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A A A A A A A A A A Petaluma Argus 1949. Courier Special Events Calendar Organizations are invited to list their special events dates in this column. AUGUST 9. Eagles Initiation. 12-Swedish Card Party.

18 -Begonia Show. 19-Begonia hit Society Founders' way 23-Fashion Show, Hotel Petaluma. 26-27--0. of C. Back to School Carnival.

26-Friendly Folks" Carnival. 81-Hadassah Donor Luncheon. The word "barbarian" was first used by the Greeks to mean "foreigners" but it later came to mean a bad or savage person. Outdoor Chess At Sonoma Sunday Announced at the regular Friday Chess club meeting held in the high school home arts room, were plans for the Sunday outdoor chess festival at Sonoma, sponsored by the Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commerce and directed by George Koltanowski. Chess will be ed in the famous Plaza square beginning at 1:30 p.

m. Invitations signed Sherman Walker, Sonoma enthusiast, have been sent chess, numerous chess clubs in the bay area and Redwood empire. A large attendance of chess fans with their families is expected in Sonoma to. enjoy an afternoon of. chess and sightseeing in the historic Valley of the Moon.

Games and recreation will continued for the guests at Boyes Springs. Argus-Courier Ads Bring Results. STATE Theatre ENDS TONIGHT -IN TECHNICOLOR! Red Skelton Esther Williams "Neptune's Daughter" plus "TRAIN TO ALCATRAZ" TOMORROW DOORS OPEN AT 1:00 P. M. MIRACLE TECHNICOLOR THE MUSICAL SHOW OF is bringing of it all back! time! MIGHTY Lone of wonder musical JUDY GARLAND'S HAPPIEST MUSICALE: SHE SINGS "OVER THE RAINBOW" AND 6 OTHER.

SONG HITS! IN COLOR BY TECHNICOLOR MAGIC the Land of Oz! whisks The Cyclone ADVENTURE! a girl to Meeting the Lion! Scarecrow and Tin the The Cowardly Emerald Munchkins City! and the magic hand you apple Wondrous fruit! trees that talk in with the Adventure heart! Sights to see! Haunted Forest! the Winged story to thrill your WIZARD starring JUDY GARLAND FRANK MORGAN- RAY BOLGER- BERT LAHR JACK HALEY BILLIE BURKE MARGARET HAMILTON CHARLEY GRAPEWIN AND THE MUNCHKINS A METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER MASTERPIECE REPRINT AND--SOMETHING NEW IN THRILLS! SEE Brawling Fights ThrillHOLLYWOOD'S STUNT MEN BRING YOU SEE THRILLS EXCITEMENT Explosions ADVENTURE LYNNE ROBERTS RUSS HAYDEN GORDON JONES GRANT WITHERS Defying a Thousand Dangers in a Drama of Action and Suspense! Recreation Playground Calendar Monday, August 8, 1949 OAK HILL opens. "China." -Story. time. MeNEAR opens. and Girls Club Crafts.

"Incas." Baseball. time. McKINLEY opens. Crafts; Boys Baseball. "Mexico." time.

WALNUT PARK PLAYLOT Supervised for smaller tots from 10 to 12 a. m. and 1 to 5 p. m. McNEAR PLAYFIELD Supervised athletic activities for older boys and 1-5.

Cotati News In Brief COTATI, Aug. 6-Severa Wilford Jr. has walked off with most of the honors in the open sheep judging in Southdowns at the Sonoma county Santa Rosa. His awards included first and a championship in yearling rams and grand champion of all breeds of fat lambs in the fat lamb open division for Southdowns. Will W.

Tompkins is handling organizational work for the formation of a Native Sons Parlor in Cotati. Residents of Cotati, Penngrove, Roblar, Hessel and Todd are invited to attend the first organizational dinner at Cotati Inn August 12. Junior Past Grand President Walter Basily of Sacramento and Grand Third Vice-President Louis Paladini of Sonoma will be special guests. Cotati Post No. 103, American Legion, seated its officers at an impressive installation ceremony this week at the Cotati clubhouse.

The new officers are Robert Petersen, commander; Barney i Santero, adjutant; Nick Woodrich, chaplain; John Chicano, sergeant-at-arms; Jerry Jensen, historian; Clyde Blodgett, executive committeeman. Delegates to the Legion convention will be Mark Jensen, Cecil Nipps and Jerry Jensen, with James Witman, Milton Palmgren, Lloyd nett and L. R. McKay as alter-. nates.

Vallier Tompkins son of Mr. and Mrs. Val Tompkins of Charles street, has been ill with an infection on his face and in his mouth. In addition tot these miseries, he also cut four teeth that made him ill. He has been under the care of Dr.

