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Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-31
BRAWLEY NOTES

MIS-. w. u. helIN WAS llOSIeos lOl
the Gamma section of the Present
Day club Tuesday. Books were re-
viewed by Mrs. Ray Hamer and
Mrs. Kenneth Nordhau and a pot
luck luncheon followed. Attending
were Mesdames c. F. Eckert, o. E.
SchWegal, j. F. Warner, Paul Ken
nedy, Edward Uhlig and r. N.
Keller. The next meeting will be
at the home of Mrs. Paul Kennedy
l04 H street.
The Americanization committee
has announced the first of series
of patriotic dances to be held Jan.
at the Del Rio club. Proceeds
will be applied to circulating petit
tions for an initiative law regulating
employment of alien residents in
California.
When the Rotary club met We'd
nesday noon at the Planters hotel
Charles Nice, secretary of the BraW-
ley chamber of commerce, was prin-
cipal speaker. Nice, former head of
the welfare department, told of
activities in relief work for the past
few years.
Mrs. Harry Richardson has re-
turned from Phoenix where she
enjoyed the holidays with relatives.
Miss Dorothy Kruger has resign
ed her position with the BraWley
chamber of commerce to accept
place in the Bank of America. Miss
Carolyn BostWick has been ap-
pointed by Secretary Charles Nice
to succeed her.
In honor of her house guest, Miss
Dorothy Garrick of IngleWood, Miss
Marian Round entertained group
of friends Tuesday afternoon at
the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl G. Pound. Former school,
mates in Brawley were invited to
greet her friend who is a school
chum at U.CLA. Attending were
Mrs. Clarence Thomas, Mrs. Chester
Lee, and the Misses Margaret Ann
Whitehead, Mary Jane Wagner,
Carolyn Bostwick, Hazel Fleming,
Ruth Thrasher, Betty Earle Hawley,
Jean Consual and Jean Ellsworth.
The Baptist Ladies Aid Mission
society met Thursday afternoon at
the church social hall.
The B. A. Burton home was the
scene of a family reunion Christ
mas day, the first in 18 years. At
tending were Mrs. Burton's mother
and father, Mr.. and Mrs. Zeak Will
liams of Hamlin, Tex, her four
brothers and three sisters and FAM
lilies, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Williams
and daughter Sybil, Wink, Tex:
Mr. and Mrs. Bryon Williams and
daughter Barbara Jean, Garden
Grove; Mr.. and Mrs. Port Williams,
Hamlin, Tex; Jay Williams, Cotton;
Mr. and Mrs Henry Albert and sons
Don and Albert, Yuma; Mrs. l.. A.
LaFay, Los Angeles; Mrs. VIII
Rightmer and son Paul and daugh-
ter Wanda, Indio; and John w.
Leonard
Immediate members of the family
living here included Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe r. Leonard and daughter F'loy;
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-31
Photographs

q. S. senators receive Tree halr-
cuts and shaveS in the senate bar
Der shop. Mrs Hattie Caraway
and Mrs. Dixie Bibb Graves, the
two women senators, are given
free beauty treatments in the SEN
ate beauty parlor.
Every state in the United States
has been hit by an epidemic of
poliomyelitis dnfantile paralysis)
during the last decade.
Canary birds have no natural
impulse to migrate south in au-
tumn or north in spring.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-31
TEN YEARS AGO
December 81, 1927

Christian EndeaVor societies of
Imperial Valley will hold rally
tomorrow afternoon at the State
Street Christian church.
Tony Canzoneri. featherweight
senation in the east last night de-
featad Bud Taylor to qualify for
the right to meet Benny Bass for
the featherWeight title.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-31

at outdoor events ladies are in
kaling to their ankles. Smoking
while walking along the streets "a
mong them does not cause a head
to turn any more. The most ag-
gravating phase of the addiction
is the "drooper" or "dangler" with
ciggie suspended from the lower
lip like honkey-tonk piano pound
er.
Della Fox was first on the distaff
side 1 ever saw smoking a cigaret
on the stage. Dressed-or rather
to the folk in our town undressed
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-31
TWENTY YEARS AGO
December 81. 1917

