San Ramon Valley High School - Kernel Yearbook (Danville, CA)

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Woodside? That belongs to the Woods now, doesn't it? And a fine old place it is, but when Leonard Eddy came into the Sycamore Valley in 1850 there were only deer, and elk, and grizzlies, and the white sycamores there. He had come to California, a forty-niner, but farming was more attractive and proved to be more profitable than mining. Planning to return to Illinois to be married, he sold a part of his place in '55 to Phillip Men- denhall, the original patriarch of all true Cali- fornians, for he was the first American to be mar- ried in California, Mendenhall,built a house ve- ry much like the Eddy home, partly of Georgia pine which he had brought around the Horn. You can measure the age of this house by the height of the ceilings, The same low ones may be seen in eastern houses built before revolutionary times. Perhaps it was the New England style of the house that attracted Mr. Wood for he was of a promin- ent revolutionary family of Concord, Massachus- setts. His great-great-grandfather, Colonel Bar- rett was in command of the minute-men on April 19, 1775. The Mendenhalls had planted a grove of locust trees and Mr. Wood was among the first men who brought the Eucalyptus to California. Miss Charlotte Wood says she remembers the little flat of a hundred blue gums that her father brought to plant on their place. But here I am trying to tell you about the Woods. Miss Wood can do that much better than I, and too, she can show you a collection of relics that are sure to interest you.

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T W FOOTBALT--'52 ' A peppy gang of football players rallied around Coach Brown for the l952 season. Suits were given out on Monday, Sept. l2, and the squad settled down to learn the fundamentals of Football. After two weeks of practice the squad traveled to Hayward to play the first game of the season. After a hard game they returned home with a score of Hayward 7--Danville 0. But defeat meant nothing this early in the season, and the team was in high spirits ever the next game with Pleasanton which was played on the home field October 7. The team proved themselves by winning 7 to O. On Saturday, October l5, the team traveled to Gonzales where ther played a good game consider- ing the circumstances. Their team averaged much heavier than ours and they looked twice our size when they came on the field. The team couldn't get settled down to real play until late in the game. The final score was Gonzales 45--Danville 6. On October 2l, the team traveled to Half Moon Bay where they played a good game with the Half Moon Bay first team. Danville lost by a 7 to O score. The game was played in the fog, which is a good an excuse as any. October 26, Pittsburg played Danville at Danville, a large crowd witnessed a very good game in which Coach Brown's boys made good with a final score of Danville 19--Pittsburg O. On November 5, Pittsburg repaid Danville for the October 26 victory. A good game was played, but not a game that was particularly good for Danville, for Pittsburg accumulated l4 to Danville's O. On November lO, Danville played its last and most successful game, even though the scores weren't very large. Danville's team was in fine shape and out-played the-Half Moon Bay team in a very spectacular game. The final score was Dan- ville 6--Half Moon Bay O. 1-fl v,.il- , ,,,,,,-M e . 'sn ',,..j-Y '