- 0 IL114 Ilk Nc''' 1111111hh Aaron Brothers Art Marts Find Us in the White Pages A Federal Savings and Loan Association Southern California Regional Loan Offices Los Angeles Airport Office: 9800 So Sepulveda Blvd (213) 642-0208 The City (Orange) The City Financial Center 2 City Blvd East (714) 634-8491 Northridge: 9051 Tampa Ave (213) 993-1216 Ventura: 1190 So Victoria Ave (805) 656-7131 Arcadia: 3675 Huntington Dr (213) 795-9928 Authotized Agents San Diego: PO Box 20792 (619) 563-9717 Santa East Victoria St (805) 963-9359 Pismo Beach: 981 Price St (805) 773-4140.

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