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Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
DR.. Norman Dupont Reelected
Head of Boy Scout Board

DR.. Norman Dupont was reflect
ed chairman of the district COM
mittee of Boy Scouts at the dis
trict board meeting held recently
w. H. Rhodes was elected vice
chairman of the board and Leo
DeCelleS was reelected district COM
missioner
Arrangements we're made for the
Boy Scout court of honor to be
held at 7:30 pm. December 2,
at the Wilson school auditorium
An interesting and educational
program has been planned for
that meeting.
Plans for the Star, Life and the
Eagle board of review which will
be held at 7:3O pm, Tuesday, Nov
30 at the Wilson school, were also
made at the boards meeting.
Leo DeCelles was appointed to
head the committee of Rotarians
and KiWanians VINO have charge
Of taking care of the Boy Scout
hut.
w. H. Rhodes was appointed
camp committee chairman and he
will have charge of all the troop
camps and outings and the Boy
Scout bus.
Board members and Scouts gave
A vote of thanks to Hugh KeatinS
and Dave Nelson for their donat-
ing the school bus formerly used
ov Holtville school to the Boy
Scout council.
Present at the meeting were DR.
Dupont. w. H. Rhodes, Royal Ma
hin, o. H. Myers, Bill Keating,
Leo DeCelles, Ed Schiller, Milo
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
Guy WeakIey Speaks at Mckinley
P.-T.A. Meeting Friday

a vote of thanks TO her carnival
committee. Mrs G. H. Luallin ana
Mrs. G. Thomas, food committee.
Mrs. Charles Gum. booths. Mrs.
John Fort, prizes; Mrs. Nora Cooley
and teachers of Mckinley school,.
entertainment, G. o. Uhl Dan
Gromley. A. Redfern and d. KeeseG,
carpenters: Everett Wetherbie. Mrs.
A. McNutt and Mrs. George VIM
wright, parade judges; Ernest We.
becke and Mrs. Nella Harris, grounds
and Leo DeCelles. wiring.
Miss Edith Eicke. school nurst.
reported that the children taking
10 o'clock milk at school are gain
ing weight faster than the other
children. In her talk. Miss Eicke
stressed the point that high school
and elementary school pupils should
drink more milk as the total milf
consumption in the valley is too
low for the population.
At the business meeting the men,
bers decided to buy bed and
equipment for the rest room. The
equipment will include. sheets.
blankets and pillows. The rest room
will be maintained for children who
become i'll at school.
Attendance Prize
Miss Esther Eckhoff. second grade
teacher, won the prize for having
the largest attendance of mothers
at the meeting. The prize consists
of a bowl of gold fish and it will
be given to the teacher having
the largest attendance each meeting.
At the end or the year the teach
or having the largest accumulative
attendance will be given the prize
permanently.
Mrs. Thomas reported that the
Clothes Closet has already distri-
buted 1870 garments to needy chill
| dren.
Mrs. Jack Barker reported that
"a new members had Joined the
group which makes the total men,
bership rs.
Tea AMI coffee and delicious
homemade cookies were served by
Mrs. Guy Anderson and her COM
/ mittep
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
NeuUs Items About
Valley Residents

Mr.. and Mrs. H. r. Anderson
were called to Los Angeles Saturday
by the serious illness of Mr.. Ander-
sons mother Mrs. l.. r. Anderson.
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Friend OF Mrs. Betty Copenhaver
will be interested to know that she
returned Tuesday from an extend
ed stay in the east. She is visiting
with her daughter, Mrs. o. E. Par
ris, at 74O South 9th street.
4 X i;
Mrs. Nellie Black of Dallas, Tex
is visiting with Ju1ge and Mrs
j. F.. Simpson.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
Rebekah Lodge
Makes Plans
For Party

