Tax Campaign Grows For County Tax Relief
Barstow and the Mojave River Valley back a statewide push to reimburse lost public utility tax revenue. A five member committee led by C. E. Grier outlines a campaign to educate voters in 48 counties with a November ballot amendment. San Bernardino loss is about 260000 yearly. funds to be raised by benefited counties. Grier to report after reviewing conference with the board next Monday.
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Barstow
Mojave River Valley
San Francisco
Cc. E. Grier
San Bernardino County
Board of Supervisors
Grier
San Bernardino
John Rogers
San Francisco County
William Hanna
Placer County
H. B. Killinger
Placerville
Jerry Well
Toseville
Lewis Welsh marriage license issued
Oscar W. Lewis aged 21 from Barstow California marries Ruth A. Welsh aged 18 from Parker Arizona in a recently issued marriage license.
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Lewis-Welsh
Oscar W. Lewis
California
Barstow
Ruth A. Welsh
Arizona
Parker
Mildred Wester Visits Parents During Weekend Break
Mildred Wester, a Barstow Union High School graduate now attending the junior college at San Bernardino, was home over the last weekend to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 0. Wester.
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Mildred Wester
Barstow Union High School
San Bernardino
Wester
Trenkle Woman Killed In Barstow Auto Crash
Mrs Wm Trenkle wife of a Tonopah and Midewater railroad conductor was instantly killed Tuesday evening in an automobile accident near Barstow. She was driving a new Ford sedan with four children and her sister in law aboard. The car ran off the road after she waved to friends and overturned pinning her beneath. The husband and four children survive. the body was sent to Los Angeles after preparation in Barstow.
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Wm. Trenkle
Tonopah
Mdewater
Ludlow
Trenkles
San Bernardino
Trenkle
Barstow
Mojave Water Camp
Barstow Woman's Club Banquet and Officers Install
Barstow Woman's Club plans a banquet at the Harvey House next Tuesday evening with officer installations to follow in the Boy Scouts building. Elected for the coming year are Mrs Beimer president, Mrs Jamie Kelly first vice president, Mrs Lauretta Weld second vice president, Mrs Francis Smith correspondence secretary, Mrs Ida Smith recording secretary, Mrs Beulah Hart treasurer, Mrs Mable Garver auditor, and Mrs Kittie Sischo parliamentarian.
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Barstow
Kittie Sischo
P T A Installs New Officers After Year End Meeting
The Barstow P T A held its final meeting of the year in the grammar school auditorium, marked by Walchers night. A program featured music by students, talks on child welfare and thrift, and installation of next year’s officers led by Mrs Trilane.
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Walcher
America the Beautiful
Barstow P. T. A
Edna Rowe
Beatrice Haan
Doris Clark
Trilane
Hirth
Carlisle
San Bernardino
Thlane
D. A. Cooper
BE. Leak
Wesley White
L. Benson
Rice
L. Haggarty
B. Leak
Kelly
West
Kerr
Fossil beds vandalized near town in California region
J K Poyas of the Santa Fe engineering dept, touring fossil beds north of town from Los Angeles, found specimens crushed by a hammer and others burned in a fire. He urged setting the beds aside as a government park to protect them, noting the tourist value to the district.
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J. K. Poyas
The
Santa Fe
Los Angeles
Iie
District Attorney Johnson Speaks at Kiwanis Meeting
Barstow Kiwanis heard District Attorney George H. Johnson discuss communism, recount the Yucaipa camp crackdown, and describe the 13 district structure of the movement. The event included musical numbers by Miss Clark and Miss Beaumont, plus Ed Seymour’s 21st wedding anniversary celebrated with cake and gifts. Deputy D A Kavanaugh accompanied the speaker.
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Kiwanis Club
Barstow
George H. Johnson
Yucaipa
Young Pioneers
Boy Scouts
Los Angeles
Communist Party
United States
Russia
Miss Clark
Beaumont
John Benson
Surprise party honors Beimer husband birthday
Mrs Beimer hosted a Friday evening party with guests including Mr and Mrs A W Smith and Mr and Mrs Deskins. Games of 500 yielded high scores for Deskins and Haan while Alfred Smith and George Deskins won cards and a pencil flashlight. Refreshments of ice cream, cake, and coffee followed later.
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Ben Zentmire
A. W. Smith
Huan
Orr
Deskins
Gouldin
Zentmire
Upton
Victor Motor Company to Serve East of Vermo
The Railroad Commission grants K M Stevenson and Paul Shafer, operating as Victorville Motor Express, a public convenience and necessity to run freight and express service between Yermo and the California Nevada line via US 91. Authority may be consolidated with existing service from Los Angeles to San Bernardino and the Victorville Barstow Daggett Vermo area. The Daggett Needles route via US 66 was denied.
