Supper dance tops Ludlow district season events
The Ludlow district reports a popular Saturday supper dance with Japanese lantern decor, prize drawings, and home made cakes sold at auction. Net proceeds reached 117 dollars after expenses. Plans now focus on a February 24 masque ball to honor Washington's birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cahill
Jack Sherraden
EB. A. Reinert
San Diego
Washington
Durham
Death Valley Junction
Tigers
Col- Cord
Forrest Miller Weds in San Francisco Connection
Wallace Miller missed a Los Angeles high school day to attend the wedding of his brother Forrest Miller to Kathryn Serr of Los Angeles. The ceremony took place at the First Scientist Church with only immediate family present. The groom formerly played with Max Fisher's orchestra in San Francisco where he met the bride at the University of California.
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Wallace Miller
Forrest
Kathryn Serr
Los Angeles
First Scientist
Max ‘Fishers
San Francisco
Young Miller
University of California
Barstow Girl Engaged to Selma Man
Mr and Mrs J H Stone announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Daisy Stone to Will Whitaker of Selma. Miss Stone lived in Kingsbury with her sister Mrs J A Kirkland last year after attending Barstow High in 1918 1919. Whitaker formerly served in the Santa Fe water service at Barstow and now works as a carpenter at Kingsburg near his parents fruit ranch.
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J. H. Stone
Miss Daisy
Will Whitaker
Selma
Miss Stone
Kingsbury
J. A.kirkland
Whitaker
Santa Fe
Barstow
Kingsburg
Antlers to Play Barstow High in Saturday Basketball
Antlers face Barstow Union High School in a Saturday night game at the grammar school auditorium. Admission is 25 cents, with proceeds aiding the high school team as it prepares to meet Needles High on the Needles court the following Saturday.
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Barstow Union High School
Antlers
Needles High
Grammar School
Nursery Stock For Sale From Adelanto Nurseries
Limited poplar and Balm of Gilead nursery trees for sale at reasonable prices. Adelanto Nurseries, Adelanto, California. 2-1-2tnp
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Gilead
Adelanto Nurseries
Adelanto
Cal
Surveyors Ordered to Resume N o 1 Work Between Barstow and Needles
The National Old Trail surveyors, halted last week, were ordered by the Highway Commission to resume work between Barstow and Needles. Mr Noble leads the crew from Ludlow, with plans to place the highway on the south of Santa Fe tracts about fourteen miles west of Ludlow.
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Barstow
Needles
Highway Commission
Mr. Noble
Ludlow
New Silver Tip District Emerges Near Barstow
The Silver Tip mining district near Barstow shows strong early activity with multiple claims including the Brady group led by Topping & Lawton, the Roth property leased to Schue and associates of Pomona, and the Graphite group led by Mitchell. Drifting, sampling, and assays indicate significant silver potential, while proximity to rail lines, water, and supplies boosts attraction to investors and operators.
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Silver Tip
Citzens
Barstow
Brady Group
Topping & Lawton
To &So
Roth
Mitchell
Waterman
Calico
la Plata
Wife of local car foreman dies in Barstow
Mary A. Stubb, wife of D. J. Stubb, of Barstow, died at her home in Dillingham Apt No 5 Friday evening from a goitre per the death certificate filed by Dr. Platt. The Stubbs had recently arrived in Barstow where Stubb worked as car foreman in the yards. Remains were cared for by Barstow Undertaking Parlors and shipped to San Bernardino for burial in a local cemetery on January 20.
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Mary A. Stubb
D. J. Stubb
Dillingham Apt
Platt
D. J. Stubbs
Barstow
Stubb
San Bernardino
Mighty King's Mummy to be X-Rayed in Luxor
In Luxor Egypt on January 27 archaeologists plan to X ray Puaroa's Tuenkhamun, deemed the mightiest king of three thousand years, before bandages are removed. Photographs from all angles will reveal the wrapped form and possibly illuminate ancient embalming rituals.
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Luxor
Egypt
Puaroa
Tuenkhamun
Local Notables Share Late Week Visits Across Cities
Jack Trughes roundhouse foreman visited Los Angeles this week. A. R. Meek returns to Barstow from Sacramento where he worked for Southern Pacific since leaving Barstow last July. Mr Meek formerly worked in Barstow car department. Mr and Mrs Thos F McCue traveled from Pasadena to visit James McCue and Mrs R M Benedict. Tom McCue left Santa Fe agents office in Barstow last year for Los Angeles and Crain Co traffic department at 321 Eastern St.
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A. R. Meek
Barstow
Sacramento
Ben
The
Southern Pacific
Mr. Meek
Thos. F. McCue
Pasadena
James McCue
R. M. Benedict
Thos. McCue
Tom
Santa
Little Miss Virginia Wright Leaves for Pasadena
Virginia Wright travels to Pasadena on Sunday to attend school and be near her mother, Agnes Wright, who has been gravely ill for the past month.
