Merced Sun-Star from Merced, California (2024)

Obituaries Anna Rose ATWATER Funeral ervices will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the Atwater Chapel of Ivers and Alcorn Funeral Home for Mrs. Anna Faria Rose, 95, of 1201 Winton Way, who died Monday in a local hospital. Rev. Arnie Hultgren of the Atwater Assembly of God Church will officiate burial will be in the Winton District Cemetery.

Born Jan. 1, 1880 in Terceira, Azores Islands, Mrs. Rose moved to Massachusetts as a young woman and lived in the Bay Area for a number of years before coming to Atwater in 1915. She is survived by her son, Joe Rose, Atwater; a daughter, Mrs. Mary Bledsoe, San Pablo; two sisters in the Azores Islands; four grandchildren and 11 greatgrandchildren.

Addie Bynum LIVINGSTON Services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Atwater Chapel of Ivers and Alcorn for Addie A. Bynum, 78, who died last Sunday in a Turlock Burial will be in Winton District Cemetery, Mr. Bynum moved to Livingston from Wellington," 40. years ago and resided here since that time.

He worked for Arkelian Ranches many years before his retirement. He was a member of the Turlock American Legion Post and resided at 1245 St. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Minnie Bynum, Livingston; three daughters, Mrs. Madeline Terry, Denair, Mrs.

Mae Adams, Brigham City, Utah, and Mrs. Jean Kleinkauf, San, Pedro; a brother, Ezra Bynum, Livingston; seven grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren. Gertie Brown LOS BANOS Funeral services will be held Friday at 1 p. m. in the Whitehurst Funeral Chapel in Dos Palos.

for Mrs. Gertie Ann Brown, 86, longtime Los Banos resident died Sunday in a Los Banos convalescent hospital. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Leonard Couchman of the. Assembly of God Church -in Los Banos.

Burial will be in the Dos Palos District Cemetery, Mrs. Brown was born April 18, -1899 near Pontiac, moved to Dos Palos in 1947 and had lived in Los Banos for the last 14 years. Mrs. Brown is survived by two sons, Bud Brown, Los Banos and Rex Brown, Coweta, three daughters, Mrs. Ray Andrews, Los Banos, Mrs.

Fay Hatfield, French Camp, and Mrs. Zenith Ross, San Jose; two sisters, Mrs. Pearl Laxton, Caruthers, and Mrs. Bessie Richardson, Pima, 20 grandchildren, 54 great and 37 great great grandchildren. Lois Gilbride Services are pending at Stratford Evans Merced Funeral Chapel for Mrs.

Lois Ellen Gilbride, 47, longtime local resident who died today in a Modesto hospital. Born April 24, 1928 in Mariposa, Mrs. Gilbride was raised in Mariposa and Merced and had lived here for three years most recently. She was an electrical assembler for a calculator firm. A member of Pythian Sisters, Mrs.

Gilbride is survived by her husband, Donald; a daughter, Miss Kathleen Gilbride, Merced; five sons, Daniel and Timothy Gilbride, both Merced, Robert Meyer, Virginia, Jeffery Meyer, Austin, and Jonathan Meyer, Travis AFB; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Ashworth, Merced; a sister, Mrs. Helen Halstead, Le Grand, and four brothers, Lawrence Ashworth, Walnut Creek, Albert Ashworth, Merced, Ted Ashworth, Livermore, and Robert Ashworth, Mariposa. Contributions to the.

American Cancer Society would be appreciated by the family and may be left with the funeral home. Cher Expecting LOS ANGELES (AP) Singer -comedienne Cher Bono Allman, recently reconciled with her husband of six months, Gregg is expecting a baby next spring, a family spokesman said. Law Offices LINNEMAN, BURGESS TELLES VAN ATTA P.O. Box 156 Dos Palos, California 93620 Attorneys for Executor IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MONTEREY No. 23343 NOTICE OF HEARING OF PETITION FOR ORDER DIRECTING PERFORMANCE DECEDENT'S CONTRACT In the Matter of the Estate of MARY L.

MACHADO, also as MARY LOURDS MACHADO, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a hearing on the Petition of JOE G. MACHADO, Executor of the will of MARY L. MACHADO, Deceased, for an order to perform necessary acts upon the exercise by optionees of an option granted by decedent as optionor during her lifetime, be had in the courtroom of Department No. 2, of the Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the county of Monterey, located at Salinas, California, on December 26, 1975 at 10:00 A.M.

