I am in Irvine, Orange County. Nasty Sat., Sun., not to bad Mon. and Tuesday. Ok yesterday. Hint of sprinkles this morning ... now clouds and patches of blue sky. Forest Home web site yesterday said they packed up computers, records and history on Monday and left on Tuesday. My kids also went to Indian Village. We could see red when Laguna on fire in '93. Scared my kids but we were far enough away not a problem. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 4:15 PM Subject: Re: is this street near the fire? > I spoke to my son in the city of Orange last night and he was coughing a lot > during the conversation. Said the smoke hurt his eyes and made breathing a > little difficult. He said it was worse a few days ago. We still lived in > Orange County when they had that bad fire in the Laguna area in 1993 and > hubby was working on a project on PCH. Their parking lot was used by the > fire helicopters. We had the bad Biscuit fire in our area last summer and > it lasted around 2 months or so - they really didn't declare it completely > out until the rains came in November. Some of the crews from that and > Erickson Air Crane helicopters from the Rogue Valley are now helping fight > the fires in Southern CA. I ran from one of those fires just before my 3rd > birthday when we lived in a beach house in Malibu. They are terrifying!! > Hubby's uncle and aunt (now deceased) had a mountain cabin at Blue Jay near > Lake Arrowhead. We are wondering if it is still there or if the fire has > consumed it. What about the Forest Falls area and the Christian campground > and conference area? Is the fire in that area? Our kids used to go to > summer camps at Indian Village there. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Diane Gladieux" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 1:25 PM > Subject: Re: is this street near the fire? > > > > Yucca Valley location is in Southern California's high desert about 30 > > miles northeast of Palm Springs. I would say at this time Yucca > > Valley is ok. You could call 760.369.7207 for details - city hall. > > > > Diane > > Orange County > > very light ash falling on patio > > light Santa Anna wind blowing > > ok here > > ______________________________

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: Costa Mary A. Paper: The Bakersfield Californian publication date: 4/8/2003 type of entry: obit Mary A. Costa Services: Thurs. April 10, 10:30 a.m. Rosary will be recited Wednesday at 6:30 p.m , and Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday at 10:30 a.m. both at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, for Mary A. Costa, 80, who died April 4, 2003, at her home. Reverend Father Dan Coyle will officiate. Interment to follow at Greenlawn Southwest Cemetery. Mary, born in Tipton, California, moved to Bakersfield with her family when she was ten years old. She married Manuel Costa in 1943, who preceded her in death March 26, 1991. Mary liked craftwork and working in the garden, where she especially loved her roses. She was a member of U.P.E.C. and the Sacred Heart Altar Society. Survivors include her sisters, Ethel Struble and Angelina Rodriguez; brother and sister-in-law, Joe and Marc Cabral; and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Richard Struble, Eric Winterset, Jason Winterset, David Holland, Adam Rodriguez and Robert Collins. Honorary pallbearers will be Rick Struble, Tony Rodriguez and Herman Reyes. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donation in Mary's memory be made to Sacred Heart Building Fund, 9915 Ramos Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93307. Visitation is scheduled Wednesday from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. Doughty-Calhoun-O'Meara Funeral Directors Sharon Kern Co Volunteer

I"m sorry to report that there was no obit located for the following person: HALL IRVING W Born: 02/22/1903 M CALIFORNIA Died: KERN 09/15/1982 Age: 79 yrs [email protected] Sharon Kern Co Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: LAVOY RUTH ESTHER born: 05/08/1903 F OKLAHOMA father: GARVER died: KERN 01/04/1982 age: 78 yrs requested by: [email protected] The Bakersfield Californian, Wednesday, January 6, 1982 Lavoy, Ruth Esther - Memorial services will be held in Greenlawn Memorial Chapel, 3700 River Blvd., Thursday at 1:30 p.m. for Ruth Esther Lavoy, 78, 92 Cinnamon Lane, who passed away Jan. 4 in a Bakersfield hospital. Rev. Bud Frye will officiate. Mrs. Lavoy, a native of Elreno, Okla., had