Kefauver to Make Hour Stop Here Saturday Morning
Sen Estes Kefauver Democrat Tenn will visit Ukiah in what may be the first presidential candidate stop in the city His flight with about 25 campaign staff arrives at 940 am and he plans a brief speech near the courthouse at 950 am before departing for Eureka at 1030 am Local organizers Sterling Norgard Forrest Frosty Hughes and Martin Wenger coordinate the stop
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Estes Kefauver
Dem.Tenn
California
Ukiah
Hof
Mtot
Tureka
Sterling Norgard
Forrest (Frosty) Hughes
Martin Wener
One Local Contest On Ballot in Next Tuesday Election
June 5 Mendocino voters select in presidential primary in the second supervisorial district Paul Poulos faces Charl ies Anderson. Harod Bainbridge Hartley unopposed in districts 4 and 1. Three way race for congressmen Clem Miller Corce Madera Ted Watkins and Hubert Scudder. Tom Bair opposes Frank Belotti for the first district assembly seat. Democrats decide presidential delegation split between Kefauver and Stevenson. Eisenhower unopposed on Republican side. 19 935 voters registered.
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Mendocino County
Paul Poulos
Board of Supervisors
Charlies Anderson
Harod Bainbridge
Josaah E. Hartley
Lilburn Gibson
Clem Miller
Corce Madera
Ted Watkins
Mendocino
Hubert F. Scudder
Cross
Tom Bair
Arexta Rancher
Frank Belotti
California
Estes Kefauver
Adlai Stevenson
Rosenhower
Major Parties Face Possible Failure to Elect President
John Synon of the state industrial accident commission told Ukiah Rotary that the electoral college could fail to produce a president. He cited scenarios such as Democratic convention outcomes and Republican losses in farm states, discussed at the meeting chaired by Judge Liburn Gibson.
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Synon
United States
John Synon
Statoe Industrial Accident Commission
Ukiah Rotary Club
Liburn Gibson
Car Wash Saturday Aids Richfield Youth Baseball Leagues
A car wash Saturday June 2 at Ashurst Richfield station State and Scaninary will raise funds for four youth baseball leagues Pony Colt Coast and Little. Commissioner Sam Ray announced the event sponsored by Richfield OU corporation. Car washing by league boys costs $1 with all money going to league funds and Richfield donating materials.
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Ashurst Richfield Station
State and
Scaninary
Sam Ray
Richfield OU Corporation
Pric
Richfield
Memorial Day sermon warns of danger of war
Rev Oran Bollinger of First Christian urged Ukiah mourners to remember war’s horrors and oppose complacency that risks a third world conflict. He spoke of Gandhi’s peace and his chaplain service among soldiers, praising those who died for freedom and calling the cemetery a gateway to spiritual love. The ceremony featured Legion and VFW members, Scout units, a 11 30 silence, prayers by Father Isadore Kennedy, and wreaths on the monument.
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Oran Bollinger
First Christian Church
Ukiah
Bollinger
Mahatma Gandhi
Hell
Christ
Joan Greenleaf Whittier
American Legion
VFW
Boy Scout
Sea Scout
Veterans’ Plot
Herb Saxon
Legion
Isadore Kennedy
Phil Bogner
Pomolita Class of ’56 to graduate largest ever tally
Pomolita Elementary plans June 13 commencement at Carl Purdy hall for over 250 eighth graders, largest class yet, surpassing last year by about 45. Tentative graduates include Dorothy Abbott, Joseph Adams, Joyce Aguiar, Rose Allen, Johnny Allsup, Robert Anderson, and many others listed. ceremony at Twelfth District fairgrounds marks significant milestone for the Pomolita cohort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomolita
Carl Purdy
Isa
Dorothy Abbott
Joseph M. Adams
Joyce Lee Aguiar
Rose Mary Allen
Johnny Allsup
Robert James Anderson
Maria Lee Archis
Robert Joe Argroves
Sharon Anita’ Avants
Dennis Balthazar
James Barnes
Ronald Barnes
Carole Barnette
Ron Barnette
Edldie Barrett
Richard Allen Barthelmes
Patricia Madeline Bass
Reginald Bateman
Glenn Frederick Baylard
Earl Beck Jr
Jeffrey Fredrick Beck
Donald Behneke
Kendall Behneke
Mary Carol Bellettini
Marlene Hazel Sennett
Paulette Berkland
Michael Berman
Jerry Boesel
Donna Fay Boggs
Michael Robert Bonnifield
Kenneth Roger Boutello
Grace Eilanor Brane
Delilah Breckett
Jim Leroy Brannon
Kenneth Branson
Michael Brashear
John T. Brown
Marilyn Esther Brown
Russell Allen Brown
Donna Day Bull
