Eight Days of Sightseeing By Ukiah Travelers
Local travelers from Ukiah Mr. and Mrs. George Ward Mrs. Bertha Yarbrough and Mrs. Leona Thorpe with Mrs. Maude Noyes of Big Oaks enjoyed eight days of sightseeing. They visited Disneyland Knott’s Berry Farm San Juan Capistrano Mission Santa Barbara Mission La Purissima Mission Elsinore Mojave Desert Lucerne Valley Apple Valley Inn Carson City and side trips from U S 395 to Convict Lake June Lake Silver Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ward
Bertha Yarbrough
Leona Thorpe
Ukiah
Maude Noyes
Big Oaks
Sacramento Valley
Disneyland
Knott
Berry Farm
Jim Mitchell
Michael
Jackie
Clayton
Mitchell
Della Pauli
San Juan Capistrian Mission
Santa Barbara
la Purissima
Elsinore
Mojave Desert
Lucerne Valley
Apple Valley
Apple Valley Inn
Carson City
Riding Club Announces May Activities and Parade Plans
Ukiah Riding and Driving club held its May meeting on May 8 at the 12th District fairgrounds clubrooms. Members planned a May 22 pot luck supper at the clubroom and discussed an all day ride and barbecue. The group will ride in the Potter Valley Festival parade on Saturday and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukiah Riding and Driving Club
Potter Valley
Newt Smiths Welcome Son Bruce Lee Smith
Mr and Mrs Jay Lee Newt Smith Jr announce the birth of a son named Bruce Lee born Saturday May 5 at Ukiah General Hospital. He weighs 5 pounds 7 ounces and has a sister Ruth Ann aged three. Maternal grandmother is Mrs Freda Ford and paternal grandfather is Jay Lee Smith Sr. Grant Lake, a hobbyist photographer, took both black and white and color pictures during the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Lee
Newt) Smith, Jr
Ukiah General Hospital
Bruce Lee
Ruth Ann
Freda Ford
Jay Lee Smith, Sr
Grant Lake
Ward
Fort Bragg Announces 1957 Community Concert Program
The Fort Bragg Community Concert association unveils its season with the DePaul Opera Gala on February 16 1957 featuring excerpts from three operas including Porgy and Bess. Tentative fall soprano Dorothy Warenskold, January Duo di Roma, and April Ballet and Ballads are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Bragg
Son Welcomed by Burnettes' Daughter in Denver
Sgt and Mrs Martin B Martinis welcomed a son May 7 at St Joseph s hospital in Denver Colorado. Mrs Martinis is the former Janice Burnette daughter of Mr and Mrs Ted Burnette. Her parents left Ukiah April 26 to visit their grandchild, the first child for the Martins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tedh
Martin B. Martinis
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Denver
Colo
Martinis
Janice Burnette
Ted Burnette
Ukiah
Walter Higgins Returns From Southern Trip
Walter Higgins and Mrs. Higgins returned from Fresno where they attended the managers meeting of the State Farm Insurance companies. They spent a weekend in Yosemite on the way home. Mrs. Higgins attended the California Federation of Women's Clubs state convention in Berkeley last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Higgins
Fresno
State Farm Insurance Companies
Yosemite
Jaycees Back Free X-ray Service in Ukiah
Ukiah residents are informed about a Mendocino County Tuberculosis Association chest X-ray service. The Ukiah Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors, with Robert Swan as general chairman, a mobile X-ray unit visiting May 16 to 18 in front of J C Penney. Pre registration advised to speed the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukiah
Mendocino County
Chamber of Commerce
Boonville to Get 7-Digit Numbers in 1957
Boonville will switch to seven digit telephone numbers early next year with the prefix Twinbrook 5. Pacific Telephone Manager Bill Shields says the change is part of a nationwide move to provide long distance dialing. An exact date for the change has not been set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boonville
Pacific Telephone
Bill Shields
Shields
Bromleys Take Delta Queen River Cruise Then Dallas Stop
Flying east last Monday Mr and Mrs William Bromley begin a vacation with a first stop in Cincinnati They will board the riverboat Delta Queen for a Mississippi trip to New Orleans From New Orleans they fly home with a Dallas stopover While away out of town friends will occupy the Bromley home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bromley
Cincinnati
Mississippi
New Orleans
Dallas
Texas
Bromley
Mrs Franks Conklin Visiting Ukiah Family
Mrs Frank Conklin wife of Lt Frank Conklin is visiting her mother Mrs Charles Myszka in Ukiah for several weeks while his duty in Anchorage Alaska keeps him away. In June she plans to return to Mountain Home Air Force Base Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myszka
Frank Conklin
Ann Myszka
Ukiah
Charles Myszka
Anchorage
Alaska
Mountain Home Air Force Base
Idaho
Well Baby Clinic Set For Friday In Potter Valley
The second Well Baby Clinic will be held at the grammar school clinic this Friday May 11 from 9 to 10 30 a m Dr William West at the request of the PTA and Principal Harold Walton will conduct the clinic This is a real opportunity for parents to bring their children and Dr West donates his time PTA sponsors the clinic in belief that child health is a community responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grammar School
William West
Parent-Teacher Association
