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16 Jul 1948
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City
Attorney advises City Council that Chabot Observatory may
be operated by the City only by court decree since the Observatory
was given to the Bd of Ed as a trust. (A trust which defaults
to the City in event Bd of Ed defaults on trust obligation.) |
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Sep 1948
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to
Oct 31, 1959, evening programs for Oakland classes continue
with Phelan as coordinator, assisted by Kingsley Wightman. |
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15 Oct 1948
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Library,
Parks and Recreation departments all interested in running
Observatory if the City will provide funds. |
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Jan 1949
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Future
of Chabot still undecided. |
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02 Apr 1949
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EAA
Board votes to incorporate. |
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13 May 1949
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EAA
formally incorporated; name changed to Eastbay Astronomical
Society. (IRS recognizes this Sept 1985.) |
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Apr 1950
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Kingsley
W. Wightman joins EAS. |
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1950 - 1951
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6,360
visited Observatory. |
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1951-1952
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11,501 visited Observatory, Maurice
Phelan is teacher in charge.
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Jan 1952
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At
request of Walter C. Marion, assisted by Frank Kelly, Oakland
Bd of Ed grants request by EAS to service telescopes. |
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09 Jan 1953
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Telescope
Makers begin regular meetings at Merritt Business School. |
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01 May 1954
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Burns
Memorial Library established to honor the deceased Archibald
E. Burns, a former Treasurer of the EAS who died Oct 1953. |
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Sep? 1955
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Wm.
Livingston has taken over Chabot Saturday classes. |
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May 1957
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Moonwatch
program open-house, 200 attend. |
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04 Oct 1957
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Sputnik
launched. |
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01 Feb 1958
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Burns
relcoated from main Chabot Library to room opposite 8"
dome. |
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01 Nov 1959
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Kingsley
Wightman becomes coordinator of night programs. |
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Fall 1960
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Classes
begin in new Physics Lab. |
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Apr 1963
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Chet
Smith Donates 9.5-inch refractor to EAS; valued at $15,000. |
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07 May 1963
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Bd
of Ed approved plans for planetarium. Planetarium project
was initiated by Joseph Conley, Sr. of the east Oakland
Rotary Club. |
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Jun 1963
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9.5-inch
John Mellish-Chet Smith telescope dismantled and stored. |
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20 Mar 1964
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Ground
broken for planetarium. North Oakland, Oakland, East Oakland
and Piedmont Rotary Clubs have donted more than $16,000
for the project to match half the cost of the instrument
which will come from a federal (National Defense Education
Act) grant. The building and other equipment to be provided
by OPS. Building designed by Van Bourg, Nakamura and Associates,
cost $82,073.96. Kngsley Wightman, a science teacher at
Lowell Junior High School will be in charge of the planetarium. |
