Filing Opens For County And State Offices In March
Filing for county and state offices opens Wednesday March 7 with several contests likely. Incumbents Harold Bainbridge and Joseph Hartley seek re election in Fort Brage and Hopland. Paul Poulos is the only county candidate, while Hubert B Scudder faces Ted Watkins in the congressional race. State Assemblyman Frank Beloit faces Tom Bair. District 2 supervisorial race may become a 3 4 way contest, with primaries June 5 and possible November run off. Delegates for presidential primary appear, Dems split between Stevenson and Kefauver, Repubs solid behind Eisenhower unless unlikely events occur.
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Paul Poulos
Harold Bainbridge
Fort Brage
Joseph Hartley
Hopland
Hubert B. Scudder
Ted Watkins
Mendocino Coast
Frank Beloit
Tom Bair
Hiumboldt
Bainbridge seeks second term as Mendocino supervisor
Harold D. Bainbridge of Fort Bragg announced he will seek re election to a second term representing the fourth district on the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors. A Fort Bragg civic figure, he previously served on the city council 1928 1948 and was mayor 1944 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendocino County
Harold D. Bainbridge
Fort Bragg
Bainbridge
Usal
Jack
Donald
Harold, Jr
Cloverdale
Plans Discussed For Organizing Mendocino Historical Unit
A 20 person gathering Sunday at Ukiah Public Library discussed forming a Mendocino County historical society with Ukiah Willits and Laytonville representation. George Ward was named chairman and the committee will recruit county residents to form a permanent county organization by May 6. Mark Carpenter Norman Stahn and G. F. Johnson were tasked with studying six local societies to draft by laws ahead of the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendocino County
Mark Carpenter
Norman 7Sfahn
G. F. Johnson
Southwest Awaits Airport Repairs
Southwest Airways says flights to and from Ukiah Municipal Airport remain unauthorized while the city finishes a drainage ditch at the south end of the new runway addition. Work will start once ground dries enough for heavy equipment. Flights halted after a taxiing plane struck a soft spot on the runway addition.
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Ukiah
Southwest Airways
Southwest
Mast Lumber sells land and timber rights for 300000
The Mast Lumber company of Laytonville sold about 1000 acres of land and 5000 acres of timber rights to PHE Inc for 300000. Mast keeps some timber and will run the Laytonville mill. Other recorded deals include Zaina selling Potter Valley property for 28500 and households trading hands in Mendocino Gardens Ukiah Fort Bragg and Branscomb areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mast Lumber Company
Laytonville
PHE, Inc
Branscombarvch
Ben Mast
Pact With 4 Cities On Dividing Revenue Stalls Approval
Mendocino county faces delay in enacting a uniform county wide one cent sales tax after failing to reach a revenue sharing formula with Ukiah Willits Fort Bragg and Point Arena. Officials must negotiate anew to start the tax in the third quarter July 1 as required by state law. The dispute centers on sharing percentages with the county with the board of equalization stating a fiscal impact for 1956-57 and current ordinances in place in Ukiah Willits Fort Bragg and Point Arena. See SALES TAX, Page Six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendocino County
Vane-Uuane
State Board of Equalization
Ukiah
Willits
Fort Bragg
Point Arena
Busch to Attend Sacramento Budget Session Sunday
State Senator James E. Busch will travel to Sacramento Sunday for the 30 day budget session opening Monday. Governor Knight plans concurrent special sessions to tackle teacher retirement pay in low assessment districts flood damage water problems and a proposed extra gasoline tax for road funding. Busch represents the fourth senatorial district covering Mendocino and Lake counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Busch
Sacramento
Goodwin J. Knight
Busch
Mendocino
Lake Counties
Two Arrested for Forgery Linked by Cashier Memory
Police in Ukiah arrest Robert Albino 24 and Ellery Toney 18 after a cashier recalls a July counterfeit check when they attempt a repeat. Each faces four counts of forgery. bail set at 2500 cash or 5000 bond. Arraigned before Judge Fred Goss. lawyers appointed.
