Tuesday, April 12, 2022

HISTORY OF SHADOWBOOK LODGE, CAPITOLA, CALIFORNIA BY WENNA YECHONE

 The below article was first published on the Santa Cruz History Facebook Page 4/12/2022.

The Shadowbrook opened in October of 1947 with a theme of Romance in Dining this is not only the most romantic place to dine in the entire Santa Cruz area but was recently designated one of the Top 100 Most Romantic Restaurants in all of America by the 5 million voters of Open Table. It was originally a log cabin built in the 1920's as a summer home that was accessible only from Soquel Creek. At some point it was enlarged with the addition of the Fireplace Room, which is still in use today as a dining room. It has a massive fireplace and hanging balcony which leads the way to all six dining rooms located on four different levels.
In the 1930's it was a Tea Room. The owners would take a shallow bottom boat down the creek and entice tourists to float up the river to take tea. Afterward, they would float them back down to the beach. It changed hands again after the Tea Room but by the 1940's the place was abandoned.
In 1943 a guy named Brad McDonald was just out of the Navy and living in San Francisco and he was visiting his mother who lived up on Wharf Road. Her cat was missing so Brad offered to help search. He came down this hill cutting his way through the underbrush when he came upon the abandoned Tea Room. The windows were broken and it was in sad shape, but he fell in love with the place and with the setting. He found that the property was owned by the bank and they would let him have it for $800 down and $80 per month. So he bought it and he came down on weekends to work on it. Finally, he and his wife Bea showed the place to their friends Ed and Virginia Phillippet and before the visit was over the two couples decided to move in here.
After 6 months of work here they decided to open up the main room as a dinner house called the Shadowbrook. They built living quarters for themselves in a water tower that was at the top of the property. One family in the top floor and one family below. Ed was the chef and Brad was the Maitre d' & waiter. Ed's first menu included something called orange sugared biscuits that had orange peel shredded into the dough. A newer version of those original biscuits called "orange rolls" were a popular part of Shadowbrook's brunch service until 2008 when brunch was discontinued in order to accommodate more Sunday weddings.
That first season as a restaurant in 1947 was slow because they had missed the summer rush, but things quickly changed. A couple of their first customers were salesmen from Foster & Kleiser. If those names sound familiar it's because that's the company that owns most of the billboards along the highways in California. These guys really liked Brad and Ed and to show their support they put up billboards for the Shadowbrook on the Bayshore freeway in Sunnyvale. Incredibly, they did it for free.
Perhaps the biggest challenge of running a restaurant down a steep, wooded creekside slope is getting supplies in and out. Delivery trucks can't drive up and deliver directly to the kitchen. After years of lugging things up and down the hill Brad hired a local carpenter to build a wooden slide with a cart on it, but he couldn't afford the powerful motor they would need to run it. So he hooked a cable to the bumper of his mother's 1927 Buick and ran the cable around a large pine tree at the top of the hill. He then painted lines in the road that told him where the Buick should stop so the cart would be at the top or bottom of the hill.
One of the things that had to be hauled each day in their first year of business was a 300 pound block of ice because Ed and Brad had no refrigeration. In 1948 they bought a used walk-in refrigerator and they thought it would come down the hill but no moving company wanted to move it. No problem. Ed and Brad strung a cable across the creek between two trees. They would give it a push and it would 'zip line' across to the restaurant. They let it go and it was so heavy it pulled both trees out by their roots and the refrigerator went into the creek. Fortunately it was lined with cork insulation and it floated. Brad got inside and paddled it to the other side. It took them a week to drag it up the bank and get it into place.
Two years after founding the Shadowbrook the City of Capitola was incorporated and Brad won the majority of votes for city council which mean he would be Capitola's first mayor. But it wasn't to be. Not only was Brad young, in his twenties, but he kept a slot machine in a closet here are Shadowbrook that he and friends would play with after hours. People thought if he were mayor he would bring gambling to Capitola so they gave the mayor job to someone else. McDonald's supporters were so angry they mounted protests which lead a newspaper reporter to dub the new city "Scrapitola." One year later, McDonald was installed as mayor, and still today every so often you will hear the word "Scrapitola".
