Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-28
BRIEF NEWS FROM MELOLAND

played by Bernice Cameron. little
sister, Beverly Meyer and brother,
Jimmy Edwards, listening to Christ
mas carols sung over tie radio. The
children asked their mother to tell
them the story of Christmas and
the story was then given in tab
leau from the stage. Scenes pre-
, sented were Mary and Joseph, The
Three Wise Men, Tie Shepherds
and The Nativity. In the first
| scene Mary was played by Mary
Edwards and Joseph by Jimmy Pc
ters, and in the next three scenes
Edward Hall, Maurice Galloway and
Bill Christian appeared as the three
wise men and the shepherds were
George CavaS, Freddie Waterman
Joe Chivarria, Raphel Sharp and
I Jack Studer. Tie part of Mary
in the last scene was played by
Maxine Mcbride while that Of Jo-
seph was taken by Charles Leja
Rubylee Roberts and Richard Nc
Bride as narrators read from men,
ory the scripture pertaining to
each scene and the cast was sup
ported by a robed choir of carolers
and by an invisible choir who sang
softly while the scenes were pre-
sented. At the conclusion of tie
play Santa appeared with treat
for all of the children and sur
prise gift that the children had
made at school for their parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ebert Newton en-
tertained a number of relatives on
Christmas day. After dinner they
gathered around the Christmas
tree which was laden with gifts for
all. Those enjoying the Newtons
hospitality were Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
ard Kinnaird, their son Elton and
daughter Beverly, Mrs. Gladys Nc
Elroy and children, Pauline, Theda,
Alice and Haroldine, and Mr.. and
Mrs Merle Hartsock and daughter,
Eunice, and son, Allen.
Rev. Lorrain McLain of Holt
vile and Jimmie Bell of the Be-
rean Bible Institute of San Diego
were dinner guests Christmas day
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs S. D.
Clevenger and family.
Guests at the Hardy Odel home
Christmas day were Mr.. and Mrs
r. M. Elliott, Mr.. and Mrs. o. l..
Hill, and Marie and Glenn Hill of
Ell Centro.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Suttle were
happy to have Mr.. and Mrs. Allen
Jernigan and little daughter Betty
10 with them Christmas. Mrs. Jer-
nigan is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Suttle and lives in Imperial.
Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence Richards
and their son, Clifford, were din
ner guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. H. A.
Wells at Rositas dam on Christmas.
House guests at the Charles Fors-
berg home this week are Mr.. and
Mrs. j. A. Lowe, and Walter,
Gladys and Willard Lowe all of Los
Angeles Mrs. Lowe is a sister of
Mrs. Forsberg. Walter Forsberg,
brother of Charles, also joined
them for dinner Christmas day.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Will Meyer and
family and Grandma Meyer cele-
brated Christmas with large num-
ber of friends at the Curt Effler
home in CaleXico. About forty
guests were present for dinner and
spent the afternoon and evening
together.
The Harvey Corfman family Wis
tied with Mrs. Corfman's parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Layton Of
the Highline district, on Sunday
and Monday.
Christmas day Mr.. and Mrs. Ken
meth Sharp entertained at dinner
having as their guests Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Purdue of Ell Centro, L. V.
Shepherd, and Jim Lee.
On Sunday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Harris of Ell Centro were
dinner guests at the Will Meyer
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Woolsey were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
G.. Herdman recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Farley arc
enjoying visit from Mr.. and Mrs
Clarence Bush and Kenneth Bush
of Los Angeles this week. Mr.. anC,
Mrs. w. q. Herdman also joined
them for dinner on Christmas day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Havekorst,
Vera HavekorSt, A. G.. Mcintosh ard
his daughter Winifred, were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Havekorst
on Christmas.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Merrill,