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Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-30
White Cross Work
Completed d by
Baptists

Two hundred and one pounds of
clothing and other articles for the
various Baptist missions were ship
ped Tuesday from Ell Centro, repre-
senting the activities of a number
of womens organizations of the
First Baptist church.
Several of these groups met
Tuesday to complete their work.
among them being the following.
The Senior guild met with Miss
Virginia Grassland and finished
their White Cross activities, later
enjoying a social hour.
Amigas guild members had their
session in the church to pack their
missionary box also
In addition to sending these boxes
to missions, the circles are plan
ming to pack a box of clothing and
toys to be used for local children
who are in need at Christmas time
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-30
Schools Nf w Society
vi IIlICICSI ~ w Oll1Cl1 Clubs
Society
Calendar
WEDNESDAY,

w hEDNLoDaI
Junior club directors, 1870, 756
Brighton.
Eastside- Sunset farm center, 7:30,
Eastside school.
Church class dinner, $50, Metho-
dist church.
Past Matrons and Patrons, $50,
10000 club.
Eagles, 8, 500 Broadway.
Troop 2, B.S.A. 7:3O. Imperial
Veterans hall.
Bazaar. See1ey Community
church.
County Girl Reserve advisors,
G:3O, 749 Wensley.
THURSDAY
Bridge party, 1890. 10000 club.
Dnner and carnival, 5:30-8, st.
Mary's hall.
Rotary dinner, Ills, Barbara
Worth.
Tufts Book reviews, 8, 10000
club.
B.P.OE. No. 1925, 8, Elks hall.
RAM. No. 1O9, 8, Masonic tenn
pie.
20-3O club, I, Barbara Worth.
Townsend club No. 2, 1880, court
house.
Democratic WOmen'S club, 8,
court house.
Roal club, $50, Barbara Worth.
Reserve Officers, $50, Barbara
Worth.
Lip Reading class, 10, high
school
Troop IA, B.S.A., 7:30, Scout hut.
Troop 25, B.S.A., 1880, McCabe.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-30
Announcements
Of Meetings

Home Department chairmen will
meet Saturday morning at 10 am.
in the court house for their monthly
session
WOmen's Democratic club of
Imperial county will have its
December meeting Thursday night
at 8 o'clock in the coun ty
court house. Louise Mclean, presi-
dent of the League of Democratic
Women, San Diego county, will be
the speaker. The meeting is open
to all interested.
Roal club members will meet
Thursday night at $50 o'clock in
the Barbara Worth hotel, having
dinner with the Reserve Officers
and later their business meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-30
GuIIetfs Hosts at
Church Catherine

William Gullett. new president
of the Baptist Mems Brotherhood
entertained that organization at a
chilli and tamale dinner Tuesday
night when the group met in the
church.
E. L. Hiteman, county superin-
tendent of schools-elect and pres
ident of the Imperial County Tu-
berculosis association, discussed the
purpose of the sale of Christmas
seals. the Brotherhood pledging it
self to purchase these seals.
The men are to be in charge o
the church fellowship dinner mex
Monday night. Luther Sharpe o
Brawley provided special music anC
the men enjoyed a singspiratiol
service led by A. A. Moody.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-30
Spaghetti Dinner
And Carnival at
St. Mary's

ST. Mary's hall, Fifth and Orange
streets, will be headquarters for a
spaghetti dinner and carnival
Thursday night
Beginning at $50 p. m. and con-
tinuing until o'clock a delicious
dinner will be served.
The hall will be decorated in
keeping with the Yuletide, a benev-
olent Santa Claus in his red brick
house and other Christmas decor
ations providing the setting for toy
town which will be featured at the
carnival. Other booths will contain
other articles.
The dinner and carnival are open
to all interested.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-30

day to aid with preparations for
the celebration Sunday. Friday
night Mrs. Lila Reed Scott is en-
tertaining at dinner for Mrs. Falk-
enbury.
The reception will take place
from 2-6 pm. Sunday at the Falk-
enbury home. Mrs. Falkenbury will
be assisted by Mrs. Scott. Mrs. Earl
Kendall, Mrs. Rhodes, Mrs. King
and Mr.. Frank F. Anderson, former
resident who is coming from Oak
wilde for the affair.
A number of friends from San
Diego will be present and invita-
tions have been sent to many of
Mr.. and Mrs. Falkenbury's friends
and relatives in the middle west.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-30
Austin Funeral
Scheduled Thurs.

