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L0MA LINDA Page 21 i i MEWS OF ISiwD EMPIRE TOP STORIES FROM AlLMflllWTlONS LARGEST COUNTY mi irweirs Wednesday, Nov. 2, 1955 Era Hirodls For Triumphs, Hardships of Mining Days Recalled By Atha Albert Richie, Resident of Rialto Cooperative Changes Size, Price Systems WEDGEWOOD Bl MERRITT BIG By BOB OLMOS RIALTO Atha Albert 76, of 7503 N. Pepwr can make a claim that few men can. BIG TRADE AT Loma Linda HARLOW'S LOS ANGELES VP) Sunkist Growers Inc. ended an era Tues One day in 1918 he found himself 2,100 feet below sea level and a few hours later he was 7,250 feet day by officially changing its price and size systems to conform with a switch from wooden boxes above sea level 1 67 Pu WMftly The incident occurred when to fiber cartons for shipping fruit.

Green Stamps For more than 50 years the giant citrus cooperative, which markets most of California's or anges, lemons and grapefruit, has shipped in boxes. Recently, however, cartons have Richie, a hard rock miner, worked at the Campo Seco mine in Calaveras County. "It's quite an experience to know that you were so far down into the earth and then find yourself so high above it," Richie said. He reached the high altitude when, he went on a trip to Reno, on Highway 40 following his day's work, he said. BORN ON FARM Born on a far near Orman-ville, Ohio, Richie devoted most of his life since 1898 to mining.

largely supplanted boxes. Today, with the end of the 1954-55 season, the accounting system was changed. BUY OR RENT REFRIGERATOR Rang, Washer or lrenr OVER 80 Used To Pick From! The cartons are exactly half the size of the boxes. Under the new system prices quoted will be half those quoted formerly. Sizes, too, will be halved.

PRESBYTERIAN MEN Officers and members of the newly organized Presbyterian On sizes, for instances, oranges Men of the First Presbyterian Church of Fontana, pictured during a charter presentation meet were formerly quoted as 100s, 126s, 150s, and so forth. This meant it took 100, 126 or 150 or ing, are (back row, left to right) Norman Steiner, Maynard Hawkins, Harry Gruver, Clarence Curtis and John T. Sigenfuse; middle row, Roy Ellis, Paul Jordan, William Muller, Robert Schmus and Herman Iburg, and front row, Levern Anderson, Clarence Fish, the Rev. Leo K. SPECIAL! FACTORY PURCHASE anges of a certain size to fill the box.

Starting Tuesday they are quoted as 50s, 63s, 75s, and so forth. He was 18 when he iouowea in his father's footsteps and went down a mineshaft into the darkness of the earth below for the first time. What is it like so far down the earth? "It's hot," Richie answered, "The temperature is usually above the 80 degree mark. And it's humid. It takes quite a while before you get use to it." He started out working in placer mines in Wyoming where he dug for gold.

He admits that he was bitten quite badly by the bug Brown, pastor; William Tyrer, acting president; Omer H. Brodie, president, Presbyterian Men for Riverside Presbytery; the Rev. J. Wendell Beck, western area ministerial representative to the national board of Presbyterian Men, guest speaker at the dinner; Cecil Hearn and John Sigenfuse. (Fleming of Fontana) Boxes still are used for export MAYTAG Fully Automatic Washer $23995 With Year Old Washer and for shipment to certain domestic buyers who prefer them.

CARRIES LOTS OF SPIRIT But the trend is toward cartons Gala Carnival as they are better adapted to mechanization at packing plants. A MINER AND HIS HAMMER Atha Albert Richie, 76, They are also easier for buyers jof Rialto, was bitten by the miner's bug when he was 18 and Bulldog Marching Band Plays In Many Events During Year was one of the men who worked the gold, copper and hard rock mines of the Old West. The instrument he holds in his hand is a cherished present given to him by a friend. It is one of the hammers used in the drilling contests held during the Fourth of July celebrations in the old mining towns. to handle being half the weight of the boxes.

A box of oranges weighs 77 pounds, a carton only Film, Talk On Spain to Be Presented that makes boomers or desert rats out of normal men. WINS CONTESTS During his career as a miner, Richie won fame in the heyday of Nevada mining by winning 13 out of 15 single-jack drilling contests. The contests were held on the Fourth of July as part of the celebration and drilling contests, diking which miners attempted to 'di the deepest into hard rock, were a big attraction. He was there to see the fastest- photograph the bottle house, a to-be he was "wearing the bright-structure built of 10,000 beer bot-iest pink shirt you ever saw" and ties cemented together. He said he had just come back from a fish- Attended by 400 BLOOMINGTON Approximately 400 school children and parents celebrated Halloween at Mary B.

