Teachers Hold SUCCESSful Meeting in Mojave Desert
The two day county institute in Barstow and San Bernardino County drew teachers from across the Mojave Desert. Sessions featured Miss Ida Collins and L E Chenoweth, with round tables, health talks, and exhibits. The program praised by Barstow PTA and local schools. a large desert student exhibit showcased growing educational opportunities.
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Mojave
San Bernardino County
San Bernardino
Barstow
Grammar School
Ida M. Collins
Americea
Louisa Pfau
Barstow High School
Rey McRae
BE. L. White
P.T.A
Anne Pratt
Victorville Grammar School
L. E. Chenoweth
Supt. of Schools
Kern County
Leona Paxton
Barstow Union High School
Eva D. Edwards
Myrtle Haskins
New Judge Allison Takes Office at San Bernardino Court
Allison, the newly elected superior judge, was welcomed by friends as he took his seat at the San Bernardino courthouse Monday. He defeated Judge Olney in the election and has spent 40 years in San Bernardino. His brother, county clerk Harry J. Allison, administered the oath of office Monday morning.
Millions Offered For Kelly Silver Mine
The California Rand Silver, Inc. stockholders may accept a $2,560,000 offer from New York financiers led by F. J. Abbott. The deal provides 60 days for due diligence and 60 more to close at $2 per share for 1,280,000 shares, the full capitalization. The mine in Rand district Osdick, Kern County, has produced $11–12 million with 3 million ounces ore in sight. $3 million in dividends has been paid to 130 stockholders.
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Bakersfield
Morning Echo
California Rand Silver, Inc
California
Rand
Osdick
Echo
F. J. Abbott
Los Angeles
New York
Abbott
Kern County
South Range
M.D.M
San Bernardino County
Barstow
Big Bear Valley Boulevard Complete Five Mile Mountain Route
Constructed at a cost of 149000 dollars the Big Bear Valley Boulevard is a five mile macadam highway in the mountain resort district. It runs from the east valley China Gardens district to North Bay in the west. Concrete culverts and bridges span streams and ravines and the road is ready for travel.
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Big Bear Valley
Mountain Valley
China Gardens
North Bay
Barstow and Surrounding Hills Covered with Snow
The desert was blanketed by snow Tuesday with patches lingering to Thursday. A severe morning windstorm hit the area, followed by a heavy hail storm and more snow. By 8 P M Wednesday the temperature read 38. Snow reported on the Summit as Santa Fe No 2 passed yesterday.
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Santa Fe No. 2
Dentist Dr Meagher to Visit Barstow Monday
Dr C B Meagher writes from Santa Monica that he will be in Barstow next Monday at the Melrose Hotel to perform dental work. He previously ran a dental office at Melrose a few months ago.
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C. BE. Meagher
Santa Monica
Barstow
Melrose Hotel
Dr. Meagher
Melrose
Personal Items Picked Up About Town
Fred Dresse sold his house in Williams addition to W F Carr. John J Burke registered at the Hotel Melrose from Osdick today. Mr and Mrs McCoy of Newberry were business visitors in Barstow Saturday. Mr and Mrs WL Kenney are staying on the property while waiting for the cement to settle. Mrs Deuchress was a San Bernardino visitor the first of the week. Mrs Forst Dillingham and children will leave this weekend for Los Angeles to spend Christmas. Next Monday night the PTA will give a picture show. As complements of Pete Ring's Shoe Shop calendars are being distributed by A P Ring. Mrs Homer Martin and children have arrived from Pasadena to spend the holidays with Mr Martin. Dr S L Benson and family motored to Los Angeles for a few days this week, returning home Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Tom F McCue of Alhambra were visitors in Barstow Saturday visiting with relatives and friends. A R Meek and family will leave Dec 28 for Phoenix Ariz to enjoy the Christmas holidays at the home of Mrs Meek's mother.
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A. R. Meek
Phoenix
Ariz
Foreman H Wall to Leave for Richmond Posting
Division foreman H Wall will depart at the start of the year for Richmond. A Bakersfield man is reported to be chosen as his replacement.
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H. Wall
Richmond
Bakersfield
Mrs Deskins travels with mother to Barstow visit
Mrs George Deskins traveled to San Bernardino this week and returned with her mother who spent several days visiting the family in Barstow.
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George Deskins
San Bernardino
Barstow
Spike Flippen Dies? Illness Reported in Santa Fe Hospital
iAllen Spike Flippen is reported dangerously ill in a Santa Fe hospital in Los Angeles after relapsing from a pneumonia seizure. His condition prompted family and supporters to seek updates from medical staff and local outlets.
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iAllen
Spike
Flippen
Santa Fe Hospital
Los Angeles
Desert road to Big Bear remains sole open route
Heavy snowfalls limit travel to the desert road to Big Bear, reported as the only passable route. The desert road is said to be in good condition for travel despite the weather.
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Big Bear
Burke family heads to San Francisco for vacation
R. R. Burke and family motored to San Francisco for a two week vacation. Mr. Brock will supervise the Standard Oil station here in Mr. Burke's absence.
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R. R. Burke
San Francisco
Mr. Brock
Standard Oil
Puente Journal Christmas Edition Saluted by Merchants
A sixteen page Christmas edition was published Dec 12 by Timothy Brownhill of the Puente Journal. The edition was well patronized by the merchants of Puente and is a credit to the district which the Journal represents.