Said real property is situated in the County of Merced, State of California, and is described as follows: Beginning at a point on the west line of Section 28, Township 9 South, Range 12 East, M.D.B. which point is North 22 1-2' East 1095.50 feet from the southwest corner of said Section 28; thence North 780 24 1-2' East 2043.83 feet; thence along the westerly right of way line of the San Juan Drain as follows: North West 48.45 feet; North 12' West 132.48 feet; North West 110.98 feet; thence along the southerly right of way line of the Pick Anderson Levee as follows: South 42' West 477.14 feet; North 53 1-2' West 1114.25 feet; South 26 1-2' West 177.79 feet; South 19' West 540.90 feet to a point on the west line of said Section 28, which point is North 22 1-2' East 2039.31 feet from the southwest corner of said Section 28' thence continuing along said southerly right of way line of levee as follows: South 480 19' -West 2.26 feet; 490 44' West 352.68 feet; South 590 01 1-2' west 98.52 feet; South 690 13' West 591.80 feet; North 890 37 1-2' West" 106.28 feet; North 690 21 1-2' West 263.03 feet: North 890 33 1-2' West 45.85 feet; South 679 17' West 384.56 feet; South 780 15' West 533.39 feet; North 860 44 1-2' West 245.58 feet; North 890 03' West 316.65 feet; thence leaving said right of way line. South 01' West 194.04 feet; thence South 860 East 2612.00 feet; thence North 780 24 1-2' East 152.40 feet to the point of beginning, containing 60.81 acres, more or less. LESS 2.92 acres previously deeded to San Luis Canal Co. Reference is made to the petition on file for further particulars.

DATED: December 11, 1975. Ernest A. Maggini Monterey County Clerk By Lenore Robles Deputy Clerk Legal 75-1280 Dec. 13, 18, 23 POET BORN John Milton, English poet and champion of freedom of the press, was born Dec. 9, 1608.

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To be in time for next insertion: The Sun Star is responsible for only ONE incorrect insertion of any ad. ANNOUNCEMENTS I 1. Notices TRAVELING from Merced. to McPherson, Kansas, December 27:28. Share driving, Pay own meals, motel.

723-3658 after p.m. IN addition to our major appliance parts business we have added: Sunbeam, Mr. Coffee, Noreico, Kirby, Hoover, Toastmaster, Corning Ware, Farberware, Hamilton Beach, etcetera small appliance parts. Central Valley Appliance, 717 West 17th, 723- 4461. AFRICAN VIOLETS Make lovely Christmas Presents.

Phone 358-5450. DRINKING Problem? Serenity Fellowship, 770 Motel Drive. 9285, Monday 723-2564. Wednesday -Anon, Friday. 722.

Al- Tuesday. Thursday. 8 p.m. GIVE your children a gift they need this year. Special rates during holidays for in Reading and Math.

358-3853. 2. Lost and Found Brittany Spaniel female, English Pointer male, McSwain area. Tony Garcia, 723-4897. LOST: Tan male cat, blue collar and eyes.

Herman Street area. 358-7926. LOST: Five year old Arabian Gelding. Sorrel white stockings. Reward.

382-0603. LOST: Gold charm bracelet with children's names. Friday night. Vicinity of 'Italo American Hall, Reward. 722-0201.

Larry B. Gentry until he got a call that someone was stealing the Nativity scene from his front lawn. Gentry sped home and intercepted a car that was just leaving the area. He said he found statues of Mary, Joseph, "the infant Jesus, a donkey and a cow in the woman's car. The woman who was driving told Gentry she took the Christmas items "because of my' kids and the Lord." She was charged with possession of stolen property $100 value and was lodged in the county jail.

Her name was withheld pending court arraignment. CHERRY VALLEY, Ill. (AP) Cherry Valley has a new jail' and Santa Claus became the first person to be locked up. Santa, played by Sheryl Brannan, was nabbed leaving a village hall Christmas Party on Monday by police chief Ralph Truitt, in what was, supposed to be only a pretend arrest to commemorate the opening of the new. jail.

But not everyone knew about the pretend part, and a crowd of about 50 protested. One small child asked with tears in her eyes if Santa would be out in time for Christmas. worry," Santa said, "I wired the North Pole for bail money." A few minutes later, Truitt told a cheering crowd that he was releasing Santa on personal recognizance because of good behavior. MANCHESTER, Ga. (AP) A generation of children along a 150-mile route through rural Alabama and Georgia have known a Santa Claus who rides a big diesel railroad engine instead of a sleigh.

This year's ride is this Santa's last. John Douglas, 61, who has passed out candy and fruit for the past 10 years, is retiring from the Seaboard Coastline Railroad. Douglas, who has been hauling freight from Manchester, to Wadley, and, back for the past 19 years, said he pays for the fruit and candy, but the railroad takes care of other expenses. For this year's run from. Wadley to Manchester, "I've got over 100 pounds of candy, two cases of oranges and two cases tangeloes," he said.

