Social and Club Activities in Local Women's Groups
The article details women’s clubs active in Red Cross work during emergencies, notes a January 16 deadline for delivering knitted garments, and describes recent meetings, including patriotic singing, a talk on maintaining standards in social services, a vocal performance, and a social hour at Mrs. Bromiley’s home. It also mentions Miss Wilda Holland returning to San Jose State Normal, plans for monthly meetings, and upcoming juvenile art class luncheon.
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Red Cross
Reneee Bely
Sth
Held
Catherine Thomas
Carrie ‘Garsey
Miss. Garsey
W. AL Maxwell
Gounod
Maxwell
Wm. Bromi
Mrs Barker entertains informally at bridge
The holiday spirit lingered in local homes with frequent gatherings of friends for bridge or five hundred. At the F. T. Burke residence on Saturday afternoon two tables of bridge were enjoyed, reflecting a hospitable and sociable mood during the season.
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F. T. Burke
Son Born to Mr and Mrs Claude Gignoux of Berkeley
Dainty missives arrive to announce the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Claude Gignoux of Berkeley. The boy, Claude Gignoux Jr., was born December 29 and has already been christened. Local friends send congratulations to the Gignoux home on Tunnel Road.
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Claude Gignoux
Nes
Daisy
Hill
Berkeley
Claude Gignoux,Jr
Gignoux
Tun‘nél Road
Santa Rosa clubwomen open emergency influenza hospital
In the indomitable spirit of clubwomen, the Saturday Afternoon Club of Santa Rosa offers their clubhouse as an influenza hospital. Under Red Cross direction, volunteers provide patient care, with kitchens, dietitians, and nurses replacing past entertainments as rooms are converted for sick rooms.
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Santa Rosa
Red Cross
Wallace Family Mourns Son’s Illness Recovery
Friends express sympathy for Mr and Mrs Lloyd Wallace as their three year old son Jack suffers pneumonia after influenza. The child was in danger but is now recovering though still not out of danger. Both parents were ill with influenza when the illness struck.
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Lloyd Wallace
Jack
Wallace
Ladies Presbyterian Society Plans February Social Event
The Ladies Presbyterian Society announces a home gathering on February 22, continuing a yearly custom. The event centers on a victory community sing open to the public, with colonial-costumed ladies serving tea for several hours and a blue and buff decorative scheme featuring violets and acacity blossoms.
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Ladies’ Presbyterian ‘Society
Mrs. C. R. Thomas Returns From San Francisco
Mrs. C R Thomas has returned from San Francisco to bid farewell to her daughter Miss Lucy Belle Meredith who is leaving to join her husband in Honolulu. The husband, an officer in the U S Army, has recently been honorably discharged and the family will reside in Honolulu.
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Edgar Dutton
Elinor Thomas
Oak Park
Grate ‘Lothian
Helen Dewey
Wilda Holland
Ukiah
Wilda
San Jose State Normal
Migs
Thomas
San Francisco
Honolulu
Lucy Belle Meredith
U. S. Army
Island City
Recovered from attack aids grass alley relief work
The text notes recovery from an attack and mentions a husband regaining strength while his wife and young daughter suffer the same illness. It highlights valuable aid given to relief efforts in Grass Alley, describing how relief sections are strained for medical and nursing support.
Socialites visit Ukiah after San Francisco death in Potter Briggs family
Mrs Belle Briggs Wistun and Mrs Frederick Hihn of San Francisco and Santa Cruz visit Ukiah following the death of Mrs Eliza Potter Briggs of Potter Valley. The two women, noted in metropolitan society circles, are widely known in the smart set. Miss Bessie Matthews, recently confined at home by illness, is praised for her kindness and popularity as Christmas gifts and letters flood her household.
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Belle’ Briggs Wistun
Frederick’ Hihn
San ‘Francisco
Santa Cruz
Bessie
Mathews
Ness
BSC
Pleasant events postponed as clubs cancel meetings
Cultus Club and Kosmos Club presidents have been busy with telephone calls to postpone activities for now due to health conditions. Club women sew at home for suffering children in France and Belgium. Mr and Mrs Baskerville of Virginia visit Dr and Mrs J H Moore and plan southern California travel before returning home.
