This week in Lake County — 1958
Middle Creek Project still on says engineer
LAKE COUNTY — Judge Wright L. Callender, of Glenn County, submitted a memorandum of decision stating that two resolutions concerning Middle Creek Flood Control Project, passed July 8 and July 17, were void. Judgement on this has not been handed down, but in normal procedure when it is the two resolutions then will be void.
His decision was based on two correctable procedural errors involving a notice sent out by the county clerk and statements of the board which Callendar said denied full hearing.
Outlawed, when judgement is handed down, will be the assurance of maintenance of the $600,000 Middle Creek Flood Control Project.
Howard Hitchcock, assistant chief engineer of the state reclamation board, told the Press-Record and Bee that there would be no slowing down of the project.
State sales tax down second quarter
LAKE COUNTY — While California taxable transactions in the second quarter of this year fell well below the same quarter last year Lake County showed a slight gain.
Statewide the $4,812,681,000 in transactions subject to sales and use taxes was 5.9 percent below the same 1957 period.
Lake County taxable transactions amounted to $3,531,000, an increase of one-tenth of one percent over the same 1957 period.
Husband stabbed in Middletown
MIDDLETOWN — Frank P. Hahn, 41, was stabbed in the back of the neck by his wife Ann Margaret Hahn, 61, following a family argument at their Middletown home at about 5:30 p.m. Sunday.
According to reports to the sheriff”s office, Hahn left the house to get into his truck when Mrs. Hahn followed him out and stabbed him with a seven-inch blade kitchen knife.
Toddler starts fire
LAKEPORT — Floyd Tyler, 3, knows how to use matches. He proved this Saturday when he was playing with matches and set the grass on fire around his parents” home, endangering a house and burning up a woodpile.
Indians wind up 11-man ball with big win
KELSEYVILLE — Kelseyville continued its 35 point per game scoring average in defeating Calistoga last Friday 35-6 in a fitting introductory game for the Indians” new football turf.
Missing the backfield speed of Ray Kennedy and the solid line work of Ben Everhart, both benched for disciplinary reasons, the Indians failed to show the drive of previous games.
Huckfeldts fly home in new midwest plane
LAKE COUNTY — Home again after a two-week jaunt to the Middle West are Mr. and Mrs. Don Huckfeldt who enjoyed a visit in Nebraska with Huckfeldt”s brother and sister in law.
It was in Nebraska that the Huckfeldts fulfilled a long-time wish with the purchase of an airplane. Don, with flying hours logged in the U.S. Air Corps during World War II and as a commercial pilot, selected a fourplace Tri-pacer.
Dollars and Cents
Leg of lamb
75 cents a pound
Rainbow trout
69 cents a pound
Orange juice concentrate
four for $1
Corn 12 ears
59 cents
– Compiled by Kamy Maxwell –
