Book Talk: Favorites from the past, Part I
As I begin the third year of this column, I will devote the month of September to reviewing several books that I loved reading during the mid- to late-twentieth century. The first two that I’ve chosen were written before 1950, but I read the first one before mid-century and the second in 1957. ‘The Case […]
How did Madera High School come to be?
The crowd gathered at the Athletic Hall on Yosemite Avenue for Madera High School’s commencement exercise in June 1903. Folks had to climb the stairs to the second floor that night, as they had for the past six years, but this would be the last time. Madera was going to have a new high school […]