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SAN BERNARDINO DAILY SUN. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1937 XXX $65,000 Resort Will Be Built at Beacon Between Banning and Beaumont PAGE TWELVE IRK STARTS IN OCTOBER ON TRADING POST' Fifteen Cabins, Coffee Shop and Lounge Will Be Erected by Lot Angeles Concern (Spelal Staff Correspondence) BANNING, Aug. 3 A $6,500 report development at the Beacon ervice station midway between Banning and Beaumont has been definitely decided upon and will be a building feature of the Pass county this fall, it is reported. Highway Community corporation of Los Angeles, of which Bert A. Heinly is president, will make that development, which will include 15 air-conditioned cabins, coffee shop, cocktail lounge, and 'Indian Trad-tog Post" Cost of the buildings Is estimated at $50,000, and the equipment at 115,000, according to present plans.

Work will probably be started bout Oct 1 ACE MARKSMAN Mr. and Mrs. George Hopper have received word that their son, George has been selected as one of the five best marksmen of the C.M.T.C. at Monterey and will go to the national matches at Camp Perry, Ohio. The Rev.

Father Arthur of St. Boniface school in Banning will leave soon for San Diego, where he has been appointed pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Old Town. Since coming to Banning eight years ago, Father Arthur has endeared himself to many citizens in and out of his church. He has been epscially active in work among the boys and girls of his church and will be greatly missed here. He will be succeeded by the Rev.

Father Arnold Oscar, O.F.M., who has been the superior at San Xavier Mission near Tucson. for many years. Mr. and Mrs. R.

W. Taylor have returned from a delightful trip to Canada and New England. MRS ROGERS DIES Mrs. W. E.

Rogers, mother of Mrs. Clarence Sharp, died Sunday at Mrs. Sharp's home, where she was visiting. Her home was in Albuquerque, N. M.

and she came to Banning from Seattle, where she had been visiting her son, C. E. Rogers. Mrs. Rogers was accompanied here by her daughter, Mrs.

A. J. Coates, of Merilla Park, N. M. The body will be sent to Albuquerque, where Mrs.

Rogers had made her home for 56 years, and funeral service! will be held there. The cause of her death was a paralytic stroke from which she did not recover consciousness. Violet Hyatt was arrested here Sunday night on a charge of driving while intoxicated. With her was J. E.

Gardner. Both were giv-n sobriety tests. Michael Stolen was arrested Sunday night and charged with driving while intoxicated. He is charged also with running into a parked car belonging to R. J.

Starr, tot which he paid damages. He was driving a car which is said to belong to William I. Lawson of HoKville. MRS. OSBORN HOSTESS Mrs.

Howard Osborn entertained the Past Presidents club of the American Legion auxiliary last week with a delightful garden party at her home on North Fourth etreet. Mrs. O. R. Stanfield, who has just completed a term as auxiliary president, was welcomed into the club.

Present were Mesdames Frank McGregor, A. J. Kobs, Harry Hunt, Herbert Stir.g, Eeauford Hanson. A. N.

Nelson and O. R. Stanfield. Mrs. Osborn was assisted durine the af- ternoon by her niece, Mis? Earbara Hoover of Pomona, who is her house guest.

Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Weaver entertained last Saturday evening with a bridge dinner in the garden of their home on North San Gor-gonio avenue.

Their guests were Messrs. and Mesdames Homer King, D. H. Gates, Louis Tuthill, Karl Eurson, Richard Stevens, E. C.

Leadhetter and Carl Barkow. Prizes at bridge were won by Mrs. Homer Kine. Mrs. Tuthill, Mr.

Leadbetter and Mr. Earkow. Mrs. Edith Church Nominated President Officers for the coming year were nominated by the American War Mothers of Redlands at a tailed meeting held yesterday afternoon. Mrs.

Emma Hunt, retiring president, entertained the members at her home, 26 West Colton avenue, for the meeting. Mrs. Edith Church was nominated to serve as president 6f the group during the coming year. Other officers nominated were Mrs. Helen Gregory, vice-president Mrs.

