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Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-07
|. SCKLATTER
WILL DIRECT
SUPERVISORS
Elected to Head
County Board
At Meet

I. Schlatter, supervisor
representing the southern
supervisorial district, was
elected chairman of t h e
county board of supervisors
by a unanimous vote of his fellow
supervisors at a meeting at the court
house Monday afternoon. He Sue
ceeds A. Y. Preble of Imperial. All
heads of county departments and
other appointive officers were re-
appointed for another year.
The new chairman, who is a resi-
dent of CaleXico, was elected to the
board of supervisors d year ago Tor
q four year term. He is one OF
Calexico's most prominent citizens
and a former mayor. He has been
promineI lily active in civic and
county affairs for many years.
Immediately after his election,
Chairman Schlatter took the chair
at the head of the table and pre-
sided throughout the remainder OF
the session.
Supervisors instructed Dan West,
assessor collector, t. compile lists
of all improved and unimproved
delinquent tax property IN Imper-
ial county to which the state has
taken tax deed, inclu1ing the asses
sed valuation of each. The act OF
the board was occasioned by report
ed instances of improvements being
taken from property to which the
state has taken tax deed.
Supervisors denied petition
seeking permission to conduct a
public dance on the San Diego
highway near the city limits of Ell
Centre.
Discussion of county purchases of
gasoline occupied supervisors, who
went into the merits of various
types of contracts which might be
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California Walnut Marketing Act.
U. S. Attorney Peirson M. Hall
filed the suits against the Pioneer
Walnut Co. of Los Angeles, and
the Whittier Walnut Packing Co.,
of Whittier, Calf. The TWO firms
were accused of shipping quanti-
ties of walnuts in interstate COM
merce in excess CT quota allot-
ments, set up by the act which
was promulgated under provisions
of the AAA.
Describing the walnut industry
as a $150,000,000 enterprise which
harvests a $10,0O00OO annual crop.
the actions declared that "disre-
gard of the order regulating these
shipments which has the approval
of more than two-thirds of the
growers, threatens to demoralize
the market and endanger the live
lihood of 10000 growers and their
dependents"
Regulation Imperative
Hall emphasized that regulation
CT the industry was imperative. He
pointed out that the fair" market
value of walnuts prior to the de-
preston was 81 cents a pound.
I'm $780," he said, "the growers
received 20.5 cents per pound
From that figure the price dropped
to lib cents in 1881 and to- 8.e
cents in 1882. In 1888 and 1884
the prices were 11.2 and 1.3 cents
1.-THE growers must receive ap.
proximately II cents per pound {;
pay their expenses. 1t is this min.
imum We sought to maintain
through PRONUNCIATION of the agree.
ment."
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The Pullman Co., the Railway
Express agency and the South
eastern Express Co., also were rep
resented in the action.
The railroad act of 1894 was
declared unconstitutional by JUS
tice Alfred A. Wheat of the dis
trict supreme court and his OPT
Mon was upheld by the U. S. Su-
preme Court in May, 1885
Congress then passed two laws
to meet the requirements of the
commerce clause of the constitu-
tion upon which the first railroad
act was based.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-07
THIRTY-DAyS
MORE GIVEN
Bonds Agreement
Pushed by
Board

Emil Schramm, head Of
the Reconstruction Finance
corporation in Washington,
D. c., granted the Imperial
Irrigation district a 30-day
extension of time for obtaining an
RFC loan for refinancing, it was
announced at the weekly board
meeting at headquarters today.
Thus, the district will have until
January 80, to reach an agreement
with bondholders relative to the
percentage upon which refinancing
may be made.
Board members and bondholders
several weeks ago attempted to
reach an agreement but were I'M
able to do so. The RFC suggestion
of the rs cent basis was rejected
by the bondholders representatives.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-07
Posf-Press Market
News Increased