John Roberts of Cotati. Vital Statistics SANTA ROSA, Aug. 6--The folNO towing vital statistics were on file at the county clerk's office: Marriage Licenses George Fred East, 20, Guernewood Park, and Lois Virginia Barnett. 19, 1819 Austin Way. Alvar Bade Hermanson, 53, and Atleen G.

Munson, 38, both of Guernewood. Divorces Complaints Filed extreme cruelty. Couple POWIS -Jean vs. Earl. Dec.

19, 1940, Libertyville, Ill. Plaintiff asks custody of two minor children, community property, self $75 a for support of and $35 a month for support of each child. DAVIS-Auda Bell VS. Hercell. married Aug.

22. 1930, Marlow, Grounds A extreme cruelty. Couple Okla. Plaintiff asks custody, three minor children, $75 a month for support of self and children. HAER-Ruth vs.

Cecil. Grounds extreme cruelty, Couple married Sept. 9, 1949, Searcy, Ark. Plaintiff asks; custody of two minor children. Lounibos Lounibos, I Petaluma, attorneys for plaintiff.

STILWELL Harriet vs. Homer J. Grounds extreme cruelty. Couple married Aug. 24, 1947, San Francisco.

Lounibos Lounibos, PetaImma, attorneys. for plaintiff. Born STORNETTA Petaluma General Hospital, August 5, 1949, to the wife of Paul Stornette, Route 2, Box 38, a son, weight seven pounds, 15 ouncse. PICKLE--Petaluma General Hospital, August 5. 1949, to the wife of Evart Pickle, Webster street, a daughter, weight six pounds, 10 ounces.

Funeral Notices MILLER-1 Petaluma, August 2, 1949, Mary Miller, beloved wife of Agustus E. Miller, of Petaluma; loving mother of Anita Siddens, of Eaglevile, Missouri; H. W. Miller, of Petaluma; Doris Jones, 'of Parsons, Kansas; Alvin Miller, of Santa N. M.

and Carl E. Miller, of Prosser, WashingGrandmother of 16. A native of England, aged 64 years. Friends are" Invited to attend the funeral services Sunday, August 7, 1949, at 2 p. at the Parent Funeral.

Chapel, 216 Washington St. CHRISTENSEN In Petaluma, Friday, August 5, 1949, Cecelia, wife of the late Peter T. Christensen; loving mother Alvina C. and Laura E. Christensen and Mrs.

Carlton Liddle of Petaluma; grandmother of Mrs. Robert Evans and Carlton Liddle Jr. A native of California, aged 91 years. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral Monday, August 8, 1949 at 2:00 p. m.

at St. John's Episcopal Church, corner of Fifth and C' streets, Petaluma. Sorensen Funeral Home in charge. Interment in Cypress Hill Memorial Park. Stamp Group To Meet Tonight The 'regular meeting of 'the Petaluma Philatelic Society will; be held tonight at the boat of the president, Martin H.

Poehlmann, at Lakeville. Members will meet at the Chamber of Commerce office where transportation will be arranged. The next commemorative stamp, will mark the final national campment of the Grand Army of the Republic and will have the first day of issue at Indianapolis: on August 29. The stamp be red and will feature an aged G. A.

R. veteran with a Union: soldier of -the Civil War in the background. In the upper left corner of the design will be an hour-glass with most of the sand in the bottom portion, symbolic of the thinning ranks of the G. A. R.

The legend "Final National Encampment" will be shown in Gothic letters across the top. The initials G. A. R. will be shown across the face of the hour-glass.

Kirk Douglas, ruthless and ambitious champion of the fight ring, and champion with the women he loves and leaves, is shown here with Lois Albright. Marilyn Maxwell is also featured in the exciting film "Champion." "Rusty Saves A Life," shares the bill playing on the California screen Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Rusty, the Wonder Dog, shows his good table manners in this scene from "Rusty Saves A Life," playing at the California Theater Sunday, Monday and Tuesday with "Champion," with Kirk Douglas. Fire Destroys Big Supply Of Sacks Fire at 3:40 o'clock on Saturday morning almost gutted the interior cf a corrugated iron building of the Golden Eagle Milling company on Weller street, adjacent to the property of the Petaluma Santa Rosa Railroad company. About 100,000 sacks, owned by the company, were an almost total less, it was reported.

The origin of the blaze was not determined. The firemen, who. responded with three trucks, managed tot keep the flames to the building. Twenty minutes before the outbreak of the fire the night watchman had checked the building, the firemen reported. Some peoples refuse to eat meat because of their belief in the transmigration of souls: REDWOOD Drive-In Theatre 5 M.

