Women Delivering Mail Through WWII Mendocino Roads
Kelley House Calendar recalls 1942 routes from Rockport to Gualala, where sisters Toni and Lu Robinson kept mail moving under mud, rock slides, and distant homesteads. Their all day runs tied families together while men fought abroad, shaping local history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Postal Service
G.l.s
Mendocino County
Rockport
Gualala
Postal Service
Toni
Lu Robinson
North Coast
Little River
Mendocino
Mendocino News Highlights from Mendocino Beacon
Arthur Van Valin drives a 35 horsepower Studebaker from Tiburon to Willits in 6 hours 5 minutes proving car reliability on rough roads. Dayton Murray passes aviation exam and heads to Berkeley. local crew enlistments for Uncle Sam rise. steamer Sea Foam brings lumber and returns. Community events include holiday decorations, a Littleriver post office move, and the Great Chefs of Mendocino awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur van Valin
Studebaker Co
Mendocino
Humboldt
Studebaker
Eureka
San Francisco
Tiburon
A. P. Cross
Willits
Cross
van Valin
Dayton Murray
Mr. Murray
Berkeley
H. McKenzie
Howard Brown
Point Arena
A. Brown
Uncle Sam
Sea Foam
Littleriver
Don Pollard
Little River
William G
Marilyn W Buckaloo
Vera Manning
Study Club
David Larkin
Firemen
Tom Glynn
Lions
Bill Humason
Lonnie Green
Rotary
Marilyn Buckaloo
Mendocino Study Club
Richard Lemos
Hugo Benioff
Lindy Peters
Food Bank
Valerie Morales
Gerry Grimes
Marion Bush
Barbara Reed
Elena Neibel
Ricia Araiza
Pat Ash
Judy Burrows
Antoinette Pruett
Gayle Bowman
Kelly Smith
Betty Irwin
Sheila Smith
Kathy Wharton
Great Chefs of
Mendocino County
Ukiah St. Mendocino
Judy Griswold
Little River Inn
North Coast Brewing Co
Round Man's Smoke House
Fort Bragg
Handley Cellars
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ukiah
PTL
Janice Cox
John and Louisa Magulas
Ukiah Sweets
Marks
Perkins and
State Streets
Ukiah Brewing Company
Ed Bold
Poulos
Kelley
Kelley House
Ford
John Rea
Susan Ford Pierson
Roella
Toni Lemos
Joe Gomes
Eugene Gomes
Hawaiian Islands
C. A. King
The
War Production Board
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