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Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-08
NEWS OF M'CABE DISTRICT

| Jr.. infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fritz
Kuhn, was brought home last Tues
day almost fully recovered from a
severe case of pneumonia.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Evan T. Hewes were Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Greten.
A few days ago Mr. and Mrs. c.
J. Longwell who had driven down
from Santa Maria, with their chill
! dren. Paul and James, spent a night
with Mr.. and Mrs. John Dubois and
family.
James Cohen has returned, after
/ several days in Los Angeles, to his
Ell Centro home and visited Mr.. and
/ Mrs. Hershell Grandey Tuesday eve
ming.
Miss Evelyn Fralick has decided
| to spend the rest of the school year
| in San Diego with her sister, Miss
: Clara Fralick, where her aunt and
| uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. John Eubank
took her on Saturday. They returned
to the valley the following day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Fairchild and
children, Vivian and Clarence, who
were visiting relatives in Heber until
Tuesday when they returned to Sam
ia Ana, called on Mr.. and Mrs. John
| GoSS Monday night.
Miss Vivian Fairchild also visited
Miss Kathryn Steele.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Coomes gave
dinner last week for Mr. and Mrs.
Fred CoomeS, Misses Carmelita and
Ana Coomes and Donald and Ger
aid Coomes, who live in Imperial.
Walter Paine was in Descanso
Sunday night driving back to the
valley Monday evening. He found
ii extremely cold in the mountains.
New Years dinner was enjoyed by
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bowen of San
Diego with Mrs. Marguerite Grimes
and George Hornbeck here.
The McCabe All Sewing Club has
held two meetings since the Christ
mas vacation. At the first, health
charts were distributed among the
members and these were the topic
for discussion. At the last, several
dresses were cut out and work was
! begun for the fair.
Taking advantage of the holiday
from school on Friday, Misses Myra
Bell Spear and Berta Mae Grandey
were visitors at the Imperial High
school, which their friend, Miss Viola
Robinson, attends.
Hosts to several friends from diff
ferent parts of the valley on Sunday
were Mr.. and Mrs Ralph Thompson
and Miss Blanche Thompson. At
their home were: MesSieurS and
MeSdameS Ralph Hudson, Albert
Jacobs, and son, Hugh, from Heber;
Joe Thompson, C. Sutherland, and
J Continued on narc-2)
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-08
POSTAL RECEIPTS
FOR YEAR SHOW
SPLENDID GAIN

Decided gains in postal receipts
for Ell Centre in 1880 are shown
over those of 1929, according to
figures compiled by the local post
master.
Last year the receipts were S67,-
620.S2, while returns for 1929 were
$50 9,S6227. This shows a gain OF
$7,75835.
During the last quarter of 1890
or the months of October, Novem-
Der and December, totals we're $l9
1861, and for the same period in
1929 the total was $l8,05232, indicat-
ing a gain of $l334.29.
In the month of December, 1890
receipts totaled $812O.11 and for De-
cember, 1929, the totals were $3.50
The gain in this instance is S539.79
It will be noted, the postmaster
said, that there is gain in every
period of the year as we'll as the
totals for the entire year.
These figures" he said, ARE a
certain indication that Ell Centre
needs the new post office as soon
as possible. Increased space and
facilities are required to handle the
increase in mail"
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ACTIVITIES AT CENTRAL UNION

there may be some changes before
the list is definite.
my Spanish Sweetheart" is the
name of the operetta. 1t deals with
international questions. American
gangsters. English girls, Dutch mer-
chants, all figure in the story.
Vera Wogatzki is threatening the
seniors with ineligibility to the the
traditional Ditch Day holiday if they
do not pay their dues.
The date of Ditch Day is always
a deep, dark secret until the Mon-
day that the halls are Unexpectedly
vacant of these upper-claSsmen.
The lineup for the coming game
is as follows: acknowledgement
Mona Holbrook and Barbara Can
non; centers-Vivian Haskell and
Edna Wagner; guards-Ruth Ehmke
and Doris Gibson.
The alternates are: Guards-Alta
Waterman, Edythe Young. and
Mona Metcalf; centers-Eunice Nc
Cullough and Ruth Thomas; for
Wards-Ora Frost and Doris Gibson.
In the junior college physics. labo-
ratory the students have made a
crystal cutter. 1t is a mechanism
whose frame is about three feet high
and four feet long which is used
to cut up large crystal into small
shapes for radios.
Another order of school rings Is
being sent away for those who did
not get their rings last fall, accord
ing to Joe Cunningham.
Indefinite postponement of the
father daughter banquet, which was
to have been given by the high
school and Wilson school Girl Re-
serves this Friday evening, was an
nounced by Miss McKeehan, the
high school advisor.
A previously arranged athletic
schedule interfered with the plans
of the girls.
However, Cathleen Wagner and
Mary Wilcox, with their advisor.
Miss Verna McKeehan, are plan
ming to attend the Southern Call
fornia mid-winter conference at
Pasadena this weekend. There will
be Is representatives from the valley
high schools.
In a meeting Tuesday noon the
senior girls decided that for their
graduation dresses they would have
pastel afternoon dresses of ankle
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-08
DRAMA INSTITUTE
TO BE HELD HERE

