Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-07
MELOLAND SOCIAL
EVENTS OF THE WEEK
By Press staff Correspondent

! MELOLANp, May The May
festival held at the Mcloland school
house last Saturday evening was Il
pronounced success. \ large crowd
Of people from near and far gather
ed to watch the performances, which
were given on the playground. with
the and of long strings of electric
lights.
Al the appointed time the trumPt-
. er, in the person of Ronald Swcrd
tcgcr. rode out on his Shetland pony,
preceding the royal procession. Next
came the chosen queen, little Anna
|osciss, with all her comelv attend
ants, dancing in front of and behind
her. The queen rode in Il beautiful
flower bedecked carriage attended
by various pages. Last IN the pro-
crsSioH after the court testers, were
the archers ON horseback. After tine
queen was seated en- her high throne,
surrounded by Il bower OF .rcenery.
the variuus members Of tuc court
presented aenumber Of entertaining
features.
.firs1 WIS dainty scarf dance,
beautifully executed. which was tol-
lowed by a butterfly dance in which
little Betty Forsberg Sang while the
other three butterflies fnted around
her. Betty Mcmillan presented 4.
graceful httle dance, supported by.
Blk tiny attendants Then group.
Epte BOYS and girls clad in charmi
lIngi scolonlal costumes presented a.
graceful old fashioned dauee.
! The archery contest which raiIowedi
was introduced by "a very clever iatI
/ ltcrpretive dance ny Miss Jaequeluei
/ Cook. In the contest btteeeu -FOUR
hraHe archers, Alfred Edt 44rovel
nest -sklitul auf was. i o,.ortal by
the queen. The last feature ptesenl-
ed was the ever beautiful May poles
dance, done by a number bf9 9aaintilY
eOstumed boys asld girls.
4 The program was f6H6wed by
amusements for the general crowd.
iUnc Of the most popular features
rwas The old Country Store :.
Numbered paddles were sold 10 tht
people and when thc wheel was turH-
I ID, the one holding the lucky uuut-
i Der was allowed 10 choose an uE
! ticlc off the shelves Of the store.
/ The fish pond was another attrar-
/ tive source OF amusement, the adults
almost crowding the children ont in
their attempt 10 catch a big fish. .
The cake walk was one OF tie
main events. About 80 cakes were
donated by ladies Of the community.
These cakes were displayed on d
table and couples purchased tickets
no get in Il circle and march around
until the music stopped. The couple
who happened to be on the marked
square was presented cake. All
who attended this affair declared
1T very worth while.
\ very nice party was given last
Monday afternoon at the home Of
Mrs. ". y. Swcrdfcgcr in honor Of
Mrs. ". ID. johnston Three other
ladies, Mrs. Frank Nogr, Mrs. Claude
smith and Mr.. Dan Scott. were
joint hoste,ocs with Mr,. sword
rcgcr.
During the afternoon name con-
test was held, iu which Mrs. Ward
Mctircw won FIRST prize.
Delicious rcfrcshmcut, wrrc sorry
B cd to the guests, who were McsIamo5
W. G.. lirrdmm, Arthur Farley,
Harry james, Richard Ingram,
Richard Merrill, Charles for~bcrg,
ilaIcl summers Jack Cook, Milton
Biggcrstaff, .. G.. BiE.cr Virgil Ed
wards. Whitmcr, Homer spear, Isaac
I'r..l Z .If.
man, Wand M~GGro", Grover Tuck
cr, Fred Walker, John Icuo-, George
.Lmds,t. the guest Of honor and tac
-four Lostcssc,.
The MelolaId club nae, Wcdncs-
day afternoon al the home Of Mr..
Henry Hayckorst, who wa, assisted
by Mrs. Hazoi Summers. 4 very
plcasau, social time wa, spent al
tnc close Of which very de.cctablc
refreshments were served
Special guests of the afternoon
were Mrs. Gertrude Schwcnk. Mrs.
Isaac Mcbride and Mrs. ". \.
~wordfcger
Members present werc Mc,damr,
kmI Engcbrct,nH, John /enos, u.
q. Herdmau. Grover Tucker. q. &.
richards. doe Kiunuifd Fred Wa
.tcrman. K. Ncifcrt. william john.
tom, Claude Smith, Dan Scott, Char
Ies Forsberg, Ward McGrcw, Fred
. Walker, .t..Lur Farley aud ;hc two
hostesscs.
Mrs Belle Mcmillan was surprised
last Sunday by short visit from
friends from Hollywood. They were
Mr.. and MIS-. George Richards and
son George.
They arHged ia time TO cnjoy the
JOINT birthday celebration for Mar
2arct Edc ana littlc Marjorie Hoycy.
Besides the Hollywood guests, just
The members OIL the family were
present, including Mr.. ana Mrs. Ben
+ Christian and litJlc Ben, Alfred Eae
and Nj. and Mrs Hoycy, Heath
Hoyey, the houorecs and Mrs. Nc
MILAN and Bcu. Mcmillan.