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Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-20
MEET
TO BE DEVOTED
TO NEW HOUSING

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Wednesdays luncheon meeting
of the chamber of commerce will
be devoted to the Federal Housing
program and will be in charge of
Chairman M. o. King of the Ell
Centre chamber of commerce Bet
ter Housing committee. King will
tell of the plans of his committee
for stimulating further building in
Ell Centre and the organization of
a building concern to take advan-
tage of the opportunities offered
by the Federal financing plan to
put citizens of Ell Centro in better
homes.
Chairman King announced that
H. V. Davidson of the Los Angeles
office of the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration will not be able to
make his regular weekly trip to
Ell Centro Thursday, and therefore
this week, those who had building
problems to present to Davidson
are asked to bring them before
Wednesdays luncheon meeting and
assistance will be rendered by
Kings committee.
During Wednesdays luncheon
meeting, chamber members will
elect a committee to make nomina-
tjons for directors for the ensuing
year. President Sem Bacon asks
that there be a full attendance.
Thirty-four members of the cham
Der will be named for directors
and seventeen will be elected at
the annual election May 9th.
After the luncheon meeting,
members will go in a body to view
several houses under construction
in Ell Centro as a result of Federal
Housing activities.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-20
Schools
Churches
Ruth TeepIe Reid
Presents Pupils
In Recital

Seventh of a series of studio re-
citals given monthly by pupils of
Ruth Teeple Reid took place Sat
urday at the studio when two class
es, the junior and intermediate,
we're presented in piano numbers,
the students playing with tn custo-
mary technical proficiency which is
expected
Mothers we're special guests and
were served refreshments after the
program.
Pupils taking part were Emma
Marie Allen, Diane and Raynor
Clemons. Marjorie Cook, Peggy Cox.
Andy Dubois. Jean Dyer Harold
Engels Caroline Gorec Louise Have
korst. Albert Hanson, OrVillC In
gram. Alice Kempland, Mary Claire
Keiffer. Louis Martin. Florence
Moore. Mary Virginia McNeece, Dor
othy Ann Mitchell, j. B. and Sharon
McNeece, Mary Lou Paskle, Nadine
Pickle. Phyllis Purdy, Lalla Sue
Reed. Jack and Junior Thornburg
Betty Lu Waterman, Helen Worth
ington. Helen Womack LaVerne Ia
vala, Nancy Zurcher
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-20
Auxiliary Holds
District Meet

San Diego entertained the district
meeting OF the American Legion
Auxiliary on Sunday. members of
the tWenty-Second district holding
an all day session in Dewitt c.
Mitchell hall.
Those who attended from Boyce
Aten unit were. Fannie Kuhn,
twenty second district vice-presi-
dent; Edna Morris, district Ameri-
canism chairman; Ethyl Martin
unit president; Mrs. Glenn Kieffer
and her daughter, Kathleen, Esther
Davis, Ruth Conn, Hazel Sheely
Marcia Farrell.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-20
McC abe-Eucalyptus
Meets Thursday

McCaba-Eucalyptus home depart
ment will meet Thursday at the
j. E. Brock ranch, two miles west
of the McCabe school, one-half
mile south, the meeting beginning
at 2 p. m.
The morning will be devoted to
a business session featuring the
discussion of disqualification and
medical care, there will be a pot
luck luncheon at noon and in the
afternoon a program on Mexico
featuring Mexican songs and a
talk by Mrs. Robert Hays.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-20
Ell Centro Business Women
Win Attendance Prize

FL Centre Business and Profes
sional Women's clubs, held this
weekend at the Riverside Mission
Inn. The local club was represent
ed by nine members headed by Leah
Boyer, president.
Dana Williams of Ontario was re-
elected president. and the following
officers were chosen: Florence M.
Fitzgerald of San Diego. -presi-
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-20
Hosts At Dinner
Preceding Dance

Mr. and Mrs. Minor O. Simms,
625 Sandalwood Drive. entertained
at dinner Saturday evening prior
to the Elks Charity ball. the group
later motoring to the Veterans hall
for the dance.
Guests were DR.. and Mrs. For
rest E. Kutz, Mr.. and Mrs. j. P.
Eyer, Mr.. and Mrs. Don Rex, Mr..
and Mrs. j. S. Jones.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-20
Dessert Bridge
Party Saturday