A community drama institute
will be held in Ell Centre on jan
uary 1916 for leaders from Iarm
centers, farm home department
centers, and older 4-H boys and
girls, rural churches, womens clubs
and other organizations. Repre-
sentatives from these and any
other interested organizations are
invited to attend.
This series of four night meet
ings on community drama is I con-
tinuation of the rural recreation
program started here last winter
by the agricultural extension serv-
ice The meetings will be in charge
of Jack Stuart Knapp of the
Playground and Recreation asso-
citation of America.
The subject will be handled in
such a manner that anyone with
out previous experience, who at
tends all four sessions, can success
fully organize and present a one
or three act play in his own COM
munity with little if any special
equipment.
The first meeting of the institute
will be held at 7:45 p. m. Tuesday
January 13, at the Central Union
High school auditorium, 900 Brigh-
ton street, Ell Centro. The other
sessions on Wednesday, Thursday
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Benefit Shows 4
To Aid V. F. w.

Benefit performances for VIEW,
border post No. 1887, will be pre-
sented by Brunk's comedians at
their tent theatre at the city limits
en- the nights of January IL, 13.
Is and II, it is announced.
"In The Army Now" is the off
ering to be presented on the ben
eft nights and was selected on ac-
count of being particularly apt for
the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Proceeds from the shows will go
toward providing furnishings for
the VFW. club house in the old
offices of the Imperial Irrigation
district at CaleXico.
Lounges, dining hall, offices, club
rooms and one of the largest dance
floors in the valley will be avail
able as soon as members of the or
ganization have completed their
plans.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-08
BY MILDRED PAINE
Press Staff Correspondent

Tuesday evening, December 30
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. N. Ba-
con in San Diego was an interesting
scene. when their daughter, Miss
Evelyn Youngs, was given in mar
riage to John Bylsma, the service
being read by Elder H. P. Gray o.
| the S. d. A. church.
The bride, beautifully goWned II
| oyster white satin, carried an arm
bouquet of primroSes and wore lilies
of the valley in her hair. She was
attended by her college chum, Miss
Pauline SturgeS, who wore lovely
gown of lace and flat crepe in a
pretty orange shade. The groom was
attended by Carl Bacon, brother OF
the bride.
20 Promise Me" and II Love You
Truly" were sung by Harry Gray
Miss Harriette Gray accompanied at
the piano also playing Mendels-
sohn's wedding march. A reception
was held immediately, during which
refreshments were served.
Those in attendance from the val
ley were: Messrs. and MesdameS G
e. Gober F.. E. Alexander, j. F. Reid
F.. G.. Reid, Ray Simon. c. Effler
Robert Patterson. r. d. Ryder, Ross
Ryder. Wilburn Ferguson, Dunsber
gen. r. d. Steadham, r. V. Bacon
j. N. Bacon and Elder and Mrs. H
p. Gray; Misses Vera Gober, Mildred
Alexander, Virginia and Rachael
Reid, Jacoba Dunsbergen, Phyllis
Gene Gray, Helen Steadham
Messrs. Durwin Alexander, Noble
and Presley Reid, Michael Simon
Clyde Patterson, Richard Dunsber-
gen, Bovee, Francis, John and Burt
Bovee, Harold Louis, George, ano
James Gray, Ralph Bacon Jr., Ross
and Raymond Tyler, Ferguson, Jay
Mum, Leroy Beers. John Bacon, ano
Herbert and Leonard YoungS.
Several friends and relatives from
out of the valley were also present
The bride taught in the S. d. A
church school in Rialto last year
being a S. G. j. college graduate
in the class of %. The groom has
been farming in the valley for the
past 10 years.
The couple will be at home to then
friends on the lockwood Ranch neal
Mt. Signal.
Entertained with dinner at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. William Simp-
son January were Mr.. and Mrs
Fred Veliquette and children. Betty
Gene, Frederick and Chester.
Houseguests recently Of Mr.. ano
Mrs. Clyde Havens were Walter
Havens from Hemet and Robert
Burnite from Los Angeles.
After almost a fortnight in the
hospital in Ell Centre, Fritz Kuhn
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-08

