Point Arena High School Considers District Merge
Point Arena High School boards weighs inviting Horicon district to join their district or transporting Horicon students to Point Arena. The move aims to offset rising enrollment and funding needs while addressing bus, custodial, and painting costs. First aid training for drivers is planned with possible free instruction from Dr. R B Wessinger.
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Point Arena
Point Arena High School Board of
W. H. Oglesby
Horicon
Gualaila
Oglesby
John Bowers
Gualala
Point Arena High
Helen Greco
R. B. Wessinger
Get Acquainted Week Plans Highlight Chamber Meeting
Arch Reid outlined July Get Acquainted Week plans as The Journal prepares a souvenir edition. The project invites all service groups and churches to submit histories and key details, with cartoons of leaders, to showcase local clubs and churches and their aims.
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Arch Reid
Cham
Ber OF Commerce
Palace Hotel
George Hunter
The
Journal
Ukiah
Daily Journal
Joe Brush Wins Ukiah Teen Road-E-O At Fairgrounds
Joe Brush with 380 points topped the Junior Chamber of Commerce Road-E-O held yesterday at the Fairgrounds, Earl Harris second with 317 points. Both Ukiah High students will go to the state finals in Chico next month, judged by Ukiah police with Bill Williams as chief judge.
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Joe Brush
Earl Harris
Absentee Votes Will Decide Big River Race
Unofficial figures from the county clerk show Oscar H. Klee leading the Big River Judicial District race with 469 votes, 47 ahead of Basil R. Heathcote and George J. Halter combined. A runoff will be avoided if Klee maintains at least a one vote plurality after absentee ballots are counted Friday.
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Big River
Oscar H. Klee
Klee
Basil R. Heathcote
George J. Halter
Baccalaureate Service for Ukiah Union High Class
The 1958 Ukiah Union High School baccalaureate featured Reverends Groves Fellerson and Edgar with combined church choirs directed by Duane Thompson and Mary Franz. Rev Groves delivered the sermon New Hope for an Old World while Fellerson and Edgar gave worship and benediction.
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Robert Groves
Ralph Fellerson
Jack Edgar
Methodist Church and
Christian Church
Duane Thompson
Mary Franz
Ukiah Union High School
Groves
First Presbyterian Church
Fellerson
Methodist Church
Edgar
Assembly of God Church
Plans Progressing for Ukiah's Redwood Empire Fair
Plans are advancing for Ukiah's Redwood Empire Fair and Sports Show to be held August 2 to 24 at the 12th Agricultural District fair grounds. Richard Giovannetti will head the photography department with larger quarters. Har uley Hayes and Paul Sensen to run the prints division.
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Ukiah
Redwood Empire
James Tocher
12Th Agricultural District Association
Richard Giovannetti
Fairgrounds
Giovannetti
Eisenhower May Meet De Gaulle
Paris reports say Gen. Charles de Gaulle met U.S. Ambassador Amory Houghton for about 20 minutes and preliminary plans exist for a high level Eisenhower De Gaulle meeting. Houghton will visit Washington for consultations while De Gaulle faces Algeria, Corsica unrest, and right wing opposition as he weighs talks with Macmillan and cabinet advice.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
U.S
Amory Houghton
Eisenhower
Houghton
Washington
de Gaulle
Harold Macmillan
Maurice Couve de Murville
Bonn
Macmillan
Algeria
Corsica
Exchange Club Names Lake To Presidency
George Lake was elected president of the Ukiah Exchange Club when the group named its new officers last week. He succeeds Marion Follett. Serving with Lake will be Walter Heady, vice president, Follett, secretary, George Parducci, treasurer. Elected to the board of control for a one year period were Don Myer, Al Vogel, Fred Goss, and Marshal Tippets. Harry Schuler was named to the board for six months. Other outgoing officers include the Rev. Albert C. Young, retiring vice president Meyer, retiring treasurer Paul Johnson, retiring secretary, and retiring board members Bob Leber, Theo Kutzer, Charles Smith, Mel Bonham, Steve Harlan and Luke.