resided in California for 66 years and in Kern County for seven years. She had been a house wife for 20 years. Survivors include her daughter, Barbara Hannaman of Bakersfield; sisters, Terra Denson of Spokane, Wash., and Claire Greer of San Jose; three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Cancer Society. Greenlawn Mortuary. Sharon Kern Co Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: UTT GWENDOLYNNE M born: 02/05/1897 F KANSAS father: GARVER died: KERN 07/04/1980 age: 83 yrs requested by: [email protected] The Bakersfield Californian, July 7, 1980 Pg. D7 UTT, Gwendolynne M. - Graveside services will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday in Greenlawn Memorial Park for Gwendolynne M. Utt, 83, 92 Cimmamon Lane who died July 4. She was a member of the Grange and 40 and 8 of American Legion. Survivors include three daughters, Doris Bischoff of Bakersfield, Almina Call of Wales and Nita Valladao of Carmichael; three sons, Daniel Utt and Alfred Utt, both of Bakersfield, and Jess W. Knapp of Los Angeles; three sisters, Ruth E. Laudy of Bakersfield, Terra M. Denson of Spokane, Wash., and Claire Z. Greer of San Jose; and 22 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren. Sharon Kern Co Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: HODGES RACHEL M born: 04/25/1892 F MISSOURI died: KERN 06/21/1964 Techachapi or Mojave, age: 72 yrs requested by: [email protected] The Mojave Desert News, June 25, 1964 Death Takes Rachel Hodges Mrs. George Hodges, of Mojave, who had spent 35 active years in this community was laid to rest on June 23, in the Mojave Cemetery. Impressive funeral services by Mojave Amaranth Court #97 and Rev. Bruce Inglis were held at Mojave community Congregational Church at 10 a.m. She was born in St. Joseph, Mo. on April 25, 1892 and passed away at the Tehachapi Valley Hospital on June 21st. Last June, Mrs. Hodges retired as Kern County Librarian of Mojave branch Library after serving in that capacity for fifteen years. Her community activity included a very active part in the organization of Mojave Court #97 of the Order of Amaranth and she was the first Royal patron of the local chapter. At the time of her death she was Amaranth Secretary. Rachel was also serving as President of World War I Aux. and was an active member of the American Legion Aux., Eastern Star of Tehachapi and the White Shrine. She is survived by her husband, George, a former Kern County Constable, two daughters, Maude White of San Diego and June Beall of Green River, Wyo., also seven grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Stickel Mortuary. Sharon Kern Co Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: HALL LLOYD J Born: 08/25/1896 M CALIFORNIA Died: KERN 10/18/1981 Age: 85 yrs requested by: [email protected] The Bakersfield Californian, October 20, 1981 Pg. D18 Hall, Lloyd "John" - Memorial services will be held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. in the Doughty-Calhoun-O'Meara Mortuary chapel for Lloyd "John" Hall, 85, 328 Oakdale Dr. who died October 18 in Bakersfield. Dr. William F. East will officiate. Inurnment of cremated remains will be held at a later date at Greenlawn Mausoleum. Mr. Hall, born in Watsonville had resided 45 years in Bakersfield. He was former Parts Manager 37 years for Gil's Spare Parts. Survivors include his wife, Thelma, daughter Mrs. Albert Groem (Groom?) of Stockton, two sons, John T. Hall of Tulare, Sidney A. Hall of Visalia; stepdaughter, Gloria A. ??? of Bakersfield, nine grandchildren, four great-grandchildren; two brothers, Irving Hall of Bakersfield, Ambrose Hall of Rogue River, Oregon; three sisters, Ena Ulrey of Santa Cruz, Edith Densel of Stockton, Helen S??pug of Snelling. Donations may be made to the Kern County Heart Assn. or charity of your choice. Sharon Kern Co Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: HALL WILLIAM L Born: 12/12/1911 M CALIFORNIA Died: KERN 07/23/1957 Age: 45 yrs requested by: [email protected] The Bakersfield Californian, Thursday, July 25, 1957 (This obit was very, very faded and extremely difficult to read) Hall, William (Bill) Lewis - Funeral services will be conducted in the chapel at Greenlawn Mortuary, Friday at 11:30 a.m. for William Lewis Hall, 45, of 2501 Lomita Verde, who died in a local hospital July 23. Dr. Glenn Puder of the first Presbyterian Church will officiate at the service and interment will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Mr. Hall was