Drive Highway 80 from the Bay Bridge toward Sacramento, east bound? If so you might have noticed Hawkins Traffic Safety with its big warehouse building covered with an assortment of traffic signs. That is my family's business! My Great-grandfather John H. Hawkins and Grandfather Norman L. Hawkins Sr. began it in the 40's. My father, Norman L. Hawkins, Jr. joined in upon leaving the Navy at the end of WWII. From working the gas station to selling surplus war vehicles and surplus and scrap metal they began fashioning guides posts and rails and guardrails to sell to City, County and State highway departments, with Hawkins Traffic Safety and Hawkins-Hawkins Company, founded in 1948. Yesterday we celebrated the 60th Anniversary, with a catered luncheon for all customers at the plant in Berkeley on Eastshore Highway. We enjoyed visitors from many Citys and Countys including City of Brentwood, Union City, South San Francisco, Albany, San Francisco, El Cerrito, from local vendors and customers, and from Cal Berkeley Parking and Transportation Dept.. Congratulations on Hawkins Traffic Safety 60th Anniversary, or as our Brit friends say, Diamond Jubilee!
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