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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1926
Page
3
Three students won gold medals for sixty words in a fifteen minute period on Underwood machines. Eva Daielson made 66 words and Ruth Surden 60 while John Gliebe earned the Remington award by averaging 59 words per minute for fifteen minutes without error.
Readers are invited to submit items about local events and guests to The Printer office or by telephone. Bring or mail notices to the office. inform us of parties and happenings to be written up for the Home Newspaper.
Mr. and Mrs. Galeron will depart at month’s start for San Bernardino to reside during the summer months and return in fall to the Paradise Mines. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Ross and their young daughter left Tuesday to visit eastern points, with travel as far east as Chicago. E. B. Joss serves as local telegraph operator. Mrs. Steana West learned of her sister’s husband John Creveston’s death last week in Indiana.
I E West came back Saturday after a brief trip to San Francisco where he met with an old railroading friend.
A new band stand was erected this week for the Whitney band. It will be used for the first time this Thursday evening for a concert celebrating the turning on of the new Barstow lights.
Barstow area residents and visitors are noted in a sequence of social updates. Cliff House Camp proprietors H. A. Douglass and spouse travel to Newberry Springs for a week or two. Antone Johnson family sold Barstow home and moved to Paso Robles. Various locals travel to Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Oregon for business, summer stays, or family events.
Lubin J Henderson announces re election bid for Barstow Township Justice of the Peace. Judge Y Henderson is described as faithful in office and faces two challengers. Rumors place Ed Harris and Ed Burke as constable candidates, while Walter Shay and Johnson are expected to sail to another term in their offices.
A Barstow party quips that the town needs a good newspaper and a lawyer after spending about $300 on legal fees. He faults the Barstow Printer for omitting coverage of prohibition officers raiding a ranch in the Hinkley district and locating a well equipped moonshine still. Additional items were promised for later detail.
Reader alert regarding a petition labeled California Water and Power Act linked to Boulder Dam. The circulars claim nonbond status, while the act is presented as a $500 million bond proposal. Critics warn the act would enable selected candidates to control spending if approved.
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