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Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-10
Bachelors Last
Dance Saturday

Bachelors are planning to make
their last dance Of the season, Sat-
urday night at the Barbara Worth
golf club, a fitting climax to a
highly successful series of parties.
Originality will mark the fea-
ture numbers for the evening, there
will he music by Leonard's or
chestra and a good time for every
one who attends Bob Wylie and
Alien Scott are in charge.
The affair will be semi-formal
and is open to Bachelors and in
vited guests.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-10
Afternoon Bridge
Club Hostess

Mrs. john B. McNeece was hos
tess Monday to her bridge club
luncheon and contract being en-
joyed by the group at her home
652 Wensley.
Prizes went to Mrs. John T
Rice, Mrs. E. E. Clements, Mrs
George E. Mann, the others pres
ent being MeSdames j. B. McNeece
j. w. Hendry, Frank Richmond
John A Straub, O. H. Van Eman
and the hostess
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-10
Mrs. Pritchard
To Lecture

Virginia Cole Pritchard will con-
duct her monthly book reviews in
Ell Centro this week, one Thursday
at 8 pm. in the Ten Thousand club
and the other Friday morning at
10 o'clock in the same place.
These lectures are sponsored by
the club and are open to the pub
lie upon payment of small ad-
mission charge
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-10
Irishman Demand
Irish Shamrocks

SANDUSKY, O., March 10. U.D
Charlie Martin came to town to
buy shamrocks to sell for st. Pa
tricks day in his general store out
on Kelleys Island. He found lots,
but he went home without them.
The Irish on Kelleys Island won't
wear shamrocks made in Japan.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-10
w. G.. Il. II. Sneak

Mrs. Ada Armstrong Jones, for
mer valley resident who has been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Ware,
was speaker Tuesday at the CAL
eXico WC.T.U meeting in that
city. Mrs. jones is connected with
the medical temperance depart
ment of the W.C.T.U.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-10
Rumnage Sale
To Be Held

Members of Signal chapter No.
276 O.ES., are collecting rum
mage for the sale to be held il
the near future, the exact place
and date to be announced at Fri
days meeting at 8 o'clock in the
club house.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-10
Townsend Inquiry
Program Rushed

WASHINGTON, March TO- U.P)--
House leaders planned to rush ap-
proval today of a $4,000 appropria-
tion to start the congressional M
vestigation of the Townsend olo
age and other pension plans,
Rep. c. Jasper Ball, D.. MO-
chairman of the eight man non
partisan inquiry committee, said
he hoped the appropriation would
be made today
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-10
House CHESTS

Mr.. and Mrs. r. P. Pop are
enjoying a visit from their daugh-
ters and their two grandsons: Mrs
James Buehner of Los Angeles
and her son and Mrs. Buddy Fors-
ter of San Juan Capistrano and
her son are here for a short stay.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-10
Ten Thousand Club
Helps With Booth

Ten Thousand club members will
be in charge of the Imperial Coun-
ty Federation of Wcmen's clubs
booth at the county fair on Tues
day and Wednesday of this week.
In this booth such articles as
candies, cookies and handmade
items are offered for sale and in
addition on Wednesday night, Mrs.
c. M. MXnson will preside at the
fortune telling booth.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-10
First p. T. A. County ConVention
To Be Held in Ell Centre

Ell Centre will be headquarters
! Tor the first annual convention of
the Imperial County P.-TA. coun-
cll, according to plans made at
The council meeting on Monday
IN the Harding school.
The convention will be April 7
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-10
Social Briefs
of Interest
New Workers. Hero
Society
Clubs

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter J. Mac
Donald and son, Walter j. Mac
Donald, Jr., of Brockton, Mass +,
are guests at the home Of Mr. and
Mrs. E. H. Gies in Ell Centre. The
MacDonalds left New York Feb.
%, aboard the S. S. Virginia and
arrived in San Diego Friday. Mrs.
Macdonald is a sister of Gies.
Mrs. A. H. Jackman of North
LCup, Neb., mother of Mrs. Gies,
also is a guest at the Gies home.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-10
Denver Visitor

Miss Juanita Dean of Denver,
Colorado, arrived Monday night in
Ell Centro to make an extended
visit with her sister here. Miss
frankie Dean
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-10
DIR. Pace Ill

DR.. J. c. Pace is confined to his
home by the flu which has caused
so much illness this spring.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-10
Ladies' Day

Wednesday will be ladies day
as usual at the Barbara Worth
golf club.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-05-28
Wives of Mems Club Members
Entertained at Westby Function