Eva Taylor, recording secretary; Mrs. Mary Ellen Carson, chaplain; Mrs. Adelle Shrrrard, treasurer; Mrs. Carrie Hoffman, historian, and Mrs. Bertha Leningcr, custodian of records.

The officers will be elected the meeting of the group on Tuesday, Sept. 7. Following the meeting light refreshments of iced tea and cake Were served by Mrs. Hunt. One Iruest, Mrs.

Folkins, sister of the hostess, wai greeted at the mcet- 7 a. SAILS Captain W. A. Crowell, 60, who set sail a year ago from Halifax, N. and traveled 10.000 miles around the continent to Los Angeles harbor, is pictured aboard his 23-foot yawl shortly after he arrived in that port.

His only companion on the long voyage was Togo, whom he calls the "best do.g afloat." Crowell will cast off shortly for Vancouver, B. where his journey will end. Mexican Woman at Indio, 110 Years Old, Still Active INDIO, Auz. 3 Senora Torivio Alva has never seen a motion picture show. She knows nothing of diets, den tists and little abcut doctors.

Nor did it ever occur to her that being married at the aee of 12 years was anything out of the ordinary. Even the feat of bearing 21 children was regarded by the senora as nothine unusual. BORN IN MEXICO So it was not surprising that daughters and has outlived not only Senora Torivio Alva, born in the her mate but also 23 of her chil-state of Jalisco, Mexico, April 16, dr-n. 1S27 Andrew Jackson was Presi- In 1911, at the age of 84, she was dent in the United States at that married to 30-year-old Epitacio Se-time saw nothine strange in the cundio Alva. The following year she fact that she 110 years of aee i came with him to California.

She wnen an incredulous county welfare worker recently pried the information from her and later verified it. The Mexican woman was brought Woman Will Use Radium Riches to Assist Others (By United Press) EAKERSFIELD, Aug. 3. Mrs. Josie Bishop, living alone in her bleached little desert cabin, tonight dreamed of helping others as min- ers, engineers and prospectors of my own children.

I have six flocked to her isolated claims upon three boys in Trona, one in Colo-which is to be the richest I rado and two married daughters in radium deposit outside of the Arc- 1 Long Beach. tic circle in Canada. I "The excitement isn't anything When Mrs. Bishop revealed her new to me for I was born on a rich discovery last week after sev- 1 mine and it seems part of the eral years of secrecy, her claims game." near Red Rock canyon became the i Paul Vandereike, Kern county mecca for a great influx of fortune- high school chemistry head, today hunters and sightseers. Ray Bailey, added confirmation that the deposit her Bakersfield attorney, says that is rich in radium.

Other assays assay reports of ore show have been made by the Mme. Curie a radium content of $7,000 per ton institute of Paris and F. S. Kear-and silver values up to $355 per ton. I ney, San Diego mining engineer.

Eut little Mrs. Bishop, a widow The pitchblend ore containing ra- desert sun, was mainly concerned with her desire to help others not i 'so fortunate as herself. i "The first thing I'm going to do 11 claims containing 170 acres lying is to establish a home for old pros-; flat on the desert floor, pectors and miners." Ehe said as 1 Eailey said he was to hear soon she swayd back and forth in an 1 from representatives of Eritish in-old rocking chair. "I know what it terests regarding an outright sale means to be down on your luck, I leasine arrangement with royal-hungry and with no place to turn tie3 for Mrs. Eishop.

A San Fran-to. cisco company also is reported ne- "At the same time, I want to gotiating for the propeiiy. Vineyardist of Cucamonga Dies 'Special Staff Correspondence) CUCAMONGA, Aug. 3. Mateo Masi, well-known Rochester avenue vineyardist, died yesterday afternoon following an illness of several weeks at the age of 52 years.

A native of Italy, he had resided in the Cucamonga district for the last 29 years. Surviving Mr. Mnsi are his fa ther, Giachino Masi, and a brother, Tomasso Masi. both residing at Piano de Grechi, near Palermo, Sicily; a second brother, Sebastiano Masi, Cucamonga, and a sister, Mrs. Vincent Lombino, Los Angeles.

