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Newspaper
Ukiah Daily Journal
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1959
Page
2
Two Brookside Kindergarten classes were promoted in a morning and afternoon program on Wednesday. Students sang America and performed three numbers each, with Mrs Bell and Miss Brown guiding the acts. Principal Harold Engstrom awarded attendance certificates and graduations to the participants.
Mrs. Margaret Marie Wilder of Willits died Monday at home aged 68 after heart trouble. Husband William and son Harold found the body on the back porch. Rosary Wednesday night and Requiem Mass Thursday at St Anthony's. burial at Golden Gate Cemetery, San Francisco. Survived by husband, son, two sisters, and two nieces. Mrs Wilder born in Quincy Illinois, came to Willits in 1946.
A 21 year old University of California student is jailed on suspicion of fatally stabbing his roommate Ronald Magruder 24 a mailman in the eight month apart ment quarrel over money. Richard L Ross a junior English major was found in the apartment with blood spattered walls and floors as Ross admitted knife involvement during a dispute.
A Riverbanks bar incident left Tony Eugene Williams seriously injured when a patrolman's pistol discharged during a brawl. Williams, 31, of Modesto, received treatment at Oakdale Community Hospital then Stanislaus County Hospital. The shooting occurred as he attempted to break up the fight involving Don Smith and Olen Howell Williams, and Thomas I. Tigner, all Riverbanks residents.
A Pinedale skin diver named Jack Leroy Morgan, 25, drowned at Bass Lake northeast of Madera after his equipment failed. Spectators watched as he surfaced after three hours in 30 feet of water and yelled that his gear was wrong. His mother and half brother called to him from a nearby boat, but he swam away and disappeared, with his body recovered about an hour later by Mel Foult.
Those enrolled in the American Red Cross standard first aid course to whom passing grades have been given are as follows Ray Sanders Ruth Freeman Heather Ann Patterson Muriel Cameron Doris Jarvis Lillian Hatcher Phil Hammond Sharon Willoughby Dixie Fridace Helen Draper Mary Pownall Liam Nentschel Mrs. Charles Hentschel Mary Jane Heavener Lorraine Newhart Mrs. M. Sanchez Mrs. Leslie Adams Nanny Laurence Roberta Sehlagel Charles Hentschel Edna Moore Delma White all of Willits Carl Smith Branscomb and George Ieenhauer Roscoe Babington and Edward Vincent all of Laytonville Matches and children make a dangerous combination when prass and woodlands are dry Teach your children to leave matches alone and prevent forest fires You do yourself a service when you help Keep the Redwood region green
Special recognition at California State Polytechnic College honors wives of graduates. Carmen H Welch receives the PHT degree for pushing husbands through. Welch family of Willits and Ridgewood Ranch figures are noted. After graduation Gary K E Welch will work as a rancher with Welch and Welch in Burney. Federal tax receipts have roughly doubled since 1950 to about 41 billion dollars.
An editor notes an item in this column from Monday misidentified the bride and groom in a Willits high school graduation marriage story. The Daily Journal regrets the error. Miracle Bowl opens June 27 with a grand opening to watch for. Leatha Marie Schatz weighs 8 pounds 52 ounces at birth to Mr and Mrs William Schatz, sister to Garnie Dale Esther Ellen and Larry.
Ray Welsh of Fort Bragg received the annual Sportsman Award from the Shasta Cascade Wonderland Association for his work in preserving and enhancing California’s anadromous fish. He chaired the Silver Salmon committee to rehabilitate runs on north coast streams, planting 360000 yearling salmon each year with the State Department of Fish and Game. Welsh has led the Sportsmen's Council of the Redwood Empire for nine years and served five years as a director of the California Wildlife Federation.
Almanac notes mark June 16 1959 as the 167th day with 198 remaining. historical entries include Alaska gold rush beginning 1897 Ford Motor Co incorporation 1903 NRA creation 1933 U S ordered Germany to close consulates 1941 and a Cervantes thought for today on quick giving.
For sale items include a radial arm saw 10 inch arbor reduced from 279 to 95 located seven miles west of Willits. Also like new provincial dinette set with platform rocker dining table four chairs six drawer buffet roll away bed and milking machine plus miscellaneous items and a telephone listing Willits Globe 9 52x2 4lt3c 21.
Defense Secretary McElroy unveils an air defense plan to trim 1.5 billion dollars from manned bomber defenses over five years while accelerating antimissile work. Nike-Zeus gains funding. Nike-Hercules and Bomare face cuts amid interservice clashes. plan aims to reduce duplication but faces mixed support from Joint Chiefs.
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