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Robert Albino
Ellery Toney
Upper Lake
Albino
George Smith
Toney
Fred Goss
Ukiah Judicial District Court
Goss
John Golden
Russell Johnson
Planners Set Two Hearings On Revised Enabling Proposal
Mendocino county planning commission schedules two public hearings on a revised zoning enabling ordinance. First hearing 10 a.m. Thursday March 8 in the board of supervisors chamber Ukiah courthouse. Second hearing March 20 at the same time and place. Objections may be presented at the hearings. If approved it goes to the supervisors again for final action after another hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendocino County
Ukiah
Board of Supervisors
Planning Commission
Second Choir Festival Program Prelude and Benediction
Program notes list the Second Choir Festival items including hymns such as Holy Holy Holy Incarnate Ave Verum Mozart O Sacred Head Now Wounded and other works. Soloists Miss Shirley Ann Munroe Mrs Larry Owen perform pieces by Dudley Buck Zingarelli and Gounod with a closing choral benediction The Lord Bless You Lutkin and a postlude.
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Jesus
Mozart
M. Christiansen
Sopra Solo
Larry Owen
Zingarelli
Gounod
Lutkin
Mrs Shields Named Easter Seal Drive Leader for County
Mrs Shields has been named general chairman of the Easter Seal campaign running from March 10 to April 10. Francis Ebert announced at the Mendocino Society for Crippled Children and Adults quarterly meeting. The drive aims for 6100 dollars. Envelopes go out March 9. Warren Fowler noted 163 county residents were aided last year with a potential 1500 more eligible. Beta Sigma Phi coordinates the appeal with Alpha chapter typing letters and Xi Beta Tau staffing, under Mrs Robert Swan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmer Shields
Francis Ebert
Mendocino Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Ebert
Warren Fowler
Ukiah Case
Mendocino
Beta Sigma Phi
Shields
Xi Beta Tau
Robert Swan
Ukiah High seeks $800000 bond and tax extension
Ukiah Union High district voters face an $800,000 bond for a two story science social studies and English building plus music and cafeteria additions. They will also decide to extend the tax rate from 75 cents to $1.07 per hundred. Trustees cite enrollment growth to 1500 by 1960 and plan details by architect C A Talking. Polling places include Pomolita and River Union Elementary and Regina Heights area voters at Pomolita.
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W. A. Chessall
Ukiah Union High School
Chessall
Wenton
Board of Trustees
Pollaemygow Beedecida
Ukiah High School
C. A. Talking
Santa Rosa
Pomolita
Resiiki Ips
Aeikea de Caplets
River Union
Regina Heights
Ukiah
Pago
Philo Woman Suffer Burns In Trailer Fire
Mrs. Henry Mathews of Philo sustained severe burns to her face back and arms when a fire destroyed the family trailer at McKinney's Camp. She remains hospitalized at Mendocino County hospital. Mr and Mrs Mathews and their son Charles occupied the trailer. Cause of the fire is undetermined.
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Henry Mathews
Philo
McKinney's
Mendocino County
Ukiah Festival Choirs From Five Churches Tue Night
Five Ukiah church choirs join in a second annual festival on Tuesday at 8 p m in Ukiah High School Auditorium with Dr William W Norton conducting the mass rehearsal Monday The accompanist is Mrs Lee Mosley Choirs from First Christian Holy Trinity Episcopal Union Methodist First Presbyterian and Seventh Day Adventist participate with many named singers and directors listed
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First Christian Church
Allen Toedter
Lee Mosley
Oran Bollinger
Bob Ford
Dick Gilbert
Clyde Davenport
Allan Toedter
Dick Walker
Elbert Banks
Robert Withrow
Dan Hil
Kim Turner
Dan Hill
John Whitney
Peter Boer
Darryl Robinson
Eddie Scanlon
H. O. Sweeney
Henry Walters
Irma Bass
Gail Bass
Marva Lou Romer
Gene Pricer
Ronald Ford
Donnie Vinson
John Bock
Carl's Photo Service
Ukiah
Ukiah High School
William W. Norton
College of the Pacific
Lowell E. Berry
Merrill Abbott
Arthur Alwyn
George Anderson
Robert Archibald
Sharon Aronson
Charles Ary
Allen Auger
Edward Axt
Gwendolyn Banks
Ronald Bennett
M. R. Berman
Harley Branson
Teachers Present Extravaganza at UHS Saturday Night
Teachers from Mendocita chapter join forces for an Extravaganza at Hopland High School auditorium Saturday night to raise funds for Eva Rice scholarship. Proceeds aim to reach $500 with possible $1000 anticipated. event starts at 8 p.m. shows include a dance party play and the Tonight nightclub finale. Proceeds benefit local high and elementary schools in Anderson Valley Hopland Ukiah Potter Valley River Union Carpella and Redwood Valley areas.
