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"A boy smoking in brush area was responsible for staring a fire which burned about 15 acres of brush on San Pasqual Road, southeast of Escondido, Thursday afternoon. The fire, fought by nine fire trucks and bulldozers from the California Division of Forestry, caused $150 in damage to a telephone cable and was extinguished in one hour."

Scope and Contents "Skits like this, involving wild west outlaws, posse members, frontier wives and saloon girls, will be performed during today's public barbecue in Old Poway on Midland Road. Poway Posse, which is active through Pow Wow Days, built the 'main street' from lumber salvaged from an old building. Other features include a depot and antique train, sheriff's office and jail, watering trough and covered wagon. From left are June Everett, Betty Hoege, John Porter, Joe Sheehan, Suzi Fries, Harry Watkins...

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"Three area women have been nominated as candidates for the Outstanding Woman of the Year awards. Their achievements will be included in a national publication. Looking over letters of nomination are (from left) Mrs. Rex J. Wayne and Mrs. Edward Seitz, both of Escondido and Mrs. James Gallacher of San Marcos."

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"Suzanne Lemley (left) and Laura Schriock try out the new horse arena being constructed at Kit Carson Park by volunteer members of North County 4-H clubs. The 125-foot by 250-foot arena will be the site of Kit Carson Days horse shows scheduled at 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, and Friday, Sept. 11. Thursday night's show will be for 4-H members only. The Friday evening show will be an open event."

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"Robert E. Moore, contractor, discusses cabinet plans with Larry Gustine of Artistic Cabinets." Similar images in envelope, as well as additional images related to 1970-09-17 article following caption for the published image: "Rosilynn Smith knows a dunebuggy can be fun for the entire family!"

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"Jane Conway demonstrates how a pilao is used in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. A pilao is a pepper crusher and the one she brought back as a souvenir is made of jacaranda wood, her favorite. She recently spent seven weeks in Brazil."

Scope and Contents "Frank Paulson , chief of the Y Indian Guides' Choctaw Tribe, supervises as three tribe members (from left) - Scott Watson, Neil Steinbeck and Doug Paulson - husk corn that will be part of the Kit Carson Days display at Hoffman's Pharmacy, 114 W. Grand Ave. Most local stores will participate in the celebration, which runs Sept. 9-13." [Y Indian Guides was a program created by Joe Friday (Temagami) of Ontario, Canada, and Harold Keltner of the St. Louis YMCA in the 1920s. The program was...

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"Three members of the Junior Woman's Club of Escondido work on putting up a 'Safety Town' at the Escondido Village Mall. The little town is used to educate youngsters from preschool through the third grade on proper procedure in safety rules. Shown (from left) are Mmes. Max Mitchell, Jack Gotherman and Verne Scheffler. 'Safety Town' will be open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday and Friday and from 10 a.m. Saturday."

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"Francie Williams, 10, added more than a little color to the Pow Wow Days parade Sunday with the gay artificial flowers on her cart, drawn by her snappy pony, Pee Wee. She won first place trophy for horse-drawn carts."

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"Gone forever are the blazers and straw hats, as the Poway High School Titan marching band struts proudly in the Pow Wow Days parade Sunday, first time ever in their new uniforms."