Lewis School at a gala carnival sponsored by the PTA. Booths operated by the classrooms, and Cub and Girl Scouts did a thriving business, and about 200 spaghetti dinners were served by the PTA. Principal David B. Whitcomb em-ceed for the costume parade, for At the University of Redlands, as is the case with most universities and colleges, the marching band is the vehicle that carries a great deal of the spirit at collegiate functions. Dr.

Joseph Bruggman, director of the band and assistant professor of music education at the university, has announced that the band, though small this semester, is of high caliber and has filled Went deer hunting in Wyoming 'ing trip. They were introduced by with a friend one time and they friends. stopped at Rhyolite. They moved THREE CHILDREN into the old jail house, built a firej They have three children and on the floor, cooked their supper several grandchildren. growing and quickest-to-die boom REDLANDS When the citizenry of the Redlands area hear the word "Bulldog" in reference to the University of Redlands, they quite naturally think of the football team, or in season, the baseball or basketball teams.

But there are "Bulldogs," and there are "Bulldogs." The Bulldogs in this particular group do not play football, baseball or basketball, not even marbles. Their game is music. The Bulldog marching band has been very much in evidence this semester at the university and, as is often the case, are the unsung members of the university. At many home athletic activities The Richies settled in Rialto in 1927. Richie retired after working towns of the Old West.

One such and went to bed. town was Rhyolite, he said. was the first "T've never seen anything like spent a night in jail, REDLANDS Clifford J. Kamen Wednesday night will present his all-color narration on Spain at 7:30 p.m. at the University of Red-lands Chapel as the next session in the Community Forum series.

It will be a return trip to Red-lands for Kamen, who presented a time I ever he said. $2.25 Weekly No Down Payment Green Stamps as an orange grower and carpenter for a while. He devotes part I TRAVELED PLENTY" its calendar as full as the school schedule allows. The Bulldog band Rhyolite for mushroom growth. which judges were Mrs.

Jo White, his time to writing articles his time to writing Rhyolite was not the only town ot There must have been at least Mrs. Bea Funk and Mrs. Bes- 2 000 miners' tents, all of them on, where Richie worked. Miners traV-for mining journals about his days will be featured "at sports functions throughout the year and played an similar program last year on Italy i sie Flowers, on or-oa nn hiopr than about 25 eled a Jot, he said, lor once trie as a miner, ine articles nave important part in homecoming fes brought him letters from all parts acres. I would come out of the: ore was gone, work was gone.

He mine at 10 p.m. and eat my lunch also worked in Nevada, Arizona, and see lights in every tent. It; as well as Wyoming and Califor- tivities at the university Oct. 22 Members of the band include: for an enthusiastic audience. Costume prize winners were: No land in Europe has so vital pre-school division, prettiest, De-a personality or so rich a flavor anna Sue Derrick; most weird, as that of Spain.

Her people con-j Pamela Kay McDaniel, funniest, auered and colonized half thpLi.ian of the United States after their appearance, he said. He is the oldest past master of you'll see and very definitely hear, the Bulldog band either in full San Bernardino: Ted Fisher, 5830 was one ol tne preniesi signis 1 ma. Miners, in those days, worked the Rialto Masonic Lodge and has Mt. View son of Mr. and Americas, built some of Europe's1 second grades, prettiest, Teresa I in smaller groups.

They mnCt maifiont- ct 3 i r. a I play for numerous activities on Mrs. Edward M. Fisher; Jerry ever saw," Richie told in recalling his experiences. TOUCH OF BEAUTY I T7 i onn without the compressed air ma- a 50-year jewel in the Oddfellows, chines and protective covering that "I'm still a desert addict, how-they wear at the present time, ever, and I'm still looking forward rla- peranza son and small produced music, art and literature and funniest, "Manuel," who fampuf, of Mr.

and Mrs. William N. Mining camps, with their clus- thp hand arp featured at many school and outside activities, Fra- and tto KilIion- 1449 Per" terings of bunkhouses and tents, Richie said. Oftentimes, falling to another trip to the dry country were not without a touch of beau- i rocks would strike him in the head and one more chance to throw a ty, Richie said. Often, there were and one time an underground diamond hitch on a jackass," he i3 nui.