WESTBY.-The members of the Lu-
theran Mems club ntertained their
wives and lady friends at the church
parlors Monday evening OF last week
After a program the guests enjoyed a
social hour. Refreshments were served
by Messrs. Rohweder, Hultgren, Miller
and Christensen. The Mems club was
organized last September and they
have held eight successful meetings. IN
March they sponsored a Father and
Son banquet at which sixty-six fathers
and sons were present. The club VIII
discontinue their meetings during the
summer months.
MORE WESLEY NEWS
Junior Finn had the misfortune to
fall and break his collarbone Wednes-
day of last week. The accident hap
pened while Junior was playing near
the pool hall. He was taken to AM
brose for medical care.
Mrs. S. l.. Almlie entertained at a
birthday party last Thursday after
noon for her son John, who was three
years old that day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hans Hanson and lam
ily and Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Oleson LETT
last Friday for a weeks visit with rel
atives at Conrad, Mont
The All girls sold pop corn and
candy downtown last Saturday night
to earn money for expenses incidental
to the All fair to be held in Plenty
wood in July.
The twelfth annual Junior-Senior
banquet was held at the church par
lors on Saturday, May %.
Henry Jensen returned home last
week from a trip to Duluth and MIN
neapohs. He was accompanied home
by Junior Swanson Of Minneapolis
who will spend the summer with his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Kit
tleson.
Baccalaureate services were held a
the Lutheran church last Sunday
night. A splendid address was deliv-
cred by Rev. S. L. Almlie and specia
musical numbers were given by tn
various high school musical groups.
Mrs. Lloyd Kittleson entertained
group of friends in honor Of her birth
day on Tuesday afternoon OF las
week. i,
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Ness and family
of Havre arrived on Saturday Tor
visit at the A. M. Ditmarson home.
Miss Myrtle Nelson was hostess a
an informal birthday party at ne
home Saturday afternoon.
The Lutheran Free church will holf
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-05-28

services Saturday evening, May 30, at
8 o'clock at the Orpheum hall. Mrs. A.
Heide will speak and there will be
special musical numbers. A cordial in
vitation to attend is extended to the
public.
Mrs. Edward Hamilton, nee Jennie
Stubbe, who has been teaching at Car
ter, Mont, left last Tuesday for her
new home at Grass Valley, Calf. Jen-
ME Stubbe and Edward Hamilton
were married June 8, 1885 at Carson
City, New. and they will make their
future home at Grass Valley, where
Mr.. Hamilton is employed by the
Grass Valley Mining company.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Overgaard en-
tertained the Misses Wang, Waddel
Heinemeyer, Bundt, Anholt, Bergh and
Messrs. johnson, Blackburn, Mitchell
Art Jensen and Lester Jensen at din
ner Sunday Of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Jensen visited
relatives at Medicine Lake Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. S. L. Annie and fam
lily were Scobey visitors Monday.
Westby was well represented at the
amateur hour program held at Plenty
wood last Friday evening. Reuben
Hultgren placed fifth with his number,
MIR. and Mrs. Jas. Rasmussen and
family Of Outlook were dinner guests
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-05-28

school near Archer.
Miss Marie Flakne was a visitor at
the home Of her sister, Mrs. Nels
Thompson, last Sunday.
Bonnie Lee together with Stanley
Johnson were the lucky winners of the
SIS cash prize offered at the American
Legion amateur night held at Plenty
wood last Friday night.
The Archer community is a pretty
busy place these days, with the state
highway coming through with a rapid
pace.
Many from the Archer vicinity at
tended the American Legion amateur
night at Plentywood last Friday eve
ming.
Harriet and Vivian Whitmarsh at
tended the show at Plentywood Sun
day evening.
Adolph and Eddie Lee made a trip
to Outlook last Saturday.
MI. and Mrs. Henry Styve and Fred
Lee made a trip to the Dakota line
to purchase purebred cattle last Sun
day.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-05-28

at the j. H. Melvin home Sunday.
Mesdames Larson, Hanson, Melvin
and Hultgren entertained eighteen la
dies at a farewell party for Miss How
ard It the Melvin home on Wednesday
evening of last week.
There will be a combined children's
Day program and regular services at
the Lutheran church Sunday, May 81.
1890 Am. Sunday school will close fol
the summer months.
A. M. Ditmarson had the misfortune
to break his ankle bone last Monday
He was taken to Ambrose for medical
care and is now able to be around or
clutches.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-05-28
ARCHER
Edna Lee