One of the delightful events of
The weekend was the dessert
bridge party given Saturday after
noon by Mrs. Leo A. Magee, 124l
State street.
Desert flowers decorate the house
and the tables. providing color
ful setting. After dessert contract
was played, Mrs. King and Mrs.
Jacobs winning the high score
prizes.
Invited guests were Mcsdames
Melvin o. King. F.. D. Jacobs, ]. L..
Davis, T. C. Lanier, w A. Tondro,
Frank Richmond. c. S. Thatcher,
A. B. Hanson, John Zurcher.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-20
Party GiUen For
Junior Group

Boyce Aten unit, American Legion
Auxiliary, entertained the Auxiliary
Juniors and Nankoakaga Camp Fire
girls, the group sponsored by the
unit. at a matinee party Saturday.
After the show the girls were
guests at a picnic supper at the
Charles A. Bratton home on Sandal
wood Drive Twenty-Five guests
were present
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-20
CaLipatria Girls
All Club Picnic

Calipatria All club girls sewing
group enjoyed an outing Saturday
at the game preserve in the north
end, leaving early in the morning
for the resort where they enjoyed
games and a picnic luncheon.
Mrs A. j. Woelke, Miss Travers,
Mrs. Nose Gullett and Mrs. A.
Stockton accompanied the girls.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-20
Ell Cenfrans Make
Trips To Hills

Among the Ell Centrans who en-
joyed trips to the hills this week
end were Mr.. and Mrs. Langston
Goree and their two children, Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Jenkins and their
children and Mr.. and Mrs. Arno
c. Yaeckel who spent Sunday at
Laguna.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Currier and
Warren III enjoyed a weekend at
OakWilde.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-20
Joint Session OF
Home Departments

Calipatria and Eastsidc-S Sunset
home departments will meet at
1;30 p. m. Tuesday in the court
house for a discussion on bedroom
furniture and furnishings. From
the court house the group will go
to the l. V. Hardware store to see
the displays arranged there.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-20
DBenefit Bridge Tea Saturday
Proves Highly Successful

Harding P.-TA. gave one of the
most successful bridge teas in the
associations history, successful both
rs a social event and in raising
money for the milk fund in supply
ing milk for undernourished and un.
derpriyileged children.
The party was Saturday afternoon
and over 100 women gathered in the
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-20
Former Residents
Visit I'm City

Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Todd of
Ocean Beach, former valley resi-
dents, have been in Ell Centro on
business for several days and While
here nave been making their head
quarters at the 7. c. Lanicr home.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-20
Visitor Returns
To Coast Home

Mrs. Annie M. Firman. mother
of Mrs. w. 1. Stone, returned TO
Huntington Park Monday after a
visit in FL Centro, accompanying
Mr.. Stone to the coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-20
M. Z. Missionary
Society Session

Members of the Methodist Mis-
sionary society will meet Thursday
at 2 p m. at the home of Mrs C. E.
Sones, with Mrs. Ray jerks in
charge of the program.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-20
More Loans Made to
Ranchers of Valley

Two more leans were made TO I'M
perial Valley .ranchers by the Rural
Rehabilitation administration. The
loans were received late last week.
One OF the rancherS receiving the
loan lives in the Bard area one in the
area north of Imperial and one in
the Mt. Signal district, according to
?. A. Thaanum, head of the SRA in
Imperial county.
De Soto sets the pace for style
and value this year
The Washington times., 1936-08-15

the Lotus Restaurant is going
over with a bang, and why
shouldn't it. With such dra-
mats personae as Marguerite
and Everette, dancers; Jones and
Rooney Trio in comedy rendi.
tions; popular Sangs sung by
Irene Dale; Corinne Olsen in an
unusually speciality number; the
Bobby Trotter girls chorus; and
Bill Strickland's Capitolia n S
forming the orchestral back.
ground, no revue could want for
lack of talent. It's a peach Of a
show, and what's more, the
Lotus is conveniently close. Just
around the corner in the loop on
Fourteenth and New York Ave.
nue..
Admirers of pulchritude shall
not lack for beauteous girls when
Montgomery and Prince Georges
counties send their lovelieSt
daughters to vie for beauty honorS
in a contest to be held at Dude
Ranch, Tuesday, August Is. The
finals in the selections will be
made Thursday, August 20, the
winner to compete for the title OF
Miss Maryland" and the right to
The Washington times., 1936-08-15