South of Santa Rosa on Redwood Hiway. Ph. S. R. 93R1 Adults 60c Children 1 14c Starts at 7:45 p.m.

TONIGHT Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark YELLOW SKY -alsoRoy Rogers GRAND CANYON TRAIL SUNDAY and MONDAY Olivia deHavilland THE SNAKE PIT -also Loretta Young "LADY FROM CHEYENNE" Mac's (Continued Column ident Syngman Rhee and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek of China, to promote a Pacific union against communism. help would be asked. There long seems to have been sentiment in the north to "reunify" Korea (which all Koreans want, one way or another) but to do it by conquering the south. The growth of a rival sentiment in the south has speeded up since the southern army acquired the arms left behind by departing U. occupation troops early this summer.

Soviet troops reportedly left the north some months earlier, after building and arming a northern Korean army. But there's something else worth- noting about the southern army. It thousands of young Koreans who bore arms under Japan. Just how many is not known, but I am told by some Koreans that there may be 'as many as 30.000-roughly a third of President Rhee's present land force, which he wants to quadruple. The story is that there were about 100,000 young Koreans who joined or were drafted into the Japanese, they army.

bore the After the stigma war of collaboration in the great wave of hatred against all who had worked for or with the Japanese, They had trouble finding jobs. Many became tramps and bandits; some of course joined the munists. But thousands of them got into the southern Korean army, where they naturally are interested in any situation which might improve their lot and that of their fellows who didn't get it. My information is that their main idea of how to do this is to the country" by reconquering the north. think it would make them heroes.

One officer was asked recently, what if that results in a long war that would drag in Russia and America and bring on World War III? "What of it?" was the gruff, Japanese-type reply. YOUR ENTERHOUSE CALIFORNIA TAIN FOR MENT PHONE ENDS TONIGHT BEAST AGAINST BEAST! starring UNTAMED BREED SARSARA Fountain CINECOLOR HAYE; Starts at 1, 4.46, 7:34, 10:19 Starts at 6:15 9:00 STARTS SUNDAY A CHAMPION OF A PICTURE HONOR AND DECENCY WERE NO PART OF THE TITLE HE HELD costarring MARILYN MAXWELL ARTHUR UNITED KENNEDY. ARTISTS Starts at 3:31 6:40 9:49 -ALSO WONDERFUL HEART-WARMING ADVENTURE! RUSTY SAVES A LIFE Ted Donaldson Gloria Henry and Rusty COLUMBIA PICTUREStarts at 2:28 5:32 8:41 KIRK DOUGLAS Champion Dancing Ray Bolger, singing Judy Garland 'and laugh-raising Bert Lahr as they appear, on the State Theatre screen starting Sunday in "The one of the screen's outstanding Technicolor musicals now brought back as an MGM masterpiece reprint. Frank Morgan and Broadway's muscial-comedy star Jack Haley are others in the cast. "Sons of Adventure," action-drama of Butter Output In Decline Creamery butter production in the week ending July 28, estimated at 30,300,000 pounds, declined 2.

per cent from the preceding week, the Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports. Output was 10 per cent above that of the corresponding week last year, but 8 per cent below the 5-year, 1943-47, average for the week. Pastures on July 26 were generally good East of the Mississippi river except in scattered sections of the Northeast and Great Lakes states. They were in need of rain in much of the West and in considerable portions of South Dakota, Oklahoma and West Texas. Production decreased from the previous week in all major geographic areas of the country except the South Central, where output was unchanged, and the South Atlantic, where a 4-per cent gain occurred.

Production declined 2 per cent in the East North Central area and 3 per cent in the West North Central. A 1 per cent decrease was shown in the West. Output dropped 7 per cent in North Atlantic area. In the three major butterproducing states, output declined 2 per 'cent in Iowa, 4 per cent in Wisconsin, and 7 per cent in Minnesota. Contra-seasonal gains occurred in Ohio, Indiana, ois, Missouri, Kentucky, some other South Atlantic states, the Dakotas, Idaho, and Oregon.

shown Unchanged in Tennessee. production was creases were sharp in New York, Michigan, Kansas and Texas. Compared with the corresponding week a year ago, production was smaller in all areas except the West and the East North Central, where it was 28 and 40 per cent greater, respectively. Decreases in the other areas were 2 per cent both in the West North Central and the South Atlantic, 6 per cent in the South Central, and 13 per cent in the North Atlantic. Output was up 2 per cent in Iowa, 4 per cent in Minnesota, and 70 per in Wisconsin.