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Kosmos Club
France
Belgium
California
Their
Ome
Willits Items Highlight Local News And Deaths
Mrs. A Nickerson returns from San Francisco after undergo ing removal of 127 gallstones the largest on record may be a world’s record Doctors warn delayed operation could have burst her bladder yet she recovers Carl Whited leaves for San Francisco to finish dentistry studies and cites future naval service Mrs Nellie Rose Pritchett dies of flu pneumonia in Cloverdale Dos Rios Eel River freezes water at lowest level in 37 years Willits rainfall totals to date 12.69 inches well below average in a dry season record
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Willits
A. Nickerson
San Francisco
California Hospital
Nickerson
Carl “Whited
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Carl
Honolulu
Pritchett
Cloverdale
Nellie Rose
Dos Rios
Long Cold Spell Bites Little Lake Section
Willits reports the longest cold spell in about forty years with three weeks of frigid weather and temperatures as low as 14 degrees above zero causing widespread water pipe bursts. Concrete buildings like Grand Central Hotel White House and Watson building flooded as plumbers rush to repairs.
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Willits
Grand Central Hotel
White’ House
Watson
Death of Ed Ordway at Petaluma Friday
Ed Ordway a well known rancher and meat dealer of the Willits and coast regions died in Petaluma Friday morning of Brights disease aged 65. Survived by a wife and three children. Funeral held Monday in Petaluma. Ordway helped lead the Union Lumber Company ranch on the Noyo and later ran a family meat and stock business with his brother Ira Ordway of Willits. The firm grew to be among the county’s largest stock dealers with ranches rented and stocked including the Union Lumber Co. ranch on the Noyo.
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Ed Ordway
Willits
Coast
Petaluma
Mr. Ordway
Union Lumber Company
Noyon
Ira Ordway
Ordway Brothers
Union Lumber Co
Noyo
Ranches Listed in Milliken and Goodyear Estates
F Milliken's ranch on Pudding creek and Goodyear Redwood Co's ranch at Elk are noted along with additional ranches near Ukiah and Willits highlighting regional property holdings and agriculture.
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F. Milliken
Pudding’ Creek
Goodyear Redwood Co
Elk
Ukiah and
Willits
Death of E Calderoni At Tribuno Winery
Ernest Calderoni an Italian native born 1886 who worked on local valley ranches and recently served as a nightwatchman at the Tribuno Garrish winery died last Monday due to influenza. He had no local family but was cared for by the Italian colony here.
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Ernest Calderoni
Tribuno & Garrish Winery
Italy
Healdsburg Visitor Charles Crawford Reported
Charles Crawford was a Healdsburg visitor last Tuesday, according to a brief local note. He was seen in downtown exchange with residents and delivered greetings from his hometown.
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Charles Crawford
Mrs Eva Nunn Visit Highlights Boonville Ties
Mrs Eva Nunn of Boonville visited friends in this city last weekend, sharing social ties and local chatter as she toured views and caught up with acquaintances during her stay.
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Eva Nunn
Boonville
Mrs Roy Lynch Visits Will Hagens Family Amid Illness
Mrs Roy Lynch traveled from Oakland to stay with the Will Hagens family during their illness from influenza.
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Roy Lynch
Oakland
Will Hagens
Poage Family Returns to Colusa After Visit
Dr and Mrs Charles Poage and their son came back to Colusa after a pleasant visit with relatives. Soon after arrival Charles Jr was struck with influenza, likely contracted during travel. John Ellison of Fort Bragg registered in Uldah last Saturday.
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Charles Poage and Son
Colusa
Charles, Jr
John Ellison
Fort Bragg
Uldah
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AW Club
A ‘Homas
Church Organization of Women
Bertha’ Boye
Missionary
Mrs. Barker
Bridge
Little Lad
MRS. _BAXTER
Dr. Baxter
Camvassers
Royal Baking Powder Co
New York
Frank Cleveland
Little Lake
E. Calderoni
Morris & LeRoy Ukiah
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