California hunting casualties rise in 1955 report
State data show 23.5 percent of California hunting casualties were fatal in 1955, versus 20 percent nationwide since 1950. Personal safety related fatalities accounted for 35.5 percent in California, 31 percent nationally, with 17.8 percent of state casualties from gunshot wounds. Eight incidents occurred in dense cover, nineteen in light cover, and thirteen in open country. two fatalities in dense cover and two in open country. Only 0.009 percent of hunters were trained junior hunters.
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California
Department of Fish and Game
Fish and Game
Girls Softball Practice Begins at Ukiah Stadium
Eleven players attended the first practice of the Ukiah Women’s Softball team at Anton Stadium. Recreation Director Stan Staf ford praised the turnout and enthusiasm. All women out of high school are invited to Saturday morning sessions, with key performers named including Evie Ringstrom, Jewel Burns, Rosiland Luchessi, Pat Pinola, Patty Weber, Cathy O’Rourke, Stella Martinelli, and LeClaire Meyers.
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Ukiah Womens
Anton Stadium
Stan Stafford
Evie Ringstrom
Jewel Burns
Rosiland Luchessi
Pat Pinola
Ukiah Women’s Golf Red Blue match points tally
Teeing Off Ten points separate the Red and Blue teams in Ukiah Women’s Golf club play. With 18 hole matches ending next week and 9 hole matches through April, winners host lunch if defeated.
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Ukiah Women’s
Madge Falk
Reds
Mona Fahrney
Blues
Girls basketball league to conclude in May
The team will be formally organized after the girls basketball league schedule ends in May. Want ads promise results as a key tip in forming the squad.
Planting Tagged Trout in Lake Pillsbury Planned
California prepares the first large scale test of catchable trout returns by tagging 10 000 fish planted through the Dingell Johnson federal aid program in Lake Pillsbury. Pale yellow plastic tags under the belly skin will be used to track angler creel returns and improve the stocked trout program.
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Lake
Pillsbury
Angier
California
Department of Fish and Game
Dingell-Johnson Federal Aid To Fisheries Project
Ukiah Varsity Baseball Dominates Cloverdale 9–0
Ukiah High School's baseball team, led by pitcher Lynn Mantooth in his first start of the season, defeated Cloverdale 9 to 0. Mantooth, moved from infield to pitcher, earned a neat one-hitter as Ukiah opened with a strong plate performance including Lane Foster's fifth inning single sparking a three-run rally. Ukiah added two runs in the sixth and four in the seventh.
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Lynn Mantooth
Ukiah
Cloverdale
Mantooth
Bill Tully
Tully
Lane Foster
Skin Diving Abalone Debate At Ukiah Rod And Gun Meet
Ukiah Rod and Gun club executive board discussed skin divers taking abalone from coast beds and the potential dam flow impact on migratory fish. Len Weselsky warned of raids, Joe Harlan urged a guaranteed minimum flow and fish ladder plans for Coyote Valley dam were questioned. Membership rose to 784 from 255.
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Coyote Valley
Ukiah Rod and Gun Club
Len Weselsky
Weaselsky
Joe Harlan
Russian River
Harlan
Mendocino
Sonoma County
Department of Fish and Game
Mendocino County
Sportsmen Council of
Theedwood Empire
Ukiah Merchants Baseball Club finances show solid health
Sam Ray Jr retired as chairman reports the Ukiah Merchants Baseball Club is financially sound with no debts and a few hundred dollars in the dark. The club bought new uniforms last season and averages 200 fans per game at Anton Stadium. Fred Butt leads the new board as the season approaches with Ray’s planning backing. A regional effort to coordinate small craft harbor planning is underway led by Col. Rufus Putnam of the state land commission, aiming for a master plan by March 1, 1957.
