Willits BPW Tour Shows Local Schools and Events
Willits BPW held an Educational and Vocational social at Leah's hall with a school tour led by Melissa Rose and Marian Barkhurst. Displays included kindergarten art and maps, and two colored sound movies were shown. New officers were announced and committee chairs named for the year. Mona Yde celebrated her sixth birthday with a Pine Street party, with friends and family attending. A baby shower for Karen Lawrason and surprise party for Mabel Kawsney were reported, with guests and gifts noted. Michael Haselswardt celebrated his seventh birthday with a patio luncheon and fishing gifts.
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Willits
Leah's Hall
Melissa Rose
Marian Barkhurst
Helen Lara
Alma Albee
Evelyn Heckendorf
Donnath King
Patricia Collins
Ada Brown
Esther Swift
Grace Schneider
Evelyn Welch
Edith Knott
Elvera Canepa
Evelyn Weckendorf
Anna Mae Curtin
Evelyn Kernohan
Audrey Adams
Mona Yde
Yde
Pine Street
Mona
Gayle Fitzhugh
Dickie
Mary Lou Bates
Doreen Natwick
Sherry Baker
Linda Lee Nosler
Joan
Mark Simonsen
Glen Yde
Mollie Bates
Kawsney
Mabel Kawsney
Arlene Gilstrap
Mrs. Kawsney
Blackie Rawsney
Jack Forrester
Buck Lash
Bill Gilstrap
Madge Peck
Mary Lawson
Emma Lou Alcott
Jackie Stefani
Don Crocker
Peggy Crocker
Patricia Carr
Toni Vann
Upper Lake
Hostess
Wilits
Bobbie Heap
Jim Heap
Clara Heap
Regina Slamack
San Francisco
Bobbie
Owen Barstow
Lake Pend Oreille
Idaho
Ludie Lundy
Utah
IE. M. Swope
Portland
Gordon Lane
Sacramento
Gordon
Re-Wo
El-Ura
Little Lake
Order of Jobs
Masonite Temple
Lewis Johnson
East Valley Street
Carl
Dolly Johnson
San Jose
Ray
Charlotte Johnson
Brownie Troop On Their Second Cookout
Willits Brownie Troop No 1 enjoyed a second cookout at Haas AG Ranch on Dos Rios road. Girls planned the menu purchased the food and cooked over a campfire. Members and mothers listed with craft demonstrations and a later Willits News In Brief column recounts other local activities and a cooking school at the Farm Bureau hall.
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Willits
Willits Brownie Troop No
Haas AG
Dos Rios Road
Connie Fender
Melody Wilson
June Guimelhi
Susanne Ford
Charlotte Morrison
Linda McCormick
Linda Strathman
Judy Alcorn
Vera Stone
Judy Haas
Donna Rae Rippetoc
Zella Smith
Joyce Smith
Alice Snyder
Heady
Fred Mickey
Richard Ford
Lloyd Watson
Richard Mills
Alva Haas
John Alcorn
Rocky Stone
Thatcher Takes Nursery Refresher Course
Herb Thatcher of Thatcher's Shady Lawn Nursery enrolled in the California Nurserymen Association refresher course held June 2 and 3. Sponsored by the California Association of Nurserymen and the Ornamental Horticulture department at California State Polytechnic College San Luis Obispo campus. Topics included merchandising advertising suits and production problems for nursery business.
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Herb Thatcher
North State Street
Ukiah
Thatcher
Shady Lawn Nursery
California Nurserymen Association
California Association of Nurserymen
Ornamental Horticulture Department
California State Polytechnic College
San Luis Obispo
Mendocino Coast Praised In Poets Corner Verses
A poem extols the Mendocino Coast praising its climate deer and fish abundant berries and flowers its people and beauty. It contrasts mountains and valleys with ocean breezes and calls for keeping the coast clean and welcoming visitors who call and serve the fetters that bind together one and all.
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Mendocino
Mendocing
Straddies Line Jump Skirts North South Boundary at Tryon Steeplechase
At Tryon North Carolina a steeplechase on the Blackhouse course begins in North Carolina and lands in South Cravoltine amid historic blockhouse remnants from early settlers. Lone Bell Timber Co. plans a 60 day extension for M&M Woodworking Co. facilities at Tone View Washington plant, with operations due to end in April, seeking to install mains.
