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Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-12
1T is TOO BAD

Johnny Hawkins, former football star, goes to
prison, his plea for probation having been denied.
Some there who will say too bad,'' meaning
it too bad that he has go behind prison bars not
too bad that he foolish to ransgress the law
1t is too bad that young man endowed with his
apparent talents educated at university and the popu
lar idol of thousands of we'll wshers should be
fortunate be deprived of his liberty by the people
just at the time when he should be filling respectable
place in society.
There much sympathy for him, yet
ders if il not misplaced sympathy. The ignorant,
unlearned friendless chap, who chances to afou
of the law; who possibly has been brought up in
yronment which has taught him the necessity of
respecting the rights of others is sentenced to prison
and none there is to give him kind word.
The plea made for Hawkins that his mind
nludded a result of football injury, and that he
did not know what he doing when he robbed the
homes of more than of his personal friends.
That might be true, and again it might not. He
tanly knew enough to get the away from their
property pretext another, leaving the coast
clear for him to operate. That certainly shows ab
y to think Also, only his friends were his victims,
indicating again that he showed thinking ability
friend coming in and catching him at his work could
easily be persuaded that it all joke, at the very
could be relied upon not to give up to the police
the friend of his school days and the idol of his alma
mater
We hate to pass judgment anyone, particularly
one on whom the law has already passed Judgment
but to US it looks as though Johnny committed the
greatest of all crimes, the betrayal of friendship.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-12

tasted and, surely enough, the
icicles were as sweet as sugar. Then
Lnele Wiggily looked on top of the
wood box which held kindling for
the school furnace and, 10 and be
hold, There was all that was left
Of his lost bag of sugar. Only the
sugar had melted and the water
mixing with it, had run down to
the edge of the roof where sweet
icicles had been frozen. Oh how the
animal boys and girls ate those
sweet iciclcs.
"Ha, Ha!' laughed the rabbit.
. remember now. laid my bag of
sugar on top of the wood box when
thought the school WAS on fire.
Then | forgot all about it. Hurray
fer the sweet icicles!''
"Hurray!' shouted the animal
children and everybody was happy.
And if the milk bottle doesn 7
jump off the steps and try to play
tag with the loaf of bread, I'll tell
you next about Uncle Wiggily IS
sour SNOWFALL.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-12
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD E. GARIS
Copyright, 1923, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGG1LY S
SWEET ICICLES

Uncle Wiggily looked in all his
pockets. His wife looked i'll ali his
pockets. Then Nurse Jane Fuzzy
Wuzzy, the muskrat lady house
keeper, took her turn of searching
the pockets of the rabbit gentle
man.
"Well, it ism t there, anyhow, y
said Mr.. Longears.
"Then where is it," asked his
wife.
"That s what we must find out,
said Nurse Jane.
They were looking for a pound of
sugar. Uncle Wiggily had bought the
sweet stuff at the store, but in hop
ping home with it he had seen
smoke coming from the hollow stump
school and ran there to save Lady
Mouse and the children.
But as it happened there was only
smoke from the furnace, and no
fire, so everything was all right,
but when Uncle Wiggily went on to
lis hollow stump bungalow the
sugar was nowhere to be found.
"Anyhow l couldn t put pound
of sugar in any of my pockets, J"
said Mr.. Longears, poking back
those which had been turned inside
out. "They are too small .
'Then YOU must have dropped
the sugar somewhere around the
school when YOU thought there was
a fire." said Mrs. Longe.s.
"Or else you left it OH the desk
of the Lady Mouse Teacher, spoke
Nurse Jane.
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But it was so dark now, that it
was of no use to look any more, so
Mr.. Longears hoped back to his
bungalow. The first part of the
evening was warm, so that snow and
ice on the roof melted and dripped
large drops of water, But toward
morning it grew cold and these
drops of water were frozen into
icicles-long, slender glittering
spears of ice.
When all the forty twelve little
bunny boys and girls who lived in
Uncle Wigaify's hollow stump
bungalow were ready to go to school
that cold morning, they saw their
father hopping along with them.
"Wherc are you going, Unkie
Wig?" asked Eaby Bunty.
81 am going to school, " said the
rabbit gentleman.
cha! Hal" laughed the other
forty leven little bunny boys and
girls. Daddicums is going tc
school. -
but not to say my lessons,
went on Mr.. Longears. 81 am GO
ing to have another look for my
bag of sugar by daylight. >
When he reached the school, with
his children, he saw Johnnie and
Billie Bushytail, Jackie and Peetic
Bow Wow and Mamie and Billie
Wagtail clustered around the wood
box in the school yard. The children
were breaking off long slivers OF
ice that had frozen from melted
snow that ran off the roof of the
low wood box. And the boys and
girls were eating those icieles as
fast RS they could.
"'You shouldn't eat iG,cles,
said Uncle Wiggily.
"But they're sweet icicles,
said Jackie.
"Sweet ieicles' No" cried Mr.
Longears.
"Yes!" chartered a squirreI
boy. "Taste!' SO Uncle Wiggily
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new BOOKS AT
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"Thc Generals Ring Selma
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what I could have done with ito /
was SO excited when I saw the
smoke that perhaps | ate the sugar
when | didn't know what | was do
ing.
He rubbed his tongue over his
teeth to find out ii they tasted
sweet, but they didn I SO he thought
he could not have eaten the bag
Of sugar.
"It is very qucer!" said the
bunny uncle. "What could have be-
come of that bag Of sweet stuff >
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-12
Phone Employees
Hold Me eetin g

