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Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-12
NeuUs Items About
Valley Residents

DR.. and Mrs. J. F.. Foncannon
and their daughter, Mrs. Ed Bras
sington, the former Julia Foncan-
non, and Mr. BraSSington, paid a
short visit to friends in Ell Centre
this past weekend. The Foncan-
mons are former e. Centro resi-
dents.
Mr.. and Mrs Edward L. West
of Ojai visited Mr. Wiest's brother,
Dan West, county assessor-collec-
tor, Tuesday. They had visited Mrs.
E. E. West in Monrovia and re-
ported her to be holding her own
after her recent illness.
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Mrs. irving T. Raab is enjoying
short rest at Pine Valley in the
E. E. Clements cottage
Mrs. Roy E. Breedlove is in the
Ell Centro hospital recovering from
minor operation. She expects to
return home within a day or SO.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-12
Welfare Section
Elects Officers

Miss Maria Birkhauser was
chosen chairman of the Junior
Ten Thousand clubs Welfare sec
tion at the meeting Monday night
at Tony's where the section had
its annual dinner session.
Miss Birkhauser succeeds Mrs.
Dee Percival. Mrs Colon Barratt
is the new secretary-treasurer
Work for the year was reviewed,
members giving an excellent re-
port of welfare activities connect
~ with the county detention
home and needy families of the
community.
The section will not meet again
until fall.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-12
Mckinley P.-T.A.
Inuites Fathers
To Program

Mckinley P.-T.A. has invited the
fathers to join the mothers for
the meeting Friday night at 7:30
o'clock in the school.
An interesting program has been
arranged for the pleasure of the
guests of honor and will include
numbers by the school children
and an address by speaker.
Refreshments will be served by
a committee composed of Mrs. L.
Rentz and Mrs. A. Sherman, kim
dergarten mothers.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-12

Mrs. Hugh Davis was elected
president of Boyce Aten unit, Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary, succeeding
Mrs. Aylmer Thompson.
Election of officers was the chief
item of business at the meeting
Tuesday night in the Veterans hall.
Other officers chosen ara Violet
Farmer first vice-president; Addie
johnson, second vice president;
Helen Davis, daughter of the pres
idont- ELECT, Sergeantat-arms: Ruby
Wray, marshall; Fannie Kuhn, his
torian; Ann Schaller musician:
Ruth Conn, secretary-treaSure
Hester Lehman, chaplain; Anna
McManus, Genevieve Kieffer and
Helen Roberts, committeeWomen.
Delegates to convention and coun-
ty council will be chosen later.
The installation is to be a joint
affair with the juniors and is set
for May "a.
Mortgage Celebration
Other important business con-
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-12

A matinee performance of Death
Takes a Holiday, will be presented
Thursday at 2:30 pm. in the high
school auditorium for elementary
and high school students.
DramaticS class members are
sponsoring the production which
promises to be a particularly able
one since the best talent has been
enlisted.
The play itself is unusual and
one which scored a tremendous sue
cess on Broadway and also in the
motion picture version. 1t requires
considerable skill from its actors
and thu Central cast is meeting
these difficult requirements in a
highly creditable fashion.
Every detail of production prom
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-12
Matinee Performance Planned for
Death Takes a Holiday

ises to be carefully carried out so
that those who attend may expect
a finished performance from be-
ginning to end.
Phil Van Slyck and Gerry Blake
play the leading roles, the former
portraying Death" in the disguise
of Prince Sirki, and the latter,
Grazia with whom Death is in
love
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-12
GET UP AT NIGHT?

A SIMPLE diuretic stimulant, like Dr.
"A Pieyce's A-nuric Tablets, is often indi-
Gated and usually it is sufficient TO relieve
minor kidney irregularities. "A-nuric" is OF
value in relieving the burning and soreness,
and the desire for frequent urination caused
by or associated with excess acid, and tends
to ease the flow of urine. Buy of your nearby
dealtrI now Price, 6sc & $l.SS.
Mail the symptom blank which is in the
s-nu,ic package to DR.. Pierce's Clinic, Bufr
rsio, N. y, II you desire free medical adyieas
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-12
Meaghers Hosts To
Duplicate Club

Match Point Duplicats club MEM
bers met Tuesday at the w. j.
Meagher residence, 1872 He'll ave-
nue., to have their weekly game of
contract.
Mrs. B. r. Purdy and Mrs. r. P.
Moore won high score; Mrs. A. H.
Keller and Mrs. b. E. Lemons,
second; Mrs. T. C. Lanier and E.
P. Pennebaker tied with Mrs. E. A.
Nance and George Noble for third
high score.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-12
Shrine Social Club
Meets In BraUley

