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Published on 09/02/1996 All articles from this issue

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25 years ago in the Town Crier

The Sept. 8, 1971, issue of the Town Crier reported that male supremacy had been dealt a blow by Megan Rutherford of Los Altos Hills.

In 1970 she achieved the distinction of being one of the first females ever admitted to Williams College in Williamston, Mass. She added to her unique accomplishments in 1971 when she was chosen for membership in Gargoyle, the senior honor society at the college. The first female student to be so honored since the society's founding in 1895.

More than 120 local residents competed in the Los Altos Recreation Department's 1971 novice swim meet held at the Covington swimming pool. The featured event of the day, the 75-yard family relay, was divided into three heats. Two elimination runs and the finals. The Ted Keene family was declared the winner.

It was round-up time for 2,500 horses living in Los Altos Hills. Over a period of six weeks, clinics were held in various neighborhoods to administer vaccine to the horses as protection against Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyatitia (VEE).

50 years ago in the Los Altos News

According to the Sept. 5, 1946, issue of the Los Altos News, Bill Eckert, Jr. and Dorene Pippinger were selected to represent Los Altos at the 26th annual state 4-H Club convention. The meeting, held on the Davis campus of the University of California, ran Sept. 5 through Sept. 8, 1946. Faculty at the Davis College of Agriculture presented lectures and demonstrations to the approximate 1,000 club members and leaders who were in attendance.

Readers were advised that spare stamp 51 in the ration books was good for five pounds of sugar and would remain valid until the end of 1946. Spare stamp 49 continued to be good for five pounds of sugar through Sept. 30.

The packing plant of Libby, McNeill and Libby on Pastoria Avenue in Sunnyvale was advertising for women to work night shifts with the fruit salad pack, starting about Aug. 30 and ending Nov. 1, 1946.

The wage scale was 93 1/2 cents per hour plus overtime after 8 hours. Peach and pear machine operators made up to $1.25 an hour.

The movie feature at the Mayfield Theatre in Palo Alto starred Rita Hayworth in "Gilda," a 1940s film still famous for her rendition of "Put the Blame on Mame." Her co-star was Glen Ford.

-Researched by Ellen Shaw

of the Los Altos History House Association