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Subject, some with sub categories

06/00/78

A TOWN'S FOUNDING - PATTERSON

10/00/78

THE HISTORY OF GRAYSON & WESTLEY

06/00/79

FOUNDING OF PATTERSON FOUNDING OF PATTERSON

11/00/79

OUR PIONEERS

     William F. Woolley - Patterson City Engineer

     Elwyn Hoffman, 1st Editor Of The Patterson Irrigator

     Martha Bishop, Performed Nursing Duties

     Frank Cox, Son Of Pioneer John Dunlop Cox

     John D. "Jack" Cox, Born On John Dunlop Cox Ranch

     Bridgford Dairy, Bridgford Holstein Ranch-- Hwy 33

     W.H. "Shorty" Gilbert, Lawyer

     R.J. Spooner, Manager Of Patterson Water Company

     Walfrid Knutson, Building Contractor

     Col. Marshall, "Father Of Central Valley Project"

     Fred Bartch, Mgr. Of The Orig. J.D. Patterson Ranch

     Post Office,  Patterson Ranch Co.  Office 1910-1913

     Niels Hansen, Rural Mail Carrier

     Commercial Bank, Opened August 16, 1920

     George Allustiarti, Worked Laying Out City Parks

     Marshall Blue, Patterson City Marshall, 1921-1925

05/00/80

DEL PUERTO CANYON,  EL SOLYO RANCH

11/00/80

OUR CHURCHES

     Evangelical Covenant Church, Founded 1909

     Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Incorp. Jan.1912

     Presbyterian-Methodist-Federated Churches

     Presbyterian, 1st Service In New Church May 2, 1912

     Methodist Church, Built In 1914

     Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Erected May 1917

     Assembly Of God Church, Purchased In 1933

05/00/81

IMMIGRANT FAMILIES MAKE GOOD

     Ielminis, Mario, Arrived In 1919 At Age 16

     Azevedo Family, 1914

     Joe Verisimo And Bride Maria Faustino Foster

     F.D.E.S., Sociedade Da Festa Espirotp Santo - 1917

     Church Of Christ - Established Around 1938

     First Southern Baptist Ch. - Dedicated May 16, 1948

     United Pentecostal Church - Started Around 1956

     Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints, W.  Side

     Westley Assembly Of God Church, Building July 1953

     St. Anthony's Episcopal Church, Began In 1974

11/00/81

OUR FIREFIGHTERS

     Ossie Ball, Dick Gaiser

     Westley Fire Department's 25 Anniversary - 1973

05/00/82

PIONEERS & HISTORIC HOUSES

     The Welty House - 1912

     John C. Knutson family arrived - 1912

     May Daily Mc Gill - 1913

     Delmo Pezzoni's parents - 1913

     Sue Smith Gilbert's family - 1912

     Helen Larson Baalack's father - 1912

     The heinzle family - 1914 & 1920

     Elmer Fink - 1911

     Manuel Azevedo Sr. - 1913

     R. J. Spooner - 1911

     Lilly Hatlen's father - 1912

     Walfrid Knutson & T.J. Moe - 1911

     Lilliam Gravestock Hatherell's father - 1915

     Hammerstrand family - around 1911

     Eva Fritz Paul's family - 1912

     The Evans/Cripe House - before 1918

     The Hernandez Adobe - 1844

     Hilma Gustafson agadoni's Family - March 1913

     Herman Ohlson & family - November 1910

     A. O. Blomgren - 1911

     D. B. George - 1910

09/00/82

A BIOGRAPHY OF DOROTHY HARRISON

03/00/83

OUR PIONEERS - PART III

     Frank S. Stanley Family, Crows Landing - 1894

     Roy Needham - June 1919

     W.L. (Lester) Glotfelty - 1916

     Fulton Family - No Date

     Lane Brothers - Hauled Gravel - No Date

     Webb & Son - Hauled Gravel - No Date

     Edward B. Gearhart - About 1912 Or 1913

     Earl Hibbard - About 1912 Or 1913

     Fred E. Blosser Family - July 1914

06/00/83

SCHOOLS - PART I

     Patterson Union High School - Dedicated April 23, 1915

12/00/83

SCHOOLS - PART II

     Las Palmas School - Opened December 7, 1911

     North Colony School- Opened January 1914

     Rising Sun School - District Organized In 1870

     The Haight School - Built In 1887

