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2A Daily News – Saturday, May 18, 2013 Community people&events Senior menu 1944 brought me to Red Bluff and telephone catching the message that my uncle, Mt. Lassen, and two World Wars. It Leslie Howard Swanson was the son saved lives in the summoning of help of "Broomstick" Swanson and his during fire and medical emergencies. Although most of the evidence of mother was Ellen Howard Swanson. this old rural telephone My uncle was born on May system has faded into the 5, 1917. Uncle Howard obscurity of time, the spirgrew up and became a very it of Broomstick Swanson agile young man who helped still lives on! in maintaining the serpentine For those of you who line that wound its way over would like to read more brush covered hillsides and about "Broomstick Swanrocky ravines. He became an son and the Rubbernecker expert at shinning up teleLine." Many more delightphone poles, and fighting his ful actions connected with way through dense manzanithe telephone system that ta brush and poison oak to repair broken wires. Carolyn ran from the Antelope area in Red Bluff and through It was an exciting day in Payne's Creek to Manton, May of 1905, when the R.L. via Lanes Valley. Tehama Swanson Telephone Company was put in service. It terminated at County MEMORIES of 1990 had a story about the Swanson and the the new family home on Roundup Street in the Antelope "Rubbnecker Line," written by Bruce area of Red Bluff. Swanson's mother, Barron. Having the story and the picMartha, became the first switchboard tures in the book is fascinating. Peroperator. During the interim of the haps a few of you readers would like construction of the phone lines, the to check at the Red Bluff Library and Swansons had moved from their perhaps pick-up a very interesting story about Broomstick Swanson. home in the Plateau. During the time of its existence, this rural phone line had served its Carolyn Barber has been writing purpose well. It helped keep the people in those isolated communities her column in the Daily News since informed during several great epochs 1992. It appears on Saturdays. She in history such as the San Francisco can be contacted by e-mail at earthquake in 1906, the eruptions of hurcar@yahoo.com. Friday HEALTHY HEART DAY Baked Chicken, Parsley Carrots, Beet & Mandarin Salad, Tropical Fruit Cup Yes, I was only 9 years old and had arrived in Red Bluff with my brother, Gary, and our parents, Guy and Marjorie Hacker. It was during the 1944 year that we became connected to the Hacker family. One of our aunts, Faye Hacker married Leslie Howard Swanson. They were married in 1938. I was the first grandchild for the Hacker family. I was born in 1937. Faye and Howard (he used his middle name) together managed a phone company from 1938 until June 23, 1942. By the time I arrived to my Hacker relatives the telephone company was absorbed by the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. What my cousins and I did during that closure of a telephone company allowed us to pick up all the old fashioned telephones and play with them pretending we were calling each other. The phones were a whole lot different than they are now. Not only did I get acquainted with the old telephones, I later discovered that the original producer of telephones in Tehama County was a man called "Broomstick" Swanson. It seems that his real name was Robert Leslie Swanson who established a telephone system that ran from the Antelope area in Red Bluff through Payne's Creek to Manton, via Lane Valley. Perhaps a few of you readers are How to submit items Husband driving with dementia The Senior Nutrition Program serves meals Monday through Friday at the Red Bluff Community-Senior Center, the Corning Senior Center and the Los Molinos Veterans Hall. The suggested donation for seniors 60 and older is $2.75. For those guests under the age of 60, the guest charge is $7. A donation is not a requirement for you to receive a meal if you qualify for the program. Reservations must be made a minimum of one day in advance by calling 527-2414. Two percent milk is served with each meal. Menu is subject to change. Week of May 20-24 Monday Pork Chow Mein, Stir Fry Vegetables, Steamed Rice, Pineapple Chunks Tuesday ETHNIC DAY Taco Salad w/Tomatoes, Tortilla Chips, Mango Wednesday Turkey/Cheese Deli on Wheat, Lettuce/Tomato/Red Onion, Marinated Pea Salad, Strawberries Thursday Cabbage Roll Casserole, Basil Tomatoes, Marble Rye Bread, Cinnamon Apples Community news may be submitted to the Daily News at clerk@redbluffdailynews.com. Include a name and phone number. Digital pictures should be attached as .jpg files. Photos from a film camera can be brought in to the Daily News as original prints or negatives. 