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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1929
Page
5
Rev Isaane McRae from Long Beach will occupy the Barstow pulpit Sunday inviting the public. Sunday school starts 9 30 a m preaching at 1 45 p m with Junior Inter mediate and Senior C E Societies and a 7 30 preaching session listed.
A Barstow former resident returned after months away claiming Sheriff Shay’s workers objected to his venture and that road camp conditions were falsely reported. He praised Sheriff Shay’s management and County Highway Commissioner Jim Cole, saying there was no real trouble and he had no complaints about the camp.
E. M. Funk opens Kingston Service Station in Mesquite Valley northern San Bernardino County selling Shell Oil products. Funk serves miners and tourists and is postmaster notary public librarian school trustee and merchant.
Jackie Warren, credit agent for the Southern Sierras Power Company, spent Tuesday visiting Barstow to conduct routine business and meet with local officials.
Western Slate Products has remodeled its plant to process barium after a month of work. Red rock is still crushed using ore from John Kennedy in the Newberry district while contracts are filled. Lead Mountain property, four miles northeast, supplies barium hauled in and dumped at the plant at twelve to fifteen thousand pounds daily to store for mill continuity.
Clarence S. Pearce supervising principal of Barstow Grammar school travels to Los Angeles after a summer at Teacher's State College in San Jose.
Rey and Mrs Isaac McRae and her sister Miss Walker visited Mt Lowe last week after a summer spent in Long Beach.
The Grand Opera season in Los Angeles features prices from $1.50 to $6.00 for tickets. Aida opens October 1 at Shrine Civic Auditorium, with Eliser D Amore October 2, Gianni Schicchi October 4, La Boheme October 4, Martha October 5, Rigoletto October 7, Hansel and Gretel October 9, Pagliacci October 9, Il Barbiere di Siviglia October 10, Il Trovatore October 12, and Manon closing October 14. Operas performed in Italian, German, and French across the schedule.
Escondido prepares for the 22nd Grape Day harvest celebration on September 9 with a morning parade, feasting, and an outdoor play Felicita about the Battle of San Pasqual. The town lies between Los Angeles and San Diego on the inland route, near Oceanside.
J Byron Siens of Los Angeles and J Chauncey Hayes oversee ongoing improvements at Hacienda Camp Cady. A large hay barn and an implement barn rise beside a swimming pool fed by Mojave river. Artesian water has been found and saddle horses are being trained as more land is planted. L J Arland recovers in Barstow after hospital stay, visiting with RE Hunter, Siens’s nephew, amid the ranch’s rapid transformation toward public guest ranch status.
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