Westlake Nips Merchants 2-1 In Local Showdown
Ukiah Mercants suffered a 2-1 defeat at Anton Stadium as Westlake Merchants prevailed behind a strong pitching effort from Charlie Vogle. Ukiah’s lone run came on an error made by Westlake and a second inning rally led by Lucchesi, with Morrell suffering the loss after eight hits and ten strikeouts over 138 pitches while Vogle went 125 pitches for the win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukiah Merchants
Westlake Merchants
Anton Stadium
Junior Lucchesi
Gacn
Cary Madrall
Wwnenaie Eya
Don Lucchesi
Lucchesi
Merchants
Westlake
Charlie Vogle
Charlie Myers
Gary Modrell
Floyd Rovera
Harry Bartolomei
Ukiah
al Bousquet
Moundsman
Gary Morrell
Charlie Vogie
VFW
Chevrons
Bob Warner
Chevron
Rodney Palmer
Superjets
Druids
Gary’ Borgna
Bobby Argroves
Imythe
Athletics
Charlie ‘Smith
Bob Slack
Hollow Tree
Casteel
Willits
Eddie Sadler
Jim Walton
Prune Committee Fails to Agree on Marketing Policy
The prune administrative committee administering the 1956 prune marketing order failed to reach policy agreement at its San Francisco meeting. Twelve of 21 members favored setting aside 10 to 12 percent as surplus under pooling provisions, eight backed freeing the entire crop. Any recommendation to the agriculture secretary requires 75 percent concurrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Jewell
San Francisco
Secretary of Agriculture
Leafs and Red Wings Tie 4-4 in Detroit on Oct 12 1952
A historic 4-4 tie between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings was played in Detroit on October 12, 1952. The game featured a scoreline that reflected the era's competitive balance and included significant penalties recorded during the match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto Maple Leafs
Detroit Red Wings
Detroit
International Hockey League
Michigan
Supervisors Plan More Sessions On Salary Ordinance
The board will hold additional sessions tomorrow and Tuesday to study a new salary ordinance and raise recommendations. Bernard Donnelly of the state personnel board urged immediate adoption and proposed a 5 percent general increase with a higher two-step increase for some technical classes, while keeping sheriff's office salaries unchanged. After finalizing the ordinance draft, department heads will be called in for further talks before budget reviews begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Bernard Donnelly
State Personnel Board
Donnelly
Sheriff's Office
Tia
Committee Dismissed Without Decision On Prune Crop Forecast
Members present failed to reach a decision while judging the 1956 prune crop. The committee pegged production at 169,800 tons, while California crop reports at June 1 put the figure at 180,600 tons, about 10,000 tons higher. In 1955 production was 131,000 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Ukiah Little League and Pony and Major League Standings
The Ukiah area reports junior and Pony league standings with North and South divisions. Leaders include Ukiah Cleaners Jaycees Palace Chefs Anton Jets Auto Dealers Brownhle Market and Service Clubs in the North and South. Highlights feature Anton Jets beating Auto Dealers 6-5 and Service Clubs routing Brownie Market 15-5, with Jackie Cohen driving a 13 strikeout game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orkalg -Qhlwluyy Vco Et Me Rone
Hollow
Carty
Coast
Utah
Box and Tollins
Ukiah Cleaners
Jaycees
The
Brownie’s
Service Chubs
Jackie Cohen
Pony League
Anton's Superjets
Chevrons
VFW
Druids
VEW
Superjets
Rich Hutchison
David Brown
Jack Franks
Bob ‘Warner
Dick Bennet
Molt
Athletics
Willits
Casteel’s
Hollow Tree
Casteel
Willita
Jim ‘Whittaker
Beatty Nelson
Jim Walton
Young Old Timers to Battle Merchants Saturday Night
Ukiah locals organize a charity game at Anton Stadium with ex baseball greats as the Young Old Timers facing the Merchants. Proceeds fund youth leagues including Little Coast and Pony leagues, with no admission but donations welcome. A pregame ceremony features players from four youth leagues in uniform and marching around the infield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boxscore
Ukiah Merchants
Pos
Bob Valentini
Charlie Myers
Floyd Rovera
Harry Bartolomei
Dick Paladin
Luchesi
Bill Brumback
Gary Modrell Din Luchesi
Westlake Merchants
Ernie Karwatt
Mike Monterroso
Bob Jackson
John Carlie
Bob Bandettini
Daryl Handiey
Ralph Gentile
al Bousquet
Charlie ‘Vogle
Mendocino State Hospital
Merchants
Old Timers
Ukiah
Anton Stadium
Jim Busch
Newell Rawles
al Anton
John Grilli
al Souza
Hd Toney
Foggy Ottosen
Bill Openshaw
Leno Valentini
Garth Lockhart
John Meyers
Don Meyers
Jim Lavaletta
Ado Severi
Larry Eatschire
Ernie Morna
Harold Ull
Picnic barbecue honors local birthdays on Hopland ranch
