Deserted by Father, Seek Mother's Name

From: The Oakland Tribune, 14 May 1919, p. 3

Cherishing no affection for their father or their father's name because he deserted them when they were children, allowing them to be brought up by relatives, Ruth and Estelle Weber, aged 21 and 20 years respectively, applied today to the Superior Court to have their names changed to Mitchell, the maiden name of their deceased mother.