Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 36

V-V' Jc4 V-' -'V 'V V-' v-'-' -j ''i m' THE OAKLANDTOBUNE September 2a 1W7 -'-'V: -V: RACE i JUDICAtA 'rlltoAlwniih' -County Bar Aaaodriion lahokinB tia jo anllual Raca JkafcHa a BO-10 HnmaW wriMuh tondniaar to banaflt faa lagri aarvkjaa to tha poor to Aiamada County gad to3b am to 2 PJTV Uha Manto Bow -HouaaL'5SB BlBMto (Mdand EARLY CHLDHOOD KXr TOUWiA MENT -thaOaidand UiRad School Dfc- Sictboklt a goebenatotondrraiaarforV earty dildhood aducaOon oanto tTSL II am WBow pfc Gat Couna 17007 Rad-wood Road CaatQVtfay87MB2a to aofna raWonihip praUem ai 9S2-0197 ior iwofmaoorv lARTSABIfTBITANHBrT I Tuesday Meetings RASTMPIT BFORMAMON --Cal-Mnge Sanalto oondbeta a free earpinar tided "401 va 401 Which iaBattarT IQ am to noon Afca Arte Cantor 1428 Afca St OeldenA Monday STUDS TERKEL Attend an awning wHt Sbda Terkatmdio panpnalty and W-Bar Pria winning hitioriarv and aulhor Howard Zkw $15 pjn BerWey Community Thwtra Alton Way and MMa ABOflTiOH lSSUB -'VVhen Abortion Vlte tto topic of a aaminar 7-JO pm 70S Northgato Hag UC Bartaiey MEWTAL HEALTH ft Recovery mental heath mcovaiy gnou a hotoi a pm 307 Eucid Oakland JAZZ Hw Bob Johnaon Quartat parforma a concert M5 aduba $10 abdenta and aanioii 3 pjnBarfceiay Ja cbool2375ShaauekAva CARECT BRERESTS Job aeeken doing rMbamployad peopia ara invRadto -tiaaaaa career intonate baaed on a goding ayatonv 410 mambara $15 nqrHnambaia 4 lUSSday pmC Timing Point Career Canter Univeralty -1 YWCA 2600BenCroft WayBedtaley tnot a meeting 1 1 AUTHOR READING Victor' Martinet author gf in Ora OmM Mi Vida" made from hie work Revolution Roald 7 pjn 2425 Chenning Way Bertaiey PARENTS WrTHOUT PAflTNERS The Oeidto Chapter of Pnta Without Rertnai hoidi' an orientation meeting 7 to 8 pm Sen LtiandxJ ee 27M330 for locton GARDEN DESIGN A career in gwden daaign wi be tiwaubject of abrOwn bag career tod noon to 1 pm Tumatg Point earner Cantor Umanby YWCA 2800 BehcraR Way Berkeley Monday IVbSCELLANEOUB QULTMAKING New'Yorit quit artier Kartn JBedantto preaanta harworic7 JO pm Firtt Unitarian Church liawaonfload Kanairigton' nn PARENTS 'today today Chances to learn DRAGONBOAT cpi-drful 4Weat-bng Dragon Boat powered by me of 22 paopta Oakland Eahwy itarting at 9 am Jack London Squarp ST SL louia 8er- tarid School calebrataa ita Styaar reuniort 3 pm Bishop John Cummins and Rev Alked Smith Alan Baptist Church wl be in -attendance 1413 100th Awe Oakland 300- 4000 Today -GREAT TOY Gan Mah TovPia-achool hokto ka annual gatoga aafo of toy 0 am to 1 pm Betti Jacob Congregation 3778 Pad BM OaUand OAKLAND TECHMCAL HIGH Oak' land Technical Nigh School ia tire aubjact at an entire aahbit in the (MOand MOin B- History Room through Nov 22 Su- tkya 1 to 6 pud 125 14lh PURRS ADOPTION DAY- PtasArelJs Resale end Renegade Servicea holdi an adoption day donations Of pet food Itar tmpk cagea toyd fnene and more are needed IT am to 5 pm Pet Food prase' Rockridge Shopping Canter 5144 Broadway Otadand grannie: JUS1: come Karen Lueebrink made and drawr wkh tha euitience ftom her nawbook a Caribbean tala about a girft rata: tionahtp with hargrandmotifar 2 pm 580 Second St Oakland AROfTECTURAt TOUR Join a tour of a Julia Morgan erchitectinl landmark at the Barkdey Q(y Club 32 noon to 4 pm 2315 OurantAve 848-7800 HOPALONG ANMAL RESCUE The Hopalong Animal Rescue adoption cfnic hra pets from the Oakland Animai Shabar up tor adoption 11 am -to 3' pm Rockridge Safeway Colege at Claramont Avenue Monday COHEN BRAY HOUSE The Victorian Preservation Center ja aponaorihg an attar-noon event at