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Virginia Wright
Pasadena
Agnes Wright
Portraits Hint at Motives for Barstow Defendants
Word arrives that John R. Storey, once in Barstow, was injured at work this week, breaking an arm while employed as a carpenter and previously as a car inspector before July 1. A rental notice offers plastered cement rooms for bachelors from R F Thursby in Barstow.
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Mer Rouge
Vencey
R. F. Thursby
Barstow
H. P. Weick
John R. Storey
Storey
Needles Railroad Men Fined. One Week to Pay
Eight Needles railroad employees convicted in federal court for the Needles tieup last August face fines of 10,000 dollars each or San Bernardino jail time. Judge Rush indicated jail is unlikely at present and noted the payment deadline is February 2. The source did not reveal how fines were funded. Dr Mapes, pyorrhea specialist, Dillingham Apartment 1. ad.
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Needles Railroad
Needles
Los Angeles
Jud Rush
San Bernardino
Grammar School Notes Parent Teachers Meeting
The eighth grade has added three students in two weeks and the upper grades are promoting a magazine drive. PTA meets February 7 at 2 30 in the auditorium with a program by upper grade pupils under Miss White. Miss Hennings leaves Friday to be married. a new third grade teacher will be chosen. Dare-Devils and Dumb-Bells indoor baseball behind a close race. Primary grade readjustment next week aims to group by ability. The school bought bats and balls for 18 dollars from Christmas profits. Rainy days keep first three grades until 12 30. Report cards go out Monday and parents should review them as half the year passes. Basketball teams list several players and captains across sixth to eighth grades with first and second teams and substitutes. Seventh grade girls have not organized yet.
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Waterman Parent-Teacher Association
Miss White
Miss Hennings
Mr. Pearce
Dare-Devils
Dumb- Bells
Frank McDonald
Jack Melten
Jack Peterson
Walter Upton
Jack Wetenhalt
Jack Topping
Edith Riche
Jennie Kirkham
Francis Walton
Helen MacDonald
Kathryn Drumm Lultian Burnside
Eva Dauvielgon
Sarah Higgins
Porst Dillingham
Gilbert Cox
Clyde Meikle
Jack Hardy
William Corbine
Ray Conaway
Donald Leak
Charles Shotwell
Billy Dresse
John Strohn
Robert Wheeler
Bruce Coleman
Elmer Moore
Henry Deschier
Russell Meikle
Walter
Engineer Henderson Killed by Fall from Engine
John M. Henderson a Union Pacific engineer was killed when he fell from a moving locomotive near Cozy Dell south of Cajon station. Fireman Stevens halted the train after Henderson left the cab during a suspected mechanical issue. The exact cause remains unclear as the engine climbed the grade in wet conditions and Henderson was seen on the running board before vanishing from view.
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John M
Jack) Henderson
Union Pacific
Cozy Dell
Cajon Station
Cajon
B. A. Stevens
Keenbrook
Henderson
Stevens
State Highway Board Takes Action to Save Millions
The new state highway commission met in San Francisco and announced savings of about 1.5 million dollars. A 17,000 dollar road to Hearst’s ranch was dropped as serving only four people, and a Ventura ridge road contract worth 415,000 was scrapped. payroll cuts are 25 percent already and planned to reach 40 percent, reducing monthly payroll by about 500,000 dollars.
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State Highway Commission
San Francisco
Harvey M. Toy
William Randolph Hearst
Ventura County
Stephns
New York
Special days named for National Orange Show in San Bernardino
San Bernardino January 31 special days announced for the National Orange Show February 16 to 26. R E Maes says Southern California Editorial Association has a day February 17 with Governor Friend Richardson attending. Kiwanis Day February 21 Lions Club February 22 Rotary Day February 22 plus motion picture day and Citrus Institute February 20. Noted speakers include I G McBeth J A Prizer J D Culbertson W M Mertz.
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San Bernardino
R. E. Maes
Maureer
Southern California Editorial Association
Friend William Richardson
Ted.ardson
Southland
California Rewspaper
Expex
Kiwanis
Lions Club
Rotary Clubs
Silver Sheet
Citrus Institute
I. G. McBeth
J. A. Prizer
J. D. Culbertson
W. M. Mertz
Ted Io
Brotherhood Leader Accepts New Post at $10 Million Firm
G Lee president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen says he will resign as head of the union to take the presidency of Steigelmyer Manufacturing Company in Seymour Indiana, a $10 000 000 corporation. He will serve without pay initially. Also mentions Dr Mapes a dentist in Barstow.
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G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Steigelmyer Manufacturing Company
Seymore
Ind
Barstow Sees Brief Snow and Frost Across Week
Barstow endured a light to moderate snow event Wednesday morning with a snow depth of one or two inches then melted by 10 a.m. A return of snow fell again Wednesday evening but melted on contact with ground. The week brought a deep frost after rain and the cold spell spread across the state.
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Barstow
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T & T Pullman
Forrest Miller
N.o. 1
New Silver Tip
Jack Trughes
Roundhouse
Mapes
Dr. Mapes
Dillingham
Jack Wetenhall
Jack Cooper
Lillian Burnside
State Highway Board
Brotherhood
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