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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1916
Page
2
A lively French themed performance by Madame Ila Presidente with matinee Friday at 2:00 PM and evening at 8:00 PM. Tickets 25 50 and 75 cents. Reserve seats now as they are selling fast.
The Corona High School Honor Roll for the six weeks ending June 9 1916 lists students in two sections. Section 1 includes Lucille Davis Winnetta Glass Paul Gleason. Section 2 names Mabel Arborn Willmar Archer Lucille Adela Baird Norman Blanchard Grace Bliss Erma Bruckman Ethel Chaney Marle Colbern Reba Colbern John Coplen Harold Coulter Helen Durham Christena Fear Dorothy Fear Nellie Fisher Edwin Freeman Madalene Geith Marian Genereux Charlie Harrington Adelaide Jameson Millard Kirby Dorothy Lincoln Ruth McNeil Gertrude Mick Orville Mick Paul Neja Dauphine Page Janice Reeves Lee Shaw Oscar Smith Cecil Stewart Clifford Strong Anna Ruth Tate Edward Tuthill Elizabeth Utter Grace Utter Frances Walker Esther Williams Herbert Wood.
Mr and Mrs J W Garthwaite and child depart for Oakland to visit friends and relatives for several weeks. Corona teachers prepare to leave town as many move away. Community members discuss indoor Fourth of July activities and cleanup to prevent fires while others travel for leisure and visits to nearby cities.
Mrs M Hl Wichy of the Pictorial Review Company will visit Newton and Son on Wednesday morning June 14 to meet Corona women and explain the merits of Pictorial Review patterns and the giant representative pattern store.
Mrs. M. Af. Wichy represents Pictorial Pattern. She will meet Wednesday at A.M. June 11 at the Newton store to view patterns.
W. L. Peeler led an auto caravan of local men to Los Angeles to see a $25,000 chassis on display in Studebaker headquarters retail department. Crowds are reportedly large and many have traveled far to view the valuable auto part. The group, in two autos, included W. J. Pentelow C. B. McConnell Walter S. Clayson W. N. Tilson Walter M. Dean J. H. Flinn Bernard Mac Donald Hough and E. H. Ballard.
Los Angeles attorney E. Burrey spent Sunday and Monday in the city tending his Garretson avenue grove above Lincoln grove. He praised the crop outlook and tree condition. Five more Italians arrived from the east to 206 Belle Street to join fellow countrymen, likely settling there. Pomona district expected normal walnut output this season.
The Corona City Schools list honor students with sections for top ranks. Section One includes students with at least ninety percent in all subjects and deportment, while Section Two lists those with at least eighty percent. Supervising Principal M. Victor Staley reports the names of students across multiple sections.
Prohibition is now in effect in Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Colorado and Arizona. Reports from Sunsets for January claim economic and moral gains, with Arizona noting no arrests for three months in Prescott and bank deposits rising. Colorado cites no arrests for drunkenness in Victor since January 1 and a nearly empty Cripple Creek jail.
The piece urges north-of Sixth Street residents to improve home yards and curb appeal by visiting Howard Street to see flowering displays. It notes pride in tidy yards regardless of home value and suggests small cash prizes by health officers in other cities to motivate residents to beautify their blocks.
Shortage of farm labor is reported from several districts in Imperial Valley affecting harvests. Officials note difficulties in hiring due to competing needs and rising wages. Farmers warn yields may suffer if workers remain scarce.
Fragmentary text from a historical page hints at a trial with military or public interest, names unclear. The readable segment mentions a chant like Bord Bord Ford and clashes with authority, but key details are missing.
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