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Newspaper
Ukiah Daily Journal
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1957
Page
2
Natalie Hunt daughter of Eldon and family and Jack Markus son of Henry Markus announced their engagement to relatives in a Napa reunion last weekend. Jack wore a diamond ring on Noralie’s left hand. Noralie grew up in Ukiah and Jack, born in Oakland, served in the Marines. Both attend Ukiah High and local services work while awaiting a wedding date.
Mrs. Ben Cobb leaves for Baltimore to join her husband in San Francisco then travel to Baltimore for his internship at Johns Hopkins. He earned his UCLA medical degree on June 6 after taking the Hippocratic Oath on May 31. The Cobbs have spent time with the Rupe family since June 15 and attended a baby gift shower in Sacramento with sorority sisters.
Ukiah Stone and Gem club meets Thursday evening at 7 30 in the municipal clubhouse. Visitors welcome. If president Robert David is away, Mrs Emily Ruth LeRoy and Peter McCarty lead. A cabochon cutting and polishing demonstration is planned. Refreshments served.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Higgins entertained Tuesday with Vance E. Basler the assistant state director of State Farm Insurance California as a guest. Basler resides in San Carlos with his wife and young son.
Elder and Mrs. Adolph Johnson celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a family buffet in Ukiah hosted by their son-in-law and daughter at 18 Oak Knoll Road. Open house follows from 4 to 7 p.m. Attendees include relatives from across the state. Their children are Leslie Johnson of Los Angeles and Opal Penner of Ukiah with families.
Mrs. Lovell and family hosted James Brian Horney from Norton Kansas during a three week stay that included his first trip to the redwoods and to large sawmills. Horney, in the Air Force Reserve, will resume electronics studies at Lansing Michigan after training in Richmond. Mrs. Saxon of Willits visits Ukiah home of Mrs. Joe Harrah.
Mr. and Mrs. John Mayfield Jr. return to No 3 suite Michelson apartments for summer after a June 9 wedding at Trinity Lutheran Church Eureka. Guests included James Arnot and Norman Stewart as ushers, Joe Mayfield as best man, organist Mrs. Ross Penner and soloist Miss Sandra Churchman of Eureka. The couple vacationed in Las Vegas June 12 and 13 at Hotel Fremont with friends Marl Grato.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Williams of North Oak street host Cedar Rapids relatives Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wilhelm who is Williams sister. Also visiting is Miss Jessie Williams from Chicago. The group attended Norma Ruth Lee’s wedding to Lewis Cantrell in Patterson and planned a Sacramento family reunion at Kenneth and Mrs Hufford’s home.
Miss Joan Kingery departs Ukiah high after three years on the teaching staff to teach at Tamalpais high school in Mill Valley this fall. Mrs Marguerite Sims Anderson and Dr Kimball Anderson are in Ukiah this week from San Jose.
Kewanna council No. 56 of the Degree of Pocahontas elected new officers at a recent meeting led by Pocahontas Norva Garter. Installations will occur in July at the grange hall open to the public. The event followed reports of visits by the Great Pocahontas to Fort Bragg and Santa Rosa and notes of social hour, refreshments, and table decorations by committee members.
Attendance rose at two Blue Bonnet events with a potluck supper drawing 16 couples, and a June 8 club luncheon hosting 27 women. Prizes went to Gene Hibbs Jeanne Engelman and Lucile Roberts. A fashion note highlights a shift toward separates and the slim look in college wardrobes.
Ukiah Grange 419 sets Friday meeting to vote on revised by laws and elect a Pomona. District Deputy Fred Clark will install new officers. A 7 p.m. potluck supper precedes the session. Members urged to attend.
The Pomo Shrine Club will hold a meeting Saturday at 7 PM at the fairgrounds. Members are urged to attend.
Cupid scores in June as Ukiah’s Dolores Stromberg wed Donald Romine in a Reno Unity Chapel ceremony. The couple, after a Lake Tahoe honeymoon, will live in Reno. Bride attended Ukiah High School and Job's Daughters. groom served two years in the United States Paratroopers.
Local calendar lists multiple events in Ukiah and surroundings. Rummage sale at old Mendocino Van & Storage site June 21 10 am to 5 pm. Open house June 23 4d to 7 pm at 18 Oak Knoll Rd honoring Elder and Mrs Adolph Johnson. Ukiah Red and Gun Club barbecue June 22-23 near Trout Creek. Wel come Wagon club meetings June 26 and July 9. Mendocino Council of United Church Women scholars tea June 28 2:30 to 4:30 pm.
Mrs. Richard Eynon, visiting from Elk, spent Monday with her sister and brother-in-law Mr and Mrs Paul Hansen of Regina Heights. She and her husband manage Harbor House at Elk, a new tourist motel opened by her brother Lauren Dennen and his wife.
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