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bend.  Teams could, and often did, slip off the edge of the road and become stuck in a ditch, which often ran alongside.  A heavily loaded wagon with one wheel (and sometimes two) off the road could be difficult to force out of the ditch and back on the road.  If the wagon master was lucky, he could hear another set of bells and know that help was near at hand.  The second driver unhitched his team, hitched then on to the wagon in the ditch, and working together, the two teams could haul the heavily loaded wagon out of the ditch and back onto the road.  It was the custom for the rescued driver to present a set of bells to the rescuing driver.  Years ago, I sat next to a lady on a plane who, when she found out that I was from Lakeside, told me of her Great Uncle Jeff who used to drive a freight wagon between Lakeside and Julian.  He had received a set of bells from another driver for providing assistance.  Her family was very proud of those bells.  She was the one who explained the horse bells and their use to me.  My research has born out her story.
  Around 1912, Joe Foster bought a new stage, a seven passenger "Thomas Flyer" that had a gasoline engine.  After the trains discontinued coming to Lakeside, the stage line moved into San Diego.  I can remember riding home to Ramona for the weekend on the Mountain Stage Line during the mid 1940's until I bought my first-ever, brand-new, second-hand car (oh boy!), and I never rode the stage again!
  Moving things and people from place to place is certainly easier today and all of us are glad for that, but the old way certainly makes an interesting story.

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tion of New York.  On June 14, 1891, the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia held a Flag Day celebration, and on June 14 of the following year, the New York Society of the Sons of the Revolution, celebrated Flag Day.
  Following the suggestion of Colonel J Granville Leach (at the time historian of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution), the Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Dames of America on April 25, 1893 adopted a resolution requesting the mayor of Philadelphia and all others in authority and all private citizens to display the Flag on June 14th.  Leach went on to recommend that thereafter the day be known as 'Flag Day', and on that day, school children be assembled for appropriate exercises, with each child being given a small Flag.
  Two weeks later on May 8th, the Board of Managers of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution unanimously endorsed the action of the Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Dames.  As a result of the resolution, Dr. Edward Brooks, then Superintendent of Public Schools of Philadelphia, directed that Flag Day exercises be held on June 14, 1893 in Independence Square.  School children were assembled, each carrying a small Flag, and patriotic songs were sung and addresses delivered.
  In 1894, the governor of New York directed that on June 14 the Flag be displayed on all public buildings.  With B. J. Cigrand and Leroy Van Horn as the moving spirits, the Illinois organization, known as the American Flag Day Association, was organized for the purpose of promoting the holding of Flag Day exercises.  On June 14th, 1894, under the auspices of this association, the first general public school children's celebration of Flag Day in Chicago was held in Douglas, Garfield, Humboldt, Lincoln, and Washington Parks, with more than 300,000 children participating.
  Adults, too, participated in patriotic programs. Franklin K. Lane, Secretary if the Interior, delivered a 1914 Flag Day address in which he repeated words he said the flag had spoken to him that morning: "I am what you make me; nothing more. I swing before your eyes as a bright gleam of color, a symbol of yourself."
  Inspired by these three decades of state and local celebrations, Flag Day - the anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777 - was officially established by the Proclamation of President Woodrow Wilson on May 30th, 1916.  While Flag Day was celebrated in various communities for years after Wilson's proclamation, it was not until August 3rd, 1949, that President Truman signed an Act of Congress designating June 14th of each year as National Flag Day.

  There is an old circus wagon located at the Flynn County Store in lakeside. I am researching the circus and am looking for any information and/or contacts. I believe the circus, named the Turner Brothers Circus, was started by Percy Turner, a black man, in 1959. He owned a la Jolla Sign painting company. It is my understanding that the circus only lasted a few years, touring mostly in San Diego County. Percy died in 1984. I don't know what happened to his wife Joy, or if they had any children. I also don't know who the brother was, if there was one. Any help you can offer to get me started on gathering information would be appreciated.
  If you have any information about Percy Tuner and/or Turner Brothers Circus, please send an email to info@lakesidehistory.org.  Or, call Richard White at (619)443-3616.

  There is an opening for a volunteer who is willing to work in our store every Tuesday from 10 until 2.  If interested, please send an email to info@lakesidehistory.org.  Or, call 561-1886 and leave a message.