Members of the Barbara Worth
Rebekah lodge met Friday at the
home of Mrs. Florence Lierle on
North 9th street.
Mrs. BERTHE Haynes, deputy dis
trict president, made her official
visit to the lodge.
Plans were made at the meeting
for a birthday party to be hello
following lodge on the night OF
November 26 at the home of Mrs
Dorothea Tredenick, 663 Olive street
All members whose birthday comes
between the dates of July first and
January first will be especially
invited and honored at the party
Those whose BIRTHDAYS come be-
tween those dates will notify one
of the members of the committee
so there will be an estimate as t.
the number of ladies there will be
present.
Committee members are Mrs
Tredenich. chairman. Margaret Har-
ris. Myrtle Carroll, Jean Cole, ana
Elizabeth Taylor.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
Society OF Interest to Women ss; Churches
Churches
Schools
Social Calendar

SATURDAY
Barn dnace, $3.50, Brawley.
Eagles dance, 9, $50 Broadway.
Elks dance, $3.50, Elks hall.
Bachelors. $3.50. Barbara Worth
country club.
SUNDAY
Church services.
MONDAY
Masonic luncheon, 12:15, Barbara
WOr n.
Chapter AV, PEG /, Melvin
King home.
+. and AM, No. 38i, 1870, Ma
sonic temple.
st. Msrv's young people, 7:3O,
church.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
Valley Women Will
Attend Convention

Adventures in Understanding
will be the theme of the Southern
District California Federation OF
Women's clubs convention to be
held November 16. II and 18 at the
Pacific Coast club in Long Beach.
Valley women who will attend
the affair are Mrs. F. D. Jacobs,
Mrs. Fred Harder. Mrs. r. C. Barter
and Mrs. w. A. Swerdfeger of Ten
Thousand club in El Centro, Mrs.
r. M Entrekin. Mrs. Earl Kavan-
lugh, Mrs Adolpn Binder and Mrs.
R. L. Glasby of Calexico;
Mrs. George King, Mrs. Mcdowell
and Mrs. Warner of BraWley and
Mrs Lowell Jessen of Holtville.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14

Because the regular meeting OF
McCabe- Eucalyptus home depart
ment would fall ON Thanksgiving
day. members of the department
will meet at 10 am Thursday, Nov.
18 instead. at the home of Mrs.
Frank Beyschlag.
The morning meeting will be
devoted to a discussion of the pre-
vention Of accidents in the home
and the work of the Rel Cross
by two members of Hugh Keat-
ing's committee.
Members are urged to be on time
for the meeting because the de-
partment will have a full pro-
gram for the day.
Following a pot-luck luncheon al
noon, there will be a folloW-up
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
Veteran Prisoner
Back Home Again

Frank Armenia, 27 is back
home" again in the Imperial coun-
ty Jail for theeighth time.
This time he will remain for 90
days because he was convicted of
vagrancy in Brawley. He recently
was released from Jail in Fresno
after serving an eight months SEN
tence for burglary, officers said
Since he was released from the
county Jail for the seventh time,
he has been an inmate of three
other pals in California, officers
said. Within thelast few years he
has had intimate acquaintance with
the interiors of pals in various
valley cities for a great number OF
charges including vagrancy, petty
theft, prowling. and the like, offic-
ers said Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14

THE Changing American Home"
was discussed by Guy Weakley
principal of Central high school ano
Junior college and district super
intendent of Ell Centro schools, at
the Mckinley PIT. A. meeting Fri
day at the school.
In his talk he emphasized the
point that there IS a drift away
from the church at the present
and that no substitute for the
church has been found. He sale
that the one thing of his CHILDHOOD
that stands out in his memory was
that he was taken to church ano
not sent.
It is up to the church. the school
and the home, he said, to guide
the chil1's ideal of the home. To-
Nday the important thing is hov
much time the parents are willing
to sacrifice on their children and
not how much money.
Music Program
The ,nusicsI program consisted
Of several songs sung by a group
of children from Ernest Webecke's
fifth grade class, two songs. "Wic-
genleid" by Brahm, and My Lad
die" by Thayer, sung by Mrs. E. S
Bowling who was accompanil by
Mrs. Eugene Waterman.
Mrs. Bowling, who was chairman
of the Halloween carnival given
at Mckinley school. gave report
Of tae results Of the carnival. She
reported that there is now Sl28 il
the treasury. $50 of which was
made at the carnival.
At the meeting Mrs. Bowling gave
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
Westside Country
Club Holds -.
Turkey Supper