the htoriic Cohen Bray 11 V- i 1 m- noun sprang DecKnmnft tionaof irorivvorkertdjtou ofahammer eolsetiop $61 to 5 pnVj 1440 29th Ave: Oakland TEEN POimCAL POETRY Wordt a poibcal poetry workshop aeriee tor teens and adukd ottered on Mondeye through Nov 24 7 to 8:30 pm' Berkeley South Rtanch Library 1901 RuaaelSt Tuesday Monday URBAN LEAGUE JOB FAIR The Bay Area Urban League hoMa a job fair 10:30 am to 2 pm and 4 to 7 pm Henry Kaiser Convention Center 10 10th St SPEECHCRAFT Attend a program dedicaled to communication tor tow Monday neghtw 5:30 to 7:30 pm Berkeley Downtown Ubrery Chadren'e Roariv3Q90 Itredge9t Diane Durand work atop a cherry picker rehabilitating an historic building at Webster and 27th atreeta juat off Broadway Today AVOOING FAMKY VIOLENCE A group couhaeing barter Peace Creetiona A- '-S I- Opm nfQnNgre yQmOw VKMnCv ifmynv ation cbeaea 11 am to 2 pm 300 Fourth St Oakland Have a listing for the daily calendar? Send it a iveek in ad-iuinee' to Community Calendar The Oakland Tribune PO Bo? 28884 Oakland 946Q4 6r caty 208-6451 To for 1 information dial 208r6477 WAVES TO WWE Bfes fidera from around the Bay Ane are invited to raiae money tor' the' National Multiple Sclerosis Society In a scenic Hte tour to Sonoma County oBMOOflGHT-MS far dattita RBATONSHP TB0UBLK Racow ering Ctiuplaa Anonymoue haa the solution The International Fowl Landmarks Foods from Around tiie World! Eqierience die aroma and tastes from some of the best Bay Area kitchens and resuinuits Satisfy your oifoi curioaiies at die Festival Funfor the Endrt Fafflilyl Exciting Nov Proams International Food Fafrlnnowth(FafrHlstoifc Oakland Display Top Quality Entertainmjt bn Several Stages Huge Pavilion More! of Auto Row-Week this week will on Wednesday Onehundred 1998 model from every dealer oh Broadway wHlcrulse through downtown to their destination Clay Street-between City Center and the Federal Building Plaza Lata- in the week the cars will be on display at Jack LondoiTBquare Detalls for the next phase of 0 cityrsponsored $3 million proamtorevltalizeBroadw Auto RoW will be available for review' a millionaire many times over and frequently in the news as often ft it his stable of' racehorses (Sea Biscuit was his most famous acquisition) as for hts record Bulck rales ln 1939 the Howard Automobile Company moved Into the forimr Packard Showroom (a -tiled and stucco Byzantine marvel designed by Bernard Maybeckj on Harrison Street ovnlobkhigLakeMerritt- Charles died in 1950 athls home to Hillsborough and his vast empbe was splintered off among many others including his two: sonswh6 took over the company's Peninsula business Buicks continued to be sold at the Harrison Street location into the 196ds To the dismay of preservattonlststheland-: mark showroom was demo- lished for a parklng lot for the newly opened Kaiser Center ln September 1973 1 The ordinal Bqick show-: room pii Webster changed hands severalbmes receiving exterior remodelings that ob- -scuredthe biiglnaldetails Recently Steve Simi owner of and Connell auto centers purchased the now empty showroom With the assistance building restma-tfon ejqiert Diane DuranU the metal siding has been rernoved aqd the painstakiirehabuita-Uon of the'orlgkial masonry dr- tailing is under wav Fortunatety most of the orlg: inal features of the interior have not beep altered-JOne day a FaItSt! HlEtflt Afil e1 SATURDAY A SUNDAY OCTOBIR11A1 2 LAKESIDE PARK LAKE MERRITT 11 Am 6PM A public meeting Oct 6 will give those interested the oppor-tunity to CcHiunentonthe draft construction drawings and renderings The meeting