In 1955 Brad needed money for his new restaurant and nightclub called the Saba. It was located down next to the beach where the old Capitola Hotel was. He sold his share of the Shadowbrook to Frank Podesta. A funny story about the Saba, it only lasted two years before it burnt to the ground, with Brad, the ultimate entrepreneur, selling lemonade and drinks outside to those watching the burning building.
A few years later, in 1958, the red 'cable car' was added. It was the first of its kind in California and guests could now arrive in style from the top of the hill or, for some, avoid the arduous task of walking back up after dinner. A favorite thing to do here is walk down the meandering garden path alongside the ferns and waterfalls, and then ride the cable car back up.
In 1972 Mike Clark and Mike McClellan bought the Shadowbrook. The two 'Mikes' already owned the Crows Nest at the Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor and they immediately went to work updating the building, expanding the kitchen under a large turf roof and replanting the grounds. They also built a second cable car just for freight on the far side of the property. It was the two Mikes who decided to keep Shadowbrook open year round. Up till 1972 it was closed every winter. One of the first waiters that they hired was Ted Burke who was set to start graduate school in the fall. As the fall approached Ted decided if he could put graduate school off for one semester he could make enough money so that he wouldn't have to work while in school. But, in fact, Ted never left. In 1978 the two Mikes were ready to retire and although they had many offers for the restaurant they preferred to sell it to someone on staff. Ted, then a manager, stepped forward as did Bob Munsey, who had managed the Crows Nest. Together they bought both restaurants. Bob has since retired but Ted is still the active owner here today. Since taking over 34-years ago Ted and Bob added the Redwood Room and the Greenhouse Room, expanded the Garden Room, remodeled the bar, expanded the kitchen twice, built a wine cellar, upgraded the walking path and made hundreds of other restaurant and structural improvements, many of which the public never sees.
The day after the restaurant's 50th anniversary in 1997 they began an extensive remodel of the Rock Room, the original bar area and one of the oldest parts of the building. Still known as the Rock Room, this area opens earlier than the dining room and offers lighter foods from a wood oven along with specialty cocktails. This was a big project and required the restaurant to face one of the biggest challenges here on this steep hillside. How do you get these giant beams down the hill to the construction site? They solved it with a giant lift helicopter that picked up the beams in the parking lot and gently set them here in place.
The Executive Chef here is not only very talented but also a local gal. Her name is Ashley Hosmer and she attended Harbor High School in Santa Cruz and then graduated from the California Culinary Academy. She was the Shadowbrook sous chef for several years and in 2010 was promoted to Executive Chef. The dinner menu here is known for thick prime rib and steaks, scampi, salmon and innovative nightly specials. Though it's well known for its romantic setting it is a warm, comfortable and very popular environment for any type of gathering.
Shadowbrook has won many awards for both food and service, including an Award of Excellence from Wine Spectator magazine for its wine list, which noted its moderate pricing. October through May the restaurant promotes 'Winemaker Wednesdays' that focuses on a different Santa Cruz Mountain winery each week and offers special priced tastings of the featured wines.
As many people have noted, the Shadowbrook has managed to do something that is very rare. It honors its past while continually reinventing itself to stay current. It's one of the oldest restaurants in the area and yet at the same time one of the most interesting, beautiful and respected. It gets better all the time without forgetting its unpretentious log cabin roots. All the redwood used in the new bar was taken from large, antique wine vats, which were recycled and re-milled specifically for the project. — with Mark Corson Sr.
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Wednesday, January 05, 2022

