History

Interview with Pete Camarda 90 years young next week!

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Wvcs Event At Cupertino Civic Center Was A Huge Success

The WVCS, formerly CCS–Community Services Dinner In The Park was enjoyed by a huge crowd of hungry
revelers who ate a wonderful dinner, had a fabulous dessert and enjoyed the very warm late afternoon and early evening. The Silent Auction and Auction featuring wonderful auction items and many generous bidders. Jim Walker, Cupertino activist was the [...]

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Lions Club Event Big Success

by Howard Jensen

Barbecued Chicken, fresh corn on the cob cooked by the corn king Jack
Feiniman, mouth-watering Italian sausage, and Chuck Hart¹s tasty chili were
the main dinner items at the Cupertino Host Lions Club¹s annual Chicken,
Corn and Sausage Feed held at the Quinlan Center in Cupertino on Saturday,
August 16, 2008.

Glider in Cupertino 1929

Cupertino Historical Society Museum meets Sister City Toyakawa visitors

Hillary Clinton quote

 
                 FROM
HILLARY CLINTON–NOTABLE QUOTES FOR OUR DAUGHTERS:
“IF WE CAN BLAST 50 WOMEN INTO SPACE,
WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BLAST ONE INTO THE WHITE HOUSE” and
“WE JUST PUT 18,000,000 CRACKS IN THE
GLASS CEILING”. 

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Cupertino Is A Giving Town

By Ruby Elbogen
I attended the CREST Awards ceremony recently because I had a vested interest. I was thrilled to see my Son-In-Law, Stuart Chessen, my good friends, Gail & Howard Jensen and Quota “sister” Kay Roberts receive awards for volunteering their time, energy and effort, selflessly helping others. As I listend to the stories of what all these extraordinary people [...]

Did you ever wonder what women’s sports were like in the old days? Here is a picture of a girls softball team in Cupertino in 1924.

Steam Locomotive Development in North America

Steam Locomotive Development in North America
Last time we explored some practical model railroad issues. If
you’ve looked at model steam locomotives you probably noticed the many
different kinds. But why were there all those different types of
locomotives? So let’s look at locomotive evolution on the real
railroads.

Invention of a humble silicon chip or integrated circuit

The Silicon Valley went from being called “The Valley of
hearts Delight” in its orchard days, to being called “The Silicon valley”
because of the invention of a humble silicon chip or integrated circuit
using silicon crystal as the basic raw material. This chip’s size was 7/16 by 1/16
inches in size revolutionized our valley.

 

 
by Donna Austin