Program On art
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bookbinding.
"bookbinding as a Performing art," a
presentation by Duncan Olmsted on the
binding of new books and the rebind-
ox old books, is the next featured
program of the -onorna County Historical
Society. j.
Our members and thir friends are invited^ _
to hear Olmsted at4 7.00 P & Thursday
jjiovember 17 in the forum boom of the
bant a Rosa, donoma County Library, i
oaxita nosa. OLasped specializes in the j
binding of sheets (pages of a book as
yet unbound) and the rebinding ol old
books, the first step in the process of
restoration. He will tell the history
of and the how tos oi bookbinding, and
ne will give a simple demonstration
with the tools, showing books in the .
progressive stages of binding and gliding.
i- a considers books as works of art, and
hi« lecture will unreal to book collectors
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ad tnose interests.! in fine Daoer and
fine bindings.
01 nsted studied with Herbert ana Peter
fa hey , who ne met at the *an Preucisco
Exposition of
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at Treasure Island,
where Peter fa hey was curator of fine
books .
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dbmsted is a former publisher oi the
Petaluma krgus -courier and a charter
«.ember of the Historical society,
ihe public is invited . __
EDITOR — If you don't mind I would like to set the
record straight regarding the Bodega Post Office.
I read your article in the June 23, 1977 edition and
found a few errors. One glaring mistake was that
you said James McCaughey was a nephew of Stephen
Smith of Smith Ranch. There was absolutely no
relationship there. James McCaughey was my grand¬
father as well as M. J. Cunninghame's.
The Bodega Post Office was the third in the county,
not the second as stated. Sonoma was> first in 1849;
Petaluma was second, 11 days earlier than Bodega.
“In 1867 the Bodega post office was renamed Se¬
bastopol and for nearly 50 years there was no post
office bearing the name Bodega" so your article
says. 15 years later there was a Bodega post office
established at Bodega Bay on Oct. 9. 1882. It was dis¬
continued on June 23, 1887.
Your article implies that the post office was located
in the McCaughey Bros, store from the beginning.
It was first located on Capt. Stephen Smith's Ranch
thus the name Smith’s Rancho post office. The Cap¬
tain's nephew was the first postmaster in 1854. It
most likely was moved to Bodega Corners when
Nathan N. Hedges became second postmaster on
July 14, 1856. Hedges brothers had a store there
before George R. Rossiter, postmaster in 1860, built
McCaughey’s store in 1860.
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ruth McCaughey burke.
Bodega.
Vie mourn the loss of wrs.
Lucile Cuthill, a charter
member, and an ardent hist¬
orian of Lononia County,
one furnished many pictures
and stories for our journal.
LUCILE CUTHILL
October 26 , 1 977
Rites held for
ex-Jenner teacher
Lucile Cuthill
JENNER — Services were Satur¬
day for Lucile Carolyn Cuthill, 81,
who died Wednesday at her home.
She taught at Jenner School for
43 years, beginning in 1916 in the
one room schoolhouse and retired in
1965.
She was a member of the Seaside
Neighbors club and was secretary
of the Jenner Community Club.
She is survived by her daughter,
LaVerne Giannecchini, Santa Rosa;
three grandchildren and five great¬
grandchildren.
She was a native of San Francis¬
co and was raised in Cazadero and
Santa Rosa.
Services were at Guerneville
Redwood Chapel.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the Jenner Volunteer Fire
Department, P.O. Box 39, Jenner.
95450.