The last run will be special. Santa will ride the engine 1776 with a fresh coat of red, white and blue paint. At each stop, the youngsters will be invited to board for a visit with Santa. STUART BORN Henry Stuart, Lord Darn-, ley, second husband of Mary Queen of Scots, was born Dec. 7, 1545.

ATTENTION Dairymen. Plastic resurfacing done between milkings and no shutdowns. 723- 6157. TREE STUMPS REMOVED Machine operation. Jack Helsby.

Phone 722-5296. GEORGE OATH OF OFFICE Merced County Superior Court Judge George C. Barrett, left, administered the oath of office to Leroy Gilsdorf as county auditor this morning. Gilsdorf replaces Auditor John Mallory who is retiring Dec. 31.

He was named to the post by the Merced County Board of Supervisors last September when Mallory announced his decision to retire. (Sun-Star Photo) Funeral Notice a and Ivers and Alcorn Funeral Homes MC ADAMS: In Merced, December 22, 1975. Anita Gale McAdams, daughter of Harvey and Margaret McAdams; sister of Mrs. Joyce Montgomery, Mrs. Theresa Schindler, Sherry, Barbara, Curtis, James, Harvey, Guy and.

Steven McAdams; granddaughter of Mrs. Bessie Cottle and James Polk McAdams. Friends are invited to attend the funeral services Wednesday, December 24th at 2:00 p.m. in the Mission Chapel of Ivers and Rev. Joseph Berkner, of the Bible Baptist Church, will officiate.

Interment will be in the Haven of Rest Cemetery. Memorial contributions to the Crippled Children's' Foundation will be appreciated by the family. Donations may be left at Ivers and Alcorn Funeral Home. Funeral Notice Ivers and Alcorn Funeral Homes DALE: In Merced, December 22, 1975. Archie J.

Dale, husband of Mrs. Hazel Dale; father of Miss Deborah J. Dale and Lee, Wayne, Gary, Clifford H. and Archie Dale; also survived by eleven brothers and sisters, and five grandchildren. Friends are invited to attend the funeral services Wednesday, December 24th at 11:00 a.m.

in the Mission Chapel of Ivers and Alcorn. Rev. John W. Waiters, of St. Matthew's Baptist Church, will officiate.

Interment will be in the Merced District Cemetery. Ivers and Alcorn Funeral Homes Atwater, California ROSE: In Atwater, December 22, 1975. Anna Faria Rose, mother of Mrs. Mary Bledsoe and Joe Rose; also survived by two sisters in the Azores Islands, Four grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. Friends are invited to the funeral services Wednesday, December 24th at 11:00 a.m.

in the Ivers and Alcorn Atwater Chapel. Rev. Arnie Hultgren, of the Atwater Assembly. God. Church, will officiate.

Interment will be in the Winton Distriet -Cemetery, Ivers and Alcorn Funeral Homes Atwater, California BYNUM: In Turlock, December 21, 1975. Addie A. Bynum, husband of Mrs. Minnie Bynum; father of Mrs. Madeline Terry, Mrs.

Mae Adams and Mrs. Jean Kleinkauf; brother of Ezra Bynum; also survived by seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Friends are invited to attend the funeral services Wedensday, December 24th at 2:00 p.m. in the Ivers and Alcorn Atwater Chapel: Jack Finley, of the Livingston Church of Christ, will officiate. Interment will be in the Winton District Cemetery.

ELECTRICIAN. Residential, remodeling, new services, rewiring. Reasonable rates. Phone 722-5111. CERAMIC TILE Expert Installation, fee estimate.

665-2821. CLEAN up and Call the Junk Man Phone 722-0066 or 723-5262. PLASTERING and out. Phone 723-7070. NEW construction, additions, repairs by hour or contract.

Expert workmanship. Courteous service. Licensed. 358-6949. HANDYMAN: You name, it, we do it! Plumbing, carpentry, patch roofs.

723-4155. WALLPAPER HANGER Experienced. References. Free Estimates. Evenings, 722-6330.

8. Yard Garden GENERAL gardening, pruning, landscaping, lawn maintenance. Free estimates. Phone 723-1448, PUBLIC NOTICE People in The News SALEM, Ore. (AP) Jimmy Carter can't give away peanuts in Oregon when he campaigns for the May 25 presidential primary, Secretary of State Clay Myers said Monday.

