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Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-30
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Valley Residents

El Centro Rotarians have return
ed from the convention in Holly
wood and have reported a splendid
three days gathering. Mr.. and Mrs.
j. E. Brock. r. II. Maddux, Mr..
and Mrs. w. A. Tondro, Percie
Thacker. Mr.. and Mrs. M. o. King,
DR.. and Mrs. Norman E. Dupont and
Howard Soper attended, the women
being present for many of the ses-
sions.
Mrs. Maysie Morr and young son.
Richard, left Thursday night for
Ashland, Ohio, where they will en-
JOY an extended visit with the
baby's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
G.. F. Morr.
Mary Hatch, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Guy L. Hatch is recuper-
ating in the Ell Centro hospital
from an appendicitis operation.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-30

With Strawberries in full season,
recipes for using these berries are
of particular interest.
Pies, tartS, shortcakes, made ac-
cording to either the cake or the
biscuit school, fruit cups, are all
popular at this season of the year.
The following is an easy recipe
for strawberry pie made with a
corn flake crumb pie shell:
FRESH STRAWBERRY PIE
! quart Strawberries
l12 cups water
l cup sugar
1la tbspS. cornStarch
i cup water
tbsp. gelatin
/ corn flake crumb pie shell.
Wash and stem Strawberries; slice
or chop berries. Cook l cup of the
berries with 11a cups water until
soft. Strain and add hot liquid
to sugar and cornStarch, stirring
constantly. Cook and stir until
thick and clear Add gelatin which
has been soaked in a cup water.
Cool until mixture begins to thick
en-: add remaining berries. Turn
into corn flake crumb pie shell.
Chill Serve with sWeetened whip
ped cream, if desired.
CORN FLAKE CRUMB PIE SHELL
y cup butter @-..=.
II cup sugar
! cup fine corn flake crumbs.
Melt butter in pie pan. Add
sugar and crumbs: mix thoroughly.
Press mixture evenly and firmly
around sides and bottom of pan.
Chill before adding filling.
Yield: One 8. 9, or l0-inch shell.
Note: Roll or grind 4 cups corn
flakes to yield cup fine crumbs.
SHORTCAKE BISCUITS
y cup all bran
u cup buttermilk
1la cups flour
! tsp. baking powder
u tsp. soda
l SIP. salt
l tbsp. sugar
13 cup fat.
Soak all bran in butternilk. Sift
| Hour, baking powder, SOFA, SalC
and sugar together. Cut in fat
until mixture is like coarse corn
meal. Add soaked all bran; stil
until dough follows fork around
bowl. Turn onto flourei board
knead lightly a few seconds; roll
or pat to z inch thickness and cut
with floured cutter Spread top oi
unbaked biscuit with soft butter anc
place second biscuit on top. Brush
top with milk. Bake on lightly
creased pan in hot oven t45O de
arces F. about II minutes
Yield biscuits (2a inches il
diameteo.
Note: SWEET MILK RECIPE: l
sweet milk is used instead of but
termilk. omit SC1a and increase
baking powder to 3 teaspoons.
Wash and stem | quart of ber'
ries; they may then be sliced
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-30
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given by William
Travis Walker. Administrator OF
the estate of William Tandy Walk
cr. deceased. to the creditors OR all
persons having claims against the
said deceased, to exhibit them with
the necessary vouchers, within six
months after the first publication
Of this notice, to the said admins
traitor at 2l2 Rehkopf Building. Ell
Centre. California. the place select
cd for the transaction OF all busi-
ness of said estate, OF to file them
within six months after the first
publication of this notice, in the Of
flee of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of the State of California,
County of Imperial.
Dated this 10Th day of April, 1887.
WILLIAM TRAVIS WALKER
Administrator
CLARENCE B. SMITH
Attorney for Administrator.
A. %, 30; M. 7, II
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-30
Church Officials
In Last Session

