Big rise in Mendocino County school attendance noted
Population increases over ten years push attendance figures at multiple schools. Redwood Valley Union Elementary rises to 377 pupils in 1955 from 96 in 1945, Piercy up 500 percent to 35 from 7, and Anderson Valley Unified up 279 percent to 428 from 113. County table lists Albion 26, Arena Union 210, Calpella 112, Fort Bragg 1400, and others with double digit to triple digit gains.
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Mendocino County
Redwood Country
Redwood Valley Union Elementary School
Anderson Valley
Piercy
Leggett Valley High School
John Taylor
John Oakes
Albion
Anderson Valley Unified
Arena Union
Calpella
Caspar
Commatche
Dos Rios
Fort Bragg Union
Greenwood
Hansen
Hearst
Hopland Union
Mendocino Protest Flares Over Coyote Dam Plan
Protesters urge Mendocino county to stay out of the Coyote dam project with Sonoma county. Hearings explore bond elections and a 17 million dollar venture funded partly by federal sources. County officials weigh delays for further study as objections rise.
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Mendocino County
Coyote Dam
Mendocino
Sonoma
Ukiah
John Gokden
Amber
Doce
Panente
Charles Kasch
Jeannie Pringle Triumphs at State Fair and 4-H Convention
Redwood Valley California Jeannie Pringle wins county dress revue and places among nine blue ribbon winners at the statewide 4-H dress revue after competing with 48 counties. Donald Jameson and Patricia Haig joined her for the Davis campus trip and fair day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redwood Valley
Redwood Valley-Calpella
Jeannie Pringle
Jeannie
Mendocino
Paige
Grace
Donald Jameson
Patricia Haig
Davis
Patricia
Ukiah Lions Club Votes City Park Playground Project
The Ukiah Lions Club voted at the September meeting to undertake a community project adding a playground at the city park. They plan to raise a total of $5,000, with $2,000 already set aside, to be completed within two years. Harry Falk spoke on Coyote Valley Dam and Sacramento meetings, with ongoing negotiations with Sonoma County.
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Ukiah, Lions’ Club
Lions Club
Harry Falk
Coyote Valley
Falk
Sacramento
Sonoma County
Howard Tuttle
Petition Seeks Ukiah By-Pass Blockade
About 500 signatories including business owners and residents filed with California Highway Division to oppose a freeway bypassing Ukiah. Joe Moschetti Motel owner said the petition, also to be given to the county supervisors, argues Highway 101 must stay through Ukiah citing estimated local business losses of $350,000 monthly during tourist season.
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Highway 101
Ukiah
California State Division of Highways
Sacramento
Joe Moschetti
County Board of Supervisors
Hopland Elementary Prepares for Monday School Opening
Hopland will reopen Monday with teachers Miss Phillipa Hengstebeck kindergarten Mrs Alice Boswell primary Mrs Inez Philbrick primary Mrs Carmen Sanchez fourth grade W Lawrence Flagler fifth and sixth grades Terrence McKeon sixth and seventh grades William McCarthy eighth grade and principal The grounds have been leveled and a baseball backstop is planned as the high school industrial arts class works.
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Hopland
Phillipa Hengstebeck
Alice Boswell
Inez Philbrick
Europe
Berkeley
Philbrick
Carmen Sanchez
Texas
Lawrence Flagier
Sonoma
San Francisco
McKeon
William McCarthy
Wallet found after reported loss in Ukiah brief
Ukiah police logged a wallet loss at 3 a.m. September 2 later followed by a purse found at Dora and Standley streets by James Gayrety of 217 Rosemary Lane. A hit-and-run at 11:10 p.m. September 1 involved a black four door sedan striking John G Haigie’s sedan, police seek the vehicle.
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Ukiah
Dora and
Standley Streets
James Gayrety
Rosemary Lane
Department For
John G. Haigie
Lights Will Go On Monday Night In Ukiah Village
The Willow Improvement club met September 1 at George Sholin's home to plan an open air meeting celebrating Ukiah Village streetlight tuning. The gathering at Dora and Laws streets at 7 30 p m on September 12 will feature Supervisor Paul Poulos and a Clyde C Kennedy rep answering questions and urging a yes vote on Ukiah Village sewage bonds.
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Willow Improvement Club
George ‘Sholin
Ukiah Village
Dora
Laws
Paul Poulos
Clyde C. Kennedy Company
Reinhart Orchestra Engaged For Police Association Ball
The Dick Reinhart band will perform at the third annual Ukiah Police Officers association ball on Saturday night at Carl Purdy hall. Proceeds benefit Riverside Park and widows and orphans funds. The event will feature a local talent show and highlights the band’s four‑decade stage experience across venues in Oakland San Francisco Lake Tahoe.