About 80 employees of the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph company
met last night in their clubrooms
to discuss problems of the company.
Telephone company officials who
met with them were w. j. Jordan,
district plant manager; j. X. Black.
district traffic manager and II. l..
Hume, building supervisor Vi equip
ment.
Short talks were made by Jordan
and Black. Refreshments were ser
we'd at the close of the meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-12

"I'll so look said Uncle Wig
gily.
Back he hoped over the way he
had come from the school, but he
did not find the sugar, nor was it
around the school. All the classes
had gone home by this time for it
was getting dark. But the rat gen
tleman janitor was sweeping and
he let Uncle Wiggily in to look on
the desk of the Lady Mouse Tea
cher.
d" No sugar there, " said Mr.. Long
ears, looking all around. 81 wonder
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-12
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell Of I'm.
perial Valley for this Date
In Past Years
, TWENTY YEARS AGO
October IL, 1908

Imperial Valley Collegiate Insti.
tute will open at Heber Wednesday
for its first year. This is the
school which is being founded by
the Congregationalists of Southern
California, and which is to have an
agricultural bent.
Don t forget "On Gay Old Broad
Way' at the FL Centre Opera house.
Special train from Imperial Monday
evening.
Engineers Witt and Meredith of
the San Diego railroad survey ar
rived in town today to arrange sup
plies for the new years work.
They have reestablished their camp
at Dos Cabezas and will again take
up their survey toward the valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-12
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Four notices of intention to we'd
were filed ut the county clerk IS of
flee during the last "a hours. They
follow:
Anthony White, %, native of New
York and resident of Calcxico td
Frances Barron, IS, native of Mex
leo and resident of Calexico.
Ramon Naca, "a, native of Mex
leo and resident of Mexicali to lisa
bel Castro, 40, native of Mexico and
resident of MeXicali.
Nikolaus Rohrer, "a, native oa
Switzerland and resident of Brawley
to Lima Anderhaltcn, "a, native of
Switzerland and resident of Holt
Vile.
Atkantacio Milancs, "a, native Of
Mexico and resident of Calcxico I'd
Guadalupe Flores, 22, native of Mcx1
leo and resident of Calcxico.
Audouin Dubreuil.
." Installment Buying HELEN Nj
Muller.
=" Nations os Ncighbors. Leon
ard O. Packard
a Handbook of Stunts" Mari
tin Rodgers,
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-12
ELM NOTES

