Newspaper Abstracts, Washington State
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- Seattle Union Record, Seattle, Washington, 15 Aug 1925, p 1
Cafe Man Elopes With Stepdaughter
Declared to have eloped with his own stepdaughter, William B. Hopkins, restaurant man, of 5202 Ballard Ave., was being sought by law enforcement agencies throughout the state Saturday.
He left his home hurriedly Saturday at 5 a.m. in company with his wife's 16-year-old daughter by a former marriage, Ruby Seidle, according to neighbors.
The mother and wife, Mrs Myrtle Hopkins, called at the prosecuting attorney's office within a few hours of the disappearance of her husband and daughter and became the complaining witness to a warrant charging Hopkins with contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile. Police officials also were notified, and a widespread search was in progress Saturday afternoon.
[Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Chris Sackett] - Seattle Union Record, Seattle, Washington, 17 & 18 Aug 1925, p 7
Marriage Licenses
William B. Hopkins, 27; Ruby Sidle, 19, both of Seattle.
[Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Chris Sackett] - The Seattle Star, Seattle, Washington, 17 Aug 1925, p 1
Bride's Mother Says Bridegroom Belongs to Her!
Both Women Insist They Are Wives of William D. Hopkins When He Is Arrested by the Police
Seattle police Monday were called upon to solve the domestic problem of whether William D. Hopkins, 27, is the husband of Mrs. Myrtle McKinley [sic], 39, or her daughter, Ruby, 16.
Hopkins and the girl were arrested Monday morning in a downtown apartment after a two-day search, instigated by the mother of Ruby.
Mrs. Hopkins insists that she is the wife of Hopkins. He denies he married her.
"Ruby and I love each other; we were married Saturday morning," said Hopkins.
He produced a marriage certificate showing he and Ruby were married Saturday by the Rev. A. E. Greene, formerly pastor of the Emanuel Baptist church, 24th ave. S. and Main st. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bingston were given as witnesses.
"Ruby's mother has no legal right to my name," Hopkins declared, after his arrest. "I will admit that we left Wichita, Kan., last December as man and wife and have lived that way since, but everyone, including her friends and relatives, and even Ruby, knew that we were not sent to our marriage," said Hopkins.
Mrs. Hopkins insisted to Policewoman Sylvia Hunsecker that Hopkins had married her in Wichita last December. She explained to Mrs. Hunsecker her lack of a marriage certificate by saying she had torn it up in a fit of anger against Hopkins.
Hopkins told The Star his strange story of romance and domestic entanglement.
"Ruby and her mother came West with me last winter from Wichita, Kan. I told Mrs. Finney that I loved her daughter Ruby and that she loved me and asked for her consent to our marriage.
"She refused to let us marry. I then offered to take her back to Kansas and wait until Ruby was 18, but she would not hear of it.
"Saturday, Ruby and I got a marriage license and were married. She gave her age as 19. When we saw in the papers that we had run away we decided to stay and fight it out. We have done nothing wrong and we have a right to be married and to love each other."
Hopkins was charged with a statutory offense involving the girl. This charge will probably be canceled in the face of the marriage.
[Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Chris Sackett] - Seattle Union Record, Seattle, Washington, 17 Aug 1925, p 1, 18 Aug 1925, p 2
Love Dream Blasted By Policemen
Love's young dream was blasted Monday when detectives broke in on William B. Hopkins, 28, and Ruby Seidle, 16, his bride of two days, with whom he eloped from her mother's home, 5202 Ballard Ave., Saturday morning. The couple were occupying a suite in an apartment at Seventh Ave. and Madison St.
Police had been looking for Hopkins and the girl following her mother's action in swearing out a warrant for the man, whom she insists is her husband.
"There is nothing to that stuff about Mrs. Finney and me being married," Hopkins said from his jail cell, where he is being held while the police and the prosecuting attorney’s office determine the nature of a charge to be brought against him after the tangled affairs of the family triangle are investigated. He is held on an open charge, but the prosecutor has a warrant out in which the girl's mother charges him with contributing the delinquency of a minor.
"I am not the girl's step-father," Hopkins declared.
He calls the mother Mrs. Finney, and says she brought him west to Seattle from Wichita, Kan., two months ago in her automobile, knowing full well that there was never a wedding ceremony.