Summer weather in December is
being experienced by Imperial VAL
ley. The temperature was as high
as IS today.
Ell Centre residents. several
hundred of them, will dance the
old year out at the dance tonight
given by the Order of the Eastern
Star.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-31

in a fog. Grand
name for the old
time burle s qu c
programs Prof
Felix Frankfurter
Wit and humor
department.: John
Chapman reports
Mrs. The cd or e
Roosevelt, Jr. as
saying she is one
of the Oyster Bay
or out of season.
Roosevelts. Add
RgNH.
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seem to have any las n m S:
George Randolph Chester, and
Ernest Charles. Never saw Ben
Riley away from Arrowhead Inn.
Power of suggestion: Earl Ben
ham, who is an early to- -bedder and
almost teetotaler, always has a
headache on January l. Senator
Bankhead, Tallulah's father. is re-
garded by screen scouts as the per-
feet stern and elderly type. Edna
st. Vincent Millay sounds like trip
ping on the head of a polar bear
rug.
Memory: That stolen turnip
yanked from the farmers patch
on a cold day OF the hunting sea-
son. Top in illustrating horror
tales: Lee Conrey, TO the American
Weekly. City slicKers with country
boy names: Bud Kelland, Deke
Aylesworth and Clem Mccarthy
and Ginger Rogers.
When Doris Duke Cromwell nails
Voices alike: Barbara Stanwyck
the last Shingle on her Hawaiian
castle, she might not realize it but
it was the boyhood loyalty of many
of us grownups to Dukes Mixture
that helped make it possible. What
Gilbert and Sullivan could do with
a ditty about the Whangpoo!
The most astonishing change in
feminine behaviourism in the past
quarter century is the introduction
OF smoking in the open air. Many
of us who migrated to New York
25 years ago used to drop into the
Oak Room of the Ritz at tea time
on the off chance of seeing a
woman light cheroot. 1t was the
first stylish spot in town to permit
it. For years after that no woman
ever thought of smoking except
indoors. But from theatre lobbies
it spread to sidewalks and today
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-31
New York Day by Day BY o. o. Mcintyre

NEW YORK, Dec. 81 - Thoughts
while strolling. Wonder how a fell
low asks for mustache wax without
bluShing? Jean Muir and a Sealy-
ham. Or is it? william Frawley
could pass for Postmaster Farley
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-31
Famous Sayings

in tights, she stood putting in the
spotlight as she caroled that one
about the moon, the fellow and the
summer night in Wang" 1t ap-
peared nightly wicked to those of
us in the country, but a premium
went up Immediately for Della's
cigaret pictures.
After thought So profound was
the impression of Della Fox that
even today 1 recall verse of her
song:
A pretty girl, a summer night,
A moon serenely yellow.
A babbling brook, a shady nook,
A kiss and all is well-o!
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, more than
any celebrity of her time, has shown
the abSurdity of smo6ed glasses
and other tricks to BATTLE by cam
outage. At the time when she was
one of the most discussed women
of the land she shucked all the
articles and went about as the
ordinary woman. There was, as
might be expected, slightly an
noying press of gawkers at first,
but the curiousity was short-lived.
Today she goes anywhere without
even secret service attendance
Garbo could have achieved the
same result and so possibly could
Col Lindbergh, with just a little
patience.
Most writer's ache to achieve the
clarity, meaning and brevity of a
young Englishman in Shanghai re-
Gently. When bombs began drop
ping along the Bund, he decided
to stick instead of evacuating to
Hong Kong. Shortly he received
a cable from his folk back home:
Anxious concerning your safety!'
He replied: so am Il" There's a
story in a nutshell. He was all
right so far; he wasn't sure he
was not going to be blown to pieces
next day but he was standing by
his guns. And he hadn't lost his
sense of humor. You don't, often
get SO much meaning in three little
words.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-31

Could that S225,OOO which con-
gressmen appropriated for them
selves for Christmas travelling ex-
Penses by any chance be classed
under "railrOadine"?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-31
thoughts for the Day -

For Moses said Honour thy father and thy mother;
and, whose curseth father mother, let him die
the .leath.-Mark r:lO.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-31
HOLTVILLE NOTES

Conn l.. Aycock, Robert Baxter,
T. S. Walker and Earl Walker plan
to attend the Rose Bowl game
New Years day.
Mrs. r. Ross and Miss Gracerla
Ross of Campo, Mrs. Eleanore Mil
Ter of Calipatria and daughter,
Margaret. visited at the home of
Mrs. j. S. Bridenstine.
Mrs. C. f. Kamm, who has been
i'll, was able to receive visitors at
her home this week. Mrs. A. G..
Finney of Ell Centre called among
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-31

japan says it seeks only perma-
nent peace in China. but a lot of
innocent bystanders will assure you
that isn't Japans sole aim.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-31
pNnrds of Wisdom