A rosary will be said tomorrow at p. m. at the Upland chapel of J. B. Diaper Co.

and the funeral will be conducted Thursday at 9 a. m. at the Church of S. Secondo d'Atrti, Guasti, with the Rev. Louis ContI officiating.

Persons attending the. funeral will meet first at the Upland Diaper chapel at 8:30 m. Thursday. The remains will be placed in Calvary mausoleum, Los Angeles, 10,000 MILES to the attention of the welfare office when it was reported she was ill on the Sakai ranch near Indio, where she lives in laborer's quarters with a son, Herman Martinez and his family. An examination showed a minor dieestive ailment.

MARRIED AT 12 YEARS Senora Alva had barely turned 12 when she met and married dashing Herman Martinez, a neighbor in Jalisco. She bore 18 sons and six has not heard from him since 1929. The still-strone and healthy Mexican woman can give no recipe for loneevity. For many years she took a man's place in the fields. build a hospital for underprivileged children.

It is something I have always wanted to do and shall do, if everything comes out all right. "Of course I intend to take care while quartz containing gold and silver has been taken from an 80- foot shaft nearby. The woman has Inquest Dropped In Fiery Death 'Special Staff Correspondence) UPLAND, Aue. 3. No inquest will be conducted into the death of Joel Gillingwators, 1071 North Eenson avenue, whose charred body was found yesterday beneath a tractor in a parage at the home of his son, I.

Wilson Gillingwators, 1540 West Foothill boulevard, which had been destroyed by fire. Deputy Coroner E. P. Doyle, here to investigate, held that the ranch-j or was burned to death after fall ing uffijaiu Luc iry.t;i'.'r, wnfjse exhaust is believed to have ignited the building. Mr.

Gillingwators, who was 51 years of age, was a native of Kentucky and had resided In Upland for 18 years. Surviving beside his widow and the son are seven sisters and two brothers In Kentucky. Funeral arrangements are in charpe of the Stone mortuary and services will be held tomorrow at 2 p. m. at the Upland Methodist church, of which Mr.

Gillingwators was a member. The Rev. Irvln Engle of WhiUicr. former pastor of the Upland church, will officiate. ALONE CHURCH GROUP PLANS SESSION (Special Staff Correspondence) HIGHLAND, Aug.

Episcopal Ladies' Aid will meet Thursday at 2:30 p. m. at the home of Mrs. Vera Whittemore on Atlantic avenue. Dr.

and Mrs. A. R. Henderson and guests enjoyed a family dinner Sunday at the former's mountain home at Glenn ranch. Places were laid for L.

E. Henderson, Mr. and Mrs. L. E.

Henderson Jr. and family, all of Los Angeles, and Dr. and Mrs. Henderson and family of Highland. The Rev.

and Mrs. Guy M. Mc-Bride and son, Paul, motored to Arcadia yesterday, returning to Highland last night. Mrs. S.

E. Ald-en, sister of Mrs. McBride, returned foT a short stay at the parsonage. The first executive board meeting of Highland auxiliary, American Legion, for the new year will be held Thursday evening, at 7:30 at the home of Mrs. Fred Erown on Pacific avenue.

Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Harmon of Alhambra spent yesterday Visiting with the former's "brother, Walter B.

Harmon, and family at their home on Pacific avenue. They have Just returned from a month's vacation with friends and relatives in Okla homa, and brought with them news and greetings of Interest to the Highland family. Parish Lawn Dinner To Be Held Tonight fSperml Corrosp'indence) BEAUMON'T, Aug. Stephen's Episcopal summer lawn dinner will take place at 6:30 p. Wednesday at the residence of Miss A.

M. Eoulton and K. P. Eoulton on the mesa highway. Boys' and eirls' camp will be held at Dana Point Strand during the third week in August.

The. camps will be in charge of the Rev. and Mrs. Dunham Taylor, with young people from Eanning and Eeaumont in the annual beach outing. Mayor and Mrs.

Ray T. Samson will be in charge of transportation and assist in camp management. On Sunday, Aug. 15, Dr. Britton D.

Weigle, secretaiy of the diocese of California of the Episcopal cWurch and editor of the Churchman, will be in St. Stephen's as the special minister for the day. The Rev. and Mrs. Taylor were guests of the Weigles during a part of their summer vacation in June.