deluged by ex-collegians daily with.
dares issued to identify educational
institutions by sight of particular
goose steps only. The incredible
thing is that Moe has been success,
full, and has established quite a
reputation.
Here's an invitation that ex-
tends over until Sunday. You
have probably guessed it already.
Yes, it's a Sunday dinner with
vegetables drawn from Frank
Moneys own garden at Griffith
Farms thanked by juicy Mary
land fried chicken Oh steak.
There's no better spot than
Griffith'S for tOmorrOw's feS-
tive dinner under the PERSONAL
guidance Of Frank McNey who
watches over the entertainment
and assures everyone Of a grand
time.
Theater lovers who especially
rush the ticket offices whenever
Fred AStaire and Ginger Rogers
appear together can arrange for
a pre-audit of the catchy tunes in
their newest attraction, Swing
Time" All you do is drive down
to River Bend where George
Stein, leader Of the orchestra
there, has arranged the numbers
from the play and is rendering
them nightly for guests. Al.
though orchestration from the
songs by jerome Kern have not
been released, STEMS arrange.
ments are effective and appeal.
ing to the ear. Tonight is
Georges birthday too, and the
management at River Bend is
planning for a gala program of
fun and entertainment.
The new revue scheduled at
The Washington times., 1936-08-15
White Slave Suspect
Gets Hearing Today

Osborne w. Seay, 81, Of EN-
poria, Va, will be arraigned be-
fore Commissioner Needham C..
Turnage today to answer a white
slavery charge in two counts, po-
lice said.
The Department of Justice also
is investigating the case against
Seay, a radio operator, who is be-
lieved to be connected with a Vir-
ginia-District white slave ring. He
was arrested In a downtown hotel,
August IL, on complaint of Char
lotte M. SprouSe, 20, of Charlottes-
vile, Va, and Gene McWilliams,
%, of Lansing, Mich.
The man was arrested by De
tective Sergeants Frank Brass and
Paul Ambrose Of the pickup
squad.
The Washington times., 1936-08-15
HIGHER WHEAT
YIELD IN MD.

COLLEGE PARK, Md, Aug. IS.
Maryland winter wheat yields
were considerable higher than
early expectations and corn and
tobacco production prospects show
marked improvement over those
of a month ago, according to the
August / crop survey made by the
Maryland Crop Reporting Service.
Statistics compiled by agricul-
turaI production experts in the
University of Maryland Extension
Service state the indicated yield
of all important crops combined
is Sc per cent of the 10-year 1921.
1930) average.
Winter wheat production was
estimated at 100000 bushels on
August l, as compared with $780,
900 for the past five-year average.
Excellent weather prevailed dur
ing the harvesting periods, and
the quality of the grain was ex-
cellent.
Dat production will be consider
ably lower because of decreased
acreage and low yields. Barley
production will be far below that
of last year because of the severe
winter injury. Buckwheat acreage
is estimated at 1000 acres, as COM
pared with 5000 last year, and the
condition of the crop is below nor
NAL.
Present prospects indicate a
crop of 15,840,O00 bushels of corn,
as compared to the five-year acre
age of 14,431.000. Tobacco, with
an anticipated crop of 25,200,OOO
pounds, will have a higher yield
than the average, the report dis
closes.
The Washington times., 1936-08-15
|COUNTY BEAUTIES TO VIE IN DUDE RANCH CONTEST

Texans at that. mighty hard
people to please.
kkF
Tonight marks the last Satur.
day featuring Chester Doherty's
Rhythm on Parade" at the Cocoa
nut Grove. Throngs which have
witnessed the performances Of
Bennett Green, Nanny jimmy,
and Gina and Giano, dance team,
have remarked that the present
bill is the best revue the Grove has
presented this season.
Starting Tuesday is a new pro-
gram starring a dazzling dancing
miss by the name of Vanesi. She
is an RKO satellite who last ap-
peared in Washington at the
Earle as half of the hoofing duo
of Vanessi and Delima.
AL Shay and his New Workers
hold sway at Boulevard Farms,
just 51a miles south of Alexandria
on Mt. Vernon Boulevard. It's
worth a cooling spin on the high
way to visit this refreshing oasis
with it's cooling gardens and en-
ioyable au-Star hospitality.
The Washington times., 1936-08-15