Members of the Westside Coun-
try club entertained their hus-
bands and families with a turkey
supper Thursday, in Community
Hall
The hall was effectively and ap-
propriately decorated. The pre-
dominating colors being red, white
and blue.
The tables were attractively set
with huge bouquets of Michael
mas daisies and fern. Dainty doves
of peace were used to decorate the
small basket of mints which served
as favors.
The speaker of the evening, Evan
T. Hewes, gave an interesting talk
on activities pertaining to the
Imperial Irrigation District.
Members and families present
were Messrs. and Mesdames M. L
Curtis. Roy Westmoreland and two
children, George Wooliscroft, w
Schultz, A. Wixom, Ben Robertson
C. Havens and two sons, D. Smith
A. Sheldon, C. Ferguson, D. Green
j. F. Gallaher, Gene Higgins, C
Klump and children, George Can
non, O. G. Dickson, t. R. Lytle
and two daughters, Mrs. Mamma
Herrick, Hobart Herrick, judsor
Payne, Mrs. Victoria Rich, Dal
Sheldon, Joe Green, Merlin Wool
| iScroft, CLAUDE Ferguson, Lucili
Klump; invited guests were Messrs
and N1esdames Evan HeWes, c
Huff. E. Beeson, A. Plecher. S. I
Robinson, Mrs. Dorothy Anderson
Miss Fabian D. Copenhaver, Nj
and Mrs. Winefred Cobleigh, an
Gladys Price.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
Chapter AV P.E.O.
Will Meet

Members of Chapter AV PEO.
will meet at l pm Monday at the
home of Mrs. Melvin King, at 9th
and Olive, for their regular lunch
ron meeting.
Mrs. Stanley BigeloW will assist
Mrs. King as cohoSteSS.
Mrs. Clarence PolZine will give a
talk on the PEG. constitution and
will explain the Roberts Rules Of
Order.
The program was arranged by
Mrs. w. j. Clements who was act
ing chairman for this meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
Ell Centrdr1S Go
To HoIfUilIe
Meeting

Three Ten Thousand club MEM
bers attended the Holtville women's
club meeting Friday.
Mrs. Earl B. ShoeSmith, state
chairman of education. in women's
clubs was the guest speaker for the
meeting and she was brought to
Holtville by Mrs Agnes McEuen,
district chairman of education.
Ten Thousand club members at
tending were Mrs. Warren Currier,
president, Mrs. r. w. Ware. vice
president. and Mrs. C. B. Collins,
county chairman of education.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
D.U.V. Plans For
Food Sale

Plans for a food sale to be helc
on Saturday, Nov. 20, were made by
the Daughters Of Union Veterans
at their meeting Friday.
The location of the food sale viii
be announced later.
All members are asked to be pres
ent for the next meeting to be held
at pm, Friday Nov. g. at the Vet
Grams Memorial hall as nomination
of officers for the coming yea1
will be the main business of the
meeting
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
Varsity &C. Has
Football Dance

Central Varsity &C" presented an
informal dance Friday night fol-
lowing the Brawley-El Centro foot
ball game.
Students from BraWley high
school, Central high an'i alumni
members attended the affair.
Last year a number of similar
dances were held after the football
games and this was the first OF
the kind held this season.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
McCabe>Eucalybtus Department
Will Meet Next Thursday

meeting on upholstery which will be
led by Miss Florence Glenn, home
demonstration agent. and Mrs
Charles Hackleman and Mrs. John
Waterman. project leaders.
The ladies are asked to bring
material ani samples for slip COW
ering and pillows, and also if they
have any furniture they want up
holstered, they may take it to the
meeting.
Mrs. Elton Christian, Mrs. G. H
Lampkin and Mrs. j. p. LaBruch-
erie will assist Mrs. Beyschlag as
cOhOSteSSeS.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
Past Masters
Night Set

