Following the failure of La Esperanza Joseph Rodriguez went to work for his former Ocean Avenue neighbor Knut Hovden's Cannery (the site of the Monterey Bay Aquarium) as a foreman in various departments.38 A man of many talents, he also filled a variety of positions within Work Lumber Company - cabinet-maker among them - his grandson has the surviving tools. On those days when the whistle blew and the fish were so plentiful that there was no meal break, Rita and little Maria walked to the cannery carrying a pot of homemade ca/do wrapped in a white dish towel - along with soup plates and spoons. Mom and daughter would pick up a loaf of fresh bread from the New England Bakery and the little family would have a picnic lunch under a large cypress tree across the street from Hovden's.39 Joseph and Rita had two more children after the move to 457 Foam - Josefita and Alejandro. Eventually, along the rear property line, Joseph would build a little house, a row of four fisherman apartments, a garage - all connected - and a spacious apartment above a large laundry building. Rita did laundry and mending for their fisherman tenants and took in the laundry of others.40 Behind the white picket fence the big lot would burst with the colorful flowers and vegetables nurtured by Rita's green thumbs. Joseph would make wine in the cellar he dug - family and friends would gather by the cellar door at the back stoop for mussel feeds.41 And then, without warning and while Rita and the two youngest children were visiting family in San Francisco, Joseph died. 1934. At home. He was 57 years old.42 rancisco, Frank, valedictorian of his eighth grade class at Bay View, left school and went to work when he was fourteen so his mother could stay home with his younger siblings.43 As a young child, Frank's good friend was Jack Yee, son of Won Yee, Steinbeck's Lee Chong, owner of Wing Chong Market. The market was across the street from the Joseph Rodriguez family home at 740 Ocean. Frank's earliest job - he worked his way up to manager - was in La Espindola, a New Monterey grocery store. Carol and John Steinbeck were his customers. Flora Woods, too. Jaime, Jimmy, became a Monterey policeman in 1937. He was 23. His first beat was Cannery Row. The characters? "/ knew all of the characters in 'Cannery Row' very we//."44 Jimmy's younger brother Alex assisted Jimmy in activating the first National Guard unit on the Monterey Peninsula in 1947. Jimmy retired in 1973 as the respected and legendary Undersheriff of Monterey County.45 Beautiful Maria, Mary, mom-two to Josephine and Alex. . . and to several nieces (the author among them) and nephews as well... lived lightly, left a legacy of humor, an always full cookie jar, and managed to keep the family records and treasures safe from harm. She and Jimmy were Monterey High 7 , OCR Text: Following the failure of La Esperanza Joseph Rodriguez went to work for his former Ocean Avenue neighbor Knut Hovden's Cannery (the site of the Monterey Bay Aquarium) as a foreman in various departments.38 A man of many talents, he also filled a variety of positions within Work Lumber Company - cabinet-maker among them - his grandson has the surviving tools. On those days when the whistle blew and the fish were so plentiful that there was no meal break, Rita and little Maria walked to the cannery carrying a pot of homemade ca/do wrapped in a white dish towel - along with soup plates and spoons. Mom and daughter would pick up a loaf of fresh bread from the New England Bakery and the little family would have a picnic lunch under a large cypress tree across the street from Hovden's.39 Joseph and Rita had two more children after the move to 457 Foam - Josefita and Alejandro. Eventually, along the rear property line, Joseph would build a little house, a row of four fisherman apartments, a garage - all connected - and a spacious apartment above a large laundry building. Rita did laundry and mending for their fisherman tenants and took in the laundry of others.40 Behind the white picket fence the big lot would burst with the colorful flowers and vegetables nurtured by Rita's green thumbs. Joseph would make wine in the cellar he dug - family and friends would gather by the cellar door at the back stoop for mussel feeds.41 And then, without warning and while Rita and the two youngest children were visiting family in San Francisco, Joseph died. 1934. At home. He was 57 years old.42 rancisco, Frank, valedictorian of his eighth grade class at Bay View, left school and went to work when he was fourteen so his mother could stay home with his younger siblings.43 As a young child, Frank's good friend was Jack Yee, son of Won Yee, Steinbeck's Lee Chong, owner of Wing Chong Market. The market was across the street from the Joseph Rodriguez family home at 740 Ocean. Frank's earliest job - he worked his way up to manager - was in La Espindola, a New Monterey grocery store. Carol and John Steinbeck were his customers. Flora Woods, too. Jaime, Jimmy, became a Monterey policeman in 1937. He was 23. His first beat was Cannery Row. The characters? "/ knew all of the characters in 'Cannery Row' very we//."44 Jimmy's younger brother Alex assisted Jimmy in activating the first National Guard unit on the Monterey Peninsula in 1947. Jimmy retired in 1973 as the respected and legendary Undersheriff of Monterey County.45 Beautiful Maria, Mary, mom-two to Josephine and Alex. . . and to several nieces (the author among them) and nephews as well... lived lightly, left a legacy of humor, an always full cookie jar, and managed to keep the family records and treasures safe from harm. She and Jimmy were Monterey High 7 , Heritage Society of Pacific Grove,Historical Collections,Names of People about town,Q through R File names,Rodrigues,RODRIGUES_007.pdf,RODRIGUES_007.pdf 1 Page 1, Tags: RODRIGUES_007.PDF, RODRIGUES_007.pdf 1 Page 1