Funeral services for George Aus
tin, II, Imperial Valley pioneer who
died Tuesday. will be held in Or
ange at 2:30 pm. Thursday.
Austin lived on his ranch in the
McCabe district for many years
and was prominent in farm bureau
and lodge work. He was vice -presi-
dent and director of the farm bu-
reau, a Mason. Knights Templar,
and Odd Fellow. He was born in
Texas.
His survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Maude Austin; a daughter,
Mrs. Dorothy Richardson of Or
ange; sister, Mrs. Maude LeGay
of Los Angeles; brother, Arthur
Austin of San Diego; and two
grandchildren.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-30
Friends Enjoy
Reunion

A group of friends who had not
seen each other in % years, when
as small children they were neigh
bors, had a reunion recently when
Mrs. Earl Maddox of Meloland en-
tertained for Mrs. A. c. Eaves of
Brawley, and her two sisters, Mrs.
O. j MadSen of Kansas City, Mo-,
and Mrs. R. c. Altemiller of Wilson
North Carolina.
Mrs. Maddox's sisters and their
children were also guests, Mrs Her
man Wood, Lynn and Lila June
Wood, Mrs. Grady Neeley and jim
mie Neeley.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-30
Busy Be es Me- ct
At TAYLOR Home

Busy Bee Quilting Bees met with
Mrs. Kenneth Taylor Tuesday for
a pot luck luncheon.
Those present were: MeSdames
Lowe, Edgar Johnson, Lee Taylor,
Iva Leah Higgins, Binkley, C. L.
Bishop, LaRue, O. B. Johnson, C. E.
Daley, members; Mrs. E. L. Vess,
Mrs. Vera Harris, Mrs. Jennie
Jones, guests.
Next meeting is set for Dec. IA
at the home of Mrs. C. L. Bishop.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-30
New Member for
Club Section

Two new members were Welcom-
eel into the Ten Thousand clubs
Arts and Crafts section at the
meeting Tuesday in the club house:
Mrs. Pearl Brooks and Mrs Jacquel-
inc Day.
The members spent the day in
working on their various projects,
stopping at noon to enjoy the lunch
con for which Mrs. Fred Harder,
Mrs. L. A. Lewis, Mrs. E. B. Mason,
jr,, Mrs. Oria Kenah and Mrs.
Richard P Hafner were hostesses.
Mrs. Lester Eichhold presided in
the absence of the chairman, Mrs.
R. c. Barter, who is i'll.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-30
Nances Hosts to
Duplicate Club

Match Point Duplicate club
members enjoyed their weekly
game Tuesday night, meeting at
the E. A. Nance home, ST. Vine
avenue.
High score for the evening was
made by Mrs. B. E. Lemons and
Mrs. r. P. Moore; second, by Mrs.
E. H. Surface and Mrs. w. j.
Meagher, and third, by R. P. Moore
and F.. D. Jacobs.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-30
Annu|ment Asked
After 28 Years

Annulment of a marriage per-
formed % years ago was asked by
Pearl Catherine HaNmett in a
complaint filed in superior court
Tuesday.
She alleged she married William
Lonnie Hammett in Sherman, Tex.
Nov. II. 1910, before final decree
was issued in his divorce action
against Elvie Hammett The final
decree IN this divorce was granted
September 80 1910, but did not be-
come absolute for six months there
after. she declared,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-30
Edited by Anne Hardy Davis
Entire Me- Club S Dance on
tuesday OrisinaIAffa

Paul Jones and a match dance
in which partners were found by
matching parts of a paper wish
bones.
Baked apples, crackers and cheese
were served later in the evening by
the committee: Mr.. and Mrs. Allan
HeVener Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Niles, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bar
tholomeW.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-30
Organize Boys
Club Tuesday

Formation of a boys club, to be
known as the Royal Ambassadors,
was started Tuesday night at the
First Baptist church when a group
of boys met for that purpose
Plans We're made for organization
of club activities, including forma-
ton of a basketball team.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-30
Barbara Worth Theme Used
In Luncheon Decorations

Miller, county president; Mrs Geo.
Kirk. county music vice-ehairman,
Mrs. George Willoughby. Mrs Rob
ert MaeDowell, county drama chair
man; Mrs. Fred Harder. county arts
and crafts chairman: Mrs. Charles
McCalmon Mrs. von Fluss Is county
music chairman.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-30
Juniors to Report
Ticket Sales

Mrs. Clifton H. Field, president
Of the Junior Ten Thousand club
has asked all members selling the
atre tickets to make reports al
once to Mrs. Joe Morrow. 1912 E.
Centro.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-30
INTEND TO WED

NiclOaS Yanez, 40, and Marie
Jesus Martinez. 25, Tuesday filed a
notice of their intention to marry.
They live in Jerome, Ariz.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-30
LICENSE ISSUED

A marriage license was issued
Tuesday to Laurence McElhaney, 25,
Heber, and Carmen Bailey, 81, Tur-
lock.
The Washington times., 1938-01-22
Your |. O.