           

                ASSOCIATED SANTA CRUZ NORTH COAST FAMILY NAMES


NAME                           ASSOCIATED FAMILY NAME

Aliberti, Joe                                Giraudo

Anderson, Kathleen                    Brovia , Stefani

Ameil, Rick                                 Morelli

Anecito, Flora                              Bargiacchi

Basile, JP                                     Moro

Bassano, Dennis                          Urbani

Bosso, Robert                               Seghetti

Bazinett, Bill                                Micossi

Bazinett, Larry                             Micossi

Bell, Florence                              Bianco

Bianconi, Diane                           Terrini

Brown, Cari Dunn                       Giannini

Bryant, Sandy                              Antonelli, Garbini, Stagnaro

Cantarutti, Lido                           Venturini

Cantarutti, Reno                           Venturini

Ceragioli, James                          Fistolera, Lazzerini

Ceragioli, Rudy                            Fistolera, Lazzerini

Darling, Teresa                            Bertolli

Del Chiaro, Betty                        Dell'Orfanello

Del Chiaro, Marvin                     Ferrari

Dornberg, Madonna                    Brovia, Delucca

Dunn, Geoffrey                           Stagnaro

Dunn, Silvia                                 Giannini

Dyer, Darlene                                Stagnaro

Egan, Lance                                  Degli-Esposti, Rinaldi

Egan, Rachole                               Degli-Esposti, Rinaldi

Engelking, Julie                            Armanini

Estrada, Amy                                Castiglione, Brovia

Faust, Jennifer                               Raffin, Rocchi

Fernandez, Lisa                             Antonetti

Foster, Bryan                                Anzilotti

Fravel, Marilyn                             Demos

Gard, Judy                                    Morelli

Gardner, Nancy Schipper             Bella

Ghio, Joe                                      Mungai

Gill (Bazinett), Thelma                Micossi

Gillette, Sandra                            Steele

Gredvig, Shaina                           Comelli, Bressani, Moro, Peracchi

Gularte, Laura                              Neri

Hanson, Barbara                          Ceragioli, Fistolera, Lazzarini

Hansmann, Eric                           Pianavilla

Hansmann, Evan                         Pianavilla

Hansmann, Karen                        Pianavilla, Brovia

Harper, Christine                         Orlando

Hart, Olga Josephine                    Tinetti

Hawes, Sue                                  Gianone

Henson, Sandra                            Peretto, Bosso

Johnson, Cynthia                         Gemignani, Biancalana

Karst, Donna                                Gemignani, Ghio, Biancalana

Kerrick, Derrell                            Bergazzi

Kerrick, Jerrell                              Bergazzi

Lambert, Lea                                Grossi, Fistolera

Leonard, Anna Maria                   Volpini

Leonardich, Janey                        Malatesta

Locatelli, Dolores                         Del Chiaro, Ferrari

Locatelli, Sandi                            Colombini

Lose, Marsha                               Scaroni

Lopes, Franklyn                           Mungai, Tambellini

Mungai, Donald                           Bellangero

Mungai, Jerry                               Bellangero

Nicholson, Sara                            Bardoni

Orsolini, Liana                             Petroni

Papa, Arthur  Gene                      Mazzei

Papa, Debra                                  Mazzei 

Patty, Jenna (Swaney)                 Gemignani, Bressani, Biancalana 

Perkins, Jo Ann                             Mazzei, Papa

Perez, Kathleen Nulph                 Dellamora, Mori

Petrolino, Diana                            Del Chiaro

Penniman, Aldo                            Costella, Poletti

Pianavilla, John                            Belli, El Buon, Mercato, Brovia

Pianavilla, Kim                             Brovia

Pianavilla Jr, Peter                        Brovia

Pianavilla, Robert                         Brovia

Pianavilla, Sarah                           Brovia

Pilsbury, Lynn                              Anino

Ponza, Alice                                  Santos

Prado, Sheila                                 Rossi

Quillici, Randy                             Dell'Orfanello

Raffin, Peter                                 Rocchi

Reid, Denise                                Comelli, Bressani, Moro, Peracchi 

Reid, Matt                                    Comelli, Bressani, Moro, Peracchi

Reiter, Norma                               Cantarutti, Venturini

Robinson, Janis                            Rinaldi/

Rogers, Alma                                Rinaldi, Rodoni

Rogers, Mike                                 Fistolera, Rodoni

Rogers, Sylvia                               Fistolera, Rodoni                          

Roubal, Andrew                            Comelli, Bressani, Moro, Peracchi

Roubal, Crissy                              Comelli, Bressani, Moro, Peracchi

Roubal, Ryan                                Comelli, Bressani, Moro, Peracchi

Rowen (Sarow) Cindy                  Bella

Sarow, Bill                                    Bella

Scargill, Jeff                                  Fambrini, Dimeo

Schipper, Olga                              Bella

Shaw, Jeanette                              Benedetti

Shaw, Lori                                     Benedetti

Silva, Virginia                               Antonetti

Simpkins, Carol                            Landino

Silvera, Rich                                 Petroni, Orsolini 

Skinner, Tina                                 Dimeo

Smets, Ebe                                    Beltrami

Spangler, Michelle                       Rodoni, Fistolera

Starn, Joy                                      Castiglione, Brovia

Steen Nicole                                  Brovia, Delucca

Sohl, Angela                                 

StoltenKamp, Sandi Jo                 Moro, Peracchi

Stoner, Kim                                   Pini

Swaney, Joanne                             Gemignani, Bressani, Biancalana

Swaney, Jessup                             Gemignani, Bressani, Biancalana 

Swaney, Kaden                             Gemignani, Bressani, Biancalana

Tatum, Janell                                Raffin, Rocchi

Torrisi, Mark                                Cerri

Torrisi, Michael                            Cerri

Urbani, Angelo                              Bassano

Van Amson, Anne Marie              Cantarutti, Venturini

Wilson, Esther                               Frizza, Caviglia

Wilson, Norma                              Dinelli, Neri

Winningham, Joanne                     Bardoni

Winterhalder                                  Castro

   