A son, Cyril G. Weiele, spent the past few months In Eeaumont in the service of the U. S. department of agriculture, following his graduation from the University of California, In Eerkeley. Barstow Boy Scouts To Leave for Camp EARSTOW, Aug.

3. Earstow Boy Scouts who will leave for Camp Arataba Thursday include Vincent Clancy, Robert Foglesong, Francis Brooke, Steven Manners, Leon Dillingham, Ralph Chaney, John Dobbs, Fred Cunningham, Jim Kelly, Robert Newbrough and Ernest Kiss. Before leaving each boy was given a physical examination by Dr. H. Milford Nelson of Earstow.

Supervisor A. Doran, Walter Stump and C. L. Goer of Detroit motored to Cave Springs last Sunday, where they enjoyed the company of Mr. Egbert, owner of the famous springs on the edge of Death valley.

Mrs. Ira Sweatman of Cave Springs left last week for a motor trip to Denver, her former home in the Black hills of South Dakota and return by the northern route and down the coast to Los Angeles. SCHOOL BOARD ITS BUT 1 II SHOWS IIP Rialto Trustees Decide, Then, That Budget Meets With Taxpayers' Approval (Sperfal Staff Correspondence) RIALTO, Aug. 3. Rialto's public hearing on the proposed school budget Monday evening was distinguished by the fact that not one resident of the community came out either to oppose or uphold It.

W. R. Fouts, principal, and mem ber of the school board waited at the auditorium for the required length of time and then designated the budget as having met with the approval of the community. Next year's financial program is expected to total $31,750, according to Mr. Fouts.

From this amount the following expenditures will be made: Administration, $100; teachers' salaries, other expense? of instruction, $600; library, $320; operation of plant, mainten ance of plant, auxiliary agencies, undistributed reserve, special expense charges, capital outlays, $700, and general reserve, $5,000. W. B. A. MEETS Twenty-three members of the Rialto W.

B. A. chapter met Monday evening at the Masonic hall for their first business and social session of August. Miss Alice Stevens, president, was in charge during the meeting, at which time plans were made to hold a picnic on Monday evening, Aug. 16, at Colton Municipal park.

It will be the annual picnic of the group. At the close of the meeting a social period was enjoyed, during which the prize of the evening was won by Mrs. Lena Preston. Before the gathering broke up delicious refreshments were served by the August committee. Members of this group are Mrs.

Lena Preston, Mrs E. A. Bemis, Mrs. Tressa Bemis and Mrs. J.

E. Smith. GUESTS ARRIVE Monday evening marked the ar rival of two out-of-state visitors at the home of Miss Dora Gabler at 229 North Olive street. The guests are Miss Marian Goetz of Chicago and Miss Maria Week of Wabash, Ind. Both are school teach ers and are old-time friends of the Rialto hostess.

They are touring the West and will remain for an indefinite visit with Miss Gabler. Women of the Neighborly Friend ship club will meet Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. John Hesp, where they will hold their fortnightly social get-together. The afternoon will open with a short business meeting, after which the remainder of the time will be spent informally. Traffic Court Yields $1,583 During July (Special Staff Correspondence) ONTARIO, Aug.

3. Fines collected in city court during July totaled $1,853, according to the monthly report of Judge J. F. Hamilton, on file today with City Clerk C. C.

Peabody. Of the total, $1,583 was for traffic fines and $270 was levied for other offenses. The report of O. E. Holman, city license collector, showed receipts for July totaled $3,293.85, including $2,995.65 for business licenses and $270 for dog licenses.

The report showed a total of $13,573.30 collected for the first seven months of 1937, as compared with $11,816.51 for the same period of 1936. Forty-two dogs were reported destroyed during July, making the total for the year to date 233. Fire Chief J. H. Gordon's July report show3 a total of 14 alarms answered, all within the city but one, and the fire loss in the city estimated at $100.

Methodist Church Has Annual Picnic Over 200 members of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Red-lands enjoyed the annual church school picnic which was hold yesterday afternoon and evening in the Sylvan park. During the afternoon about 50 children and young people took part in the swim at the plunge and entered into the various races and contests conducted by the church. Members of the church gathered in the grandstands to cheer the competitors on, making the events interesting and exciting ones. The picnic supper was served in the main part of the park at 6:30 p. m.