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Eva Rice
Hopland
Mendoseta
California Teachers Association
Tas Unt Cag FL
June Chain
Duane Thompson
Marsten Gellette
Robert Guilfoyle
Evelyn Broaddus
Hal Gallaher
Bill Tully
Anderson Valley
Ukiah
Potter Valley
River Union
Carpella
Redwood Valley
Chain
Driver Killed in Out-of-Control Highway Crash
Edgar Bretman Rhoades of Bon nerville was killed and his wife injured when their car went out of control on a curve north of Willitson on Highway 101. The vehicle swerved across the highway, struck an embankment, rolled over a 15 foot bank and plunged into Outlet creek. Rhoades died at the scene. his wife was hospitalized at Howard Memorial with unknown injuries.
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Edgar Bretman Rhoades
Bonnerville
Outlet Creek
Willitson Highway 101
CHP
Richard Brunton
Edward Axt
Rhoades
Howard Memorial Hospital
Explosion on Sun Triggers Unusual Police Radio Echoes
Ukiah reports strange police calls in southern drawl and programs traced to Baton Rouge Wilmington South Carolina and Connecticut after a sun explosion scientists compare to over a million hydrogen bombs. European broadcasts may follow as Spanish Mountain Television offers tentative notes.
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Ukiah
Baton Rouge
Wilmington
Del
South Carolina
Connecticut
Europe
Civil Service Ordinance Presented After Petition Check
City Clerk James Turner reports 812 valid signatures on petitions seeking a city civil service ordinance, 252 above the 15 percent requirement of 560 from 3,734 voters. Council may adopt now or place the issue on the April 10 municipal election ballot.
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James Turner
Turner
Mystery Farm Identifications Tie Land to Local Names
A tidied list links hop kilns to John son Brothers and a small white house to Crolin Fitzgerald. Ukiah theatre tickets listed winners Barbara Brown Jack Fravel Edward Austin Arthur Romer and Rod Shippey with addresses. Tickets available at The Ukiah News offices. Other readers named include Ida King Lena Johnson Janice Wright Zada Parker and more.
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Amed Gant
Iy Parm
Johnson Brothers
White House
Crolin Fitzgerald
Barbara Brown
Rt. 1
Jack Fravel
South Main
Edward Austin
Plum Drive
Arthur Romer
South Highway
Rod Shippey
West Church
Ukiah
North School Street
Ida King
Lena Johnson
Janice Wright
Zada Parker
Della Gibson
Frank Kee
Vera Graham
Ann Ekenberg
Walter Arnad
Jim Milone
Kenneth Foster
Gene Simpson
Eleanor Daut
Colombini
Cinquini
Willits Tavern Sued for $5,115
Marvin and Joe Anne Scroggin sue Wilbur Anderson operator of Andy's Willits tavern for injuries from a fall on a slippery substance on the dance floor. The complaint alleges Mrs Scroggin fell while dancing at Andy's on June 5 1955.
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Andy’s
Willits Tavern
Marvin
Joe Anne Scroggin
Wilbur Anderson
Andy's
Five Thousand Dollar Land Condemnation Petition In Willits
The Willits Union High School District seeks to condemn land for building purposes and has placed a five thousand dollar price on the property. Ernest Kemper of Willits seeks to contest in Superior Court as the case appears in the district’s petition. The tract measures about 11 acres and adjoins current school lands, with a shed and dwelling included. The district reports previous offers of one thousand dollars for the parcel.
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Ernest Kemper
Willits
Willits Union High
Temper
Blood Bank to Visit Potter Valley Saturday March 3
The Sonoma County Blood Bank, sponsored by the Potter Valley Grange, will be at the Grange hall in Potter Valley Saturday March 3 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Grange chairman Roberta Harvey urges donations as the need grows. donors must not eat in the four hours before giving, with exceptions for black coffee fruit juice or water.
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Sonoma
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Joan Morris
Shirley Lee
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