a native of Watsonville and had lived in Bakersfield for the past 30 years. He was manager of the ?Laces? Trucking Co., a member of the Bakersfield country Club, Presbyterian Church, South Bakersfield Lions Club and the Petroleum Club. Survivors include wife Hazel B. Hall, one son, William Lewis Hall, Jr., one daughter, Margaret Ann Hall, all of 2501 Lomita Verde St., Bakersfield; four brothers, Ambrose Hall, San Jose, Sidney Hall, Santa Rosa, Lloyd Hall, Bakersfield, ??? Hall, Bakersfield; four sisters, ???? ????, Aptos, CA, Edith ???, Stockton, Mabel Johnson, Coalinga, and Helen Ostrom, Lebec. Sharon Kern Co Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: WHEELER JAMES FRANCIS born: 01/27/1884 M MISSOURI father: WHEELER died: KERN 12/16/1953 age: 69 yrs requested by: [email protected] The Bakersfield Californian, Friday, December 18, 1953 Pg. 43: Wheeler, James Francis - Funeral services have been set for 10 a.m. tomorrow in Greenlawn Chapel for James Francis Wheeler, 69, 435 Douglas St., who died December 16 in a local hospital. The Rev. Glenn Puder will officiate. Interment will be in Greenlawn Memorial Park. The deceased was a native of Missouri and had lived in Bakersfield since 1933 and was a retired carpenter. Survivors include his widow Florence; two sons, Kenneth W. and Robert L. Wheeler; and a daughter Mrs. John A. Head; all of Bakersfield; also a brother Isaac Wheeler of Okla.; a sister Betty rich of Kansas; 7 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. Sharon Kern Co Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: HALL ALLEN HOWARD Born: 06/27/1914 M CALIFORNIA Father: HALL Died: KERN 04/15/1951 Age: 36 yrs requested by: [email protected] The Bakersfield Californian, Wednesday, April 18, 1951 Pg. 43 Hall Allen Howard - Funeral services for Allen Howard Hall, 37, Bakersfield resident for 17 years, who died at a local hospital last Sunday, will be held at Greenlawn Chapel at 3 p.m. tomorrow with the Rev. R.J. Jagels officiating. Interment will be at Greenlawn Memorial park. Mr. Hall is survived by 5 brothers, L.J. and W.L. Hall, both of Bakersfield, Ambrose of San Jose, Sidney of Santa Rosa, and Irving of Coalinga; and 4 sisters, Mrs. Grover Ulrey of Aptos, Mrs. Edith Densell of Stockton, Mrs. Mabel Johnston of Coalinga and Mrs. Helen South of Las Vegas. Pallbearers will be Ambrose, Lloyd and William Hall, Earl and Perry Flem, and Gus Densell. Sharon Kern Co Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: CAMPION FRANK born: 07/03/1882 M CALIFORNIA father: CAMPION died: KERN 09/28/1950 age: 68 yrs requested by: [email protected] The Bakersfield Californian, Friday, September 29, 1950 Pg. 35 Campion, Frank - Graveside services for Frank Campion, 68, Lamont, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday in Union Cemetery by the Reverend Father Francis Trotter. Mr. Campion died September 27 in a local hospital. He leaves no known survivors. Greenlawn Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Sharon Kern Co Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: CUMMINS JAMES (alt: CUMMINGS JAMES) born: 11/03/1878 M REST (OTHER) father: CUMMINS died: KERN 11/14/1944 age: 66 yrs requested by: [email protected] The Bakersfield Californian, Thursday, November 16, 1944 Pg. 19 Cummings, James - Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday in the Chapel of Erickson & Brown Funeral Home for James Cummings, 64, of 606 Pierce St. who died Tuesday morning at his home. Mr. Cummings was born in Ireland November 2, 1878 and came to the U. S. In 1911. In 1914 he moved to Californian and to the West Side 25 years ago. Surviving the deceased are his widow Nellie; a daughter Genevieve of San Francisco and a sister Mrs. Mary Crowen also of San Francisco. Interment will be in West Side Cemetery. Sharon Kern Co Volunteer