(Press Staff Correspondent)
ELM, Oct. 1a-Elm school will
give a box supper Saturday night,
Oct. Is, al the Elm school one mile
north of Hanley Corner on San Di.
ego highway. There will be pro
gram and light refreshments.
Everyone is invited tc come.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-12
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO

d. W. Whiting of Heber was
transacting business in Ell Centre
today.
Mrs. Phil ID. Swing and baby
have returned from Pasadena.
Mrs. A. H. Griswold gave a beau
tiful little dinner party at her home
on Fifth street. Those present
were: Mr.. and Mrs. \. Anderson,
Mr.. and Mrs, A. NJ. Anderson, g..
S. Fullinwinder of Cotton and A..
Anderson.
Mrs. Samuel Dunaway arrived
home much improved in health.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-12
TEN YEARS AGO
October IL, 1918

Miss Ruth Travcrs writes that
she is delightfully."- located in South
Pasadena where she has entered the
Huntington Park School for Girls.
Miss Pearl Meadows and Miss Grace
Morgan are also attending from this
section.
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KNOTT TO SPEAK
At LINCOLN PARK
Authority on Holy Land and
Egypt viii Address Open
Air Services Tomorrow.

DIR. John o. Knott, authority on the
Holy Land and Egypt, will speak at the
open-air services in Lincoln Park to-
morrow afternoon at o'clock, under
auspices of the Y. M. G. A. and an
interchurch committee.
The program has been arranged
especially for laymen by the Berean
Mems Bible Glass of the Ninth Street
Christian Church. The public is in
vited.
DIR. Knott heads a list of seven
speakers who will address the Sunday
afternoon outdoor meetings in the park
during the remainder of the Summer
The other speakers follow: August
II, Rev. T. E. Boorde, pastor of Temple
Baptist Church; August 10, Rev T. j.
burlington, pastor, First Methodist
Protestant Church; August &c, Rev.
Freeley Rohrer. pastor, Metropolitan
Presbyterian Church: September 2.
Rev. Fl. l.. Schlincke, pastor, North
Carolina Avenue Methodist Protestant
Church; September 9, Rev. Kyle Booth,
pastor, Ingram Memorial Congrega-
tional Church, and, September is,
| Chaplain Thomas Livingston, u. s.
| Army, retired,
| The entire series Is under the d.
rection Of Page Nick. Etchison, re-
ligious work director of the Washing
| ton Y. M. G. A.
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CATHEDRAL, LICHFIELD, ENGLAND.

it. stands today, for the old moat and
wall which surrounded the building
are gone. Various reconstructions were
necessitated in later years because of
damage done by the various bands
which assaulted it ana by the Puritans
who besieged it in 1913. The central
spire. too, has been changed and re-
constructed by Wren, the architect of
st. Pauls, and final reconstruction
was undertaken in the nineteenth GEN.
tury.
1t is built in the style of the early
English, a little more than 400 feet
in length, with two small spires 100
feet in height and the central one
soaring to $50 feet above the country
side. The spires contain 10 bells, Z
of which have sent their messages over
the hills of Staffordshire since 1887.
Other notable features are the western
facade ornamented with 100 statues in
inches. the triforium. the Lady Chapel
and many fine monuments.
Adjacent to the cathedral Is the
close. containing the picturesque epis-
copal palace and, library on the north
side and the hourishing theological
college on the south.
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MISSION AIDS BOY
TO BECOME VIOLINlST
Former Leader Of Harmonica Or
chestra Gives Solo at
Closing Session.