The Hamley school closed last Fri
day with a picnic neal the Big Muddy.
A big picnic dinner was served and
everybody enjoyed the day of outing.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Jackson and
son were visitors with Mr.. and Mrs.
Whitmarsh of Archer last Sunday af-
ternoon.
Church services and Ladies Aid
were held at the Archer church last
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Benson and
children were callers at the home OF
MI. and Mrs. Edward Lee last Sunday
evening.
Miss Agnes ~Skillingberg left for her
home at Homestead last Saturday, af-
ter teaching a nine months term OF
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-05-28
CHANGE in

A change has been made in the
manner OF figuring rates of payment
in Montana under the agricultural
conservation program, according to
notification received from Washington
by w. H. Lamphere, extension agron-
omist at Montana State college. Coun-
ty productivity rates in this state will
be based on seeded rather than on
harvested acreage, as first announced,
Lamphere said.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-05-28

ACKNOWLEDGMENT steps up film
strength tremendously. But alloying
does something even greater. 1t en-
ables oil and metal to UNITE.
All surfaces-even the most sensitive
bearing surfaces in any engine become
completely PLATED with this alloyed
oil. lis IN all working surfaces, and
then the extra-strong Germ PROGRESSED
oil-hlm slides betWeen!
Here's a combination only alloyed oil
can give you. All you've got to do is
to swing in at the sign of the Red
Triangle. Continental Oil Company.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-05-28

Maybe you've streaked four or FIVE hun
dred miles since sun-up. In safe places
perhaps your speedometer hit "tops."
And it was hot enough for you all day.
But you're not one of those drivers
who lie awake wondering what hap
pened in the engine. 1t diant happen if
you started out with Germ Processed,
the alleged oil, and there are positive
reasons why.
The big reason is that alleged oil goes
far beyond plain oil-6lm protection.
It's true that the patented Conoco Germ
Process of ALLOWING oil-unlike other
The Washington times., 1936-09-08
That Union Station Dinner

Notable among the many interesting features Of the World
Power Conference is the official banquet given to the 5000
delegates Thursday This is the banquet to be given the
Hall of Transportation which is the given to the trans
formed Union Station the only place in the Nations Capital
large enough for many diners.
The dinner arrangements almost entirely the result Of
local efforts of committee of experienced Washington civic
leaders headed by DR.. William Mcclellan and c. Melvin
Sharpe and it entirely fitting that Washngon civic and
scientific leaders should be invited to prake Of this unusual
feast.
Washington has hesitaed put civic use
whenever the Government has had entertain visiting top
notchers
There something reminiscent in the of the Union Sta
ton for this great gathering That building represents Wash
ngon greeting the tens Of thousands who here to in
augaton ceremonies and recalls the great civic umphs Of
the past in which civic Washington has led the way in
ceing thousands of incoming visitors putting the
of shows that remain in memory for lifetime.
The Washington times., 1936-09-08

and a million Edwin " Hill
or more on Saturdays and Sun
days at Coney. From all parts
of the city, East Side, West Side
Bronx and Brooklyn, the throngs
have come, mostly by the subway
20 miles for five cents. They have
come, too, from all parts of the
United States, and, in fact, from
all parts of the world.
The Public Works Administra'
ton has done much for motorists
in helping to solve the traffic prob
lem, particularly by their remark
able work on Guider Avenue,
which is the short cut from Ocean
Parkway to Coney Island, and by
the same virtue, is the quick get
away from Coney Island to Ocean
Parkway.
A NEW RECORD
Remarkable to say, and it is
said on the authority of the city
officials, every one has gotten a
square deal and his moneys worth,
There isn't a crooked wheel at
Coney. There hasn't been a license
revoked. There hasn't been a Seri.
GUS complaint. This is, indeed,
splendid. But to me it isn't Coney
Island.
Like all law-abiding persons, ]
should be rejoicing in the return
of a prodigal, in the changing OF
his spots by a leopard or in the
sheep shedding his black wool
Frankly I am not. When I realize
that Coney Island is on the level
and going straight, well, some
thing has gone out Of my life. ]
have the same emotion I felt when
learned for the first time that
no more Indians go on the war.
path and that the men who led
the elephants in the circus parade
were not honeStto-goodness In
dian rajahs.
Three miles long and a half
mile wide, the Atlantic Ocean on
one side and a small creek on the
The Washington times., 1936-09-08

