Irvins win top trophy at rock carving show
At the California Federation of Mineralogical Societies 29th Annual Convention in Lancaster Redlands members of the Orange Belt Mineralogical Society earned multiple awards. Dr. and Mrs. Charles Irvin received the highest overall score and best lapidary display in the show while Mrs. Fern Jenkins claimed best in open division. Robert Jenkins, 13, earned a blue ribbon for cabochons and carvings alongside other OBMS winners including Ray Cunningham and Frances Strayer. Joel Hauser and judges from Redlands also contributed notable entries.
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California Federation of Mineralogical Societies
Antelope County Fairgrounds
Lancaster
Redlands
Orange Belt Mineralogical Society
Charles Irvin
Fern Jenkins
Robert Jenkins
Jack Klein
George Shatto
Joe Peterson
O.B.M.S
San Bernardino
Ray Cunningham
Howlite Church
Lighthouse
Frances Strayer
Joel Hauser
Irvins
Jack and
Dorothy Klein
Highway 38 re route favored north of Mt Home Village
Hearing draws about 120 residents as Mt Home Village backs the upper route for Highway 38 around Mill Creek canyon east of Redlands. The plan shifts 5.4 miles of road from Mill Creek bridge to Forest Home boulevard, with the upper route seen as less disruptive to homes and scenery.
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Mt. Home Village
Mill Creek Canyon
Redlands
Clyde V. Kane
State Division of Highways
Highares Manonmeionine
State Highway Commission
Southern California Christian Missionary Society
Ma Azuit Wagec
WIG En
Division of Highways
Mill Creek Bridge
Forest Home Boulevard
Aft Taman Villada
Forest Service
California proposes holidays aligned with federal four day weekends
Sacramento California lawmakers debate AB 1967 to align state holidays with a federal bill creating four three day holidays. If the Senate passes and Gov Reagan signs, the state holidays would shift while existing calendars stay otherwise unchanged. Assemblyman John Venemar reports committee approvals.
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Sacramento
PCNS
Modesto
Ways and Means
Assembly
Senate
Ronald Reagan
California
Dent Johnson
Congress
Johnson
Washington
Committee On Government Organization
Pakistani agriculturists visit San Bernardino County
Eight agriculturalists from Pakistan arrive for a four day inspection of county farm operations as part of a national Farm Leader Exchange Tour that began June 8. Sam Eberly chairs the local leg while hosts include the Roger H. Larson family in West Redlands.
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Pakistan
San Bernardino County
Farm Leader Exchange Program of
Farmers and World Affairs, Inc
Sam Eberly
Farm Bureau
Rialto
Ontario International Airport
Mohd Afzal Khan
Karachi
Roger H. Larson
Palmetto Road
West Redlands
Etiwanda
Cucamonga
Coachella Valley
Adamo Granted Right To Keep Appliance Store Open
San Bernardino CA CNA reports County planning commissioners granted Anthony D Adamo of Redlands permission to continue his appliance business at the northeast corner of Nevada Street and Redlands Boulevard but ordered removal of outside storage. The commission noted the request did not fit permitted uses in comparable zones. Adamo had sought a variance to continue the store’s operation.
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SAN Beranrdino
CNA
Anthony D. Adamo
Redlands
Nevada Street
Redlands Boulevard
City of
Redlands teen recaptured after jail escape
A 15 year old Redlands boy was recaptured by Redlands police about three hours after escaping City Jail by prying a bar in the booking room. He was found hiding in a bedroom at 320 W State Street after a brief struggle. He had been charged with parole violation and held for transfer to juvenile hall pending recapture.
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Redlands
City
State Street
Germany
Sandra Lachman
Richard Lachman
Garden Street
Sandra
Redlands High School
Roland
Helga Schmidt
Barmstedt
Hamburg
Michigan
Schmidt
California Scholarship Federation
Redlands Community Hospital
Cherry Pick Harvest Nears End at Beaumont and Cherry Valley
Beaumont and Cherry Valley orchards are winding down the U Pick cherry harvest though some trees still bear fruit and are expected to be available until around July 14. An information booth is set up at Beaumont Avenue and Cherry Valley Boulevard.
