Tiernans Leaving for Honolulu Tuesday
California editors and publishers from San Francisco will sail to Honolulu aboard the Matson liner Maui as part of the California Press Association cruise. Led by President Friend W Richardson, 50 editors and families depart next week, with Barstow publisher Lloyd Tiernan and Walter Copeland coordinating coverage during the absence. The trip includes stays in Honolulu and Hilo with return plans to California in May.
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California
San Francisco
Honolulu
California Press Association
W. Richardson
Islands
Lloyd E. Tiernan
Barstow
Matson
Maui
Hilo
Hawaii
Golden Gate
Walter Copeland
Richardson
State Press Association
Press Association
U. S. Malolo
Los Angeles
Matson Line
Local social notes and a Barstow accident
Venice visitors Mr and Mrs Ray W Pitman, and Mr and Mrs M J Palmer, are this week guests. Mrs James Rouse returns to Missouri to visit relatives. A Saturday schoolhouse dance drew a large crowd with Barstow’s three piece orchestra. Miss Burnell McGowan was struck by a car in Barstow injuring her knees but no bones broken. A A Sproule attended the Old Timers picnic in Norwalk after driving to Los Angeles. grain and hay crops are short and alfalfa prices to dairymen have doubled, signaling better prospects.
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Ray W. Pitman
Venice
M. J. Palmer
James Rouse
Missouri
Barstow
Burnell McGowan
A. A. Sproule
Los Angeles
Norwalk
New Organization In Lenwood Progressing Boosters Club forms aims to unite town
In Lenwood a new community group called the Boosters Club forms to curb anti communal tendencies and boost progress. Members discuss naming, by laws, and publicity links with larger bodies. Planned street lighting and growing member interest are noted. A special meeting may follow Hollywood visitors. Local improvements include a radio camp upgrade and a new community kitchen building. Chas Hall reports eight months residency and five house builds since July 23 1930. The piece ends with a meta question on newspaper policy and a note of prior publicity value. Also ads: WANTED-Roomers and Boarders at 100 Cottage Street and a six or nine room house for rent near the high school.
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Lenwood
Boosters Club
Chamber of Commerce of
Civic Club
Desert
Woods
Hollywood
M. Tufts
Chas Hall
Lentwood
Modern business call to advertise and inform Barstow firms
A 1931 exhortation urges merchants in Barstow and the Mojave River basin to use newspaper publicity to attract customers and keep stock fresh. It argues that continuous advertising fuels growth, noting newer firms thrive and older ones lag unless they modernize. The piece lauds local progress and ties prosperity to public notices.
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Barstow
Mojave River
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Tiernans
Hill and Dale
Hotel Smith
Victorville
ED Whalen
al Lenwood
Cottage Street
Hotel
Flayward
Gixth
Ithout
H. C. Fryman
Barry
Wagener Russell H. Wagener
Managers
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Lubin J. Henderson
Mojave River Valley
Custom Made Cigar CO
Commercial St
First National Bank
William Taylor
Janes Woes
Previgen
Civic Center
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