Each family brought a basket supper for the picnic, while, ice cream and lemonade were furnished by the church school board. The young people's department was In charge of the program which followed the supper, the group presenting a skit. Miss Genevieve Cochran and Miss Betty Eolton were In charge of planning the skit. General chairman in charge of arrangements for the picnic was Harold Jenpson. He was assisted by Mrs.

J. C. Soring and Mrs. F. H.

Folkins, with all members of the church school board cooperating. Oregon farmers made $3,000,000 raising seed crops in 1936. TAMERS OF FONT! REAR ABOUT BUDGET Hearing Conducted by Trustees On $58,553 Outlay Planned For New School Year (Special Staff Correspondence) FOMTANA, Aug. 3. A public hearing upon the school budget for the next year was held this after noon at Fontana Junior high school by trustees of the elementary school district.

Total expenses for the coming year will be $58,553. From this amount $32,550 is set aside for teachers' salaries, $3,991 for administration, $6,480 for plant operation, $5,618 for auxiliary agencies, $3,000 for capital outlays and $2,500 for general reserve. Miss Kathe Schultze, niece of Mr. and Mrs. W.

E. Schultze of Mango street, left July 29 for Salz-wedel, Germany, after visiting in Fontana for 10 months at the Schultze home. RETURNS TO MISSOURI Mrs. Paul Golden of Kirksville, who has been visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

J. W. i for the last two months, will leave tomorrow for her home. Mr. and Mrs.

James Crenshaw and son, Jack, of Upland avenue, left today for San Francisco, where they will make their home. Mr. and Mrs. O. H.

Embree of Covina visited today in Fontana. They are the parents of Mrs. F. F. Peltz of West Merrill street.

Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Sichley were host and hostess to a large group of Fontanans who enjoyed the open house held by the East Fontana Friendship club at their clubhouse last Friday evening, Following the showing of two films presented by the Fontana Rotary club, patrons enjoyed an evening of cards. At a late hour refreshments were served. Success of this affair has led members of the club to plan another open house.

CHURCH CLASS MEETS Members of the Jo-El class of Fontana Community church met at the home of Mrs. Juliette Frances last Friday evening. Following a covered-dish supper on the lawn of the Frances home, the class held a short business meeting and enjoyed a social evening of games. The Busy Bees and Babes will meet at the home of Mrs. Herbert Von Lehe Thursday at 2 p.m.

to rehearse the program to be given for the Rotary club soon. Miss E. Popp of Pasadena is a house guest of Mrs. J. E.

Hasty. Mrs. E. Anaya and son, AI, accompanied by her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs.

Nash Lopez, of Ontario, left last week for a three weeks' motor trip to Mexico City. Former Resident Is Killed by Accident George H. Purinton, who resided for several years on East Pioneer avenue in Redlands, is dead at New Sharon, as the result of in jury by a horse. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Josephine Morin Purinton and two brothers.

They were members of the First Con gregational church in Redlands. Builder Returns to Valley After Working in Hawaii By THE RAMBLER DEATH VALLEY JUNCTION, Aug. 3. Sewell A. Johnson, of Glendale, arrived in Death Valley last Tuesday to superintend construction and remodeling at Furnace Crock Inn, Mr.

Johnson was here two years ago and supervised construction of a 30-room, steel frame, fireproof addition to the inn. Upon leaving Death Valley then, Mr. Johnson went to the Hawaiian islands, where he superin tended construction work for Uncle Sam at Pearl Harbor, and where he has been employed by the government most of the time since leaving here. In reply to a query by the Rambler relative to the efficiency and strength of the military and naval fortifications on the islands, Mr. Johnson grew enthusiastic and eloquent.