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Beaumont
Cherry Valley
Beaumont Avenue
Cherry Valley Boulevard
S. B. girl hits pole on Alabama street
A San Bernardino teenager, Joyce Higgins, 16, suffered a possible broken arm when her foreign car struck a power pole on Alabama street north of Barton road. The accident occurred at 10 10 a m as she turned onto Alabama from Barton and veered off the road. Higgins, of 24989 Lee street, was treated at Redlands Community Hospital. CHP reported she failed to negotiate the turn.
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San Bernardino
Alabama Street
Barton Road
California Highway Patrol
Joyce Higgins
Lee Street
Redlands Community Hospital
CHP
Miss Higgins
Redlands Woman Recovers After June Surgery in Honolulu
Mrs. Clarence E. Perry, long-time Redlands resident now in Honolulu, Hawaii, recovers from major surgery performed on June 10 at Queen's Hospital room 211 B. Second Lt. Jim Prendergast set for seven months duty in Vietnam next week. he has served four months with the 2nd Airborne Division near Hue.
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Clarence E. Perry
Redlands 10
Honolulu
Hawaii
Queen’s Hospital
Jim Prendergast
U.S. Army
Vietnam
Prendergast
Robert E. Prendergast
Brookside Avenue
2Nd Airborne Division
Hue
Ettie Lee Boys Home Planned in Oak Canyon
Ettie Lee Homes Inc announces a new boys home to be built southeast of Redhome in Live Oak Canyon. The 5,000 square foot facility will house 14 boys plus home parents and four bathrooms with laundry, living room, and family area. Construction begins July 15 with land and partial financing provided by Ettie Lee, donations welcomed via box 339 Baldwin Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ettie Lee Boys
Ieee
Oak Canyon
Redhome
Ettie
Canyon
Lee Homes, Inc
Baldwin Park
Who Now Will Salvage Newspapers
A brief readers’ letter from Mrs. Walter B. Power requesting that Redlands residents consider maintaining and repurposing old newspapers for another agency rather than discard them with garbage. She notes Boys Club paper drives prove paper value and asks city leaders to profit from recycling.
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Boys Club
Redlands
Walter B. Power
Mariposa Drive
Johnston College to Receive $1.25 Million HUD Grant
Dr. George H. Armacost announced a $1.25 million low interest HUD loan for Johnston College at the University of Redlands. Bids will be sought for two dormitories and a multipurpose dining hall, with the facility near the new library to serve about 132 students per dorm.
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Thej
Johnston College
The
Sary
University of Redlands
George H
Armacost
Urban Develt
Jerry L. Pettistion
Cities Question County Share Of Sales Tax Revenue
Rialto officials and the City County Coordinating Committee discussed renegotiating the 5 percent county capital fund contribution from city sales taxes. Ontario finance chief A C Gabriel noted 1 percent cigarette tax distributions mirror city sales tax shares, sending about 77,760 to the county last year. Covington warned against expecting tax relief this year as AB 149 remains unpassed, and county rates may rise up to 10 cents.
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Rialto
CNA
City County Coordinating Committee
A. C. Gabriel
Ontario
Gabriel
Robert A. Covington
Board of Supervisors
Covington
CCCC
Supervisors Reject DPC Changes Amid Voter Opposition
Rialto California CNA reports the Board of Supervisors defied recommendations from the Mayor's Committee and City-County Coordinating Committee on the Dependency Prevention Commission. County Administrator Covington cited overwhelming opposition in the board room as the reason for keeping the DPC unchanged through year end. The Mayor and a majority of the CCCC sought reduced membership and more city representation. The room was packed and no voices supported the proposed changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rialto
CNA
Board of Supervisors
Dependency Prevention Commission
Supervisors
Robert A. Covington
CCCC
CPC
DPC
Covington
Dr. C F Shutts to take new post in Chicago
Dr C Francis Shutts of Redlands, after three years at Cal State San Bernardino as associate biology professor, will leave July 1 for Chicago to become program associate with the Associated Colleges of the Midwest. He will oversee science and foreign area programs for non western studies across tenMidwest colleges. He plans to help each college specialize in one or two non western areas. He is a former Fulbright Scholar who studied in Delhi and has advised Indian college science institutes. He will live in Chicago with his wife and four children.
