From our Archives

These folks gather for a groundbreaking ceremony on July 20, 1954, for the Westview Presbyterian Church in Watsonville.

Anglers crowd the deck of SS Palo Alto concrete ship at Seacliff State Beach on May 31, 1954.

TEAM WORK A chef and other staff at the long-standing Loma Linda Restaurant in Watsonville help Watsonville firefighters tackle a major fire that tore through the restaurant on  Nov. 17, 1956.  (Sam Vestal/Pajaronian file).

A delivery truck for Brew 102 arrives at Freedom Liquors in Watsonville at the corner of Freedom Boulevard and Green Valley Road in 1961.

The Watsonville Union High track team hits the field for a competition on March 13, 1955. (Sam Vestal/Pajaronian archives)

Students in the eighth grade class at Hall District School pose for a photo as they prepare for a fundraiser for youth services on June 6, 1955.

Republicans gather to get out the vote for the 34th U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower on Nov. 6, 1956. Better known as Ike, he served as president of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

These men examine the damage in a plane crash at the Watsonville Airport on Sept. 25, 1954. According to aviation history buff Gary Plomp, the plane is a Grumman TBF-5 Avenger Carrier, which was used in WWII as torpedo bombers and level bombers. TBFs...

Field workers harvest a strawberry crop along San Andreas Road in Watsonville in 1954.

Girl Scouts pay a visit to the Soroptimist International of Watsonville on April 23, 1956. (Sam Vestal/Pajaronian file)