White Shrine Social club men,
berS met in Brawley Tuesday at
the home of Mrs. Mary Smith
where they enjoyed a pot luck
luncheon and game of contract.
High scores were won by Mrs.
A. Deaver of Brawley and Mrs.
S. C. Blackman of Calexico.
Ell Centro was represented at the
meeting by Mrs U. L. Martin, Mrs.
Duane Stafford, Mrs A. N. Buck
lin
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-12
Mrs. Adair New President of
Business Women S Club

The installation service will take
place at lawn party to be given
in two weeks at the w. NBoyer
home with Mrs. Boyer and Mrs
Barthel as hostesses.
Program for the evening was CIV
Ell by Mrs Earle G. Davis who
reviewed Il Visit the Soviets" by
E. NJ Delafield, describing the au-
thor's experiences in Russia on a
collective farm and also in travel
ling through the country Written
in the style of The Provincial
Lady, the book is a chatty infor-
NAL discussion on Russia in terms
of people rather than documents
and economic theories. .-s-
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-12

Mrs. Lucy Adair of Imperial was
elected president of the Ell Centre
Business and Professional Women's
club at the meeting Tuesday night
in the Barbara Worth hotel
Mrs. Adair succeeds Mrs. Ruby
Barthel as president and will be
installed in two weeks.
The other officers chosen in
clude: Merta Thompson of Impe-
rial. vice. president; Muriel Chris
tian, treasurer; Hazel Smith, re-
cording secretary; Evelyn Allen
corresponding secretary.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-12
Harry Harnn,onds
Visit In City

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hammond of
Riverside and their daughter, Mrs
Arthur Culver. the former Bar
bara Hammond. have been making
a short stay in FL Centro.
Mrs. w. c. Costello is their daugh-
ter and the Hammond family has
been enjoying 4 reunion with the
CoStelloS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hammond and Mrs.
Culver have visited here frequently
and have many friends in the city.
Mr.. Hammond is publisher OF the
Riverside Press and Enterprise.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-12

Imperial Valley Music Teachers
association concluded highly sue
cessful year on Tuesday night with
the annual banquet attended by
members and guests and held in
the Barbara Worth hotel.
Exquisite pink and blue flowers
were used in the table appoint
ment, the place cards repeating
these dainty colors.
Equally charming was the pro-
gram of music presented: Mrs. L..
Day Hanks of Seeley sang Songs
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-12
Missionary Group
Plans Supper

Presbyterian Missionary society
will have its annual pot luck dim
ner next Tuesday at the Cyde Dyer
ranch with the husbands of men,
berS as special guests.
Dinner will be served at $50
pm. and a program will be present.
ed which will feature a presenta-
ton by Mrs. M. ManniX of the play
The Two Masters" and a special
Drogram of music.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-12
EXAMINATIONS

Notice has been received from
the University of California that
the Subject A examination, given
for seniors entering college or jay
Gee, will be given on Saturday,
June S, at 9 in the morning. Nearly
all California colleges require that
students take this examination.
Miss Bessie ProudfoOt. head OF the
English department, is hoping TO
arrange for the exam to be held
in the afternoon, as graduation is
the night before.
90
Junior college graduates this year
and their guests will enjoy their
first ditch-day in several years this
weekend at Cuyamaca. All the
equipment must be turned in Fri
day morning, and the students will
leave Saturday morning, returning
Sunday evening. S. E. Allen and
James Carter are in charge of
arrangements.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-12
Section To Attend
Convention

Members of the Readers Round
Table of the Ten Thousand club
will leave Thursday to attend the
convention of the California Fed
Grafton of WomenS clubs at Ho-
tel del Coronado Thursday after
noon Mrs. Roberta Campbell Law
son, president of the General Fed
Grafton of Women's clubs, is TO
speak.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-12
Magnolia-Mulberry
Center Meets

Tempting breakfast dishes wera
prepared and served at the meeting
of Magnolia Mulberry home deptra-
ment Tuesday at the home of Mrs.
Henry Kuhns.
Popovers, sauSageS, baked apples,
baked bananas, Clipped beef and
tomatoes were some of the items
prepared ana which constituted the
luncheon.
Miss Florence Glenn. home DEM
onstration agent, met with the
group.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-12
Livingston Pupils
To Glue Recitals

