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10 YEARS AGO APRIL, 1971 — The deadline for the acceptance for the ‘Miss Realty Board” crown contest has been extended announced Kirk Isitt, president of the group. April 23 has been selected as the final date on which girls of the community may apply. After the winner has been selected she will be presented to the membership as their guest of honor on May 3 during the regular Realty Board meeting. Miss Kathie Woodward, the board’s 1970 queen, is currently pursuing a busy schedule as a student at Barstow College. 25 YEARS AGO APRIL, 1956 — Spring is here, and it’s baseball time again, so Dusty Rhoads has his fortieth season’s pass from his old team, the Cleveland Indians. Dusty pitched a game for the Indians in 1902 that made baseball history, and put him on the list of all-time baseball ‘‘greats.”” So,as surely as the vernal equinox rolls ’round, so does Dusty’s annual pass. 50 YEARS AGO APRIL, 1931 — Two buildings are to be constructed as quarters for two men, according to H. Stanley Wilson, operator in charge of the radio beacon. This station is located upon the old Barry ranch east of Daggett. Two men will maintain a 24-hour watch (12 hours each) making hourly weather reports and other information relative to the safety of aircraft, over the teletype, which is an automatic telegraphic typewriter. The field, light beacon and radio station will occupy approximately 180 acres. It is located one mile west of Minneola, on the old highway north of the Santa Fe right of way.
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Barstow Desert Dispatch
Barstow, California, US
Wed, Apr 22, 1981
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Mary-Kate S.
