First Ukiah Playday Draws About 150 Girls
Approximately 150 girls from Camp Fire Girls Brownies Bluebirds and Girl Scouts joined the first Ukiah Playday held last Saturday at Ukiah Municipal Park. The event featured a flag salute, God Bless America, relay teams formed by color coded ID cards, nursery rhyme charades, and a sealed order scavenger hunt concluding the morning activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Fire Girls
Girl Scouts
Bluebirds
Ukiah
Journal
Hubbell
Brownies
Municipal Park
Mrs Gatling to Host BPWC Meet Tomorrow Night
The Ukiah BPWC will meet at Drusia Gatling's home on June 17 for a pot luck dinner and meeting. The board will convene at 6 30 p.m. followed by the dinner and meeting at 7 00 p.m. Members are asked to wear costumes with a prize for best costume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Gatling
BPWC
Ukiah Bpwc
Drusia Gatling
Community Girls Enjoy Afternoon Picnic And Dance
Box lunches and milk were provided by the Camp Fire Council and the Girl Scout Council. Due to a chilly afternoon the group gathered in the Municipal Club house for community singing and an hour of folk dancing led by Elmer Purdy with his loud speaker system. Organizers included Mrs. Wal ter Heady Mrs. Henry Murdock Mrs. A W Paananen and Mrs. A T Bechtal. Eighth grade Camp Fire Girls helped with registration and directing games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Fire Council
Girl Scout Council
Elmer Purdy
Walter Heady
Girl Scouts
Henry Murdock
Bluebirds
A. W. Paananen
Brownies
A. T. Bechtal
Camp Fire Girls
Camp Fire
Adventist Growth Talk Highlights Global Mission
Dr Donal Anderson and Mrs Cecil Orser led a Sabbath School program as part of a church growth effort. The San Francisco General Conference drew 25 000 attendees from 98 nations, with funds directed to missions and new work. Elder W B Pontynen spoke on Salvation, noting church expansion and the new church building. Charles Todd Jr sang The Stranger of Galilee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donal Anderson
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Cecil Orser
Orser
Christ
Lenore Hazelhurst
San Francisco
The
Seventh Day Adventists
Adventist Church
Kathie Brickerstaff
Monterey Bay Academy
Antilles
Antillian Union Mission
Atlantic Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Antillian Union
Mayaguez
Puerto Rico
Santa Clara
Cuba
Haiti
Dominican Republic
W. B. Pontynen
Moline
Ilinois
Pontynen
Charles Todd Jr
Galilee
Silver Wedding Engagement Celebrated at Dinner Party
Ukiah couple Mr and Mrs Wayne P. Burke celebrated their silver wedding anniversary with a dinner party at the home of Mr and Mrs Truman Hayes. The event also announced the engagement of their daughter Betty George to Edmund Burke, with both teens planning education before marriage. Betty will transfer to Humboldt State. Ed will return as a sophomore there. The couple married in Reno 25 years ago, and the celebration included family from Ukiah, Philo, Redwood Valley and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne P. Burke
North
Bush Street
Burke
Ukiah
Truman Hayes
North Bish Street
Hayes
Southworth
S. Hayes
Burke, Sons
Burkes
Ahd
Santa Rosa Junior College
Humboldt State College
Arcata
Humboldt State
Marcus
Wanda Mehtonen
Redwood Valley
Mr. Burke
Claude Falconer
Sandra Stoddard
Betty
Michael Hayes
Clark Beck Home To Spend Vacation
Clark Beck has returned home from the University of California at Berkeley to spend the summer vacation with his mother, Mrs Edith Beck, county purchasing agent, at their South Highway home. He spent the first semester of 1953-54 at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks and entered UC last January. A Ukiah high school graduate, class of 1952, he is majoring in geophysics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Beck
University of California At Berkeley
Edith Beck
South Highway
Clark
University of Alaska
Fairbanks
U. C
Ukiah High School
Harold Houghs Begin Mid-West Vacation
Mr and Mrs Harold Hough of Regina Heights left today for a Mid West vacation They will visit Mrs Houghs relatives in Missouri and Iowa and stop at other points of interest and expect to return about the first of July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Hough
Regina Heights
Salad Recipe Using Canned Goods and Seafood
Simple salad combines canned ripe olives shrimp and crab with celery. Toss with mayonnaise and a splash of lemon juice for a quick cold dish.
