Eversole Mortuary Family's 75 Year Ukiah Legacy
The Eversole family has run a Ukiah mortuary since 1893. Ed Eversole joined at 15 and, with his father, built a business that moved locations in 1966 to a larger Smith and School site. The fourth generation member Richard joined this year, preserving a storied lineage from horse drawn hearses to a 250 seat chapel with modern rooms and parking.
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U. S. Navy
Ed Eversole
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Frank Merwin
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Low Gap Road
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Walter R. Eversole
Local School Reconsiders Paris Prize Contest
Hallcroft School in Ilkeston weighs scrapping a fund raising contest that offered a weekend trip to Paris as first prize. With summer break underway, the likely winners reside in Australia, and officials question the contest's fairness and logistics.
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Ilkeston
England
UPI
Hallcroft School
Paris
Australia
Texas Holds Five Percent Share of U.S. Poultry Industry
A report shows Texas accounts for five percent of the United States poultry industry, highlighting the state’s growing role in production and processing within the sector.
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U.S
Texas
Old Mortuary Signage Reflects Expanded Activities
The pre-World War I mortuary stood on the northwest corner of Smith and State Streets. Signs describe activities more comprehensive than Eversole's present function.
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Alioto Amnesty Nets Weapons for Monument
Mayor Joseph Alioto ends a month long gun amnesty in San Francisco with 1400 plus firearms surrendered. On the final day 144 weapons were turned in as part of the program after the Kennedy assassination. The iron from the guns will be melted to build a monument honoring Kennedy Martin Luther King and Kennedy assassins victims.
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Sun shines far brighter than the moon in sky
Observation notes that the sun outshines the moon by a vast margin, with the sun’s luminosity vastly exceeding lunar reflected light, affecting perceived brightness during daylight and dusk observations.
Ollie Shipley Dies at 68 in Ukiah Rites in Oklahoma
Funeral services for Ollie B. Shipley 68 of 793 Apple Avenue who died Saturday in a Ukiah hospital will be held in Nowata Oklahoma. Local arrangements by Eversole Mortuary. Friends may visit the mortuary until 6 p.m. Tuesday. Donations to favorite charities preferred. A retired psychiatric technician at Mendocino State Hospital she lived 22 years here and 25 years in California. Born December 1 1899 in Arkansas she is survived by sons and daughters Gladys Mason James H Shipley Oma Lee Cooper Irene Taylor Martha Cooper and Jennie Brown Ukiah Pansy Vinson Redwood Valley 11 grandchildren 11 great grandchildren and brothers Luther Eastham Marvin Eastham Virgil Eastham Leona Price May Reynolds Oklahoma.
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Nowata
Okla
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California
Arkansas
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James H. Shipley
Oklahoma
Oma Lee Cooper
Irene Taylor
Martha Cooper
Jennie Brown
Pansy Vinson
Redwood Valley
Luther Eastham
Marvin Eastham
Virgil Eastham
Leona Price
May Reynolds
Two Minors Booked In County Jail
Highway patrolmen reported no major accidents over the weekend but did book two minors in county jail. Gary Edmond Pietrzak, 18, Willits, was arrested five miles north of Willits on suspicion of driving without a license and having an open container of liquor. Also arrested was Aaron Frederick Wands, 19, Willits, charged with being a minor in possession of an alcoholic beverage.
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Gary Edmond Pietrzak
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Syracuse Named Snowiest Large City in US
Syracuse, New York earns the label of the snowiest large city in the United States according to national weather data highlighting heavy seasonal snowfall and ongoing winter conditions.
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Syracuse
N.Y
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Ukiah Safeway store fates and local notes
Local column reviews past Safeway store fates in Ukiah and Healdsburg, imagines future use, mentions Lake County News, Abby-Annual, Anabel Von Ulm, Bruce Reagan and Bruce Bearden, and notes a tax misprint and Civic Beautification award debate. Readers are reminded of local nurse Kassi at Garner’s and a philosophical beggar tale.
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Times Star
Anabel von Ulm
SF Peninsula
Lake County
Safeway
Ukiah
Penney’s
Healdsburg
QSE
Bruce Reagan
Ukiah Unified School District
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Bruce Bearden
Herb Caen
Lucerne Lampoon
Flora
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