A state law says candidates may not give away something of value in the campaign, Myers said. Bumper stickers and buttons may be given away, but not pens, pencils, bottle corks, matchbooks or peanuts. Carter, a Democrat and former Georgia Governor, is a peanut farmer and nuclear physicist. His campaign workers have been handing out bags of peanuts with "Jimmy Carter for President" on them. Myers' office once stopped Lyndon Johnson's campaign workers from handing out matchbooks.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Mick Jagger, leader of the English rock group Rolling Stones, has arrived here for a two-week vacation. Jagger was greeted on his arrival Monday by his wife, actress Bianca Jagger. The Rolling Stones leader said he will not perform in Rio during his stay, but plans to perform in Brazil "in the near future." Jagger is staying at the home of Brazilian actress Florinda Bulcao two miles south of Rio. PUBLIC NOTICES Your Right to Know and be informed of the functions of your "government are embodied in public notices. In that self charges all citizens to be informed: this newspaper urges every citizen to read and study these notices.

We strongly advise those citizens, seeking further information, to exercise their right of access to public records and public meetings. CERTIFICATE OF A JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT OF BELIE B. WILLIAMS DARREL COLEMAN J.J. SELLER dba PARKSIDE SEVENTY -SIX Legal 75-1308 Dec. 23, 30, Jan.

5, 12 WINTON AND MINOR Suite One Stoddard Building Twentieth and Streets California 95340 Telephone (209) 722-5781 Attorneys for Executors SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MERCED NOTICE TO CREDITORS No. 14480 Estate of ADELINE HAR. CKSEN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the creditors of the above named decedent that all persons having are required to file them, with the claims against the said decedent necessary vouchers, in the office of the clerk of the above entitled court, or to present them, with the necessary vouchers, 16 the undesigned at the Law Offices of WINTON AND MINOR, Suite One Stoddard Building, Twentieth and Streets, Merced. California 95340, which the the undersigned place in all of business of matters pertaining to the estate of said decedent, within four months the first publication of this notice.

Dated December 18, 1975. RAYMOND B. HARCKSEN LEONA M. REBERG Executors of the Will. of the above named decedent.

Legal 75 1305 Dec. 23,30, Jan. 6, 13 Law Offices LINNEMAN, BURGESS TELLES VAN ATTA P.O. Box 156 Dos Palos, California 93620 Attorneys for Executor IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MONTEREY NO. 23302 NOTICE OF HEARING OF PETITION FOR ORDER DIRECTING PERFORMANCE OF DECEDENT'S CONTRACT In the Matter of The Estate of S.

MACHADO, also known as JOE SILVEIRA MACHADO, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a hearing on the Petition of JOE G. MACHADO, Executor of the will of JOE S. MACHADO, Deceased, for an order to perform necessary acts upon the exercise optionees of an option granted by decedent as optionor during his lifetime, be had in the courtroom of Department No. 2, of the Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of Monterey, located at Salinas, California, on 26, 1975,1 at 10:00 A.M.

Said real property is situated in the County of Merced, State of California, and is described as follows: Beginning at a point on the west line of Section .28, Township 9 South, Range 12 point is North 00 22 1-2' East East, M.D.B. which 1095.50 feet from the southwest corner of said Section 28; thence North 780 24 1-2' East 2043.83 feet; thence along the westerly right of way line of the San Juan Drain as follows: North West 48.45 feet; North 350-12' West feet; North 90 26' West 110.98 feet; thence along the southerly right of way line of the Pick Anderson Levee as follows: South 810 42' West 477.14 feet; North 480 West 1114.25 feet; South 780 26 1-2' West 177.79 feet; South 480 19' West 540.90 feet to a point on the west line of said Section 28, which. point is North 22 1-2' East 2039.31 feet from the southwest corner of said Section 28' thence continuing along said southerly right of way line of levee as follows: South 480 19' West 2.26 feet; South 490 44' West 352.68 feet; South 590 01 1-2' West 98.52 feet; South 690 13'. West 591.80 feet: North 890 37 1-2' West 106.28 feet; North 690 21 West 263.03 feet; North 890 33 12' West 45.85 feet; South 670 17' West 384.56 feet; South 780 15' West 533.39 feet; North 860 44 1-2' West 245.58 feet; North 890 03' West 316.65 feet; thence leaving said right of way line South 50 01' West 194.04 feet; thence South 860 46' East 2612.00 feet; thence North 780 24 1-2' East 152.40 feet to the point of beginning, containing 60.81 acres, more or less. LESS 2.92 acres previously deeded to San Luis Canal Co; Reference is made to the petition on file for further particulars.