     Jehu Hammerstrand(Interview) - Arrived In 1911

06/00/84

PATTERSON'S ETHNIC HERITAGE - PART I

     The Scandinavians - Around 1911

     Van Buskirk - Circa 1911

     The Portuguese - About 1912

     The Swiss- About 1913

     The Mexican-Americans - About 1925

12/00/84

OUR PIONEERS - PART IV

     The Glen Hendy Family - First In Modesto, 1897

     The Thomas H. Wash Family - Between 1910 & 1911

     The B.L. Millard Family - 1923

     Clay Vilas - 1930's

     Annie Wall Barnett - November 1912

     Ruth Wall, Annie Wall Barnett's Daughter

     The John Milton De Vilbiss Family - 1910

     The Japanese On The Westside

     The Fukuhara Brothers - Frank 1925, George 1927

     The Murata Family - 1947

     Patterson Farms Inc., Organized 1959, Shig & Jimmie

     Yamamoto, S. & K. Namekata, M. Uyeda, M. Yamaichi

06/00/85

SCHOOLS - PART III

     Northmead School & Edna Keechler Stewart

     Northmead Opened - September 21, 1922

     Edna Keechler - Began Teaching Career - 1928

12/00/85

SCHOOLS - PART IV

     Las Palmas School Part Ii, The Basques In Patterson

     Las Palmas School Building Addition Completed 1913

     North Colony School, Magnolia Avenue - Opened 1914

     High School Held In Las Palmas Classrooms - 1913

     High School Students Moved - 1915

THE BASQUES IN PATTERSON

     The Sarasqueta Family - Arrived 1935

     The Barbaste Family. John 1914 & Wife, Jeanne 1915

     Phillip Maya, Wife Amalia & Children Arrived In 1917

     Jose & Josepha Iturreria Arrived In 1917

06/00/86

SCHOOLS - PART V

     First Grayson School 1910 On Howard Rd.,Westley

     Second, Spanish Style - April 1931

     Currant Grayson School Built In 1951

12/00/86

SALADO CREEK HISTORY

     Flood 0f 1980

JACK STEWART'S BAND

     Stewart Family Story

     Tribute To "Jack" Patterson

06/00/87

PATTERSON CLUBS - PART ONE

     THE COLONY CLUB - PATT. WOMEN'S ALLIANCE - FEB. 1914

     PATTERSON STUDY CLUB

WINTER '87-'88

PATTERSON CLUBS - PART TWO

     1. Patterson Business Girls' Club - Chart. April 15, 1937

     2. Patterson Garden Club

     3. Del Puerto Hospital Auxiliary– October 3, 1960

06/00/88

DR. ERNEST G. ALLEN

     Arrived In Patterson September 1923

     Dr. Allen Day - September 21, 1952

WINTER '88-'89

20 YEARS IN PICTURES

20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PATTERSON TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY

PHOTOS: FIRST FIESTA PARADE - JULY 1971

WINTER 88&89

PATTERSON JUBILEE PHOTOS - JUNE 1 & 2, 1984

     First Grayson-Westley Reunion - August 23, 1986

     Lutheran Church 75th Anniversary - June 1986

     First "Welcome To Patterson" Day - October 4, 1987

     Covenant Church 75th Anniversary - April 1986

     Vernalis Air Base Fire - June 1974

     Zacharias Ranch Auction - August 3, 1974

     Downtown Patterson Flood - February 27, 1973

     Allen's Furniture Store Fire - May 1980

     First & Second Rising Sun Sch. Bldg.  Demo.  8- 21-1975

     Original Northmead School Demolished - July 1975

     Patterson High School Bldg. Razed - Sept. 15, 1975

     Las Palmas Mobile Estates Grand Opening - 10-20-‘74

     Building Of Apricot Estates - July 1985

     Stadium Built By Volunteers Completed -Sept.  1971

     Tire Burning Facility Began Operations - Early 1988

     Vada Fink Honored For Planning Comm.  April 15-1972

     Wn. Logan, City Attor. 53 Years, Honored April 9,1973

     John V. Azevedo Honored By The Patt-Westley Chamber Of Commerce – November 1982

     Community Staged Ielmini Brothers' Day     8- 18-1985

     Clarence Selander "Outstanding Person Of The Year" On November 19, 1978

     Dr. Vernon Goutiere Retired - December 1987

     Ore Minniear Honored By Pths - March 6, 1983