Compiled by Nick Sestanovich 75 years ago School Opening Is Postponed To Sept. 27 (September 2, 1943) Benicia schools will open Monday, September 27, instead of September 13 as originally planned. The change was made presumably due to the final state clearance for the school in The Highlands before it was occupied as a school […]
Flashback Friday: Herald headlines for the week of Aug. 26, 1943, 1968 and 1993
Compiled by Nick Sestanovich 75 years ago Little Reno Carnival Benefit To Be Held September 2, 3, 4 (August 26, 1943) There will be three days of fun and frolic at the “Little Reno Carnival” given under the auspices of the Benicia Auxiliary Police and the Kiwanis club next Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at […]
Flashback Friday: Herald headlines for the week of Aug. 5, 1943, 1968 and 1993
Compiled by Nick Sestanovich 75 years ago “Do We Have What It Takes” Is Subject Of Rilea W. Doe, Vice President Safeway Stores For August 10 Meeting Of Kiwanis Club (Aug. 5, 1943) Rilea W. Doe, vice president of Safeway Stores, Incorporated Oakland, California, will speak before the Benicia Kiwanis Club on August 10, it […]
Throwback Thursday: Herald headlines for the week of July 29, 1943, 1968 and 1993
Compiled by Nick Sestanovich 75 years ago Daughter of Benicia’s founder dies in Sonoma (July 29, 1943) Senora Luisa Vallejo Emparan, only surviving daughter of General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, one of the founders of Benicia, passed away Friday at the Burnsdale Sanitorium in Sonoma, not far from the historic family home, where she was born. […]
Throwback Thursday: Herald headlines for the week of July 22, 1943, 1968 and 1993
Compiled by Nick Sestanovich 75 years ago Plan For New Streets Are Progressing (July 22, 1943) According to the tabulation of returns from property owners less than 5 per cent of the property owners opposed to the simplified form submitted for forming the proposed Street Improvement Assessment District in Benicia, The City Council recently sent […]
Throwback Thursday: Herald headlines for the week of July 15, 1943, 1968 and 1993
Compiled by Nick Sestanovich 75 years ago Judge Fines Self For Overtime Parking (July 15, 1943) Expecting to be occupied only for a few minutes, Judge Hartley Russell of the Benicia Police Court parked his car last Saturday in the 20 minute zone near the postoffice. The Judge is a busy man and forgot that […]
Throwback Thursday: Herald headlines for the week of July 8, 1943, 1968 and 1993
Compiled by Nick Sestanovich 75 years ago Vallejo News Edits On July 9, 1843 (July 8, 1943) Indications that “time” will be put on the ration list was suggested in the date line of the Vallejo Evening News edition of last Thursday night and that also the News had been hoarding a reserve stock from […]
Throwback Thursday: Herald headlines for the week of July 1, 1943, 1968 and 1993
Compiled by Nick Sestanovich 75 years ago Observation Post Changes Command (July 1, 1943) After two years, A.W. Stapleton, who was appointed chief observer by the Fourth Fighter Command Aircraft Warning Service, has resigned that office and recommended that Mrs. Ivy Nance be appointed to succeed him. In summing up two years, Stapleton stated that […]
Throwback Thursday: Herald headlines for the week of June 24, 1943, 1968 and 1993
Compiled by Nick Sestanovich 75 years ago Combat Vehicle To Be Named For Benicia (June 24, 1943) A combat vehicle, one of the 13th Armored Division, will carry the name, Benicia, and be so christened at ceremonies to be held at Camp Beale, Marysville, on July 4. Mayor Charles G. Clyne received a letter from […]
Throwback Thursday:Herald headlines for the week of June 17, 1943, 1968 and 1993
Compiled by Nick Sestanovich 75 years ago After 50 Years Our Jail Is Renovated (June 17, 1943) Work of cleansing and renovating of the branch county jail in the Benicia City Hall as been completed under the direction of Supervisor Jack O’Grady and Sheriff Jack Thornton. For many years the Grand Juries have criticized the […]