Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-31
AROUND TOWN

Parent Teachers Association Meets
The Berendo Street Parent-Teachers'
association will hold a meeting at the
home of Mrs @. Schaefer, 2109 West
Sixteenth street, Wednesday afternoon.
S. v. A. VIII Give Box Social
Rosecrans camp, Sons of Veterans
auxiliary, will give a box social at
its hall, SIT South Broadway, this even
ing. A fine program has been prepared.
Everybody invited.
VIII Leave for Fresno
To inaugurate the Y. w. c. A. extern
sion work among the young women
employees of the packing houses of
Fresno, Miss Abby McElroy, executive
secretary for the territorial committee
of the Y. w. c. A., will leave Monday
for Fresno.
School Teachers Receive Salaries
More than 800 teachers in the ele-
mentary and kindergarten schools of
Los Angeles received the eleventh SAL
ary payment of the school year yester-
day. The teachers are now paid on a
schedule of twelve instead of nine
months year.
Union VIII Hold Picnic
A picnic will be held this afternoon at
South park by the Woodlawn, Vernon
and South Women's Christian Temper
ance unions. The presidents of the
unions, Mrs. c. A. Gale, Mrs. c. H.
Fitzgerald and Mrs w. A. Strain, have
charge of arrangements.
Teacher Given Present
Prof. w. j. Kennard, who for the
last six years has been vice president
and principal commercial teacher of
the Los Angeles Business college, was
yesterday presented by the teachers
and pupils with the New Standard
Encyclopedias" in twelve volumes
half morocco, and with the complete
works of II. Roosevelt.
Swedish League Sends kilograms
Congratulatory kilograms were sent
yesterday by the Svenska Amerikan-
ska National Forbundet af Sodra Kali
forien, the league of Swedish societies
in California, to Gov. John A. Johnson
and ]. Il. Chilberg, president of the
Alaska Y ukon- Pacific exposition. To-
day is Swedish day at the fair, and
Governor Johnson will be the chief
speaker.
To Attend Encampment
The local members of the G. A. r.,
Ladies of the G. A. r., w. r. c.,
Daughters of Veterans and other affi-
Hated organizations are preparing for
the trip to the national encampment at
Salt Lake City. A special train will
leave by the Salt Lake Route on Sat
urday, August z, at s p. m.~ large
number of reservations are being made
for the trip.
To Run for Council
w. r. Mckee. S24 Bryan street, and
a resident of the Sixteenth precinct,
Second ward. yesterday publicly an
nounced his candidacy for the office of
councilman-at-large in the coming
municipal election. The candidate has
been a resident Of the Second ward for
twenty-five years and states that he
has entered the campaign on the re-
quest OF his many friends.
Policeman Falls to Appear
When the name of Patrick Horris
was called in the court of Police JUS
ttce Rose yesterday the policeman, who
was arrested on a charge of drunken
ness, failed to appear in answer to the
allegation. The SIS bail deposited for
his appearance In court was forfeited,
and charges will be preferred against
him before the board of police commits
sioners at their next meeting.
Chauffeur Arraened
Carl Amand Fisher, who is charged
with having killed Mrs. Dora Feller on
the night of July 15 while the former
was acting as chauffeur for Fred Cor
nell, was arraigned before Justice Sum-
AA<ASNa
at $4,000. The prisoner was unable TO
give the $15 900 cash bond required and
was returned to the city jail His pre-
limlnary examination will be held Au-
gust Is.
Wife of Minister Dies
Funeral services for Mrs. H. M. Arm
strong, wife of Rev. J. q. Armstrong,
will be held this afternoon at 1880
o'clock at the chapel of Bresee Bros.
Aryy xraafarHaU
ing at the family home 110 North
Flower street She is survived by her
husband, one, son, Edward X. Arm
strong, and three daughters, Mrs. A. j.
Wilkinson, Miss NJ. M. Armstrong and
Mrs. Earl Ballard.
May Charter Special
The Beaumont Land and Water COM
pany SIG South Broadway, announced
yesterday that in order to provide its
honeseeker day guests from Los An
geles to nearby points with convent
ent schedule of travel, in case 125 more
wish to make the trip, special train
will be chartered. The train. II char
tered, will leave Los Angeles Monday,
August 2, at o'clock in the morning
and will reach Beaumont at 10 o'clock
In the morning.
Send Greetings to Fair
Members of the Swedish American
HaLflOLlC ied1ue, COHlpOSeu Oh ulIISrSnI
Swedish societies in Los Angeles, sent
yesterday the following telegram to
J. e. Thllberg, president of the Alaska
Yukon Pacific exposition:
''To the president of the exposition:
To the illustrious orator of the day,
his excellency, Governor John A. John
son of .dinnesotta; To the multitude
of countrymen assembled on Swed-
ish day: The Swedish-American league
o1 40 AYa1s 81
ings and congratulations. Edward Le-
lander, president; c. A. Kunou, secras
tary"