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Sunday, 24, 1971 Santa Crui Srniliul -1 3 i Penny Postcard Project 1 r-7 5 A I If Trees Could Talk This Park Has New Trees wait. 3 1 Iff iiitnrl -T1 ir 4, mi IK'. 1 V- (tlljl Mrs. John Byrne and Harold van Gorder (right), postcard researchers, with Wendell Simon of UCSC Main Library. The "penny postcard," long gone from the communication scene, is now a collectors' item, and two extensive collections exist in Santa Cruz at UCSC and at the main Public Library.

The picture postcard collection of the late Preston Sawyer of Santa Cruz was bought jointly by Santa Cruz public library and the main University of California Santa Cruz Library in 1962. For the past five years the collection has been a -alogued and sorted by two volume volunteers, Mrs. John Byrne and Harold van Gor-der, who had assistance from time to time by other interested volunteers. This week Santa Cruz public library received its postcard collection from UCSC library which has retained a duplicate collection, under a reciprocal agreement. The portion of the collection catalogued up to the present time includes 4500 California picture postcards, covering the first half of this century.

500 cards feature scenes of Santa Cruz County, 900 show San Francisco sites, 500 from the Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915, and 300 views of the California Missions. The remainder depict miscellaneous California tourist spots. Santa Cruz Librar i a Charles K. Atkins received the collection. Assistant Librarian Wendell Simons of UCSC made the presentation.

The cards were assembled over the years by Sawyer, who worked as a proofreader at The Sentinel and who also wrote a series of historical columns for the paper under the title "Santa Cruz Yesterdays." Following his retirement to a convalescent home, Sawyer's accumulation of postcards, photos, books, negatives, magazines, papers and general oddments from milk bottle caps to campaign buttons was purch a jointly by UCSC and Santa Cruz libraries. Resource materials were divided between the two institutions with the public library receiving all printed matter and UCSC library receiving the photographs, and exchanging duplicates. The postcard collection contains a rich variety of scenes, and some bear one-cent stamps. One of the cards, showing the Santa Cruz County Courthouse and post- marked August 12, 1907, is inscribed cryptically, "Dear Vera-Saw this building today-(signed) Clarence." On an-olher is a scene of the Sea, Beach Hotel, now demolished overlooking Monterey Bay. This card, dated August 17, 1907, informs the recipient that "Harry got us a big Japanese umbrella, and we stuck it in the sand to keep off the wind." Huge paper umbrellas, printed with gigantic flowers in a palette committee were Mesdames Kate W.

Cooper, H. C. Pew, D. J. Brooks and J.

W. Waters. On October 20, 1914, Santa Cruz City Council accepted the deed to El Portal Park which stipulated it was to be used only for park andor library purposes. Three years later the De-Laveaga Research Club asked permission to build a temporary branch library at the park site, and the ladies of the club noted that they had rounded up 14 carpenters who would donate their labor to build it. Woe to any carpenter who refused! The budget-minded City Library Board reviewed plans for a temporary building and decided to ask Andrew Carnegie for a hunk of his money he was going around the country giving libraries away in those days.

After some months of correspondence, Carnegie granted $3000. The jubilant library trustees, hardly daring to believe their good luck, went to the city to ask street and sidewalk improvement next. An Architect H. Weeks prepared library plans. Getting down to the nitty-gritty of dollars and cents, the trustees found that the library was going to cost a good deal more than Carnegie's $3000.

What to do? Again the ladies, who were serious about their culture, jumped to the rescue. They manned a hot dog and ice cream booth at the opening of Santa Cruz City Hall and no doubt strong-armed every citizen within shouting distance into patronizing their booth. They also put on a public entertainment to raise money, and somehow persuaded George W. Wood to donate lumber for the library building. Santa Cruz Eastside Branch library opened September 24, 1920, with Mrs.

Harold Bellus in charge of its books. Upkeep of the grounds always was a problem, even with the little library building there. And space inside the building became a problem as early as 1931. An addition was discussed but never built. By 1961 a new site had been located and a new name was selected: Branciforte Branch library.

The new library was completed in 1967 and the old Eastside library building was razed March 25, 1968. Landscape architect Ed Wood and the City Planning Commission got busy on plans for another park. They built' the fountain and they planted trees again. SCO Calendar 9:30 a.m. Lapidary 10:00 a.m.

Singing Strings 10:00 a.m. Painting on Location 12:30 p.m. Cards 7:30 p.m. Dance WEDNESDAY 9:30 a.m. Organ 9:45 a.m.

Spanish 10:00 a.m. Ceramics Dance Lessons For Teens Boys and girls of Grades 7, 8 and 9 who are interested in learning dance steps to the "now" music, are invited to join classes at Soquel Congregational Church. The series is sponsored by Cadette Girl Scout Troop 1045. Lessons will be on six successive Wednesday evenings from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Teachers will be Dick and Bev Booya, professional dance instructors.

For fee information1 and reservations call Mrs. Paul Parsons Jr. at 476-1871 or Mrs. Ryder Ray at 475-1791. Girls will wear dresses and boys may wear slacks and turtle necks or ties.

Enrollment will be limited it was announced. The first lesson does not obligate students to sign up for the 4 Small triangular piece of land where Soquel Avenue and Morrissey Boulevard meet, served as Easter egg hunting grounds back in the early 1900's. As Portal Park it also boasted a Mission Bell, visible in the old photo above. A memorial tree was planted there in 1947 for the late Clarence (Bab) Ebert, prominent East Side businessman and civic leader. And a branch library was located there for more than 40 years.

