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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-09-26

fornia Federation of Women's
clubs to be held in Ontario at the
Methodist church. This meeting is
in Ontario in the First Methodist
church.
Two women outstanding in club
work, both of whom have spoken
before valley audiences, will de-
liver the principal addresses.
At the morning session which is
to begin at $50 O'Clock, Mrs. E.
E. Smith, formerly state chairman
OF literature and now chairman of
Bible literature and club ethics,
will speak. Miss Josephine Seaman,
a past president of the federation,
is to be the afternoon speaker.
To Ell Centre delegates the meet
ing place has a special interest
since the pastor of the church in
which sessions are to be held is
the Rev. Arthur Schultz, formerly
pastor of the church in Ell Centre
Club women wishing to attend
the district board meeting should
notify Mrs. H. T. Miller, county
president, whose telephone is 1925
Mrs. Miller will attend and Mrs.
N. A. Contos is planning to be
present also as are many other
club women.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-09-26
Annual Homecoming
Celebration For
Signal Chapter

Celebrating their return to the
city after the summers vacation,
members of Signal chapter No. 276,
Order of the Eastern Star, held
their annual homecoming dinner
Friday night in the Masonic temple.
Some 70 members assembled at
the prettily decorated tables where
a pot luck dinner was served
After dinner Mrs. John w. Cook,
worthy matron, presided at the
short business meeting, devoted
largely to matters of reorganization
since this was the opening meeting
of the season.
Following the meeting, members
exchanged "reminiscences of their
summer vacations, variety of ex-
perience being recounted. 4
Mrs. Duane Stafford was chair
man of the committee in charge of
the affair, assisted by Mrs Harmon
H. Tyler, Mrs. Tom Duer, Mrs. C. B.
Collins, Mrs. w. H Tyler, jr., and
Mrs. Sam M. Cox.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-09-26
Womens Organizations Resume
Meetings Next Week

FL Centre Business and Professional
Women's club will have only a brief
business session Tuesday night,
members adjourning to the Wilson
school for the address. The busi-
ness session is set for 7:30 in the
Barbara Worth hotel.
Welfare Section
Junior Ten Thousand club vel
fare section members have called
their meeting for Tuesday evening
at 7:30 o'clock in the club house
tea room where plans for the year
will be made.
Nj. E. Missionary
Still another important meeting
on Tuesday is the opening session
of the Methodist Missionary sociey
which will take place at 2:30 pm.
at the home of Mrs. j. d. Foss,
1913 Holt avenue. Mrs. N A. Contos,
president, has asked members to
come prepared to discuss plans for
the society's activities during the
year
Home Department
Home department activities are
to be resumed in October and the
first event is the meeting of coun-
ty chairmen to be held Saturday
in the court house at 10 am. Miss
Florence Glenn, home demonstra-
ton agent, will return to the val
ley in time for the meeting.
Chapter CIV
PEG. chapters also start meet
ings with the first of october and
on Saturday of next week Chapter
CIV will have its opening session
to be held at the home of Mrs. G.
E. Sones, 665 Wensley avenue. The
program will consist of the ex-
change of vacation experiments.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-09-26
Farewell Dinner Given for
Presbyterian Pastor

Under the auspices of the church
Missionary society members and
friends of the Presbyterian church
gathered at the social hall Friday
night for a farewell dinner and
program honoring the Rev. and
Mrs. Irving T. Raab who are to
leave shortly for Hayden, Arizona.
Close to 100 members were pres
ent for the dinner which was served
at long tables decorated with flow
ers and trailing vines.
Miss Florence Yarnell, president
OF the Missionary society, presided
and explained that since the Raabs
have been so greatly loved by the
young people and since their work
has been so largely with this group,
it was only fitting that the pro-
gram for the evening should be
given by the young people.
Talks Given
Joe Golf, president of the Senior
Christian Endeavor society, presided
at the program, introducing first
the three speakers for the Inter
mediate group: John Hunter, How
ard Rhodes and James Golf who
spoke on topics studied at the young
peoples conference at Pacific Pail
sades this past summer.
The general theme was other re-
Lgions of the world, the three
speaking respectively on Brahman-
ism, Hinduism and Mohammedan-
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-09-26
Series of Meets
Under Way For
Rural Teachers

