City Manager row stirs Ukiah council debate
Ukiah city council rushes to hire a new city business manager before a new council takes over and considers an ordinance changing to a full city manager form of government. The editorial urges public vote before altering municipal government and calls for studying the manager plan with input from residents and future council. Also notes a volunteer call for Scout camp site work near Navarre with local artisans urged to assist.
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Ukiah
Bones
Ukiah News
Peek Enig Peral
Masonite Corporation
Navarre
Mendocino County
Robert Hough
Sam Gardner
Antilles and West Indies Overview in Echoes of the Tropics
The writer reflects on Jamaica and the Antilles, noting Greater Antilles including Cuba Jamaica Hispaniola and Puerto Rico and Lesser Antilles like Leeward Windward Trinidad and Barbados. They discuss climate tourism hurricanes August to October and Cape Hatteras as a stormy coastal point, contrasting calm seas with powerful storms.
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Jamaica
Antilles
West Indies
Bahama Islands
Greater Antilles
Cuba
Hispaniola
Puerto Rico
United States
Philippines
Lesser Antilles
Leeward Islands
Windward Islands
Trinidad
Barbados
Hazel
Ione
Janet
Cape Hatteras
North Carolina
Light ship duties and a voyage with United Fruit Company
George M. Mann recalls the Coast Guard maintaining a light ship after failed lighthouse construction, crew routines during hurricanes, and donations from passing ships. He recounts sailing the Barnstable for United Fruit Company, its founders and expansion, and his seafaring mishap off Cuba amid a Jamaica romance series with a second installment promised next week.
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Coast Guard
British West Indies
Barnstable
United Fruit Company of
Boston
United Fruit Company
Andrew Preston
Boston Fruit Company
West Indies
Cooper Keith
Central America
United Fruit
Massachusetts
Cuba
Thad
Let the Dead Past Bury Its Auld Acquaintance
Florence McGehee Reflects on long friendship memories from high school days. Two young girls shared deep devotion, one now a widowed, aging college freshman and the other a world in motion with scars from living deeply. They meet rarely, finding little to say, yet feel compelled to reconnect. The piece argues friendships require mutual growth and that some past ties fade as life moves on.
Oakland Man Buys Twin Oaks Motel
Oakland businessman Jack Semis purchased the Twin Oaks Motel on North Highway from Claud Ellis and wife for about $77,500. Semis has taken possession and plans to remodel and upgrade the 14 unit property.
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Oakland
Twin Oaks
Jack Semis
North Highway
Claud Ellis
Semis
Bogner to Head Ukiah VFW Post
Phil Bogner is named commander of VFW Post 1900 Ukiah succeeding A B Broaddus. Officers to be installed April 26 include Glenn Ford senior vice commander Louie Zaina junior vice commander Charlie Hofman quartermaster A B Broaddus post advocate Thomas Mitchell chaplain Don Richard surgeon Robert Stambaugh Jr trustee Floyd Ross installing officer. Prior to the election members held a potluck luncheon hosted by the Auxiliary.
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Phil Bogner
Veterans of Foreign Wars
A. B. Broaddus
Glenn Ford
Louie Zaina
Charlie Hofman
Thomas Mitchell
Don Richard
Robert Stambaugh
Floyd Ross
VFEFW
Auxiliary
Driver Killed in Mendocino County Highway 101 Crash
Weekend accidents in Mendocino County left one dead and another severely injured. Oscar Sizemore, 62, of Santa Rosa, died when his car went out of control and plunged over an embankment 16 miles north of Ukiah on Highway 101. Cecil B. Porter, 35, from Tan Oaks Park, suffered serious injuries when his vehicle overturned eight and a half miles north of Laytonville on Highway 101, was thrown from the car, and rolled about 70 feet into a canyon.
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Mendocino County
Oscar Sizemore
Santa Rosa
Ukiah
Highway 101
Sizemore
California Highway Patrol
Cecil B. Porter
Tan Oaks Park
Howard Memorial Hospital
Laytonville
Porter
72 Patients Enter Mendocino County Hospital
A report by Dr. John O. Raffety shows 72 patients admitted in February at Mendocino County hospital. Sixty eight discharged, 59 inpatients on Feb 29, five deaths, and an average census of 57.27. Outpatient clinic saw 374 patients.
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Mendocino County Hospital
John O. Raffety
Ukiah to Host Five Concerts for 1956 57 Season
The Ukiah Community Concert association announced five concerts for the 1956 57 season chosen by the board after the membership drive ended March 24. The lineup includes pianist Leonard Pennario opening in October, The Totenberg Instrumental Ensemble in late fall, baritone Thomas L. Thomas in February, The Chanticleers in March, and Ballet and Ballads featuring Emily Frankel and Mark Ryder in April. The association reports it is sold out for the fourth straight year, with some memberships still available to new Ukiah residents.
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Leonard Pennario
Pennario
Willits
Hansen and
DeBell
Alturas
Thomas L. Thomas
the Chanticleers
Robert Shaw Chorale
Emily Frankel
Mark Ryder
Will Dolt
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Banzhaf Farm Machinery
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John Deere
Towner
Farm Machinery Company
North State Street
Homestead
Mann
George M. Mann
Florence McGehee
Triple ‘S Camera Shop
South State St. Ukiah Homestead
Bogner
Ukiah Vfw Post
Ukiah Group
Totenberg Instrumental Ensemble
Empire Gardens
Pioneer CO
State Street
Daniels-Harlowe Cadillac-Pontiac Agency
the Gateway Realty
Serta
H and H Furniture
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