Covelo Column Highlights Local News and Memorials
Obituary notes Mr. Robert Crist dies suddenly and is buried at Willits. Church work shows seven churches remodeling the Reservation Methodist Mission with teens from San Leandro Taft and others. Memorial markers, school moves, farm news, and local visits populate Covelo News with civic and church updates. Brenda Hurt’s wedding to Ronald Hyde follows a Birmingham accident death of Cecil Conner investigated for foul play. Farm and fire season reports accompany social updates and donations to Federated Church.
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Robert Crist
Willits
Robert
Trudy
Ukiah
Reservation Methodist Mission
California
Preservation School
David Wolfe
Los Altos
San Leandro
Taft
Palo Alto
Burlingame
South San Francisco
Rio Linda
Willard Weeks
Covelo
Ethel de Ford
Galt
Texas
Ogle
Ward Ogre
Farmers of Willows
de Ford
Murphey
Burma
Ceylon
East Pakistan
Philippines
Thailand
Tran
Asia Foundation
San Francisco
Covelo News
Fiies
Prince
Brenda Hurt
Alabama
Ronald Hyde
Leslie Vaun
Brenda
Birmingham
Vann
Claudia Clarke
Conner
Cecil Conner
Will
Chico
Robert Trucb
Mary Juliana
Mary Luke
Charles Stockton
Alban Cullen
Stockton
Fouts Springs
Alice Bauer
Rosalie Bressee
Humboldt County
Iras McLimans
Federated Church
Don Squier
Tuttle
Harold Tuttle
Federated Memorial Fund
Fair and Rodeo This Weekend Up Eureka Way
Eureka residents in the Redwood Empire prepare for the Redwood Acres Fair and Rodeo from Wednesday to Sunday with twenty five events. Exhibitors compete for sixty five thousand dollars in cash premiums including twenty four thousand for 4 H and Future Farmers of America. The Big McGaw Auto Olympics opens the week, rodeo events run Saturday and Sunday afternoons, and Grand Old Opry Show closes. Thursday is Youth Fitness Day with a Humboldt county talent variety show and a youth sports clinic sponsored by the Eureka Recreation Department.
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Eureka
Redwood Empire
Redwood Acres
Future Farmers of America
Stors
Eureka Recreation Department
Humboldt County
California budget crisis casts shadow over 1959 60 plan
The piece examines California's looming budget crisis driven by population growth, inflation, and welfare costs, noting surpluses from prior eras have ended. It cites the interim legislative tax committee hearings, revenue gaps of about 200 million next year, and the challenge of balancing essential services with taxpayer burden.
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California
State General Fund
State Finance Department
Legislative
The Pathologist By Dr Walter A Alvarez Emeritus Mayo
A concise biographical note on Dr Walter A Alvarez, emeritus consultant in medicine at Mayo Clinic and emeritus professor of medicine at Mayo Foundation, detailing career roles and affiliations.
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Mayo Cite
Mayo Foundation
County Men In Service Far East Tour
William M Avants a seaman recruit USN husband of Alice A Peterson Ukiah California and Cliff O Avants a seaman USN sons of Mr and Mrs Otho Avants of 766 Waugh Lane Ukiah departed San Diego June 7 aboard the leading ship tank USS Tom Green for a six month tour of duty in the Far East. While in the Far East the ship is scheduled to take part in Moet amphibious operations.
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Far East
William M. ‘Avants
USN
Alice A. Peterson
Ukiah
Calif
Cliff O. Avants
Otho Avants
Waugh Lane
San Diego
Tom Green
Makela Completes Medical Specialist Course at Brooke AMC
Maj. Leo R. Makela son of Mrs Alma A Makela of 333 Franklin St Fort Bragg recently completed a 22 week medical specialist advanced course at Brooke Army Medical Center He entered the Army in 1941 and is a Fort Bragg High School graduate
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Fort Sam Houston, Tex
ANTNC
Leo R. Makela
Alma’ A. Makela
Franklin Street
Fort Bragg
Brooke Army Medical Center
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Makela
Army
Fort Bragg High School
Georgia’s early ratification of the Federal Constitution
Georgia, absent from the First Continental Congress, became the first Southern state to ratify the Federal Constitution, marking a pivotal shift in regional alignment with the new framework of government.
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Colony
Georgia
Puzzled Life Advice From Dr Alvarez on Living Sanely
The passage urges readers not to overthink life but to live it as best as possible. It notes that blaming others delays healing and compares excessive worry to a paralyzed centipede. Dr. Alvarez says he cannot answer requests for information or diagnose by mail.
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Alvarez
Mall
Young Service People Favor Brand Names in PX Markets
A New York report notes a billion-dollar, mood-tight consumer goods market in Army, Air Force, and Marine post exchanges worldwide. It highlights 179 main exchanges in the U.S. with thousands of outlets and 18 overseas systems, employing over 65,000 personnel. The article stresses a young, brand-conscious market and the need for well-known products at fair prices to succeed in military retail, with profits reinvested into welfare and recreation funds.
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Fy Elmer
Walzer
New York
UPD
Army
Air Force
Marine Post
America
Circle the Globe
United States
Spkner
Army and
Air Force Exchange
Suwannee River Songs Raise Historic Fame
The Suwannee River, rising in the Okefenokee Swamp in South Georgia, gained lasting fame from two classic tunes. Stephen Foster wrote Old Folks at Home while George Gershwin popularized Swanee, cementing the river in American music history.
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Suwannee River
Okefenokee Swamp
South Georgia
Stephen Foster
George Gershwin
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