Comptche Community Notes and Mendocino Legion
Ruth Battey of Santa Rosa notes the passing of Marion Battey formerly of the Eton Grimes Ranch. Comptche Juvenile Grange showcased four Yemenite Israeli dances learned in grammar school, plus a playlet Oh Doctor. Friends and local families attended events, with teacher Bill Forishay leaving to return to college. Mendocino Post 758 Auxiliary elected new officers and held Memorial Day events with Mendocino High School band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Battey
Santa Rosa
Marion Battey
Eton Grimes Ranch
Comptche
Bill Forishay
Anita Macdonald
Darlene
Judy Cordeiro
Billy
Judy King
Roy
Marion Norris
Dorothy Mitchell
Ellen Hollister
Esther
Rhonda Wells
Doctor
Ann Hollister
Mrs. Smith
Billy King
Smith
Betty
Jack
Roy Norris
Mason
Johnny Smith
Margery Corbell
Oakley
Mendocino
Edna Downs
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Fort Bragg
Corbell
Anchorage
Alaska
Mendocino American Legion
Big River
Antonette Hayward
Nanny Escola
Agnes Benz
Eileen Schaeffer
Nora Mason
Esther Hamilton
Margaret Pittman
Legion
Sacramento
Auxiliary
Beth Drinkwater
Eddie Noyes
Kelleoven Hall
Big River Post No
American Legion and Auxiliary
Tailors dummy causes police to raid hotel scene
In Clacton England a hotel was informed by a telephone call that several men had carried a corpse through a back door. Police arrived to find the corpse was actually a tailors dummy used by a film company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clacton
England
UPI
77 Year Old Man Jailed Over Crew Cut Dispute
A 77 year old man was jailed after giving a family member a crew cut. He claims he had the right to cut his wife hair when she dyed it without permission, triggering legal action in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Upi
Trick of spades and clubs in a bridge problem
The note retells a bridge deal where South wins the first spade trick, plans to cash clubs, and uses dummy to draw trumps and ruff. It explores alternate lines after East plays differently, shows how misdefended play can cost declarer, and ends with a Daily Question answer on responding to partner’s heart opening. The piece also cites England’s THINK AGAIN READING and Berkshire County planning shifts on housing for staff at a recreation site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Declarer
Dummy
East
West
Earliest Beginnings Of Ukiah Library Obscured
Frieda Winter outlines the early formation of Ukiah Public Library from 1874 incorporation to 1910s growth. It details trustees named in 1874, subsequent efforts by Mrs Helen Carpenter and others, the 1906 organization, building site, first librarian, and the Carnegie era push including land purchase and maintenance funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frieda Winter
Ukiah Library
Ukiah Public Library
Ukiah Library Association
Carpenter
Lake and
Mendocino
Helen McCowen Carpenter
Ukiah
Mark Carpenter
Charles Kasch
Board of Library Trustees
Redwood Journal
Dispatch-Democrat
J. W. Eversole
Kinney's
Palace Hotel
A. L. Gibson
Lilburn Gibson
Lytton
Pompeii
Iit
State Street
Gibson
J. S. Perkins
Andrew Carnegie Corporation
A. QO. Carpenter
Carrie Garsey
Ukiah Grammar School
George Whitehorn
Helen Carpenter
A. O. Carpenter
Carnegie Public Library
Book of Deeds
Recorder's Office
Mendocino County
B. S. Hirsh
W. G. Poage
Mattie Mannon
Liftchild
John Davis Hatch
San Francisco
Carnegie Corporation
Board of Trustees
Carnegie
Board of City Trustees
Mystery sign confuses motorists near Westminster
In Westminster two large signs read do not park between these signs with three parking meters placed between them. Motorists are puzzled by the unusual setup and the missing explanation for the placement.
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Westminster
Quiet title suit against Moody and others in Mendocino
Legal notice in the Superior Court of California Mendocino County directs George J. Ray and Thelma I. Ray versus William H. Moody Charles Winter James H. Howls and Ralph H. Howes and unknown others to appear within ten or thirty days to answer. The action seeks to quiet plaintiffs’ title to real property described as East half of Southeast quarter Section 33 Township 16 North Range 17 West Mount Diablo Meridian Mendocino County California, by voiding any claims and removing clouds on title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court of the
State of California
County of
Mendocino
George J. Ray
Thelma I. Ray
William H. Moody
Charles Winter
James H. Howls
Township
Range 17
Mount Diablo Base
Meridian
Mendocito
Legal notice of land description in Mendocino County
Beginning at a pipe on the Trist line of Section 33 at Navarro Ridge County Road centerline, a detailed metes and bounds description follows for 28.82 acres. The description includes multiple bearing and distance segments, old fence lines, and references to Navarro Ridge and Navarro County roads. Issued by the Superior Court of Mendocino County on April 27, 1964, Wo. Broaddus, Clerk, with Deputy Clerk Mary Gillley note. 6/18, 26 6/1, 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navarro Iudge
Navarro Ridge County
County
Navarro Ridge
Superior Court of
State of California
Mendocino
Wo. Broaddus
Mary Cgilley
Montgolfier Brothers Pioneered Lighter Than Air Balloons
According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, the first man made lighter than air craft were balloons built and launched by French brothers J. M. and E. J Montgolfier beginning in 1782.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
J. M. and
E. J Montgolfier
Britannica
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Elsa Thompson
James Peterson
Mathison
Ridge
Byron Macdonald
Norman Thompson
Jerry Philbrick
Thompsons
Redmen of the World
Grange Park
Earl Hansen
Keith
Barbara
Campbell
James Ryblooms
Hilma Mathison
Rybloom
Bob
Emma Mathison
Ira Nystrom
Skip
Uki
B. Hearnden
Mill Valley
Ralph Sutherland
Hilma
Walter Dahlhechm
Axel Brown
John
Iron Legs
Stahl
The
Journal
Eureka
United States
Mexico
Canada
South America
Westwood
Susanville
Rose Montgomery
State Hotel
Sheinwold
Alfred Sheinwold
Reading
East Pass
Ukiah City Council
Ukiah Elementary School
Il For
Aso
Ine
New York
Russia
Geneva
SURE
Republica
Rockefeller
Mane
California
Marnot Street
San Franciage
Golitern
Leonora K. Fimenertsie
Wilshire
Los Angeles
LEGAL
Rawles, Nelson & Golden
Farm and Rural Home Owners Committee
Don Clausen
Washington, D.C
Bon Claus
Don
Ct.gon
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