Piercy News Highlights Rainbow Event and Holiday Traffic
Decoration Day and fishing season opening drew people to Piercy as rain last week left rivers muddy. Many neighbors visited, with trips to Sacramento and Oakland for relatives and a Rainbow Assembly installation at the Masonic Temple. Local activity included school picnic, trains of visitors, and continued talk of mill repairs.
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Sacramento
George
C.C. Kirk
Rosalie
Marie
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John Olesen
Lester Olesen
Rainbow Assembly
Darlene
Masonic
W. O. Casteel
Sandra
Ukiah
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Ray Allen
Alameda
Mary Paul
Lenard
Willits
Piercy
Paul
Hartsooks
Charles Kirk
Bobby
Evelyn
Eureka
Herberto Ruiz
San Francisco
Gene Rawles
Rawles
Carl Eichin
Ernest Eichin
Darlene Olesen
Rainbow Girls
Redwood
Gatherville
Calpella area to add boat ramp and road work
The county will provide a 36 foot wide boat ramp of 285 feet with about 150 yards of concrete and finish engineering by next week before Wildlife approval and bid calls. Old Calpella road alignment from Moore Street bridge to Old Highway 20 is planned, while 5.2 miles of East Road in Redwood Valley are to be rebuilt. power poles will be moved and ten trees removed to align the road with a bridge.
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Areca
Calpella
Moore Street
Redwood Valley
Richardson
Angie
Ike's Formosa visit triggers bombardment
In Formosa, Chinese Communist artillery opened fire on Quemoy, firing 56 rounds in 90 minutes. The Nationalist defense ministry reported the offshore islands were shelled a short time after word leaked of President Eisenhower’s Formosa visit. Officials fear a broader attack aimed at pressuring the U.S. visit.
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UPI
Quemoy
Eisenhower
Chinese Defense Ministry
Formosa Straits
Vatican Palace size and rooms noted in historic data
The Vatican palace in Vatican City covers 1344 acres and contains 1400 rooms chapels and halls with the oldest dating to the 15th century as part of archival notes on the historic site.
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Vatican Palace
Vatican City
Robert Tuttle Visits Ukiah IOOF Lodge 174
Robert H. Tuttle, Junior Past Grand Master, visited Ukiah IOOF Lodge 174 with four Grand Lodge representatives during a San Jose convention. Jewels were presented to Ernest Humphrey and Vernon Bickford as district deputy grand master and grand marshal respectively. Journal Want Ads Often.
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Ukiah
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
Robert H. Tuttle
Grand
San ‘Jose
Ernest Humphrey
Marshall Vernon
Bickford
Report Cards to be Reviewed in Ukiah District
GLENN ERICKSON notes a district teacher parent committee meeting to study grading philosophies and the current S plus system, consider a move to a five point scale, and re-evaluate state standards. The group, including principal Frank Zeek, will form subcommittees to outline aims, with emphasis on communication between teachers and parents and attendance at conferences.
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Glenn Erickson
California
Ukiah
Bob Cannon
Frank Zeek
Del Norte appoints first female inheritance tax appraiser
SACRAMENTO UPY control ler Alan Cranston named Mrs Irma G Rohrer of Crescent City as inheritance tax appraiser for Del Norte County. She succeeds Clyde H Stowers and becomes the ninth woman Cranston has appointed since his 1958 election.
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UPY
Alan Cranston
Irma G. Rohrer
Crescent City
del Norte County
Rohrer
Clyde H. Stowers
Cranston
No tipping please Fort Worth case stings tipper
In Fort Worth a bad check artist named Scott Evans, known as a big tipper among bellboys at a motel, paid a $360 bill with a rubber check. Judge Dave McGee sentenced him to two years, noting in court that the stake prison would include free room and board and that there is no tipping rule.
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