Hi all, For those of you not fighting the fire, you might be interested in this: Carol in Tucson >H-NET BOOK REVIEW >Published by [email protected] (October 2003) > >Lon Kurashige. _Japanese American Celebration and Conflict: A History of >Ethnic Identity and Festival in Los Angeles, 1934-1990_. American >Crossroads Series. Berkeley and London: University of California Press, >2002. xxii + 274 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $45.00 >(cloth), ISBN 0-520-22742-5; $18.95 (paper), ISBN 0-520-22743-3. > >Reviewed for H-California by Scott Tang <[email protected]>, Department >of American Studies, California State University, Fullerton > >Constructing and Contesting Japanese American Identity > >In _Japanese American Celebration and Conflict_, Lon Kurashige uses an >ethnic community celebration in Los Angeles known as Nisei Week as a prism >for viewing the changing and contested meaning of Japanese-American >identity. Festivities such as public parades, beauty pageants, fashion >reviews, and talent shows promoted the ideal second generation Japanese >American. The celebration not only conveyed positive images of Japanese >Americans to the world outside of "Little Tokyo" but also defined >appropriate behavior for those living within the ethnic community. > >Kurashige begins his narrative with descriptions of the Japanese American >community and of the economic, social, and political forces that led to >the creation of Nisei Week in the decade prior to the Second World War. >The planners of the first celebration in 1934 hoped that the events would >undermine anti-Japanese sentiment and foster a more positive race >relations environment. In addition, they wanted to create community >consciousness and ethnic consciousness among the Nisei. According to >Kurashige, the Issei merchants behind Nisei Week stressed the importance >of ethnic solidarity to encourage younger Japanese Americans to shop in >Little Tokyo at a time when they could purchase similar goods outside of >the community. Leaders from the local chapter of the Japanese American >Citizens' League (JACL) became involved in the planning process as well. >They envisioned the festival as an expression of Nisei identity that not >only emphasized how the Nisei were thoroughly American but also reinforced >the Nisei's role as ethnic representatives to the rest of the nation. The >Issei and Nisei leaders believed that the Nisei had to assume a bicultural >position in order to protect and to promote the ethnic community. These >leaders put together a program to celebrate both Japanese and American >culture and to commemorate the immigrant pioneers who achieved economic >success after years of struggle. Building upon existing studies that >treat the Issei and the older Nisei as a generational block, Kurashige >reveals that these leaders had similar perspectives and values, and that >they frequently engaged in inter-generational alliances. > >Those who attended the festival watched kimono-clad women performing a >Japanese folk dance and parades displaying costumes from different periods >in Japanese history. The planners promised tourists an authentic Japanese >adventure and tried to promote a greater understanding of Japanese history >and culture. However, as tensions between the United States and Japan >increased at the end of the decade, Americanism eclipsed biculturalism as >the dominant articulation of Japanese American identity. Nisei Week >events then became a demonstration of civic virtue and political >allegiance. > >Kurashige exposes the ways in which these articulations of ethnic >identity, including the constructed ideal Nisei, obscured the diverse >opinions and social cleavages within the community. Editors for a leftist >ethnic newspaper, for instance, criticized festival organizers for >ignoring working class experiences and even labeled a few local >businessmen as opponents of labor and supporters of Japanese imperialism. >Another part of Kurashige's argument against Nisei homogeneity offers a >group profile of the JACL to show the differences between the community's >political elites and rank-and-file Japanese Americans. After confirming >that those in the JACL generally possessed more cultural capital and >enjoyed higher socioeconomic status, he describes the limited occupational >choices available to less privileged Nisei and shares examples of juvenile >delinquency among Nisei youth. The festival's positive images of the >Nisei and the narratives of ethnic success and social acceptance >undoubtedly hid from view the realities of marginalization and >frustration. JACL leaders may have provided the dominant Nisei voice, >first one of biculturalism and then one of Americanism, but they never >represented the views of all Japanese Americans. > >During the Second World War, some of the aforementioned social cleavages >played a role in the protest at the Manzanar Relocation Center. In >December 1942, over three thousand Japanese Americans held a demonstration >to protest the arrest of several Kibei accused of beating up a JACL >informant.