A Chicago grain review is included in the market
and financial section of The Imperial Valley Press and
The Morning Post today
Behind inclusion of the grain review is the effort
of the PostPress to give Imperial Valley increasingly
better newspapers of the kind the valley wants Grain
reports printed at the request of of this papers
readers, a request such these newspapers always
glad to receive and will attempt to crafty when
possible.
The Press and The Post YOUR newspapers. 1t
is gratifying your staff that you take interest in
their work. and such interest enables to give you
a better paper each day.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-07
There Is No Fury

Marguerite Brooks, who smells out
news for the Post-Press, has SO few
enemies that it is always unexpected
when she gets the buns rush that
comes now and then to all good
newspaper reporters, so it was with
considerable chagrin that she found
herself summoned out of the board
of supervisors, chamber Monday to
be offered her hat and coat. Being
red headed (she denies it, the re-
porter dug her heels into the marble
floor, gritted her teeth and dsliv-
cred an ultimatum. There was Moth
ing mere man could do, so Clar-
ence Hinderks wilted. She went
back. Andy Preble denied that the
board sought her eviction. Ed Law
evaded the matter. Dave Vencill
looked uncomfortable. There was
nothing TO hide, they chorused. And
there wasn't.
But Rance Baker will never know
how near he came to extinction be-
Cause of his sense of humor.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-07

1t was the criminal action Of
Germany in invading Belgium that
unreservedly threw the support of
the mighty House Of Morgan to the
allied cause, Morgan told the COM
mittee, and it was due to German
insults and injuries" rather than
loans to the allies that later drew
the United tates into the conflict
The committee, laying a founda-
ton for stringent new neutrality
legislation, was told by Morgan that
the shifting neutrality policy of the
World war had Opened up" the
question Of loans to belligerents.
THE bankers had nothing to do
with settling the laws OF neutrali-
ty," the banekr said.
Morgan and his garner, Thomas
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ACCUSED MAN
FOUND GUILTY
OF ASSAULT

Guilty of assault with intent to
commit murder with a deadly
weapon was the verdict of the
jury which heard the case against
Frank Cabico in Judge Vaughn
N. Thompscn's court Monday.
The case went to the jury at $50
PIN. Monday and the verdit was
returned at 1890 Monday night.
Cabico, a Filipino, was charged
with being party to the slugging
of w. F. Havins, elderly filling
station operator, November 2. The
Filipino was said to have admitted
under questioning by officials fol-
lowing his arrest that he was one
of a group of islanders who at
tempted to hold up Havins at his
filling station en- the Brawley-
Holtville highway.
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FIFTEEN FACE
COURT CHARGES
in Ell CENTRIC

When Judge Vaughn N. Thomp-
son set the law and motion calen-
dar in superior court Tuesday
morning, the Is defendants present
for the proceedings included six
MeXicans, five Filipinos, three
Americans and one Japanese.
Five Filipinos charged with as
sault with a deadly weapon, plead
ed not guilty and trial was set for
January 20. They are represented
by Ray Johnson, Ell Centre attor-
ney. They are charged with as
saulting Robert Van Der Linden
after he assisted them from their
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WEATHER TO
BE CLOUDY
FOR VALLEY

Hoar frost, caused by moisture
FROM a southeast wind Monday
night, was general over Imperial
Valley this morning but tempera-
lures were not low enough to cause
any damage. Lowest temperature
recorded was that of 81 according
to Fred A. Baughman, local me-
teorologist for the U. S. weather
bureau.
Partly cloudy weather is antici-
pated for the next "a hours but
present indications do not point
to rain for the valley, said Baugh-
man.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-07
Students Hang
Judges in Effigy

AMES, Iowa, Jan. z. W.P)-Jus-
tees of the United States supreme
court, who outlawed the agricul-
tural adjustment act, were hang
ed in effigy on the Iowa State coll
lege campus today.
The figures were labeled with
the names of the six supreme court
justices who voted against the adj
ministration's AAA program.
The effigies were hanged from
a huge signboard at the edge Of
the Iowa State college campus,
alma mater of Secretary Henry A.
Wallace, father of the agricultural
act.
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Of All Strange Things


