City asked to coordinate historic sites

91 YEARS AGO (From the I-T of Jan. 4, 1929)|

91 YEARS AGO

(From the I-T of Jan. 4, 1929)

The January meeting of the Sonoma city trustees was attended by Trustees Bulotti, Valente and Bean. The councilmen heard with interest a letter from Fred Stevenot, director of natural resources, advising the City of Sonoma to coordinate all its historic sites and seek to have them recognized by the state. ... Young 1929 took a good look at old Sonoma when he blew into town early Tuesday morning and rubbed his eyes with astonishment. For he beheld the business district expanding unto and beyond the city limits. At the southerly end of town, on the former high school site, is the big new Ford garage and salesroom, into which E. Coates and staff is moving. ... Mrs. Kennedy, sister of Mrs. George Fetters, has been visiting at the hotel over the holidays. ... William Randolph Hearst, publisher, of New York, on Wednesday offered a prize of $25,000 for the best plan to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment and substitute in place of prohibition “a more liberal and more American measure.” ... Mrs. Allen K. McGrath gave a farewell party last Saturday to Mrs. Andy J. Smith, wife of the local banker, who is leaving soon for her new home in Crescent City.

81 YEARS AGO

(From the I-T of Jan. 6, 1939)

Jack Millerick, rodeo operator, was a Santa Rosa visitor last week on his way to attend a party staged by Louis O’Neal, San Jose attorney. On Monday, Millerick started for Livingston, Montana, to attend the annual conference of western rodeo promoters. ... The fine new service station recently built for Richfield by Sam Ganos at Boyes Hot Springs, is to be operated by Les Martinson, popular Sonoma boy. His brother, Allen, completed negotiations for the station recently and it will be operated with the usual fine service, products and accessories which characterize Richfield units. ... Prior to the regular 1939 baseball spring traning camp opening in Hanford, the San Francisco Seals will send Lefty O’Doul and his pitchers and catchers to their old stamping ground at Boyes Hot Springs in Sonoma Valley. ... An historical piece of furniture will soon grace the rooms of the board of supervisors upon completion of a project ordered. Chairman E. J. Guidotti, at the request of Supervisor Frank J. Churchill, ordered George Smith, a recently appointed superintendent of county building and equipment, to have an old walnut committee table, stored in the courthouse basement since construction of the present building, to be reconditioned and refinished for use of the board during their sessions. ... The Valley of the Moon’s first 1939 baby arrived at Burndale on Jan. 1, about 6:30 a.m. Little Miss Allen and mother are doing nicely and the bright-eyed baby girl was Sonoma’s first arrival.

71 YEARS AGO

(From the I-T of Jan. 7, 1949)

The first official act of Judge Wm. P. Downey of Boyes Hot Springs was to move the Justice Court of his office to the Springs. It had been in Sonoma next to the Post Office for many years. The Justice Court handles civil suits up to $300 in damage actions and also misdemeanor cases several of which are pending. The salary of the Justice is $2,100 per year and he supplies his own courtroom. ...

The Sonoma Grammar School has been declared structurally unsafe and will remain closed until such time as proper repairs or rebuiling can be completed. This was the announcement made public yeseterday by the Grammar SChool board of trustees. Although students of other Valley schools returned to their classes following the two week Christmas vacation, Sonoma Grammar School children had been informed last Sunday that the school would remain closed “for a two week period while a safety check was being made.” ... Mr. H. Edw. Becker, owner and manager of the new Sonoma Prescription Pharmacy at 214 W. Napa St. has been set as the opening rate for the Valley’s newest drug store. ... The National Georgraphic magazines containing the Valley of the Moon article written by General H. H. Arnold have arrived at the Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commerce office, Lois McVeigh, secretary, announced yesterday.

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