Imperial Valley press., 1935-04-30
HOltville News Briefs
Louise Rogers, Staff Correspondent

CIl8SeQ the 1TaQlLg eOSI.
Mrs. Sadie B. Rookledge was a
visitor in Holtville this week. She
is staying at the English Village in
El Centre.
James Theriault of San Bernar-
dino is a new student in the fresh
man class at the Holtville high
school.
The Leetha Journey Probst lee
ture on California Missions at
the grammar school auditorium
Friday furnished an interesting
evening to the many who attended.
Mrs. ProbSt spoke on her book,
California Missions > which has
gone into its second edition and
paintings of California missions
were displayed in a shadow box.
Members of the Holtville Cham
ber of Commerce attending the
meeting of the Associated Cham
bers of Commerce in INLAND Fri
day We're: F. Roy Thompson, Lloyd
Loudon, J. j. Truttman, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. N. Claiborne, c. F. Kamm
and w. j. Gregg.
A Boy Scout camporee in which
troop number A, sponsored by the
Holtville Rotary club and the jap
anese troop participated, was held
Saturday and Sunday in the north
end of the park. w. H. Meyer was
member of the camp committee
in charge and the judges were
Noval O. Walker, F. Roy Thomp-
son and Bonner Williams. Other
Scout officials and ScoutmasterS
who directed the affair were; James
Mackie Jr., Holtville district chair
man; Philip Griffin, Scout training
committee; Walter Mitchell, troop
organization committee and Arthur
Hill. Scout commissioner.
Local men who have filed mining
claims in the Eagle mountains
northeast of Mecca are: Remi Van
Der Linden, .Orrel Perry, George
Harlan, Joe Meyers, Earl Gould,
Arthur Gould, Sam Williams and
Emil Leistikow.
New light poles were installed on
the night indoor baseball field at
the high school last week. Plans
are also being made for the eStab-
fishing Of a public address system
at the field this year. The city
council has agreed to pay the light
bill for the league during the COM
ing season. The first game will be
held Monday. May with the fire
department team opposing the L.
V. Hardware team.
An athletic carnival is being ar
ranged by the HolCville high school
with Coach Noval o. Walker in
charge, assisted by Frank Wool
bridge. This event is scheduled to
take place Saturday evening, May
IL in the old Gresham building.
The program will include athletic
contests Of all sorts between local
boys and boys from the other high
schools of the valley. Included III
these will be boxing, wrestling,
Swiss swinging, jiu-jitSu and Jap
anese fencing. The highlightS OF
the program is expected to be a
free-for-all boxing match in
which six local boys, all blindfold-
ed. will participate.
The elementary schools OF the
Holtville district took part in a
field day Friday afternoon on the
grounds of the local high school.
w. w. Nixon was in charge of the
event.
HCltVille Union high school has
added another distinction to their
list, that of being the first school
| in the state to enter complete reg
isration in the "Village of Tomor-
row" contest to be held in Los An
geles on May IT.
w. n. Kent, who is in charge OF
the local high school library, has
organized group of library assist
ants into a club and is awarding ap-
propriate pins at the end Of each
semester 20 those who have earned
them by their work in the library.
Gunmetal pins are the award for
one semester s work and silver pins
for three semesters work. Gunmet-
al pins nave been awarded to the
| following: Catherine Carpenter,
Lowell Weeks, Louis Gunderson,
Elsie Pendley, Roberta Lambert,
John Sharp, Grady Walton, Mae
: Henry. Esther Martin, Wilbert AM
stead, Lucille Cannon, Lois Lee
Cole. Genevieve Gould, Flora Fay
Iangston, Anna Leja, and Margaret
Nilsson and silver pins to Layinia