Barstow Union High School Doings and Ballot News
Barstow Union High School reports a staff list for the year led by Editor-in-chief Virginia Wright and other officers. Student body officers include Gerald Palmer president Nellie Cooper vice president Walter Evans secretary treasurer and Virginia Wright editor of El Desierto. A student body election favored the Demopublicans with Gerald Palmer as president and Virginia Wright as editor. The annual dance at Rose Inn featured Palmer orchestra and freshmen initiation with punch and cookies. Senior officers are Palmer Evans and Wright.
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Virginia Wright
Nellie Cooper
Grace Millett
Erica Ccnissohoctassyenv
Kathryn Topping
Elvin Mudgett Bedbery
Muir Funk
LaVaughn McDermott
Palmer Orchestra
Senior News
Gerald Palmer
Walter Evans
el Desierto
Junior and Freshman Class News and Activities
Tuesday meeting reviewed class rings and pins as Juniors displayed colors at Friday Freshman reception. Senior and Sophomore officers listed, with students like Lester McCoy and Mildred Gibson taking posts. Alumni Mildred Western and others visited Barstow over the weekend. Elizabeth Francis and Winnifred Hawes noted in campus notes.
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Lynette Daniels
Blythe
Naomi Flippin
Lester McCoy
Glenn Pendleton
Mildred Gibson
Scott Kerr
Martha Ripple
Frank Brimmer
Rose Inn
Harvey House
Mildred Western
Barstow
Mildred
San Bernardino Junior College
Forest Dillingham
Pasadena Junior College
Winnifred Hawes
Verda Hawes
Winnifred
San Bernardino
J. C
Cigarettes Spark Fires Put Man in Jail in Indiana
Indiana imposes jail terms for smoking cigarettes tied to numerous fires causing property damage and injuries as statewide concerns rise. California forests suffer extensive losses this summer from fires started by smokers, prompting renewed warnings.
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Indiana
California
Albuquerque Post Office fills vacancy after Berry retires
B H Wright of Albuquerque arrives to fill the vacancy left by Tom Berry who retires after forty years with the Postal Service. Berry, in his eightieth year, has worked half his life for the company and returns to his San Francisco family.
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B. H. Wright
Albuquerque
Tom Berry
Berry
Postal
San Francisco
LaMantain Peck Marriage Quiet in Daggett
Ernest LaMantain and Dorothy Peck of Daggett wed at Judge Henderson’s home on September 26. Witnesses were the couple’s parents. The bride, eldest daughter of Anson L. Peck, attended Barstow High School and has lived in the desert six years. The groom, son of Will LaMontain, works in the Calico mine. They reside in Daggett. A chicken dinner followed with families present and a noted wedding cake baked by the groom’s mother.
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Daggett
Calico
Anson L. Peck
Will
Drury visits Barstow on trip home to Wyoming
B. S. Drury of Banning paused in Barstow yesterday to call on his old friend Chas. B. Boyes at the Barstow Garage, a former Wyoming resident.
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Banning
Wyoming
Barstow
Chas. B. Boyes
Work That Mine and the Desert’s Rich Silver Deposit
MOJAVE RIVER VALLEY urges exploration and mining in the Barstow area. It advocates sinking another shaft to access a rich silver deposit and suggests government inquiry into underground water prospects. It promotes testing ore samples at the Barstow Museum and notes the Sidewinder mine will resume with cooler weather.
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Barstow
Sidewinder
Uncle Sam
80 Acre Ranch for Quick Sale Bargain in Barstow
Must be sold within one week. 80 acre ranch with seven room house, B. D. Pump and 20,000 gallon tank, garage, dug out, two poultry houses, trees, partly fenced, 20 acres cleared. Clear title. Buyer must sell. $2750 cash or $3000 terms. Henderson and Nicklin, Barstow.
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Henderson and Nicklin
Barstow
Barstow Chamber Pushes Dairy merger plan
Barstow Chamber of Commerce proposes forming a corporation to buy out the Barstow Creamery and harmonize dairy interests in the Mojave Valley. Plan calls for 25000 in stock, bank loan, and stockholder control with a creamery manager to run operations. Also notes a marriage license for Russell E. Riley and Marie Tumblin in Barstow with Catalina honeymoon.
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Chamber of Commerce
Barstow Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Mojave Valley
Barstow
Mojave River
H. L. Miller
Harvey Mosier
Secy
Russell E. Riley
California
Marie Tumblin
Catalina
James Snowball Seeks Ranch Caretaker Job Near Barstow
James Snowball of Newberry, formerly a clerk in the Santa Fe office, visited Barstow at the start of the week and is now seeking a caretaker position on a local ranch near Barstow. Address: Newberry.
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James Snowball
Newberry
The
Santa Fe
Barstow
Mr. Snowball
Yankees top Cardinals 4 1 in world series opener
New York Yankees defeated the St Louis Cardinals 4 to 1 in the world series opener. Babe Ruth had a 2-base hit and a single, Meusel hit the first homer, Hoyt pitched well, Bottomly added a 7th inning homer for St Louis, and Gehrig drove in two on a 4th inning single.
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St. Louis
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Wade Hoyte
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Babe
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Koentz
New York
Will Roger
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