IL was 10 1lI1u -
myself on a little trail in the ST.
ezra Nevada Mountains OF Cali
fornia. Around me, that incred-
ible horizon-countleSs miles OF
soaring stone, quilted gloom, let
ting itself go in a long, lazy lope
across the stars.
Nothing melodramatic, however,
about my bit of path. A thread
of a thing, weaving itself care
leSsly-like a snatch of song
through tangle of flowers and
pine trees-between my bunk and
work cabins. Only a hundred feet
or so-yet for months my life
narrowed down to that trail.
Early-when earth is still a
vague, hushed pallor against
enormous darkness wake-duck
quickly under the singing lash of
water iced by perpetual snow
pull on rough Stacks and sweat
shirt. Then, carrying a steaming
mug of black coffee and a thick,
wheaty slab of homemade bread,
I go slowly along the stepping
stones that lead to my typewriter
and drawing board.
Quiet, so quiet the colon
ndded pines, rising through
dusky UtStaS, their far off
branches dim and still as
smoke the first light trick.
ling in SilUery lanes do1Un the
ridged bronze of their trunks.
THROUGH THE DAY
I do not want to go. I want to
stay. But I go-Slowly-loitering
for a long moment in the door
to drink the last of my coffee
watching the white light warm
to rose and amber. Then I go in.
Begin to work.
Hour after hour I while
the dawn quiverS, quickenS into
day. wheels, flaming, into the
full glare of noon. hangs mo,
tionless, drunken and drenched
with heat from two to five. .
then, with a sudden, signing
softening, drops from the zenith''
/ fury to the twtlight's cool
The Washington times., 1936-09-08
TOday's BOOndOggle

Under present administration the words city park have
for some unfahomab reason magical quality about them
that causes them automatically open
the vaults Of the United States Treasury.
No matter how infinesmal village might be- if had
tiny plot ground masking under the label of City Park
Immediately Presidential approval of projects calling for
substantial Federal expenditures and the larger Cities these
expenditures mounted fabulous proportions the
in Pueblo.
Thirtyve miles distant from Pueblo lies the smaller city
of Salida which watched the developments in Pueblo with
envious eyes.
Sada was out of luck It had city park 1t is pitifu
indeed to picture CONSERVATION that must have prevailed
among the Sadans they realized that such good fortune
would be theirs.
Imagine then what unbounded joy must have regned in this
ctv nameess mental giant conceived the idea OF
asking the Federal Government to build city park there
The Government course only too willing to obge and
the WPA spending $3.50 of the Treasury money on
this undertaking.
And that is only the beginning folks Who knows but what
next year. the Sada city park will have tropical bird house
animal pits pavilion, wadng pool two and
a golf course all its ownf
CCOpy44ghA
The Washington times., 1936-09-08
Three-Minute Journeys

eof the Ecuadorian pineapple will
appeal to you.
An interesting trip is from
Guayaquil to Quito. Although the
cities are connected by plane, the
train journey is worth while.
The train pierces deep jungle
land and plantations, passes can
yons, waterfalls, climbs noun
tainS, roars across plateaus and
finally puffs in to Quito, lying
almost on the equator. Quito ante
dates the white mans discovery
of America, and its exact age is
unknown. And so it isn't Surpris
ing to find that a strange air of
mystery clings to the entire city,
even to the most modern sections.
CITY MARKET
The city market is colorful. In
dian women sit on the sidewalk
spinning, shops offer everything,
including, of course, the ubiquitous
Panama hat, for is not Ecuador
the home of this light and comfor.
table headgear? Drive to nearby
Cuenca and, early in the morning,
while the air is still moist, you can
see the natives weaving the straw.
Many travellers returning from
Quito stop over at the famous Ha.
cienda Rio Negro, resting at an
elevation of 5000 feet above sea
level, near the Falls of Agoyan.
The scenery is gorgeous, all that
one expects of South America. The
trails are lined with trees around
which great clumps of orchids
Irvine. There are alligators, bears
and jungles full of brightly plu.
mayed birds, huge gaudy but
terflies and chattering monkeys.
The colorful Indian tribes stage
fairs and there are fiestaS and one
can join their parties and visit
the head hunters of Jivaro. The
streams are full of fish, and the
days are full Of delight. What
traveller could ask for more?
The Washington times., 1936-09-08

