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16.	Then, And Nowadays / Wichels, Ernest [857] [WICHELS-1964-857] When one is interested in the earlier years of Vallejo and Solano County, it seems that every issue of the current Times-Herald or Evening News-Chronicle contains at least a dozen stories that lead directly to similar events some 50 to 100 years ago. Detailed record - Similar records
17.	Ninety Odd Years Ago / Wichels, Ernest [856] [WICHELS-1964-856] Tuesday is election day. The shouting, the charges, and the counter-charges, will soon cease and a few persons will be asked to "eat crow." Elections have, arparently, always been the same. Detailed record - Similar records
18.	Old Church Structures / Wichels, Ernest [855] [WICHELS-1964-855] Solano County has many old and revered churches. No one (or two, or three or more) columns could justly describe all of them. Some of these churches still serve large and growing congregations; some simply stand as markers of a gracious era a full century ago. Detailed record - Similar records
19.	Ranch Towns In Two Areas / Wichels, Ernest [854] [WICHELS-1964-854] Most people think of Vallejo strictly a shipyard city. Many find it difficult to believe that once it qualified as a "ranch town." Ranchowners, the hundreds of employes in dairy operations, cattle and sheep raising, and grain and hay harvests, formed a vital segment of Vallejo's economy in early days. Detailed record - Similar records
20.	October Leaves / Wichels, Ernest [853] [WICHELS-1964-853] Every month has important anniversaries of local interest. Three of Mare Island's nuclear-powered submarines were launched in October: THEODORE ROOSEVELT, a polaris-firing boat, on October 2, 1959; the attack A-Sub SCAMP on October 8, 1960, and the first Mare Island A-Sub, SARGO, on October 10, 1957. Detailed record - Similar records
21.	Early Media / Wichels, Ernest [852] [WICHELS-1964-852] It is difficult for most of us, living in the year 1964, to realize the advantages we possess over those available to Vallejo residents or Mare Island personnel just a hundred years ago. We take our freeways, radio and TV, dial telephones with direct connections to New York or Hawaii, automobiles, airplanes, etc., for granted. Detailed record - Similar records
22.	Changing Fashions / Wichels, Ernest [849] [WICHELS-1964-849] Newcomers, and the younger generation, are not as conscious of the changing fashions of living in this area as are the oldtimers or those who pore through Solano County's historical past. We are all aware of the new bodies on automobiles and the gadgets which add considerably to the cost of a car. Detailed record - Similar records
23.	Solano Pioneers / Wichels, Ernest [848] [WICHELS-1964-848] This afternoon, at 3 o'clock, the public is invited to the Third Annual Pioneers Day sponsored by the Solano County Historical Society, at the historic Rockville Churchyard, about a mile north of Cordelia. The society has a long-range program of cataloging the large list of pioneers who shaped the destinies of our, county a century ago. Detailed record - Similar records
24.	The White Sulphur Spring / Wichels, Ernest [850] [WICHELS-1964-850] The "day camps" at our Blue Rock Springs recreation spot now become a memory with the opening of another school semester. Some 60 years ago this time of the year marked the end of the "summer camp" for scores of Vallejo families. Detailed record - Similar records
25.	Messengers Of 1912-1914 / Wichels, Ernest [851] [WICHELS-1964-851] This community and this county are saddened by the passing, last week, of Harry V. Soanes--a leading business, civic and philanthropic leader and a citizen who truly helped to spark the progress of Vallejo during the present generation. Detailed record - Similar records

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