Estelle Livingston, teacher of
piano )has announced her recital
dates for this spring.
On June l Mrs. Livingston will
present Joyce Sherwood and Dor
othea Eiler in recital and on June
3, the other pupils in her class.
Both recitals will take place in
the Ten Thousand club house.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-12
Drill Team To Glue
Demonstration

Members of the colonial drill
team of the Past MatronS and Pa
irons association are journeying
to Ramona the latter part OF this
month to give a demonstration for
the Eastern Star chapter in that
town.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-12
.Pre-Conlnencement
Festivities
Planned
ENTERTAIN SENIORS

Invitations for the annual junior
senior banquet have been issued
by the junior class. This year the
banquet will be held Friday, Nav
IA, at the Barbara Worth hotel
Kenneth BoWles is chairman of
invitations, all reservations being
made with him. Mrs. Annette Gill
lett Guy Weakley, and Bob Erskine
are the faculty committee working
on the banquet, also being assisted
by Mrs. Ray and the art depart
ment.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-12

Gretchen Thomson, 10, of New
Orleans, La, rules over the 14th
annual Shenandoah Apple Bios
som Festival at Winchester, Va,
May rs. During her stay in Vir-
ginia, Miss Thomson. blonde. is
/, guest of Mrs. Richard E. Byrd,
mother of Admiral Byrd.
/ = rs.r sstnf y9ft --CeatTal Press
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-12
Rebekahs To Meet
Thursday Night

Barbara Worth Rebekahs will
meet Thursday night at 8 O'Clock
at the home of Mrs. Florence Lierle
222 North Eight street.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-12
Former Residents
Haue Daughter

Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
Kliegel, former Ell Centrans now
living in Burbank, will be inter-
eSted in the news of their little
daughter, born May 4. The baby
has a little brother, Jimmie Kliegel,
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-12
Son Born Tuesday
To DoUidsons

Mr.. and Mrs. N. B. Davidson of
Ell Centro have announced the birth
of a son at the Ell Centre hospital
Tuesday morning. The baby weigh
ed eight pounds, six and y ounces.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-12
Today's Fashion Hint
indian CoIors Brighten Modes

CLASSICAL
LY simple
above the
wide suede
belt, box
pleated and
swirling be-
low, here
is a summer
dress be-
coming to
all types
of figures.
1t comes in
a Pan
American
Exposition
print of
Incan gold
and Toltec
green, has
a low V
neckline,
short puff
sleeves
which make
shoulders
look broad
er. The
white straw
hat with
black gros-
grain trim
ming is an
exact copy
of a Bull
Fighters
sailor, chin
strap and
all.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-12
4 CLEVELAND WNER GETS
20 70 MI LES PER LON

In THOUSANDS OF miles of business driving, |
am convinced that my ChrySler Royal tops them
all in power, comfort and low cost of operation
The new Gold Seal engine is truly remarkable
:. ii spins this big, roomy car along over
all sorts of roads at 2019 miles per gallon -
r. p. ScHREINER, Cleveland, Ohio
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-12
WICHITA WOMAN PRAISES
CHRYSlER'S EASY HANDLING!

" HE BEAUTY OF the new Chrysler ROYAL attracted
us at once Since we have owned it, we have been
completely charmed. have never owned a car which
handled SO nlmbly and parked so easily The safety
steel body is aStoniShngy quiet The riding quail
teS are superior to any car have ever ridden in. 4"
MRS. STANLEY sPuRRIER, Wichits, Kan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20
KERR IS GIVEN
L0CK'SP0ST

Capt. z. P. Lock, the Army en-
gineer officer who has been in
charge Of the maintenance Of the
White House since october, 1888,
has been ordered to duty at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan, and will be
succeeded at the White House by
Capt. Howard Kerr. of the Engin-
eer Corps.
Captain Kerr is now assigned to
the Philadelphia area. The change
will take place about May 81.
Captain Lock was the officer
under whom the recent rehabilita-
ton of the White House took
place. This included construction
Of the new Executive office, the
new White House electrified
kitchen, the installation of new
wiring and fire protection in the
old mansion.
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SHIFT
ANNOUNCED

