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Newspaper
Ukiah Daily Journal
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1969
Page
2
A champagne dinner Saturday honored Betty and Bill Brooks on their twenty fifth wedding anniversary. The surprise event featured an anniversary cake with silver bells and the couple cut the first slice together. Guests issued many anniversary gifts, opened at Evelyn and Robert’s home.
Audrey Hollenbeck former Ukiah High principal played Santa for Live Oak School children as Soroptimist Club of Ukiah donated gifts. Seventeen attendees at the Unit F4 party at Mendocino State Hospital received gifts. Laura Long won the mystery prize.
Dates list Ukiah Welcome Wagon executive board meeting at 7 30 p m at Vivian Dunn home 42 Talmage Court on Dec 30. Jan 2 3 features My Fair Lady curtain at Preston hall Mendocino at 8 30 p m with tickets at the door. Jan 6 includes general Ukiah Welcome Wagon meeting at Opal Rosen home 206 N Barnes St and open installation of Ukiah Chapter 53 Royal Arch Masons at the Masonic temple with dinner at 6 45 p m. Regular Mondays show Redwoods Trimmers TOPS at 7 30 p m at the Methodist church. Also notes Mr and Mrs Joseph Bennett and wife fly to Hawaii Jan 5 from Ukiah area. Leather fashion by Geoffrey Beene noted for spring jumpsuits.
The Friday event at House of Garner brought together John Wagner and Wagner Construction workers with spouses to mark the season. Guests included his son Peter and grandson Tim Treichelt, three generations under one roof, while Joan Wagner arranged greenery and candles. Mr. Wagner received a gift certificate for a record collection. The Peters left Tuesday for a Florida vacation lasting three weeks.
Pupils at Orchard Primary School celebrated Christmas with parties and programs before holidays. The kindergarten through second grade performed a four-part Christmas play for relatives, with carols and a family singalong to Silent Night. Nursery groups held separate parties, and Santa distributed gifts to all children. Mothers and a few staff members organized the events.
Mrs Marian Bardford of Harrisburg Pennsylvania stayed with her sister Mrs Peter Simoncini and visited her brother Herman Runkel for a coastbound trip on Monday. Her nephew Pete Simoncini, a student at the University of San Francisco, is home for the holidays. Mrs Bardford later goes to Beale Air Force Base to see her son Staff Sgt Cecil Bardford over Christmas and will fly east on December 30.
The Walter Eversoles host a multi generation Christmas gathering with Ron from the University of California Davis home for the holidays. Ricky Eversole, his wife, and baby Eddie stay through Friday from Napa. Relatives from San Francisco New York and Belmont join the celebration on Barbara and Scott Streets with four generations present.
Family plans Christmas gathering at Mrs. Charles Myszka’s Highland Avenue residence in Ukiah. Wanda Monkes and Charlene Sorenson will attend with their families from nearby regions, while Ann Conklin cannot join. Gene and Judy Fox will travel from San Rafael to visit Mel and, Mrs. Luebberke for the holiday.
A group of First Baptist Church youths from ages 12 to 14 carried out a plan rooted in a fall retreat at Gualala. They held a dime-a-dip dinner after worship to raise funds for Christmas wreaths and delivered them Tuesday to 18 elderly shut-ins.
Ernest Humphrey of 422 N Barnes Street marked his seventieth birthday with family. A longtime rancher in Ukiah Valley, he and brothers Lee Guy and Wade ran Circle X Ranch near the Eel river and grew pears hay and hops in early days. He retired from Durable Plywood about ten years ago. Born in Mexico he lived in Washington and Oregon but spent most of life here with wife Elsie and two sons Duane and Gene and daughter Mrs Warren Clevenger. He is active in Ukiah JOOF Canton and Encampment and loves fishing at the lake or ocean. The family gathered for cake and ice cream on Dec 12 and attendees numbered many. The article also notes a community project by local youth creating Christmas wreaths with candles under sponsor guidance.
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