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8.B. - Page 34 of 66 William Kostura, Historic Resource Evaluation for 970 Edgewood Road As an advocate of women's rights, he "took a leading role in gaining admission of women to Sigma Delta Chi," now known as the Society of Professional Journalists. He joined this organization while studying at Stanford University, served as the president of the Northern California Chapter, became the regional director for California -Nevada -Arizona -Hawaii, and in 1966 became president of the national organization. When the Redwood City home of an African-American and war veteran, John T. Walker, was destroyed by arson as it neared completion in 1946, Spangler led a fund- raising effort on Walker's behalf and offered a reward for the arrest of the arsonists. He supported acquisition of land for Butano State Park and the creation of Huddart Park in Woodside. He also supported the creation of the Port of Redwood City, a bond issue for the creation of Canada College in Redwood City, and bond issues for sanitary sewers, storm sewers, and a water system. After his retirement from the Redwood City Tribune, the newspaper was purchased by a national chain and then closed in 1976. Spangler then resumed his column "Under the Courthouse Dome" for the Country Almanac newspaper, of Woodside. Nita Spangle (1923-2019) She was born Nita Reifschneider in Ukiah, California, in 1924. Her family moved to Reno, Nevada, in 1929, and there she attained a degree in journalism at the University of Nevada in 1944. Upon graduation, she joined the staff of the Redwood City Tribune, covering city and county stories, the founding of the United Nations in San Francisco, and health care issues. She had to quit when she married her boss, Ray Spangler, in 1946; nor, as the wife of the Tribune publisher, was she able to work for any other newspaper, much to her disappointment. She instead channeled her energy into other areas of interest. Besides raising three children, she became active in local education, open space, and historic preservation issues. Those included: She led an effort to protect Sweeney Ridge as a historical site and open space. She did this by founding the Portola Expedition Bicentennial Foundation in 1966 and becoming its first president; persuading the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors to acquire eighteen acres at the top of the ridge; and persuading the U.S. Department of the Interior to name Sweeney ridge a National Historic Landmark. Through a group called the Friends of Redwood City, she helped to prevent development of Bair Island with 4,000 residences by the Mobil Oil Company. The Redwood City Council had approved the project, but this approval was overturned by I 492