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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1931
Page
8
American States Water Service Co extends plant ice hours for public access. John H. Benson supervises. Ice offered at half cent a pound, with new 2 to 6 pm weekday window, one hour longer each afternoon. Promotion aims to boost volume and lower family costs. investigation urged.
A surprise gathering honored Mr. and Mrs. Chas Garver after a Thursday choir practice. Guests arrived at Mrs. A. J. Weld’s home for a St Patrick themed table and a merry supper with nine choir members. Also noted are moves and visits of local residents across Barstow and nearby ranches, along with a desert community fundraising canvass by Salvation Army rep BE. M. Otis.
The Congregational Church schedules Holy Week gatherings on Wednesday to Friday evenings with a sunrise service on the Henderson and Nicklin hilltop. Sunday’s sermon, The New Paganism, contrasts Pagan and Christian thought, urging personal standards and a clean life. A junior Bible picnic, a Goodfellowship class supper, and a U P S C FE cafeteria event followed, all described with community notes on ministers and activities.
For sale at Smithson Stock Farm Helendale readers are invited to choose from a selection of good milk cows. Dates or contact details are not provided in the fragment.
Local readers remain without explanation for the County Assessor’s no show in Barstow as reported two weeks earlier. Harry Dobbs the Barstow mail dispatcher is on a two week vacation in Los Angeles to take a retirement examination from thirty years in the Navy with active service 1901 to 1920 and reserve status thereafter.
Four hundred eighty acres east of Newberry are under a ninety day option by Jugo-Slavia Land Company on Karl Diehl P V Wadleigh and Hanau holdings. Plan to divide into twenty acre farms and establish wells not less than five hundred feet deep. Land priced at fourteen dollars per acre. Kelley-Fisher well tested last week at 300 feet with a 12 inch casing and pump output seventy seven inches. water held steady. Aimed to increase to 150 inches after cleaning and larger pump. Read Barstow Printer for news.
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