This is a mental agility test in
mathematics. The first questions
are simple and speed is essen
tial e minutes). The last three
will require a little more time.
Score 10 on each question.
/. How many pecks make a
bushel?
2. What is the square root
of 1?
3. At what degree Fahren-
heit does water boil?
4. How many acres in a
square mile?
S. How many pounds in a
ton?
6. The nearest fixed star is
26,411, ,702, 100000 miles away.
Read or write that number out?
7. What is the normal tenn.
perature Of the human body?
8. Jane has a snapshot that
is 3H inches by 512 inches, and
she has a picture frame that is
113a inches by 18 inches Gin
side measurements. If she has
it enlarged to 113s inches wide
would it fit the frame? How
long would it be?
9. Mrs. Jones took advantage
of the clearance sales last week.
She bought six books for $2.35
which ordinarily sold for SO
cents each. She bought three
Yards of dress goods at $2.70 per
yard which had been marked
down from SO a yard. She
bought a table which had been
marked down from SIS to $12.50.
How much did she save and
what per cent did she save on
her purchases?
10. Brainteaser. Put down the
nine digits Il, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, T.
8, 81 so that the first three
shall be one-third of the last
three. and the central three
will be equal to the result of
subtracting the first three from
the last three.
ANSWERS on page 81
The Washington times., 1938-01-22
What About Our Girls?
They Need Clubs Too

OREAT progress has been made in recent years to-
" ward providing clubhouses for Washington boys.
But in concentrating solely clubs for boys
are wondering if we have not developed one-track
minds in attempting to solve the problem Of juvenile
delinquency.
In neglectng to provide recreational facilities for
girls have committed a stupid blunder and steps
to rectify it should be taken without delay.
Statistics prove delinquency among boys decreases
in neighborhoods where boys clubs established.
But these same statistics show juvenile delinquency
is by confined to boys
The crinoline age has passed, yet there still
we-meanng citizens who believe that only boys
are "wid" and all young girls stay home knitting
There Aro Son,o and dreaming of Prince Charm
""0 U"IS' 100 Perhaps these people were
dsillusioned when they read last week that 14year
old girl was taken into custody with Washington s
two juvenile ''drunken bandits"
Perhaps they closed their eyes and shuddered when
they read the confession of two girls in Newark who
murdered bus driver to obtain ''movie money!
In Washington have the largest and best
equipped clubhouse for boys south of New York. We
shave boys clubs in every section of the city.
4 We think it's high time established some girls
clubhouses, too. Do you7
The Washington times., 1938-01-22
James Roosevelt on DictatOrs
Here and Abroad

IN a radio voice and style that pretty good
ringers for his old man IS, James Roosevelt Thurs
dav evening defended the Presidents Government re-
organization plan in a debate with Representative Sam
uel B. Pettengill (Dem. Ind).
1t was a most interesting de-
'''' ~ WV bate; and the Presidents oldest
"DLctGtOr Cfy son brought out at least one point
we have never thought of heard of before He called
attention to the fact that no dictator reignng in
the world came to power by muscling upward inside
a democratic government set-up; that all Of them
chiseled in from outside Hitler actually forced old
man Hindenburg to appoint him German chancellor,
lust as Mussoni actually forced the King of Italy to
invite him to become premier
This fact ought to reassure many people who fear
that the President basely turning this country into
a totataran state while he hypnotizes the majority
with his magic radio voice into believing that he is only
saving democracy.
About the Government streamlining plan, it looks
only sensible to US. 1t has two main eements-re-
placement of the Comptroller General with two Gov
Comntroller. ernment fiscal watchdogs, Comp
troer and an Auditor General; and
OO""'SO'O"0 the bringing of the various indie
pendent commissions Interstate Commerce, Federal
Communications Federal Coal, etc.. etc., into the Ex
ecutive branch of the Government
As to the Comptroller the last had turned out
to be chiefly a Republican bent on blocking Demo
cratic financial measures-hardly the function of
real ''watchdog of the Treasury"
AS for the Independent commissions, our feeling is
that the Government must have a general manager,
and that its logical general manager is the President
If private business should abolish the boss
in whom all its activities and decisions head up the
results would be inefficiency, clumsiness, mutplica
ton Of jobs ETC. The same things happened long ago
with many of the independent. commissions.
President after President has proposed to revamp
the Government; Congress after Congress has blocked
the proposal. We hope it may win sometime during
President Roosevelts regime
York Daily News
The Washington times., 1938-01-22

