News Scrapbook 1962-1964

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DR. DONALD PETERSON :From Notre Dame USD Names Researcher A former research scientist at the University ol Notre Dame will join the faculty at the University of San Diego College for Men this fall, the Very Rev. John Paul Cadden, college president, said today. He Is Dr. Donald B. Peter- son. 32, who has been named assistant professor of chem- istry. Peterson for the last years has been on h of the diation a l the verslt re Dame. a g actuate of Carnegie. nstitute of Tech- nology In Plttsburgh .

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METROPOLITAN AREA NEWS

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HISTORY SHINES OUT

ew Face ut On S. D. Miss ion on Presidio Hill to Mission Valley. tion is attempting to

Completion of a $20,000 restoration project at Mis- sion San Diego de Alcala was announced yesterday by Rt. Rev. ~lsgr. James T. Booth, pastor of the mis- sion parish. The mission, o l d e s t in California, was established by Father Junipero Serra in 1769. It was moved in 1774 from its original site

re- store 19 old missions be- tween the Mexican border and San Francisco. It is composed of private citi- zens and public officials from the 12 counties con- taining mission sites. Supervisor Frank Gibson is county representative to the association. Restaura-

teur Tom Ham is a past vice president and spear- headed the local drive. "The one thing that al- ways impressed me about San Diego was that its citi- zens were not proud enough of their mission," said Ham. "Now I believe they have something to be proud of." The original m i s s i o n buildings are whitewashed as they were when they 1 were used to bring Chris- tianity to the Indians. "All missions were white- washed to conform to the color at churches in Spain," explained a guide. "Con- trary to popular belief they were not adobe-colored." Guides at the mission are six "Indianettes," students from University of San Di- ego College for Women. They are Olga Lashchuk, Carmen Lucero, Denise Bel- son, Eva Brown, Brenda Bartek and Karen Schipper. Msgr. Booth said the mis- sion will be open to visitors from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily starting June 15. Present hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. except Monday, when the mission is c Io s ed. Guides will be available daily dur- ing the summer. The mission parish com- prises 100 families. From 700 to 1,000 persons attend mass each Sunday in the re- stored church, Msgr. Booth said. He said church services are scheduled so they do not interfere with tourist visits. past year, " he said. ''We should easily be a ble to handle d o u b I e that many this year.'• "We had 52,000 tourists through here in the

Master planning for the restoration was done by the San Diego Roman Catholic D ocese and the project was administered by the Cali- fornia Mission Trails Asso- ciation. Msgr. Booth super- vised most of the work. 19 Projects Planned Mission Trails Associa-

. A ATE-Crumbling wa11s mark site of Mis- sion ~ego de Alcala in 1!}20s. Fire, earthquake

and time reduced the state's first mission to rubble. This photo was taken from the rear of the mission.

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CO. IPLETED - Restored Mission San Diego de Acala is a reminder of the past. This photo show~

the front of the mission after work has been com- pleted. Mission is on Friars Road in Mission Valley.