Today the triangle shaped park has a brand new fountain, some new conifer trees and a small "hill." Today begins a series of meetings with F. F. Carson, Minister of The Church of Christ in Richmond, on the subject of The Holy Spirit. Come and join us and hear what the Bible has to say about this topic. PLACE: CHURCH OF CHRIST 637 PACHECO S.C.

TIME: 11:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. AND WEEK NIGHTS AT 7:30 p.m. By MARGARET KOCH Sentinel Staff Writer This pie-shaped piece of land in East Santa Cruz has undergone three com I metamorphosises from ragged little park to public library to manicured city park. It has all happened in the space of abour 70 years.

Before that, the Costanoan Indians squatted on it. It happened mainly because the ladies of Eastside Santa Cruz wanted culture: first a park with roses and second a library with books. The little slice of land has led a peripatetic existence, passing from hand to hand and from crisis to crisis, but always remaining the same: a slender buffer strip separating streets that first were mere foot paths among the bushes, then tracks down which wagons rumbled, then dirt streets with horses and buggies, then paved streets over which hundreds of autos pass daily. The triangular piece of land is no larger than a pocket handkerchief. It sits at the junction of Water Street, Morrissey Boulevard and Soquel Avenue.

(Poplar comes in there too,) Today there are no trees, but a fountain tot springs up among cut-off telegraph poles a novel idea and an eye-catcher. Originally the slice of pie was a grassy, weedy place where Eucalyptus trees grew and little girls hunted Easter eggs on chilly Easter mornings. The old photo shows them searching for the hard-boiled treasures under the trees. There haven't been trees on the triangle for many years. When the Eucalyptus were cut down the Eastside Public Library was built there, and it served for 47 years before it had to move to larger new quarters.

Back in 1907 the slice of property was privately owned and the Eastside Santa Cruz Improvement Society purchased it to create a park. Ladies of the Saturday Afternoon Club history and landmark department decided it was a perfect landmark site, besides being at the entrance to the city Yes it was). The ladies placed one of the El Camino bronze Mission bells there on May 27, 1910, with pomp and ceremony. A month later the South Branciforte District of the Improvement associ a i bought the park, named it El Portal Ps-k. and planted rose bushes and carnations; On the naming and planting At the An interesting donation has been made to the Music Department of the Main Library.

It is C. T. Martin's BOOK OF MUSICAL AMERICANA, a resmue of songs made popular from the turn of the century through the '30s. More than 1,000 titles are included in categories such as states, flowers, Prohibition, mother, and sweetheart. The author is a pioneer member of the SPEBSQSA, We'll give you that guarantee I 111 iWA Or gain i 1 4 China Painting Painting 1:00 p.m.

Knitting 6:30 p.m. Chess THURSDAY 9:30 a.m. Ceramics 10:00 a.m. Singing Strings 12:30 p.m.-Cards Clubwomen To Hear Book Review Mrs. Charles Speights will review the book PSYCHIC DISCOVERIES BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN at the meeting of the literature Department of the Santa Cruz Woman's Club Monday at 1:30 p.m.

at the clubhouse. Mrs. Speights was chairman of the department last year and presently is serving as first vice president of the Club. She studied book dramatization under the tutelage of Jackie Moore of San Jose and has done extensive theater work in Florida and the State of Washington. All club members and their guests are invited, S.

GRINDY SERVICE iiaMiiiwiiLr. mJ I I d3 of colors, were apparently the Seaside accessory of the day; another card in the Sawyer collection shows them in abundance, covering the beach like mushrooms from one end of the Boardwalk to the other. The oldest postcard so far identified in the Sawyer collection is dated 1898. Among the most recent is one from Santa's Village, near Scotts Valley, printed in the early 1960's. I0 SUNDAY Closed MONDAY 10:00 a.m.

Beginner's Bridge 10:00 a.m. Mosaics Creative Arts 1:00 p.m. Bridge Group TUESDAY 9:00 a.m. Portrait Painting miiimiimiiimiiiiiiimiiiv Calling All Home Makers By KENNETH RECKER I PUT SOME LIFE 1 INTO YOUR HOME Many homes lack an 5 important ingredient call- Bi ed sparkle. Too many 5 s.

homes are Si flat instead having sparkle and life. Fortunately, in most cases, solu-i tions can be snnnle. Hpre are just a few of the hundreds of ways in which a bland and lifeless home may be converted to a vibrant one: An assortment of colorful throw cushions scattered on the sofa and chairs. Sometimes a small pair of chairs in a vivid contrasting color will give "life" to an otherwise dull room. A bright well arranged group of pictures on a blank wall 5 A colorful mural be- hind a colorless sofa.

3 Don't forget a bright splash of real or artificial 5 flowers on the dining room or cocktail table. How about a large mirror on the wall oppos- ite a window so you can the outdoors from anywhere in the room. A drab room is often brought to life by re- placing a lamp shade with a new one that picks up one of the bright col- ors in your sofa or floor covering. And, to see many other ways to add life to a home, stop in and browse at Haber's; you can get some more ideas, and there's no obligation. Si Ha I HOME FURNISHINGS 112 Pacific v.

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