Compared with the 5- year average, area changes were mixed. Production was unchanged in the South Atlantic area and was up 2 per cent in the West and 8 per cent in the East North Central. Decreases were 14 per cent in, the West North Central area, per cent in the North Atlantic, and 24 per cent in the South Central. Shirley Miller, the 14 year old daughter of Mrs. Carrie Miller of Tomales underwent an appendectomy at Petaluma General hospital on Friday.

Her condition is reported as satisfactory. I Hand carved Advertisement redwood animals Studio Gift Shop. Advertisement Merzfold, the handy deep coin purse and bill fold combined. Studio Gift Shop. Markets AUGUST 6 San Francisco Quotations to retail trade by Poultry Producers of Central California, effective Monday: Large Grade A Medium Grade A 55c Small Grade A 39c PETALUMA EGG BUYERS Quotations on Petaluma paying prices on clean eggs by Petaluma Egg Buyers, effective Friday: Large clean 65c Large dirties 52c Large standards 11c Medium clean 48c Medium dirties 15c Smalls 30c Checks 1 lb.

Midds, PETALUMA BUTTER Retail (parchment) PETALUMA- -FEED flour Mill run, 80 lbs. white 3.00 Shorts 3.20 Wheat Barley, cleaned 2.85 Barley, rolled 3.00 Barley, chicken rolled 3.10 Corn, yellow 3.75 Corn, cracked 3.90 Corn, ground 3.90 Milo Maize 3.25 Oats, feed Oats, ground 3.20-3.30 Oats, rolled 3.35 Alfalfa meal $2.30 Beet pulp Cocoanut meal 3.10 Soya hean meal 5.70 Cotton seen meal 4.00 Oil cake meal 3.25 SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 6. (A) -BUTTER: 93 score 92 score 63 90 EGGS: Large grade A 59-59 medium grade A large grade small grade A Cheese: No. 1 American; Loaf 38-40; singles 35-37.

Net prices paid poultry producers for live poultry delivered, as listed apply to purchases by dealers and operators of dressing plants, in lots of one coop or more. Unless otherwise stated, prices are on prime qual(ty. Petaluma paying prices may be computed cents below following prices: SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 6. (P)-Net prices paid poultry producers for live poultry delivered -in San Francisco.

Broilers, 2 lbs. and under 32-33; fryers, colored. 2 to 3 lbs. 32- 33; colored 3 to 4 kibs. 32-33: roasters, colored, 4 lbs.

and over fowl (hens) leghorns, pounds, under 23-24; 4 pounds and over 24-25; fowl, colored, weights, 31-32; old roosters, all weights 24-25; squabs, all weights 65-75; domestic rabbits under 5 lbs. 22-23. WM. DeFORCE Agency 710 I St. -will be CLOSED from Aug.

3 to Aug. 14 inc for Vacation RELIABLE PLome Phone 998 909 Antlers Pharmacy Cor, Western Kentucky 8t PETALUMA POST, 1929 V. F. W. Meets 1st and 3rd Thursdays 8 P.

Hall Club Rooms 28 Fourth St. (BRAKES) COMPLETE BRAKE SERVICE Gene Paige Motor Co. 436 Main Phone 807 How You May Have Greater Protection TEN YEARS AGO to build THAT was about DWELL- $4000.00 Cost for ING Insurance $3000.00 $30. YOU 3 years. CALL TODAY that same HOME building would cost to build $7,500.00 twice the figure for insurance $6000.00 cost $37.50 3 years.

the protection for only $7.50 more premium and with broader coverage than was written into policies ten years ago, for this includes the E. C. E. (Extended Coverage) which every policy should have. So many policies have been renewed at the original figure that should the home be reduced to ashes, the owner would sustain a heavy loss.

MANY POLICIES NEED REVISING FOR GREATER PROTECTION GRAY CARPENTER INSURANCE SPECIALISTS AND ADJUSTERS Notaries Publie Phone 850-831 12 Main St. Petaluma THERES ONLY ONE. TRADE MARS BIG a Par one HOME FREEZER 22 advanced features including easy-to-reach storage, fast freeze compartment, temperature control an'd indicator, automatic lights, baskets and dividers, sealed power unit, built-in lock. Come in and let us prove that a Deepfreeze home freezer actually pays for itself with the money it saves. Models for any size family- any size purse.

See a demonstration today! De Luxe Model C-10. 10 cubic feet, holds, more than 350 lbs. assorted foods. $424.50 delivered THE HOME FREEZER THAT PAYS FOR ITSELF Tomasini Hardware The House that Seririce Built' 120 KENTUCKY ST. PHONE 694.

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