Under the auspices of the county
superintendent of schools office a
series of meetings for rural teachers
is under way, including primary
and music teachers in the county
schools. ....
Primary teachers of the rural
schools, first and second grade only,
since third grade are claSSed with
the intermediate group, are to meet
next week. Three meetings have
been planned, each devoted to the
organization of primary instruction
in the county Teachers in the
Ell Centre district meet Tuesday at
4 pm. at Eucalyptus school; those
in the Holtville area the same day
and hour but at Acacia school,
Teachers in the river district meet
Thursday at pm. at Winterhaven.
Miss Helen Thomas and Miss Edith
Redit, instruction supervisors, will
be in charge.
Miss Marjorie McFarlane, county
music supervisor, has already con-
Quoted two meetings and her third,
for the Holtville group, is Oct. 5
at Acacia.
Teachers of music in the rural
schools in the Ell Centre area met
this week at Eucalyptus and those
in the river district, at Winter
haven, when the music instruction
in the schools was outlined for this
year.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-09-26

Next week will see the resump-
ton of a number of women's &C
tiyities since various organizations
have scheduled meetings and are
planning to begin their work again.
Auxiliary Unit
Boyce Aten unit, American Ee-
gion Auxiliary, will start the new
season Monday night at o'clock
in the Veterans hall where organ
ization will be completed.
Social Club
Tuesday is busy day with a
number of groups holding sessions.
White Shrine Social club members
will gather at the home of Mrs.
Myron It. Witter, BrGwley, for
luncheon and game of bridge.
Jobs Daughters
Ell Centre bethel of Jobs Daugh-
tiers will celebrate the opening of
the year with party following
the brief business meeting. The
group will meet at 7:30 in the
Masonic temple with Loris McCon-
nell, honored queen presiding.
Business Women
Taking advantage of the chance
to hear James Mussatti lecture on
the United States Constitution, the
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-09-26
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

the formation and organization of
a public cemetery within the said
County of Imperial and in support
of said petition allege and set forth
the following facts, to-Wit:
I, This petition is made under
and pursuant to the provisions of
that certain act entitled IAN Act
to provide for the organization and
government of public cemeteries"
Approved June l, 1921, Statutes of
1921, page l103, in effect July 81,
1921, as amended.
II. That this petition is signed
by not less than so citizens, to-wit,
by 60 residents and landowners
whose names are hereinafter sub
Scribed and signed to this petition,
all of which said landowners live
within the boundaries of the pro-
posed cemetery district to be or
ganized pursuant to the provisions
Of the above mentioned statute of
the State of California: that the
names of your petitioners here
matter subscribed and signed to
this petition appeared as landown-
erS and owners of land upon the
last completed assessment roll of
the County of Imperial; that said
and owned by said petitioners is
located and situated within the
boundaries of the proposed cemetery
district; that each and every one
of petitioners whose names are
affixed hereto reside within the
boundaries of said proposed ceme-
terry district.
III. That the exterior boundaries
If said proposed cemetery diStric'
re delineated and described a.
follows: As
East along the north boundar'
VI Mt, Signal precinct and PER-
orecinct, to the East line of Hehe
Precinct; thence north to the Soutf
boundary of Meloland Precinct
hence East along the north lin
If Verde precinct to the West lin
Vt Ogilby precinct; thence nortr
'long the West line OF Ogilbv pre-
'inct to the north line of Sunse'
lrecinct: thence west along tn
North line of Sunset precinct. L
The East line of keystone precinct
thence South along the East boun
Diary OF Keystone Precinct, to tn
north line OF Mesquite precinct
thence west along the North line OF
MESQUITE and New River precinct
% the County line; thence Soutf
70 the North line of Mt. sigma
Precinct, the point of beginning.
w. That attached hereto anf
made a part of this petition Is
nap and plat showing the terri
'orial extent of said proposed GENE
terry district and delineatng and
describing the exterior boundaries
thereof.
v. That the legal description of
the land owned by each OF the
petitioners whose signatures are
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-09-26
Society
Clubs
Clever ScaUenger
Hunt Enjoyed By
Younger Set

