A Surprise Wedding

According to the Riverside Daily Press, "In order to escape the wearying excitement of a formal church wedding"  Miss Stella Gobruegge of West Riverside and Mr. George Green of San Jacinto were quietly married at the Jewell Memorial Church in Colton on October 18th, 1911. The ceremony was performed by Rev. David B. Loofborrow, formerly pastor of Grace Methodist Church in Riverside.

Mr. Green had asked Rev. Loofborrow to perform the ceremony a few days before but has not mentioned his bride's name. Loofborrow was pleasantly surprised when the couple arrived and he discovered the bride was an old friend from years before. Miss Gobruegge had asked her groom to engage Rev. Loofborrow to marry they.

The bride had lived in West Riverside since she was a child. Mr. Green had previously taught at West Riverside (later known as Glen Avon) and at Palm schools. he later bought property in San Jacinto which kept him occupied.

The marriage came as a complete surprise to their many friend. The couple had told everyone that they planned to get married at Thanksgiving.

This Day in History:October 15, 1902

The work of cutting and drying peaches is now finished. Those who dried their peaches say that this year's crop was the largest ever had yet. The pears on Mr. Ables' ranch were dried also, the fruit being not so wormy as last year.

This Day in History - October 10th, 1932

It was reported in the Riverside Daily Press that Roman Warren, manager of the Riverside Airport in West Riverside, said that there is an average of four private planes a day that land at the airport.  Passenger airline California Aeriel Lines lands at the airport four times a day on a route that flies between Los Angeles and Calexico. Warren reported that several residents of Riverside and West Riverside were passengers on the airline in the previous week.

First Neon Sign

It was reported in the October 28, 1932 Riverside Daily Press that the first neon sign had been installed in West Riverside (now Rubidoux). Dr. S.H. Walkerdine, veterinary surgeon, installed the sign at his business in the Fort Fremont area of that community.

This Day in History - September 22, 1897

A quiet wedding was held at the home of Mrs. J.R. Johnson in West Riverside on this date. The bride was Mrs. Johnson's cousin, Mrs. M.E. Wertz of Minneapolis. The groom was H.L. Hopkins of the firm of  Hopkins and Austin in Riverside. The happy couple managed to keep the event secret from all but a few people. They were able to keep the local papers in the dark until after the event by taking out the wedding licence until just before the clerk's office closed. Mr. Hopkins was at the time a popular and successful businessman in Riverside.   

This Date in History - September 17, 1942

Mavis Fern Bachhofer was languishing in jail after she was arrested on the charge of assault with a deadly weapon against Eva Crimble of West Riverside. The assault occurred when the two women got into an argument at the cafe owned by Mrs. Crimble.

Bachhofer was arrested a few days after the assault in Los Angeles. She had some time before suffered the loss of her right arm and was supposedly in LA trying to get an artificial arm when officers arrested her.

Another Book Signing Scheduled!!!

I have another Wicked Jurupa Valley book signing scheduled at the Costco in Rancho Cucamonga. It is on 4th Street near the 15 freeway. I will be there Saturday October 13th from 11am until 1pm. I have never done a Costco book signing before so stop on by and see how I hock my wares with a crowd whose main thought is to get in and out of the giant warehouse with 100 rolls of TP! LOL!