Judith Lee Burns
Michael Burrell
Noel Phillip Burt
Patricia Campbell
Patricia Ann Caouette
Robert L. Cardwell
Martin Richard Carlson
William Carver
Patricia Lee Cato
Denly Chamberlain
Bille Mae Chambers
Fred Les Chase
David William Christensen
Vicki Gail Clawson
Stephen Elroy Clifford
Ronal Close
Patrick Collins
Harvey Couch
Joan Covert
James Grofoot
Nancy Leung Daut
de Vaughn
Jimmy Ben Dobbins
James Dunger
James Regan
Carolyn Elliot
Kathy Ann Bilis
Douglas Charles Ely
Michael Harris Estep
Hileen Ruth Evans
Randall James Falk
Robert Carl Fenton
Kathleen Fitch
Richard Albert Flores
2 County Bar Meet Set This Weekend
Mendocino and Lake County Bar associations plan their annual stay outing at Rice Fork Lodge Lake Pillsbury this weekend. Judges from the third district court of appeals and state bar officers are expected to join. Russell Johnson president of the Mendocino County Bar Association and a special committee visited Lake Pillsbury yesterday to review arrangements with local attorney John Cartwright, lodge owner.
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Mendocino
Lake County
Rice Fork Lodge
Lake Pillsbury
Third District Court of Appeals
Russell Johnson
Mendocino County
Salary Survey Meet To Be Held June 18
The county board of supervisors set Monday June 18 for a meeting with Bernard P. Donnelly of the state personnel board regarding a salary survey for county employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Supervisors
Bernard P. Donnelly
State Personnel Board
County Folk Dance Festival Slated for Friday Night
Mendocino students plan the Sixth Annual Folk Dance Festival at Anton Stadium Friday at 8 p m with about 500 dancers in seven dances. Pomolita High and several schools participate including Redwood Valley Waves of Tor River Union and Mendocino Elementary as guest. Duane Thompson directs Pomolita band and Joan Gowan of Anderson Valley Junior High will be student announcer.
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Mendocino
Anton Stadium
Duane Thompson
Jay
Swyssahn
Redwood Valley
Waves of
Aeeuee
Joan Gowan
Anderson Vans
Tis
State plans $2 million Mendocino hospital expansion
A five year expansion program for Mendocino State hospital proposes spending 2,003,526 dollars. The plan totals 4,318,155 for Napa State hospital 5,862,754 for Stockton State hospital and 5,093,475 for Sonoma State hospital. Mendocino items include student nurses’ quarters 455,000 dollars chapel 157,000 dollars and rehabilitation therapy building 522,000 dollars.
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Mendocino State Hospital
State Department of Finance
Napa State Hospital
Stockton State Hospital
Sonoma State Hospital
Work on City's Budget Starts
Ukiah city council meeting canceled due to Memorial Day holiday. Agenda for Wednesday includes a public hearing on annexation. City departments busy preparing budgets for the new fiscal year beginning July 1 and adopting a new accounting system approved after a survey by Miner B. Phillips and Associates of Pasadena.
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Ukiah
Weanesy
Syell ‘ Cash
Cash
Miner B. Phillips and
Three Ukiah Graduates Earn Liberal Arts Degrees
Sunday exercises at Piaha State College saw three Humboldt area students graduate. Barbara Elena Drivell, daughter of John S. and Mrs. Drivell, earned a BA in liberal arts. Patricia Hitchcock Hanson and her husband Robert also earned BAs. Mrs. Hanson’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hitchcock. Joyce Ray Jacobs, daughter of Jeff D. Jacobs, received a BA in liberal arts.
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Piaha State
Barbara Elena’ Drivell
John S. Drivell
Mill Court
Patricia Hitchcock
Hanson
Robert
Arthur Hitchcock
West Mill Street
Joyce Ray Jacobs
Jeff D. Jacobs
Rt. 1
Box
Clarence L Brown Dies of Ukiah baseball figure at 61
Clarence L Brown known as Brownie, 61, a Ukiah baseball leader, died Wednesday morning. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 2 p.m. at Zimmerman Mortuary with Rev. Oran Bollinger officiating. VFW will conduct graveside committal. Pallbearers include Reno Valentino, Johnny Meyers, Harry Bartolomei, Dave Scudero, Tom Lindley and Adolph Lucchesi. Born December 4, 1894 in Mureka, he lived in the area about 13 years, was Signal Oil distributor for ten years, former VFW commander in 1943-44, Ukiah Elk, president of Ukiah Pony League, and Region 5 Pony League commissioner. See BROWN Page 6.
