Escondido (Calif.)

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"The RCA Consumer Electronics Division's Vendor Award was presented Friday to Gordon S. Lacy, president (center), and John Raymond, general manager of Formulabs Industrial Inks, Inc. of Escondido, by R.A. Sherbo, purchasing services manager of RCA's Bloomington, Ind. facility. The award was for outstanding performances as a supplier for the first quarter of 1970, and was based on service, competitive price, and general performance. The firm has been in Escondido since 1953."

Scope and Contents "Students in summer classes at Lincoln School got their model airplanes set for a recent balloon-boosting contents under the watchful eye of Ben Sasnett, instructor. Sasnett began a club at Miller School, where he teaches year-round, whose members have built and flown model planes after school and on Saturdays since January. Boys pictured (from left) Jamie Clark, Wayne Simmons, Anthony Capone and Robbie Smith, are learning to fly planes they built from scratch during summer classes, with...

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My thoughts around food and how we need to change moving forward. Thanks

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"Long-time Escondidan Peter Oliver recalls earlier times in the Southland as he scans a pulp novel about Kit Carson, printed in 1935. Oliver says he hopes the new Kit Carson Days will be as wonderful for the community as Grape Days were."

Scope and Contents Daniel Flores Rios, born in Hanford, California. April 10th, 1939 to Theodore and Jennie Rios, was the Chief Photographer at the Escondido Times-Advocate and North County Times newspapers.In this second interview conducted by Alexa Clausen, Dan Rios discusses starting work for the Escondido Times-Advocate and the beginning of his career at newspaper which was then owned by the Applebee and Carlton families. Rios discusses his work days, the paper's staffing, and his enjoyment in...

Scope and Contents Daniel Flores Rios, born in Hanford, California. April 10th, 1939 to Theodore and Jennie Rios, was the Chief Photographer at the Escondido Times-Advocate and North County Times newspapers. As the Chief Photographer, Rios was instrumental in transitioning the North County Times from publishing images in black and white, to publishing in color.This interview recounts Rios's career working for the Escondido Times-Advocate and North County Times. Rios also recounts how photographers...

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In her interview, Rios discusses teaching children to read, empowering children to learn, and how her childhood impacted her passion for teaching children to read and love learning.

Rios also gave the library a file about Las Embajadores de la Biblioteca, the organization she founded at Escondido Public Library. The file contains photocopied news clippings, memos, organizational rosters, programming fliers, accolades, and meeting minutes.