Final meeting of the year for
officials of the State Street Chris
tian church and church school will
be held Sunday at $50 pm. in the
church.
The groups. including elders, dea-
cons, deaconasseS, teachers and Of
ficers, will make reports for the
season and will set up committees
for the annual meeting of the con-
gregation, May 9. o. F.. Haun, gen.
eral chairman, will preside. A pot
luck dinner is planned.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-30
City Schools Complete Public
Schools Week Celebrations

lar sessions to illustrate their activ-
tiles, special display being featured
in the school hall
Wilson Assembly
A general assembly followed dur
ing which the various school mu-
sical groups, representatives of hob
by groups, Leo DeCelles, principal,
Guy A. Weakley, district superin-
tendent, all appeared on the pro-
gram, an old fashioned spelling bee
forming one of the highlights.
Rural schools likewise have been
featuring national public schools
week. Thursday night Miss Edith
Redit, county instruction supervisor,
visited the Mulberry school pro-
gram and Friday night, that after
noon, at Meloland.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-30
sss5fy sias, .ooOf Interest to Women
Society
Clubs
Social Calendar
FRIDAY

FRIDAY
Colonial drill team, 6:30, Masonic
temple.
Public schools program, 8, Cen
tral.
Public schools program, Douglas
high school.
SATURDAY
Band practice, Veterans. hall.
Home department chairmen, 10,
court house.
All club council, IL, court house.
Chapter CIV, P.E.O., 1890, 635
Wensley.
De ANA chapter, II. L. Sperry
home, Calipatria.
Farm bureau directors, 1870, court
house.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-30
Strawberry Season Brings Demand
For NeaV Recipes
EDITED BY ANNE HARDY DAVIS.

mashed or serv2c whole, accord
ing to personal preference. Ber-
ries should stand with sugar on
them for several hours, and then
be generously spread between
halves of buttered biscuits and
heaped over top. Amount of sugar
used on berries varies from Y cup
to l cup, according to personal
preference also
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-30
| Informal Dinner
For Mrs. Joy

Complimcnting Mrs. Carleton ID.
Joy Of Chula Vista, former FL Gen.
tro resident. Mr. and Mrs. Nolan
C. Smith entertained informally at
dinner at the International club,
CalexicQ.
Invited guests were: Mrs. JOY
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Strickland, Mr.
and Mrs Norman G. Deaton.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-30
Seniors Postpone
Ditch-Dav Due
To Bad Weather
Ditch-Day Postponed

Because Of rain in the Cuvam7ca
mountains, the senior ditch-day has
been postponed from this weekend
to some time later in May. The SEN
iors did not want to run any rlsK
of bad weather, so decided to
change the date in spite Of previous
nlanS
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-30
GRIMM FINED

NEW YORK, April 30. W,P)--Man-
ager Charley Grimm of the Chicago
Cubs was fined $50 today by Nation
al League President Ford Frick as a
result of an argument during yes
terday's Cubs-Pirate game at Pitts
burgh
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-30
Heber School Observes Public
Schools Week in Program

meeting with Mrs. Claude Terrence,
president, in charge. Plans were
made for the May installation OF
officers, for amendments to the by
laws. A report was made by the
benefit dinner committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-30
FIRST BAPTIST
Seventh and Orange Ave
Harold L.. D0tY. Th.R.

hhdiotu Dobys
Church school, 9:45 am, A. A.
Moody, superintendent.
Morning worship, IL am.
Sermon topic "Bapists Can't Do
That" pastor.
Special music, chorus, choir
Frederic Rapson, director.
Young peoples societies-Junior,
Senior and Adult B.Y.P.U, 6:30 p.
m.
Evening worship -7:30 pm. Ser
mon address "Come Down Moses, y
selections from Negro Pageant,
"Pearly Gates"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-30
Mrs. Loud Hostess
To Chapter AV

Mrs. Henry L. Loud will be
hostess Monday to Chapter AV p.
E.O., the members meeting for a
| o'clock luncheon at her home
on Sanialwood Drive. Mrs. o. G..
Horne will have the program.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-30
ST. JOSEPH'S, HOLTvILLE
Rev. NJ. J. Browne, pastor

Rev.. M. J. Browne, pastor
Masses Sunday, 8 and 10 am.
Holy Days, Z and 3 am.
Baptism by appointment.
Sunday school Saturday, | pm.
Sunday, 10 am. .--.-
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-30
IMPERIAL COMMUNITY

Lost and Found" will be the
second sermon in the series on Tho
PARALLELS of Christ" to be deliver
ed next Sunday evening by Mr..
E. L. Wilder at the Imperial Com
munity church. The subject for the
Sunday morning message will be,
"The Cross, the Christians Gre
DENTAL"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-30
STATE STREET CURISTiAN
state at Fifth