AT last the new cement tennis
courts are ready for use. They were
set up for playing Monday morning.
An interesting thing about them
is that the cement which was used
was colored green. This is not only
attractive but the color is much
easier on the eyes than the ordinary
cement color.
Before the hIgn school assembly
Friday morning, the debate teams
will present their arguments for or
against the adoption of the thir-
teenth month calendar
This is only a practise skirmish
and does not count in the league
contest, but there will be a decision
awarded by judging team COM
posed of faculty members.
Fred Heald and Melvin Wilby are
the affirmative team: James Fisher
and John Woodward are the mega
tive team. Miss Damron, public
speaking and third year English
teacher, is coaching the teams.
Operetta practice began Wednes-
day evening. Only the principals
were asked to attend. Miss Krause
has her cast practically chosen, but
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-08
Girls Shooting
Proves Mystery

PASADENA, Cal, Jan. 8. up
Whether 18-year-old Pru d e N c
Gray Intentionally shot herself
with revolver given her for
Christmas, or whether an accident
al shot seriously wounded her last
night was a question which puz-
zled police here today.
Miss Gray is in Pasadena hos
pital with a bullet just under the
heart and little hope is held for
her recovery. The gun was given
her by Berry Dibble, student at Cal
ifornia Institute of Technology at
her own request, he told police,
He could shed no light on the mys-
terry.
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BROUGHT HIS OWN COOKS

BERLIN, U.P)-The Maharajah
Jaganath Prasad Sinha of Dec
brought his own cooks and cooking
utensils with him when he arrived
in Berlin. His cooks were allotted
. special part of the kitchens in the
Central Hotel. The cooks are said
to have brought with them hun
dred different varieties of spices,
roots and herbs, mosts of which are
unknown in Europe.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-08
THREE GALLONS PER DAY

SAN FRANCISCO. U.P)-A sur
vey of San Francisco county rec
ords show that Mr.. and Mrs. Aver
age Motorist purchase three gall
Ions of gasoline per automobile per
day.
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length, made either of celanese
chiffon or georgette.

In basketball the girls teams are
upholding the reputation which they
made for themselves in indoor
baseball. After beginning their sea-
son with a decisive victory over
Holtville, the girls feel certain of
winning this week-end's game with
Calipatria, whose team is coming to
Central.
Mrs. Moore, the coach, has diff
Guilty in picking her team, because
there are so many good players for
each position.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-08
MOUTH ORGAN FESTIVAL

BERLIN. WP) - Strauss and
Wagner were rendered on the
mouth-organ at musical festival
recently held in the east end of
Berlin. The overture to "Lohen-
grin" was first rendered, followed
by the Blue Danube" waltz.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-08

and Friday, January IA, Is and 16
will be held at the Wilson school
auditorium, 1900 Main street, El
Centre, also at 7:45 p. m.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-08


which ended decade of fighting and which
President No. is General W. w.
RailrOad
81 heads the
Daniel Willard president
Patrick Crowley president of the
New York Central
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Everyday Psychology