[1] The protest led to violence later that night: angry >internees physically assaulted several alleged collaborators, and military >guards fired their rifles into the assembled crowd, killing two protestors >and wounding many more. Kurashige portrays the Manzanar protest as a >challenge to the ethnic orthodoxy maintained by the JACL and argues that >class, education, and cosmopolitanism influenced whether one was against >or for the protest. By analyzing the social backgrounds of those >involved, he claims that the pro-WRA faction included college-educated >urban Nisei who had the skills, the opportunity, and the cultural capital >to succeed in the world outside the ethnic community. The protestors, on >the other hand, remained detached from white America and tended to come >from the farming classes. Kurashige also suggests that white racism's >persistence embittered the Nisei and led some of them to criticize those >who implemented and supported wartime internment. Kurashige's >interpretation thus revises earlier studies that characterized the >Manzanar protest as primarily a struggle between the Americanized Nisei >and the Issei and Kibei, two social groups which were thought to have >stronger cultural ties with Japan. > >Nisei Week in the 1950s and 1960s only vaguely resembled the celebrations >of the prewar era. Raising funds for community organizations replaced the >goal of bolstering Little Tokyo's businesses. In addition, >Japanese-American chapters of mainstream veterans' organizations, women's >groups, and civic clubs played a more prominent role in planning the >festival. Even outsiders such as the mayor's office and the local media >gave vital support to the celebrations. Furthermore, the inclusion of a >swimsuit competition in the beauty contest signaled acceptance of >mainstream America and suggested a move away from an ethnic beauty >standard. According to Kurashige, these developments reflect both the >postwar integrationist orthodoxy and the improving social conditions and >race relations experienced by Japanese Americans. At the same time, >cooperation between the United States and Japan in the war against >communism permitted Japanese Americans to identify with Japan without >endangering their position at home. Nisei Week parades began to feature a >Shinto ritual and floats advertising Japanese businesses. By the end of >the 1960s, Japanese corporations such as Toyota, Japan Airlines, and >Mitsubishi Bank represented the festival's largest financial contributors. > >Beginning in the 1970s, the integrationist orthodoxy and the anticommunist >partnership came under fire. Energized by the social movements of the >1960s, Asian-American youth criticized Anglo-conformity and asserted a >cosmopolitan identity that acknowledged their minority experiences and >connected them with the oppressed in America and abroad. For instance, >the Van Troi Anti-imperialist Youth Brigade interrupted the 1972 Nisei >Week parade to proclaim their support for the Vietnamese people struggling >against Japanese and American imperialism. The Van Troi protestors also >disparaged the beauty pageant for using white beauty standards to judge >contestants and for inviting white Americans to serve as judges. They >called for ethnic pride and for community control. This and other >challenges to integration may have touched off an ethnic revival, but they >failed to force the community to address racial, gender, and class >inequalities. In the end, the dominant articulation of ethnicity merely >shifted from integration to an innocuous form of cultural pluralism. >Kurashige punctuates this point with brief examinations of Asian-American >car culture and beauty contests. > >The final chapter of the book focuses on the movement to protect the >Japanese American community from "Japanization." Increasing Japanese >investment in Nisei Week and plans to allow Japanese corporations to fund >the redevelopment of Little Tokyo generated accusations that Japanese >Americans were losing control of their community and allowing it to fall >into the hands of outside interests. Japanese Americans representing >different generations and different political perspectives came together >to protest the redevelopment plans. Their efforts led to the promise that >redevelopment projects would be committed to both preserving ethnic >community and promoting international trade. Kurashige views the creation >of the Japanese American National Museum as a project that simultaneously >addressed the community's desire to preserve their heritage