Monday, December 13, 2021

                     INDEX OF NAMES FOR THE BOOK

                    * LA NOSTRA COSTA (OUR COAST)

                      BY IVANO FRANCO COMELL1


Adolph's Restaurant

(Santa Cruz)                    68, 75   

Alcatraz                           154

Aldrich, Betty                 324

Allegrini, A.E. Dr.          167, 171

("Chick")

Allegrini, Ignio               171

Alphine,George              292

Aluffi, Louis                   177

Anderson, Miss

 (Teacher)                       285

Angelo (a Rancere)      69

Antonetti, Joe               100, 303

Atlas, Charles                132, 217

Avila, Sonia                   295

Avila, Monica                295

 

Badger, Dorothy            219

Badger, Milo                 217, 219, 323

Badoglio, (Marshal)    187

Baer, Max                     89

Baer, Roger                  218

Baffi                             

(Gulliermo Campioni) 91, 92

Bargiacchi, Donald      337

Bargiacchi, Flora         213

Bargiacchi, Leo            213

Basso, Vittorio              355, 359

Battistini, Angelina      259

Battistini, John             234, 259, 266, 268, 290-291,379

Beardsley, Dorothy     324

(Alexander)

Bella, Carmelina          112

Bella, Charlie                112, 350

Beltrami's                      221-222

(Serafina's)

Beltrami, Angelina

 (Angie)                          221

Beltrami, Battista

 (Bob)                            221, 222, 226, 228     ,

Beltrami, Ebe               221, 226

Beltrami, Serafina       221, 222, 223, 228, 348, 370-371

 

Benedetti, Emma        273

Benedetti, Eraldo         273

 

Benedetti, Jeanette    

 (Shaw)                           273-274, 283, 286, 289

Bertacca, Teresa            26

Bettencourt, Walter

(Coroner)                      296

Bettiol, Louis                95

Bianchini, Brian            381

Bianco, Florence          324

 (Bell)

Binsacca, Don               311, 324

Blanc, Mel                     24

Bonds, Barry                 122

Boudreau, Lou              122

Boyle, Peter                   88

Braddock, James

(Cinderella Man)             171

Bragazzi, Francesco,

(Carabiniere)                    107, 108, 111-113, 116, 319

Brovia, Cathy                    381

Brovia, Joseph (Pino)      119-127, 155,352-353

Brovia, Lina (Lena)           119, 232

Brovia, Maria ( Mary)     119

Brovia, Pietro (Pete)      119-120, 127, 223, 234, 352-353

Brovia, Virginia               76, 119

Bressani, Angelina            3

Bressani , Gianni             

(Grandfather)                   3, 188, 370

Bressani, Lina (Aunt)

(Gemignani)                     71, 101, 102, 143, 187-196, 199, 200, 204, 303, 380

Bressani, Teresina

(Aunt)                               370

Bressani Tita (Uncle)      189, 370

Bressani, Sandro             370

Buta, Vincent                   292

Buti, Carlo                        222

Cacacci

 (Construction)               305

Caiocca, Gilbert             111,  350

Caiocca, Leo                   111

Caiocca, Mary                111, 350

Caiocca, William            111

Calhoun, Vic. (CHP)       222, 223, 225, 242, 296, 319 

Cantarutti, Carino         17,18, 97,122,140,142, 144-146,148-150, 156, 158, 162,         

  (Reno)                            164-165, 167, 168. 173, 238, 343-352, 379                         

 

Cantarutti, Evelina         10,140, 141, 156, 158, 161, 167-168, 344, 379

Cantarutti, Franca          156, 343, 346, 348, 351

Cantarutti, Guido           140, 142, 149, 150, 158, 167

Cantarutti, Lido               97, 149, 150, 158, 164-165, 173, 344, 379

Cantarutti, Norma          97

Capone, Al                     5

Carabiniere

(Francesco Bragazzi)       319

Carmarlinghi, Family      75

Carnera, Primo                89, 90, 95, 107

Carruthers, Mrs.