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Timothy Brownhill
The
Puente
Lincoln couple to move to Santa Barbara for new business
Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Lincoln plan a move to Santa Barbara where he will start a new business. Lincoln has sold his pool hall display show cases to Cunningham Bros, who resold two show cases to Henderson and Son.
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W. Lincoln
Santa Barbara
Mr. Lincoln
Cunningham Bros
Henderson and Son
Western Pacific Oil Co drilling east of Yermo optimistic
The Western Pacific Oil Co awaits cement setting in a well east of Yermo after drilling 2430 feet. A strong oil show has buoyed the crew with optimism about the prospect.
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Western Pacific Oil Co
Yermo
Missionary Miss Johnson Visits Students For China Talk
Miss Enid Johnson, en route to China, stopped to visit Miss Longfallow and gave a delightful talk to intermediate and grammar trades students on Chinese customs. She brought objects illustrating the customs, making the presentation educational and engaging.
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Enid Johnson
China
Miss Longfallow
Miss Johnson
New Books Arrive For Local Library
The Barstow Branch of the Free County Library reports a shipment of seventy books including thirty five juvenile titles such as With the Indians in the Rockies and In the Green Forest. Fiction titles listed include Heart of the Sunset Starr of the Desert and Fortune's Fool. Several books are reported missing over the past six months and residents are asked to check homes for library volumes to balance the 1924 records.
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Barstow
Free County Library
Rockies
Schultz
The
Green Forest
Pyle
Griffis
Starr
Desert
Yermo News Update From Yermo Post Office Yermo Yard Hiring Changes
Mrs Fred Hart returns to Lucian Bell store post office while Mr Gailey general foreman goes to Los Angeles. H Roberts replaces him. Albert Walton resumes car inspector duties and Frank Greer works in Yermo yards. James F McKinley on first shift and several hires and pay-roll shifts expand the Yermo workforce. Mrs BE Wallin improves after illness. Wood for sale and weave orders offered by Printer office H Pyle Barstow.
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Gailey
Los Angeles
H. Roberts
Roberts
Bob. Greer
Albert Walton
Frank Greer
Yermo
James F. McKinley
Yermo Yard
BE. C. Wallin
H. Pyle
Barstow
Yermo Sunday School Notes on Palestine Map Session
The youth showed strong interest in placing locations on the new Palestine map. Dr. Morrison a regular attendee was taken to a Los Angeles hospital Sunday evening for treatment, accompanied by Prof. P. J. Kapteyn.
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Palmer
Palestine
Dr. Morrison
Los Angeles
P. J. Kapteyn
Miss Marguerite Myers Visits to Care for Sister Ill
Miss Marguerite Myers of Glendale arrived with a Los Angeles nurse to tend her sister Miss Lina Myers who is seriously ill with typhoid fever. Lina's care moved to her home in Hinkley to enable easier medical attention. Mr and Mrs T H Burgess and Mrs Sophira M Knapp of Portland, Oregon, are visiting valley friends and plan to continue their tour to Florida and other eastern points after Christmas.
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Marguerite Myers
Glendale
Los Angeles
Lina Myers
Miss Myers
Harper Lake
Barstow Grammar School Attendance Report 1924
Barstow Grammar School notes attendance averaging about 93 percent over three months with total enrollment near 265. Report details include grade counts, projected funding tied to daily attendance, a school play The Land of Health, quarterly report cards due January 21, a chickenpox outbreak managed by home isolation, and holiday closures from December 19 to January 5 with assemblies and class parties for Christmas and New Year.
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Land of Health
Miss Crilly
Miss Longfellow Plans Flagstaff Vacation Trip
Miss Longfellow will travel to Flagstaff Arizona to spend the school vacation, planning sightseeing and relaxation during the break.
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Miss Longfellow
Flagstaff
Arizona
San Bernardino Mayor Considered for U S District Attorney
S W McNabb, longtime mayor of the county seat, is in line for appointment as United States district attorney based in Los Angeles. He has endorsements from the Republican Central Committees of Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties. McNabb, a leading local attorney, has served three terms and overseen significant growth in the county seat.
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S. W. McNabb
United States District Attorney
Los Angeles
McNabb
Republican Central Committees
San Bernardino
California
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County Library Service
Caroline Waters
Maud M. Frederick
Tuttle
Ginn & Co
Edwards
Hursday
Barstow Pta
Carl FE. Reiterman
Olive Dodson
Needles
Ruth Crilly
Genevieve Sullivan
Julia M. Donnelly
Frederick Wellner
Clooney
Smitheram
Boley
Bagdad
Milner
Hesperia
Kelly Silver
Bear Valley
Fred Dresse
Williams
W. F. Carr
John J. Burke
Mrs. McCoy of
Newberry
Mrs. WL. Kenney
Pete Ring
A. P. Ring
Mrs. Homer Martin
Pasadena
Mr. Martin
Tom. F. McCue
Alhambra
Upas Tree
Patricia
Steve Yeager
Princeton
Isabel Carleton
West
Benjamine Bunny
Locomotive Engine
Yermo News
Fred Hart
Lucian Bell Store
Tom Williams
Yermo Sunday School
Harper Lake News
Barstow Grammar School
Tropic Isle
Daniel Webster
U.S
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