The Capital Transit Company
announced it will discontinue
operation today Of the East
Washington Suburban and South.
west busline over and to the east
Of the Pennsylvania Avenue
Bridge. Buses of these lines here
after will turn at Barney Circle,
Seventeenth Street and PennSyl-
vania Avenue Southeast.
In place of the discontinued line,
the company will place in service
a new route which will be operated
between Barney Circle and Ben
ningS, Ely Street, Hillcrest, Randle
Highlands and AnacoStia. The
change in service was neceSSitated
because the company is prohibited
from operating large buses over
the bridge, it was explained.
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A year and a half later he wrote
a much longer letter, likewise pre-
served, in which he reminisced
freely of Presidents he had known
and observed at the dinners. He
spoke of Cleveland, "who would
not come" as the sole exception
in this respect among Presidents
who had occupied the White
House since the club was first
organized.
President CTheodore) Roosevelt,
he remarked, lost his temper at
the 1907 dinner, when he and
Senator Foraker Of Ohio tore into
each other over the Brownsville
incident, involving the mutiny OF
Negro troops on the Mexican Dor
der, because a Gridiron Skit IRE
Vealed a weakness in his policy"
Mr.. Depew wrote at that time:
"The GridirOn Club is . mir
rOr. 1t reveals the statesman to
himself as he is. It is the great
est, most benevolent and bene-
ficial creation to reduce the alb
normal swelling Of the head and
enlargement of the chest. It has
done and is doing q great work
in giving to its guests the best
evenings to be found anywhere
in the United States.
"FOr many years Punch has
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French InUited

Marshal Foch and Aristide
BRAND, Of France, were invited,
but could not come. BRAND was
delegate to the Washington con-
ference. Ambassador Jusserand,
of France. long q favorite guest
at club gatherings, wrote to Mr..
Cunningham apropos Of the invi-
tation extended to and accepted
by the others:
II have explained to my COM
patriots what the GridirOn Club
is and what enjoyment it pro-
vides. More than one knew of
it already, but the fact that
they are unfamiliar with the
English language will, am
afraid, prevent them from en-
jOying to the full the pleasure
of such noteworthy gather.
ings."
When the late Henry Hall, for
many years q leading member of
the club and at one time its pres
ident, paid a tribute to JusSerand
at a 1924 dinner, the then French
envoy, dean of the Washington
diplomatic corps, asked for the
text, and when an engroSSed copy
was sent him, wrote in acknowl-
edgment:
81 shall never forget the I'M
failing courtesy and good will
with which was received by
the GridirOn Club, and the rare
enjoyment / had, in the course
Of those many years, each time
I was your guest"
There are other letters and
signatures in the Gridiron files
which instantly call up pages
from the past. In 1928 all Of the
then living sons Of Presidents Of
the United States were invited.
There is a note Of acknowledge
ment and regret from U. S. Grant,
jr., written on the stationery Of
the U. S. Grant Hotel in San
Diego, Cal; another from the late
Robert T. Lincoln, written from
Manchester, VT; a third from
Russell B. Harrison, an Indian
apolis lawyer; and formal accept
ances from Archibald and Kermit
Roosevelt and John and Calvin
Coolidge, jr., the last of whom
died not long after his father had
succeeded to the Presidency.
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in response to invitations from
the club or its members.
AS his only detailed explanation
Of his persistent absence from the
dinners Governor Smith wrote on
November 20, 1922:
81 have been invited to about
one thousand dinners, gather.
ingS and meetings of all kinds. /
have given the thing serious
thought, and 1 have come to the
only conclusion that 1 could
reach under the circumstances,
and that is that / must decline
them all. If / go to one I have
no explanation for the rest.
aside from that have been
warned by the doctor who has
been in charge of me since
August to keep away from pub
lie dinners"
Chauncey Depew, who died In
1928 at the age of "a, undoubtedly
attended more dinners than any
other individual not a member OF
the club-and perhaps more than
any of the club members, since he
outlived most of the organizers
He was at the clubs first dinner
in 1885, held at Welcker'S Hotel
and Restaurant at 727 Fifteenth
st. N. W., where the HibbS Build
ing now stands, with only a hand
full of public men present, and
attended others with great regu
larity until toward the close OF
his life.
In 1928, when he was nearing
the age of 80, yet daily at his
desk as chairman of the board
of the New York Central railroad
he wrote a letter preserved in the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20
TafFs Attitude

