Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-26
By AUDIEN ROGERS
Press Staff Correspondent

! Ville'S new fire house and for the
new building at the pumping plant,
were called for by the city council
at meeting held last Wednesday.
! Plans and specifications for the fire
house and the pumping station were
! presented by Mark McClelland and
/ c. L. Shaw.
J P. E. Brown asked the advisable
Z !ty OF establishing a regular camp
/ ing ground in the city for tran
! sients, as at present they are camp
ing on different vacant lots in va
rious parts of the city. A report
will be made at the next meeting
of the council on the matter and
| if it is not decided to provide a
municipal camp ground the ordi-
nance prohibiting camping in the
city will be enforced.
Mayor Sam Webb reported that
everything is going smoothly in the
city welfare department with R. B.
Harman in charge. Federal funds
will be available to take care of
practically all cases of either local
or transient distressed and the city
! hall will be able to make its end
of the work self supporting because
men must work for the city in re-
turn for the groceries and clothing
which they receive.
Mrs. M. M Sweeney returned
home last Sunday after visiting
with relatives at Laguna mountains.
DR.. and Mrs. James A. GeiSSing-
er Of Newport called at the home
of Rev. and Mrs. Harry B. MacFar-
! land last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. P Denny spent
last weekend in Los Angeles.
w. j. Bourgoin returned the lat
ter part of last week from a bust
ness trip in Los Angeles.
Mrs Gordon Schneider returned
last Tuesday from Ventura where
she visited with her son, Gordon
Schneider jr.
Twenty-Five years of civic use
fulness is the proud boast of the
Holtville Woman's club, and to
celebrate its twenty-fifth anniver-
sary, the past presidents of the
club presided at a birthday party
last Friday afternoon at tie Civic
Center. All women of the town
were invited to participate in the
festivities which marked the open
ing of the clubs season.
Presidents of the other years who
found it possible to be present in
Guided Mrs. NJ A. Kendall, Mrs. j..
K. Fahring, Mrs. w. L. Huebner,
Mrs. o. C. Harris, Mrs. Carl Nor
ford, Mrs. c. d. Hartshorn, Mrs.
c. L. Shaw, Mrs. James Mackie jr.,
Mrs. H. T. Miller and Mrs. w j.
Bourgoin.
Mrs. Ira Feldman, this years
president, welcomed the guests and
presided during the short program
, which included "reminiscences of
/ tie organization and first yea: by
Mrs. M. A. Kendall, charter men,
ber; a piano solo by Miss Ruth
Melbourne and several vocal selec-
tons by Mrs. w. J. Reynolds, ac-
companied by Mrs. Charles Slo-
cum.
The officers and committee
cnairinen were introduced and spoke
briefly on club activities. Mrs. o.
, C. Harris remarked that the clubs
| check was the first contribution
given toward the building of the
| Civic Center.
News items relating to club ac-
tivities from The Tribune files Of
twenty-five years ago were on dis
play as were the year books OF the
past years.
Little Margaret Ann Henderson
Wheele q in a tea cart on which was
a beautiful white birthday cake
with 25 candles in green candle
holders.
Mrs. j. K. Fahring and Mrs. O..
c.. Harris presided at the hand
somely appointed tea table which
was centered by a bouquet of white
flowers and greenery and four white
| tapers in tall silver candleStickS,
carrying out the club colors, green
and white.
Mrs. Herman Smith returned the
first of last week from Claremont
where she spent several months
with her parents.
Mrs. Mary Sharp began ker du-
ties at the telephone company on
Monday evening, taking the place
of Mrs. Emma Grow who has been
transferred to San Diego.
Mrs. Campbell and daughter
Miss Ruth Campbell, returned the
first of last week after spending
several weeks in San Diego. They