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Published on 06/15/1998 All articles from this issue

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25 years ago in the Town Crier

As reported in the June 27, 1973, issue of the Town Crier, Foothill College's largest graduation class, to date, received its degrees on June 22, 1973, at a ceremony held in the school's theater.

Alfred P. Chasuk, president of the district's board of trustees, conferred 586 associate-in-arts and 154 associate-in-science degrees. James S. Fitzgerald, president of the college, delivered the keynote speech.

Downtown Los Altos welcomed a new face in June 1973 at 164 Main St., called "The Arcade." The Spanish-style structure offered 9,000 square feet of area surrounding a tiled and landscaped arcade. The second floor was designed for professional office space.

Although acknowledging improvements in teaching conditions in the Los Altos School District, the California Teachers Association still recommended that its sanctions against the district's board of trustees be continued in 1973.

The sanctions, in effect since first imposed by the association in 1970, essentially labeled the district as being a somewhat unsatisfactory place for teachers to work. The board of trustees was held responsible for the policies.

50 years ago in the Los Altos News

As reported in the June 24, 1948, issue of the Los Altos News, two local buildings designed by Los Altos architect Lawrence Gentry sprang into magazine prominence when "Home Furnishings," a trade journal devoted to merchandising, and "Western Building," an architectural magazine, carried prominent stories and pictures of the two.

Cornell's, one of the two stores, was chosen to illustrate new trends in store design and location.

The store had been deliberately planned in the manner of a California ranch house so that it had the warmth and welcome of a home.

The eye-appealing style of the other building, Sims-Walker Florist shop, featured large picture windows that allowed unusual displays to be set into the rustic-style building.

Los Altans welcomed summer 1948 after a spring that brought rains of a most unusual character.

The rain transformed what then had appeared to be a disastrous drought into the wettest spring in the memory of many Californians.

Don Gordon, owner of a local grocery store, left on June 20, 1948, for Atlantic City to attend a convention of the National Retail Owner Grocers. He represented the Central Coast Counties Association of which he was president.

- Ellen Shaw of the Los Altos History House Association