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Newspaper
Ukiah Daily Journal
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1959
Page
2
A sweep of local church listings includes Willits area faith communities with service times and contact details. Methodist, First Baptist, St. Anthony’s Catholic, Assembly of God, Jehovah’s Witnesses, St Johns Lutheran, Church of God of Prophecy, Christian Science and Branscomb church notes outline weekly worships, classes and meeting schedules.
Coast Street address lists Rev P M Stewart pastor and warden phone Globe 9 2641 Evensong at 4 pm except Holy Continum on 2nd Sunday Rev Richard Burton leads worship at 11 am Located 2 miles West of Laytonville on the Branscomb Road worship service scheduled for Sunday mornings and early evening services available at Lakeside Baptist Church Laytonville
Rev Harvey Niles leads 11 am church services and 7 pm evangelistic and young people's services with a Thursday prayer meeting at 7 pm Rev Kenneth Byrd conducts 11 am worship and 6 30 pm youth service 7 45 pm family night Friday schedule included.
Verne H Evans, pastor, announces church services in the school auditorium at 10:30 a.m. Bible school at 11 a.m. Morning worship follows, with an evening service. A prayer meeting is held each Wednesday at 8 p.m. in homes.
A. Q. Manos pastor leads Sunday school at 10 a.m. and evangelistic services at 8 p.m. on Sundays with Wednesday 8 p.m. prayer meetings and Bible study. Seventh Day Adventist and Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran list weekly services and prayer meetings. Nazarene Mission in Laytonville holds Sunday services at 10 a.m. at IOOF Hall with Thursday 7:30 p.m. prayer meeting.
Rev J M Earley pastor at Hazel Street conducts worship services at 7 30 p m each week in this church brief notice of religious gathering at local congregation with service times and pastor name.
Sonoma County Trailblazers set up headquarters at Brook Trails Monday to launch a five day cross country trek. Eddy Anderson’s invitation was declined as this is his busy season. Guests at the popular Brooktrails guest ranch include travelers from England New York Switzerland Venezuela and across California. Travelers depart June 18 by plane return July 11 by boat to Miss Thelma Sawyers Mrs Connie May and Mrs Lena Dart from Santa Rosa bound for Hawaii. The first leg is to be led by Mrs Connie May with later sections expected to be quieter.
Frank Henry Schultz was tried for drunkenness and disturbing the peace in Judge Robert L. Winslow's court. He acted as his own attorney with D A Harold Trish prosecuting. witness testimony challenged control over liquor. Schultz received 40 days in jail suspended on two years probation and a $50 fine, with breach triggers if seen intoxicated near bars or liquor stores.
Eleven tracts of Indian lands in Round Valley Indian Reservation Covelo are offered for sale by the Bureau of Indian Affairs Sacramento office sealed bids due by 10 a.m. July 8 and publicly opened. Six valley tracts are flat and subjugatable with electricity telephone service and buses to grammar schools. five mountain tracts range five to ten acres timbered. Copies of the land sales advertisement may be obtained from the Sacramento Area office.
Joseph D. Harrington, chief journalist in the US Navy, serves as assistant public information officer for headquarters, support activity, Yokosuka Japan. He arrived in Yokosuka in April from Pearl Harbor where he wrote for Pacific Stars and Stripes and was staff correspondent for Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet. Harrington is the son of Mrs. James P. Harrington of Charles Town Massachusetts and husband of Virginia Clarke of Swantonville. He graduated from Boston College High School before joining the Navy in December 1942.
Birth notices list six newborns with parents from Covelo and nearby areas. Shery June Tompkins, Linda Marie Gandy, Debra June Hale, Robert William Anderson, and Bradley Delbert Brooks are recorded with weights ranging from 7 to 8 pounds and dates from June 5 to June 9.
In Pensacola the Naval Aviation School of Medicine reported a squirrel monkey died from a brain infection, possibly rabies, after biting several lab workers. The dying monkey named Za showed behavior changes before death and was shipped to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology for examination. Baker, the lone missile ride survivor, lived through a prior anesthesia incident. Able, another monkey, died earlier from anesthesia during a separate operation.
American Legion Post 174 and Auxiliary Unit 174 held joint installation at the Veterans Memorial Building. Post Commander Bill Drumm presided as officers and flags were presented. Auxiliary President Bernice Hardaway led the installation with Phyllis Canfield as installing officer. Installations named Betty Drumm as president and Guy Williams as post commander among others with committee chairmen listed. Entertainment followed with whistling solos by Esther Elliott and a vocal solo by Florence Persico. Guests included Ukiah and Laytonville residents and local Legion members.
Three California Polytechnic College students clung to an inner tube in Kern River rapids for three hours before rescue. Roger Kelley 18 Bakersfield Dick McBride 18 Redondo Beach Bob Johnson 22 Detroit were aided by firemen who attached a rope to a river tree and pulled them to safety.
A fiery head-on collision on U.S. 36 near Tuscola Illinois killed seven people including the two drivers and five passengers. Victims include Rosale Ann Bragg 21 of Atwood and Joseph Bode Harmon 58 of Forsyth with Ester Harmon 52 Greta Harmon 15 Agnes Pistorius 59 Connie Bean 22 and Evelyn Louise Smith 22 all from nearby towns. Deputy Leon Gale witnessed the blaze about 150 feet away as cars collided after Bragg veered from a muddy shoulder into Harmon's vehicle.
Senate Democratic Whip Mike Mansfield urged Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to study the Western Geneva proposals before the Big Four talks collapse. He noted the plan mirrors much of his own nine point outline and asked Khrushchev to give the proposals careful consideration rather than dismissing them as too complex. Mansfield emphasized acting before positions harden into propaganda and irreversible decisions.
Dr. E Vincent Askey of Los Angeles was named president elect of the American Medical Association after defeating Dr. George F. Lull of Chicago. He will succeed Dr. Louis M. Orr of Orlando, who was installed as president. Mrs Frank Gastineau of Indianapolis was installed president of the AMA Auxiliary. Mrs E Arthur Underwood of Vancouver and Mrs L D Jacobson of Eugene were noted in regional roles.
Sacramento CNS report shows Mendocino County received 38,567 in highway users taxes for May. State totals reached 24,350,783 with 5,986,569 to counties and 2,282,056 to cities, while state highway fund stood at 16,082,158. Distributions were down 0.81 percent from April but up 9.66 percent from April 1958.
Howard Delp of Levittown Pennsylvania pleaded guilty to stealing a small airplane at Daytona Beach and flying it to St Augustine on May 27. He damaged five other planes before taking off, had only two hours of flight time, and said he took the plane to fly home to his family.
Savannah Georgia. James Gordon 43 who recently escaped from the city prison was acquitted of stealing his prison uniform. Judge George Oliver ruled you couldn't expect him to walk on the streets without clothes on.
Readers in letters from Canada and Northern California commend Officer Sullivan and Officer Willits for courteous traffic stop presentations. The missives note guilt accepted, miles driven without incident, and praise for duty, courtesy, and safety impact, while recognizing motorists may err behind the wheel.
Funeral services for Mrs. Katherine Johnston will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 at the Anker Funeral Home. She and her husband, Chifford Johnston, had been Willits residents for some time.
The Mendocing County Press Association will meet at the Chuck Wagon at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Lois Mihan, program chairman, promises a lively program described as a scold program.
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