Rev. T.. X. Iatim"r, minister
Church school a'30 am. H. ~
How. superinterle lent.
Mornino Worship. l0;45; s"rmo'
tonic "Grcwth THROUGH Ch"rrh
Membership special music, MIS-
Murray. soloist.
$40 nm. Christian FndcaVor.
Evening worship, 7:30.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-30
ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC
Rev. L. Martinez

Sunday Masses: and 10 O'Clock
am.
During the week, Mass is said
at 7 am.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-30
Girl Reserves Party


Invitations for the Girl Reserve
annual father daughter garden par
ty are now being planned by Elrose
Maquar, chairman. This year the
party will be held at the Harry
Horton home, the fathers being en-
tertained with games. Following the
supper, the guests will be asked to
entertain.
Fire Drills
Special fire drills have been held
lately at high school in case of fire
or earthquake. All the exits have
been inspected and classes instruct
ed as to which exits to use in case
of emergency. Thursday an assem-
bly, was held, following which the
entire school had a fire drill
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-30
FIRST LUTHERAN
Tenth and Holt
Rev. Jos. GalambOs

Church school $50 am; THE
Ascension of our Lord"
Morning worship 1920 am. Ser
mon topic, "a Lesson in Prayer; ;
organ prelude and postlude with
a hymn by the Sunday school epu-
nils 80
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-30
BETH JACOB

Sabbath services; for Congrega-
ton Beth Jacob will be held at the
new community center, 538 Adams.
Friday at pm. M. Rosen of CAL
eXico will Osficiate,
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-30
SEELEY CONGREGATIONAL

Rev. Frank a. JunkInS, paSIOT
Church school at Gas am,
Morning worship at IL.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-30
Churches Invite Attendance

The Lutheran young people meet
at BIS pm. at the church Thurs
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-30
METHOnIsT EPISCOPAL

Olive at 9th
A.D Buiters. pastor
Church school, 9'45 an, Robert
Armstrong. Superintendent.
Morning worship. II: eernon b."
pastor; special music by Vested
Choir.
Epworth League, $50 pm.
Evening worship, 1880.
CirclesQnest.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-30

Julia Brackett, choir directreSS -.
Margaret Handy, Organist
Holy Communion, 7:30.
Choral Eucharist, IL.
Church school worship, 10:45:
Glasses, Sat-, $3.50 am; Kinder
garten, GAS am, Sun.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-30
PRESBYTERIAN

Morning worship at IT. Sermon
subject, The Golden Present" A
solo will be sung by Mrs. Herman
Smith.
Church school at GAS am.
Christian Endeavor groups, $50
pm.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-30
ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL

Rev. ID. Ellsworth, vicar
Julia Bracket, choir direcfress
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-19
Evasion Racket

The newspapers have been filled with stories of recent years of how income tax payments have been avoided by wealthy individuals. It seems there are all sorts of legal methods by which taxes may be avoided and at the same time the tax payer may be protected by the law. How ever, we wonder if the law was intended to shield those who are deliberately evad- ing income tax payments through eTn- ployment of the law in another way. It is no wonder that tax evaders can be found by the hundreds everywhere you go now.
 We happened to notice this week that there were 5000 less licenses given Hart ford operators of automobiles this year than in 1886. This is quite drop. Of course, before the year is up the figure will be decreased materially as those who have neglected or forgotten to procure licenses get them. But, nevertheless, it shows that unless efforts are made to enforce such laws as this one we would all be delinquents This is more notice able in payment of property taxes on automobiles. Even the lowly little dog license provides room for comment.
 Too many people are coming into maturity these days possessed with the full intent of being delinquent whenever they can so far as payment of taxes of various types are concerned. If they can get away with it, they are going to con- tinue the practice until apprehended. And by that time they will be actually convinced that they are not required to pay that tax. Tax collectors and tax collecting agencies need to get tough" and if they haven't got the necessary authority, our governmental agencies should supply it. Either that or elinina- tion of the taxes we shun and avoid must be provided
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-19
Nations Yesterdays