High school and junior college
students started their social activi-
ties this week auspiciously in the
gay scavenger hunt given by NADIA
Brown in celebration of her birth
day anniversary.
The party took place Thursday
night, the guests being informed
it was a blind date affair and
meeting at the Brown home where
partners were assigned to them.
After searching the city over for
the array of extremely unusual ar
ticles, the group finally assembled
at the Brown home where refresh
ments were served which proved
most welcome after the strenuous
and hilarious hunt.
Guests were: the Misses frankie
Nell Birkhauser, Pearl Robertson,
Daisy Rapson, Shirley Maddux,
Tonne Sue McChristy. Ruth Riddle,
Caroline Paine, Frances Sunstrom,
Lillian Mills, Carol Faye Thomp-
son, Virginia Williams, Georgia
Frances Damron, Mary Louise
Burk, Barbara Hatch, Annie Lee
Rapson, Loris Mcconnell; Messrs
Forrest Damron, Bob Burk, Leon
ard Carey, Calvert Moody, Jack
Morgan, Bob Thacker, Howard
Hatch, Preston Goar, Wick Robin
son, Leonard Moore, Joe Badger,
Kenneth Kenyon, Wyatt Fisher,
Jack Dubois, Dan Judd, Randall
Conner
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-09-26
Mrs. Jacobs Home
From State Meet

AS far as news is concerned the
recent meeting of the state board
of trustees and the executive board
for the California Federation of
Women's clubs, were decidedly dis
appointing, said Mrs. F. D. Jacobs,
chairman of the board of trustees
who attended both meetings hell
this week in Fresno.
From the standpoint of organiza-
ton and accomplishments the meet
ing was equally satisfactory, the
two boards dispcsing of a number
of items of business in smooth
running and efficient fashion, hav-
ing everything in readiness for the
federation's functioning.
Mrs. Jacobs board meeting was
held Tuesday when the trustees
assembled to consider the finances
of the federation. The state board
meeting took place on Wednesday
and Thursday.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-09-26
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
~OJJNTY OF IMPERIAL. \ q

George F. Whitcher. being first
'ulv sworn deposes and saws that
Ne is a citizen of the United States
md over the age of 81 years: that
1ffiant IS resident and voter and
'andowner of the County of Inn
Nerial state of California, and re-
DIES within the boundaries of the
'roposed cemetery district as set
0rth and described in the attach
RI and foregoing petition; that he
''rculated said petition and pro-
"lre'i the signatures affixed and
igned thereto; that each of the
petitioners whose names appear
'pon the within and foregoing petit
ion affixed and signed their names
y said petition in the presence of
he affiant and stated to the affiant
It the time they thus each signed
aid petition that II was their true
md genuine signature; that affiant
Nersonally circulated said petition
nd procured the signature OF each
etitioner to be signed and affixed
hereto and that each of~said petit
'oners signed said petition m The
NreSence OF the affiant. ~
GEORGE =. WHITCHER.
Subscribed and sworn TO before
ne this Goth day of September, 1887.
SEAL)
HAZEL T.. LIVINGSTON,
Notary Public In and for said
County and State.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-09-26
Churches
Schools
Temperance Head
To Attend Local
Convention

Eva c. Wheeler, state president
for the Women's Christian Temper
ance Union, will be guest of honor
at the annual county convention to
be held in FL Centre Monday.
WC.T.U. leaders expected Mrs.
Wheeler to arrive from San Diego
Sunday, where she has been attend
ing the county convention in that
city, and were looking forward to
visits with her that day.
The county convention sessions
are to open at 10 am. Monday in
the Methc list church and the con-
vention banquet is to be Monday
night in the California hotel All
convention sessions are open to the
public.
Mrs. c. w. Brockman of Calexico
is county president and Mrs. Mary
E. Lewis of the FL Centre Union.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-09-26
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF FILING PETITION
FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF
A PUBLIC CEMETERY
nUCTDUCT
DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN.
that on Monday, September goth,
1887, a petition was filed with the
Board of Supervisors of the County
of Imperial under that certain act
entitled "An act to provide for the
organization and government OF
public cemetery districts" approved
June /, 1921. Statutes of 1921, page
1903. as amended, asking that the
Board of Supervisors of the County
of Imperial set a time and place
for hearing on said petition. copy
of the original of said petition with
out the names attached to said
original petition, is attached to this
notice and made part hereof
Reference to the original petition
is hereby made for further parti-
cularS.
NOW, THEREFORE, this is to
notify each and every person in
terested and residing in and own
ing property within said proposed
district or residing in any part of
the territory which is described in
said petition, that hearing will
be held on said petition on Monday
the 18th day of October, 1887, at
the hour of two o'clock P. M. at
the meeting place of the Board of
Supervisors of the County of I'M
perial in the Court House in the
City of Ell Centre at which time
and place any of said persons may
appear before the Board of Super
visors and show cause. if any ther
have, why the said petition should
not be granted Or may request
changes to be made in the proposed
boundaries of said district: said
Board of Supervisors will also hear
any and all persons who may APP
pear on behalf of said petition for
the purpose of requesting the for
nation and organization of said
proposed cemetery district.
DATED September 81. 1887.
ISAAC SCHLATTER,
Chairman of the Board of
(SEAL) Supervisors
ATTEST:
w. j. McCLELLAND. County
Clerk of the County of Imperial
and ex-officio Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-09-26
Auction , Philosophy
BY ID. L. ZINN