III OuSAA OIL CAAC NANAAAAS AAOAAo =
work.
Finally, when the failing light
flares in a clear, green band above
the violet peaks-or white stars
wreathe the pines with glittering
webs-I leave my work. come
out and walk up and down the lit
tie trail. I walk stiffly, automati-
ca1ly-half blind and deaf from
the long drive.
It is densely still. Even the last
bird calls have died away. Only
the bat squeaks come-pin pricks
in the silence. But I cannot feel
the quietness. am too taut.
But presently the tenSio n
looSens drops like dust from
weary flesh and spirit. Gradually
the peace of the night enters into
me-takeS possession of me. I
too, become quiet. The night
folds vast, dark wings about me
II rest against the night i
surrender my unconscious rebel
lion ...I sleep. My day is over
LIFE Is THERE
A quiet trail, weaving through
splattered sunlight .dippin 6
through pooled shadow .. with
out excitement or event. Nc
people. No parties. That is all
there is to my life for hard,
worked months at a time. You
wouldn't like it couldn't stand
it? I didn't think I could, either
at first. Like you, I thought life
must be a pageant .. vivid, Splen'
did. Then, presently it all came
down to this-I couldn't, ]
But one day I noticed wild
flower, clearly, deeply blue, within
niche of rock. And one day a
baby bird, newly Matched. flut-
tered clumsy baby wings, cooked
a downy baby head with shining,
trusting eyes above cup of dew.
And, on another, a dash Of rain
freed the locked sweetness from
the bliStered earth. brought
withered flowers and crumbled
leaf buds back to life. and all
the wet air steamed with fragrant
waves of musk and honey, CHINA
mon and cloves.
And one, toward dawn-grop-
ing, half-blind from a long drill
of work-a timber VOLTS long
howl came yammering down the
gulch, and something in me an.
swered, wild and glad!
A hundred feet Of weed-grown,
sun-splashed trail. Too short for
life. too drab to be endured?
Yet beauty bursts from every
rocky niche. and romance fills
the air on perfumed waves-and
from the darkness come wild
gypsy calls.
Too short trail?
A TRAIL AS LONG, AS FULL
AS ONES OWN POWER TO
SEE!
Copyright. 1888, by King Features
Syndicate. Tne.1
The Washington times., 1936-09-08
COERCION

And the latest to pop UP is the
scare that one party or the other
is going to steal all the votes in
Pennsylvania.
First comes Senator Joseph F.
Guffey CD, with complaints that
two steel companies are coercing
their employees to vote Republican.
The answer to that charge burst
from the Republican National Com,
mittee with a promise to reveal
from day to day just how the Dem.
ocrats are coercing the WPA work
ers in that State to vote Demo
cratic.
Checkers are being stationed at
registration centers, so the Repuo
lican committee asserts, to see
that the workers register as Demo
Gratis and slips are passed out to
each employe to be shown to his
boss the next morning.
The Washington times., 1936-09-08
The Human Side of the News = By Edwin C. Hill

. and cardboard on that little
stretch of sand.
You cannot gather from the
map that 40 minutes from the
heart of Manhattan lies Palm
Beach, Atlantic City, Monte Carlo
and Waikiki, all rolled into one.
Yet such is Coney Island to the
Workingman and his family.
The Coney of old was two
faced, place of the laughter Of
children and the snarls of vice.
With a basket of lunch and
two dollars in cash. the family
would make a trip to Coney, an
event to be remembered and
talked about for weekS-the full
day of bathing, the evening on
the merry-go-round and the roller
coasters and finally midnight
with just enough money left for
bag or two of popcorn and car
fare home. That was one side
of it.
TWO-FACED CONEY
The reverse showed Coney as
the rendezvous of hoodlums, con-
fidence men, tin-horn gamblers,
pickpockets and drug addictS.
Coney, however, was too much OF
gold mine for legitimate bust
ness, and eventually the better ele-
ment won out. The turn came at
the beginning of the century. 1t
received a good bit of its impetus
from two showmen, Thompson and
Dundy, who carried the idea OF
the Buffalo Pan-American Expo
sition of 1901 down to the sands
of Coney. They built the great
amusement center, Luna Park,
Illuminated by thousands Of cleo
trio lights and filled with music
and sideshows, not the least prom
inent of which was the "Trip to
the Moon"
Across from Luna Park, another
great amusement park, Dreamland,
Sprang up with chute-the-chutes
which could not be matched any
where else in the world.
The evolution of Coney was
rapid, helped along greatly by the
betterment of transportation. Next
came the boardwalk, large enough
for 20 to walk abreast. And now
the Guider Avenue short cut for
motorists.
Only the frankfurters, the pop
corn, the taffy, and the ocean re
manned the same. No, come to
think of it, the ocean was changed
The building of the boardwalk and
jetties made bathing safer and
changed the complexion Of the
sand from a gray white to a vel
lowiSh red.
Somehow I prefer the old Coney
I want to believe that there is
something crooked about the
games run by the japanese, where
one rolls the balls into numbered
holes to win a set Of real China
I want to believe the dishes are
fake China.
want to cling to the old school
When we went to Coney, it was q
game of wits and we wanted to out
smart the slickers, or, at least, be
lieve that we had done so. But
after all, who cares what I prefer
The 100000 who like the new
Coney just can't be wrong.
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