and the >corporations' desire to defuse anti-Japanese sentiment. > >_Japanese American Celebration and Conflict_ is a carefully crafted and >elegantly written history resting upon a solid foundation of community >newspapers, archival records, and personal interviews. Kurashige >creatively reveals the generation and class distinctions within the prewar >and the wartime community and how they shaped expressions of ethnic >identity. He suggests the constructed nature of Nisei masculinity and >Nisei femininity as well but does not provide many examples of the ways in >which these gendered identities are contested. Kurashige gives more >attention to gender in the postwar era by relating the various debates >concerning the beauty pageant. In my estimation, the investigation of >postwar ethnic community and identity formation is a thoroughly original >contribution. These later chapters are also the more challenging ones to >fully comprehend since a larger number of individuals and organizations >are introduced and since the presentation occasionally becomes a series of >themes rather than a chronological narrative. > >Despite this minor shortcoming, Kurashige's book remains an admirable work >of historical scholarship. It not only enriches our understanding of the >Japanese American experience in Los Angeles but also represents an >important addition to the growing body of literature shedding light on the >diversity within Asian-American communities. > >Note > >[1]. Kibei were Nisei who had been sent to Japan for education. American >authorities suspected that the Kibei were loyal to Japan and posed a >national security threat because they had been indoctrinated abroad. > > Copyright (c) 2003 by H-Net, all rights reserved. H-Net permits > the redistribution and reprinting of this work for nonprofit, > educational purposes, with full and accurate attribution to the > author, web location, date of publication, originating list, and > H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online. For other uses > contact the Reviews editorial staff: [email protected] >-- Carol De Priest <mailto:[email protected]> Honest Intellectual Inquiry <http://www.dakotacom.net/~depriest>

I spoke to my son in the city of Orange last night and he was coughing a lot during the conversation. Said the smoke hurt his eyes and made breathing a little difficult. He said it was worse a few days ago. We still lived in Orange County when they had that bad fire in the Laguna area in 1993 and hubby was working on a project on PCH. Their parking lot was used by the fire helicopters. We had the bad Biscuit fire in our area last summer and it lasted around 2 months or so - they really didn't declare it completely out until the rains came in November. Some of the crews from that and Erickson Air Crane helicopters from the Rogue Valley are now helping fight the fires in Southern CA. I ran from one of those fires just before my 3rd birthday when we lived in a beach house in Malibu. They are terrifying!! Hubby's uncle and aunt (now deceased) had a mountain cabin at Blue Jay near Lake Arrowhead. We are wondering if it is still there or if the fire has consumed it. What about the Forest Falls area and the Christian campground and conference area? Is the fire in that area? Our kids used to go to summer camps at Indian Village there. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Gladieux" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 1:25 PM Subject: Re: is this street near the fire? > Yucca Valley location is in Southern California's high desert about 30 > miles northeast of Palm Springs. I would say at this time Yucca > Valley is ok. You could call 760.369.7207 for details - city hall. > > Diane > Orange County > very light ash falling on patio > light Santa Anna wind blowing > ok here

hello, i am curious about the fires in San Bernandino. has anyone heard of an address called "East Echo Court?" how far is that from the fire? is Yucca Valley, CA close to any of the fires? had ancestors in these places. thanks! sarah

Yucca Valley location is in Southern California's high desert about 30 miles northeast of Palm Springs. I would say at this time Yucca Valley is ok. You could call 760.369.7207 for details - city hall. Diane Orange County very light ash falling on patio light Santa Anna wind blowing ok here ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 11:00 AM Subject: is this street near the fire? > hello, > > i am curious about the fires in San Bernandino. > > has anyone heard of an address called "East Echo Court?" how far is that > from the fire? > > is Yucca Valley, CA close to any of the fires? > > had ancestors in these places. > > thanks! > > sarah >