On another occasion, however,
the late William Howard Taft,
toward the close of a long life
which saw him serve four years
in the White House and end his
career in the chair now occupied
by Mr.. Hughes, left no doubt as
to what he called the "consola-
tory" pleasure of seeing others
roasted. In an article written Tor
the Saturday Evening Post IN
1914, dealing with personal aspects
of the presidency, he spoke OF his
enjoyment of the Gridiron din
ners, and of the establishment OF
foreign diplomats, turning ever to
appreciation, as they attend the
clubs affairs for the first time
and realize with what freedom
Americas public men are satir-
lied.
once J. Pierpont Morgan the
elder had been given his baptism
of Gridiron heat, early in the cen
tury, he came to the dinners as
often as circumstances permitted.
The clubs records contain note
dated in November, 1915, in which
he regretted that, in view OF his
recent operation, he will not be
able to get to Washington and is
therefore not able to accept, an
invitation to the dinner OF the FOL
lowing month.
The late Elihu Root pleaded at
the same time that he had to at
tend a dinner of the trustees OF
the Carnegie Institution Of Wash
ington, being chairman OF the
board, where there will not be
half as much fun as there will be
on the Gridiron!"
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is that others get the same
treatment. The Gridiron
Club records, as deposited
in the Library of Congress,
contain occasional erpres-
sions of their delight IN
hearing and seeing others
roasted. This article is
fourth of a series based
on an authorized scrutiny
of the clubs files for a
period of almost half a
century.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20
Players TO Present
0perettd in Church

1.-THE Panhellenic Follies of
1887" will be presented Sunday
night at $3.50 o'clock in the I'M
maculate Conception Church
Hall, Eighth and N SITS. N. W., by
the Saint Constantine and Helen
young people players. The pro-
duction, a novel Greek American
operetta. In under direction Of
Nicholas ChataS.
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Smith Declines

For some unexplained reason
AL Smith, Of New York, is shown
by the club records to have de-
clined more invitations to its din.
ners, probably, than any other in
dividual. AS governor Of New
York, as a presidential candidate
and subsequently, both in private
and public life. he refused time
after time to appear at the famous
gatherings. although they were at
tended by Presidents Of the United
States and occasionally of the
Latin countries, by foreign ENJOYS,
visiting statesmen. scientists, fl.
nanciers, captains of industry,
governors Of other States, Senators
lin fact, everyone who could come
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20
Carolina Father, 81,
III Of Heart Attack

NEW BERN, N. c.. May 20
N.S0.-George I. Hughes, the
Confederate veteran who twice
was a father in the three years
since he was "a years old, lay
critically i'll today. A heart all.
ment was blamed, and Hughes
physician said the aged man had
only "a fighting chance" Of sur
viving. - r
Hughes second child by his pres
emit wife was born last June 3 and
was named Mary Gertrude.
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Roosevelt Regrets

There is a note of regret from
Theodore Roosevelt, written from
Oyster Bay, to which he appends
In his own handwriting:
"GOod luck!"
Thomas A. Edison wrote pathet
ically in the same year to Harry
Cunningham:
"There are times when I re-
gret my deafness more than
usual. Such q time is the pres
emit, when I am compelled to
write and say that / shall be
unable to avail myself of this
kind invitation to the dinner Of
the GridirOn Club. Much as 1
would like to be present, 1 shall
have to deny myself the pleas
ure. 1 am too deaf to hear what
is going on around me, and 1
think you will appreciate that it
is pretty hard to see a lot Of
men enjoying themselves and
not have the slightest idea what
It Is all about"
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Nv T. A, HUNTLEY

1T will give me much pleasure
to be present, and even greater
pleasure to be able to listen to
others with no thought of being
a burnt Offering"
Chief Justice Hughes, then Sec
rotary of State in the Harding
Cabinet, wrote this note to j.
Harry Cunningham. secretary OF
the Gridiron Club, in acknowledg-
ment of an invitation to attend
the December dinner of 1922.
It may be that he did not have
the pain of the clubs gridiron in
mind when he wrote it. The i'm
plication is, rather, that he would
enjoy seeing and hearing others
perform for a change, since he
himself had just passed through
one of the most active periods OF
an eventful life as presiding genius
and head of the American dele
cation at the Washington confer
ence on the limitation of arma-
ments-the one which put treaty
limits on battleships and other
categories of war vessels.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20
Swept BY Fire

ANDOVER, Mass, May 20
G.NS). - Fire of undetermined
origin today destroyed o storage
building of the American Wooden
Company, partly destroyed an
other and did considerable dam
age to a third. Early estimates
placed the damage at 500, 1000.
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QUINN TO BE SPEAKER

tions this evening at the HamlI'
ton Hotel, at $50 o'clock.
Officials Of the organization
have issued an appeal to all mem
bers to be present as many busi-
ness matters are to be cleared up
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20

Henry !. Quinn, president OF the
District Bar Association and men,
Der of the Board Of Education,
will be the guest speaker at the
monthly meeting Of the Fedora
ton of Business Mems ASSociar