represent her State in the ma
tional beauty finals at Atlantic
City, September 8. Dude Ranch
announces that all other sectional
winners in Washington and sur
rounding territory will be on hand
to witness the browning cere-
monies next Tuesday and Thurs
day evenings.
Night club pioneers who de-
light in cOmbing the highways
for secluded rendezvous may
find the answer to their dreams
by driving four miles beyond
Silver Spring on Georgia Ave
nue. extended to the delightful
Log Cabin Inn. It's as coy a
little place as you'd wish to
find. The most delicious chicken
and steak dinners are menued
consistently, and the outdoor
garden speaks for itself.
-
Interest in the Volga Boatman
Is not confined to the high cali.
Der of entertainment and the
pleasant environment that the
club cloaks it's guests in. The per.
sonnet of the Russian night club
presents color in it's individuals
quite consistent with the physical
appearance of the club itself.
Yurief Dolgoruki, chef at the
Volga Boatman, is a full-fledged
Russian prince, and the princely
manner in which he prepares his
guests food is nothing short OF
remarkable. Dolgoruki recon,
mends beef stroganoff, which
simply means flaming beef. He'll
let you watch him prepare it your.
self, and if you haven't tried it,
you're missing something de,
icious.
Another member of Matt Wind.
sor's Swingopators is an example
of the slogan, IF at first you
don't succeed, try, try again.
Farley Eaton, ace saXophoniSt
was discouraged by music teach
ers in his boyhood days. They
told him he didn't have an af
finity for music. Today Farley
is a master of saXophone, piccolo
clarinet, violin, Stringed bass vlol
and does the arranging for the
orchestra. Page Horatio Alger.
X
Wednesday we raved about
the swell bill at La Paree. We
won't repeat our Superlatives,
but gives you the recommends
ton of G. w. H., night club con-
nOiseur extraOrdinaire, W h o
picks La Paree as the kingpin
of places to entertain Out-Of-
town guests. And the guests are
The Washington times., 1936-08-15
CELEBRATION
ANAC0ST|A

An all day celebration featuring
soft ball and other athletic games,
a street parade and street dane
ing will be held August q in Ana
costa Park beginning at 1890 a.
m. under auspices of the Business
Mems Association of Anacostia,
Anacostia Lions Club and the Ana.
costa Citizens Association.
H. E. Simenson, president of the
business mems group and general
chairman of the celebration, said
the program will be started by
track and field events, followed
by a picnic luncheon. The after
noon program includes a baby
parade at 2 p. M, field events at
2:30, a band concert at 4:30, a
softball game at S p. M, the street
parade at 1880 and street dancing
ct $3.50.
The Washington times., 1936-08-15
Z Deserving Marines
Hoist Red Flag, Rob
Police of WEAPONS

PE1PING, Aug. is QN.SD
American Marines stationed in
Peiping staged a largescale man,
hunt today for Privates Jameson
Reddin and Wilson Kerbys &C
cused of deserving after knock
ing a sentry unconscious and tax
ing his gun.
After allegedly hosting red
flag on the flagpole of the Ameri-
can Embassy, the two Marines
were accused of attacking several
Chinese policemen and stealing
their arms. They then set out
for the hills west of Peiping.
Commandment Vandergrift of
the Marines expressed fears the
pairs depredations would con-
tinue and announced plans to
send an armed truck on their
trail tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1936-08-15
200 FAMILIES
YIELD BANK

PARIS, Aug. 15.-The Bank OF
RANGES virtually hereditary board
Of regents, representing "the 200
families" of the large stockholders,
has held it's last meeting. 1t dis,
banded after the meeting, and
lext Monday the banks manage
ment will be taken over by new
council of 20 members, provided
by the law voted recently by Par
lament for characterization of
he bank"
The last session was attended
oy all IL of the regents, but it was
merely perfunctory. The regents
merely voted approval of this
weeks balance sheet and ad-
journed, bringing to an end a syS'
tenn of administration under which
the bank had done business for
1876 years.
The personnel of the new coun-
Gil, announced today, indicates the
change in management is to be a
profound one. While the retiring
board was composed exclusively Of
representatives of big business,
men who among them hold direc-
torships in more than 80 of
Frances largest commercial finan-
cial and industrial companies, the
incoming administration is COM
posed chiefly of civil servants or
executives of producing or work
ing associations of the country.
The Washington times., 1936-08-15
6. 0. P. RALLIES
IN FILM CITY

LOS ANGELES, Aug. IS GIN
SO.-John D. M. Hamilton, chair
man of the Republican National
Committee, bent on placing South
ern California in the Landon col,
umn next November, today began
a series of conferences with party
leaders here in an effort to perfect
a campaign organization.
For his major and concluding
address of the Pacific Coast lap
of his airliner tour of the Western
States, Hamilton tonight will
speak at a huge G.. o. P. rally in
the Hollywood Bowl.
A spectacular parade of floats,
bands md torch-bearing march
erS will precede his appearance on
the speakers platform.
Hamilton last night made an
organization talk to 500 local
leaders at an outdoor dinner.
Asserting "the Old Guard is
gone-this is a new day." Hamil,
ton urged his listeners to con-
slider youth for new leadership.
He said:
owe have only one goal in
this campaign-tO win. When
you discover that a younger
man can produce more Repub-
lican votes at the polls than
you can, 1 say to you it is time
you turned the reins over to
him."
The Washington times., 1936-08-15
VERNE'S STORY
TO APPEAR
IN TIMES