Past Masters night. an annual
event of the Masonic lodge, will be
observed at 7:3O Monday. at the
Masonic temple.
The Past Masters will confer the
Third Degree of Masonry at the
meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14

valley, it being the intention, in
the event a sufficient membership
was secured from other towns to
hold meetings in the various towns
in the valley, after a permanent
organization is perfected.
Persons interested are invited to
be present.
Members of the San Diego Stamp
club have signified their willing.
ness to put on a display and pre-
gram at a later date to be decided
upon. and also members from the
Pasadena clubs have offered to come
and likewise put on a program.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
M. A. Pages Hold
Entertainment

String music served as the enter
tainment at a party given by MI
and Mrs. M. A. Page recently, al
their home SOB Park avenue.
Delicious refreshments were serv-
ed to C. B. johnson. Lance E
Siplinger. Doyle Mckenzie. Dee Nc
Kenzie, O. D. Siplinger. Tex Page
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Hale. Mr.. and
Mrs. c. D. Klump and children
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
Mt. Signal Will
Meet Wednesday

Mt. Signal home department will
meet Wednesday, Nov. II, at Seeley
church with Mrs. Mary Cook as
hostess.
Mrs. D. f. Green and Mrs. Mar
guerite Graham will be cohostesses.
The project will be clothing with
Mrs. j. c. Stuart and Mrs. C.HH.
Small, project leaders in charge.
Members are requested to bring
their sewing kits, pieces of material
and a upper.
1t will be an all-day meeting
with a pot-luck luncheon at noon.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
Teachers Viii
Meet Tuesday

Teachers in che Ell Centro group
IF schools will attend a music meet
ng at 4 pm, Tuesday at the Eu-
ealyptus school. al-I6
There will be demonstrations OF
music work and chorus singing.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14

Wood, Rock Maquar, Corn Reid
R. V. Van Nostrand, Walter Phil
lips, Rudolph Miller, Leroy Holt
Robert Hatton, Gerald Shaw and
Hugh Wilcox.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
Tennis Elimina'iOns

Tennis eliminationS s-e over anC
tennis players holding out to tn,
bitter end rank as follows for the
school teams: Riddle. Chest.
nut, Dowd, Free, Jones, McChmans
Miller Fleming. Schwartz, and Bur
ger. Boys-Potter Kinne. knights
Barnes, Hatch, Goff, Horne. Lazo
Yamada, Daniel ami Donahue.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
Wihe, I0nga'.

The J.C. Campfire girls met again
Tuesday night in Loris McConnalls n
home. After a short craft meeting
IN which they decided to meet every
)tter Tuesday instead OF once q
week they adjourned.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
CAMP FIRE
GIRLS
WetOmachick Group

The Wetomachlck Camp Fire girls
held their meeting at the home OF
Betty Lea Horton, Monday night.
The meeting was called TO order
by the president who asked fol
the minutes to be read by the sec
retary.
Plans were made to 90 to HipaSS
to spend weekend instead of La
guna mountains. Games were play
ed and refreshments were served
/ Il i:
NankOakaga Group
The NanKoakagl Camp Fire group
met at the home OF Cathryn BrOm-
ley. A business meeting was hel6
and final plans for the box-socia'
to be held Monday. Nov. Is, were
made. A Council fire to be hel
in the near future was also dis
cussed.
Those present were Mrs Forrest
Manley. Betty Lemons. Betty Reid
Betty Hoy Ruth McClimans, Kath-
crime Tagg. Rose Madding, Ruby
Manson, Jean Mmson, Mary Vir-
ginia Grassland, Mary Ann Riddle
Dorotbea Eiler. Evelyn Rosenbaum.
Margaret PeddicOr1 Mildred Nc
Bride, and the hostess, Cathryn
Bromley.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14

Firemen Answer Call-El Centre
firemen were summoned to the
railway tracks on north Fifth street
Friday to eXtinguish a fire in a
Maggie company truck The truck
woo damaged considerably. firemen
said.
YOU haven't read ALL the NEWS
until you READ the ADS
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14
El Centrans Warned
On Magazine Orders

