Plaza Hotel will reopen Jan. 1; Kiwanis ?club had a pleasant time at El Dorado Hotel

92 YEARS AGO (From the Index-Tribune of Dec. 26, 1925) The Plaza Hotel, owned by Sam Sebastiani, will reopen on Jan.|

92 YEARS AGO

(From the Index-Tribune of Dec. 26, 1925)

The Plaza Hotel, owned by Sam Sebastiani, will reopen on Jan. 1, and will be conducted as a first class commercial, family hotel under the popular management of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Quartaroli. The Plaza is modern and up-to-date and is being entirely renovated for the opening. ... The regular Tuesday lunch of the Kiwanis Club as held at the El Dorado Hotel and a pleasant time is reported by all in attendance. Rev. Ingram of Santa Rosa gave a very appropriate talk, his subject being the myth of Santa Claus. ... The pre-Christmas week was a happy one for two members of the Sonoma high school faculty, Wednesday and Thursday of last week being the wedding days of Lyle F. Campbell, musical instructor, and Henry Dyson, of the farm mechanics department of the school. ... The domestic water supply of Sonoma City, which was recently sold by the Gen. Vallejo heirs to a new company, was turned into real money. One of the parties to the deal specified that gold coin of the United States must be exchanged for the Lachryma Montis spring instead of checks, paper or other collateral. As a consequence, $30,000 in real money was brought to Sonoma to close the deal.

89 YEARS AGO

(From the Index-Tribune of Oct. 28, 1928)

Oliver Brown, pioneer resident of Sonoma Valley, believes that the recent cold weather which we have been experiencing here is the coldest since 1888. Brown is an authority on Sonoma Valley’s early history. ... At 7:30 o’clock Sunday evening, there will be a union service of the Protestant church of Sonoma, in the Congregational church. A service appropriate to the passing of one year and the advent of the new year will be held. ... Mrs. Shepard and Mrs. Charmian London accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Hunter, also of the London ranch, have returned from a trip to Hollywood and southern California where they were widely entertained. ... Sonoma Valley will give the traditional welcome to the New Year on Monday night. In addition to many private parties, there will be a number of fraternity affairs, the watch party of the Grange and other interesting gatherings. The largest party, of course, will be the annual welcome to the New Year a Sonoma Mission Inn, where 300 reservations have been booked for the supper and all night dance and carnival. ... Sonoma Valley is breaking into the auto show class. Friday, the Hudson-Essex dealers of five counties gather at the Sonoma Mission Inn to inspect 10 new models of cars which will be displayed in the lobby, and to enjoy a banquet.

86 YEARS AGO

(From the Index-Tribune of Dec. 25, 1931)

The California State Park Commission has allocated $8,650 from its available funds toward the purchase of the old home and Swiss chalet, of General Marino Guadalupe Vallejo, located in the northern limits of Sonoma, which has been appraised at $17,300. The proposed purchase includes approximately 17 acres of land, the only remaining portion of a large ranchero, formerly owned by the distinguished Spanish general. ... Sonoma County property owners paid $1,140,808.10 on their 1931-32 tax bill during the first installment period. This was disclosed when Tax Collector T. Virgil Butts sand his deputies completed a tabulation covering the receipts for the installment period, which ended Dec. 5. ... Reinhardt Monson, student of the University of California, College of Pharmacy, visited with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Monson, and brother Norbert, over the weekend. ... Purchase of the Petaluma-Santa Rosa railroad by the Northwestern Pacific Railroad company was approved last Thursday in a recommendation to the Interstate Commerce commission, according to dispatches from Washington.

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