Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-02
SOCIETY AND CLUB NEWS

| HoHieS' n group OF FL Centr0 mem
bers arc expected to be present. Ei
Centre o. E. S. members, as pre-
viously announced, will greet Mrs.
Pierce on the following evening
when a banquet will be held by
| them with Holtville and Calexieo
chapters at Calexico, preceding a
! joint meeting in the border city.
AS courtesy to Miss Dorothy
Williams, who has been spending
the holidays with her parents, Mr..
! and Mrs. A. NJ. Williams, Mrs. For
| rest Kutz and Mrs. Don C. Bitter
presided at an informal tea at the
home Of the former Saturday after
noon. The delightful afternoon was
! spent with neediework and conver-
80 tion
! MIR. and Mrs. w. j. Ferguson of
Porterville are New Year guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Kendall Perkins.
An informal New Years eve
party was given by Mr.. and Mrs. A.
c. Johnston Saturday night, and a
dinner party last night, the two af-
fairs being planned for their out
of-town guests whom they have
been entertaining for the holidays.
/ Some of the members of the group
left last night, others will go today,
| the remainder of the party staying
over. Twelve out-oftown guests
were present for the week end fest
ivities.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Loud and
their daughter, Margaret, are among
the FL Centrans spending the New
Years holidays in Los Angeles and
having tickets for the football
game. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Horton
left yesterday morning for the same
purpose, being accompanied by Miss
Dorothy Williams. who returned to
Inglewood to resume her duties as
high school instructor there.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. j. Bradshaw en-
tertained Mr.. and Mrs. Roy F..
Breedlove for New Years eve din
ner as their country home.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Jones were
host and hostess at an informal New
Years eve party at their home on
Wenslev avenue, when they enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Tondro,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. W. McEuen and
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Z. Sones. The
house was attractively decorated
with pink stock and cosmos. Re-
freshments were served by the hos
tess after midnight.
C. o. Claypool left for Redlands
today, taking his daughter, Miss
Gladys Claypool, Miss Josephine
Williams, Miss Mildred Flanagan
and Charles Flanagan back to col
lege there.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. W. Cook and
children, and Mrs. Frank Young and
children arrived home New Years
eve from Los Angeles, where they
have been since school closed. The
Cooks were guests at the home of
Mrs. Cook parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. H. Parsons. Mrs. Young and
children visited Mrs. Young's moth
er, Mrs. Arwilda Cote of Los An
geles, and sister, Mrs. O'Brien of
Pasadena.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe E. King and
Mr.. Kings parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
F. E. King of Marshall, Michigan,
are in Los Angeles today for the
football game.
Mrs, R. Y. Watson has as her
guest Miss Winifred Pearson, of Los
Angeles, former Ell Centre. teacher.
Miss Pearson will leave for the
coast today. Guests at the Watson
home on New Years day included
Thelma Cotton and Bud Pearson of
Los Angeles, Don Swinney and their
son, Richard Watson, both of Braw-
ley.
Nr. and Mrs. w. A. Tondro
charmingly entertained at an infor-
nal dinner party yesterday. Flow
ers and red candles made the table
attractive. Covers were laid for
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Mahlstedt and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest d. Webb of
Los Angeles, Mr.. and Mrs. David L.
Goodrich, Mr.. and Mrs. Tondro and
children, Margaret, Barbara and
William. Bridge and pool were the
diversions. The affair compliment
ed Mrs. Mahlstedt and Mrs. Webb,
nieees of Mr.. Tondro and sisters of
Mr.. Goodrich, at whose home they
were house guests for the holiday
weekend.
The Misses Jennie and Emma Al
len, aunts of Mrs. j. S. Cameron who
spent Christmas week at the Cam
eron home, left Saturday for their
home in San Diego.
Charges Fly In
Cult Argument
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9. - The
good plane Spirit Of Love, New
York to Rome, was beached today.
Charges and counter charges flew
between William r. Riker, founder
of the Holy City, cult colony in
the Santa Cruz mountains, ''most
alluring male', and Mrs. Evelyn
ROsencrantZ.