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George Lake
Ukiah Exchange Club
Marion Follett
Lake
Walter Heady
Follett
George Parducci
Board of Control
Don Myer
al Vogel
Fred Goss
Marshal Tippets
Harry Schuler
Albert C. Young
Meyer
Paul Johnson
Bob Leber
Theo Kutzer
Charles Smith
Mel Bonham
Steve Harlan
Luke
12 Year Old Held In Boy's Death
A 12 year old playmate of drowning victim Dennis Del Re, 12, of Fort Bragg, who allegedly pushed the boy into Pud DIng Creek water from a trestle June 2, was held in Juvenile Hall awaiting trial in juvenile court on involuntary manslaughter charges. Del Re, a non swimmer, had been crippled by a prior hip injury and was fully clothed when playing on the trestle near a popular Pud Ding Creek swimming area where others swam. The rest of the group swam while he could not.
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Dennis del Re
Fort Bragg
Pudding Creek Bridge
Justice Court
del Re
Pudding Creek
Sheriff’s Office
Auger Named President of Lions Club
The Ukiah Lions club installed officers at a dinner at Clear Lake Lodge Nice Sunday afternoon with 119 members and families attending. New president was Alan Auger with Dave Spencer first vice president Ralph Buxton second vice president Bruce Crook secretary Albert Bechtel treasurer C A Lindberg tail twister Howard Tuttle and lion tamer Joe Foutz. New directors Carrol Ornham Ted Burnette holdovers Bob Shore Clyde Oakes. Retiring president Sterling Norgard received his pin. Music by Nine members of the Double Quartet Plus Two led by Foster. A cocktail hour followed by dinner boating swimming water skiing and dancing occupied many attendees despite showers. Committee: Claude Bowden Arthur Wedemeyer John Schafer Jack Smalley Joe Foutz Bob Shore.
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Ukiah Lions Club
Clear Lake Lodge
Nice
Ralph Fellersen
Arthur Wedemeyer
Alan Auger
Dave Spencer
Ralph Buxton
Bruce Crook
Albert Bechtel
C. A. Lindberg
Tail Twister
Howard Tuttle
Lion Tamer
Joe Foutz
Carrol Ornham
Sterling Norgard
Forrest Hughes
W. K. Davis
George Dietterle
Arthur Schilder
Ben Foster
Roy Beardall
Donn Weaver
Russell Johnson
Dick Sarber
John Schafer
Foster
Claude Bowden
Jack Smalley
Bob Shore
Point Arena Holds Baccalaureate for 21 Seniors
Baccalaureate services were held Sunday at Point Arena Union High School for 21 seniors who will receive diplomas Thursday. Valedictorian is Miss Cogsi and salutatorian is Miss Doris York. several named graduates listed for the ceremony.
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Point Arena
Point Arena Union High School
Susann M. Acquistapace
Tharon Dawn Bishop
Janet Marie Black
Marcella A. Carver
Betty Sue Cook
Tamara Cossi
Edna Joan Iversen
Geraldine M. Ledford
Dewetta Ann B. McKay
Myrna Louise Roskam
Dorothy Colleen Thompson
Carolyn Jeanne York
Shirley May
Ukiah near all-time rainfall record as June rain tops 58.83 inches
Ukiah weather records show only about two inches needed to set an all-time yearly rainfall high. Heavy rainfall yesterday and late Saturday pushed the unofficial total to 58.83 inches, buoying gardeners while risking crop damage as the fiscal year nears its end.
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Ukiah
Ukiah Fire Department
Auto Phones Here by Fall
Pacific Telephone announces mobile telephone service in the Ukiah area with radio linked car calls. Shields Auto Managers says a start date is not yet set as transmitter towers are installed atop the Ukiah phone building and Laughlin Ridge. Calls connect via mobile operator and then standard lines with optional signal lights to show missed calls.