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C. Francis Shutts
Redlands
Cal State
San Bernardino
Chicago
Associated Colleges
Mid-West
Shutts
Dr. Shutts
University of Delhi
India
Theologist to Speak in Mentone Church Tomorrow
Dr. Raoul Dederen head of the theology department at Andrews University will present the message Come Alive at 11 a.m. tomorrow at the Mentone Seventh day Adventist church. He lectures in the Andrews extension program at La Sierra College for California Conference ministers and has a Belgian origin with a 1947 ministry start. He taught Bible in Collonges France in 1954 and earned a Ph.D. from Geneva in 1963. He is also slated to speak at Azure Hills church at 7 p.m. tomorrow.
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Raoul Dederen
Andrews University
Mentone Seventh Day Adventist Church
Dederen
Andrews
la Sierra College
California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Belgium
Collonges
France
University of Geneva
Azure Hills
Maureen Thomas Elected Councilor at Girls State
Maureen Ann Thomas of Redlands has been elected councilman of the mythical Ca rrillo city during the 25th California Girls State session at UC Davis. One of 560 participants, she represents Redlands High School and will be a senior next fall. Sponsored by American Legion Auxiliary Unit 106, District 25.
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Maureen Ann Thomas
Redlands
Carrillo
California Girls State
University of California, Davis
American Legion Auxiliary
Maureen
Boden Thomas
Michigan Street
Redlands High School
Unit No. 106
Community Action Group elects leaders in Redlands
Amos and Ab Garcia head the Redlands Community Action Group at a fourth Thursday meeting held in the unified school district board room. Peter Amos was elected chairman and Ab Garcia co-chairman as eleven representatives and local citizens attended.
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Peter Amos
Granada Court
Ab Garcia
Redlands
Unified School
Lugonia
North Orange
Dependency Prevention Commission
San Bernardino County
Caroline Kampmiere
Citizens Advisory Committee
Jennie Lee
Old Presbyterian Church
Union Avenue
Mabel Gunnison
Christine Mitchell
Tom Lang earns Ph.D. in aerospace hydrodynamics
Dr. Tom Lang, son of Mr and Mrs Glenn Lang of San Clemente and former Redlands residents, earned a Ph D in aerospace engineering hydrodynamics from Penn State University on June 15. He serves as technical consultant for the Ocean Technology Department at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Pasadena. Lang is a member of Phi Kappa Phi Sigma Xi and Sigma Gamma Tau. He resides in Pasadena with his wife and son.
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Tom Lang
Glenn Lang
San Clemente
Redlands
Penn State University
Ocean Technology Department
Naval Undersea Warfare Center
Pasadena
Lang
Phi Kappa Phi
Sigma Xi
Sigma Gamma Tau
Brush Fires Burn Acres in California Areas
UPI reports two brush fires in Southern California. Near Banning a fire started by children playing with matches burned about 18 acres of range land, 200 forestry workers contained it with no injuries or threats to homes. Another fire on Box Springs Mountain near Riverside covered 60 acres, likely sparked by a train, with about 100 firefighters on scene.
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Banning
UPI
Division of Forestry
Morongo Indian Reservation
Riverside
Box Springs Mountain
Claremont Holds Sixth Annual Old Fashioned July Parade
The sixth annual Old Fashioned Fourth of July Parade in Claremont starts at 2 p.m. on July 4. After the parade, community events, entertainment, and dancing will be held at Claremont Park Recreation Center.
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Claremont
Claremont Park Recreation Center
Drama at S B State Arm s and the Man at 8 15
The Summer Theater at Cal State San Bernardino presents George Bernard Shaw arms and the man by the Play ers of the Pear Garden in a summer revival. Performances are at 8 15 p m on July 18 19 and 20 in the college Little Theater with box office tickets and advance sales via the Humanities Division office.
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Cal State San Bernardino
Players of the Pear Garden
George Bernard Shaw
Humanities Division
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Assemblyman
John Venemar
Adamo
Bay
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Alabama
Ettie Lee
People's Column
Nellie
Don Hunt
Los Angeles
Gaius Williams
Pacific Street
Red-1 Lands
Jerry Flores
HHC
459Th Signal Battalion
APO
San Francisco
St. Vincent's Orphanage
Mentone
Maureen Thomas
Girls State
Claremont Parade
S.B. State
Live-Oak Can
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