lynching bill, some Of the upper
branch legislators have heaped
too much of their oratorical out
bursts upon local police authori.
ties for the lax manner in which
they charged law enforcement
agencies function here.
The purpose of this child
ing was invoked no doubt in
their attempts to minimize the
effect of Federal influence when
it comes to curbing crime.
Obviously it's true that Wash
ington harbors the major gov
ernmental bureaus that have
been instituted to ferret out
"Scofflaws" and violators of Fed
eral statutes, yet the Nations
Capital is deprived Of that guar
dianship when the matter is
approached strictly from a local
angle, unless, Of course, there is
an involvement of q q. s.
statute.
Some Of our citiZenry feel that
many of the Congressional "gab-
Sters" are quite unfair in resort
ing to such tactics when it comes
to putting the good Major on
the spot, because Of this recent
furry of crime in the District Of
Columbia.
Others feel that the congreS.
sional set are playing the same
old game Of passing the buck"
especially when one considers
that the matter rests entirely
within their power to alleviate
this unsavory situation by the
mere expedient of increasing the
fund allocated to the Metropoh-
tan Police which would make
provision for additional patrol
men. 60
Many of our citizen aSsocia-
tions have supported the police
chief when this phase Of public
welfare was aired before District
Congressional committees, but
for some reason perhaps known
only to those who sit in the inner
councils, the entreaties fall upon
deaf ears.
It must be remembered that
the Nations Capital is distinctly
unlike any other American city
of like size, because primarily
of the fact that it is the seat Of
the national government, and
discretion must be exercised at
all times, because if the wrong
guy" is hauled off to the hooSe-
gaw, repercussions from Capitol
Hill might prove too embarraSS-
ing to the higher-ups at the Dis.
trict Building. CWAR.
The Washington times., 1938-01-22

looking for the answer. And
never found it.
Not a bad boy. Just a weak
boy rolled-as you've seen a
piece of flotsam rolled-back
and forth by great, muddy
waves of emotion. A weak. aim
less creature, who never knew
what it was all about. who
was always longing. in his weak,
aimless way, to find his place in
the sun-and always failing.
AND, AT ANY TINE, SOME
ONE MIGHT HAVE SAVED
HIM!
That's the pity and shame
and horror OF it all-at any
time, someone might have
reached out a hand ard made
a fairly decent, small time man
out of him.
For he had the makings. Not
the makings of genius or heroic
leadership, perhaps but the
makings Of kindly, common
place citizenship. He had that
one thing in him which has the
power to lift any Of us out OF
the gutter-he had PRIDE.
From the time he was a small,
sobbing tyke, unable to COM
pete with the bigger boys =.
to that last, lawful moment
when he managed, somehow, to
hold himself erect as they led
him to the black chair he
had PRIDE. And if someone
had believed in that pride. and
given it something to CLUTCH he
might have been saved.
No, it isn't a sob story. Nor
a melodrama. There's no effort
in it for great literary effects.
It's simply the plain record OF
a poor weakling-who stopped
before he started.
But there must be something
mighty wrong with you,
Stranger, if you can read that
book through without feeling as
guilty as hell.
copyright, 1898, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1938-01-22

He's liar and sneak.
A sinking coward
And a conceited boaster-
But he's also a brave,
Generous, great-hearted Hero!
He's a vicious little savage
Greedy. lazy. furtive,
Disgusting in his habits
And filthy in his person
Yet also a poet.
A knight In shining &rmor
Dreaming Of gallant adventures
And delicate ecstasieS.
He hates everyone Cat times).
Suspects and resentS everyone,
Is filled with feuds and furies
Which he plans to avenge
With abominable cruelties-
Yet, likewise, he's
WistfIi and gentle,
Sensitive, proud
And lonely for Lovel
Who is this uncivilized mon.
ster. this glandular divert. =.
this public enemy and domestic
pest?
HE'S ANY AVERAGE BOY
OF SIXTEEN! Somebody's kid
brother. somebody's ad ored
but exasperating son. MAYBE
YOU, YOURSELF! Your own
16- or 19.year-old self, caught in
this bewildering mystery which
is life. trapped by this erratic
stranger which is Yourself.
Whoever he is, here's a book
about him-"DOWN tn z
DARK STREET" by Jessie Fen
ton (Houghton, Mifflin Coz
as understanding, as pitifully
and tragically true a book about
The Animal Boy as ever I've
read. A book that should be
on every mothers table, on
every mans desk.
Lonny Bishop was The boys
name. He wasn't a bad boy.
He was hardly, a boy at all.
Just a hunk of unadjusted, pal
pitating spirit, all dressed UP in
a body, with no place to go. So
he went down the dark street
The Washington times., 1938-01-22
Marry-GO-Round
Bv Helen ROUlGNd