He states that the layman has no conception of the strength of the naval and military equipment in the Hawaiian islands. READY FOR ACTION Ho sny.i there are 30,000 hardened, seasoned soldiers, well armed, on the island, and several hundred of the best military planes, all ready for quick action on short notice. Mr. Johnson's son has been a naval flier for the last nine years, the past three years of which have been fipent at Pearl Harbor. Mickey Dcvlne, locomotive engineer on the T.

and Frank Tilton, carpenter In the T. T. shops at Death Valley Junction, went to Lbs Vegas last Wednesday. Guy C. Ridell, mining engineer of New York City, arrived at the Inyo Consolidated Mining Co.

last week. Mr. Ridell will remain on the properly for two weeks, during which time he will thoroughly Inspect the workings. The property Flier Fatally Hurt in Fall at Palm Springs (By Associated Press) BANNING, Aug. 3.

Charles Graham it. of Montebello was killed in the crash of his plane at Palm Springs today. Graham, flying alone to meet Charles Goff, a friend, circled Goff's home and then crashed. Coroner Ben White of Riverside county was summoned here to make an investigation. Mike Lilly, an Indian, who was first to reach the wreckage of Graham's plane, and Carleton Jackson, another eyewitness, told officers the plane came out of a power dive and fell 500 feet from the Palm Springs Graham, with a broken leg and internal injuries, was brought to the Banning hospital, but was dead upon arrival here.

(Special Staff Correspondence) EEAUMONT, Aug. 3. Fred Ross, who spent five weeks in SRA surveys, relieving Miss Lois Chadsey, and who with Mrs. Ross has been in the Perris office for the past month, will be assigned soon either to the Beaumont or Indio headquarters. Mr.

Ross has requested a Beaumont assignment. The Nourse building at Fifth and California streets, formerly the old bank building, used as headquarters for Wcnzcl Henoch Co. during its San Jacinto mountain tunnel construction for two year3, is being remodeled for the Pass headquarters of the SRA and welfare departments. J. W.

Vollmar of Riverside, SRA superintendent of buildings, is In charge of the work. By the first of next week, the building is expected to be ready for occupancy. Interior wall and woodwork have been scraped and resurfaced, with new lighting and plumbing fixtures installed. A coat of paint is being applied to the exterior. The rear rooms with separate entrance will be used by the county welfare department, opening onto Fifth street.

The main quarters, with California avenue entrance, will be occupied by the SRA offices, now in the room west of the Beaumont Gazette on West Fifth street. A store room is being arranged in the old bank vault. The building is one of Beaumont's historic structures, now owned by the Nourse estate. It was built by Eycr and Smoot as the Bank of Beaumont in the boom days of the first decado of the century. Among the tenants was the late Dr.

Axel Emil Gibson, who did much of the writing there which was to gain him world prominence. It was managed at a more recent period by Mrs. Margaret H. Gibson, now of Los Angeles, through whom it was later sold to Mr. Nourse.

Mr. Nourse died a few months ago and the property has been placed on the market. The alnha rav3 shot out by ra dium travel 18,750 miles a second. The flintlock rifle remained in general use for nearly 200 years. Is located in Echo canyon, 35 miles from Death Vallny Junction.

Loren Granger, local manager of the property, was in town last Friday, laying in supplies. Charles Green, son, Bobbie, Bill O'ConncIl and Dr. Riley Shrum spent a pleasant day Sunday, July 25, up among the pines on Mt. Charleston. They climbed to the end of the trail on the Lee's canyon highway, to a distance of miles from the turn off, of the Nevada state highway, which is 30 miles west of Las Vegas.

CHILLY ATMOSPHERE Also they say they attained an altitude of a littlo more than 9,000 feet, where tho atmosphere was actually chilly, on one of the hottest days we had in Death Valley Junction. Ten miles of tho mountain road after leaving the main highway have been paved, and can bo pulled in high gear, while the last 814 miles Is fairly good, dirt and gravel surface. This Is a WPA project, and at mile 18, at an altitude of 8,500 a number of camp buildings have been constructed by Federal forces. Ice cold water has been piped for several miles along the highway, with faucets every few hundred feet, for accommodation of travelers and campers, This road will ultimately be extended to the summit of the mountain, four miles distant, and attaining a maximum altitudo of 9,500 feet at Clark's saw mill. From this point, the road descends the wost side of the mountain to the Pahrump ranch in Nye county.