Your handwriting is in certain re-
spects a series of gestures. And ges-
lures, at least in the language of hand
writing experts, are so many indicators
of personality traits. It should be said
by way of warning that handwriting
has a lot of complexities. Any con-
illusions drawn therefrom should. there
ore, be regarded as only fairly good
gueSSes.
Some individuals are born into and
live on low material plane. Just as
a general theory, it seems that GRIM
section of social existence. This ex-
istence seems to create two fairly def
mite character traits: laZineSS and
ideas of personal grandeur.
However this may be, it Is pointed
out that lazy persons write with only
moderate pressure on the pen. The
various letters have a peculiar round
ness and a no less peculiar forward
slant. They carelessly cross the is and
generally forget to- dot the is. Petty
thieves belong in the lazy class
AS for the grandeur type, you find
another style of gesture which betrays
a different set of character traits. A
criminal of this type seems to be Ia
boring under the delusion that he must
do everything in an emphatic fashion
The writing is either extremely con-
tracted or extremely expanded. Some
times it swings from the one to the
other. Pen pressures are always heavy
T-bars are long and emphatic. Some
times the capitals are the same size as
the small letters. At other times they
are over-large. All depends on how the
writer feels about his personality from
time to time In other words, the
sense Of self dictates the style.
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why, it is an outrage" insists the
indignant recipient of q bill for pro-
fessional service. IT got about SIS worth
of service and I am billed for 500. Let
him sue me and try to collect. I'll show
him that he can't squeeze money out of
me that easily" The chances are that
some sympathetic friend will encourage
her to refuse payment.
Later on she has her day in court.
and unless there are unusual and ex-
tenuating circumstances she pays. The
the right of the professional man and
woman to set any fee on their services
which they felt them to be worth
Unless one has fee set in advance,
and has that agreement confirmed by
letter, ones professional cOnSultant or
adviser may charge any sum which he
feels his service worth. Knowing that
and realizing the possibilities, 1t is up
to every one of us to set fees in advance
as an invariable practice.
Where q set fee has been advertised,
or where precedent has been set
whereby one has been charged a set
sum for an identical service, there is
some defense. But no matter whether
one intrusts litigation with q lawyer, q
cavity to dentist, or an appendix with
a physician. unless the fee for carrying
on the litigation, filling the cavity, or
removing the appendix has been set,
any one Of the professional men in
volved may charge varying fees.
There are only a few exceptions to
this rule. When husband and wife are
opponents in court the court may de-
eide what legal expenses the husband
must pay.
When surgical, medical or other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-03
WINTER
BY d. C. PEATTIE.

Did your childhood geography have Q
quaint little dark cut of tapping maple
trees in Vermont for sugar? And die
you wonder why it was done in Winter
when it would seem only natural that
all the sap would be in the roots of the
trees?
We speak of the rising of sap in the
| Spring, but actually it is evident that
1t must have begun some time toward
the close of Winter. Naples are not
exceptional examples. Every willow
stem that begins to brighten and Timber
with the first thaws. every poplar OF
which the Cleaning buds are fattening
must necessarily be receiving a flow OF
sap, even at the top of a 60-foot trunk
| just as a return of color to persons
frozen fingers or toes means a return
Of blood.
Often in this column have written
of the riddle Of the ascent of sap
What, after all, Is pumping heavy jet
Of liquid so or even q hundred feet
straight up in the air? Root pressure,
osmotic pressure, capillarity and trac-
ton are all called in to explain the
mystery. Perhaps they all work to-
gether. Root pressure comparable with
1
would be sufficient to account for the
initial flow of sap, such as gives the
Vermonter his sweet crystalline run-off
The root pressure, low in Autumn, has
somehow gradually accumulated until
in effect, the valve blows off, and the
sap will rise, vital and irrepreSsible, be
the weather below zero.
! Spring, then, Is on its way, and the
calendar has, fundamentally, little to
do with the matter. Even q very late
Spring merely means that everything is
held back two or, at the most, three
weeks. You often hear people COM
plain that nature and all the crops and
flowers are "a month behind this year, u
but I have never seen a case where
this was really so. Possibly nature and
| our gardens are sometimes a month be-
hind phenomenally early Spring, but
/ never, never a month behind the aver
age.
The earliest trees. like the red and
silver naples. the alder and poplar and
hazel, will, as rule, bloom on rather
exact schedule, no matter how bad the
weather is. So, too, the birds return
much more punctually than most peo-
pie imagine. Variations in one bird
lovers diary may be due to chance. The
f1rSt swallow you happen to see may not
be the first in the neighborhood by any
means.
If a final blizzard catches the Door
migrants, so much the worse for them
But it is all too pitifully evident that
birds are not able TO predict by some
sixth sense an early or a late Spring.
They return by schedule of their own
One might almost say that it was de-
termined by racial habits, which guide
their movements. This is just plausible
as an explanation for thinking, moving
beings. like birds. 1t explains nothing
Of the habits of trees, which neither
think nor move.
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Three Unusual Cereal Recipes!
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

moistened with beaten egg, tomato
juice or soup stock Put layer of
the hominy over the top so that the
meat mixture is entirely encased. Stand
the pudding mold in a pan of boiling
water and put in the oven to steam for
40 minutes Unmold and serve imme-
diately. ANY preferred hot meat sauce
can be poured about it (but not over it,
on the platter.
Mushroom Sauce-This is recon-
mended for the dish: One cup of
mushrooms, measured after peeling and
cutting into medium sized pieces. Saute
in melted butter, stirring to prevent
burning After 3 minutes add level
tablespoonful -four to the butter and
moisten with milk to make a smooth,
not heavy, sauce. Season with salt and
pepper, and just before serving add l
tablespoonful parsley broken into small
bits.
Cornmeal Dablets-To cups scalded
cornmeal add y teaspoonful salt, 3
beaten eggs, 3 tablSpoonfulS cream or
rich milk, and / tablespoonful melted
butter. Beat vigorously. Drop in tea
spoonfuls on a butter tin and bake in
moderate oven.
Copyright, 1917
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A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK
BY HERBERT PLUNIMER.

