Angeles.
Large pieces of the telescope were
hauled to the mountaintop...
...a job for mule teams.
One of the drivers was
a young man named Milton Humason...
...the ne'er-do-well son
of a California banker.
But he was bright and naturally
curious about the equipment...
...he had carted up Mount Wilson.

English: 
And after the telescope was
completed in 1917...
...he managed to stay on here
as janitor and electrician.
One evening, so the story goes, the
observatory night assistant was ill.
Humason was asked to fill in.
Humason was a gambling man...
...celebrated for his skill at poker
and at the pool table.
But his touch with the telescope was
admired even more.
He discovered he had a talent
for using astronomical instruments.
He became the virtuoso
of the 100-inch telescope.
In this instrument,
light from distant galaxies...
...is focused on
a glass photographic plate...
...by a great encased mirror
100 inches across.
By the late 1920s, Humason was
making observations himself.
Mr.Though they did not officially campaign as a trio, Best, Bressman and Schare all maintained during the campaign that the district is in the best condition it has been in many years, and the current board could take some credit for that.

Shim agreed the district is doing well but has continued to stress that his main difference from the incumbents is that he has children in the schools. His children attend Evening Street Elementary School.

Best, of Sutter Parkway, is an accountant. She is seeking her fourth term on the board.

She has a bachelor's degree from Ohio State University.

Bressman, of Broadacre Drive, is an attorney. He also seeks his fourth term.

He graduated from the University of Dayton and the Ohio State University College of Law.

Schare, of Selbourne Court, is