DATED: December 11, 1975. Ernest. A. Maggint' Monterey County Clerk By Lenore Robles Clerk Legal 75-1279 Dec. 13, 18, 23 NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING A Public Hearing will be held by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Merced, State of California, on Tuesday, January 6, 1976, at 1:30 p.m.

in the Board Room, Third Floor of the New Administration Building on 22nd and Streets, Merced, California, to consider the For. mation of Rancheros No. 2 Lighting and Drainage MainI tenance District. Said district shall include the real property situated in the County of Merced, State of California, described as follows: Beginning at the Southeast corner of said Lot thence S. 890 32' 10" W.

660.02 feet along the South line of said" Lot 6 to the Southwest corner thereof; thence N. 00 36' E. 1320.25 feet along the West line of said Lot 6 to the Northwest corner thereof; thence N. 34' E. 1320.20 feet along the West line of said Lot 3.

to the Northwest corner thereof; thence N. 890 29' E. 200.00 feet along the Northline of said -Lot 3 to a point thereon; thence S. 34' 32" W. 230.00 feet; thence N.

890 30" E. 200.00 feet; thence N. E. 230.00 feet to a point on the North line of said Lot thence N. 899 29' 30" E.

259.44 feet along the North line of said Lot 3 to the Northeast corner thereof; thence S. 00 324 42" W. 1320.43 feet along the East line of said Lot 3- to the Southeast corner thereof thence S. 37' 00" W. 1320.53 feet along the East line of said Lot 6 to the place of beginning, containing 38.943 Acres more or less.

All interested persons are invited to attend and will be given an opportunity to be heard. KENNETH L. RANDOL Clerk Board of Supervisors Legal 75-1299 Dec. 23 TREE pruning and removal. Brush, trash hauling.

Mistletoe removing. Garage cleaning. 723. 1555. 9.

Repair -Improv. COMPLETE building remodeling. Electrical, plum-, bing, new additions, kitchen cabinets. By contract or hourly. Free estimates.

358-8396, 358- 7256. ACOUSTIC, In installed. glitter Sheet ceilings, rock, taping, and texturing. Free estimates. Licensed and insured.

389.4656. HAL'S Construction. All types construction, gardening, shrubbery work. Estimates given. 722-0487.

ACOUSTICAL ceilings, 28 years experience, fast. service. Wet bars with. stainless steel sink, installed. 634-8678 day or night.

PAINTING, Interior -exterior, roof oiling. Free estimates. References. Carlo, Giampaoli, BRYARS Home Maintenance Repair. Residential.

'Electrical, plumbing, Air conditioning. Free. estimates. 723-2046. 10.

Hauling-Moving HAVE TRUCKS will rent or haul, anytime: 383-1147. EMPLOYMENT 14. Agencies FAVIER. Emplovment Agency 2843 St. Bear Creek Plazas 723 3197 Merced 723-3198 Sec'y payroll.

$550 Automotive Bookkeeper $800 Typist, shorthand (p.t.) hrly $3.30 LVN Bi- lingual Sales, co-ordinator Medical Transcriber KAH. Employment Agency 723-0811 725 W. 18th 723-4051 Sales (career to $1,000 Receptionist, typist to $600 General Office to $600 Bookkeeper (p.f.) to hrly $3.50 Bartender hrly $3.00 Dishwasher (p.t.) hrly $2.00 Manager, trainee $660 Aide hrly $2.00 up Sec'y, receptionist to $500 15. Help Wanted SENIOR Accountant for Merced employer. General ledger, and State and Federal reports.

Supervise small office force. Send resume and salary pected to Merced Sun Star Box 37. EXERIENCED waitress, over 21, 5.p.m. -10 p.m. Apply at New China Cafe, 1002 17th.

Street. EXPERIENCEDONLY NEED APPLY Local firm needs experienced help for moving, storage, packing, crating. Top wages and benefits. Reply with resume complete with past working. experience and references to: Merced SunStar, Box 36.

BABYSITTING in our home. Light housekeeping. Mature woman preferred. 358 1470 after 6 p.m. FOSTER Farms is accepting applications for men and women seeking a career in the poultry industry as ranch personnel trainees.

Steady work, excellent fringe benefits, opportunity for advancement. Apply at 14519 West Collier Road, Delhi. Plant Maintenance Engineer $1184 $1440 monthly equivalent Newly created position responsible for operation maintenance: of low pressure boilers, heating, air condition refrigeration; equipment in all county buildings: Requires 5 years full. time: experience in the operation, repair and maintenance of heating, ventilating and air condition system, in large commercial, in. dustrial or governmental building of which have: been in a supervisory capacity.

Equivalent to graduation from high school. (Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for required education). Apply by January 16, 1976, at: Merced County Personnel 2222 Street Third Floor Merced, California 95340 Equal Opportunity employer..