There are men who go over Mia
era in a barrel, and some who sail
to the stratosphere and others who
plumb the sub-depths of the ocean,
but RR viewed the strangest scene
of them all Monday-on the balcony
in the rear of M. o. Kings store.
There, all grouped together, were
a dozen or so women. They were
gathered voluntarily in social CON-
tact, and yet-there was hardly a
word of conversation. Hour by hourl
The answer? Knitting being the
latest fad, they were learning to
knit spring dresses. With the feel
ing of deep awe inspired by the
viewing of historical incidents, RR
tip-toed away.
A dozen wonderland all silent!
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-07
1000 AUTO
TAGS ISSUED

Approximately 1000 license plates
for Imperial county pleasure cars
have been distributed by the Cali
fornia Highway patrol since the
distribution began January 2.
The highway patrol office in the
basement of the county court house
is crowded daily with applicants
seeking to. pay their automobile
tax, license fees and obtain the
new plates.
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NEW DEALERS
KEEP QUIET;
u. S. STUNNED

WASHINGTON, Jan. T. W.R)-The
New Deal maintained complete ST.
lence today while the nation re-
acted confusedly to the drastic SUI
preme court decision outlawing the
agricultural adjustment admins
tration and the basis of its benefit
to farmers-the processing tax.
In the farm belts. where the AAA
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Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-07
Tell Me It's Not So!

One would almost suspect Frank
Bowles of being Republican. At
the microphone Tuesday morning,
Frank went through his a. m. stunt
of broadcasting news rom The
Morning Post--and most of it dealt
with the supreme courts kick in the
pants to the AAA. Then, the news
broadcast complete, Frank put on
record. 1t was the Anvil Chorus!
That's too much for coincidence.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-07
No Bed of Roses

Gordon Scriven is finding there
is a penalty to being a prominent
civic leader. What with his new
job as city councilman, coupled with
leadership of the Kiwanians, Scriv-
en- is wondering how he will find
time to attend to the secondary job
CT managing j. c Penney's store.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-07
New Commissioner
Named in Arizona

PHOENIX, Ariz. Jan. Z. U.P)-
Bert Coudry, Yuma business man,
today held appointment to the
Arizona Colorado river commission.
He was named by Gov. B. B.
Moeur to fill the uneXpired por-
ton of the term of the late John
Doan of Yuma.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-07
e. on! IS; So!
W. S0Xs
NSN FRANK WATAllADE
kV5 by
N 10 HOLDEN


The United States of Uncle
Sam are produce 900 million
barrels of oil each annual.
Rest of world produce 500
million barrels. Now it seem
all nations don know when they
going anoint Italy with them
oil emb0go. MussOlini are scoot-
ing all the Italy battling ships
all over on full steam Of speed.
Each battling ship will dev0ur
more as 1000 barrels oil each
day. And Italy got pretty many
of them ships. So plenty oil
are use alright. This by count
ing gasleen burped by airpIanes,
motortruckware tankeiy, and
other sort of war machine.
Goodness of sakes,
like being those oil sales
man which are selling all that
fuel. Pretty rich proposition for
somebody. DO you think so
please? Maybe that are why
those oil emb0go not going on
so smooth. So 1 going close
eyes and pretend not 10 looking.
Happy fumes 10 You please.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-07
DISTRICT GRANTED
LOAN EXTENSION
Railroads Challenge
Pension Act Legality
Hundred Thirty-Fve Institutions File Complaint
QuestiOning ConstitutOnality

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. (UP)-The parade of New
Deal foes joined today by 1876 of the nations railroads
which filed bill of complaint in the District of Columbia
Supreme Court to challenge the consttutionay of the
1875 Railroad Retirement Act
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-07
CUM MINCS
ORDERS NEW
SUIT Fill Ed
Action Brought by US. Office to Enjoin
Walnut Firms From Violating
Marketing Act

