Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-22
BRIEF NEWS FROM MELOLAND


Meyer, Laurence Richards, Wald.
Weeth, and the hostesses.
The junior boys class of tht
Holtville Christian church enjoyed
q weiner roast on the sand hills
near CaleXico Monday evening, un-
Ger the guidance of their teacher
Alex Meyer, and the minister, Rev
| H. o. Langston.
I A lively evening of games ano
! contests was enjoyed by the fol-
lowing boys; Eugene Maynard
Frank Maynard, HaySo Woodrow
] Rogers, Frank Lawson. Bobby Will
son, Buford Lambert, Henry Atkin-
son, James Johnson, Welch Lott,
Richard Mcbride, Earl Mcbride
! Tyndal Langston, Stanley Harlan,
Robert Pinkerton, and Athel Hall
man.
Mrs. James A. Perduyn enter
tanned recently with an informal
dinner party followed by bridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Waldo Weeth won
the bridge honorS.
Others present were Mr.. and
Mrs. B. Wyeth, of Brawley; Mr..
and Mrs. Jasper Travers, of El
Centre; and the host and hostess.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Scott enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Nc
Grew and daughter, Evelyn, at
dinner Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Waldo Weeth en-
tertained Miss Clark, of Imperial,
and Frank Beyschlag, of Ell Gen.
tro, at dinner Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Havekorst
and three little girls of Brawley,
spent Sunday at the ranch home
with Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Have
korst, and Mrs. Vera Lindsay.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Rose, of AL
hambra, spent the weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Forsberg.
Mrs. Rose is a sister of Mrs. ForS-
berg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence Richards
and small son Clifford, and Mrs.
Rex Maddux, of Holtville, motored
to Los Angeles Saturday, return
ing home Monday evening. On
Mrs. Richards and Mrs.
Maddux attended the school of in
struction in child welfare.
w. D. Johnston, of Pomona, is
in the valley this week, overseeing
the planting of alfalfa on his
ranch in the Jasper district. While
here he is taking the opportunity
to call on many friends, as he
was a former Meloland resident.
Miss Pearl Jensen, primary
teacher in Acacia district, is now
her home with Miss Lu-
cile Wells, in the Meloland teach
erage. Mrs. Carpenter, a sister of
Miss Wells, together with her
small son, Ralph Lewis, stayed
with Miss Wells the first few weeks
Of the school term, but has re-
turned to her home in San Diego
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Kinnaird
and two children, from Patterson,
spent the past week with Mr.. and
Mrs. j. r. Kinnaird, and with Mr.
and Mrs. Ebert Newton. Richard
]. R. Kinnaird, and Mrs
Newton are brothers and sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Kinnaird
are planning to live in Mt. Signal
E. R. Summers, a former Melo-
land resident, and now of San Di-
ego, was a business visitor in the
valley Saturday, and made a few
local calls.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Gregg re-
turned Tuesday from La Verne,
where Mrs. Gregg spent the last
several days, while Gregg attended
the Masonic grand lodge in Oak
land.
Mrs. H. H. Peters is quite i'll at
her home, after having been in
the hospital several days. 1t will
be necessary for her to remain in
bed some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Vogt, for
mer Meloland residents, who now
live in San Diego, were business
visitors in the valley Tuesday and
They spent the night
as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Dan
Scott.
Frank Vogt is suffering from an
accident which happened about
weeks ago, when he fell from a
ladder and broke his arm, and
injured the back of his head Sc
yerely.
The girls and boys ball games,
which will be played at Meloland
Friday afternoon, between Melo-
land and Alamitos teams, will be
the first of several games to be
played between the local teams
and nearby school teams in the
near future. Much interest is
manifest in the games, and all
baseball fans are urged to attend