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Dick Reinhart
Ukiah Police Officers Association
Carl Purdy Hall
Riverside Park and Widows and Orphans
No Association
Reinhart
Sweet
Oakland
Backstage
San Francisco
Lido
Edgewater Beach
Lake Tahoe
Anderson Valley Starts New School Year Registration Notice
Boonville hosts registration for Anderson Valley Unified schools on Monday Sept 12 at Apple Hall with morning and afternoon groups. First graders enroll at Boonville. a kindergarten class begins this fall. List includes elementary and high school teachers for AV schools.
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Boonville
Anderson Valley Unified School District
Apple Hall
Redwood Valley Fathers Will Raise Roof Saturday
Redwood Valley fathers plan a roof raising at 10 am Saturday at the Redwood Valley Elementary School. Donald Nassie leads the construction drive inviting carpenters and tools for a 12 by 20 foot clothes closet project funded by the 1954 welfare effort.
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Redwood Valley Fathers
Redwood Valley
Donald Nassie
Ukiah Insurance
Association
Nassie
Mormon church plans large addition at meeting house
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints prepare to add a large extension at the Jones and Oak streets meeting house. Women lead the fundraising effort with a Primary association dinner tonight from 6 to 8 in the recreation hall offering chicken pie at 1.25 for adults and reduced prices for children. Tickets on sale at the door or in advance from local stores.
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Mormon Church
Jones and
Oak Streets
Mendocino State Hospital
Recreation Hall
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Missing Numbers In Island Mountain Television ad
A newspaper page runs an ad for Span ish Mountain Television Company and notes three service call numbers after 5 PM. The listed numbers are Homestead 2 7141, 2 7142 and 2 6081.
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Spanish Mountain Television Corporation
Homestead
Special School Opens Early At Calpella For Mentally Retarded Pupils
Mendocino county introduces its first school for mentally retarded children at Calpella in a renovated former district building. Enrollment will be limited to 15 per classroom with age spread considered. Mrs Eunice Jamison, with 30 years of elementary teaching, prepares to lead the new class.
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Mendocino County
Calpella
John Oakes
John Taylor
Eunice Jamison
Reservation School
Covelo
Civil Defense Disaster Program Initiated at Mendocino State Hospital
A civil defense disaster program is being developed at the Mendocino State hospital. L. S. Trowbridge, assistant director of Civil Defense for Mendocino County, announces Joseph Smith Jr. as director. Smith develops a disaster plan with key personnel heading divisions, and weekly meetings are held.
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Mandocino State Hospital
Trowbridge
Mendocino
Joseph Smith, Jr
Smith
Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast Sept 24 in Ukiah
The Ukiah Kiwanis club announces its Kids Day pancake feed set for Sept 24. In Bank of America parking lot from 6 a.m. to noon, with Jim Athey as food chairman and John Thompson handling ticket sales. Proceeds support children's activities and projects.
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Ukiah Kiwanis Club
Dave Long
Bank of America
Jim Athey
John Thompson
Mystery Farm Identity Sparks Ukiah Letters
In Ukiah a dispute over the location of Mystery Farm prompts letters from Mrs. Cole of 282 Magnolia Street and Bobby Lynch of River Road. Mrs. Cole identifies it as the Mapes farm in Potter Valley while Lynch says it is the Ernest Ruddick farm on River Road. Residents seek confirmation from readers.
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Ukiah News
Mrs. Cole
Magnolia Street
Ukiah
Mapes
Potter Valley
Bobby Lynch
River Road
Ernest Ruddick
Color Movie for Rotarians Tuesday
An interesting color sound film of the South Sea Islands was shown at the Ukiah Rotary luncheon Tuesday after the planned program failed to materialize. The Standard Oi company film was projected during the noon meeting.
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South Sea Islands
Ukiah Rotary Club
Oi! Company
Engineer Opposes Coyote Dam Plan Hearings Resume
Raymond J. Pearl, a Redwood Valley highway engineer with 30 years’ experience, testifies during the exclusion hearings for the Coyote Dam flood control and irrigation districts. He warns Mendocino county may see property abandonment as dam taxes rise and disputes claims that reservoir percolation would lift well levels, noting the clay base around the dam site resists percolation. He cites experience with Nevada Irrigation District, Anderson-Cottonwood district, and Merced Irrigation as basis for his views.
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Coyote
Raymond
J. Pearl
Redwood
Valley
Pearl
Nevada, Irrigation District
Placer County
Anderson- Cottonwood
Redding
Merced
Irrigation
Orland
Mendocino
Redwood Valley
Coyote Reservoir
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Rahmes Shrine
Carl Purdy
Pomo Shrine Club of
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Bill Babcock
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Beth Tuttle
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Sharline Hartin
Alice Royce
Marie Galpsh
Philo
Donna Wright
Elizabeth Finley
Charles Ary
Jerold Tuller
Warren Coffey
High Schoo
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William Dismukes
Eunice Dismukes
Va Farrer
H. C. Finley
Lester Golub
Masonite Corporation
Welch and Welch
DeVerbiss Mill
Robert Montgomery
John Johnson
Leonard Reece
Ernest Butow
State Hospital
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