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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1923
Page
1
Saturday afternoon the Business Men's Base Ball game drew a good natured crowd upon arrival. Event featured local teams with spectators enjoying a relaxed, community atmosphere and steady play throughout the outing.
The San Bernardino Chamber of Commerce excursion schedules a May 11 to 18 trip visiting Victorville Oro Grande and Barstow with 65 machines minimum, plus an Antlers Club auditorium event and a four piece orchestra for an evening of dancing after a baseball game.
Barstow news covers Womens Club meeting in the auditorium, PTA Father’s Night on May 18, grammar school closing May 25, and Barstow’s growing economy with new houses and lumber shipments. Travel notes include western rail service extending two sections daily to June 30. Local visits include Cedar Falls travelers and Barstow residents visiting Needles, Bakersfield, and Los Angeles. The piece notes desert puncture vine control efforts and a Hanna murder case mention ending with Mrs Clara Phillips serving her sentence.
St Louis April 30 Robert H Man Stockton president of the Majestic Manufacturing Company stove makers died last Friday leaving virtually his entire estate valued at 2 000 000 to charitable religious and educational institutions Stockton was 81 years old a widower and had no children
Mrs A L Peck hosted a Saturday April 28 ladies afternoon at the Soap Ranch instead of Friday. Refreshments were served and Water residents attended for a pleasant afternoon. Webber returned from Amboy. Barstow visits occurred. Wooldridge planted fig cuttings. Taylor uses a tractor. Martinez family visited San Bernardino. school closes June 1 for summer vacation.
Eleven young men in San Bernardino county can win a month of free vacation training at Citizens Military Training Camps in July and August at Del Monte and Fort Winfield Scott. The county quota is 20 with nine applicants already accepted. Camps welcome ages 17 to 24. inquiries should go to Colonel E V Smith at the Presidio of San Francisco or Mrs Wallace H Patrick of Richmond on the way to Los Angeles, who stopped in Barstow to visit Pendletons.
Mrs. Mabel Smith and Mrs. Lola Green leased Barstow Cafe from Mr. and Mrs. Fred Clemetts. Two electric fans were installed and the front of the building was screened to improve comfort for patrons. The Clemetts departed for San Bernardino to spend the summer and have a new home there.
The Barstow Parents Teachers Association unveiled a $700 picture machine at Barstow Grammar School and will present Tess of the Storm Country a ten reel film with scenic views this Saturday night. Violin solos by Mrs Toepper of Highland will accompany the program. Proceeds aim to reimburse the PTA treasury and funding the device for school use. Two shows are scheduled with ads elsewhere in the issue.
Barstow’s regular baseball team planned a Sunday game in Victorville but the Victorville manager wired that it is impossible to play on that date. A telegram from Lloyd Tiernan of Barstow confirms the cancellation and states an alternate date will be notified later.
Dispatch notes oil booms trigger postal chaos as Smackover Arkansas Postmaster Fred V. McDonald reports a flood of mail and parcels after oil strikes. With arrivals 5000 to 7000 daily, a crowded office prompts resignation and rapid staff changes, while others rush in to manage the surge.
Engaging card party announces life certificates for Miss Jessie Metzger and Miss Myrtle Smitheram. Lloyd E Williams and Albert Johnson named as star pupils. school to begin in early summer. Leona Paxton, Paul, Epstein among local guests. luncheon served after news.
The annual Sunday school and community picnic is set for Saturday May 12 with an invitation to all to bring basket lunches. Rev. McRae will attend a state Congregational church conference in Glendale May 7 to 9, with Mesdames Strohm and Waggoner named delegates. The Bible school attendance is rising and the intermediate boys earned honorable mention. Mrs. A. C. Platt hosts the Woman's Association May 17 to hear of a Near East trip with Turkish and Caucasus souvenirs. The choir and orchestra offered an impromptu program recently and more musical numbers are planned.
The State Railway Commission's engineer will visit Barstow Monday to investigate worsening local water conditions. Residents in the south part and Mexican quarters report several days without water, despite complaints to the company, leading to action by the commission on Wednesday.
The Colcord family expresses gratitude to friends for their help during a recent illness and for the many pretty flowers sent as a token of her memory.
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