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What can I do? — Second wanted with the Wife house, but he Dear Wife: never said I'd by Kathy Mitchell be the one pay- and Marcy Sugar Please notify your police department ing. The house was barely furnished, the or the Department of bedding had holes in it, Motor Vehicles that Ned the carpet was a mess, has dementia and should and the curtains were not have a driver's stained. I replaced all of license. Ned's doctor can that, but Ned wouldn't help. When Ned is in an contribute a dime. Aside accident, do not repair from being cheap, he the car unless you need it never mowed the lawn, yourself. Let his kids fix raked the leaves or it, or allow the car to cleaned the garage. He become too damaged to only wanted to fish. I did run. Talk to your lawyer the maintenance as long about Ned's will. Does as I could, and now we he have a health care pay someone else to do power of attorney? Who owns the house? Can you it. Here's the current stay there if Ned dies? problem: Ned has You need to sort this out dementia and doesn't and see what your realize that his kids have options are. Dear Annie: My control of his money. His kids have told him he can mom is in an excellent drive to get his mail. Of skilled nursing facility. course, he then drives all The staff is great, but over town. He's been in they sometimes say three accidents already. I things that are not helpsaw a lawyer to get my ful. Last month, a staff name removed from the car title in case Ned person said, in front of Mailbox Have You Heard Adopt a female dog or cat th th from May 13 through May 18 at the Tehama County Animal Care Center 1830 Walnut Street, Red Bluff and P.E.T.S. Will pay for the SPAY (How GREAT is That?) Please call the Tehama County Animal Care Center at 530-527-3439 for complete program details. residents and visitors, ''Your mom really wants to go to church. She cries about it.'' I was embarrassed and said, ''Fine.'' By Sunday, however, Mom said she didn't want to go. This is how it is with her for every occasion. When I do convince her to go, she procrastinates and we arrive late. She then falls asleep and later complains that she didn't have a good time. Part of this is dementia, but it's also her personality. She has always been a manipulator. What Mom really wants is for me to be with her 24/7. She has even suggested that I sleep on the tiled floor next to her bed. The staff members don't see this. So, please do not humiliate the adult children. This public berating, no matter how sweetly delivered, leaves my mother unhappier than before. If you need to consult with us, please do so in private. — Her Daughter Dear Daughter: All such suggestions should be done privately. Please cut this out of your newspaper (or print it from the website) and bring it to the nursing home where the staff can see it. They mean well, but this is not appropriate. Dear Annie: I read the letter from ''Uneasy About Switching,'' who wants to change hairstylists. I am a hairstylist, and I have realized over the years that we can't possibly please everyone. I have had clients I treasured and thought were ''forever clients,'' but when I couldn't accommodate them due to scheduling, surgery, etc., they went to someone else. It hurt my feelings until I realized we don't ''own'' anyone. In fact, I, too, have switched who does my hair over the years. But I would appreciate being told why. — A Hairstylist Who Understands Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailboxcomcast. net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. El Camino Ride For Life The El Camino 4-H Club had a great time at the Ride For Life event on April 6 and raised just over $600 for the event. Club member Tanner Darst won the 9013 year-old age category. Birth forms at DN Birth forms are available at the Daily News in the newsroom. 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Boucher, secretary of the United Chambers of Commerce of Sacramento Valley who put on the membership campaign for the local chamber of commerce last fall, had planned to spend a day or so in Red Bluff while enroute to the Bly irrigation project celebration in Lassen county, but was disappointed, he wrote R. H. Boding. I expected to drive to Red Bluff, Boucher said, but some fellow beat me to it and stole my car. — May 18, 1923 Date: May 22, 2013 Time: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Place: Antelope School Office If your child turns 5 years old on or before September 1, 2013, you may register them for Kindergarten. If your child turns 5 years old between September 2 and December 2, 2013, you may register them for Transitional Kindergarten (TK). Please bring the following items: * Residential Verification * Birth Certificate * Immunizations If you have questions please call 527-1272