DAVID ANDREW DAVINI, SR. and BERTHA LOUISE EPP DAVINI - A
Family with a Profound Influence On the City of Cloverdale, California
1944-2004
By David A. Davini,
Jr. April 2007
COVER
FOREWORD - . 1ROOTS IN EUROPE - MOVING
NORTH.. 3 -
DISCOVERING
CLOVERDALE. 4
-
MAKING
THE MOVE. 6
-
<>FROM
RETAILER TO PROPERTY MANAGER/DEVELOPER - 7ENTERING
LOCAL POLITICS - . 8FIRST COMMERCIAL BUILDING
AND CLOVERDALE’S FIRST SUBDIVISION - .. 9DEVELOPMENT
OF EAST FIRST STREET.. 12
- FIRST
DAUGHTER OFF TO COLLEGE. 13
- CLOVERDALE
CITRUS FAIR. 14
- BUILDING
THE DREAM HOME. 17
- SECOND
DAUGHTER OFF TO COLLEGE. 19
- BERTHA
DAVINI POLITICALLY ACTIVE. 20
- SON OFF
TO COLLEGE - . 21PROJECTS
THAT COULD HAVE BEEN : Geyers
State Park23,
California
State College Asti 24,
Asti Motel 25
- BERTHA
CARRIES ON AFTER DAVID DAVINI, SR.’S DEATH - .. 26DAVINI
PROPERTIES, INC. 27
- THE
NEXT
GENERATIONS. 29
APPENDICES. 37
Appendix
1: Initial Property Purchases. 37
Appendix
2: Election to Cloverdale City Council 45
Appendix
3: Russian River Water Project 53
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4: Cloverdale’s First Subdivision. 80
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5: Cloverdale Citrus Fair 107
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6: Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce. 152
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7: Cloverdale High School 170
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8: Political Activity. 177
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9: Projects That Could Have Been. 181
Appendix
10: United States Civil Service
Commission. 201
Appendix 11: Davini
Properties, Inc. 205