Neighborhood Ice Cream Store Gets Plaque

Rone's Ice Cream Shop, 582 N. State St. Ukiah c. 1952.
Photo is on the commemorative plaque dedicated by
the Main Street Program

The Big Pink Victorian, ye olde ice cream shoppe, which faces the Wagenseller

Neighborhood, now wears a fancy moniker plate commemorating the many years 

of  beauty, delight and active business it has provided to the community.  Being the 

sixth plaque installed by the Main Street Program along with the old Railroad Depot,

the Connelly House, The Masonic Lodge, Eversole Mortuary and the

Saturday Afternoon Club, the group presented on First Friday August 6, to a 

nice crowd who enjoyed an Ice Cream Social afterwards at O'Haru's Restaurant next door.

Donald Rone the original owner of the Ice Cream Store in the 1950's was on hand to tell

stories about the early days.  Mr. Rone, now in his nineties, spoke of moving from the 

economically intimidating San Fransisco to discover the amazingly beautiful Ukiah Valley.

Some doubted that  his ice cream business would be successful enough to invest in,  but

happily the business was a favorite confectionery for ten years before it changed hands

as Henny Penneys and enjoyed another robust three decades closing in 1997.