Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
NJ WILL BUY FOUR MILLION ARID ACRES
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CALIPATRIA

| CALIPATRA
Mrs. C. A. SpeTy
A series of articles on how to pre-
pare the soil for fall plant
ing of flowers and shrubs suit
able to Imperial Valley climate,
sponsored by the Calipatria Won
ans club and printed in the Cali
patria Herald have been discontin-
ued until September. Mrs. ]. w
Mckinney who is editing the series
has gone to Los Angeles on a vaca-
ton. The articles will be resumed
in September and continued
through the winter.
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Albert Pond went to Banning
over the week end to see his wife
and baby daughters.
Those who attended the pre-con-
vention caucus of the 22nd district
of the American Legion at Jacumba
Sunday were Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Philips, Ebert Meade, Mrs. Roy
Shaw of inland and Mr. and Mrs.
c. A. Sperry.
Mrs. E. E. GroSvenor will return
to Santa Monica Saturday and Mrs.
H. H. Myers will return home to
take charge of the telephone ex-
change here Mrs. Myers has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Paul
Sloggett.
Mrs Frank Hewett and two chill
dren and Mrs. HeWetts mother have
located at Ocean Beach for the re-
mainder of the summer. Hewitt
spends part of each week with his
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Guest and
daughter Lucille are leaving soon
on a vacation trip.
| Jack Young, son of Mrs. j. j,
Farmer, is in in San Francisco
where section of the fleet is To-
Gated. He expects to go on to Seat.
tie soon.
Friends of Rev. and Mrs Arthur
B. Roberts have received word that
they are spending a few days at
Crest Line near Big Bear lake.
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M. c. Bosworth and two sons, Ir-
win and Edwin, have bought the
ranch belonging to Mrs. Olive Hoye
northeast of Calipatria and adjoins
the Bosworth ranch. Mrs. Hoye
who has lived on the ranch for 2C
years is taking her invalid mother
to Tacoma, Wash, where they will
make their home.
Word has been received from the
Jason Diballs that they have
reached New Orleans and are en-
joying their vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs Otis Thompson have
| gone on a trip to northern Califor-
mia. They are travelling in house
trailer and have no particular des-
| tination.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Thompson de
| parted Monday for trip to north
ern California where they will visit
their sons, Earl and Ernest, who
| live at Likely. The ThompSonS took
| their house trailer as far as Ban
ming and on returning from their
trip will stay there until cooler
| weather.
Mr. and Mrs. William Corn and
son, Wiley, have started on a tour
of the eastern states which will take
them as far as New York. They
will visit Miss Mildred Hall, Mrs.
Corn's sister, who is taking med
| ical course at Cornell university.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Ketner have
moved into the Nutbrown house on
Bonita street recently vacated by
the j. l.. Loves.
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Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Stewart and
Harold are in Ell Centro at the home
of Ray jerks where they will stay
until they find a location Mrs.
jerks is a daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Stewart.
Mary Catherine Moore has re-
turned from a trip to Missouri
where she visited her father.
Edna Thetford's and Hazeldell
Sinclair's birthdays come in the
same week so they celebrated with
party Wednesday night. The
party began at the Sinclair home
west of town with treasure hunt
which led them to an artesian well
about nine miles northeast of Cali
patria. There they enjoyed swim
ming and later in the evening de
licious refreshments Those who
helped the girls celebrate their natal
days were: Jean Corbin, Mamie
Harp, Helen Wightman, Edith Will
liams, Jackie Archer, Mary Gather