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Newspaper
Ukiah Daily Journal
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1954
Page
7
Volunteer labor and donated machinery toil on the seven acre recreation area near the Vichy Springs bridge. The dam is nearly complete and a view from the bridge shows the pool area, with no firm opening date set except as soon as possible.
Associate Warden William J. Ryan, a veteran prison official and hero of two Folsom riots, announced his retirement at age 70 after forty years of service. Notable moments include 1927 inner-prison action freeing Tony Brown and an 11stabbing during the 1938 riots while resisting rioters.
Pacific Greyhound Lines will abandon two unprofitable routes in central California coastal areas. The Petaluma to Navarro River route via Jenner Fort Ross and Point Arena and the San Mateo to Half Moon Bay route are authorized for termination, effective in 20 days. The Petaluma line dates to 1950. The note also mentions San Francisco's Star founded January 9, 1847 by Brannan and Jones.
A letter discusses edible and aromatic plants including the California bay laurel the avocado and the camphor laurel noting their uses in kitchens and street forestry. It reflects on cultural links between California Japan and Mexico and urges exchanges of seeds woods insects and minerals to broaden children’s horizons, citing San Francisco Bay markers as a reference.
U C confers degrees on about 5000 graduates at Berkeley exercises. Speakers include University President Robert Gordon Sproul and Chancellor Clark Kerr, with Ann Hawley and Tom Dutton of Berkeley representing the class of 1954. Dean addresses ROTC cadets as 188 grads are commissioned. Bernard Jensen of Lockeford wins the Ledward Langley scholarship from the American Institute of Architects in Boston to continue studies.
The Bureau of Naval Personnel announced Lee G. Mahan has advanced in rating to aviation machinist's mate third class USN. He is the son of Mrs. Lucy J. Furtado of Westport and husband of the former Miss Dorothy J. Moren of Mentor, Ohio, while serving at Naval Air Station Alameda.
Chicago bookseller Ben Abramson challenged Sam Schwartz to sell 4000 books. Schwartz stacked them outside with a free sign and by sundown all were gone. Ice cream man Henry Sledge faced a theft attempt as a customer stole $47 and four gallons after a knife was shown. Ellis Perlman saw the Atlantic for the first time and likened it to Lake Erie. Kitchener minted wooden nickels for its centennial, accepted as legal tender. Sue Maroun caught a 42 inch northern pike that had swallowed a duck cub.
A small group of Ukiah men funded by donations will open the Russian river picnic grounds and swimmin hole near Vichy Springs road with a temporary lot and soon grass seeding. Local businesses donated materials and labor while Ukiah police officers and Mendocino County Central Labor Council did the heavy work. 25 Alber tinum school boys aided in clearing brush for the project.
John Cabell Breckinridge lost an appeal to avoid paying his blind mother 700 dollars a month and 14 thousand in back payments. Heir to a Comstock Lode fortune, Breckinridge faces questions about wealth as his attorney notes a 70 thousand dollar yearly income from a trust. His mother Adelaide Murphy Breckinridge Roberts, 72, was in England.
LeRoy Elledge son of Leslie Elledge of Willis and Maj. Mabel C. Smith served with the 7th Infantry Division in Korea. He recently participated in an Army weapons demonstration for Air Force personnel. He entered the Army in July 1952 and arrived to Theron Tast Adgust.
Editors discuss the liquor control issue at a California Newspaper Publishers Association conference in Stanford. Panels include Caspar Weinberger Arthur Breed and Paul Leake with Vincent S. Jones from Gannett. A weekly round table on editorial practices and political endorsements is added with Hays and Clifton Toney leading discussions.
Detroit report quotes Adlai E. Stevenson saying the only way to disrupt the New York Yankees would be to place Ezra Taft Benson in charge of the Yankee farm system. The remark was a sharp jab at the Republican secretary of agriculture during Stevenson’s quick Michigan campaign swing as the 1952 Democratic presidential hopeful. He urged Michigan residents to vote Democratic and questioned the Republican approach to high level supports.
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