Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-25

western Union operator who re-
signed, and C. H. Wilson who re-
turned recently from a trip TO the
Boulder dam, reported on con-
struction there All members OF
the board Of directors were pres
/ ent.
Dorothy Lawson, daughter of Mrs.
! c. E. Lawson is critically i'll at the
county hospital.
! Miss Mae Walker was q visitor
in San Diego over the week end.
/ The little daughter of Rev. and
Mrs. A. w. Kaiser met with an ac-
cident last Sunday and passed
away the following day.
Gerald England is having some
remodeling done to his home on
Sixth street.
John McMann is building a small
residence at his place on the Ala
mo riyzr.
Mark McClelland has just fin
ished constructing two small ware
houses for the Callahan construc-
ton company. One was at Algo-
dones and the other near Laguna
! E. r. Molino, former Western
Union operator at Wilcox, Arizona,
has been transferred to Holtville,
taking the position vacated by R.
B. Bateson, who resigned and left
for Long Beach with his family.
DR.. and Mrs. James Brown, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Rupert Boyett of San
Diego were weekend guests at the
Gordon Schneider home.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bourgoin
spent a few days last week in Los
Angeles on business.
The fire department was called
out Monday evening when palm
tree caught fire.
Mary Sharp of the telephone off
ice spent a few days last week
visiting relatives in San Bernar-
dino.
Mrs. Matte Rutledge left Mon
day for six weeks visit to rela-
tives in San Francisco. Upon her
return she will go to Yuma where
she will be employed with the tel
! ephone company. Her son was re-
Gently transferred from the Valley
Auto Supply company at Ell Centro
to new branch opening in Yuma.
At the meeting of the Rotary club
last Friday, over which James
Mackie, Jr. presided, Mrs. Margar
ct Radcliffe of Ell Centre spoke on
the advantage of lip reading to
people with impairing hearing ana
especially the children of school
age.
The first issue Of the Saga, stu
dent paper of the high school, ap-
t peared last F'riday.& Wallace N.
Kent will supervise the publication
and a permanent staff will be chos
en- soon.
The student council of the local
high school, which consists Of STU
dent body officers and the presi-
dent of each class, voted Carol
Faye Thompson cheer-leader, leav-
ing the choosing of assistants to
her. Miss Myrtle Donald will be
advisor to the yell leaders.
Following the wedding of Frank
Steiner and Rose Arnold at st.
Mary Catholic church in Ell Cen
tro Sunday a reception was held
at the Swiss club house. The Swiss
band furnished the music and every
one had a good time. The bride
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Arnold OF the McCabe district
and the groom was formerly of
Sacramento. The couple plan to
make their home in El Centro.
Miss Maudie Maynard will be-
come the bride of Melvin Williams
at g p. M, Tuesday night on the
stage Of the Holtville theatre. Jus
! tice of the Peace Neal Gavin of
Heber will officiate. John Depa-
oil plans to turn over the entire
receipts of the theatre Wednesday
night, after expenses are paid, to
the couple. Miss Maudie Maynard
is usherette at the theatre, and
williams is employed at the Shell
service station.
Amos Parrish returned WedneS-
day from a month S vacation to
Mayfield, Okla. While visiting
there he married his childhood
friend, Miss Mary Bell Heffner
They plan to spend their honey
moon at Long Beach and upon
their return will make their home
on a ranch near Holtville.
The ladies of st. Joseph S church
Altar society are planning a turkey
dinner for the benefit Of the
church. The Thanksgiving din
ner will take place at the civic
center on Thursday, November Is,
Dinner will be served from p. m.
until O'Clock. The public is
cordially invited
The Girl Reserves of the Holt
vile elementary school met last
Thursday afternoon to plan their
activities for the year and elect
officers. Betty Gregg was elected
president; Lena Weipert, vice-pres-
ident; Marie Roth, secretary; and
Elma Jean MadduX, treasurer. Ad-
visers include the Misses Gracia
Boynton, Mae Walker, Viola But
terfield and Moreno Peck.
Dave Holland and Richard Hol-
land motored to Holtville Monday
to visit j. w. Maddox, who is an
old school mate of theirs, and they
all spent the day in Yuma looking
over the canal and the machinery
for the construction. They left
the following day for their home
in San Diego.
Ed Carr and Hartwell Hoskins,