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Clarence L
Brownie) Brown
Ukiah
Zimmerman Mortuary
Oran Bollinger
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Brown
Reno Valentini
Johnny Meyers
Harry Bartolomei
Dave Scudero
Tom Lindley
Adolph Lucches
Luigi Porzio Dies At Home Funeral Rites Saturday
Luigi Porzio, 64, of Ukiah, resident 41 years, died Wednesday at his home on East Gobbi Street. Funeral services set for Saturday at 11 a.m. from St Mary of the Angela Catholic church with Rev. Daniel Duffy presiding. Rosary Friday at 8 p.m. at Eversole Mortuary. Survived by wife Gina, children Rose Montgomery Frank Porzio and Gino Porzio, two brothers Dominico and Guiseppe, two sisters Clara Curaoni and Francisca Volpatti, and two grandchildren.
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Luigi Porzio
East Gobbi Street
Ukiah
St. Mary of the Angela Catholic Church
Daniel Duffy
Eversole Mortuary
Persizesss Baer
Tag
Ukiah Fraternal Order of Vagive
The
Foresters of
Amerca
Gina Porzio
Rose Montgomery
Frank Porzio
Gino Porzio
Dominico Porzio
Guiseppe
Italy
Clara’ Curaoni
Francisca Volpatti
Miss Wallace to Teach in India for Five Years
Miss Lillian Wallace daughter of Rev and Mrs Arthur H Wallace leaves for a five year assignment in India. She will travel from San Francisco to Seattle then aboard the Java Pacific ship Wonorato for six to eight weeks to Manila Singapore and Calcutta before reaching Lucknow. There she will join the Nsapalia Thoburn College staff as one of seven American teachers on a 40 national faculty. She will teach physical education and help establish a regular program. The college founded by Isabella Thoburn in 1859 emphasizes high scholarship and has limited space for 410 girls with a long waiting list. The article notes her prior preparation including a magniboard swim fins goggles and nose plugs for synchronized swimming.
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Lillian Wallace
Arthur H. Wallace
India
Wallaces
San Francisco
Seattle
S. Wonorato
Manila
Singapore
Madras
Calcutta
Miss Wallace
Lucknow
Nsapalia Thoburn
Hirohment
Isabella Thoburn
Miss. Wallace
Potter Valley Girl Awarded Scholarship
Potter Valley High senior Deanne Bennett received the Mendoseta Teachers Association scholarship last Thursday at Ukiah High after the association dinner. Dr. Arthur F. Corey of the California Teachers Association presented it, noting teacher shortages and training. Bennett plans to study elementary education at San Jose State Teachers College this fall. funds came from the association's Extravaganza.
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Deanne Bennett
Potter Valley
Mendoseta Teachers Association
Ukiah High School
Arthur F. Corey
California Teachers Association
Bennett
San Jose State Teachers College
Anderson Valley High To Graduate 18 Seniors June 13
Boonville reports 18 seniors in the 1956 graduating class will graduate June 13 at Apple Hall. Speakers include District Attorney Merle Orchard for exercises and Rev Paul Corley delivering the Baccalaureate sermon at Boonville Methodist Community Church on Sunday June 10.
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Boonville
Apple Hall
Joan Berry
Lorraine Menicucci
Darlene Boyd
Donna Sheldon
Barbara Wright
Joan Mellor
Ann Hulbert
Lucy Vargas
Judy Farramore
Jerry Thomas
Robert Pardini
Norman Charles
Martin Andrews
Richard Skillman
Charles Golden
Don Bierman
Thomas Hollifield
Merle Orchard
Boonville Methodist Community Church
Paul Corley
Rasco Firm Leases Crawford Building in North School Area
O R Simpson on North School and Standley streets will lease the Crawford building to the F S Rasco company. Rasco stores will operate from both locations with most inventory moved to Crawford and a toy shop planned for Standley Street. Move depends on J C Penney relocating to a new building. Safeway will shift to the old baseball park site at South State and Gobbi streets.
