08 Jun 1910
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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1910
Page
1
About two hundred guests attended Corona Club’s Ladies Night with decorated halls, smart gowns, and a varied program. Highlights included Prof. Doron and J. W. Long, Miss Mayme Findley, Edward Foley, Miss Hazel McNiel, Mrs. Chas Dickinson, Eddie Boyd, and Leonard Nattkemper performing songs, readings, and comedy. Refreshments were served and committees credited for the success.
Dr. P F Page plans to practice in Corona securing offices in the First National Bank building. A Vanderbilt graduate with years in general practice and hospital internship in New York he returns west seeking sunshine and community ties. Mrs Page and their child will join him soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Perle Glass and Mrs. Thos. Glass returned Sunday evening from Yosemite Valley after an eleven day outing. Mr. Glass attended the ninth annual Master Plumbers convention in May. The group toured the park, Mariposa trees, Glacier Point, and enjoyed horseback rides while government rangers safeguarded the preserve. Also noting Mr. and Mrs. George Brown and daughter Elsie are currently visiting Yosemite.
The completed list of teachers for the schools next year remains largely the same with a few new names. Prof H fy Priestly of Riverside will supervise both high school and grammar grades, joined by Olive E. Clark Louise M. Oakey Nina Beebe Laura Gilbert Wilma G. Lord and Elizabeth Andrews as assistant high school teachers. Grammar staff includes Lulu E. Main W. W. Cressen Meg Boudinot Clara B Bennett Delia Wycoff and Helen Whitmore with fourth Adina Conway and Lella Dye, third Eva B. Beebe Gracie Todd, second Etta Watkins Oleata Boling, first Lillie Martin Alice Wallace Maude Unger. Special Music and drawing is Marion Kimmell.
H. Clay Kellogg, city special engineer, departs for Monterey County to design a vast irrigation project. The plan covers about 4000 acres with cement pipelines and ditches, likely costing one third more than all recent city improvements.
A Sunday evening Christian church service featured five professionals sharing why they should be Christians. Dr A M Stafford spoke on the physician’s view of life, Dr Todd on teaching and Christian schooling, Attorney W G Randall on lawyers as Christians, M W Wells as a business leader, and Mr T C Jameson on employer duties. The program closed with Miss Pearl Cross singing and a duet by Lester Wampton and Wallace Beebe.
Leroy Cross purchases the Walter Nunn six room cottage at Crawford and Sixth streets for a stated price of $1 00. The deal preserves the single jot noted in the transaction.
Mr. J. W. Crittenden longtime Corona resident and veteran died Monday night in San Pedro rooms after months of illness. He had resided at Glendale Sanitarium and enjoyed watching ships from his harbor view porch. His wife died last year. funeral arrangements are being organized with assistance from Harry N. Sweet and others.
Harold Lamson son of Mr and Mrs R D Lamson suffered a severe fall while practicing a stunt on a trapeze behind the Crown City rooming house on Sixth Street. His mouth and lip were cut with three stitches in the upper lip. He remained unconscious for a time and is ill at home but expected to recover.
The Kindergarten Entertainment by pupils of Miss Besse Bates school last night impressed all. Children performed drills and songs, closing with a good night lullaby. Irene Scoville and Miss Jacques presented numbers between parts, with Scoville in blackface. The tableaux of Grecian art studies impressed the audience.
A 367 horsepower pumping plant is being installed on the Immergruen ranch along the Santa Ana river. An existing 75 horsepower engine remains in use, and the two plants will pump water from the two wells on the property.
Notices posted for a Corona School District meeting at the High School Auditorium next Monday night June 13 at 8 oclock. The session will vote to rescind all former actions by local electors and then choose a school site. A second item sets aside $100 from the bond issue to defend the trustees in the suit over block 172 purchase.
Announcement this week states the Coroha Union Telephone and Telegraph company has secured Mr. A. Christian a telephone man of considerable practical experience to overhaul the local plant and restore it to first class condition.
Grace Beebe returned last Friday from Los Angeles where she assisted Dr White in his osteopathic practice. She is a graduate of the Los Angeles College of Osteopathy this year.
Regular service at 11 a m Sunday school at 9 45 a m Testimony meeting Wednesday at 7 30 p m Reading room open daily except Sundays and holidays from 2 to p m in church building Subject of lesson sermon for June 12th God the Preserver of Man.
Seniors and Juniors rode a tally-ho to Cold Water Friday afternoon and enjoyed an evening picnic in the canyon. Chaperones were J. B. Thomas and Hol. Davis.
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