Chamber of Commerce officials
Saturday warned Ell Centrans to
check house to house magazine
subscription solicitors credentials
before investing. Residents fre-
quently have been victimized, Rob-
ert Hays, chamber secretary, point
ed out. 'g
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-14

YOU haven't real ALL the NEWS
until you READ the ADS
The Washington times., 1937-11-29

copybook musclebound, fail always to recognize
q fundamental fact that when it comes to talk,
the most important prerequisite is warmth and
facility of expression. ,.s4
The incident of the lady professor of Columbia
and Mr.. Roosevelt provides the opportunity for
this writer to quote, for the instruction of the
lady professer-and as defense for the Presi-
dent in case some one else wants to be picayune
enough to pick on his speech-a passage from
'Fisherman's Luck, by Henry van Dyke.
Henry van Dyke was a one-time United States
minister to Holland, a resident Of Princeton and
acknowledged as one of the greatest users Of
good English in contemporary American history.
This is what he has to say about talk;
every careful. prudent and precise persons are
seldom entertaining in familiar speech. They are
like tennis players in too fine Clothes. They think
more of their costume than Of the game.
Mania for Pronunciation Fatal
"A mania for absolutely correct pronunciation
is fatal The people who are afflicted with this
painful ailment are as anxious about their utter
ances as dyspeptics about their diets.
"They move through their sentences as deli
The Washington times., 1937-11-29
Says Boake Carter

cately as Agag walked. Their little airs of nicely
their starched cadences and frilled phrases seem
as if they had just been taken out of literary
band.box.
1T ,perchance you happen to misplace an
accent you shall see their eyebrows curl up like
an Interrogation mark, and they will ask you what
authority you have for that pronunciation. AS
if, forsooth, man could not talk without book
license! AS if he must have permit from some
dusty lexicon before he can take good word
into his mouth and speak it out like the people
with whom he has hved
T. aeThe truth Is that the man who is very
particular not to commit himself, in pronuncia
tion or otherwise, and talks as if his remarks
were being taken down in shorthand, and
shudderS at the thought of making mistake
will hardly be able to open your heart, or let out
the best that is in his own
Reserve and precision are great protection
to oVerrated regulations; but they are death to
talk
I'm talk it is not correctness of grammar nor
elegance of enunciation that charms us; it is
spirit, verve the sudden turn of humor, the keen
pungent taste Of life. For this reason, touch
of dialect, a flavor of brogue, is delightful
Asserts BrOgue Not Fault
"A brogue is not a fault. 1t is beauty an
heirloom, a distinction. A local accent is like
a landed inheritance; it marks mans place in
the world, tells where he comes from. Of course,
it is possible to have too much of it,. A man does
not need to carry the soil of his whole farm
around with him on his boots.
"But, within limits, the accent of native region
is delightful. Tis the flavor of heather in the
grouse, the taste of wild herbs and evergreen buds
in the venison.
II like the maple-sugar tang of the Vermonter's
sharp-edged speech; the round, fullwaisted RS
of Pennsylvania and Ohio; the soft. indolent
vowelS of the South"
(copyrIght. 1897 by Ledger syndicatel
The Washington times., 1937-11-29
Fall on Banana
Peel Injuries Man

Stepping from a taxicab at
Fourth Street and Indiana Avenue
Northwest last night, Martin
Olney. 81, of Baltimore, slipped on
a banana peel and fell heavily to
the sidewalk, police reported.
Olney, employe Of a publishing
firm at 945 Pennsylvania Ave.
N. W., was treated at Garfield
Hospital for an injury to his
shoulder.
The Washington times., 1937-11-29