"It is just jealousy on the mother's part. That story she gave the morning paper is all the bunk."
Meanwhile the senior Mrs. Hopkins, or Mrs. Finney, as Hopkins speaks of her when talking to newspaper men, is seeking means of putting the young Lochinvar so far behind the bars that he will be years in digging out. Anger showed in every line of her face when she mentioned his name Monday at the police station, but they were lines that softened and curved into a smile when she spoke to her daughter. The girl, 16 and pretty, had stolen the mother's sweetheart and should be punished — still the mother could not find it in her heart to scold. At least not while the two were talking to the detective at headquarters.
Hopkins and the girl fled at 5 o’clock in the mother's flivver from the mother's home over a small restaurant which the mother had purchased on Ballard Ave. They were married four hours later by Alvah E Greene, 619 Thompson building, a sanipractic physician who holds a license to preach in the Baptist church. The car was found in front of Hopkins' sister's home 712 Fifth Ave.
[Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Chris Sackett] - Seattle Union Record, Seattle, Washington, 19 Aug 1925, p 15, 20 Aug 1925, p 7
Government Investigates Hopkins Case
Federal authorities began an investigation Wednesday looking toward prosecution under the Mann act of William B. Hopkins, former Wichita, Kan., man, who is held in the city jail here while Mrs. Myrtle Hopkins and her 16-year-old daughter, Ruby, both claim him as husband.
Women operatives of the department of justice, learning that Hopkins brought the older woman with him across four state boundaries to Seattle, took an interest in the case and began conferring with county authorities Wednesday.
Meanwhile Ruby, the child-bride of five days, was spirited away by the police. Policewoman Sylvia Hunsicker refused to disclose her whereabouts.
Charges and counter charges loomed in the tangled love case Wednesday when Hopkins admitted in his cell that he has another wife in the south. He married a Miss Florence Goble in Oklahoma, he said, adding that he believes she obtained a divorce after he came west.
Deputy Prosecutor Eugene Meacham said Wednesday that if the former marriage had not been legally cancelled, a charge of bigamy would be brought against Hopkins. He was unable, however, to get confirmation of the Oklahoma marriage.
Charges of lewdness may also be brought against "Mrs. Hopkins," it was hinted, if it develops that she was not the wife of Hopkins when he married Ruby, as the couple was living together.
The only charge on file against Hopkins at present is that of contributing to delinquency of a minor child, the count for which he was arrested on a warrant sworn to by "Mrs. Hopkins."
[Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Chris Sackett] - Spokane Chronicle, Spokane, Washington, 24 Jun 1931, p 15
Miss Thomas Weds.
Walla Walla, Wash. — Miss Mabel Thomas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Thomas of Walla Walla, was married Tuesday to Manley B. Sackett of Pullman with more than 100 guests in attendance. The Rev. Paul H. Ashby officiated. The couple will go to Monroe in September, where Mr. Sackett will act as athletic coach at the high school.
[Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Chris Sackett] - The Seattle Star, Seattle, Washington, 19 May 1947, p 2
Last rites for Mrs. Sackett Set Tomorrow in Coos Bay, Ore.
Private funeral services will be held in Coos Bay, Ore., tomorrow for Mrs. Beatrice Walton Sackett, wife of Sheldon F. Sackett, Oregon newspaper and radio owner who recently entered into an agreement to purchase The Seattle Star. Mrs. Sackett, 48, a member of the Oregon state board of higher education, died Saturday at McAuley hospital in Coos Bay after an extended illness.
Death was caused by cancer.
Born in Salem, Ore., of a pioneer Oregon family, Mrs. Sackett was educated in Salem schools and was a graduate of Mills college, Oakland. After teaching two years, Mrs. Sackett became secretary to the state superintendent of public instruction and later became executive secretary to three Oregon governors, I. C. Patterson, A. W. Norblad and Julius E. Meier.
Invited to remain as secretary to Gov. Charles H. Martin, who succeeded Meier, Mrs. Sackett elected to return to private life. She was appointed to the state board of education in 1934 by Meier, a position she held continuously until her death.
For many years she was the only woman member of the state board and had been vice president since 1940. She was an active member of the Episcopal church, the American Association of University Women and Phi Beta Kappa.