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Railroad Commission
K. M. Stevenson
Paul Shafer
Victorville
Vermo
Daggett
Needles
Mr and Mrs Chic Warner Plan Grand Canyon Trip
Mr and Mrs Chic Warner will leave the first of the month for a month long auto vacation. They will visit the Grand Canyon Bryce and Zion National Parks and return home via Yosemite.
Mojave Valley Creamery stockholders meeting set in Barstow
The Mojave Valley Creamery Corporation will hold its annual stockholders meeting on Tuesday May 27 at 8 PM in the Boy Scout Building Barstow California. The gathering, postponed from April, will elect the board of directors for the coming year and address other business as needed.
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Mojave Valley Creamery Corporation
Boy Scout
Barstow
California
Young Men Held After City Disturbance and Robbery
Officer Harris detained Elmer Weidner and James Miller both 21 and 23 from St. Joseph Missouri after a Baker store robbery and a break in at Failings store. Pistols were found under their coats and confessions linked them to other thefts near Salt Lake and Las Vegas. They travelled in a stripped Ford and were captured before dawn as Barstow officers joined Victorville in arresting them.
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Harris
Smith & Pleasant Pool Hall
Elmer Weidner
James Miller
St. Joseph
Missouri
Baker
Salt Lake
Las Vegas
Barstow
Hodge
H. I. Jay
Jay
Farley
James H. Wilson and Kenneth Ramsey Chosen for Citizen's Camp
James H. Wilson and Kenneth Ramsey of Barstow were selected for the Citizen's Training camp, marking a notable appointment for local residents and civic service.
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James H. Wilson
Kenneth Ramsey
Barstow
Denver & Rio Grande Western to Buy D & Salt Lake Line
Washington May 21 Purchase of the control of the Denver and Salt Lake railroad by the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad was advised today in a tentative report by an Interstate Commerce Commission agent as in the public interest and should be permitted. The Salt Lake line holds a lease of the Moffat tunnel west of Denver, making the Salt Lake line strategically important for transcontinental service.
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Washington
Denver & Salt Lake Railroad
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Denver & Salt Lake
Moffat
Continental Divide
Denver
Salt Lake Line
Kiwanians Hold District Meeting in Las Vegas
Kiwanis district six meeting in Las Vegas at Hagles hall drew the best attendance in two years. Speakers from Redlands and San Bernardino district clubs highlighted the program chaired by Clare Holmes. A Las Vegas floral tribute, a dinner, and a Sunday trip to the Black Canyon dam site capped the event with about 30 visiting Kiwanis members taking part.
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California-Nevada
Hagles Hall
Las Vegas
Art Harrington
Frank Whitlock
Harvey Perry
Bert Henderson
Clare Holmes
Carl Adams
San Bernardino
R. W. Martin
Merrill
Redlands
Vegas
Black Canyon
Bob Griffith
Banning
Barstow
Colton
Riverside
Hemet-San Jacinto
George Henderson
H. George Cunningham
Lloyd EB. Tiernan
Clarence Pearce
James Abbott
Carl DeWolf
S. L. Benson
Pete Mortensen
Voters Express Rejection Of Barstow Bond Issue
Barstow Union High School District voters again opposed a bond issue with 325 against and 318 in favor. Precinct returns from Atolia Minneola Kramer pending. Barstow 125 opposed. Ludlow and Harper Lake flipped to noes or yes as noted. Districts Helendale Hody Ludlow and Barstow supported the board. Yermo Daggett and other towns voted no. Totals 320 yes 357 no across grammar school precincts.
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Barstow Union High School
Atolia
Minneola
Kramer
Barstow
Ludlow
Harper Lake
Osdick
Hinkley
Todd
Bond election and Sipes for new school
Opinion piece arguing Barstow Union High School district voters opposed to bonds, urging future bond measures to fund a new high school. Describes site options, economics, and the need to attract enrollment, noting locations east of the Beacon Tavern and decisions by the school board with state engineer input.
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Barstow
Union High School
Barstow Union High School
Los Angeles
Water Company
New Beacon Tavern
Kiwanis Club Transforms Vacant Lot Into Park
In Gilroy on May 17 the Kiwanis club wore overalls and used shovels to turn a vacant Pacheco Pass and Eighth Street lot into a small park, the city receiving the gift.
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Kiwanis Club
Gilroy
Pacheco Pass
Eighth Street
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James A. Guthrie
Amboy Ann
Dieciana
Ccsievetves
Ontario
Manne
Fossel
Johnson
Kiwanis
Victor Motor Company
Jacobson’s
Dora Johnston
Bakersfield
Steve Vihel
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