Hi Sara I live in Corona (Riverside Co) The address you are inquiring about is just below where the fire started, just off of Waterman Av. This is in San Bernardino proper. Yucca Valley is East and North off Hyw 247 going North and Hwy 62 going East to Twenty-Nine Palms. Now (city of)Yucaipa just South East and is next to the city of San Bernardino (city). Hope this helps Lureigne ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 11:00 AM Subject: is this street near the fire? > hello, > > i am curious about the fires in San Bernandino. > > has anyone heard of an address called "East Echo Court?" how far is that > from the fire? > > is Yucca Valley, CA close to any of the fires? > > had ancestors in these places. > > thanks! > > sarah > > > ==== SOCAL Mailing List ==== > Contact Yvonne Bowers, Listmom <[email protected]> > >

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: MANNING MADISON RHEY born: 09/09/1898 M ARKANSAS father: MANNING died: KERN 09/10/1954 age: 56 yrs requested by: [email protected] The Bakersfield Californian, Saturday, September 11, 1954 Manning, Madison Rhey - Services will be held Monday at 10 a.m. in Greenlawn Chapel, for Madison Rhey Manning, 56, who died September 10 in a local hospital. Born in Little Rock, Arkansas September 9, 1898. Manning worked as a contractor in Bakersfield for the past 8 years. He is survived by his widow Bertha L. Manning of 414 Springer St.; his sons, Madison J. and Melvin K. Manning of Bakersfield and Eugene D. Manning of New Cuyama; a daughter Ada Louise Steed of Bakersfield; his brothers Frank and W.J. Manning of Quinton, Okla.; and 9 grandchildren. Sharon Kern Co Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: WILSON CLARENCE A born: 08/26/1892 M ARKANSAS died: KERN 09/22/1967 age: 75 yrs requested by: [email protected] The Bakersfield Californian, Monday, September 25, 1967 Pg. 31 Wilson, Clarence Allen - Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Union Cemetery for Clarence Allen Wilson, 75, 922 Eye St., who died Saturday in a Bakersfield hospital. Cmdr A. Burton Spickler and Chaplain Fred Ybanez of the Disabled American War Veterans Chapter 20 will officiate. Mr. Wilson was a native of Arkansas and had resided in Bakersfield for 11 years. He was employed as a welder for 60 years, was a Veteran of World War I and a member of Disabled American War Veterans, Chapter 20. Survivors include his widow Reba; 1 brother Bill Wilson of Omaha, Nebr.; a sister Madge Waldo of Ontario, California. The Disabled American War Veterans of Chapter 20 will serve as pallbearers. Pallbearers will be Earl Henry, Bob Coleman, Mateo Sanchez, Paul Cauillo, Harry Beswick, Lee Carmack. Hopson Mortuary. Sharon Kern Co Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: WILSON REBA WILLHITE born: 09/05/1893 F MISSOURI father: WILLHITE died: KERN 02/26/1988 Age: 94 yrs requested by: [email protected] The Bakersfield Californian, March 1, 1988 Wilson, Reba W. - Services will be held at the Hillcrest Memorial Park Chapel, Wednesday, March 2 at 2 p.m. for Reba Willhite Wilson, age 94, who passed away Friday, February 26th in Bakersfield. The Reverend E. F. (Bud) Frye will officiate. Mrs. Wilson was born September 5, 1893 in Licking, Missouri. She has been a resident of Bakersfield since 1924. Reba was a member of the Missouri Club and enjoyed attending their events and trading stories of her childhood in Missouri. Grandma is remembered by her grandchildren as being a fun loving, happy person who loved her family dearly and especially loved working in her yard and always had beautiful flowers. She is preceded in death by a son John Park; daughter Odessa Voekers; and great grandson Christopher Madsen. She is survived by a brother Quie Willhite; sister Eunice Helterbrand; 4 grandchildren, Robert Madsen, Reba Axt, Joan Lund and Diane Wall; 6 great grandchildren, Brian Madsen, Mary Ann Bear, Johnny Axt, Stephanie Lund, Jennifer Lund and Kristy Lund; 6 great-great grandchildren, Christina Bear, Cheryl Bear, Michelle Bear, Shawn Bear, Jacob Axt, Tiffany Axt and Chris Madsen; daughter-in-law Allene Park; numerous nieces and nephews and a very special friend Delphine Madsen. Interment is in Garden of Memories. Hillcrest Mortuary Funeral Directors. Sharon Kern Co Volunteer