Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-18
BY LEN0RA holland

given Wednesday afternoon by Mrs
Ely Offiu at her home south o.
Heber. honoring her sister-in-law
Mrs. Emmett Offill, % friends be-
ling present besides the children. L
was a complete surprise to Mrs
Offill and she received many beau
tiful and useful gifts. Delisious re-
ifreShments of cake, coffee and CO.
Goa we're served at the close of tht
afternoon Among those present
were Mrs. G. E. Belch. Mrs. T E
Wright. Mrs. Dove Hart, Mrs. Min
ME Farrar. Mrs. P. E. Livermore
Mrs. A. z Wright, Mrs. Lechner
Mrs. B. F. Griffitt, all of Imperial;
Mrs. Eona Williams Mrs. Josephine
lIloyd of CaleXico. Mrs. Lloyd Cobb
Mrs. Charles Owen Mrs. G.. G.. Nor
ris. Mrs. r. E. Smalling. Mrs. V. A
! Deayer. of El Centro; Mrs. V. d
Ingle. Mrs F. d. SimkinS, Mrs A
NJ. Wood. Mrs. F. G.. Reid, Mrs. S
Saroni Mrs. Ray Barnes, Mrs. Elzq
Offill and Mrs Emmett Offill.
Mrs. Jennie Bovee and daughter
Frances attended the Seventh Day
Adventist conference held in Ell Cen
tro Friday and Saturday. The COM
mittee has raised enough money to
start the new school in FL Centro
They have already started to wreck
the old school building at New Riv-
er and will use the best of it.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Torrance en-
tertained at a bridge party Satur-
day evening. Those present were
| Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Mahoney. Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Winter, and Mr.
and Mrs R Robertson.
Earl Mahoney of Imperial is now
employed at Torrance service sta
ton. Earl is as old time resident of
! Heber and his many friends are
glad to see him back.
Dewey Cleyenger returned Sunday
from Chattanooga. Tenn, after a
years absence.
Mr.. and Mrs Bass Akins visited
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Vaughn Satur-
day evening.
Saturday evening group of
young folks surprised Presley Reid
with a birthday party at his home,
it being his sixteenth anniversary.
A very pleasant time was spent
playing games after which refresh
mentS OF birthday cake and cocoa
were served. The table made a very
pretty picture with a beautiful cake
with 16 candles on it. The young
people present were Edith and Ell
burton Rice. Mildred Alexander,
John Bacon, Leonard Young, Gwen
dolyn CHM, Sarah Johnson, Noble
and Presley Reid, and Miss Sally
Reid.
The carnival which has been in
| Heber for the past week left Mon
| day much to the regret Of the
younger children.
Russell packing company which
has been operating on the George
Mann shed has moved to CaleXico.
A very interesting trip was taken
! last week by Mr.. and Mrs. George
Whitcher, NJ. H. Gavin and Mrs
Fred Gianola when they drove tC
/ Boulder Dam, leaving Wednesday
and returning Sunday. They made
a tour of the dam which was a very
instructive and interesting sight
They returned by way of Death
Valley through Victorville and Ar
rowhead going through ice anc
snow.
Everett Stooksberry is a house
Iguest from Holtville of his brother
and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Stocks
berry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent Hamersol
and daughter, Lorna, were guest
at an oyster supper at the home o
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Mabry Sunda,
evening. After the supper card
were played until a late hour.
Mr.. and Mrs Jack Mabry attend
ed the ball game at Holtville Sun
day when Heber was beaten to tn
tune OF 8-2. Betty Fowler, Lorn;
Hamerson, johnson, Jim and A. 6
Speegle, and John Mabry accom-
panied them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith of Indio Spen
Sunday visiting Mrs. Smith S par
entS, Mr.. and Mrs. Hollingshead
and Mrs. Luther Hobbs, a sister o
N1IS. OIIlllll.
Tate Merritt returned to Hebe,
Sunday after tour of % states.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pat st. John have
received word of the marriage o
their nephew Guy Harrison in Tex
as. Guy formally was clerk at Rob
ertsonS grocery also Cox Bros. in E
Centro.
Mildred Wood was an all nigh
visitor of her aunt, Mrs. RAY
Barnes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Fleming ant
family enjoyed duck dinner Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. H. O. Wood
Mrs. Sadie Fishburn has had a!
weekend visitors Mrs. Lois VOL
and son, Vernon, of Opolis, Kan.
sas, oId-time friends and neighbors
oscar Hotter had as guests hi!
brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs
Norman E. Hotter of Cheney, Wash.
for several days. 1t being their frs
trip to the valley they were great
ly impressed. Mr. Hotter is a Chev
rolet dealer in Cheney.
Heber had a near tragedy Satur.
day morning when the house occu.
pied by Mrs. Florence Smith anC
two children burned to the ground
The babies were in the house alone
when it was discovered to be il
flames. The next door neighbor
Shorty Troy, who happened to be
home dashed into the burning house
and rescued the children, receiving
singed hands, face and hair. The
children were unharmed.
The Prince fruit packing company
is installing new machinery prepar-