The Jim Malone ranch hosted a chicken barbecue Sunday for the birthdays of Mrs. Pete Rosetti and Tony Lucchetti. Attendees included multiple Hopland residents and visiting families. Other notes mention Fort Bragg visitors, Alaska travel plans, and temporary store staffing shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Malone
Pete Rosetti
Tony Lucchetti
Ward Roundtree
Floyd Gibson
Jim Milone
Nina Grecco
Anderson
Jack Lee
Dixon
Harold Buckman
Dana Coverston
Fort Bragg
Italia Pacini
Coverston
Inez Philbrick
Hopland
Skagway
Alaska
Eureka
Portland
Seattle
Vancouver
Grady Simmons
Metzler's
Macvin Stutts
Ernest Harpe
Old
Ukiah Explorers Attend Week Camp at Camp Novo
Two Ukiah Explorer Scouts Bill Filben and Dave Harger joined Sonoma Mendocino Council explorers at Camp Novo for a week of hiking archery boating swimming and .22 rifle instruction. Highlights included trips to Fort Bragg and a tour of Union Lumber plant followed by an overnight at MacKerricher State Park. Field Executive Sam Gardner directed activities with Terry Licke supervising rifle range instruction and Maj. George Engle teaching survival techniques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukiah
Sonoma - Mendocino
Camp
Bill Filben
Dave Harger
Fort, Bragg
Union Lumber Company
MckKerricher State Park
Sam Gardner
Terry Licke
Two Rock Army Base
Maj
George Engle
Hamilton Air Force Base
Valley farming moves and local visits noted
Treneh k IR Hopland residents vacate Valley Oaks Farm for Santa Rosa. Jerry Harpe family relocates. Gene Perlera and Harry Tappin join Army Engineers, report Fort Ord after physicals. Frances Buckmat visits from Yuba City. William Parson visits Napa area relatives. Don Manning graduates Napa Junior College, trip planned to Missouri and Oklahoma. Dullivia Manning visits San Mateo. Frank Ponzio and Jimmy visit Allan Trusendi and Mrs Revere in Geyserville. Buy a Ukiah Donar's Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treneh K IR
Hopland
Jerry Harpe
Valley Oaks
Santa Rosa
Gene Perlera
Harry Tappin
Army Enginee Corps
Thursda
Fort Ord
Frances Buckmat
William Parson
Yubé City
Don
Napa Junior College
Missouri
Oklahoma
Dullivia Nanning
J. F. Manning
Musy
San Mateo
Frank Ponzio
Jimmy
Mra
Allan Trusendi
Revere
Geyserville
Merchants Set to Host VallejoSunday at Anton Stadium
The Ukiah Merchants aim to rebound Sunday as they play Vallejo Merchants at Anton Stadium. Vallejo in the Bay Area County league is managed by Clarence Marshall. Lineup includes Parisi Stewart Henderson Sloper Chavez Wilson Castro Christensen Towson M Campus BE Campus and Farrell as pitcher and utility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukiah Merchants
Vallejo Merchants
Anton Stadium
Westlake Merchants
Vallejo
Bay Area County League
Clarence Marshall
Parisi
Stewart
Henderson
Sloper
Chavez
Wilson
Castro
Christensen
Towson
M. Campus
BE. Campus
Farrell
Leave Arranged By Red Cross For Serviceman
Emergency leave was arranged for Jean F. Keffer, former Ukiah High student now in the U S Navy, to testify at an Industrial Accident Commission hearing on compensation for a finger injury suffered while employed by The Diamonds Match Co in Ukiah. Hearing before Arnold H. Nelson, represented by Preston Falk Johnson, and arranged by Red Cross Home Services chairwoman Mrs B C McFarling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeave
Jean F. Keffer
Ukiah
United States Navy
Red Cross
Industrial Accident Commission
Keffer
Diamonds Match Company
Navy
Paul J. White
Arnold H. Nelson
Preston, Falk & Johnson
Henry Keffer
B. C. Mc Farling
Red Cross Home Services Section
Property Transfers Involving Ukiah Willits Fort Bragg Areas
A series of real estate transfers list buyers and sellers in Ukiah Willits Fort Bragg and Mendocino areas. Transfers include $8,500 for a Helen Avenue Ukiah home and $16,465 for a Coyote Valley lot, with multiple parcels priced from $1,000 to $16,465. Names include Gus Morowit E C G Marando Robert Peck Laurence Thomas and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Morowit
Department of Veterans Affairs
Helen Avenue
Ukiah
E. CG. Marando
John I. Silva
Robert B. Peck
Ukiah North Addition
William R. Grand
Laurence Thomas
Larry EB. Moore
John D. Sagehorns
Willits
Horace M. McWhorter
John D. Sagehorn
Laytonville
Warren A. Storts
Lloyd G. Turner
Fort Bragg
George W. Cleveland
United States
Amering
Coyote Valley
Sar
Bennie J. Holden
Katherine Baheman
Ukiah Area
Max R. Barnette
Dorothy Dix McCue
Mendocino Gardens
Harriett B. Reens
Das Robert Shea
Ralph M. Goldson
Elva Arthur
Two Vallejo Men Treated Here For Air Crash Injuries
Two Vallejo men, injured Tuesday when their plane crashed near a dry airstrip in Trinity County, are under treatment at Ukiah General Hospital. Arthur Miller, 40, and Grant Teisheriff, 33, were flown to Ukiah by Bill Geary, a local pilot, and Wilburn Anderson. Geary was accompanied by Dr. Dick Wissinger of Ukiah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vallejo