Folks, the stork hunters, Milton and Pauline have
in with fine baby boy. asked em why it took
long They said why dad came in right on the minute
didn't We? You always say bring everything in on COM
munity sale day and here right the minute.
Folks, old folks can't get ahead of the youngsters
Mr.. Zumstein tells when | quit talking about the
weather it turned cool and didn't have to have west
wind to do it, either. Don't make any difference to me-
appreciate this weather.
Good COWS and pigs sold good yesterday in the COM
munty sale Looks like we going to have good fall
market for everything in good condition There big
crowd at the sale and the bdng lively I'll be seem
&
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-09-26
HOltville Boys
Join i. S. Army

Two Holtville boys, John w. AM
stead and Harold Campbell, have
been recruited in the U. S. Army
and sent to the 18th cavalry unit
stationed at Monterey according to
officials of the U. S. army recruit
ing service.
Three representatives of this SER
vice, Sgt. c. F. Essex, Sgt. Russell
Ham and Corp. Mattingly have
spent three days in Ell Centre and
expressed their appreciation of the
courtesy shown them here.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-09-26
Social Calendar

SATURDAY
Dance, 8, Veterans hall.
SUNDAY
Sunday services, churches.
Past MatrGns aid Patrons picnic,
Eckner Pass.
MONDAY
County W.C.T.U. convention, 10,
Methodist church.
County Y.W.C.A. board, 10, Bar
bara Worth.
American Legion Auxiliary, 8,
Veterans hall.
Ell Centre lodge No. 1884, F. and
AM, 1880, Masonic temple.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-09-26
BY LISBETH

Pencil slim or bouffant for eve
ming. Both are equally important
This dramatic evening dress by
Mauguy, Paris, is slim with a gra-
dual flare below the knee. 1t is
entirely in gold and black lame lace
and is worn over a gold Slip The
belt, collar and skirt are all Of
stitched gold lame.
Late fall and winter styles as
shown in the recent clothes col
lections stress the draped move
ments. Grapes are not exactly new
but the way the materials are drap-
ed in these new models is definitely
different They mold the bosom,
give lower waistline and add new
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-09-26
-OO-.

style interest to the hipline.
Sleeves may be bracelet or wrist
length, and many are shorter,
above elbow length.
Sparkle continues for evening and
also in a good measure for the
more formal types of afternoon
dresses. For evening dresses may
have an allover glitter obtained by
beading or paillettes.
Combinations of colorS are new;
black with brown, vfSious blues
combined with unusual reds. Ma
terials emphasize the rich and I'M
usual. There are supple metals
two surface fabrics that make use
of both dull and shiny sides and
many novelty fabrics.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-09-26
Opening Date For
Lip Reading Class

Mrs. Margaret S. Radcliffe has
announced the reopening of her
classes in lip reading for hard of
hearing adults on Tuesday, Oct.
at Central Union high school.
Glasses will be held in the domestic
science building on Tuesday and
Thursday evenings from TO pm.
The Muller Walle method of lip
reading will be used this year and
is quite different, said Mrs. Rad
cliffe, from the Nitchie method
used previously in her classes.
While in Los Angeles this sum-
mer Mrs. Radcliffe visited several
classes in different methods of lip
reading and voice control for the
deafened which she believes will
be helpful to all suffering hearing
loss. either slight or severe.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-09-26
Senior Members

ism.
Senior Members
Summary of the study for the
Senior groups conference at Occi-
dental college this summer, was
given by three of the delegates;
Nancy Lee McCaslin who talked
on THE Young Moslem"; Jack Nor
gan who discussed methods of pre-
senting the missionary program to
young people; Warren Rhodes who
outlined the spread of Christianity
throughout the world.
In closing the Rev. Raab made
a short talk in which he expressed
his regret at leaving his parish,
a change made necessary by i'll
health which forced him to seek a
different climate.
Ruth Riddle led the devotional
Mr.. Raab will preach his last
sermon Sunday morning and he
and Mrs Raab are to leave Friday
morning for their new home.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-09-26
C.E. Delegates
Report Sunday