Harold Walton
Procravurus
Asanal
West
PTA
Barbara Cherry
David Hopper
Ukiah
Ralph Whittaker
Willits Shriners
Potter Valley
Chester Linser
Floyd Crenshaw
Jack Mitchel
Grange
Roberta Harvey
Betty Thornton
Sacramento
Slim Allison
Fern Bilstein
Placeroe
Lily Deering
Haywalian Islands
Lowell Deering
Mona Stipp
Kate Dietterila
Leila Romer
Arthur Brimmer
Lawrence Bufford
John Davis
Byron Elmer
Thomas Fox
Walter Graf
Jancy McNulty
Lloyd Hughes
Louis Meyer
Walter Minger
Lionel Murphy
Rosa Pasley
Herbert Pickle
Bonnie Thornton
Cedric Thornton
Vane Thornton
Charles Tomlin
Percy Whitcomb
Delicia Nystrom
Wesley Snow
Vocational Ag Discontinued At Ukiah Union High School
Ukiah Union High School trustees voted to discontinue the vocational agriculture course for the next year and replace it with a general agriculture program. Nine freshmen and ten upperclassmen had enrolled. The board also heard Potter Valley residents on complaints and reviewed teacher tenure, which begins for instructors hired in the fourth year after the school’s third year and attendance exceeded 850. Plans for a new cafeteria were presented by the local architectural firm Ingle and Weaver for study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukiah Union High School
Potter Valley
Ukiah Architectural Firm
Ingle and Weaver
City Employees Hold Potluck Dinner Friday Night
City employees and their families are invited to a potluck dinner Friday at 6 30 p m at the municipal clubhouse. The event is sponsored by the City Employees Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Employes
City Employes Association
Bill Lewis Sees National Restaurant Convention in Chicago
Palace Coffee Shop head Bill Lewis attends the National Restaurant Convention in Chicago and is slated to return to work on Monday. He remains active in leadership as the industry event progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Lewis
Chicago
Palace Coffe
Ukiah High Forestry Students Win High Honors
Ukiah High school forestry class members attended the Junior Logging conference at Mendocino Woodlands and returned with high honors. Joe Mayfield was named one of four outstanding forestry students. Don Brittingham led nine attendees. The event, sponsored by the Redwood Region Conservation council, included tours of logging and sawmill operations plus firefighting programs. A commercial club meeting is planned for May 9 in room 211. The school term ends June 14 with Memorial Day on May 30 and the senior ball June 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukiah High School
Mendocino Woodlands
Joe Mayfield
Don Brittingham
Ukiah
Vernon Bonham
Marvin Crowson
Ken Burke
Bob Davis
Richard Huckins
Jon Johnson
Carl Middleton
Richard Scudero
Brittingham
Redwood Region Conservation Council
Penny Johnson
Don Carson
Los Angeles
Mitchell Attending State Conference in San Diego
County Veterans Service Officer Thomas J. Mitchell will be in San Diego from May 7 to 12 attending the eighth annual training conference for service officers and veteran counselors. The County Service Officers Association of this state organized the session. During his absence the county courthouse office remains open, staffed by Mary Ann Wallace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Service
Thomas, J. Mitchell
San Diego
County Service Officers Association
Mitchell
Mary Ann Wallace
Elementary Board OKs Salary Increases For District Staff
Ukiah Union Elementary trustees approved a new five year safety schedule for 32 non certificated workers and granted raises to four administrators. Secretaries janitors custodians bus drivers cooks receive 10 to 15 dollars monthly. Two principals get seven hundred dollar raises to 6200 and 7500 dollars. Superintendent Jack Simpson’s pay rises from 8000 to 10000 yearly. Two coordinators also granted increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukiah Union
Board of Trustees
Jack Simpson
Ukiah Rexall Store Wins Rexall Honor Award
Ukiah Rexall Drug store named a Rexall Honor Store by John Bowles president of Rexall division for high standards of community service. The program aims to improve appearance efficiency and professional character of pharmacies to better serve local people. The United States Mint at San Francisco is equipped with a gun tower and tear gas lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukiah Rexsi
Rexall
John Bowles
Rexall Drug Company
United States Mint
San Francisco
Mrs Evelyn Quenney Returns Home From Ukiah Hospital
Mrs Evelyn Quenney returns home from Ukiah General Hospital where she had been after an accident. She lives with her sister Mrs Jessie H Moores, in the local area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn. Qenney
Min Court Fro
Ukiah General Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Newt Smiths
Bruce
Ford
Mendocino
Stephenson
North State Street
Homestead
Penney
Er On Aan
Burnettes
Jaycees
of TB Association
Eversole
Vine Layne
Eule
School
Henry Streets
Well
Fred Cowell
Moller
Ray Ingels
Jud Gowan
Salem
Ore
Singer Electric
Singer
Singer Sewing ‘Center
Ouy
Covey Sea
Gei suAchon
South School
Dick Buxton
University of San Francisco
Buxton
CSF
Lyle’ 'Thunen
Ukiah Rexall Store
Edwards
John Wonder
Jeweler Homestead
Evelyn Denny
Axminster
H and Hi Furniture Co
South School Street
Ukiah, California
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