Redlands: Marty Covington, 110 Michigan son of Mr. and Mrs. Vaden Covington; Jim Smiley, 618 storms and. following the storms, stream broke open and continuous-, said cjiouubi. kfciui a ujic aeciinea it) reveai ms iuu name; the world's most cultural and third, fourth and fifth grades, Kamen's all-color film narration prettiest, Penny Musatto; most is a thrilling and comprehensive weird, Richard Saxton, and fun-story of that great nation.

niest Terry Crees. The registration fee is 51 for the winners in the advance sale of entire Community Forum senes were. Ben and be accepted at he Univer-fifth gradej wjth W530 in sales Court Battle Over Water Issue Ends Roosevelt son of Mr. and Mrs a variety of wild flowers popped out of the desert earth. "There were mariposa lilies, both the red and the blue, and doz- ly dripped into the shaft where he was mining.

"I've never felt water so cold," he said, shuddering as he remem- Harry Smiley, and Jim Vincent 1290 E. Brockton son of Mr. SEHVEL s. iv ui ikxl uie smnrf Ppnil Phavi' fourth Panel to Top UCR Program RIVERSIDE Dr. Clark G.

ELSINORE (UP) Elsinore Municipal Water District and Watpr Co. of Corona have and Mrs. Rex Vincent. Fontana: John Preston, 8206 AI of the program. grade, selling $40.76 worth.

Ad- der son of Mr. and Mrs. John ens of other flowers. Whole hill- bered. sides were just a mass of color Miners were his friends.

Among that you could see for miles. I'd the salty cronies he remembers like to be on the desert again were those bearing the descriptive in such a rain just to see the names of Seldom Seen Slim and vance sales by all grades totaled reached an agreement by which C. Preston. FREE! "ICE MAGIC" SERVICE SET $241. the company will allow the district Gov.

Marland Starts Southland Sales Tour LOS ANGELES tw Gov. Wil- Mrs. Ralph Robertson, carnival; to store water behind the com Mentone: Carolyn Fox, 1346 Beryl daughter of Mr. and $39.95 Value flowers," he admitted. Six-Line Billy Higdon, who he said Kuebler, provost of the Univer chairman, and Mrs.

William pany's Railroad Canyon Dam on Mrs. Joseph J. Fox, When all the ore was taken out is his cousin. Seldom Seen Slim S-Pic Crystal Service Set Famous Iiam C. Marland of West Virginia i Brooks, PTA president, joined in the San Jacinto River.

Dazey Ice Crusher Beautiful Ice Monday began a week-long selling' thanking PTA members, teachers The agreement ends a court bat- Bucket with extra "ice crusher" lid sity of California's Santa Barbara campus, will conduct a panel discussion on "The Liberal Arts and Contemporary Society" on the UCR campus Nov. 12. tour in Southern California. Sleek Black-and-Silver Serving Tray. and children for making a sifecess The 37-year-old governor is on a of the affair.

Thanks is also due, tie waged since March 9 between the district and the company. The district agreed to pay the company of the earth, Rhyolite became a lives at Balarat and Six-Line Billy ghost town and the miners moved Higdon drives a stagecoach at elsewhere. Richie said he has since Knott's Berry Farm, Richie said, passed through Rhyolite several He married his wife, Olive, a times. He said the stucco depot is former teacher, in 1917. still standing much as it was back Mrs.

Richie recalled that the coast-to-coast tour aimed at devel-ithey said, to II. C. (Hal) Mar- The discussion will be part of 1 0ping business and payrolls for his gerison for supervising the parking $275,000 for use of 3,000 acre feet an all-day program, open to behind the dam. i area. in 1905.

Hundreds of tourists now first time she met her husband- public, nononng the zoth anniver FONTANA sary of the inauguration of President Robert Gordon Sproul. It will Yours Without Cost L-S 9 When You Purchase I Your New Servel Automatic Ice Maker Refrigerator 2r Machinery with SUBURBAN PROPANE be held in the UCR Physical Edu-j cation building following a lunch-, eon session at the Mission Inn. A symposium featuring faculty members from the Los Angeles and Berkeley campuses will be conducted in the morning by Dr. Robert A. Nisbet, dean of the Col-1 lege of Letters and Science at UCR.

