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Newspaper
Ukiah News
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1956
Page
4
The Holman Ranch hosts a Spring Festival barbecue from 12 noon to 1:30 pm on Sunday. Over a ton of beef will be served with slaw beans bread and butter home made pie and coffee for $1.25 a plate. Mrs Lorna Nelson leads arrangements.
Ansohi Weeks will lead the Anson Weeks orchestra providing music for the Spring Festival dance Saturday night in the Potter Valley High School gymnas ium. Dancing runs from 9 30 p m to 2 30 a m with a midnight supper featuring homemade pies cakes and coffee. Concessions will offer hamburger soft drinks and beer at the rodeo grounds all day.
Potter Valley prepares for a two day Spring Festival and rodeo May 19 and 20. The Nursery Rhyme float theme features over 16 floats competing for prizes in the parade starting at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Festival Program schedules a baseball game Saturday at 10 a.m. between Potter Valley and Laytonville High School squads on the high school diamond.
Notice to qualified electors of Redwood Valley Union School District Mendocino County California that a special bond election and a special apportionment authorization election will be held June 1 1956 from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM at designated polling places. Propositions authorize a 65000 bonded indebtedness for school facilities and improvements and authorize a state apportionment up to 335000 with repayment terms. Consolidated election uses the same precincts and ballots with officers listed.
In Mendocino County California a Superior Court document cites Robert Carl Wigle Jr a person under 21 to appear on June 8 1956 at 10:00 AM to show cause why he should not be freed from his father's custody for failure to attend as required. The notice is part of a contempt citation issued May 1954 by Broaddus and Golden.
Special entertainment Sunday at Holman ranch features Miss Carmel Moore of Stoney Ford performing trick riding. Moore, a student at UC Davis College of Agriculture, has appeared at multiple California rodeos in recent years.
Shirley Woolley will reign as queen of the Potter Valley Spring Festival and Rodeo this Saturday. Selected attendants are Alicia Morrell and Margaret Countz. Coronation is at 1 30 p m with a flower float leading the parade at 2 p m.
The Spring Festival flower show will open Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Grange Hall and continue through Sunday. It is sponsored by the Potter Valley Garden Club. An abundance of blooms promises exciting floral arrangements.
Ukiah Chamber of Commerce moves ahead on the Ukiah’s Plan for Action program with a $15,000 budget goal. The plan outlines eight points including industrial and trade development, civic activities, resource development, transportation, and publicity. Chamber president Claude J. Falconer said the board aims to raise this annual amount to sustain activities, with a new dues schedule setting a $36 annual minimum to support long term initiatives.
James Hennessy of Ukiah is elected as the inaugural president of the International Concatenated Order of Hoo Hoo at the organizational meeting in the Palace Hotel attended by about 115 lumbermen and guests. Other officers include Floyd Murlin, Willits, first vice president. Jack Allehby, Potter Valley, second vice president. and Joe Shipman, Cloverdale Redwoods, secretary-treasurer. with a slate of directors from Willits, Ukiah, and surrounding communities.
The Oil Information Committee for the Ukiah area held a no host dinner on Thursday May 10 with Walter M Heady as acting chairman. Frank Jacobs of Union Oil San Francisco served as master of ceremonies and spoke on oil and gasoline costs. Mary Emerick of Standard Oil discussed products from oil and the magic suit case. Emerick’s furcoat illustrated oil products, costing 90 dollars. Steve O'Brien of Standard Oil was named Ukiah area chairman for the year but missed the meeting due to a coast auto accident.
State controller advises county treasurer that Mendocino County will get 39,059.03 dollars from the 5,165,247 dollars of highway users taxes apportioned to counties in April. Net highway taxes for the month ending March 31 totaled 20,612,038 dollars and were divided into city funds 1,984,760 dollars counties 5,165,247 dollars and state highway funds for highways 13,462,038 dollars.
Plans for final PTA term meetings include officer installation by Mrs. Armijo at Calpella and Redwood Valley. graduation set for June 14 at 7 pm outdoors. Picnic at Ukiah park on June 8 with field day and 4-H activities noted. courthouse government lesson and Sacramento trip planned for students.
Mr and Mrs Charles Kasch travel to San Diego this week to attend a state park commission meeting.
The San Francisco de Asig mission in Mission, San Francisco, was founded on October 9, 1776, as the sixth Franciacan mission in Alta California.
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