In the 1960 El Caballero… we find that there was an Electronics Club during the 1959-1960 school year. The members are listed as follows: Warren A. Ronneberg Alan R. Sherwood Tom A. Nichols John Marshall Bob Marliave It doesn’t give the name of their faculty advisor. However, Eugene Melville is still listed as teaching “Industrial […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Las Lomas 1958-1959 Electronics Club
In the 1959 El Caballero… we find that there was an Electronics Club during the 1958-1959 school year. The members are listed as follows: Dale Bodtker Jack L. Du Bois Douglas Hauge John E. Barber Alan R. Sherwood David W. Edwards Robert A. Fink Tom A. Nichols Bob Marliave It doesn’t give the name of […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Las Lomas 1957-1958 Electronics Club
Because of a lack of a 1958 Las Lomas yearbook–at the time of this posting–we don’t have a picture of the club. What we do have is an entry in the Fall 1957 Amateur Radio call book. Fall 1957 amateur call book The entry states the following: Las Lomas Electronics Club, Las Lomas High School, […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Miramonte 1960-1961 Electronics Club
In the 1961 Mirada… we find that there was an Electronics Club during the 1960-1961 school year. Not so well known but certainly deservant of recognition is this club, the Electronics Club. Their main project this year is building a closed-circuit television system. They are making large improvements on their amateur radio station, and they […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Miramonte 1959-1960 Electronics Club
In the 1960 Mirada… we find that there was an Electronics Club during the 1959-1960 school year. The activities pursued by the Electronics Club during the year included visiting the FM radio station KJAZ, making a school television system, building a two meter transceiver, and listening to lectures on electronics. The officers were Mickey Wilber, […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Miramonte 1958-1959 Electronics Club (Miramonte Gets An Amateur Radio Station)
In the 1959 Mirada… we find that there was an Electronics Club during the 1958-1959 school year. The Electronics Club set up a school amateur radio station, K6KGD. They also set up a booth at the school carnival on the defiance of the law of gravity. They provided all the sound equipment of the carnival. […]
Oral History: Nick Trujillo — September, 2005
Summary: Nick Trujillo was interviewed by Julie Sullivan in December 2005. Nick was a barber in Lafayette for 58 years. He started in 1947 with a shop on Mt. Diablo Boulevard, and then moved to a location in the Plaza Shopping Center in 1963. In this interview he shares his memories of the many customers […]
Oral History: Angelo Rossi — July, 2005
Summary: The Rossi brothers, Frank, Serafine, and Angelo, grew up on their parents’ farm on Reliez Valley Road. Each of them developed skills for woodworking and furniture making in high school, and in 1949 they opened Rossi Brothers Furniture Shop on Mount Diablo Boulevard. Their shop was located next to a lumber yard that is […]
Oral History: Gary Bedsworth — October 22nd, 2021
Gary Bedsworth was interviewed by Andree Duggan on October 22, 2021. Gary’s father, Jay Bedsworth, operated the Tunnel Inn Restaurant and also performed professional-level magic tricks on its stage in the 1940’s and 1950’s. In one trick Gary’s mother would be raised four feet into the air, then made to disappear. Gary later worked alongside […]
Oral History: George Blodgett — October 2004
Summary: George Blodgett was twelve years old in 1946 when his father Kermit founded Blodgett’s Linoleum. His father also purchased land off Reliez Valley Road, then put in Vaughn Road, and developed homes for his family and others. Eleven years later George joined the business, expanding it to offer carpeting in addition to other floor […]
