Queen Bertha Crowned Queen of San Leandro Cherry Festival
After a two week campaign the four candidates for queen of the sixteenth annual cherry festival in San Leandro faced final vote counts. Miss Bertha Cabrei of Broadmoor won with 121000 votes, followed by Miss Betty McFarland of Broadmoor. Dexter Dye named King. Earl Warren will crown the queen at the plaza with a guard of four soldiers from Co. F, 159th Infantry California National Guard.
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San Leandro
Bertha Cabrei
Broadmoor
Betty McFarland
Ida Frederickson
Beatrice California Durham
Bertha
Dexter Dye
American Legion
Queen Bertha
Cherry City
Co. F_ 159th Infantry
California National Guard
John Lynch
Corprral
Harry Miller
Ernest Silva
Clarence Silva
Earl Warren
Plaza
Newark Celebration Set For July 12th
The fourth annual Newark Holy Ghost celebration is scheduled for Sunday July 12. A program is being arranged and twelve beeves will be secured for the barbecue.
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Newark
Praise is Won by Lodge Drill Team in Holy Ghost Parade
The U P. P. E. C. Lodge girls drill team from Centerville impressed hundreds as they performed in the Holy Ghost parade last Sunday. They have been invited to march in upcoming parades at Mission San Jose and Manteca. The coronation coincides with the Pageant Beautiful by Ben Giroux and Lloyd Stagner. Twelve Spanish senoritas assist. Queen Bertha crowned. Queen's ball to follow at Saint Joseph's hall with San Leadro American Legion arranging. Kiwanis and Sixth United States Artillery bands provide music.
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U P. P. E. C. Lodge
Centerville
Mission San Jose
Manteca
Ben Giroux
Lloyd Stagner
Saint Joseph’s Hall
San Leadro
American Legion
Sixth
United States Artillery Band
Kiwanis Band
San Leandro
Bertha
Cherries Shipped Daily From Hayward To Southern California
Hayward sends a daily carload of Black Tartarian cherries to Los Angeles and San Diego with over five hundred thirty pound boxes per car. The shipments are the only southern Alameda county fruit moved by fast express, due to perishable fruit and recent rains lowering shelf life. End of week will mark a pause in shipments as Royal Annes are expected soon.
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Los Angeles
San Diego
Hayward
Alameda County
Fast Express
To Clears Window Sills With A Small Paintbrush
A small paintbrush is an excellent implement for sweeping window sills and cleaning around a radiator that sits in a corner.
Andrew Kittson Called by Death
Andrew Kittson, an old time citizen of Niles, died Wednesday night at the home of P. A. Ellis on I street after two years of failing health. He had been bed bound for three months. A skilled machinist, he worked for A. T. Ames Pump Co., now Victory Manufacturing Co., among others.
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Andrew Kittson
Niles
P. A. Ellis
I Street
A. T. Ames Pump Co
Victory Manufacturing Co
Township School to Present Play Clarence
The Senior Class of Washington High will present the play Clarence in the school auditorium on June 5. The production, by Booth Tarkington, was chosen from several options. Funeral services were conducted by Niles LO. O. F., of which he was a member.
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Washington High School
Clarence
Booth Tarkington
Niles LO. O
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Main Street
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Oakland Guarantee Building & Loan Ass’n
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Studebaker Cars
Faustina Garage
Castro St
Hay
KELTY
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Studebaker Sales and Service
Fleischmann’s
Art Phillips
Sign Shop
Castro Street
Jersey
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Castro
East Bay
Prince of Wales and Sport
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SEIP
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Women’s Apparel
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