50th Anniversary Celebration, 1966
Photo submitted by Ted Weiner
Ted writes: "Attached you'll find me with my left hand on my hip. I was ten years old. My mother and the five kids
lived right up the street at 315 Redwood Avenue from '60-'66. Then we moved to 49 Holly in Larkspur.
But, my old friend Pete Behel took this photo. Betty Behel, Corte Madera town clerk for many years, lived with
her five kids right down the street at 87 Corte Madera Avenue, across from the Speedee Mart (forerunner to
7/11).
When we moved into the neighborhood in May of '60, the Speedee Mart lot was the location of an abandoned
Union 76 gas station. LCM school posted a crossing guard at that corner of Corte Madera Avenue and
Redwood Avenue. The guard was old Larry Yoell, a somewhat successful song lyrics writer in the 1920's and
30's. Pete and I used to walk to school together and when we'd come to old Larry's post he'd yell out, "Here
comes Pete with his two left feet. Followed by Ted with a whole in his head!"
Even though the plumbing didn't work, old Larry still used the abandoned gas station's toilet. Boy, was it nasty in
there! And we were so grateful when they tore that eyesore down and built the Speedee Mart. However, the
Speedee helped to speed the decline of the old Mom and Pop grocery around the corner from us. We called the
store, "Mary's". Mary and her husband ran the shop. They were so nice to us rambunctious kids.
Construction on Lakeside as seen from Blue Rock, 1961
Lakeside Lake
Lakeside Drive-a lake! 1969 flood in Corte Madera.
Zanzi house with car backed into driveway.
Parade
Corte Madera 50th Anniversary 1966
Parade II
Corte Madera's 50th Anniversary 1966