Yorba Linda History


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close this bookRichard Nixon Collection
View the documentRichard Nixon is Winning Orator
Yorba Linda Star March 29 1929 page 1
View the documentCongressman Tells Y. L. Audience How Communist Spy Ring Works
Yorba Linda Star October 8 1948 page 1
View the documentYorba Linda Does Her Little Part in Electing Favorite Son
Yorba Linda Star November 10 1950 page 1
View the documentYorba Linda Signally Honored by Visit of Favorite Son
Yorba Linda Star October 31 1952 page 1
View the documentResponsibility of Government Passes into Republican Hands as Voters Approve Ike and Dick
Yorba Linda Star November 10 1952 page 1
View the documentVice-President's Visit to Yorba Linda Enjoyed by Large Crowd
Yorba Linda Star November 4 1954 page 1
View the documentMany Yorba Lindans, Many Guests Pay Tribute to the Vice President
Yorba Linda Star January 15 1959 page 1
View the documentBig day for Yorba Lindans when the vice-president visits
Yorba Linda Star June 18 1959 page 1
View the documentYorba Linda leads nation with first “Nixon for President” Club
Yorba Linda Star September 3 1959 page 1
View the documentHome town gives Nixon big vote
Yorba Linda Star November 10 1960 page 1
View the documentBrown elected; Rafferty wins
Yorba Linda Star November 14 1962 page 1
View the documentCity Jubilant over Nixon victory
1968 page 1
View the documentForm committee to preserve Nixon birthplace
Yorba Linda Star November 20 1968
View the documentNorth Hollywood man pays $250 for president-elect Nixon's hat
Yorba Linda Star November 20 1968 page 1
View the documentNixon Birthplace Foundation organized here
Yorba Linda Star December 4 1968 page 1
View the documentDedication on President's birthday
Yorba Linda Star January 12 1972 page 1
View the documentNixon wins big in birthplace city
Yorba Linda Star November 15 1972 page 1
View the documentNixon Impeachment Rally Staged At Local Park
by Julia Carey,
Yorba Linda Star November 7 1973 page 1
View the documentResidents saddened by Nixon resignation
by Julia Carey,
Yorba Linda Star August 14 1974 page 1
View the document10-year effort ends with sale of Nixon home
by Margaret Anderson,
Yorba Linda Star July 15 1978 page 1
View the documentArchives Find Yorba Linda Home
by Janette Neumann,
Yorba Linda Star December 10 1987 page 1
View the documentNixon library site deemed historic by commission
Yorba Linda Star June 9 1988 page 3
View the documentLibrary groundbreaking date set
by Janette Neumann,
Yorba Linda Star July 21 1988 page 1
View the documentNixon Library to break ground
by Janette Neumann,
Yorba Linda Star December 1 1988 page 1
View the documentGround broken for Nixon library
by Janette Neumann,
Yorba Linda Star December 8 1988 page 1
View the documentFanfare greets Nixon Library
by Bruce Bailey,
Yorba Linda Star July 26 1990 page 1
View the document5,000 pay their respects to former first lady
Yorba Linda Star July 1 1993
View the documentTime for tears, celebration
by Bruce Bailey,
Yorba Linda Star July 1 1993 page 1
View the documentMan of vision, man of history
by David Montero,
Yorba Linda Star April 28 1994 page 3
View the documentResidents cherish Nixon's ties to city
by Bruce Bailey,
Yorba Linda Star April 28 1994 page 1

Many Yorba Lindans, Many Guests Pay Tribute to the Vice President

Yorba Linda Star January 15 1959 page 1   Open this page in a new window

Vice President Richard Nixon may not have felt any more famous as he turned 46 last Friday, but Yorba Linda has made public testimony of its respect and admiration for its best known native son.

A big crowd turned out for the unveiling of a bronze plaque which reads: “The birthplace of Richard Milhouse Nixon who through devotion to his country rose to become Vice President of the United States of America—1952-1960.” Estimates set the number between 800 and 1000, counting the 400 school children who were released from classes.

Relatives and friends of the Vice President who were present included his mother, Mrs. Frank Nixon; his brother Don; three aunts, Mrs. Olive Marshburn, Mrs. Carey Skinner and Mrs. Martha Gibbons; his first secretary, Mrs. Evelyn Dorn; and numerous intimates and former school mates.

Mrs. Cochran unveils plaque

Master of Ceremonies Hoyt Corbit introduced the family and other close associates. And Mrs. R. C. Cochran, one of Nixon's first school teachers, had the honor of removing the covering from the plaque, which was mounted in a beautiful piece of rhyolite, quarried for the occasion in the desert.

County School Superintendent Linton T. Simmons made the dedication address and stressed the part education had played in Nixon's career, along with the good training given him by his parents and his own determination and ability.

Scrolls sealed in masonry

Scrolls were placed in a sealed copper tube and cemented in the rock base. They cried the names of many Yorba Lindans who wished to have a hand in commemorating the event. Probably all the school children signed it during classes preceding the ceremony.

It is now agreed

The house—in which Richard Nixon was born, even the Los Angeles Times now agrees—is now the property of the Yorba Linda School District, which has agreed to retain it in lasting memory of the Vice President. When the Nixons lived in it and owned what is now the school grounds it was a lemon orchard. Nixon said once, in a talk to the Yorba Linda Chamber of Commerce, that his father decided the land was better for raising kids than lemons so he sold it.

Earl Nicholson, president of the Yorba Linda School Board, spoke briefly on the early history of the Yorba Linda School, and told of the board's plans for an additional school on Plumosa to relieve the present bulging classrooms.

Yorba Lindans in attendance expressed their pride in the fact that Yorba Linda has produced such a famous and highly respected citizen, and satisfaction in taking the first step to perpetuate his name.

One interesting visitor was Tom Blazina of Whittier, a former sergeant of President Eisenhower's when the latter was a lieutenant in the Mexican border service. Blazina has had several intimate visits with the president and is also a friend of Nixon. He described the ceremony as “terrific, as only a small community can do it.”

A couple of old timers who hadn't been back for a long time were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Williams. He was motorman of the Pacific Electric car when Ben Foss was conductor. That was back in the first years of the town's history.

The performance was given a great assist by the Union Oil Company's powerful sound truck which was loaned by the company.

Thanks from committee

The dedication committee, consisting of Hurless Barton, Mrs. Hoyt Corbit and Evan Herbert, expressed its thanks this week to all the people who helped to make the dedication of the Nixon home and plaque a success.

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