 (Teacher)                         285

Cash Store, Davenport     106-107

Castiglioni, Roy                232     

Ceragioli, Barbara           248

Ceragioli, James             

 (Jim)                                 24, 236, 248, 250, 273, 275, 311, 324

Ceragioli, Raymond        248, 249

Ceragioli, Rudy               248

Ceragioli, Zelda

 (Fistolera)                       248, 249, 252

Cerri, Albina                    245,247

Cerri, Antonio

 (Tony)                              245, 247

 Cerri, Gloria “Glo-Glo”

 (Torrisi)                         245, 246, 247, 348

Chaplin, Charlie             5

Charlie and Prince        71, 72, 73-74

Churchill, Winston       136

Cline, Don                    155 

Coastal Artillery (54th) 34

Cochron, Steve              67

Coolidge, Calvin

US President                  5

Comelli, Carolina        

( Cuciz)Grandmother   3,  190

Comelli, Denise

 (Reid)                             314, 330

Comelli, Donna

(Moro)                            246, 329, 330, 373

Comelli, Garrasio          4

Comelli, Gervasio          3-15, 47-53, 303-318, 362, 370-372

Comelli, Giovanni        

(Grandfather)                3, 320

Comelli, Giovanni

(Uncle)                             371

Comelli, Giovanni Primo

   (John)   (Brother)       7, 13, 16-18, 20,29-30, 47, 82, 89-90, 101, 107, 109, 121, 139, 150 – 151, 153,                                  ,                                            162, 193-194, 232., 261-263, 269, 307, 311, 313-314, 330, 369, 373

Comelli, Ivano Franco

(Ivan Frank)                    3, 319-336, 339-341, 373

Comelli, Laura    

(Aunt)                              371                        

Comelli, Mildred

(Wife)                              18, 20, 24, 373, 381

Comelli, Ruggero          3

(Uncle)

Comelli, Valentina     

(Mother)                        3-15, 57-62, 81-92, 303-318, 369-371

Conn, Billy                     167, 171

Coppola, Francis           315

 

Costella, Gilbert           111

Costella, Joe                  111

Costella, Leo                 111

Costella, Mary              111

Costella, William          111

Coy, Bernard                 154

Cramer, Richard Ben   146-148, 155

Cretzer, Joseph             154

Cricco, Rosie                 130

Cricco, Tita                    130, 131

Crosby, Bing                  222

Cunningham, W.J.

 (Army Lieutenant)      296

Cuziz,  Carolina             3, 133

(Grandmother)

 

Dal Porto, Jimmy          235

Davenport, John Pope  105, 354

Davenport Landing       105, 353

(El Jarro Point)

Davenport, Town of       105-106

Day, Allen W.                292

DeBenedetti, John       54, 56, 369

Degli,Esposti,

Fabrizio (Fabby)            205, 206, 207, 212, 213, 217, 218

Degli Esposti,

Luigi (Moro)                    204,205, 207, 297

 Degli Esposti, Roberto 205, 206, 207, 210, 211, 213, 217, 218

Degli Esposti, Vanda    204, 205, 207,

Del Chiaro, Dolores       273

Del Chiaro, Effie             273, 326

Del Chiaro, Lisandro      273

Del Chiaro, Marvin       171, 238, 273, 275, 277, 324, 326-329, 380

Del Mar Movie Theater 255

Della Santina, Domenico 

(Lambari)                    111

Della Santina, Nora     111

Della Santina, Louie    111

Della Santina, Rico      111

DeLucca, Amerigo       291, 293, 301, 357

Delucca, Anthony        291

Delucca, Dolores          291,293

DeLucca, Donna           291

DeLucca, Marie            291

Delucca, Matilda          292

Dempsey, Jack              5

Derby, Charles

 (Police Officer)            275, 276, 277, 280, 319, 321, 323

DiMaggio, Joe              125, 146, 155

Dimeo, Freddie            178, 179, 183, 184, 185, 379

Dinelli, Dante               78, 79, 249

Dinelli, Dianna              79, 249, 252, 379

Dinelli, Norma            

 (Wilson)                       249, 264, 290, 292, 293, 380

Distasi, Lawrence        25, 34

Domenichelli, Rose     108

Donatini Family           191

Dream Inn                     161      

Duarte's Restaurant

(Pescadero)                  134  

Dunn, Geoffrey            176

Eisenhower, President

Dwight                           310

Elkhorn Bar

(Pescadero)                    129, 131

Emmons, Jim                

  (Police Officer)            65, 331, 332

Evans, John                   

 (Teacher)                      256, 282, 324

Facilli, Louie                  136

Fambrini, John               39

Fambrini, Margaret       39

Fambrini, Nadine          39-40

 