She was married to Mr. Sackett Dec. 31, 1931, in Salem moving to Coos Bay in 1936. Besides her husband, Mrs. Sackett is survived by two children, Marcia Anne, 12, and John Walton, 9; her mother, Mrs. Mary E. Walton of Salem, and two brothers, William S. Walton, Salem banker, and Brig. Gen. Leo Walton, commanding general, U. S. army air corps at Orlando, Fla. Mrs. Sackett requested there be no flowers and the funeral private.
Because of Mrs. Sackett's illness, transfer of the properties of The Seattle Star has not been made, but will take place within two weeks.
Snell Pays Tribute To Publisher's Wife
Salem, Ore. —(UP)— "One of Oregon's most talented and accomplished women has been called to her final reward," Gov. Earl Snell of Oregon said today in commenting upon the death of Mrs. Beatrice Walton Sackett.
"Hers was a brilliant career, marked by high intelligence, loyalty to trust and duty, love and appreciation of home and fireside, and high standards of service to community and state truely unsurpassed," the Oregon governor said.
"The passing of Mrs. Sackett is a loss irreparable to Oregon," he added.
[Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Chris Sackett] - The Bellingham Herald, Bellingham, Washington, 3 Aug 1948, p 12
Sackett Weds
San Francisco, Aug. 3. — (U.P.) — Sheldon F. Sackett, West coast publisher and broadcaster, was to leave on a Hawaiian honeymoon today with his bride, the former Mrs. Evelyn Zingleman Schwabe, of Portland, Ore. The couple was married here yesterday afternoon. They will make their home in Piedmont, Calif., on their return from the islands.
[Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Chris Sackett] - The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, 11 Mar 1952, p 26
A. Sackett, Kittitas Valley Resident, Dead
Ellensburg, Wash., March 10.—Alonzo Sackett, 82, a Kittitas valley resident since 1889, died after a long illness.
He had operated the Union hotel since 1936 after farming on the west side for many years.
Surviving are his widow, Margaret, and three sons, R. C., Corvallis, Ore.; E. B., Seattle, and J. D., Prosser.
[Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Chris Sackett] - Longview Daily News, Longview, Washington, 24 Oct 1952, p 8
Births
Cowlitz General Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Sackett, 603 Cowlitz Way, Kelso, boy on Oct. 23.
[Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Chris Sackett] - Spokane Chronicle, Spokane, Washington, 25 Jun 1954, p 24
Miss Sackett Weds Treibel
Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Treibel (Beverly Ann Sackett) left for California following their wedding recently at Millwood Community Presbyterian church.
The bridegroom is stationed at Ford Ord, Calif.
The Rev. Roy E. Howes officiated at the ceremony. Organist was Mrs. Jerry Naimy and vocalist, Miss Patricia Kennedy.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Manley R. Sackett, N4302 Argonne. She designed and made her bridal gown of embroidered organdy and lace over taffeta. Matching lace and pink rosebuds formed the headband for her veil. She carried a colonial bouquet of white Esther Reed daisies and pink rosebuds.
Miss Janet Windecker in pink dotted swiss over taffeta was the bride's only attendant. She carried pink daisies and blue delphinium.
The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Treibel, E8717 Alki. He was attended by Dick Cramer as best man. Ushers were Clarence Robison, LaFrance Smith and Cpl. Earl Sackett of Fort Lewis, brother of the bride.
Brothers Light Tapers
Tapers were lighted by Fred and Ray Sackett, brothers of the bride. Pink and white peonies, pink lupine and white daisies decorated the church and reception room.
Assisting at the reception were Mrs. B. E. Edwards of Walla Walla, Mrs. John H. Thomas, Mrs. Hunter Darby, Mrs. Harriet Savage and the Misses Nancy Thomas, Pauline Thomas of Seattle, Pat Ramble, Joanne Stall-smith and Barbara Linda and Norma Naimy.
The couple are graduates of West Valley high school. Mr. Treibel attended Washington State college for two years. His bride has been employed as a dental assistant.
Among the out-of-town guests were G. H. Thomas, grandfather of the bride, and Nancy and Monte Thomas of Walla Walla.
[Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Chris Sackett] - Daily Sun-News, Sunnyside, Washington, 16 Sep 1954, p 9
Barbara Graff Married To Alonzo Sackett
Orchard Ridges: The First Brethren church of Sunnyside was the scene of a very beautiful wedding September 4, at 8:00 p.m. when Miss Barbara Graff, daughter of Mrs. Marie Graff of Sunnyside, exchanged vows with Alonzo Sackett of Sumner, Wash., son of Mrs. Bill Simon of Prosser and Dock Sackett of Seattle. The double ring ceremony took place in front of an arch that had two wedding bells hanging from its center, with baskets of pink and white glads on each side of an arch, with candlebras on each end.
Rev. Harold Painter performed the ceremony in the presence of 125 guests.
Miss Loana Painter played the wedding march and other appropriate wedding music on the organ. She also accompanied Wait Hanson of Yakima who sang "Because" just belore the ceremony.
The bride was given in marriage by her uncle Stanley Murray.
For her wedding outfit, the bride chose a white, satin gown with long sleeves that came to a point at the middle finger. It was fashioned with a sweetheart neckline and medium length train with a finger tip veil. Her bouquet was made of white asters, with pink rose buds. Her only other accessory was a two-string pearl necklace.
Maid of Honor
The maid of honor, Miss Dorothy Graff, sister of the bride, was attractively gowned in yellow taffeta, with a sweetheart neckline and gord skirt and a large bow in back that served as a belt.
Miss Carol Blair and Mrs. Shirley Luper were the other brides maids and were dressed exactly like the maid of honor but in different color pastel blue gowns with matching mets headbands and flower rings.
Little Lois Painter, dressed like the bridesmaids in a pastel blue gown, was the flower girl and carried a white basket with blue handle and pink rose petals.
Serving as best man for the bridegroom was Rueben Graff, brother of the bride. Other gentlemen attendants were Robert England, brother-in-law of the bride and Leroy Graff, brother of the bride.
Billy Browning was ring bearer.
Vocal Selections
At the close of the service Walt Hanson sang a prayer entitled "Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Us," accompanied by Miss Painter at the organ.
Mrs. Vernon Mitchell was in charge of the reception which was given by the bride's family for 100 guests in the church basement. The table was very pretty with a long white cross-shaped cake with three tiers.
Mrs. Homer Waller cut the cake with Mrs. Harold Rodrick assisting with the serving.
Mrs. Jake Graff, aunt of the bride, poured the punch, while Mrs. 'Stanley Murray another aunt poured the coffee.
Opening the gifts were Mrs. Robert England, sister of the bride and Mrs. Rueben Graff, sister-in-law of the bride.
The bride's mother was dressed in a navy blue and white suit with white accessories. Her corsage was made of rose-colored, glads.
Blue Attire
The bridegroom's mother was attired in a light blue poodle-cloth jacket with blue skirt and navy blue accessories and carried the same kind of corsage as the bride's mother. For her going away outfit, the bride wore a pink poodle cloth jacket with blue trim and a navy blue skirt with navy blue accessories and a corsage of pink glads with white ribbon.
After a short wedding trip to Seaside on up the coast the young couple will be at home in Sumner where Sackett is employed by Fiberboard. Before her marriage the bride was a clerk at Sunnyside Diamond store. She is a graduate of the Sunnyside High school, class of 1954. Sackett is a graduate of the Prosser High school class of 1953.
[Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Chris Sackett] - Spokane Chronicle, Spokane, Washington, 2 Sep 1968, p 2
Publisher Dies of Long Illness
San Francisco (AP)—Sheldon F. Sackett, 66, newspaper publisher and broadcaster with properties in Idaho, Oregon and California, died yesterday after a long illness.
Sackett's holdings included the Valley Cable System of Twin Falls. He also was former owner of the World of Burley, now the South Idaho Press, in Burley.
Sackett had been in poor health for several years. He entered the Pacific University Medical Center July 2.
A native of Jefferson, Ore., Sackett is survived by three sons, David of Spokane, Wash,; John of San Francisco, and Schuyler of Piedmont, Calif.; a daughter, Marcia Ann Kimball of Berkeley, Calif.; four grandchildren and a brother, Leland Sackett, Sheridan, Ore.
[Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Chris Sackett] - Spokane Chronicle, Spokane, Washington, 27 Feb 1989, p 6
Manley R. Sackett
Memorial service for Manley R. Sackett, 85, a retired Spokane high school teacher, will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Millwood Presbyterian Church, E8902 Dalton, where he was a member. Thornhill's Chapel of the Valley is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Sackett died Thursday at Unicrest Convalescent Center.
A lifetime area resident, he was born in Orient, Wash., and received his bachelors and masters degrees in sociology from Washington State University, where he was a member of the varsity wrestling team and the Gray W Club.
Mr. Sackett began his teaching career at Monroe (Wash.) High School, where he coached all varsity sports. He joined Spokane School District 81 about 1947 and taught English and history at North Central High School and manual arts at John Rogers High School. He retired about 1966.
Mr. Sackett was a member of Phi Delta Kappa education honorary, Scabbard and Blade military organization, Delta Upsilon fraternity and various educational associations.
Survivors include his wife of 57½ years, Mabel; three sons, Earl Sackett of Spokane; Ray Sackett of Torrance, Calif., and Fred Sackett of Eugene, Ore.; one daughter, Beverly Treibel of Walnut Creek, Calif.; two brothers; one sister, nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
[Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Chris Sackett] - The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, 28 Jan 2003, p 29
Mabel Sackett
Spokane
Memorial service for Mabel Ruth Sackett, 97, will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at Riverview Retirement Center Chapel.
Mrs. Sackett, a longtime resident of Spokane, died Wednesday. She was born in Clifton City, Mo.
She began her teaching career in Walla Walla in a one-room school, and later taught in Albion, Wash.
Mrs. Sackett taught kindergarten in the West Valley School District in Spokane for 23 years. She also taught summer classes at the Eastern Washington University campus and conducted workshops at Gonzaga University.
She received the P.T.A. Acorn and the Grade School Teacher Distinguished Teachers awards.
The Pasadena Park Elementary School playfield is named in her honor.
Mrs. Sackett was a member of the national, state and local retired teachers associations. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma Teachers Honorary, Association of Childhood Education International the La Gaiete Club, and the Millwood Presbyterian Church, where she sang in the choir.
She was a resident of Riverview Terrace Retirement Center for nine years, and served as president of the residence board for two years.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Manley.
Survivors include three sons, Thomas Earl, Ray Jr., and Fredrick; a daughter, Beverly Treibel; a sister, Leta Naimy of Spokane; a brother, Ralph Thomas of Walla Walla; nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
[Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Chris Sackett] - Longview Daily News, Longview, Washington, 23 Oct 2008, p 8
Obituary
David Welch Sackett was born in Kelso, Oct. 23, 1952, and died July 22, 2008, in Seattle. He was diagnosed with ureter cancer two weeks prior to his death.
A memorial service was held at the home of his daughter and her family Aug. 2. Private inurnment to take place Oct. 31 at Portland Memorial Mausoleum.
He attended Seattle University Honors Program (1969–1971), and graduated from the University of Washington cum laude (1971).
David had a passion for Celtic music and played numerous musical instruments. He read and spoke many languages including Russian, Hebrew, Japanese and Spanish. He was an avid reader and also enjoyed spending a good deal of time outdoors exploring nature. One of his favorite places was Long Beach.
He was predeceased by his mother Elizabeth "Betty" (Welch) Sackett, RN on April 1, 1986 in Orange, Calif; his grandparents, R. Daniel Welch on Sept. 26, 1986 and Eve (Eva E.) Welch on Feb. 27, 1989, in Lacey, Wash.; and his aunt Carolyn (Welch) Long on Feb. 8, 2008, in Salem, Ore.
The Welchs resided and were active community members in the Kelso-Longview area since 1908 and were proprietors of Welch's Men's Clothing until the 1970s.
Survivors include a daughter, Danielle, and son-in-law John Otey; grandchildren, Christopher and Miranda Otey; and his ex-wife, Terry Sackett of Seattle. He is also survived by his father and stepmother Gerald and Barbara Sackett of Bellevue; a brother and sister-in-law, Doug and Kathy Sackett of Kent, Wash.; and his cousins, Kevin and his wife Lori Davidson of Oregon City, Ore., Mitchell Davidson of Salem, and Catherine Davidson.
Cremation has taken place under the direction of Yarington's Funeral Home, Seattle.
[Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Chris Sackett]
