AFEA WFEA INFORMATION ON MONTEREY PENINSULA PLACE OF THE ANNUAL MEETING AUGUST 26-29, 1956 Rocky headland, “The Pinnacle”, at Point Lobos State Park, and the gaunt branches of a Monterey Cypress. MOTORLAND SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 1955 · Vol. LXXVI No. 5 Published bi-monthly by CALIFORNIA STATE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION Officers of the California State Automobile Association Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at San Francisco, California, under the act of March 3, 1879. Trade Mark register

The establishment of roadside rests and the construction of a bypass of the state parks on the Redwood Highway are two vital and important projects for California. Bills designed to accomplish these two worthwhile developments were introduced and passed by both houses of the Legislature, but they failed to receive executive approval. In rejecting the bills, the Governor felt that they represented only a part of an over-all development of a future state parks program. As the head of this greatest

In few places do History and Tradition, Romance and the Wonders of Nature combine to offer so much to the visitor as in the region surrounding the Bay of Monterey. In the north is Santa Cruz, with its famous beach and lovely gardens, and backed by the Santa Cruz Mountains with their redwoods. Southward are historic old Monterey and Carmel, the art colony which has now become a Mecca for sight-seers and vacationists. South, again, extends a road between the mountains and the sea which is one of C

In the two counties “around Monterey Bay”—Santa Cruz and Monterey—there are four offices of the California State Automobile Association. They are strategically located in four main cities at focal points of the area’s network of highways to provide best service to the large membership in the two counties as well as the continuous flow of visiting members into this noted vacation and tourist region. These offices and their district managers are: Santa Cruz , with a branch office in Watsonville ,

The southern San Mateo County office of the California State Automobile Association has been moved to new and larger quarters at 1500 Laurel Avenue in San Carlos. This location is in the Laurel Theater Building, corner of White Oak and Laurel avenues, one block west of El Camino Real. The new office provides more adequate service facilities for the growing membership in this district than was available at the former location in Redwood City....

Right turns permitted against a red light must always be made after stopping and under certain conditions. It is timely to review these legal provisions in view of the new California law, effective September 7, governing the procedure of making left turns on a red light from a one-way street into another one-way street. To make a right turn on a red light, the driver should come to a halt at the intersection as close as practicable to the right-hand curb. yielding the right of way to pedestrians

Questions in endless variety are asked by members about California and Nevada history. Here are a few selected for their general interest, with answers from authoritative sources. What was the background of Father Junipero Serra? He was a native of Majorca, and held the chair of philosophy at the university there when he was chosen to Christianize the Indians. Before coming to California he spent several years in Mexico, teaching in the College of San Fernando and attaining wide influence among

The California Division of Highways, says Assistant District Engineer H. S. Miles, has often cautioned drivers about horseplay while operating a motor vehicle. Recently a report was received by the Division on an accident that left no doubt as to which category it belonged. In response to the question, “ Who in your opinion was at fault? ” the driver wrote: “ The horse. As I was passing a group of horses on the roadway at a slow speed, two of them started to play and one backed up and sat down o

Traffic-strangled motorists who tend to long for the “good old days” might well face the fact that things were no better then. In witness whereof we give you this late report on early road conditions by that peerless commentator, William Shakespeare, late of Stratford-on-Avon, England, as recently recorded in the New York Times Magazine : “The horn, the horn, the lusty horn Is not a thing to laugh to scorn.” — As You Like It. “These high wild hills and rough uneven ways Draw out our miles and ma

Herdsman Arnold Leonard of Stockton Ranch, Morgan Hill, leads Hereford heifers to the judging ring at Grand National. The famed “Riders of the Andes,” elite cavalry troop of the Army of Chile, will be featured at the Grand National Livestock Exposition, Horse Show and Rodeo to be held in the San Francisco Cow Palace October 28 to November 6. Termed the world’s most spectacular group of horsemen, the 32 riders and horses will come to the Cow Palace as the result of two years of negotiations and a

All the best of the Golden State—in agricultural products, livestock, industries, arts and crafts and entertainment features—will be on display at California’s State Fair, September 1 through 11 at Sacramento. There will be racing daily except Sundays, performances of the West’s oldest horse show in the evenings, and outdoor evening shows before the grandstand featuring the music of four outstanding American composers. Jeanette MacDonald, Margaret Whiting, Gorden McRae and Paul Whiteman will app

Berkeley has won a First Place Award in the 16th annual nationwide Pedestrian Protection Contest conducted by the American Automobile Association and sponsored in northern and central California and Nevada by the California State Automobile Association. Berkeley received the award for its outstanding reduction in pedestrian deaths. A Third Place Award went to San Leandro for its reduction of pedestrian fatalities and excellent pedestrian protection program. Honorable Mention Awards were won by S

Sign at entrance to a crossroads town: “Gas killed 3,029 people in this state last year—2 inhaled it; 27 put a match to it; 3,000 stepped on it.” The difference between a straight-eight and the V-eight is just a matter of whether you like your troubles strung out down the line or all in one place. Mrs. Jones (on telephone): “This time you really got yourself out on a limb!” Mr. Jones: “Yes, dear. I drove off a cliff and was hung up all night in a tree.” Modern automobiles are getting so free and

Recent changes in the list of Emergency Road Service contract stations serving members of the California State Automobile Association are reported below. Latest complete lists are available at all CSAA offices. Always carry a list in your car. Please mark these changes on your copy of current list. Angels Camp , change in station: Wilmshurst Chevrolet Company; telephone, REdfield 6-2258. If no answer, call REdfield 6-2224. Succeeding Godell Motor Company. Centerville , change in station: Central

If you move, please list your old address, as well as the new one, in the notice you send to the California State Automobile Association. With a membership roster of over 330,000, the old address is essential for any change. As for your copy of Motorland , it is not enough just to tell the Post Office, because they will not forward second class mail unless you pay extra postage. Also, a change of address notice given to the Post Office is kept on file for only a limited time....

Members of the California State Automobile Association, when touring in the thirteen southern counties of California, receive all services of the Association, including insurance claim service, from the offices of the Automobile Club of Southern California located in these cities: ILLUSTRATIONS —Photographs: Cover, pages 2 and 3 , Art Malquel, Santa Cruz. Inside front cover, pages 12 , 13 (top and center), 16 , Wynn Bullock, Monterey. Pages 4 and 5 , courtesy The Seaside Company, Santa Cruz. Pag