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Crawford
North School and
Standley Streets
J. C. Penney Company
O. R. Simpson
F. S. Rasco Company
Simpson
F. 3. Rasco Company
Weat Standley
Rasco
Crawford Building
Standley Street
J. C. Penney
Safeway
South School
Church Streets
South State and
Gobbi Streets
Ukiah Scouters Honored at Council Meet
Walter Sandelin of Ukiah was reelected president of the Songiau Mendocino Area council Boy Scouts of America at a recent meeting. Four Ukiah residents received special awards including Scouters Awards to Mrs Vernetta Phillips and Mrs Virginia Moncrief, both den mothers of Pack 65, a 15 year service award to Charles Dix England, and a 20 year service award to Frank Crane, Troop 65 committeeman.
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Walter Sandelin
Ukiah
Songiau- Mendocino
Boy Scouts of America
Vernetta Phillips
Virginia Moncrief
Charles Dix England
Post 45
Frank Crane
Fate of Sales Tax in Mendocino County Decided by Four Cities
Four Ukiah Fort Bragg Willits and Point Arena must approve an 85 15 revenue split for a 1 cent county sales tax vote to proceed The county supervisors approved a sales tax ordinance awaiting city consent Ukiah favors 10 percent Willits agreed to 85 15 and will act June 11 Point Arena and Fort Bragg are open to 15 percent and the decision hinges on city actions and a potential 30 day waiting period exception discussed by State Supervisory Association official Bill McDougal
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Mendocino
Ukiah
Fort Bragg
Willits
Point Arena
Victon
RT Pl
Willits Council
Mort Bragg
Point Areng
Ther
Don Bones
Leusiulett
Forterage City Council
Read Leaves Ukiah for Crescent City Vicargis at St Pauls
The Rev Robert Read departed Ukiah to become vicar of St Pauls Episcopal Church in Crescent City. He previously served as rector of Holy Trinity in Ukiah for two and a half years and started the Crescent City mission eight years ago. A coffee hour honored him after last Sundays service. June and summer services will be led by lay readers Edward Axt and Robert Sondergard along with visiting priests until a rector is chosen.
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Robert“Read
Ukiah
St. Paul's
Episcopal Church
Crescent City
Read
Holy
Trinity
Edward Axt
Robert Sondergard
Production Credit Agency to open three new offices
The Redwood Empire Production Credit Association, based at 534 South State Street, Ukiah, will open three new offices in Eureka Humboldt Covelo and Kelseyville. The Humboldt county office opens June 11 in the Farm Bureau building with Prescott Branstetter in charge serving Humboldt Del Norte and western Trinity Siskiyou counties. Covelo and Kelseyville will host contact offices with James Shelton supervising. Covelo at Rock Motel on 1st and 3rd Thursdays and Fridays, and Kelseyville at the agricultural stabilization and conservation office on Mondays from 9 am to 3 pm.
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Redwood Empire Production Credit Association
South State Street
Ukian
Milton C. Nystrom
Hureka
Covelo
Kelseyville
Humboldt County
Farm Bureau
Eureka
Prescott Branstetter
Association
Humboldt, del Norte
Trinity and
Siskiyou
Rock Motel
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
James Shelton
Bob Swan Elected Jaycee President
Bob Swan has been elected president of the Ukiah Junior Chamber. He will assume office at installation ceremonies on June 10. District 1 meeting is planned in Ukiah on June 10 before the officers are installed. Other officers include Dick Zimmerman, first vice president. Sherman, second vice president. Niles Oakley, treasurer. Bill Williams, secretary. and John Ahrens, Lou Loosley Jr., and Don McKenzie as directors. Outgoing president is Joy Hampton.
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Bob Swan
Ukish
Oat Commerce
Dick’ Zimmerman
Thém ‘Sherman
Niles
Oakley
Bill Williams
John Ahrens
Lou Loosley, Jr
Don McKenzie
Joy Hampton
District 1
Ukiah
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Sen. Estes Kefauver
Mplacenicy
Ukiah Velanas
Carl
Rena
Hopland High School
State Park
Cleone
Reno Bartolomie
Hopland School
Point
Arena
Anderson
Hopland
American Legion Hal
Sheriff's Office
McMillen
Asia
Msh
Humboldt
Clarence Brown
Beoiater At
Siahens Peo
Anderson Valley High
F. S. Rasco Firm
North School
Council
Production Credit Agency
Jaycee
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