Fambini, Raymond      

 (Ray)                               39, 280, 281, 282, 286

“Fava”                             116

(Giuseppe Del Fava)

 Ferlizza, Bepo               107

Ferlizza, Mary                107

Filipino

Ranch Hands                  36-38

Fistolera, Barbara           252

Fistolera, Inez

 (Grossi)                        79, 252

Fistolera, Lena

 (Shaw)                          252

 

Fistolera, Nora

(Della Santina)              252

Fistolera, Paul              252

Fistolera, Vivian

 (Rodoni)                        252

Fistolera, Winnie

 (Shaw)                           252

Fistolera, Zelda              

 (Ceragioli)                     252

Foo, Rodney                  337

Ford, Henry                   5

Fort Ord                         156

Franceschini,  Francesco   298

Franceschini, Nuncia  298

Franceschini, Tony       298 

Fritter, Andrew              365

Fritter, Christopher      368

Fritter, Madeline          33

Fritter, Michael             33

Fritter, Willie                74

Friuli, Region of           3

Frizza, Esther               324 

G. Comelli & Son        101

Galento , Tony

(Two Ton Tony)           89

Gemignani, Aladina

(Aldine)                          176

Gemignani, Aladino     18, 175

Gemignani, Aladino

“Dino”                             196

Gemignani, Argentina 18, 176, 177, 193, 195, 270, 271

Gemignani,

Constantino (Augie)     18, 176, 343

Gemignani, Donna        176

Gemignani, Joanne

(Swaney)                        196

Gemignani, Joe             18, 71, 75, 101, 102 , 176-185  195, 191, 192, 196, 200, 303, 361 

Gemignani, Lido            18, 176, 177

Gemignani, Marietta   176

Gemignani, Victoria

(Ghio) “Sista”                 176 , 193, 343

Giannandrea, Rita

 (Franceschini)               286, 298

Giovannoni, Mario        306, 307

Giovannoni, Gloria

(Esposito)                       306

Giffen, Miss

 (Teacher)                       285

Glans, Bud                      326

Glans, Nadine                326

Glans, Susie                    326             

 Graham,  Issac              136

Grayson, Edythe

 (Teacher)                      285           

Gregory, Alvin               359

Gregory, Francis            359

Grossi, Inez

 (Fistolera)                     252

Grossi, Lea

 (Lambert)                     252

Grossi, Settimo             252

 

Graziano, Rocky            89

Guerino (Venturini)      355

Gumz, Jondi                  301

 

Hagler, Marion             283

Hansen, Bruce              311, 324

Harding, Warren

US President                 5

Herman, Ellen               283

Hitler, Adolph              147, 187, 188, 197

Hobert, Duncan, Dr.    163


Holden, William           234

Hoover, Herbert

(President)                    7, 10

Hotel D'Italia                105, 107-111, 117

Hubbard, Marvin         154

Huerta, Leanne             332

Huerta, Marie,               332

Huerta, Richard

(Fallen Officer)              331-334. 336, 340

Huerta, Richard Jr.        332

Iacopetti  Mary             149

Il Buco

(The Hole)                    35

Iacopetti, Luigi               149

Jimmy (a rancere)        67-68

 “Johnny”

(Phillip Moriss)             256   

 Kayoe, Curly                 152

Kerrick, Jerrill                311, 312, 313, 315, 321, 324

Kerrick, May

(Sargent)                        315

Kerrick,William              315

King, Edith   

 (Principal)                     275, 285

Knight, Damon              279, 286

 

Knowles, Kristian         74, 352

Knowles, Suzanne

(Campbell)                    157

Koch, Margaret            105, 115, 136, 353, 354, 355

Koller, R. W.

