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Relics And VIP Visits / Wichels, Ernest [836] [WICHELS-1965-836]
The year 1965 brings to an end the five-year observance of the Civil War Centennial. And this brings to mind a few local reminders of that conflict, and several other noted historical facts not readily appreciated by most Solano citizens.

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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.

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More On Hospitals / Wichels, Ernest [789] [WICHELS-1964-789]
Last Sunday we discussed the hospital facilities or, rather, lack of such facilities available to Solano County and Vallejo residents form 1849. Today we will go into some detail concerning the medical and nursing care Vallejoans have had since that date.

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Early Schools About County / Wichels, Ernest [786] [WICHELS-1964-786]
Alfred W. Newman, a member of the governing body of Vallejo's Unified School District, presented a remarkable story of the public schools in this community at the November, 1963, meeting of the Solano County Historical Society.

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Another Year Is History / Wichels, Ernest [779] [WICHELS-1964-779]
The year 1963 is now another page of the past. Much happened in tragedy, space science, international politics, the curb on nuclear testing, etc. Future historians will tell future generations what was important; we all are too close to the picture to make the appraisal today.

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Episcopal Church Sunday School. For names see file marked "Church - Episcopal"

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Your Civic Center - Vacaville 1969

1969

Vacaville Civic Center Dedication Ceremony Brochure January 11, 1969. This brochure includes detailed photos, cost estimates, and a brief history of Vacaville and the Civic Center Project. The Master of Ceremonies was Judge Walter W. Weir, Jr. [...]

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Solano-Napa Earthquakes / Wichels, Ernest [843] [WICHELS-1965-843]
Last Sunday a devastating tremor rocked Chile; on Monday, it was the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. We are in the spring period of past earthquakes in Solano and Napa counties. Most of them have been in this eight-week period of March and April.

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Mare Island's Earthquake / Wichels, Ernest [792] [WICHELS-1964-792]
Tomorrow is the anniversary of Mare Island's most disastrous earthquake. Shortly before midnight on March 30, 1898 the tremor struck. Although damage was experienced in both Vallejo and in San Francisco, Mare Island suffered most.

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Early Solano / Wichels, Ernest [784] [WICHELS-1964-784]
A common human weakness is to predict the future. Sometimes the vision we see in the crystal ball may, by coincidence, come true. The editor of the Vallejo Recorder, in July and August of 1867, published a series of articles on Solano County communities and speculated on their development.