The dreams of an Italian boy. August
De Rose, to become an accomplished
musician were realized last night when
he rendered a solo before the fourth
yearly closing session of Summer Bible
work OF the Gospel Mission. where six
years ago he was made leader Of the
10-cent harmonica orchestra.
Working during the Summer for
money with which to purchase a violin,
August finally saved enough and was
instructed by Harvey Prentice, superin
tendent of the Gospel Mission. August
persevered through the next four years.
handicapped with the sickness of his
father and an undernourished family
Now he is an accomplished musician.
Nearly 100 children. ranging from 4
to i6 years old, were present at the
closing exercises, many of them taking
special parts in the program.
William l.. Clarke. treasurer of the
mission, awarded cards and prizes to
the children who had made the great
est progress. Mrs Frances Hewlett
Wright is director of the mission school,
while Mrs. Carl Stoltg Is kindergarten
teacher. with Miss Virginia Pyle, Miss
Grace Montignani. Mrs. NJ K Gardner
and Mrs. Clyde Horne assisting her.
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Sunday School Lesson

Ramsey suggests that during the time
that they had been preaching In Galatia
change of magistrates may have
made their return visit possible. They
recognized that they had to teach them
how I'VE must through much tribula-
ton enter into the kingdom of God"
They had to impart their vision to the
membership of the churches, which
they had established, so that they
would continue to carry on the work
through all the coming days amidst
difficulties and dangers until the king
dom would be established in the hearts
and lives Of men. They had to inspire
them with the patience needed to re-
move prejudice and the power required
to master all forms Of iniquity by
sharing the fellowship of the suffer-
ings of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ. If we endure the trials and
tribulations of our life for the Master.
then we shall share His JOY and eternal
life.
The day of religious persecution has
almost ceased, but we are all given
the privilege OF living heroic lives for
the Lord. Ore of the mysteries of life
is that those who are true to the Lord
are most apt to incur the hatred of
men. 1t is this that tests our faith
If we walk with the Master, He will
help us to endure so that we can say
with Paul in time II know how to be-
abashed, and / know also how to
abound" The presence of the Holy
Spirit will guide us to conquer every
day and in every way and place II we
will heed His commands and do the
Lords will and work wherever He calls
us to work. at home or in pagan lands
for His glory.
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EPWORTH LEAGUE

AT the monthly meeting of the WASH
ington District Epworth League We'd
nesday evening at Union NJ. T.. Church
Miss Lois Donnell of McKendree was
elected district Junior EOworth League
SUPERINTENDENT. Chapter secretaries
were requested TO forward TO the district
secretary as soon as possible their re-
ports on progress of the efficiency pro-
gram. A district song contest was
announced. which will be open 10 men,
berS of all chapters. The winner OF the
contest will receive suitable prize TO
be donated BY Frank Stilwill, secretary
of Metropolitan Chapter, An InStitute
echo meeting will be held at Washing
ton Grove on August IS. The annu5A
Booth Festival for the benefit of .ae
church homes win be held in Septtm-
Der, the date of which Will be an
nounced later.
The Institute echo meeting of the
three Baltimore districts wiz be held
at Emory Grove Saturday afternoon
and evening. August IL. Members of
Petworth and other chapters are plan
ming to attend. A banner viii be pre-
sented to WalhrooI Chapter. Baltimore
for having the largest number Of insti-
tute credits. Petworth Chapter won
this honor last wear.
The devotional services at Douglas
Chapter have been combined with the
evening church service, This chapter
is arranging yachting party for
August II. It Is also planning for
an Institute Club To start next month.
Horace skinner will lead The deyo-
tional service at ForeStyille tomorrow
evening.
Hamline Chapter has discontinued
meetings for the Summer,
f. H. DE GroOt of the Interstate COM
merce Commission and prominent IN
Y, NJ. &, A, work viii be the speaker at
1880 pm. tomorrow at the combined
league and church service AZ Metro
politan, Members of other chapters
where there are no services are cor
daily invited to attend The chapter
will hold its monthly business meet
Ing at the church on Friday next. A
picnic will he held Saturday.
petworth Chapter II making a drive
for new members during the Summer
months and reports indicate ii Is
meeting With success and increased M
terest.
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NEW CANON TO FILL
CATHEDRAL PULPIT
Or. G. FreeIand Peter viii
Preach First Sermon To-
morrow at Chapel.