(Ensign)                         296

Korean War                    155-156

Kuffel, Mike                  311, 312, 321, 323-324

La Slida                          

(The Slide)                     130, 136

Laguna Inn                     231-233, 241

Lafayette, Marquis de   254

LaMotta, Jake                 89

Lazzerini, Mario           234

Lehmkuhl, Don            218

Leonard, Tom

( Tom the Cop)             166, 171, 319

Lindberg, Charles         5

Lindenberg, Franklin

 (Lindy)                         218

Lorenzi, Angelina        79,  247, 248

Lorenzi, Battista           247, 248, 325

Lorenzi, Gino                247

Lorenzi, Lina                  247

Louie (A bartender)     351

 

Louis, Joe                      152, 164, 167, 171

Louisa

(A Beach Lady)            162

 Mann, Bob                    218

Marchi, Natalino           337

Marciano, Rocky         89, 152

Marcucci, Antonio     

 (Tony) (Marcuzzi)      70, 71, 75, 349

Marcucci, Alvera         71, 75

 (Marcuzzi(

Martinez, Edgar          123

Mays, Willie               120, 124

Mazza

 (A Rancere)                 271

Mazzei, Pia                   172

McPherson, Muriel     324

(Prolo)

Meints, Viola       

 (Principal)                  274, 286

Mena, Silvia Arelia   295

Merrill, Peter            292                       

Micossi, Antonio

(Tony)                           4, 10, 136  

McDermott, Forrest     223

Micossi, Frank             107, 112, 129, 132, 133, 137

Micossi,

Giuseppina (Pina)       107, 111, 349, 350-351

Micossi, Rina               129, 132, 136, 380

Micossi, Rosie              101,116, 120, 132, 136

Micossi, Thelma          4, 5,106, 107, 110 – 112, 380

(Bazinett) (Gill)

 Miller, Melvin              330

Misner, Gordon           330

Modolo, Johnny           356

Monteleone, Enzio       148

 Morelli, Candina          106

Morelli, Evelyn             111

Morelli, Irene                106

Morelli, Mac                 111

Morelli, Patty                292, 380

Morelli, Tillman            106

Moro, Donna

(Comelli)                        246, 329, 330

Moro, Elena                  143, 180 , 349

Moro, Ennis

(Peracchi)                       329

Moro, Fernando           143, 178, 179, 180, 186, 346, 349, 368

Moro, Frank                  330

Moro, Freddie               143, 178, 179, 183, 184, 185, 379

Moro, Lou                      329

Moro, Mary                    143

Moro, Lisa                       330

Moro, Sandi                

(Stoltenkamp)                 329

Moro, Silvio                    143, 179 , 349             

Moro, Yoli                       143

Mungai, Dino                  272, 286

Mungai, Donald,            272

Mungai, Edith                 272

Mungai, Jerry                236,272, 273, 275, 284, 286, 311, 324

Murrillo, Tami               89

Mussolini, Benito

(Il Duce)                       4, 133, 147, 187, 188, 197

Naish, J. Carroll             224

Netto, David                  315

Netto, Edith                   315

Netto, Laurie                 315

Netto, Manuel               315

Netto, Phil                    307, 315,, 328

New Town                    106, 119

Nimis, Italy                  3

Norton, Phil

(Police Sgt.)                   331

Novak, Kim                    234

Novelli, Abbie                292

Ocean View Hotel          105, 112-113, 118

Olsen, Ken                     311, 324

Orlando, Alverda          115, 380

Orlando Family            191

Palooka, Joe                 151-152

Pastrano, Willie             89

Patrone, Ed                   124

Peck, Miss

 (Teacher)                      284

Penny Arcade                164

Pescadero, Town of       129, 134

Petacci, Clara                133

Petersen, Pete               90

Phyffer Brothers

Packing and Ship         75

Phyffer, Fred                 75

Phyffer, Pino                 75

Pianavilla, Pete              223, 2i4

Pieracci, Emo                 330

Pieracci, Velia                 329, 330

Pigeon Point

(Lighthouse)                  131 

Pinza, Ezio                     28, 34

Porter, Cole                   147

Portland Cement Co.     105, 

Presepi, Amerigo         38, 39

Presepi, Louisa              38

Presly, Elvis                    218

Prolo, Eugene                96

 

Putney, Bob                  124

 

Quadros, Manual        291

Quadros, Mrs.              291

 (Constantia)

 

Quillen, Jim                  154, 157

   

