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A Crummy Story – Getting Involved

Guest Blog by Jack Withington This week I was part of the change. In what is a Petaluma first, a group of concern citizens lobbied the Petaluma Board of Education to stop the use of a suspected toxic and possibly carcinogenic waste by-product, ground up recycled rubber tire particles called [...]

By | August 21st, 2015|0 Comments

Athletic Field Turf

Guest Blog by Jack Withington Some battles are fought in the air, others are fought at sea, and then there are battles fought on the gridiron. There is a non-military battle being waged by a group of concerned citizens who are trying to convince the Petaluma City Schools and members [...]

By | August 4th, 2015|0 Comments

Petaluma Young Men Went to War

By Jack Withington A monument to the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (ALB), a volunteer unit that fought in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-39, is located near the Vaillancort Fountain on San Francisco’s Embarcadero. It is dedicated, in part, to two young Petaluma men, Leo Nitzberg and Robert “Bobby” Rappaport who were [...]

By | April 25th, 2015|0 Comments

Indian Tribe

This Guest Blog - "Indian Tribe" - was submitted by Jack Withington. Readers are invited to submit comments and/or their blogs. E-mail them to: whammer@petalumanet.org  Be sure to include your name and e-mail address. *    *    * The road to understanding the complexities of what is called the "Indian Tribe"  [...]

By | February 4th, 2015|0 Comments

Happy Birthday America

At today's bell ringing ceremony,on the steps of our Petaluma Historical Museum, guest blogger Jack  Withington gave me this message posted on Facebook by Sgt Major (Retired) Al McClymonds, a 1959 graduate of Petaluma High School. Please consider it as "food for thought" on this significant historical day in our [...]

By | July 4th, 2014|0 Comments

Communists in Petaluma

Jack Withington, Guest Blogger Throughout history Communists have been portrayed by the media, the government and certain politicians as “Boogeyman “and were accused by the late FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover of orchestrating the civil rights movement. Were there communists in Petaluma and Sonoma County? Yes!  1934 voter registration rolls [...]

By | June 4th, 2014|0 Comments

Integration Doomed Sonoma County’s Poultry Industry – 1950s

Guest Blog by Jack Withington In the 1950’s, the local poultry industry consisted of primarily of Mom and Pop operations.  Farming was the mainstay of the local economy, with most of the supporting businesses usually locally owned and operated. Poultry sales contributed over $31,000,000 to the economy of 1950 Sonoma [...]

By | May 25th, 2014|0 Comments

Flag Raising in Iwo Jima and the Petaluma Connection

Once, again, one of our guest bloggers (Jack Withington) wishes to share a story that many Petalumans may not have heard before. "On February 19, 1945, United States Marines made an amphibious landing on the small but strategic island of Iwo Jima leading to a fierce battle between American and Japanese forces. [...]

By | May 18th, 2014|0 Comments

Tom Yoneda

Today's guest blog was submitted by Jack Withington, one of the participants in the "Sages of Petaluma" conversation group. Hopefully, other Sages will compose guest blogs that recall their memories of living, working, and growing up in "Our River Town." "Before Tom Yoneda reached the age of 5 years old, [...]

By | May 15th, 2014|0 Comments

Guglielmetti Telephone Company

Today's post is a guest blog submitted by Jack Withington, a participant in the "Sages of Petaluma" conversation group that meets monthly at the Petaluma Historical Museum & Library. It would be difficult to imagine life without access to the telephone in the early 1900’s. Southern Sonoma County pioneer farmers [...]

By | May 3rd, 2014|0 Comments