By E0alw Walsh Mclean

circulation of obscene literature in Canada and
I'm sure the District Attorney here has authority
to do the same thing.
Now don't go along with prudes, who believe
in keeping young people in complete ignorance of
the facts of fe but for Gods sake let the young
sters get their knowledge from good doctor or
from their parents, instead of from these dis
gusting books which go so far as to brag in their
advertisements that they are fully illustrated
On the Spot
made my two boys promise me they would
come to me when they became curious about life,
and I shall never forget the day. my oldest son
questioned me about subjects thought had never
entered his mind. He was then only 10 or II years
old. At first I thought his questions were
prompted by idle curiosity, and asked him what
prompted him to come to me.
WELL mother" he answered, II promised you
would come to you when became curious, Most
Of my friends getting the servants to send for
books which they read at night when everybody is
asleep, butI want to keep my. promise to you"
Well, was on the spot then, but did the best
I could. 49,.
If we really want to be broadminded, let us
advocate the establishment of lecture courses in
our schools, where children could learn in an
intelligent and decent way, what life is all about.
Let us give our children full knowledge on every
question that puzzles them, so they will shun
filthy books which might influence their whole
outlook on life. And we might keep in mind what
Pope said in his Moral Essays:
=" "Tis education forms the common mind;
"Just as the twg is bent the trees inclined"
The Washington times., 1937-11-29
By Helen Essary

with my mines. They aren't large mines. In
all five employ only 900 people"
After Miss Roche had left the train at Balti
more discovered across the aisle another Wash
ington celebrity, Faik Konitza, Minister from
Albania. Mr.. Konitza was surrounded by books,
big and little. Reference books for my history
of Albania" he said. Everywhere co. I study.
I must. The publishers announced the story
of my country year ago. must be very sure
of my facts"
Library of Congress Source
Perhaps it was difficult I suggested, to verify
the history Of Albania 1000 miles away. Not
at all, said Mr.. Konitza. The Congressional
Library told him almost all he wanted to know
Mr.. Konitza is one of the most erudite foreign
diplomats in Washington. He speaks many
languages. He must, he says. So few people
speak his language He is also cook of talent
and likewise something of an aesthetic. The
sights in a Chicago slaughterhouse made him
so unhappy that he couldn't eat meat for six
months. "Yet there is no food like more than
beef" he said. "It is very difficult reconciling
ones appetite with ones sensibilitieS."
Two other wellknown Washingtonians, the
Counselor of the British Embassy and Mrs Vic
tor A. L. Mallet, were on the same New York
bound train. I saw them on the diner having
no light American lunch, but a sturdy British
meal-a cream soup, baked potatoes, greens, Q
large cut Of beet, and hearty slice Of apple paeI
The Washington times., 1937-11-29
Doto
PLiscO GiUen 1876
Rep les to Query

Abe Plisco, who as "Jew Boy
Dietz," is reputed to be Sam
Boards successor as Washington's
gambling king, demanded several
weeks ago that the Government
"particularize" its gaming con.
spiracy charge against him by
identifying the places he is alleged
to have served with racing in
formation.
Today Assistant United States
Attorney Roger Robb, in a bill of
particulars, enumerated 1876 es-
Establishments in the city with
names and addresses, where Plisco
is alleged to have placed his tele.
phone loud-speaker devices under
the name Of National Telecast,
Inc,
The Washington times., 1937-11-29
Newstips
Alert Citizens Win
Cash Prizes

Several Washingtonians won
cash prizes in The washington
Times Weekly Newstip rontest for
the week ending November 27,
1887.
Prizes awarded to those calling
in the first stories on the capture
of a North Carolina desperate
and the wreck at Fifth and Crit.
tenden SITS. N. w.
Another cash prize went for the
tip on one man killed in an auto
mobile accident on Arlington
Ridge Road and another man
critically injured.
Other prizes went for the tip
on the two farm youths burned
to death in their Virginia home:
the tip on the explosion of a gas
stove in a drug store in a down.
town hotel and the tip on a 16-
year-old boy unconscious for 16
days at a local hospital.
Two more persons won tips, in
cluding the one for the story on
the mountaineer living on the
Virginia-West Virginia line who
was charged with threatening a
forest warden and the story on
the black widow spider whose eggs
Matched about 500 young.