Dr. Kuobler has been adminis-' trative head of the Santa Barbara campus since February 1955. For i 10 years preceding his appoint-' ment, he was president of Ripon College, Wisconsin, where he achieved an outstanding record as a scholar and college adminis-' trator. He holds a B.A. from Northwest-i ern University and a Ph.D.

from; T3 ALUABLE GIFTS With Every Purchase NOVEMBER 2-3-4 FARM COLUMN Young Davis Grad Helps Grape Growers of County By K. W. DOU.MAX decided to do something about it. Joe Filippi and his father, Joej Tor" Beckwith, vocational of Mira Loma, are going lo culture instructor at Colton High make a test lot ol wine from Ruby, School, requested I talk to the Cabernet. This is a new Univer-'Colton Kiwanis Club.

Lyman Rich, sity California variety being Highland olive grower, asked me tried out by local grape growers, to appear befoce the San Bernar- Farm Adviser Chet Hemstreet din Kiwanis. tolls me this test will help the I 'It was a pleasure to be able to grape growers get information on tell these men how farmers are wine-making possibilities of increasing their efficiency and Ruby Cabernet. standard of living. Next year Dr. A.

Galante, noted Farm Adviser Ellis Faulhaber winemaker for Cucamonga Win-, reports that the Upland Citrus cry, will make another test lot, 'discussion group recently took an then compare the two. jail-day tour of the lemon produc- Chct says that Joe Filippi re-jin3 areas of Santa Barbara Coun-Ccntly graduated from the Uni-; ty. vorsfty of California at Davis, Some of the highlights of the There he studied latest methods lur included a virus indexing of grape growing and vine-mak-: project, lemon strain trials, lemon ing. tree collapse, fertilizer tests, Tro- FLFCT OFFICFKS ycr rootstock disease, and new weed control methods. Bob Piorkowski, Fontana Cloy- The members of the discussion erleaf 4-H Club, was recently say the tour was interest.

elected president of the San Ber-h and wm.thwh.;... After seeing nard.no Valley Hi 4-H Club the experimcntal work tne Bob handled his new job an opportunity t0 see tne prexy very ably at his first! operations of lemon meeting at the Monte ista schoo I ers in Santa Barbara County. Business was followed by a Hal-iSOHj MONOLITHS MADE I 124 OCTANE! I You'll set smooth, dependable power when you have Suburban convert your truck and farm machinery to Propane fuel. Specialized carburetion equipment and installation will reduce your fuel and oil costs. Cut engine overhauls down to ONCE every three or four sea-i sons! Operation on Suburban Propane is safe, steady, powerful, economical.

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He is currently a member of the national committee for the Ford Foundation Fund for the Advancement of Education. Speaker at the luncheon session Nov. 12 will be Dr. Robert D. Calkins, president of the Brookings Institution for economic research in Washington, D.C.

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DELIVERY FREE. PILGRIMS NEW CUT RATE FURNITURE STORE, IS WITHIN EASY REACH FROM ANY DIRECTION. couple of weeks He's been help- -SUBURBAN I GAS SERVICE Hotel in San Bernardino, Mrs. Fay NO DOWN Per Week 1 other officers reports elected ing us gather samples of some of -Conrad, president, announced. Date Trade-In were: jour common farm soils.

is Nov. 21. Kenneth Hancock, from thej Lloyd finds a cut where the soil Mrs. Dorothy Kranhold, home terrace 4-H Club, vice is exposed four feet deep. The sur- service director of the Southern ARLOW'S j.ai.cr is wmi a yiasui; iu Laiuomia as will eive a Dtiiidiuuio r.diiy cuu ciuo, noia tne sou together.

A strip is cooking demonstration titled "Holi- Pfllgrim's TranSiBug Pst sncretary; and Marilyn Herman, then peeled off, and mounted on day Ideas With Blue Flame Ma- BEAUMONT Victor 5-3313 VICTORVILLE Vicrorville 5-8891 BARSTOW 2161 YUCCA VALLEY Joshua Tree 398 7893 SIERRA AVE. FONTANA LOMA LINDA OPEN SUNDAYS Loma Linda Ph. 4-4625 San Bernardino Ph. 9-5 03 aiso ot the Grand lerrace 4-H plywood. gic." Program chairman for the Club, treasurer.

These soil monoliths, as they're evening is Winifred Smith and ar- President Eisenhower comment- called, will be kept in our office, rangements chairman is Miss Lola ed recently on the need for better They're very helpful to use in Ledbetter. understanding between farm and! talking to people about their soil Dinner will bo at 7 p.m., follow-city folk. Kiwanis International) problems. jing a social hour. I Two Blocks North of Foothill Blvd.

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