Albert Bronzini:  

After graduation I went to work full time at Rainbow Paint and Body shop on Watkins St. near A St. where the new Lucky Market now stands. It burned to the grown in the spring of 1949. I was doing my shop clean up one Saturday Morning when I heard a deafening roar and felt a blast of heat coming through the galvanized metal walls of the shop. A fire started next door in the Hayward Feed and Fuel storage, the firemen said it was caused by internal combustion from alfalfa bales that had been stacked with improper ventilation. I was a motor head, that's all I wanted to do was work on cars. While the new shop was being constructed at 387 A St. I took a trip to Italy to meet all of my relatives that I had only known through letters and photos, when I returned From Italy I was offered a job at an Appliance store in Oakland at $350.00 a month plus commission, clearly an offer I couldn't refuse. I enjoyed selling appliances, after a few years I rose to the position of manager. I was then hired by a large furniture and appliance store on Mission Blvd. in Hayward, (Wisemans Furniture) near Hard...Expand for more