Eairytrip
Portlock Hardware Store Remodel Under Way
Portlock Jr announces remodeling of the Portlock Hardware site at 205 South State Street formerly Army and Navy Surplus. Dean and Hall contractors of Ukiah lead the project with a complete face lift new roof and modern fixtures planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portlock Hardware Store
George Portlock Jr
South State Street
Army and Navy
Portlock
Dean and Hall Contractors of
Ukiah
Mendocino 4-H Forestry Award Honors Glen Mason
Glenn Mason of Mendocino as a first year 4-H member wins the Mendocino County Forestry Award. He has learned to identify over ten trees and eight shrubs, pressed leaves, and demonstrated camping cooking and outdoor skills. He plans to continue forestry and gardening projects while contributing to school and community activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Mason
Mendocino
Sparten
Mendoino County
Glen
Glenn
Mendocino County
State Division of Forestry
Hie
Mendocino Presbyterian
Red Cross
iGlenn
California
Lorne
MacDonald
Majority of Fair's Commercial Space Is Already Sold
Eighty five percent of the commercial display space has been sold for the 1956 12th District fair to be held August 9 to 12, per Secretary-Manager F. P. Stipp. The board met Tuesday afternoon and voted to seek state funds to furnish the kitchen in the home economics building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. P. Stipp
State Division of Fairs and Expositions
Ukiah Woman Convicted Of Drunk Driving
Elizabeth R. Smith aged 33 was found guilty by a jury of drunk driving disturbing the peace and resisting arrest. A six month jail term was suspended and two years probation ordered. Her husband John L. Smith aged 28 was acquitted on a drunk driving charge. Judge Fred Goss fined Mrs Smith 250 dollars plus 25 for damage to a highway patrol car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth R. Smith
Ukiah
John L. Smith
Fred Goss
$26,881 Sought In Car Accident Damage Action
A car collision July 1 1955 south of Philo triggers a $26 881.96 damage suit in the superior court. Plaintiffs Gloria Joseph Doyte allege negligence by Louise Teste driver of the other vehicle. Charlea W Burk owner of the Tees car is also named as a defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philo
Gloria Joseph Doyte
Louise Teste
Charlea W. Burk
Tees
Hopland Driver James Baggett Fails Bail On Drunk Driving Charge
Hopland driver James Naphi Baggett forfeited 270 dollars bail after being charged with drunk driving wrong side of road and failing to dim lights. His wife Ethel Lorene forfeited 25 dollars for drunkenness in and about an automobile. The pair were arrested by highway patrol near Boonville at 1 30 a m Sunday. Portlock Hardware plans to move Sept 1 to 107 South State Street from the current site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Naphi Baggett
Hopland
Justice Court
Baggett
Ethel Lorene
Worker Is Found Dead At Cabin On Ukiah Road
Joseph Hoffman, 61, was found dead Monday night at 9:30 in a chair on the front porch of his cabin on the Old Singley Ranch along the Ukiah Boonville road. Sheriff-Coroner Reno Barto Lomoe attributed death to natural causes. Hoffman had worked for Earl Ford, owner of the Singley Ranch, for 10 to 12 years. An autopsy was ordered and the body taken to Eversol’s. The piece ends with a note about the Presidio of San Francisco housing a large national cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Hoffman
Singley Ranch
Ukiah-Boonville
Reno Bartolomie
Earl Ford
Hoffman
Ford
Eversols Wortary
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Westlake Nips Merchants
Strand
Little
Pony
Colt
Prune Committee
Daniels- Harlowe
Daniels-Harlowe
Pontiac
Cadillac
North State St. HO
Ead Een
National Hockey League
Ukiah Sporting
Ukiah Sporting Goods
South State St. Homestead
Joanadel Thyarks
Sawyer Thyarks
Stephenson
Richmond
Twinkie Black Diamond
Jeagues
Ae. Tdéam
Talmac
Johnny's
Bill
American Legion
California Aganata
Ralph’ Maize
Jim Reid
Cheviors
Larry Lynch
Larry
Venturi
Pacrifice
Chi
Philbrick
Jack Stophid
Ralph Maize
Jack Graddy
Dave Brown
Everg
Rich Hutchinson
Deve Brown
Crsteal
Hollow ‘Tree
Willis
Fuzzy Moulder
Mike Morton
Melcher
Jim O’connor
Praids
Pruid
Randy Hayes
Superjet
Fred ‘Scaife
Art Poma
John Harding
Bob Guidi
Lou Massa
Lou Crance
Bert McHirey
Skid Scudero
Dave Tamborini
Charles Shimmin
Ole Sonila
Bob Eshelman
Lou Lockhart
Abrigh
Miss Albright
Boston
Mass
Davos
Switzerland
Della Gibson
Portlock Hardware Company
Webelos
Bicycle Rodeo
North Oak Street
Presidio
Polaroid
Mied Airaaste
Triples
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