Or, g. Freeland Peter. residentiary
canon of Washington Cathedral, will
preach his first sermon as member of
the cathedral staff tomorrow at II am,
at the service Of holy communion and
sermon in Bethlehem Chapel Of the
cathedral. Canon Peter has taken up
his residence in Washington and will
be the canon in charge of the religious
services and work of the cathedral
during August and September,
Canon Peter resigned the rectorShip
OF ST. James Church. Richmond Va.
70 take un the work for washington
Cathedral. He is well known here and
naeSt of his ministry was passed in
Washington. where he was at one time
chaplain to the Right Rev. Henry
Mates Satterlee. first Bishop of Wash
ington. and was connected with the
Pro cathedral Church of st. Marks and
vaS later assistant rector of St Marks.
He is the son Of DR.. ArmiStead and
Martha Gusts Peter and was born at
historic Tudor Place in Georgetown.
In addition to being the great-great-
eat-grandSon of Mrs Martha Wash
1agton he is a cousin of Gen. Robert Z.
Lee, descendant Of Lord Baltimore
and a grandson Of the late Mrs. Bev-
erly kennon.
s. Rev. Arthur B. Rudd, canon of Wash
mgton Cathedral viii be the special
preacher at the peoples open-air
evenSorg Al the Peace Cross. Wash
ington Cathedral, tomorrow at 4 pm.
As usual, this service will be broadcast
b. radio over WRC,
r. The other services tomorrow in Beth
lehem Chapel in addition 10 the one
of holy communion and sermon at IL
an. are as follows: 100 am. holy
communion; 10 o'clock, morning prayer
and litany
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CANON CURRAN WINS PRAISE
FOR RECENT MISSIONARY WORK
Executive Secretary of Wash
ington Diocese Called
Engineer of God"
Or. Johnston Tells of His
Work in Article in the
Forerunner.

Rev Canon D. Wellington Curran.
executive secretary of the Diocese of
washington, is termed AN Engineer of
God" III an article by Rev. DR.. Robert
Johnston in the current number of
the Forerunner the magazine which is
being issued as precursor of the
general convention of the Episcopal
Church, to be held in Washington in
October One of the characteristics of
DR.. Curran, DR.. Johnston points out, is
his watching of Washington real estate
developments to assess the opportuni-
ties of the church in the growing parts
of the National Capital and its suburbs.
Sixteen years ago DR.. ID. Wellington
Curran came to the diocese as rector of
All Faith Parish" DR.. Johnston recalls
in the Forerunner article. For four
years he worked in the parish, develop
ing its life after the ancient manner of
priests,
Cites Mission Work.
AS he entered into the third year, the
then Bishop of Washington fright Rev
Alfred Harding, with DR.. Bratenahl
(now Dean of Washington. asked DR.
Curran to help in the development of
diocesan missionary work. At this time
there we're many vacancies in the rural
parts of the diocese. and these were
difficult to I'll. There was a distinct
lack of available money in the diocese
Roughly speaking, the amount of
money raised for missions was $1,000.
To this honorary adventure DR.. Curran
was called
The laborer was worthy, but there
was no hire. During this period, two
dioceseS sought the services of DR.. Cur
ran and held out inducements which,
-, o1.sc laA a NF
Washington, were tempting But this
laborer loves the church, and stuck to
his new task; the Bishop of Washing
ton asked him to give all his time to
the missionary work of the diocese at
the munificent salary of $4,000. DR..
Curran became the general missionary
of the diocese with the task of stimuli
lating and recognizing the whole field.
Immediately results began to show
themselves Many parishes were visited
weeks mission was held, one day
being given to conference on the ma
terial affairs of the parish. In the first
year of this effort, and for the first time
in the history of the diocese. the quota
for missions was met. viz, S2i 900. Once
the ball began to roll. it gathered mo-
mentum; today under the same leader
ship and inspiration, the Diocese of
Washington raises SOL 200 for the
church at large. and $4,000 for do
cesar work instead of $1,000.
Every Member Canvass"
In the early days of Dr. Curran's
services. as many as IL rural parishes
in Maryland were vacant at the same
time. These would remain vacant for
periods Of from one to three years. The
spiritual life of the church in these