Summary: Ted and Linda Murphey were interviewed in November, 1976. They had operated Murphey’s Valley Prescription Pharmacy on a site near the present-day Wells Fargo Bank from 1947 to 1964. Twelve years later they described for their interviewer the other principle businesses–mostly restaurants and gas stations–that existed on Mount Diablo Boulevard at that time. Oral […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: 1974-1975 Acalanes Radio Club
In the 1975 Aklan… we do not find an entry for the 1974-1975 Acalanes Radio Club. While we don’t find an entry in the yearbook, we do find the Acalanes Radio Club in the Winter 1974-1975 amateur radio call book. The entry states the following: B Acalanes Radio Club, 1200 Pleasant Hill Rd, Lafayette 94549 […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Campolindo 1973-1974 Electronics Club
In the 1974 Compañero… we do not find an entry for the 1973-1974 Electronics Club. We do find an entry for the Campolindo TV show in the yearbook. For the last few years the TV program has been putting out a television series called the Campolindo “30”. This is headed by Mr. Shannahorn and can […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Del Valle 1973-1974 FM Club (Del Valle Gets An Amateur Radio Station)
If you were to do a barebones history of KCEQ, then this is where you would begin. Wendell began teaching at Del Valle during the 1969-1970 school year. Unlike when he started at Campolindo, there doesn’t appear to have been either the emergence of an electronics/radio club or the continuance of a pre-existing club upon […]
Oral History: Beverly Panfilli – October, 2004
Summary: Beverly Panfilli Littorno was interviewed by Julie Sullivan in October, 2004. Her father Adolph, who had experience working in commercial fishery, along with her mother Barbara, opened a small fish market on Old Tunnel Road in 1945. It soon became a restaurant as well, called Lafayette Seafood Grotto. This business became one of the […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Moving Into The Third Phase
We’ve reached the 1973-1974 school year at Del Valle. This is an excellent point to once again stop and summarize where we’ve been and where we’re going. So far we’ve looked at all five schools in the Acalanes Union High School District (AUHSD) and one in Nebraska. Let’s try to arrange this into a narrative, […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Las Lomas 1973-1974 Radio Club
In the 1974 El Caballero… we find that there was a Radio Club during the 1973-1974 school year. The students are listed as follows: Tony Jurgens Roy Crowell Robert T. Loder, Jr. Aran Guy Robert K. Callahan Robert Acton Patrick Riggs Robert Kiraly That’s all the information on this part that we have at the […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: 1973-1974 Acalanes Radio Club
In the 1974 Aklan… we do not find an entry for the 1973-1974 Acalanes Radio Club. We do find an entry for the Acalanes TV show in the yearbook. I really got involved in something interesting this year when I joined the staff of the Acalanes Review, a T.V. show put on by some kids […]
Oral History: Ken & Sue Nagel, SFO Helicopter – November, 2004
Summary: Ken Nagel and his wife Sue Nagel were interviewed by Julie Sullivan in November, 2004. Ken was an attorney, and later also a member of the Board of Directors, for SFO Helicopters. This service carried passengers from Lafayette to and from San Francisco International Airport and also six other locations around the Bay Area. […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Campolindo 1972-1973 Electronics Club (Campolindo Gets An Amateur Radio Station)
In the 1973 Compañero… we do not find an entry for the 1972-1973 Electronics Club. We do find an entry for the Campolindo TV show in the yearbook. A new program initiated at Campolindo is the video tape program lead by the dauntless efforts of Mr. Carl Shanahorn. In addition Campolindo began a new season […]