starts at 7 pm at the First Presbyterian Churchy 2619 Broadwayi" Some 20 Mocks from (hand Avenue to 42nd Street have al- ready benefited frean new lighting 84 standards fea- luring enhanced illumination and colorful banners (designers Camey-Hammpnd and FUhtore) are making a high-profile statement since their installa- tionfaAugustV In an effort to orient regional prospective buyers freewqr Signs on 1-580 and 1-980 now direct motorists to the appro-prlateexltS' A historical ovendew of the area byCulturalHeirttage Survey researcher Betty Marvin revcails that au(omobilesaIes' and service actlvltles have been Tickets: Advance Salefl Youth (55) Disabled fS Aduhs -Buy llcketi Online! WNVL1KXCIWEiC0M: SHL6011WD He soon gave up bicycles for the new-fangled contraptions opening his first modest room with three cars in Nor vemberoflOOS just five months before the 1906 earth- quake His entirfe inventory vail: Ished in the flames that followed Undaunted he put up a tent and Was back In business wlthln a short time selling 75 Buicks (hat year His sales rep-r resented 10 percent of the Flint total Inventory Records show there were 500 automo-: biles in all-of California at the time of the earthquake Br 1914 there were 20000 in San Francisco and Alameda coun- ties alone: Some 91000 were vWtthe road to 1924 yfoenv' Howard decided to opm an-: other showtoom In Oakland Well-regarded architect Janiin McGreer (bept known fin the Building and Hotel) deslgned a glambrous state-of-the-art showr oom on acmner lot at Webster and 27th5Jreets Just ofTBroadway The two-stoiy concrete structure with Beaux Arts tie taking and bands of industrial sash windows had a ramp that led to rooftop parking that was quite an innovation at the time' The intertor was handsomely appdnted with patterned L- inch-square porcelain tiled flooring woodaneled balcony box-beamed ceUlngs and en-: closedalbetidiminuttvepfnoe suites Then as now i week of activities was planned (In- i cludlnga parade) to launch the! new showroom Articles ion file estimated that 4000 visited In the first week By themld-20s Howard was 0y VESTAL Vi tr AhunedaConoty Longa Dragtaore1 tepnfin Mifiie 2403 Tdejph toe Berkeley Call Festival at the Lake: 510-2864826 cafe rnay occupy the space a this 1m wetcotiie addition to this Impor- tant commercial district a part wper BMaulway Cor 85 years By 19l5 dealerships $2 Youth (tl lj Sente (JS) Disabled $7 RTtol2diStretoandUltaMentt tfWErim shuttis toad from BAST Transit hnoll 1258 had opened in the230Q to 3700 blocks of badway and service garages (many stlll in existence) lined the side streets Meanwhlle across thc Bay a' I 'blcyclc repairman turned auto mobile entrepreneur was' budding dealership that 'would eventually lndude Cidi- fomia Oregon and Washington within its territory: ft A Rough Rider who followed -Teddy Roosevelt up San Juan Hlll Chars Howard came west afterdie Spanish Amer- icani War to make fU fortune festiYafoaforoiBtioii 510-286-1061 EMAIL lesthaltoweLcoa VEBSTIE: POSTSCRIPT: In fast tvfiek column bii Lake Ci habot it ims pointed outpuit Jackie Beggs' had icrUten extensh'eiyonthe Qiinese laborers icho helped build the datn Her research is being published by the Ma 1 meda Historical Society and is avdfflabtefnm that group Call 452-4474 to obtain copy-TheMe qf thepdmpklet is The Chinese laborers Lake Qiabot: A kistbry qf their Contribution to the construe ion qf Lake ChabgtDam -v (D8aklanb8rfittn -i" fj 2M envoy HTl twnaayawwwn OAKLAND ef die Bra Hoiks Agricuhnl i nttlAekt oaeithtieCayatOtakiad I 1 1 i '-'v-- 'V-'V'-' eA i 1 1 i-1 -r.