Delegates who attended the In
termediate and Senior Christian
Endeavor conferences this past
summer will make complete reports
at the meeting Sunday night at 6:30
o'clock in the Presbyterian church.
Adults interested in attending the
meetings will be welcomed by the
young people.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-09-26
IN THE MATTER OF THE OR
GANIZATION OF A PUBLIC
CEMETERY DISTRICT.
PETJTION

TO THE HONORABLE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS OF THE
COUNTY OF IMPERIAL. STATE
OF CALIFORNIA:
The undersigned petitioners re-
pectfully present the following petit
ton to the Board of Supervisors of
the County of Imperial requesting
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-09-26
County Y.W.C.A.
Board Meeting

Mrs. Wallace N. Kent of Holt
vile has called a meeting of the
county Y.WC.A. board for Moniay
morning at 10 o'clock in the Bar
bara Worth hotel. Mrs. Kent was
elected county president last spring
at the annual meeting.
Organization OF Y.WC.A. work
in Imperial county for the coming
year will be effected with en-
phasis on Girl Reserve activities.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-09-26
NeJUs Items About
Valley Residents


The w. NJ Boyers are spending
the weekend at Live Oaks.
Miss Kathryn Jones, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G.. Jones, is teach
ing this year in Westminster school,
doing Americanization work and
also being in charge of music for
the school. Miss Jones is a graduate
Of U.C.L.A.
Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Kluck and
their son Bill are to have a brief
visit with Mrs Kluck's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Emery Girard of Ell Gen.
tro while en- route to New York.
The Klucks have been stationed
in Portland, Oregon, and were re-
Gently transferred to the east coast.
Mrs. Kluck is the former Helen
Girard.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman c. Deaton
planned to spend Sunday in San
Diego with their son, Jon Weston
Deaton.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-09-26
Visiting Pastor
To Preside

The Rev. Charles Railsback OF
the Fetterly avenue Christian
church, Les Angeles, will preach at
both the morning and evening serv-
ices of the State Street Christian
church Sunday. officials of the
church announced SATURDAY..
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-09-26


WHEREFORE, your petitioners
pray that the Board of Supervisors
OF the County of Imperial, State of
California, pass and adopt resolu-
ton fixing the time for a hearing
on this petition, said hearing to be
not less than two nor more than
five weeks from the date of pre-
sentation of this petition to the
Board of Supervisors. That said
Board of Supervisors cause notice
to be given of the time and place
of said hearing by publication in
some newspaper of general circula-
ton, published and printed In the
County of Imperial; that said no
tice of time and place of hearing
on this petition be published for
not less than two weeks prior to
The date of the hearing before the
Board of Supervisors, all as pro-
vided in Section / of that certain
aet entitled "An Act to provide for
the organization and government of
public cemeteries" approved June
|, 1921, Statutes of 1921, page 1903,
N effect July 81, 1921, as amended.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-09-26
Kings Return
From East

Mr.. and Mrs. M. o. King have
returned to Ell Centre after an
extensive buying trip in the east
and are most enthusiastic over the
fine merchandise which they have
selected for the M. o. King COM
pany store.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-09-26

La Guardia received so many
''Write-in" votes in the New York
primary that Dumb Bessie thinks
he must have letters patent on the
mayors job.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-09-26
Southern District Board Meets
In Ontario Next Friday

Imperial Valley club women will
attend the meeting next Friday of
the Southern District board, Cali
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-09-26
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

affixed to this petition and which
said land is assessed to said owner
and petitioners upon the last COM
pleted assessment roll of the Coun-
ty OF imperial is as follows:
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-09-26

Description of Land
Evening star., 1937-10-04

boring countries was still severed and
Amir FL Hussein, the grand multi,
was still voluntary prisoner in a
house near the Mosque OF Omar.
Evening star., 1937-10-04
Peanuts for Oil.

FeAnutS 10r U1I.
The Dominican Republic is promot-
ing the growing of peanuts as raw
material for an oil factory.