The Pahrump ranch Ir only 30 miles from Death Valley Junction. The distance from Death Valley Junction to tho WPA enmp above mentioned measures 98.6 miles. BEAIOfiTSl IN NEW OFFIt WIDER EUCLID. REQUIRED Fill; IE PARI' Application for $35,300 Project Planned as Lawj Demands 50-Foot Road (Spec'al Staff Correspondence) ONTARIO, Aug, 3 Expenditu. of $35,300 for the widening of Ei.n did avenue in the business dlstrio was forecast last night when tht city council authorized Carl T.

Holr mer, deputy city engineer, to ipph for a WPA project for the purpose. The widening is declared sary legally to permit angle pairing on the thoroughfare under tV terms of a recently-enacted statft law, requiring roadways 50 feet wide. Of the total estimated cost, tr. city's share would be $10,920, THREE-UNIT PLAN The project is set up in three units. The first calls for setting back the east curb of the east driveway of the avenue between Depot and A streets a distance of 9.5 feet and the east curb of the v.

aiiiui in. avenue and A street a distance qf two feet. The second unit calls for setting back the east curb of tho east' driveway between and streets a distance of 9.5 feet and the west curb of the west driveway between and streets, a distance of eight feet. The third unit calls for similar work on that portion of the boula vard between and streets. 1 TREES DOOMED Largely accounting for the heavy cost of the widening is the neces" slty for sotting back electroliers Many old trees now lining the curbs of the avenue must also bf' removed.

To restore the boulevard; a plan is now renortei" under consideration for planting the outer curbs to cocos plumosf? palms for the entire distance fron Depot to street. College Official Cited Into Court Earl Nixon, assistant controller of the College of Medical Evange lists at Loma Linda, has been ordered to appear in Riverside justice court today to answer charges of failure to report a cedestrian fa-' tality in which his car was lhe victim was Lena Loescher, Orange, who died last June 28 of. injuries incurred when she wai' struck by a car driven by Nixon im Indio, last March 8. Capt. Ray King of the Riversidr county office of the state highwa patrol charged that Nixon neglected' to cooperate with authorities in re porting the accident.

An Inquest, conducted yesterday by Coroner Earl Abbey of Orange county, exonerated Nixon of Student Soldiers at Home After Camping Twelve Redlands youths, through-wit their citizens' military training camp at Monterey and Fort MacArthur, were home yesterday or touring through the state. In the group arc: Eugene W. Boettger, 817 East Colton avenue; Peter W. Burk, 1019 Columbia street; Bruce L. Dan-ielson and Ernest L.

Danielson, 11)0 Orange street; Robert N. Da vis, 434 La Verne street; Bill Haa son and Harry A. Hanson, San Bernardino avenue; William E. Harnly, 544 Cajon street; James B. Orr, 509 Fourth street; Floyd P.

Stiffler, 1022 Columbia street; Ed-ward B. Turner, 156 Franklin avenue; Ted Pope, Yucaipa and Rob ert Cranmcr, 16 San Gorgonio drive. All went to Monterey except Eill Hanson. He went to Sar Pedro. Cianfoni Will Leave Faculty at Beaumont (Special Staff Correspondence) BEAUMONT, Aug.

3. Oiest Cianfoni, supervisor of music at Beaumont high and Magnolia schools for the past two years, hai. resigned to accept a place in Glendale high school. He completed his thesis for his master's degree in music during the. past year in Beaumont, a portion ol his thesis opera being played foi the first time in the Beaumont graduation exercises in June.

Mr. Cianfoni has conducted communit) classes and given private lessons in addition to giving much time to Woman's club and other community programs. Mysterious Death of Cucamongan Probed (Speelnl Staff CorrespcifKlnnce) ONTARIO, Aug. 3 Mystcrions circumstances surrounding the death of Anastacio Isaac, 40, Cucamonga, were being investigated today by Deputy Sheriff Jack Erown. Isaac was found unconscious at the bottom of a 10-foot deep concrete storm drain on Turner avenue south of Eighth street by two boys who were playing in tli6 neighborhood yesterday.

Thn man was taken to the county hospital in San Bernardino, where he died last night, Officer Brown said..

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