FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1957UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL, UKIAH, CALIFORNIAANYONE FOR SALAD? — Henry j. Cookseyof Route I, Box 44!, Redwood Valley, has the answer to the summer salad problem. Just grow your plants in Redwood Valley. They grow big there. He displays two heads above. The larger one, green leaf lettuce, weighs well over five pounds. The smaller head is red leaf lettuce.Bothwentwere volunteer plants from some that to seed in his garden last year. They raised with no commercial fertilizer and or no organic fertilizer. Cooksey is a retired railroad engineer who has a hobby shop and does a little (?) gardening on the side.JOURNAL photo by CoberwerelittleNORLAND REPORTERBy MKS. CHIUS KEIFFEU, Phone 2631HOPLAND. — To you people of lop] a nr) who have expressed your lesire for the Hopland News to be■esumed in, the Ukiah Dailyournal, I wish to say, “Only hrough your help and coopcra-ton will I be able to continue to c your correspondent. By ‘your iclp,’ I mean, please call or write ne when entertaining in your lorne; when having house guests; vhen being able to give me the nformation or refer me to others oneerning organization activities; t when knowing any news item r a lead to an item of interest o our community. It is through hanneJs such as these that I will lot only need, but appreciate our cooperation. Thank you.Shower For WhittakersHighlighting the Hopland News s the bridal shower given Mr. and -Irs. Kenneth Whittaker (former ane Bautfort of Ukiah), Friday •vening in the Hopland Guild hall.Following a “Break - the - ice” ;ame of having to blow up a paper ag and pop it the first time, or lo as the person to your left would lid you, and a game of introduc-ions, the couple opened their nany gifts. Tammy Beltcher, anet and Janiee Payne passed he gifts.White streamers were extended o each end of the table of gifts rom the center of a large tipping tmbrella filled with huge red roses nd suspended over the center f the table. Large bouquets ofPic nml nthnp enrinrr rlnn.Boonville. The accident occurred when her cousin, Raymond Whittaker, made the cast and unknowingly Janice had stepped forward in line with the casting. One stitch was necessary following the removal of the hook.Elmer Johnson and daughters Gail and Dottie and their grandmother, Mrs. Anna Johnson spent Saturday at Mendocino City visiting his sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Miles Paoli.May 15, a daughter, Elizabeth Pearl, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Brown. Mrs. Brown will be remembered here as Mavis Hooker, daughter of Mrs. Lyle Fugatt.Mrs. Lucretia Grace was in charge of registering during the time the TB unit was in Hopland. She reports 161 , persons were x-rayed over the total of 120 last year. Assisting Mrs. Grace were Mescfames Polly Milone, Nadine Kellogg, Dolores Daniels, Virginia Longhurst, Marge Morgan, Barbara Kangas and Marie Ponzio.Some of the Hopland people going to the Potter Valley Spring Festival Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey . Stockdale, Miss Shirley Rosetti, and Mike Spencer.Announcing the birth of a son are Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Middle-stadt of Cloverdale. Welcoming their little brother are his sisters, Terry and Pamela. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. James Crawford of Potter Valley,PersonalGrafsMr. and Mrs. George D. Merk, 432 North Spring street, are entertaining Mr. Merk’s brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Merk of San Mateo. The guests were honored with a family . dinner Tuesday at the home of their neice, Mrs, Allen Auger of 817 Walnut Avenue, and Wednesday there was a luncheon for Mrs. Sam Merk given by Mrs. Maude Sanchez of 502 Jones street. The visitors will leave for their home Monday.Paxton Duke and his son of*Muse, Oklahoma, are on a three-month visit with his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Duke of 1501 Lockwood Drive.Fred Dye of 1526 Lockwood Drive returned Friday from a trip to Fresno where he was called due to the illness of his mother, Mrs. W. B. Dye. Mrs. Dye was stricken last week and eight of her children were called home.Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Greenfield of 1613 Dora avenue, accompanied Miss Evelyn Rodgers and Manuel Pontes to Reno last weekend where the latter couple were married Saturday evening at the first Methodist Church of Reno.PARADEBy Clare Jones, Phone 7443POTTER VALLEY — The 1957►crusade against cancer was Off to a flying start Tuesday. Betty Mag-ruder and Walt Minger ask you to : be on the' alert for a large white Cancer Crusade Envelope,* When it arrive^ please read and heed thefacts abedt cancer it reveals. After sealing your contribution in the small envelope, replace it in the large envelope, sign the back of it, and pass it on to your immediate neighbor personally and promptly.Assisting the drive are Mrs. Howard Farris, representing thd Eel River area; Mrs, Gene Hopkins in the lower east section of the valley; Walt Minger in the northwest and northeast portions of the valley. Betty Magruder will handle the envelopes in the town and the southwest and southeast quarters of the valley. This is your chanceto give—-before it hurts ILittle League Baseball Baseball fans will be glad to hear that five games are scheduled in Potter Valley with the little League teams. June 17 is set for the starting date of the series and tickets will soon be on sale. From 17 to 20 young fellows frorn the home town will be in there pitching, so Ray Nelson and Glenn Vaughn hope for a large attendance of home. folks to encourage theyoungsters.Play School Meeting The last business meeting of the Potter Valley Cooperative Play School mothers was held Wednesday evening at the Play School. The yearly financial report wasgiven by Mrs. Frema Wright, treasurer. President Harriet Burton called for a discussion of certain aspects of the by-laws as well as points for improvement in school operation proposed by Mrs. Hart of the state welfare department. An election committee to present a slate of candidates for next year’s officers was selected and will include Mrs, Burton, incumbent president, Mrs. Dorothy Schurr, incumbent vice - president, Mrs. Charlene McKay, Mrs. Ann Near and Mi's. Clare Jones. The Play School still has a nearly-new,ncver-been-used fire extinguisher to sell and promise to consider allreasonable offers.«; Accompanied by their teacher, Mi's. Eva Moody, and principal Harold Walton, the Potter Valley grammar school fourth grade got an early start Thursday morning for their eagerly-awaited field trip to the Sonoma Mission and Vallejo Adobe. Reconstruction of the Vallejo home and stable hi*s» been go ing on since last year’s trip so the children are anxious to see what new additions have been made.Mrs. Lester 1-Iulbert has returned fixni her trip to Vallejo with many interesting and thought - provoking highlights of her attendance at the yearly North Bay Conference of California Parent-Teacher Associations, She stated that one of the most stimulating speakers was Rev. Eschelman, chaplain at San Quentin, with his talk on the split atom, split personalities and split home. There were 785 delegates inMr. and Mrs. Bill Lamprich of