LOS ANGELES, Jan. Z. (UP)-The u. S. district
attorneys office acting instructions from Attorney
General Homer S. Cummings today dsregarded the
preme court ruling outlawing the AAA by filing suit to
enjon two walnut packing from violating the
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-07
FINANCIAL
STRATEGY
DISCLOSED
Noted Banker Denies i. S. Was Drawn
Into Conflict Because of
Private Investment

WASHINGTON, Jan. T. (UP)-John Perpont Nor
gan sat the edge of the senate munitions committees
witness chair today and told story of inter
national financial strategy provide funds for the world
war and to lend every lawful aid to the allied
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the Misses 7. Myrtle Garden and
Estyr L. Bradley. The next meet
ing will be at the home of Mrs.
Carolyne Monjoy Jones of Oil Car
roll Avenue.
A new supper club made its bow
to st. Paul club circles recently. 1t
will be known as the "X Y Club"
and is composed of a select group
of former girl reserves who were
actively interested in girl reserve
work. Their purpose is to help the
younger girl reserve clubs and to
give the girls who graduate from
high school something to look for
ward to. Miss Eva Lee is presi-
dent, Miss BobElla Durant, secre-
tary, and Miss Doris Coins, treas
urer. Miss Florene Hill is chair
man Of the program committee and
Miss Charlotte Crump is the pub.
icity agent. Miss Annette Hatton
is an associate member, Miss Vic
toria Stokes, the adviser, and Miss
I. Myrtle Garden, an honorary
member. Other members are the
Misses Norma Stokes, Helen
Powell, Delgracia Wright, Hazel
Warricks, and Rosemund Collier.
The club meets every Saturday at
5:15 p. M, at the Halle @. Brown
Community House. The K Y Club
will also assist the Halle @. staff
with their monthly Community
Mite" The first Community Mite
Of Halle @. will be Saturday,
March %, and will be in the form
of open house. Everybody is in
vited and everybody will be enter
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St. Paul Society News

quietly Sunday evening in Chicago
to Mrs. Vida Allen, formerly of
Oklahoma City. They left Chi
cago shortly after the ceremony
for Pontiac, Michigan, Oklahoma
City and Omaha. After April 6
they will be at home to their many
friends in st. Paul.
Monday, March %, Mr.. and Mrs.
Evan Bridges were host and host
ess at a very delightful surprise
dancing party in honor of Mr..
Richard Stokes of 761 St. Anthony
Avenue. The affair was held in
their chicken shack, The Stumble
Inn. Mr.. Stokes received many
lovely gifts and best of all were
the refreshments and hugh birth
day cake. The guests were Mrs.
Richard Stokes, Messrs. and Mes
danes Earl Harris, Hermon Cot
ton, Henry Johnson, George
Thomas, George Manning, Mes
danes Ollye Gum, Simon Harris,
Thomas Neal, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Wallace Chambers of Minneapolis.
IN THE REALM OF CLUBDOM
The Entire Nous Contract Club
met Wednesday, March 25, at the
home of Mrs. Gladys Lewis Harris
of GIT Fuller Avenue. A delicious
dinner preceded bridge. First club
prize was won by Mrs. Halle
Salter, second by Mrs. Margaret
Godette, and the consolation by
Mrs. Harris. First guest prize was
won by Mrs. Meredith Howell, and
the second by Miss Lillian MEGA
vock. Other guests of the hostess
were Mesdames Mable McGavock
Lee, Cecile Ward, Roy Green, and
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tanned. This group of progressive
young ladies will, no doubt, go
places.
The Majestic Club met Saturday,
March 81, at the home of Miss
Althea Douglas of Aurora Avenue
with Miss Dorothy Gardner as
hostess. A delicious repast was
served. The next meeting will be
Saturday, April 4, at the home Of
Miss Adele Graham of 1892 Rondo
Street.
The Halle @. Brown Fencers
met Friday, March 20, at the home
of Miss Hazel Warricks of North
Grotto Street. Fourteen members
were present. Mr.. Berman spoke
on the three different types of fenc-
ing-Italian, French and Spanish.
He exhibited a foil of every type
and explained the difference. He
also spoke briefly on the history of
fencing and answered questions
for the girls. An appetizing lunch
con was served after the meeting.
CORRECTION
The report of the surprise party
given Mr.. Shepard in the Recorder
last week contained some mac
curacies which are corrected as
follows: The affair was given by
the officials and employees of the
Union Station; readings were Civ
en- by Mrs. James (Betty) Jones
and Mrs. Gladys Salters. Mrs,
Jas. Combs is the sister of Mrs,
Anna Green and not as stated, sis
ter of Mr.. Shepard.
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BY ESTYR L. BRADLEY
WHO'S