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Tryon
N.C
Blackhouse
North Carolina
South Cravoltine
Lone Bell Timber Co
Santed M.& AM. Woodworking Co
Toneview
Wash
M&m
Lone Bell
Mo& MM
Transportation Vital to Ukiah Area Growth and Roads
Ukiah and Mendocino County face a critical need for improved highways and new access roads to support growth in timber and agricultural areas. The article outlines the region’s transportation network from US routes to state highways, rail links, and air service, stressing how better roads and transit will sustain a stable economy and connect Ukiah to the broader Redwood Empire.
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California
Ukiah
Mendocino County
Daily Journal
Kenneth Evans
Redwood
Redwood Empire
Coast
Burgerties
San Francisco
Hay
Northwestern Pacific Rail Rede
Southern Pacific System
Jenacio
Benicia
Northwestern Pacific
Tiburon
California Western Railroad
Union Lumber Companys
Willits
Pot Brage
Westport
Legcett Valley
Cloverdale
Mendocino
Tairough Boonville
Anderson Valley
Albion
Williams
The
Lake Resort
Clear Lake
Te Maine
Pupokaon
California Western Railbead
Fort Bragg
Southswest Airwases
Ubkiieh
Little River
Lite Rover
Covelo
Port Brage
Laytonville
Primate Panel
Rome
Abun
Countery
Telephones in Mendocino County Triple Since 1940
Mendocino county resident telephone use rose from 3,293 in 1940 to 10,278 as of February this year, per Pacific Telephone Company manager Wilmer In. Shields. War material shortages slowed growth, with 1945 counts at 3,991 and a postwar surge accelerating to over threefold gains.
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Imo
Wilmer
Shields
Ukiah
Pacific Telephone Company
Ashi
Telephone growth in Mendocino County exchanges since 1940
The county shows sharp gains in phone installations with Boonville leading after consolidation in February. Ukiah nearly tripled since 1940, Willits Fort Bragg Potter Valley Hopland Mendocino and Point Arena also substantial gains. A detailed tabulation follows.
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Boonville
Phila
Ukiah
Willits
Fort Bragg
Potter Valley
Hoplind
Mendocino
Point Arent Hive
Boon
Fort Hop- Mendo- Point
Phi- Yearland
Lax
Tata
Philo
Verna Mae Silvers Versus Harold A Silvers Divorce Decree
Plaintiff granted interlocutory decree of divorce. Also listed is a case of Charles F. Hale and others versus Ivan N. Tozer and others set for June 9 to argue a motion for new trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verna Mae Silvers
Harold A. Silvers
Charles F. Hale
Ivan N
Tozer
New Trio
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BPW
Brownie Troop
Evelyn Fillmore
Cooking School
Farm Bureau Hall
Virginia Shattuck
Mary-Lou Bates
Mark Smith
Michael Parks
Danny Cullman
Geoffrey and
Clydeen Smith
Mickey Matson
Charlene Zanella
Anne Scott
Hal Wagener
David
Robert Brown
Dickie Johnsrud
Stanley Horger
Mark Haselswardt
Colleen Smith
W. W. Haselswardt, Sr
Michael
Merle P
Stanford University
Mendocino County Bar Association
Ukiah Rotary Club
NEA Telephoto
Maria Clarissa Schultz
Takoma Parx
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
George B. Parks
Academy
Atlanta
Claude Ridley
Chatsworth
Ridley
Edmond Hayes
Eversole
Homstead
Ukiah, California
Poets’ Corner
Mendocino Coast
Straddies Line
Redwood Area
Alameda
Calif
James W. Gibson
Berkeley
Hall of Justice
Ukiah Precinct
Cowan’s
N. State
Chevrolet
Poll
John Schafer
del Munson
Orley Vinson
John Ayers
Krex Striekt and
Vonr Keudds
Cowan
Ukiah Daily 4 Journal
Potts Brothers Transmission & Equipment Co
Lan-Car, Inc
Patsy Depriest
James H. De-Priest
CME
Piez Thurman
Arthur S
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