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Newspaper
Ukiah Daily Journal
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1968
Page
3
Mrs Laurene Alexander of St Helena will speak at the Thursday morning meeting of the Methodist Church Women's Society of Christian Service in the church social hall. Alexander is district secretary of missionary education. Visitors may attend the noon luncheon and the meetings.
The bride and groom, with relatives attending from Ukiah and Eureka, are detailed in a fragmentary notice. The couple, post ceremony, planned a brief honeymoon in the San Francisco Bay area but faced a minor automobile mishap west of Wilits. The passage also mentions a beauty salon home in Santa Rosa as a present location.
The Mendocino County Church Women United program at First Christian Church featured a potluck luncheon and a display by Valley Section of local artists. Panel members discussed Human Values in a Technological Society focusing on anonymity and community, citing technology as neutral and shaped by use. The group concluded that involvement and love determine worth, with church members urged to participate in the community and support UNICEF.
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs from Willits Laytonville Ukiah and Lake County held a spring gathering in Willits. Ukiah members led color bearers in regalia. Entertainment included comic skits and a pantomime. LaVerne Compton received the past district deputy president’s jewel with Mike Compton presenting. Refreshments followed.
Mr and Mrs Richard Smalley of Potter Valley announce the marriage of their daughter Deborah to Danny Gurley. The vows were taken in Reno Nevada on April 24.
Saturday readers are invited to the St Marys Parents Teachers Group annual breakfast at the Yokayo Shopping Center. The menu mirrors last year with ham and eggs and popular fare plus sweet rolls juice coffee and milk. Serving runs 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Ukiah Grange hosted its annual Mother’s Day observance a week early with a Swiss steak dinner for Fathers Day to follow. Jim and Ruth Stutsman celebrated their forty fifth wedding anniversary with family presenting a cake. A Mother's Day program featured Delphine Burke Virginia Shields Helen Biycky and Richard Stutsman. Mrs Florence Robison, charter member Lena Seward now in Healdsburg, received a birthday gift. Dinner chores were led by Albert Eldrick assisted by Ernie Shields Erwin Koch Claude Trimble Arthur Burke and Bill Hildreth.
The Ukiah Garden Club announces Spring Odyssey Fiesta Flower Show to run May 17 to 19 at the Floriculture Building, 12th District Fairgrounds. Exhibits received May 16 evening and May 17 morning. Schedules available from Mrs. James Seaman or Mrs. Truman Hayes.
Talk given by Burt Banzhaf guest speaker at the Ukiah Soroptimist Club luncheon at the House of Garner. He discussed the proposed Dos Rios and English Ridge dam projects, noting the Dos Rios site would flood farm land and affect Mendocino County while the English Ridge dam would offer more recreation and flood protection with less land loss. A Q and A followed. birthdays and anniversaries were honored. Mrs. Rob ert Banzhaf Sr. attended as a guest.
May dates list meetings sales trainings and social events across Ukiah Santa Rosa and Talmage. Notable items include McCarthy for President committee meeting at Deerwood Park residence May 9, Ukiah emblem rummage sale May 9 10 11, Girl Scout Camp Counselor training May 9 16, Santa Rosa Dance May 10, Ukiah Promenaders workshop May 10, Ukiah Elks Mother's Day barbecue May 10, Grace Lutheran Church pie social May 10, Cub Scout Pack 67 May 10 12, Ukiah Grange Candidates Night May 10, Square Shooters Pie Night May 11, Potter Valley Garden Club plant sale Memorial Park May 14.
Ukiah Business and Professional Women's Club held its first meeting under newly installed officers. President Mary Gilley presided at a dessert session at the House of Garner. Spring Conference reports were shared by Willits attendees. Fiesta Float Committee meeting set for Thursday at Marcella Kennedy's home. Summer meetings planned as potluck gatherings starting in June at members' homes.
The Square Shooters plan a pie feed Friday from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the Talmage auditorium. Beginners and intermediates will dance together during the event. The caller will be announced.
River PTA will hold its final meeting of the year on May 13 at the school. Election of new officers will headline the agenda. Winners of the River Elementary School talent show will present a program. The meeting is open to members, faculty, and interested persons at 7 30 p.m.
The Mendocino County Art Association hosts a 7:30 p.m. meeting at the Mendo Mill Building Old Redwood Highway North. The program includes films on Marc Chagall, Chinese painting, and Ansel Adams the noted photographer.
Bring order to your attic and transform it into a bright inviting space. A sewing table and desk fit into eaves, a foam rubber mattress lowers for sleeping or sitting, and wall to wall carpet in vivid blue contrasts with white walls and straw furniture.
First Production Coast Theatre stages Oscar Wilde s The Importance of Being Earnest in Memorial Day weekend. John Storm directs with Mary Linley Taylor as Lady Bracknell in authentic period setting, promising a witty spoof of turn of the century manners. Exact performance details to be announced soon.
The Redwood Valley Grange Youth Group will host a Mother's Day breakfast at the Grange hall from 7 a.m. to noon on Sunday serving pancakes and ham.
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