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2 LOCAL THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE SUNDAY Jonuory 1 6 2005 City Club celebrates Julia Morgan Governor to pay tribute to King MLK from Local 1 MORGAN ANIMAL THOUGHTS local news I local I Monday LENDER Package nr8y Windows aDoors' 0O43V5J0I SLIPCOVERS Custom made by Aian Heyman A a master of lhe art for over 50 years! 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Livermore a aka I I 1: I Smith was a young man himself when he marched with King The 1 1 am event will be Christian ellowship Bishop iielcl in (lie church sanc tuary at 8501 International Blvd The Allen Temple music department will provide in spirational singing Also participating will be rank Pinkard Sr pastor of Evergreen Baptist Church tect in California While gender may have initially held her back in Paris it worked to her advan tage back at home say the files She plugged in with the emerging Girls prosperous friends from her college sorority days who tapped her to design YWCA and club buildings throughout the West The 1929 Berkeley City Club is one such example from her extensive portfolio of commissions undertaken when the architect was 57 She designed the castle like six story structure attending to every detail including the lighting furnishings dishes 64 ki A INANCIAL REEDOM Loens made Dy intncat reedom Senter ining Coporatm a StiMKXary at WyMac Bank 8 i 2004 kandal reedom 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the society's short business meeting at 7:30 pm there will be dessert refreshments and aconvcrsation with Miss Morgan in the ballroom starting at 8 says Breunig "The public is eor jlially invited" The City Chib is at 2315 Durant Ave Attendees also may visit the newly opened Julia Morgan History Center in the club's former drawing room bid on items at the silent auc tion table take guided tours of the building and sample hors at the no host bar "We are already sold out for dinner that evening" she noted History files reveal Julia Morgan was born in San ran cisco on Jan 20 1872 the second child in a family of five children two girls and three boys Her par ents were transplanted New Eng landers who i moved across the Bay to Oakland when Julia was 5 years old unds to construct and furnish the Victorian on 14th Street came from her generous maternal grandparents said biographer 1 Sara Holmes Boutelle Unfor 1 innately only a photograph of the home with its gracious Queen Annc style chimney survives Interstate 980 runs 1 past the site where the house once stood The Morgan sisters Julia and Emma were generally re garded as more studious than their brothers recounts Bou tclle They attended Oakland High School where they studied a strong classical cur riculum including advanced mathematics physics Latin and German In 1890 Morgan enrolled at the University of California Berkeley According to Boutelle she fa Inergy Erncnt Windows a Doors' PM REE tow I i iond Ey Clwaa Maul I NO STUCCO DAMAGE NOISE RESISTANT MHNKEBUIfiY INOtUSE fNIRGY EfflGitKY INWIAH fROM HEAT I COLD Ufstirm Wmantm i Quatly Crrfbmanship OuaranlMd No Sub Controdoo 15 Years Expo rio nos Senior Discounts REE ESTIMATES bptriuKt tnt Wmss IMbrati)ntdtlstirstotf9tt ywr 925825789 fnttwlchn 4 Uc 699009 800672 3777 1 RRW Print Cartridges or 65 Less Refills HP DELL EPSON CANON BROTHER LEXMARK Alltypt 0045522301 ce $5000 $10000 per month Professional Training Bob Robinson 510 222 6023 wwwbobrobnsncom I CTltcrnatives Laser 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