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Ukiah Merchants Baseball Club
Sam Ray, Jr
Ray
Anton Stadium
Fred Butt
Col
Rufus Putnam
State Land Commission
North Coast
Ukiah
Putnam
Commission
Harbors and Waterways
U. S. Engineers
State Beaches and Parks Commission
W. M. Moir
State Chamber of Commerce
Halfway Hobbyist Savings Plan Encouraged
A tongue in cheek guide urges hobbyists to save monthly for needed gear. It suggests starting now with small deposits in a notable savings account to fund equipment like a calorser, bandsaw, or washing rake and return to busy hobby work soon.
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Axysrica
Wrestling Matches To Be Held April 5
No wrestling matches will be held next week at Carl Purdy hall. Louie Zaina chairman of the Veterans of Foreign Wars wrestling committee announced the next events will be staged Thursday night April 5.
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Carl Purdy Hall
Louie Zaina
Veterans of Foreign Wars Wrestling Committee
Zaina
Angels Take Title With Six Victories
The Angels clinch the title with six wins and no losses as final games in the second half of the Girls Basketball league are played at Ukiah High School. The Rangers meet the Senior in tonight’s decisive matchup to determine second, fourth, and fifth places.
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Angels
Ukiah High School
Rangers
Half Mile Record Falls As Willits Wins Track Meet
Jerry Siebert of Willits broke the county 880 yard record with a 2 07 clocking in the varsity meet won by Willits 67 1/3 to 49 2/3 over Ukiah in Ukiah. Siebert also won the 220 yard dash and Willits took the B division 1144 to 46. Saturday Ukiah Fort Bragg and Willits meet at Ukiah High School oval starting 1 30 PM.
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Jerry Siebert
Willits High School
Ukiah
Fort Bragg
Willits
Ukiah High School
Baseball Meeting Set for March 27 at Palace Hotel
Ukiah Merchants baseball club announces a re scheduled meeting for Tuesday March 27 at 8 o clock at the Palace hotel. Board Chairman Fred Butt says the session will cover committee appointments and fundraising. Fans and players are invited to participate in discussions.
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Ukiah Merchants Baseball Club
Palace Hotel
Fred Butt
North Coast Fish and Game Club seeks beach access
The Mendocino Coast Fish and Game Club endorsed two Wildlife Conservation Board resolutions to open the five mile beach from Mackerricher State Park to Ten Mile River and to allow public use of the Ten Mile River tidal area. They request extension of a county road to the Cleone Point wharf site and creation of parking and access roads. Frank Hyman notes the move would provide a large new recreation and fishing area for growing tourism.
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Five Mile Jong
Mackerricher State Park
Ten Mile River
Mendocino
Five Mile Long
MacKerricher Park
Ten Mile
Frank Hyman
Fish and Game Organization
Problems at 7 15 P M and the Flashy Little Rascals
Plans are being made for a league skiing trip in April. Sign Ups for the trip will be held at 7 tonight. The Ink Spots face the Flashy Little Rascals in the second contest at 7 15 p m.
Wildcats Win Three Straight Before Northwest League Opener
Ukiah High School Wildcats beat Petaluma 8 to 7 and 11 to 0 and defeated Cloverdale 5 to 1 over the past week. Pitcher Watt Whalen earned the first win, Ralph Kaivila held Petaluma to three hits, and catcher Cecil Barnum homered. Freshman Fuzzy Moulder struck out 14 in the Cloverdale game. The team opens Northwest League play April 6 at Anton stadium versus Lakeport at 3 p.m., followed by a home game against Guerneville April 10 at 3:30 p.m.
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Wildcats
Ukiah High School Wildcats
Bill Tulley
Petaluma High School
Cloverdale
Watt Whalen
Raph
Wmna
Petaluma
Ralph Kaivila
Petalumans
Cecil Barnum
Fuzzy Moulder
Anton Stadium
Lakeport High School
Geynerville High School
Elect A City Councilman Who Believes In Ukiah’s Progress
A call to voters to elect a council member who envisions Ukiah as a friendly, compact city with good, economical, progressive government. The speaker pledges to prove his vision through action if elected.
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Ukiah
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