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(From 1947 newspaper clipping provided by Jerome Sapiro)
Jerome Sapiro, New Community Club President Sunset Community Improvement Club - 1947, 1947 -
Jerome Sapiro, prominent civic leader and local attorney was nominated for president of the Sunset Community Improvement Club at the regular meeting, Tuesday, November 18th. Being unopposed he will succeed Adelaide Harrel as the guiding genius of this powerful organization when the club has election of the 1948 officers at their next meeting. Mrs. Claire Eggert, society matron and chairman of the membership committee through whose efforts the roster has gained new heights was nominated vice president.
All Outside Lands News
January 2007 - Lafayette Elementary School, old and new, and a Then and Now look at 38th and Balboa. We pay some attention to the architectural gems of the Sunset, starting with Pinehurst Lodge and the Trocadero Inn.
November 2006 - John Freeman tells us about the Richmond district s Beer Town, a Then and Now look at 20th and Taraval, and pages for Parkside markets past and present: 22nd and Taraval, 555 Taraval (16th Avenue Foods), and 1201 Vicente (Pinelake Market). Plus, Alamo Elementary School.
October 2006 - St. Paul s Presbyterian Church in the Oceanside is 100 years old (check out the old basketball photos!) and Argonne School photos. (Did you know the first idea for a name was Park-Presidio School?)