A man is young In years, be he
old in hours, if he has lost no time.
Bacon
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-31
One-Minute Test Answers

/. No; OH July !.
2. Wisdom; sageness; profound
knowledge.
3. Frankfort.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-31
Horoscope

Many persons whose birthday oc-
ours today are deeply religious.
they are respected for their ster-
ling character
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-31

If palmists used a tape measure,
they would find usually that a
mans waistline increases as his
lifeline decreases.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-31
Hints on Etiquette

Hors d'oeuvrese should be small
in size, so that the appetite for
the meeal is not spoiled.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-31

Christmas and New Year would
be lot sweller if carefree drivers
decided death ought TO have holi-
day at the same time.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-31
The Grab Baq
One-Minute TEST

/. Does the U. S. governments
fiscal year begin on Jan. l.
2. Define sapience.
3. Name the capital of Kentuc-
XIV.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-31

until yOa READ the ADS!
YOU haven't read ALL the NEWS
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-31
Barbs -

Certain South American coun-
tries are still looking for a war
plane tuned up to make an indefi-
mite number of revolutions a
minute.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-31

Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Boydston and
family of Bakersfield are visiting
friends over the HOLIDAYS.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Brandt have
announced the arrival of a daugh-
ter born Dec. 25. The new baby is
the first in the family and has been
named Carol Ann.
The Washington times., 1937-03-18
CCC BOY SHOT,
PROBE BEGUN

LEXINGTON, Va, March 18
GN.S).-The commandant of the
Civilian Conservation Corps camp
near Natural Bridge ordered an in,
vestigation today into the shoot
ing Of Thomas Wignall, l8, an en-
rollee, which forced amputatlon of
his leg at the hospital here.
He was working in the woods
with other boys when a shotgun
blast was heard and Wignall fell.
His companions rushed to his aid
and brought him to Natural Bridge
without searching the woods.
Since the boy said he has no
known enemies, it was believed the
shot was accidentally fired by a
hunter who did not see him.
Wignall's home is at Clarks
Green, near Scranton, Pa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-03

The picture above, taken some time ago, is a reproduction of 8 familiar scene at the intersection of Congress and Highland ave- nues, where the Town Plot troll ley reaches the end of the line. IrOnic enough, the picture now serves 8 two-fold purpose, for the last trolley bound for this local ity will leave Exchange Place at midnight tonight. Tomorrow and thereafter, the Brooklyn and Town Plot communities will be served by bus transportation.
 According to official reports, the first electric conveyance arrived in Brooklyn in the year of 1894, but it wasn't until 1912 that the Connecticut Company opened 3 line up Clark street which later became Congress avenue, to the top of Town Plot.
 It is the general consensus that the trolleys have served their pur- pose we'll, but also that motor bus service will be much more con- venient in every detail. The mOve- ment will serve to keep the Brooklyn and Town Plot districts,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-03
Memorable Scenes Recalled; Cos. A.G.H.
 Entrained On April 3
Patriotic Fervor Spread Through City After Wilson's Speech Home Guards Formed Mayor Scully
 Urged Citizens to Stand Back of President

Twenty years ago todaywllile the city was still ringing with the. praise of President Woodrow Will. sons war message to congress Waterbury's first contingent of sol diers left homes and families to go to war. It was on April 3, 1917, that Cos. A, G and H marched through the early morning chill from the old armory on Phoenix avenue to the railroad station, there to cntrain for an unknown destination. This was still three days before Congress. had formally voted the United States into a state of war with the Imperial German government, but the nation knew that the war vote was inevitable. The epithet, Traitor was being hurled at the small group of men in Washington who were fighting to keep America out of war, among them Senator George Norris of Nebraska and Senator Robert LeFollette of Wisconsin.
 The city was seized with a patrio- tic fevror as actual entrance into the war by the United States drew nearer, a fervor that reached new heights when the three National Guard companies slipped quietly out of the city. The entrainmenJ order came as surprise to civilians but the soldiers had been expecting 1t, and relatives and friends huddled at the railroad station as the train took away the Brass Citys first contingent. James William Carroll, who died this week, was in com mend of Go. G, Capt. John Gray was in command of Go. H, and Lieut.. Barlow was in command Of Co. A.
 It was 20 years ago today that Col. James Geddes was named in command of all Home Guard com- Danies in the Naugatuck Valley,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-03