Mrs. Cameron Again Heads Willits Club
Mrs. James Cameron was re installed as president of the Women's Improvement Club at a luncheon in Willits. New officers and committee members were named by Mrs. Walter Higgins of Ukiah, with special guest Hazel Nobles of Mendocino County Federation. Linda Frost and others performed, new members joined, and longstanding members were thanked for past year efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendocino County
Patricia Duffy
Alex Hansen
Cameron
Lee Williams
W.T. Saxon
D. A. Lawson
Charles Allen
Paul Hasel
A. T. Lyne
Edward Burton
Fred Leonaard
Ruth Bartlett
Roy Good
W. T.saxon
C.H. Cotter
Edith Knott
Gordon Mckillican
Fred Hamilton
Elsie Simpson
Jack Lewis
Sam Petty
Helen Moore
Pearl Holland
Victor Ruelle
Ray Hall
Harold Jorgensen
Paul Cullman
Harold Robinson
Herbert Tattersfield
Arthur Johnson
Leland Cureton
Vernon Haselswertt Sr
Willits
W. T. Saxon
Leland Cumeton
Williams
Lorenzo couple to spend summer visiting relatives afar
Mr and Mrs Raymond Lorenzo of Ukiah begin a two month vacation. They will drive to Oregon for a week visit with friends and then head east with Syracuse New York as their ultimate destination. His parents live in Syracuse and his wife’s relatives in Tupper Lake. It will be their first reunion with parents since moving to Ukiah four years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Lorenzo
Ukiah
Oregon
Syracuse
N. Y
Mr. Lorenzo
Tupper Lake
Ukiah Couple Receives Marriage License
Gerald Edward Duvall aged 28 and Mary Lou Rhodell Bowen aged 26, both residents of Ukiah, obtained a marriage license together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Edward Duvall
Mary Lou Rhodell Bowen
Ukiah
Mrs Thirkill To Attend Son's Wedding In Chariton
Mrs A FE Thirkill of Oak Knolls travels to Chariton to attend the wedding of her son Captain Robert George Openshaw to Jane Isabel Chambers. Openshaw, an Iowa National Guard inspector and former Berlin battalion adjutant, will wed June 28 with ceremony at Chariton Church and reception at Lakeside Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert G. Openshaw
A. E. Thirkill
Ukiah
Robert George Openshaw
A. FE. Thirkill
Oak Court Road
Oak Knolls
Chariton
Chicago
Openshaw
Jane Isabel Chambers
Lakeside Country Club
State of
Iowa City
Iowa University
Marshalltown
Iowa
Berlin
Fire Ladies Enjoy Evening at Canasta
Ukiah Fire Ladies Auxiliary held a social night at the fire house with Canasta leading the program. Prizes went to Mrs Herman Runkel and Mrs Albert Bechtel, with Mrs Bechtel also claiming the mystery prize. Hostesses Mrs Walter Bogner, Mrs Maree Presson and Mrs Albert Bechiol served refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukiah Fire Ladies Auxiliary
Canasta
Herman Runkel
Albert Bechtel
Circle Meetings Slated Thursday At Presbyterian Church
The Women's Society Circles will meet Thursday June 17 at 2 p.m. Circle 4 meets at Mrs A S Fraga home Circle 2 at Mrs William Mellis home Circle 3 at Mrs Douglas Cruickshank home. Anne Mathews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Society
The
Presbyterian Church
A. S&s. Fraga
William Mellis
Douglas Cruickshank
Anne Mathews
Jondahl Talbot Wedding Set for June 30 at LDS Church
Jacqueline Kae Jondahl, daughter of Thomas Jondahl, will wed Loren B. Talbot, son of Mr. and Mrs. Loren Talbot, in a June 30 ceremony at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The couple plans a Ukiah honeymoon, then residence in Monterey while Talbot completes Army training at Fort Ord. Relatives include twin sister Geraldine and best man Tom Jondahl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Jondahl
South State Street
Jacqueline Kae
Loren B. ‘Talbot
Loren Talbot
Mendocino Drive
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Jacqueline
Geraldine
Mae Jandahl
Thomas W. Jandahl
Loven
Fort Ord
Talbot
Ukiah
Talbots
Roy
Utah
Ukiah High School
Stanley Secretan
Waco
Texas
U. S. Air Force
Tom
Loren
Don Walker
Geyserville
Claudine
Kay Lynn Talbot
Browns Begin Three Week Alaska Vacation Plan
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Brown of 22 Mill Court depart June 28 for an Alaska trip. They will Motor to Gridley to meet Mrs. Brown's sisters and friends, then drive to Vancouver. From Vancouver they sail July 1 through the inside passage to Skagway, a 12 day round trip, then visit Vancouver Island before returning home for about three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Brown
Mill Court
Alaska
Gridley
Sharon Armstrong Fetes 9th Birthday
Sharon Lynne Armstrong celebrated her ninth birthday at her parents home in Willits. Pastel roses adorned a large white cake as animal figurine favors and pastel steamers decorated the canopy. Guests included Sue Ann Coleman Kenneth and Karol Garkepp Sharon Masters Sharon Whited Dawn Brown and others. Mrs Gene Garkepp assisted with the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willits
Sharon Lynne Armstrong
Sue Ann Coleman
Kenneth and
Karol Garkepp
Sharon Masters
Sharon Whited
Dawn Brown
Madalyn Cinek
David Haas
Jack Gouber
Toni Whitherall
Sonja Haag
Jeanette Mickey
Gary Lister
Karen Armstrong
Gene Garkepp
Lloyd Armstrong
Kinseys Return From Colorado Trip
James P Kinsey and his wife have returned from Colorado where they visited friends and attended business interests in that state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Kinsey
Colorado
Also Mentioned on This Page
Branscomb
Fort Bragg
Hopland
Girls Save God Bless America
P. H. Joseph
Optometrist
North State St
Venturi
Edmond
Faye
Everett Dutton
Harold Houghs
GOD
Jack Epperson
van Nuys
California
Suitlay
Mrs. Cameron
Willits Club
Raymond Lorenzos
East
Mrs. Thirkill
Son
Gillette
Medico Drag CO
State.and
Stanilley
Ferdina Reinholt
Jacquéline Kae Jondahl
Loren B. Talbot
Monterey
Sharon Armstrong
James P. Kinseys
Ukiah Electric Co
E. Smith
Mai-Art Studios
West Perkins
Phobe
Sherwood Music School
WeSpice
Merdico Drug Co
State and
Standley
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!