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Newspaper
Corona Daily Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1925
Page
3
A reflective poem by Hiram Strauss contemplates aging and progress, noting blunt critique of those clinging to biblical literalism. The speaker imagines heaven where souls discuss truth, reason, and the need to blend faith with progressive law, urging balance between belief and rationality. Local brief notices follow.
Leaders from Sacramento Valley the California Development Association report at a Sacramento meeting that the region is in the most prosperous condition in many years with plans to help Corona grow.
The junior and senior classes held their annual banquet Friday at the Woman's Improvement Club on Main Street. Floyd Mick as toast master. Arthur Tuthill, vice president, gave the welcome. Glen D. Wight spoke on Behind the Scenes. performances by Arthur Tut hill, William Bender, Florence Jackson, Lois Allison, H M May, Eleanor Smith, and Helen Beets preceded dancing with Terpsichore’s gods.
The Woman's Improvement Club executive board gathered at the home of retiring president Mrs. C. Gully on East Sixth Street for a informal tea yesterday afternoon. Dignitaries included Vice President Mrs. C. E. Shank Second Vice President Mrs. Glen Wilkins Treasurer Mrs. F. M. Bender Secretary Mrs. Ed win Birdsall Cor Secy Mrs. Ralph Fuerborn Federation Secy Mrs. J. M. Key and directors Mrs. Howard Glass and Herbert Key.
A guide to wall and ceiling textures and finishes for different room moods and sizes. It advises matching plaster, paint, or stippling to room style, with oak beams and furniture, and notes how wall decor affects perceived space. It highlights modern paint trends and Sherwin Williams interior decoration guidance by Katharine Balfour.
A pyramid cake was made and presented to Mrs Frary Johnson of the Domestic Science department by the local high school culinary class. Miss Margaret Shaffer wrote the accompanying poem and classmates Johanna Iselin Opal Alumbaugh Ruth Lewis Lema Page and Marion Paxton participated.
Mrs. Ruth Blickahn sister of Mrs. T C Jameson returns home after a year in Missouri. She plans to attend her niece Ruth Jameson’s June 16 wedding to Mr Charles Sartor of San Francisco before heading back east.
At the Corona Country Club last Friday afternoon participants enjoyed a sequence of tennis matches followed by boxed lunches brought by the ladies. Five tables of Auction Bridge completed the pleasant evening. committee members were Mr and Mrs Stanley Linn and Misses Helen Whitmore and Eloise Jameson.
Mr and Mrs Paul Gillette and their infant son Bobby of Santa Ana were weekend guests of Lavita Barger and her husband J R Barger on Wear Sixth Street. Mrs Gillette was formerly Lavita Barger. Corona Plumbing advertises general plumbing and pipe fitting services with the phone number 1641.
J H R Parsons announces a one quarter fare reduction for single occupants of a compartment on Southern Pacific trains. Beginning June 20 passengers may buy one and a half fare tickets instead of two. Pullman ticket price remains unchanged. Applies to all Southern Pacific and connecting line trains with compartment cars.
The Sacramento Chamber of Commerce directors on May 26 viewed bridge work at the delta station. The Antiec Bridge will connect the river highway with Contra Costa county shortening the route to Oakland.
Delinquent tax listings show multiple Corona properties and personal taxes. Entries include Villa Floreman Lots 4 5 6 Block 1804.10 and Orange Place Tracts 27 23 Blk, plus Victoria Subd Lot 2 and So Riverside Col. Lands Lot 4 Blk 31. Individual names include J W Vinnedge Jno Walker C D Warden Annie Winn Nellie Wright Augustine W Zorella Jose.
Public notice for a June 25 1925 sale at 10:00 A M by the Corona City Treasurer as Ex Officio Tax Collector. Delinquent parcels from 1919 1920 taxes must be redeemed or bid amounts include taxes penalties and costs. Sale in Corona Riverside County California with four plus five year redemption rules and final deed conditions.
A partial real estate ledger lists owners and lot details including Gibson William S Lot 38 Block B and Olga B Newcomb Lot 36 Block B with associated tract numbers and monetary figures. other entries mention Hartnell J Lot 17 Block B and Hansen Michael G Orange Place Tract Lot 4 Block A with small dollar amounts and annotations.
The bridge over an arm of Newport Bay on Coast Boulevard near Orange County is completed and open to through traffic. The Simons Creek bridge on the Chol ante lateral in San Luis Obispo county is also completed and open to traffic.
Sixty men lay the foundation for a huge cement plant in Kentucky as part of a housing project. The effort involves a major construction push and promises to boost local employment and industry.
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