Service station to be erected at main & 11th sts.
February 4, 1932
Frank Crawford, well known businessman of Lakeport and former owner of The Smoke Shop, has purchased property on the northwest corner of Main street and Eleventh, or Scott Valley road and will start at once to put up a fully equipped, modern four pump service station.
The property was purchased from Mrs. Idea E. Neal and actual construction of the station will start as soon as the architect has completed the plans.
Another local business house changes hands
February 4, 1932
The latest reported change in the Lakeport business district took place Monday when L.C. McCloud took over Bill’s Cigar Store and Billiard Parlor, opposite the post office.
Bill Burkett, who has conducted the business for the past year, stated that his immediate plans for the future were indefinite.
Tax on butter substitutes is ruled illegal
February 4, 1932
The county board of supervisors are relieved from deciding whether Lake county is to have a tax on butter substitutes sold within the county by a ruling handed down recently by Attorney General U. S. Webb which states that a county cannot adopt an ordinance regulating the sale of oleomargarine.
A group of Upper Lake farmers appeared before the county supervisors recently and asked that such a tax be levied on butter substitutes. However, no action was taken by the supervisors until the question was given further consideration.
Dog saves couple from asphyxiation
February 4, 1932
The pet dog of George Schneider of Marysville, Thursday was credited with averting a tragedy in their home when a gas heater flame became extinguished and filled the house with fumes. The Schneiders failed to detect the gas, but when warned of their danger when the dog showed signs of distress.
The escaping gas was located and turned off but not before Mrs. Schneider also became ill from breathing the gas fumes.
Hurricane spouts lake water 100 ft.
Freak storm hits county Wed. No serious damage
February 6, 1941
Lower Lake >> After some days of sunshine and most balmy, ideal weather, the storm clouds rolled around yesterday afternoon again and gave Lake county another real drenching, a part of a storm that swept in from the ocean and hit some areas with hurricane force.
During the storm a freak water spout was reported that carried water 100 feet into the air. It was probably a part of the hurricane, that hit Ukiah.
The high winds did some damage to wharfs and buildings along the lakeshore in various places, but no serious harm was done.
Gale-like winds hit the Mendocino coast with force and a hurricane funneled into a narrow area about eight blocks wide at Ukiah, felling power poles, ripping roofs from garages and large store buildings, smashing windows and disrupting telephone and telegraph service.
Between fifty and seventy large trees were uprooted, some crashing into the roofs of houses, while others lost their major branches and were stripped of bark. The first blast roared through the city about noon and ten minutes after there was comparative calm, but in that time a devastated area had been cut through the city.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lloyd came up from South San Francisco to spend the week-end here.
The United States Department of Commerce Weather Bureau releases some interesting data: The total precipitation for the month was 240 per cent of the 44 year average, and the greatest of record for December. The greatest rainfall for any 24 hour period was 2.25 inches. There was to that date, 9.40 inches in excess of average of 26 years.
Petitioners file notice of appeal in Shipley case; Supervisor sues for $208,000
February 3, 1966
Sacramento >> Petitioners Keller Bros., Sid Kurlander & Son and Buford Distribution, Inc. and Grace H. Finlay, have filed a notice of appeal in the northern district of the United States district court in the matter of the bankruptcy action against the Silver Dollar Market and Arbis. D. and Aileen L. Shipley.
The appeal will be made in the ninth circuit court from the memorandum and order signed by the Honorable Sherrill Halbert, United States district judge Dec. 23, dismissing the bankruptcy action of the petitioners on the grounds that the transcript of the hearings before Referee Connely Brown had not been filed by the petitioners within the legal time limit.
Respondent A. D. Shipley filed suit in January in Sonoma county against the peititoners alleging that they “maliciously abused” civil process in carrying out the petition of involuntary bankruptcy.
In the complaint, filed on the Shipleys behalf by Morris Grupp, San Francisco attorney, they charge that the prosecution of the petition for involuntary bankruptcy was done “maliciously” and for the purpose of “harassing an defaming” the Shipleys to impair their credit ratings and cause others to cease doing business with them.
Defendants named by the Shipleys include: Leo Keller of Keller Bros. Meat Co.; Herbert Kurlander, Flora Kurlander, Dennis Kurlander and Monty Kurlander of Sid Kurlander and Co.; Buford Distribution Inc.; Grace Finlay, Harold D. Cutler and Patricia C. Remmes, San Francisco lawyers who represented the creditors at a federal bankruptcy hearing in Santa Rosa last September.
Also listed are 50 does.
At the conclusion of the federal bankruptcy hearing Referee Brown dismissed the creditors petition. The creditors then filed an appeal on Mr. Browns decision with the U. S. Distrcit court in Sacramento which was dismissed Dec. 23.
the Shipleys ask $108.000 compensatory damages and $100,000 exemplary and punitive damages.
Lakeport woman gets 5 of 6 in Lotto 6-53 game
February 2, 1991
Lakeport >> Linda Peak, a regular Lottery player, was among 134 lucky number guessers who selected five of six numbers Wednesday to win $3,643.
The $1 ticket for the Lotto 6-53 game was purchased at Save-More Market in Lakeport. The estimated total prize pool was $4.1 million
“I’m going to buy a boat,” the 36-year-old Lakeport resident said.
Peak said she had been saving money to buy a boat for water skiing. The additional money will provide the remaining funds needed for the purchase.
She wouldn’t reveal the precise method of her number selection, but Peak said the figures were derived from family birthdays.
The winner, a graduate of Clear Lake High School, said she plays the game twice a week, investing $5 each time. She said she has spent hundreds of dollars on Lottery tickets.
The winning numbers were 5, 8, 18, 20, 31 and 42. Peak wouldn’t say which ones she selected.
Neft & Neft Realtors celebrates 25th year of service to Lake Countians’ realty needs
February 5, 1991
Middletown >> Neft & Neft Realtors recently celebrated its 25th year in business in Lake County.
The firm sells property throughout the county, but specializes in the Hidden Valley Lake, Cobb Mountain and Middletown areas.
“What started and grew as retirement and second-home communities have become the settling place for a large number of Northern California families seeking the affordable American Dream of home ownership,” said broker David Neft.
Neft & Neft agents have been able to service a wide spectrum of clientele because of their ties and proximity to the area, Neft said. “They grew and changed with the real estate needs of their buyers and sellers.
“While growth and change is good, there is still that small town atmosphere so appealing to those of us living here. Knowing your neighbors and your community is where our strength lies – knowing who to see and where to go for services required by our customers.”
Neft & Neft was established by Neft’s father, Harry Neft, and his mother, Trudi Neft, in 1966. David took over the business in 1978. The firm has computerized, joined the Multiple Listing Service and acquired a FAX machine.
With these additions, a good-sized full-time staff, and coverage seven days a week, Neft & Neft has struck a balance between an up-to-date office using the technology of the ‘90s, and giving “good old-fashioned personalized service to all our valued customers,” Neft said.