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Pacific Telephone
Ukiah
Bill Shields
Laughlin Ridge
Shields
Potter Valley Plans Graduation for Fourteen Seniors
Potter Valley high school will graduate fourteen seniors at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the school gymnasium. Ronald Malone will be valedictorian and William Bennett salutatorian, with Dr. Ping Chia Kuo of San Francisco State College as guest speaker. Principal Freeman Whitaker will award scholastic prizes and E A Paull will present diplomas. Rev. George Pearson will deliver invocation and benediction. The graduating class includes William Bennett Edward Clark Glenn Colby Adrian Cook Mary Dean Judy Dightman Donna Hughes Sharon Kirchmeier Ronald Malone Mike Morton Carl Owens Gayle Shelton Wheeler Sharon Sylvester Gene Tucker.
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Potter Valley High School
Ronald Malone
William Bennett
Ping Chia Kuo
San Francisco State College
Freeman Whitaker
E. A. Paull
George Pearson
Potter Valley Church
Lst
Edward Clark
Glenn Colby
Adrian Cook
Mary Dean
Judy Dightman
Donna Hughes
Sharon Kirchmeier
Mike Morton
Carl Owens
Gayle Shelton Wheeler
Sharon Sylvester
Gene Tucker
Find Your Name contest offers Ice Follies tickets
A pair of Shipstads and Johnson Ice Follies tickets awaits the day’s winner named in the Journal classified page. The show opens June 18 at San Francisco Winterland. Friday’s winner was Robert W. Taylor of Ukiah.
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Shipstads and Johnson Ice
Coyote Dam Receives 750 000 From House Appropriations
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 1.074 billion public works bill with 15 extra projects, trimming 20.4 million from the irrigation loan program. Only one Cameron County Texas project met full requirements, while officials argued early funding could speed future construction.
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Coyote Dam
Okeh
Washington
Anant Inerresiagent
Kea
Cameron County
Texas
Funds Approved for Coyote Dam Project by Corps of Engineers
The plan includes 760000 dollars allocated today for rivers harbors and flood control projects of the Army Corps of Engineers, earmarked for the Coyote Dam project.
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Army Corps of Ingineers
Army engineers bill boosts river projects and flood control
A House committee report criticizes local enthusiasm for Army Engineers projects and excessive salesmanship by some corps personnel. The panel approved 577.0 million for general rivers harbors and flood control, 250k more than Eisenhower asked for Mississippi flood control, plus 138.99 million for Reclamation Bureau projects and other allocations including 30.10 million for Bonneville Power Administration with various budget adjustments.
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Army Engineers Corps
Congress
Army
Eisenhower
Mississippi River
Reclamation Bureau
Upper
Colorado River Basin Fund
Bonneville Power Administration
Multimillion 1959 public works program for California
The House Appropriations Committee backed a multimillion dollar 1959 public works package for California led by a $41,472,000 Trinity River Division funding under the Central Valley Project. It added $8.6 million in-spite items, including Portola Pillar Point Breakwater at Half Moon Bay and $840,000 for Port proced Harbor, plus $230,000 planning for New Hogan Reservoir, while delaying Corning Canal Project funds pending repayment contract questions.
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Washington
UPI
Thea House Appropriations Committee
California
Trinity River
Half Moon Bay
Portedhe Harbor
New Hogan Reservoir
Reclamation Bureau
Corning Canal
Corning
Famine Hits Bombay State As Relief Planned
Government reports 2,500,000 people affected by famine across 5,000 villages in Bombay state. Relief measures costing three million dollars ordered as monsoon failures and prior floods exacerbate shortages across the region.
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Bombay
India
UPI
Notreme
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Frank Zeek
Municipal Park
Municipal Pool
Jeanette Beer
Erickson
Point Arena High School
Chamber Board
Dona Weaver
Eugene Dempel
George Butler
Fair Board
Everett Cox
George P. Anderson
Horace Fahrney
Ruel Stickney
B. J. Vaughn
Exchange Club
Presidency
Auger
Lions Club
Potter Valley
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