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Newspaper
Dispatch Democrat
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1939
Page
2
Pope Pius XI has died, removing a spiritual head for 400,000,000 Catholics and a bold voice against dictatorship. He spoke boldly against liberty-hating regimes, drawing praise from diverse faiths for defending conscience and religious liberty to the end. His passing marks a loss felt by liberty-loving people worldwide.
Willits band and townswpeople greet Officer Fred Hamilton as he returns from San Jose after seven weeks in O’Connor hospital. He sustained broken legs from a San Jose automobile crash and is to recover at Howard Memorial hospital. Escorts from Ukiah and the highway patrol accompany the ambulance through Cloverdale to Willits.
Deputy Coroner Beverly Broad and court reporter Hale Pratt attended Fort Bragg for the inquest into John Kenneth Hanson who died after being struck by a log fragment while working as a chokerman at Ten Mile Woods. Hanson, born February 14, 1915 at DeHaven, was a Fort Bragg High School graduate. Funeral services were held at Fort Bragg.
Activities including Valentine parties and basketball games planned by Ukiah grammar school students are canceled due to suspected diphtheria among pupils.
Scout Troops 43 and 46 placed window displays in downtown stores during National Scout Week February 8 to 15. The Pine Tree patrol of Troop 46 in Haight store led by Junior King drew praise, with other exhibits in Bechtel Hardware, Barker Hardware, and McKinley Building showing archery, model airplanes, wood pieces, and camping gear. Troop 45 Mohican patrol displays, Lions Club sponsored Troop 45 with Scoutmaster Bill Broadday, and Troop 43 Panther patrol under Bill Watson highlighted work by Harold Lovegreen and others. Churches celebrate Scout Sunday with uniforms as Scouts attend services.
Wong Lung of the Koffee Kupp appeals to the community for old clothes to aid Chinese civilians harmed by Japanese bombings. Donors may drop items at the Koffee Kupp. clothing will be shipped from San Francisco to Chinese ports for rapid delivery to the destitute.
Gordon Glelow, a five year old laid up at Stanford Lane hospital in San Francisco for three months, remains unable to talk after paralysis following brain tumor removal surgery. Mr and Mrs Otto Gielow visited him on Sunday as he recovers.
Mr and Mrs Virgil P Dickson present motion pictures of Alaska at the Ukiah High School auditorium on February 21 at 7 00 pm under the auspices of the Ukiah PTA. They recount eight years in Alaska with Eskimos, dog derby, Kayak races, and trips to Nome and Pribilof Islands. Admission 28 cents adults 10 cents students. Proceeds go to the Milk Fund for needy children.
Mr and Mrs Walter Sandelin traveled to San Francisco to attend the San Francisco junior college hotel division event with their son Terry Sandelin the host and master of ceremonies. The guests included hotel managers from San Francisco and as far north as Eureka. Terry is noted as the youngest in the section studying hotel management. Bob Sandelin and Ralph Hogan Jr joined the family for the trip and dinner.
John Thomas Ham Jr. was born at 10 30 a m Monday February 13 in Mary's Help Hospital San Francisco to Mr and Mrs John T Ham of Bris bane. He weighs 6 pounds 10 ounces and both mother and baby are doing well. This baby is the first grandchild of Jud Gowan of Potter Valley and Whit Ham of Covelo, and the great grandson of the late John Thomas Ham of Covelo and Mrs. George Gowan of Anderson Valley.
The will of John Rohrbough filed for probate designates Myrtle J. Rohrbough as executrix with full powers. One-half of the estate valued at $262,704 is to the widow with the other half divided among six children Evan John D Beverly W Philip J Rohrbough Marella K Cargagini and Shirley E Beville. A $500 monthly family allowance is set during probate. Land and stock holdings include 1043 acres in Round Valley and 21,400 acres across Mendocino Humboldt and Trinity counties with extensive cattle and sheep. Written February 20, 1913 with two witnesses now deceased.
The Branchini case moved to focus on paternity as the sole issue after the court set aside the prior ruling on legitimation. Carlo A. Branchini is named as the father of the child, Harriet Eileen Main is noted as the mother, with Branchini having acknowledged the child. The matter includes legal representation by John B. Harman and mentions local social notes about Senator G. M. Biggar and residents W. H. Higgins and Guy Redwine in Mendocino county communities.
A Hopland wedding took place in Los Angeles on a Saturday in January, uniting Weldon of Washington with the daughter of Judith Thatcher Hill. Both graduates of Stanford, the couple visited Hopland briefly with relatives before heading to their Washington home. The bride’s brother Randolph Hill attended, and she wore her mother’s wedding gown. The ceremony occurred at the bride’s home with decorations and a reception of local guests.
Legal notice directs all persons with claims against Petar Nonella to file with vouchers within six months of the first publication. Filing should be with the Mendocino County Superior Court or with executor Charles Nonella at Hale McCowen’s Ukiah office. Peb 3, 10, 17, 24.
In Mendocino County Superior Court Estate of Sarah Card Miller also known as Sarah E. Miller Deceased No 6346 notice to creditors and all with claims to file within six months after first publication in Ukiah California or present claims with vouchers to Taft and Spurr at Marks Building Ukiah CA Dated February 11 1939 Administrator D C Smith Taft and Sparr Attorneys for Administrator First publication February 17 1939 February 24 March 3 10 1939
A report to Governor Culbert Olson shows hundreds of thousands of privately owned tax delinquent properties. Mendocino County holds 1640 deeds, Lake County 5980, with 800,000 deeds statewide since 1938. Recommendations urge counties to accept marketable lands for private ownership, remove nonproductive lands from estoppel, and consider lands for state ownership where valuable. The board calls tax delinquent land an invisible empire withdrawn from government support.
Officer Fred Hamilton, hurt when his leg broke a week ago, remains in bed for several weeks at Howard Memorial hospital. X rays show the leg in good alignment and expect him to recover fully and be up and around as good as new.
Lombardo Broggi deceased of Mendocino County California. Domenico Broggi filed a purported last will and petition for administration with will annexed. Hearing set for March 10, 1939 at 10 a.m. in Ukiah Superior Court. Court clerk H M Burke issues notice. Attorneys H I Preston Lilburn Gibson Preston Building Ukiah.
Jane Baumann administratrix with the will annexed announces all creditors and claimants of Charles Baumann deceased must file claims with vouchers within six months after first publication. Claims may be filed at the County Clerk of Mendocino County California or with H L Preston and Lilburn Gibson Preston Building Ukiah California. Date February 3 1938.
Mendocino county Farm Bureau members elected L. L. Hooper of Coyote Valley as president and Dan Jensen of Point Arena as vice president. C. W. Crawford of Ukiah will serve secretary treasurer with Mrs. George Davis of Ukiah as assistant. J. C. Johnson of Ukiah named state representative. Don Macmillan outgoing president after two years. Plans discussed for a county cooperative winery. Bill Held visited from San Francisco to see his parents Judge and Mrs W. D. Held.
Notice from the Department of the Interior Sacramento Texas 1939 lists Guss VY Wallach of Ukiah California filing intent to prove up a land claim on sections in Township 14 N Range 13 W M D Meridian with witnesses Vernon Rawles H J June Ephrian Turner and J R Burgess. Also notice of administrator sale of real estate in Ukiah Mendocino County under F E Rea deceased with private sale terms and court confirmation.
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