Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-27

tro' residents are today reporting
the thrills of a genuine snow storm
Motorists going through Banning
and Beaumont the afternoon before
Christmas encountered a snowstorn
which turned the ground white
Those who drove to and from SaI
Diego during the holidays are bring
ing back accounts of flying snow
flakes which covered the mountain:
and even whitened the hills in The
vicinity of the Mountain Spring;
grade. Sliding, snowballing anC
other winter sports were enjoyed
by large crowds at Pine Valley yes
terday, and in the vicinity Of ia
sumba.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. B. Roberts, both
natives of California, to whom q
real snow storm was a decided nov
city, were among those encountering
snow on the Banning to Los An
Tefes road. The Roberts spent the
Christmas holidays at the home of
Mrs. Roberts sister, Mrs. s. G.
Chamberlin, at San Fernando. a
dinner for q members of the fam
f, lily was served on Christmas day.
: Children and grandchildren of Nj.
and Mrs. f. A. Kidder of Hermosa
Beach made up the party.
! Mr.. and Mrs. s. Emmett Allen
: and their son, Robert Allen, motored
to San Bernardino for the Christmas
holidays, where they were guests of
! Mr.. and Mrs. B. w. Allen. \
unique feature of the affair was
the fact that the two families were
eelebrating Christmas together for
the twenty second consecutive year.
fhs families are close friends AMI
though having the same name, are
not related. The Aliens were among
the Ell Centrans enjoying the snow
storm en- route.
The L. P. Sargent home on Wens-
ley avenue was the scene of a fam
ily house party during the Christ
mas weekend. Out-of- town guests
were Mrs. Sargent s mother, Ms.
Louisa Scott, Mrs. Sargent s brother
and sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Y.
", Scott of Santa Ana and their
small daughter. Miss Marlys Sar-
gent, who is attending the Girls
Collegiate school at Glendora is also
home for the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. I. Watson enter
tanned as their Christmas dinner
guests Mr.. and Mrs. Howard P.
Meyer, and daughters Jean, Eliza
beth and Marjorie. The Watsons
two sons, Dick, who is home from
Occidental College, and Warren,
were also present.
Large Family Reunion
One of the larger family reunions
was that which occurred at the
Tome of Mrs. L. Burton in the
Mount Signal district on Christmas
day. Relatives of Mrs Burton and
her brother, S. o. Lingo of this city,
were present. The party included
80 members of the family, most of
whom came from Missouri and
Northern California to be present.
Mrs. Mary E. Lingo, mother of Mr..
Lingo and - hostess, arrived from
her home in Missouri for the event,
and will visit here for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L. Scott
had as their Christmas dinner
guests Mrs. Scott's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. R. Z. Wills of Brawley,
and Meredith Wills.
Mrs. d. B. Haynes and baby of
Bakersfield, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. C. B. Bratley, is spending the
holidays with her parents, T. r.
Bratley of Hot Springs, is also
guest at the Bratley home.
Miss Pauline Sharpe Of Ontario
is visiting her brother, Jimmy
Sharpe for the Christmas holidays.
.Hoyt Strickler, who is attending
La Verne college, is spending the
holidays with his parents, Mr.. and
Mira. 'tS. Stricken.
- A particularly interesting Christ
mas dinner party, which included a
celebration of several wedding ami
versaries in addition to the Christ
mas festivities, was that given at
the homo of Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin
Maupin. Those present included
Mr. and Mrs. Edward II. Law and
daughter, Laura Belle, Hayden Law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. l.. Shaw, Paul
Shaw and the host and hostess. The
event marked the twentieth ami
syersary Of the marriage of Mr.. and
Mrs. Manpin, the seventh anniyer-
Sary for Mr.. and Mrs. Law and also
celebrated the approaching anniver-
sary OF Mr.. aud Mrs. Shaw, who
viii have been married 22 years
en- New Years.
At the C. F. Ferguson home, NJ.
and Mrs. Ferguson entertained at
family dinner, where covers were
laid for 20, on Christmas night. Out
of.town guests were Mrs. Ferguson g
brother and sisterrin-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. f. Foulkes, and her sister
and brother-in-l law, Mr.. and Mrs.
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