W-H-O-'S
Who's i'll? Who's visiting?
Who's entertaining? Who's gone
away?
Tell us and wen tell your
friends. There is no charge for
brief mention in the columns of
this paper. It's your newspaper.
Dale 1925.
It's spring vacation for the col
lege crowd so Psi chapter of Kappa
Alpha Psi fraternity decided to
throw a party so that they could
relax after the strain of spring
quarter finals. The cozy, friendly
atmosphere of the party, together
with the clever decorations and
the excellent dance rhythms of
Booker, Dent, and Smith, combined
to make the party one of the most
enjoyable small affairs given this
season. Most of the ladies were
beautifully attired in evening
gowns and dinner dresses. Miss
Eleanor Maxfeld wore a mulberry
velvet and silver lame combina-
ton; Miss Dorothy Gardner, a
shirt waist model of wine velvet;
Miss Hazel Warricks looked lovely
in yellow crepe and marabou; Miss
Margaret Slaughter was attractive
in ice blue satin; Miss Annette
Hatton wore pink embroidered
lace; Miss Beneta Edwards wore
white satin tunic over a red crepe
skirt and gardenias in her hair;
Miss Adele Rhodes wore charm
ing blue satin model trimmed with
pleating; Miss Bobby Coleman
wore red taffeta; Miss Laura Mae
Mann wore black crepe trimmed
with green sequins with sandals to
match; Miss Kitty Vassar wore
green crepe and lame; Miss Doris
Coins, yellow lace; Miss Ruth SUIT
ton, black chiffon with green &C
cessories; Miss Nina Scott, silver
lame and black crepe; Miss Harriet
Walls, black crepe and rhine
stones; Mrs. Ethel Ray Williams
wore a black satin gown with a
silver lame jacket; Mrs. Alice
Onque wore a powder blue crepe
gown; Mrs. Louise Carmichael
wore a two-piece dinner dress of
pink satin; Miss Althea Douglas,
black velvet; Miss Catherine Davis,
wine velvet; Miss Helen Scott wore
ice blue taffeta; Miss Nellie Dod-
son wore black crepe model with
a rhinestone belt; Mrs. Mildred
Bohannon, black crepe and red
chiffon; Miss Katherine Under
wood, blue chiffon with a gorgeous
pair of black and gold evening
sandals, and many, many others
which space won't permit US to
mention. It was nice to see Pete
Thatcher and Freddie Slemmons
circulating again, and Carney"
Mobiley looked like what the well
dressed man will wear this season.
Ollie Granthom, George Berry, and
Mr.. Porter from Ames, Iowa, were
the out-of-town guests.
Mr.. Ollie Granthom, son of Mr..
and Mrs. George Downey of 578
st. Anthony, and Mr.. George
Berry, son of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Berry of $40 st. Anthony Avenue,
spent their spring vacation as
house guests of their parents. They
had as their guest during the week,
Mr.. Porter, who also attends the
State College of Iowa at Ames.
Mr.. Harvey Hopkins of 635 st.
i
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HOUSE FOR SALE