Raffin, Fredericco

(Federicco)                   290, 291, 293

Raffin, Norma

 (Rocchi)                        290, 293, 301

Raffin, Peter                  290

Raffin, Richard             290

Ramaciotti, Dante       181

Red,White, Blue Beach 250

Reed, Samuel              322

Reid, Denise

(Comelli)                       119, 330

Reid, Matthew              330

Reid, Shaina

(Gredvig)                       330

Rinaldi, Alma                272

Rinaldi, Julio                 344-346

Rinaldi,Pietro

 (Pete)                           40, 92, 96-101, 272, 303, 344, 345-346, 347

Rinaldi, Rina                 272, 346

Rinaldi, Reno                234

Rinaldi, Sally                 272

Rodoni, Andreina        49, 161-162, 202, 204, 219, 297, 299, 379

Rodoni, Dante             27, 53, 202, 203, 205, 219, 297, 299, 346

Rodoni, Elio                  65, 161, 202, 205, 210, 211,213, 217, 218, 219, 236,297-298, 337

Rodoni, Jeanne             202, 204, 205, 210, 212, 213, 219,297

Rodoni, Mario              65, 161, 202, 204,205, 210, 211, 212, 213, 215, 216, 218, 219, 236, 257, 297, 

                                      229, 337, 346 , 365-366            

Roosevelt, Franklin

(President)                    7, 31, 32, 274

Rossi, Albie                   178, 180, 368

Rossi, Paolo                   89

Roubal, Andrew            330

Roubal, Christine

 (Comelli)                     119, 330

Roubal, Ryan                330

Ruth, "Babe"                 5

Rupperecchi, Allen       292

Rydstrom, Rhonda        86

Rydstrom, Cole            19 

Salz, A. K. (Tannery)    26, 34, 306

Salvadore

(Mexican Laborer)      263,  264

Saldivar, James

)Police  Officer)           337

Sampson, Miss

 (Teacher)                     284

Santa Cruz Boardwalk  164-166, 354

Santa Cruz, City of       3

Santa Cruz Movie Theatre    255-257

Santos, Don                  19, 24

Sargent, Jim                 120, 124 

Scaroni, Joe                  179

Scaroni, Katie               250

Schmeling, Max           164, 171

Schmidt, Willard           330

Scoppettone, James

Judge                             179, 259, 260

Seal Stadium

San  Francisco              155 

Serna, Francisco,        206

Siva, Barbara               283

Silva, Don                     226

Silva, Gordon

 (Police Officer)            277

Simpson, Gene

 (Police Officer)            277

Skorzeny (Colonel)      197

Smerigli                       

  (Mr. Brown)                61-63, 66-67, 72-74, 312

Smith, Barbara Jean      283

Smith, Grover

 (Smitty)                       68, 75

Smith, Dennis Mack    197

Soo Hoo, Dennis

 (Newy)                        279, 286, 324 

Sonneborn, Helen       224

Spindler, Thor              325

Stefani, Julia                292

Stroud, Robert            154

(Birdman of Alcatraz)

Sullivan, Norman         3

Swanton, Fred             354-355 

Taurian, Elso                 142, 144, 150, 153, 158, 168

Taurian, Felicino,

 (Phil)                              142, 1500, 153, 155, 158, 167-168, 209

Taurian, Luigia (Giga)   140, 142-143, 151, 158, 161

Taurian, Mario               140, 142-144, 150-151, 154, 158, 168-169

Tebbits, Birdie              122

Thompson, Emile         331, 332, 337

Tico Tico Bar               109

Tomada, Attilio

 (Massimo)                    4, 232

Torrisi, Mark                 247

Torrisi, Michael             247

Torrisi, Sam                   246, 247 

Scanoni, Louie              88, 95

(Louis Schenone)

Truman, President        155 

Udine, Provincia di       3

Valentino, Rudy            5

Van, Hulda

(Teacher)                      324

Venturini, Guerino      355

Verardo, Denzil , PHD  36

Verardo Jeannie, PHD  36

Vitto, Joe                      109, 115

Viviani, Cuneo             232

(Julian)

Viviani, Dolores           232

Viviani, Eddie               232

Viviani, Lina                  232

Waddell Bluffs           130, 136

Walcott, Joe                152

(Jersey Joe)

Wallace, Carrol            293-294

Wallace, Vernon          294

Wallach, Eli                   88

Wayne, John                178, 180

Wellhausen, William   291, 292

Wetsel, Howard

 (Hodgie)                      280, 281, 282

Wilder Ranch               294

Williams, Ted               122

 

Yen, Lee                        363, 368

Young, Edith                 256, 282, 324

Younger, Donald           304, 305, 345

 

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