Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-03
By MRS. ALEX MEYER
Press Staff COrresDOndent


surprise birthday luncheon in hon
or of Mrs. Ralph Engebretson on
Thursday The George Washing
ton theme was carried out IN the
table decorations and also in the
bridge game which followed. AL
the close of the game first prize
was awarded Mrs. Engebretson,
second to Mrs. keye and conSola-
ton to Mrs. Trainer. Guests OF Mrs.
Scott at this happy affair We're
MesdameS Vaughn Thompson, John
zenos, j. D. Keye. Lawrence Rich
ards, Stanley Trainer, Karl Enge-
bretson and the honoree Mrs. Ralph
Fngebretson.
Wednesday afternoon the Melo-
land Ladies Social club met at the
home of Mrs. Joe Kinnaird, with
Mrs. G.. C. Richards as co-hostesS.
After a discussion of current events,
a clever contest in which irregular
pieces of paper were matched, was
won by Mrs Jesse Mcbride. Spe-
cial guests of Mrs. Kinnaird and
| Mrs. Richards were MesdameS Rich
ard Kinnaird, Lytle Kinnaird, EtheI
Kinnaird, Ethel O'Neil, A n n
Crawford, Winnifred Nesbitt. Alice
Heath, and Miss Faith Haman
Club members present included
Mesdames Isaac Mcbride, w. H
Palmer, w. J. Gregg, Jessie Nc
Bride, Ralph Engebretson, H. A
Wells, Fred Waterman, Dan Scott
H. o. Galloway, w. Ct. Herdman
Henry Havekorst, Claud Suttle, FL
bert Newton. Lawrence Richards
and Hardy Odell. AT the close Of
the afternoon delicious refresh
mentS were served by the hostesses
and it was announced that the next
meeting will be at the home Of Mrs.
Hardy Odell who will be assisted by
Mrs. Jessie Mcbride.
On Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. H. O.
Galloway entertained with a dinner
having as their guests Mr.. and Mrs
S. L. Belts, Mr.. and Mrs Harry
James and Misses Edith GarroW
Doris Griset, and Lucille Wells
Mrs. James and Mrs. Belts were
presented a lovely birthday cake in
honor of their birthdays which oc-
CurTeQ GeCellCly.
Mr.. and Mrs w. J. Gregg enter
tained informally for their nieces
Juanita and Dorothy Gregg on Sat-
urday evening. After a jolly time
spent in playing games and in
dancing, tempting refreshments
were served to the following guests;
Misses Dorothy Woodbridge, Virgin
ia Williams, Dorothy Gregg and
Juanita Gregg, and Messrs. Sammie
Webb, j. d. Brown, Nathan Lind
say and H. L. Meredith.
Pupils of Meloland school pre-
pared a program for Washington s
birthday that was both interesting
and educational. The first and
second grades gave little play en-
titled "February Heroes honor
ing Lincoln, Washington, Edison,
Lindbergh, and Valentine, which
was followed by a recitation Feb
ruary' by eight children. Each
child held a large letter before him
as he recited, so that at the end of
the recitation the word February
was spelled in large letters. The
third. fourth and fifth grade pupils
contributed a number of talks on
the incidents in the life of Wash
ington, d piano solo and two songs.
The speeches showed dareful
thought and preparation and were
we'll given. The climax of the pro-
gram was a three act play by the
sixth, seventh and eighth grade pu-
pills. The play was written by Betty
Forsberg, Rubylee Roberts, Mari
chen Waterman, and Barbara Will
son. The first two acts 1.-The Re-
ception at the Governor 50 and
General Howe at Murrayso were
entirely their own work. but ideas
for the third act Washington a
Candidate for President - were TAX
en- from magazine All of the
actors were in colonial costume
the girls in attractive gowns and
coquettish little hats in contrast to
the boys dinified wigs. Edward
Hale played the part of George
Washington while that of Martha
Washington was taken by Betty
Forsberg. Other members of the
cast included Rubylee Roberts as
Mrs. Murray, Charles Summers as
General Howe, Charles Leia as the
governor, Bill Christian as Nathan
Adams, Jimmie Peters as the mes
senger, and Joe Chavarria, Maurice
Galloway and Richard Mcbride a.
officers. The part of Patsy Bal
was played by Marichen Waterman
that of Mary Ross by Maxine Nc
Bride, Betsy Lee by Barbara Will
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