Five room modern bungalow.
Good condition. Near Fourth Ave
nue. and doth Street. Was $4,000,
for $2,75O. Call Dupont 1886.
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Minneapolis Society News

of Mrs. Boyd Crawford, HOP 2Sth
st. s. Miss w. G. Brown talked
on the Negro Congress at Chi
cago. Mr.. Wilbur Nevis, ST., sang
a solo, Mr.. 81. Brown sang solo
and played the piano, and Mr.. Ed
ward Hayes sang a solo. Mrs.
Coleman and her granddaughter
Barbara presided at the tea table.
Flowers and candles decorated the
house and made a very pleasant
sight.
Mrs. Eva Abbey left Sunday for
Quincy, Illinois, upon hearing of
the death of her mother, Mrs.
Emma Haines, formerly of Mime
apolis. Mr.. Abbey left Monday.
They will return in about a week.
Mr.. Charles Phelan, 2316 10th
Avenue s., left Tuesday, March
II, for Kansas City, Missouri,
Birmingham and Montgomery,
Alabama, where he will be the
house guest of Mrs. r. Pinckney
and Mr.. Percy Manning, formerly
of Minneapolis. Mr.. Phelan will
be gone about three weeks.
Rev. Abner Stewart, uncle of
Rev. C. F. Stewart, died in
Phoenix, Arizona, Sunday, March
18th.
A birthday party was given for
Mr.. John L. Neal, 2435 Fourth
Avenue S., Friday evening, March
20. Mr.. Neal received many lovely
gifts and an elaborate four course
dinner was served. Guests present
were Attorney Gale P. Hilyard, DR..
Waldo Turner, DR.. James Crump,
Bismark Archer, Otis F. Allen,
Joseph Wheeler, Willis Coulter,
Leroy Williams, Baxter Walker,
and Fred Parkinson.
The Fathers and Sons Club met
Friday evening, March 20, at the
Neal Funeral Home. They are
planning to have a Bean Feed next
week and urge all members to
come out. The next meeting will
be Friday, March 81.
Mrs. L. L. Keith, S119 18th Ave
nue. s., returned to Minneapolis
Tuesday, March II, after burying
her husband, Lowell Keith, in At
lanta, Georgia. The funeral in
Minneapolis was held at st. Peter
A. M. E. Church, at which Rev.
C. F. Stewart officiated, and the
funeral in Atlanta was held at st.
Paul Church.
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CLUBS

The Socialites met Saturday,
March 81, at the Phyllis Wheatley
House. New members were adj
mitted to the club by initiation.
They were the following: Jewell
Mann, Burton Lewis, Robert Wal
lace, Walter Hagen, and Tyler
Howell. Plans were made for the
Easter Ball to be given April IS.
The next meeting will be Saturday
evening, April A.
The Junior Usher Board of st.
Peter A. M. E. Church met Tues
day evening, March "a, at the home
of the sponsor, Mrs. Williams. Re-
port on the candy sale was made.
Social meeting will be Tuesday
evening, March 81, at the home of
Sylvester Carter.
The Smart Set Whist Club met
Wednesday, March Is, at the home
of Mrs. Josephine Murray, 1916
Third Avenue S. The prizes were
won by Mrs. S. Hunter, first; Mrs.
]. Moppins, second; Mrs. R. Moss,
consolation. A very delicious
luncheon was served by the hostess.
The Minnehaha Temple No. 129,
Choral Club, meets at Mrs. Alma
Woodson's every Wednesday and
Sunday afternoon at 400 o'clock.
Ruth W. Davis, president; Mrs. M.
Jones, director, and Mrs. E. Graves,
secretary.
The Neighborhood Bridge Club
met Tuesday, March "a, at the
home of Mrs. n. Moss, 1904 46th
Avenue. The prizes were won by
Miss M. Shull, first; Mrs. Olin
Wells, second, and Mrs. Palmer
Jackson the BOBBY. A very de-
icious luncheon was served by the
hostess.
The Guild of st. Thomas Church
sponsored Tea given at the home
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BY MARIANNE CARTER
WHO'S

WHO'S
Who's ill? Who's visiting?
Who's entertaining? Who's gone
away7
Tell us and wen tell your
friends. There Is no charge for
brief mention in the columns of
this paper. It's your newspaper.
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