and lead a, special division. to France; Rev. Luke Fltzsirnmons, pastor of the Church of the Im- maculate Conception, announced the founding of an emergency war hospital at St. Mary,s; hospital.
 .WaterburyS naval reserves were notified to. be prepared for an iIn- mediate call to arms. The navy de- pertinent advertised for girls to fill clerical positions. Factory jobs could be had for the asking and wages were high. S@.t<
 Bonds were being sold. by the city for the erection of a new high school on Pine street, funeral serv- ices were held at Spencer, Mass, for Stephen s. Wilby, late princi- pal of Crosby high school, and there was, talk of naming the new high school after him.. The city ap- pointed number of extra con- stables for special duty.
 Guardsmen were sent here from Hartford to assist in guarding the city. There were rulnors of sub- marines being sighted of the Long Island and Massachusetts coasts. Speculators were being warned that the government would act against them.
 April 3, 191T-and the city was waiting for the war that was to come. Mothers and wives who had hoped the day would not come were beginning to realize that war was at hand, that their loved ones would soon be in the ranks. And husbands and sons and brothers were preparing to answer their brothers call. Waterbury was ready to do its part to make the world safe for democracy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-03

from Torrington to Derby The city buzzed with talk of conscription plan that was being discussed at Washington. The, night before, and all that day crowds stood in front of The Democrat office,, reading the bulletins that were set up every few minutes. At Jacques theater, Man. ager James Clancy interrupted a performance to announce, dramatic ally that President Wilson had de- clared himself for war. The audi- ence and the performers went into mad frenzy of excitement and it was many minutes before the pro- gram could be resumed. The board of aldermen voted that any police man or fireman who enlisted in the army or navy could have his job back when the war was over. Mayor Martin Scully was urging the people of the city to stand back of the president.
 The mayor conferred with mili- tary leaders over plans for safe- guarding the city's reservoirs and factories from sabotage. Factories were working on an almost general 24-hour shift. Members of the City Guard were being assigned to spec ial. duty about the city. Boxes were placed about the city for contribu- tions for the relief of suffering Bell gian children. @
 As war approached, commodity prices began to rise, wheat leading the way by climbing to over $2 a bushel. All local patriotic organiza- tions were cooperating in planning a Mammoth Allied Bazaar, to raise funds for the war. The Red Cross was asking for additinoal contribu- tions for war work. The nation was wondering whether or not the war department would accept the offer of Col. Teddy" Roosevelt to form
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-03
CHURCH INSTALLS HEADPHONES

Morris, H., (UP)-Headphones to aid deaf members of a local church will be installed as the result of action taken at a special meeting of the congregation. The amplify- ing units will be installed in certain peWs and connected with a micro phone at the altar so that ser mons, music and other announce ments may be heard by all mem bers of the congregation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-03
as usual. in step with the progress

as usual. in step with the progress of Waterbury.
 In considering the early history of the through route, it was State Insurance Commissioner John c. BIackaIl, then 8 correspondent for the Waterbury American, who paid the first fare on the Town Plot trolley line. William T. Far rington, now city editor of The Democrat, and at the time of the improvement, Brooklyn Brief writer for this newspaper, board ed the car when it arrived at Town Plot and received the first transfer issued. MT. Harrington re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-03

calls that the early petitioners for the line celebrated their success with dinner which took place in the old Town Plot school building, and that many of these early Brooklyn and Town Plot settlers have since passed on.
 In the most respectful term of comment to their memory, "They were the real leaders and founders of the section which has become one of the largest populated in the city"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-03
You're in the Army Now! Just 20 Years Ago
CHIMNEY BLAZE
 SPREADS TO HOUSE

A chimney fire which spread to the partitions of a three-story dwelling at A Silver street did con- siderable damage last night before it was extiIiguisled by flretnen. Three companies battled the blaze for more than an hour. . The alarm was stelephoned in by Mrs. Marcella Johnson, owner of the house., When firemen arrived the fire had spread from the ci1iin- ney into the building partitions.
 Yesterday afternoon defective wiring caused, a minor blaze at the home of Alex Carpirlsky, 1405 South Main street. There was little dam age:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-03
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-03

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