Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-20
AROUND TOWN
To Give Whist Party

To Give Whist Party
Los Angeles temple No. 70, Pythian
sisters, will give the third of series OF
whist parties next Wednesday night at
10S North Spring street.
VIII Hold inspection
Stanton w. r. c., No. 16, will hold
the annual inspection Friday afternoon
under the direction of Emma Gilling-
ham, department inspector
To Plan for Mckinley Home
The first meeting of the season of the
LADIES' auxiliary of the Mckinley Boys,
home will be held this afternoon at
O'clock at the home of Mrs. @. Alex
ander Bobrick, 923 South Burlington
avenue Plans will be discussed for fu-
ture work.
Holds Meeting in Fresno
Rev. ]. O. A. Henry, pastor of the
First Baptist church. is holding a series
OF ten days special evangelistic meet
ings in Fresno. Dr. Henry left on the
midnight train Sunday. DIR. sherman J
of Sacramento will preach at the t1rst
church Sunday morning and IN the
evening DIR. Solteau will preach.
To Change School District
The board of supervisors YESTERDAY
granted the petition to change El Moil-
te and Savannah school dlstricts III
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will be added to the former. The con-
test over this matter was quite heated
and the supervisors only decided aIter
hearing from County Superintendent
Keppei, who favored the change.
Women to Form Federation
Babtist women of Los Angeles Will
hold an all day meeting Thursday at
the First Baptist church for the pur-
pose of forming federation of Baptist
T1ae 10 ~ let oh ITNh
is now holding a week of prayer
throughout this country, and 1t will be
in connection with the local services
that the meeting will be held. The
meeting will be called to order at 10:30
o'clock by Mrs J. L. Jackson.
viii Tender Reception
The Newman club will tender a re-
ception to Judge Ignacio Sepulveda OF
Mexico City this evening at Levy's.
Judge Sepulveda has spent the past
twenty-five years in Mexico, this being
his first visit to Los Angeles since he
was a judge here in the early days.
Judge Sepulveda is an uncle to John
Mott. one of the prominent members
of the club. Judge Lorigan will also
be an honored guest at the reception
this evening.
Brent's Case Postponed
Mrs. Sanford Brent, who was shot by
her husband september 19, in her res
taurant at Fifth and Gladys avenue, is
at the county hospital suffering from
the effect of her wound. The eXamina-
tion of Brent on a charge of assaulting
his wife with intent to commit murder
was postponed yesterday by Justice
Chambers until October 2S, when it Is
thought Mrs. Brent will, be recovered
sufficiently to appear in police court
against her husband.
"Grandpa" Torrey Is Proud
1t will be "Grandpa" Torrey who will
hold the great evangelistic campaign
in Los Angeles this month. The recent
honorary title has been worn by DR..
Torrey just week today. Last Tues
day Mrs. Herbert Wiggs. who was for
merly Miss Blanche Torrey, presented
her husband with a son. The event oc-
CURED at the Torrey home in Mont
rose, Pa, and has attracted wide at
tention. Mr.. and Mrs. Wiggs are prom
inent residents of Atlanta, Ga.
Check Refused by Bank
d. Kimball. charged with passing a
fictitious check August 10. was held to
the superior court by Justice Frederick
son yesterday. His bail was fixed at
$1,000. Kimball had an account at the
Bank OF San Fernando, which amount
ed to $17.63, according to the testimo-
ny, at the date when, as it is charged,
he offered a check for $50 in Los Ange-
les, which was returned unpaid for
want of funds. The defense was that
he had been allowed previously to ov-
erdraw his account, and this was ad-
mitted by the cashier.