If the literary signposts are worth any thing, we seem to be moving in the direc- tion of sane and helpful reappraisal of our national past For number of years our novelists hardly seemed to know that we had a past. When they did know it, they seemed to look on it as dreary and confining period from which, by grace of the passage of time. we had luckily managed to make an escape. In the 1920's especially, the big idea of the novel was to present "slice of life," and the life that was thus sliced had to be con- temporary.
 But things are different now The two most fabulous fiction successes of recent years have been Anthony Adverse" and "Gone With the Wind" which go back to themes our novelists had been ignoring almost unanimously. Sandwiched in between these fantastic beSt-sellerS have been less spectacular books dealing with the past = novels of the Civil War, of the Revolution, of the clipper ship era, of the winning of the west, of the reconstruc- ton period and of heaven alone knows what else.
 Now the point is that very few of these books have been written uncritically. Most of them have sought to show either that some fabled and glamorous era was really less romantic than distance makes it seem, or that in the process of coming of age we have somehow put aside ways of living that were of genuine value. They have called our attention to our past, both in order to point out its faults and to remind us that change is not neces- sarily change for the better.
 It is a good thing that this has hap pened; for the simple truth of the matter is that as nation we have grown up little too rapidly. Social developments that took centuries in other lands have occupied decades in America. Our history has been telescoped. We are like man who stepped from childhood to manhood in month.
 All of this has made for good deal of confusion. We need breathing spell so that we can examine this past of ours dispassionately and see just how we be- came what we are today. The adjust ments that should have been made along the way were not made because there was not time; we need to make some of them now, and we can't do it unless we study our history and see just what happened and how it happened.
 This doesn't mean that every novelist must immediately get out his reference books and fall to on historical romance. We need light on the the present as we'll as on the past. But it does mean that this fictional preoccupation with bygone days is healthy thing The more we know about our own yesterdays, the bet ter shall we be able to prepare for our tomorroWS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-19

A recent edition of Popular Mechanics recalls to mind the days of the herb collectors. In every city or town there was always some individual who spent most of his time in collecting wild herbs or in raising domestic ones in his back yard. Today it is probably forgotten by most of us, but herbs are still raised for commercial purposes. Uncle Sam issues bulletins on the various herbs and their uses. Most of us are active in ridding vegetable and flower gardens of what we call weeds. A majority of them are not weeds in critical sense, but actually plants with definite value, when put to practical purposes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-19

In a recent address Chief Justice Will liam M Maltbie of the Connecticut Supreme Court urged his listeners to be- ware of "selfish interests. His talk was to the graduates of the Hartford College of Law and in the course of it he pointed out that excessive activity by the government today is resulting in many abuses which in time are going to have serious reaction on the public state of mind. He said there is danger ahead in social service work and undoubtedly he is right. It can be carried too far or become a fetish with the government. However, we have been asking for it for years and now that we have Uncle Sam distributing social benefits it behooves us to keep the program on an even keel and not to let it interfere or conflict with the duties and rights of man to his fellow man. After all there are some things which even outrank the state. If we keep that in mind, perhaps our perspective won't be warped.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-19
A Book a Day
And So Love Healed Their Hurts at Last
By BRUCE CATION

Spring has come, and with it, MT. Warwick Deeping, strewing roses on the grass.
 Blind Mans Year" is the latest production of that prolific English writer.
 Rosamund Gerard was an unusu- ally successful novelist, but she shut herself away from the world for mysterious reason, known only to those closest to her. The reason was a disf1guring birthmark, of which she was overwhelmingly conscious. Just how her two disagreeably gos- sipy sisters refrained from spread ing the secret is not revealed. In any case she remained an enigma to her public, and lived alone on her beautiful estate in Sussex.
 Life crashed in upon her seclu- sion when the plane of Give Strange was wrecked near her home. She took him in and nursed him herself. full of pity at his injuries, moved to deeper compassion when she learned he would be blind as a result of his accident.
 There is no need to guess what happened next. When you reach that point in the story you realize with dreary centalnty the outcome. Their beautiful friendship ripens (that is precisely the word) into love, which, as is to be expected, conquers all.
 If there is anything to be said for this book it is that MT. Deeping shows a commendable compassion for the afflicted. This does not seem, however, a sufficiently unique sen- timent to lift the book into medio- crity. .-EM.T.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-19
The Right Answer