Jules Verne, prophet of modern
miracles, master OF imaginative
fiction, has returned to thrill again
millions of readers.
Discovered accidentally, an
other great work of this prolific
writer of high-adventure tales will
appear for the first time in The
Washington Times.
Is Boys Adrift
When this hitherto unknown
novel by this great writer was
found, editors declared that the
story could not wait for the slow
process of book publication. When
they saw the translators' copy,
they said:
"Give it to the public through
the daily press"
1.-THE Boy CastawayS" is the
name Of this tale of adventure. It
relates the story of Is school boys
cast adrift on uncharted seas and
unmapped islands. cut off from
contact with civilization.
Those who have read From the
Earth to the Moon" Twenty
Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"
and other Of Verne's great novels
will find 1.-THE Boy CaStawayS"
one of the most imaginative and
adventurous stories ever written.
Romantic Life
Jules led life which reads like
a romance.
He was born on the coast of
Brittany and became the friend
of seafaring men from all over the
world. He longed to go to sea,
but most Of his life was spent at
q desk. In school he was marked
as q poor student but he never
forgot a fact and seldom made a
mistake in drawing on vast store
Of information.
He SWore he would marry rich
woman so that he could go on
with his writing, but he married
a poor widow with two children.
Dumas Friend
His first literary effort was a
tragedy in verse, which was sub
mitted to a marionette theater. 1t
was rejected. The wooden men
refused" to play Berne's lines!
AS a young man he went out in
society, but he and his roommate
had only one dress suit between
them, so they had to go out on
alternate nights. He was friend
of Alexandra Dumas, author OF
The Three MuSketeerS. s."
Verne is considered the most
highly imaginative writer of all
time, yet all his writings were
based on carefully collected and
classified scientific facts. He was
scrupulously accurate. He made
a few errors in his calculations,
but they are, engineers and Scien-
fists admit, remarkable for their
rarity.
1.-The Boy Castaways" will start
next Monday, August II, in The
Washington Times. Be sure to
start THE Boy CaStaways." Don't
miss the opening chapter.
Evening star., 1936-12-01

glass symbolized the era Of Queen Vic
toria. 1t probably was indebted for its
inspiration to her consort, the good
Prince Albert-a man who dreamed great
dreams and was marvelously gifted in
the genius to realize prodigious number
of them.
Millions of people visited the hall
while it was in its prime, and still other
millions made pilgrimage to it after it
had been reassembled at Sydenham, on
the southern edge of London. Sixteen
hundred and eight feet long and three
hundred and eighty-four wide in its
transepts, it was an ideal gallery for
exhibition purposes. For while after
the armistice of 1918 it served as a tenn
porary home for the Imperial War Mu-
scum. It's grounds included a boating
lake. cycle track, cricket and foot ball
fields. Within its shadow periodical dis
plays of pyrotechnic art were staged. 1t
was, in fine, "cockney paradise"
But the age to which it particularly
belonged has faded into history. Only
centenarians can claim to remember the
Crystal Palace when it was new. Never
intended to compete in durability with
the Pyramids or the Tai Mahal. nor with
the Woolworth Building, it disappears
from the experience of living men and
from the concern of their successors of a
generation perhaps over-supplied with
wonders. Yet it may be hoped that some
will recall the days when the present
patterns of life were being formed and
when the beauty and the luxury of pc
riods still to dawn were being visioned.
Victoria and Albert sponsored an expert
ment whose influence is permanent Not
even conclusive cataclysm can contra
dict that truth.
Evening star., 1936-12-01
Things That Do Not Matter

Not long ago certain strangers had
the duty of disposing of the property
left by q man who had ceased to stand
in need Of earthly possessions. They
unlocked the doors and opened the
windows of his home, closed and de-
serted for years, and in room after room,
from cellar to garret, they compiled an
inventory Of his furniture, his books, his
pictures, all the contents of the house.
In the end, everything saleable had been
listed for the auctioneer-everything
that is, except q few small articles ap-
praised as being of no market worth.
And those rejected relics Of q great
career honorably terminated were q
curious miscellany. Gathered in q little
pile, they included: A group photograph
inscribed, Glass Of 1879; q valentine
of white lace marked ITO Elsie, $780,:
a calling card engraved, Mr.. Alvey Au-
gustus Adee.; an unused ticket for
President McKinley's inaugural ball; q
copy Of Theodore Roosevelt's pamphlet
on, "simplified spelling" with many mar
ginal notations; broken paper knife