more so than any of the others-dar
lighted in punctuating his remarks with
StanZaS.
But since. the Senate has had under
discussion the question of drought re-
lief poetry has been spilled reckleSSly
on the floor. Both good and bad Is
heard almost daily.
For example. there's the poetic APP
peal for relief. written by a man in
Arkansas, which Senator Caraway Of
fered the other day:
I'VE are not asking much-only q
chance
To earn the food and clothing by
hard work
Do not deny this bit. o friend of ours.
The need is great: in name of mercy,
do not shirk.'
A little later on the same day Sem
ator Hefiin was making an imprisoned
plea for the drought sufferers. when he
felt the urge TO swing into a three
stanza poem, one of which went some
thing like this;
THE politician talks and talks,
The actor plays his part,
The soldier glitters on parade,
The goldsmith plies his art,
The scientist pursues his germ
Ger the terrestrial ball.
The sailor navigateS his ship,
But the farmer feeds them all"
Too, there are others which have
been heard within the last few weeks.
For example, there is The MoneyleSs
Man." which has for its theme:
"Oh, search the wide world, wherever
you can.
Their" = - open door for moneylsss
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Utterly new-type handkerchief

Kleenex gives the world dispoSabIe hand
kerchief. A handkerchief so low in cost It
need be used but once-then discarded.
Thus, You throw away the germs that fill
your handkerchief during colds. Those
potent organisms of infection that not only
live, but multiply in handkerchiefs during
colds.
Kleenex is a soft, Immaculate, super
absorbent tissue. It's the size of handker-
chief. And gentler, more delicate, than any
handkerchief you ever usedl 1t seems actu-
ally to Soothe the tender, inhamed skin.
There's no chance of irritation as from the
damp, soiled handkerchief. Kleenex is ideal
for children.
The use of Kleenex will materially reduce
your laundry bill. You can use many indi-
Vidua1 Kleenex handkerchiefs for the cost Of
merely laundering one handkerchief.
You buy Kleenex in Cellophane-sealed
packages. Each tissue Is az completely sani-
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KLEENEX is SAFE!
You use then discard
Why doctors advise Kleenex


THOUSANDS have found Kleenex more
4 convenient than lhandkerchiefs - and
now comes convincing proof of the health
importance of these tissue 'kerchiefsl
Laboratory tests show the old-time hand
kerchief a source of constant self-infection
If used during cold. Handkerchiefs used
during colds were tested-and found to con-
tain up to 100000 disease germs. Think
of carrying this germ-carrier about in purse
or pocket Think of putting it in laundry
bag, to scatter infection through every gar
ment it touches. Think of touching it to
your face. -.
Small wonder, is it, that scores of doctors
now advise Kleenex to their PATIENTS?
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Sandwich au Gratin.

Spread some buttered toast with
deviled ham sandwich spread. Make
a rich cream sauce, adding some diced,
hard-cooked eggs, chopped green pep
pers, and grated cheese. Pour this over
the toast, and sprinkle with paprika.
Serve at once. This makes a very de-
licious luncheon dish. Instead of using
the sandwich spread. leftover ham may
be ground and mixed with mayonnaise
dressing and used.
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Sure Way to Get Rid Of Dandruf

Girls-if you want plenty of thick,
beautiful, glossy, silky hair, do by
all means get rid of dandruff, for it
will starve your hair and ruin it if
you don't.
1t doesn't do much good to try to
comb or wash it out. The only
sure way to get rid of dandruff is
to dissolve it; then you destroy it en-
tirely. To do this, get about four
ounces of ordinary liquid arvon;
apply it at night when retiring; use
enough to moisten the scalp and rub
it in gently with the finger tips.
BY morning, most, if not all, of
your dandruf will be gone, and two
or three more applications will COM
pletely dissolve and entirely destroy
every single sign and trace of it.
You viii find, too, that all itching