Remembering
By Joseph Celentano, Historical Research
Committee
January 2, 1953
Improvement Club Christmas Party
The Tuolumne
Women’s Improvement Club observed the Christmas season on Friday, Dec 19 at a
party held in the Club House.
Mrs. Helen
Meade, General chairman, presented a program and Mrs. Wade Archer and Mrs. Ralph Neal, hostess for the
afternoon, served refreshments. The Club
House was attractively decorated with pine boughs and cones and a lighted
Christmas tree. On the piano was a
beautiful display of the Nativity Scene.
The buffet table was covered with a Christmas cloth, centered with red
candies and ornamental glitter balls.
Christmas
Carols were sung and Santa Claus presided over a gift exchange.
A short
business meeting was conducted by president Mrs. Elizabeth Tompkins and the Club voted to donate $5 to the
Tuolumne County Youth Welfare fund.
January 2, 1953
New Grandson for
David
Anthony Guidici is the
name chosen for the son born to Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Njirich of Sonora last Wednesday, Dec. 24 at 2:35 PM at the Columbia
Way hospital in Sonora.
David Anthony forced the arrow on a set of
scales up to register an even five pounds.
Mrs. Njirich is the former Carol Guidici and grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Santos Guidici of Tuolumne
and Mr. and Mrs. Nick Njirich of
February 27, 1953
Yo Te Amo Sister Meet
Yo Te Amo Social Soriety met Friday in the home of Mrs Margaret Dungan.
A lovely
luncheon was served at 1:30 in which cards were played with prizes going to Rose Ronten, first; Myrtle Gardenshire,
second, and Pat McMahon,
consolation.
Valentine
gifts were then exchanged by secret sisters.
Besides the above mentioned, present were Henrietta Ronten, Jean Ronten, Rose Eckstein
and guest Clara Belle Tabbert.
Next meeting
will be held on March 13 in the home of Rose
Eckstein.
April 17, 1953
Summerville Baseballers
Hand Bret Hart
Good Shellacking in Opener.
Last Friday afternoon, the
Summerville
pitcher Charles Daily allowed the
Bullfrogs 7 hits, but kept them well scattered.
Jimmy Salisbury, the Bret
Harte pitcher, allowed the Bears only 4 hits, but the Bears took advantage of
all the breaks.
Batteries: Bret Harte-Salisbury, Sorocco
and Ariola; Tuolumne-Dailey and Heldstab.
April 17, 1953
Gilbert Dahl Brings Home
Local lumberjack and weightlifting
enthusiast, Gilbert (Gibby)
Dahl won a second place trophy at the 19th National Championship
Weight Lifting contests held at the Civic Auditorium in
Dahl (known
as the Terrible Timber Wolf) won the second place position in the Bench Press
division by lifting 285 pounds in regulation style.
Inscription
on the trophy, a handsome bronze male figure, reads: “19th Annual
National Championship, 1953,
Dahl now
plans on training a few local boys between the ages of 13 and 18, for a Junior
Olympics to be held later in the summer.
He says he will enter at least two youths in the junior meet.
He had to
compete against strong men from all over the
April 24, 1953
Funeral Services Held Last Sunday for James
Frank Connally
Funeral services were held at graveside
last Sunday afternoon in
Mr. Connally was the last of the pioneer
Connally family which located here nearly 100 years ago. He had been in failing health for the past
several years.
Mr Connally’s mother, Elizabeth Summers-Connally, migrated here with her first husband, Franklin Summers and a small daughter Lee Ann Summers, in the fall of 1848.
Mr. Connally
had been engaged for many years here as a teamster and miner. He leaves several nieces and nephews,
residents of
The
1953 Want Ads
For
sale: Mountain cabin near
Women
wanted: Make over $50 a
week. Send $1 for instructions. LENDO,
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