Mayor Alioto's Earthquake Party
April 18, 1969
The Official Program of the Earthquake Party
|
Invocation |
Temple Emanu-el |
| The Anthem | Golden Gate Park Band |
| Earthquake scene from San Francisco | Courtesy of Metro Goldwyn Mayer |
| "The Damndest Finest Ruins" | A beautiful poem executed by Herb Caen of the San Francisco Chronicle. |
| Arrival of Fire and Police Brigades | Chief's Murray and Cahill |
| Re-kindled Memories | Chief William Murray, SFFD |
| Recollections of '06 | Chief Thomas Cahill, SFPD |
| Remarks | Col. Thomas McMahon, Presidio |
| Poem | Brother Antoninus, St. Albert's College |
| Some Observations | Jack Rosenbaum, SF Examiner |
| What Are We Doing Here? | Paul Speegle |
| How to Live With Your Faults | Dr. Don Tocher, Earthquake Mechanism Laboratory |
| Next Year.. Lotta's Fountain! | Senator Thomas Maloney |
| SAN FRANCISCO!!! | Soloist Paul Walti, the Band and EVERYBODY |
| Benediction | Rev. G. L. Bedford, Macedonia Baptist Church |
It could never have been done without:
U.S.
Army, Art Commission, Earthquake McGoon's Turk Murphy, Fior d'Italia, SF Fire Department, Golden Gate Park Band, Golden Rain cast, Hunt's Doughnuts,
Lamplighters, Harry McCune Sound, Metro-Goldwyn Mayer, U.S. Navy, Photo and
Sound, SF Police Department, SF Public Works Dept., San Francisco Sponsors,
Syufy Enterprises, The Wax Museum, Western Electric Co.,
and all of you who wanted to remember.
The Inscription in the Rotunda City Hall