Governor Wilbur L. Cross vetoed Repre- sentative Daniel J. Mahaney's recently enacted bill, eliminating the fixed charge on all hand-set telephones, with one sentence comment, ". the fixing of util- ity rates is function of the Public Utili- ties Commission :" And thus ended what seemed like successful fight that the local legislator has made for a num- Der of years to dispose of bone = much contention fixed, area, and r set charges by utilities.
 When both branches of the Legislature passed the Mahaney phone bill after it had been reported unfavorably by the judiciary committee and had been jostled back and forth in an effort to let it die in committee, it seemed certain that the measure was due to become law. How ever, Governor Cross disposed of it rather neatly and it would be rather hard to get around his line of reasoning for his veto, which has already been submitted to Secretary of State Dr. c. John Satti and which, of course, definitely puts the quietuS on the bill.
 However, the success achieved this year in pushing through bill that would have been quite blow to public utility oper- ating in Connecticut, may indicate that before the Legislature meets again in 1889 there will be underway some form of pressure to battle fixed charges out on a common ground We don't know if the governors comment on his veto will cause She fight to be carried immediately to lhe Public Utilities Commission, which in he past has upheld such charges, but it nay indicate a course of action for the lext legislative session. if by that time Representative Mahaney can command khe same support he had this year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-19

cer, one to . butcher, and one to a printer.
 The printer replied and Whites newspaper career got under way. Son Bill
 Today there Is another White stepping into his fathers shoes. Son Bill was educated in Harvard and began his journalistic careed on the Harvard Lampoon. Father Bill was very proud of that, but not sorry he missed his sons initiation.
 When young Bill became a member of the Lampoon staff he was taken to swanky. fraternity house on the Harvard "gold coast" and put through a remarkable ceremony. The high point of this cafne with Son Bill believing from a raised window:
 "I'm a filthy, sneaking, low down rat! I'm . pigeon-toed, knock -kneed yellow-belIy! My name is William Allen White, Jr, Emp0ria, Kansas"
 Daughters Obituary
 Bill White had a daughter, Mary, of whom he was very fond. She died in 1921, and father-editor wrote her "obit'. It began:
 "The Associated Press reports carry the news of Mary Whites death declared that it came as the result of a fall from hrose. How she would have hoOted at that! She never fell from a horse in her life ."
 The rest of the article-which has become an editorial classic was a touching tribute to the daughter.
 Bill White at 69 is still going strong. The Emporia Gazette, which had only 450 circulation in 1895, now has 5000 and it continues to run such quaint items as this-which are as important to the picture of William Allen White as his editorials:
 "The counter-boy at the Santa Fe depot says the prettiest wO- man in the world will flirt with you if you start flirting with her just as the train pulls out"
 Copyright, 1897, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-19

which was so sudden that it is very difficult to understand it. The popu- lation of Greece in the second cen- tury was estimated at one hundred and nine per square mile. Yet the population was emigrating, and population was restricted. A pair would have but one or two children. The cities were empty and the land was uncultivated. There was neither war nor pestilence to account for this. Everywhere was stark pessim- ism.
 So with Sparata. The population declined to such point that it was like race suicide. The heroic spirit gave way to pessimism and the na- tional spirit was crushed.
 Some day perhaps, Herr Hitler may write book on "The worries of a Dictator, or Uneasy is the Head that Wears Crown" and such a book would no doubt pass just now as best seller and Book of The Month, and run through several editions, but just now the Herr is thinking more about build ing up new NaM religion and talk ing over the real estate owned and acquired by other and older de- nominations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-19

The Literary Digest has been sold The Review of Reviews has bought it and nat urally the first question that arises is whether or not the presidential polls will be continued or similar-trial ballots. The new owners are silent as yet on the sub- ject, but as this undoubtedly con- tributed to the sale by reason of the Di- gest's fall-off in circulation since last fall, it might be safe to conclude they were finished.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-19
Answers To Questions
By Frederick M. Kerby

@. The Russians had an airplane named Maxim Gorky. Was 1t the largest that has ever been built, and what has become of it?
 A. It was the worlds largest landplane and it crashed near Mos COW, May IS, 1885. The persons on board, forty-e eight in all, were killed.
 o. Are Lepers in the leper col- onies permitted to write letters to outside people?
 A. Yes. In a few colonies letters are disinfected with formaldehyde before mailing, but this is now re-, garded as unnecessary.
 o. Who were the German pleni- potentiaries who signed the treaty of Versailles?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-19

Western forests may be depleted, but eastern ones are growing up and there may be some old-fashioned pioneering some day as westerners seeking new op- portunities move into New York, Penn sylvania, and New England.