tcopyrigh,. Features syndicate 1nc)
~ woman will raise the roof go into the silence
~ and act sore every time her husband wants
new hat or comes home with lot of frivolous haber-
dashery.
Because persuading her husband to buy new hat
before the cd has fallen to pieces or dropped OH
his head has been the big task of the average womans
life for years And she will be only too grateful when
he does it of his own accord.
The Washington times., 1938-01-22

never permitted their wives to
bob their tresses, but no woman
who has had to tell her husband
to get haircut every time he
needed it will hit the ceiling
when he wants to try a new
boyiSh bob.
Oh no! Women may hold
down big political jobs, run big
business offices and take up
most of the room in the smok-
ing car-but they will never
bully a man around the house
as men have bullied women. I
doubt that even a female Reichs-
fuehrer would try to regulate
the length Of a mans trousers
or the height Of his collars.
And last, but by no means
least, no woman will torment a
man by going around with a
cryptic expression and refusing
to TELL a man what's on her
mind.
kAA
Because TELLING things is a
woman's favorite diversion.
Whatever plops into her mind,
instantly plops right out of her
mouth! But man is cruel that
Way.
The Washington times., 1938-01-22

more than a quarter Of a century
in observing what Senator Nor
ris has done in political life are
that r. has been the greatest
force towards Matchmaking the
country, and that the troubles
which the railroads have are
due very largely to his attitude
towards big business generally,
the roads being the easiest to
conquer.
The talk about naturalization
of the coal mines was the first
we had, and that was about 80
years ago. We have the start OF
it in the Guffey coal law. When
the operators are properly regi-
mented the final step will be
taken, that of going into govern
,ment ownership. The railroads
are prepared and all big indus
tries will be next in line.
Unless there is a mighty pro-
test we shall be in the same
kind of a box that Germans are
in. Very few of us know that
Nazi is the contraction for Ma
tionclist, just exactly what we
are becoming ourselves. The re-
suits will not be different for
we have lots of that class here
now.
Every citizen should become a
real reformer by hammering
some sense into the heads Of his
CONGRESSMAN. Don't let them
be yes-men. HENRY F. GIG.
The Washington times., 1938-01-22

And no normal average
woman will trump up CON
ferences" or go out to lodge
meetings and leave her hus-
band alone five nights of the
week. Because she is perfectly
aware that when she returns,
he won't be watching the clock
or crying into his pillow or
putting the water waves in his
hair.
X 4 X
And speaking of hair, lots Of
dominating husbands h ave
The Washington times., 1938-01-22

to get t off
from W ork
d u rim 6 the
winter when
b u sin ess is
active, and if
I could afford
a lot Of money
for my vaca-
ton, I would
prefer to take
it during the
winter. F or
I would like
The Washington times., 1938-01-22

would not consider a winter va
cation. In the summer I am al
ways ready to go on vacation
and there are so many more
places to visit"
y X X
Claude Fauber, 1457 Girard
st. N. w., grocery store clerk:
ct would rather vacation in
The Washington times., 1938-01-22

in winter, be-
cause tn re
would not be
anything in
teresting for
me to do in
this part Of
tn e country.
I don't par
ticularly care
for win t e r
S p or t S, and
unless I could
go South I
The Washington times., 1938-01-22
Wise Words

No statement is too absurd
for some philosophers to make.
Cicero.
Education has for its object
the formation of character
Herbert Spencer.
Friends are not so easily made
as kept.-Lord Halifax.
The Washington times., 1938-01-22

t h e summer
because there
are so many
m ore things
to do that in
terest me. I
like all sum-
nner Spor is.
In the sum-
nner it is a
pl e a S ure to
quit working
for a couple
of weeks and
The Washington times., 1938-01-22

In t h e
summer. My
id e a of a
good vacation
is to find a
good spot for
fishing a n d
S W i m m i n G
and for other
water sports.
I would rath-
er vacation in
t h e summer
because then
The Washington times., 1938-01-22

the summer.
I dislike work
ing in warm
weather. so I
do appreciate
a vacation in
he summer
much more. I
! o v e t h e
beaches a n d
baSking in the
sunshine. OF
course, if I
C o u | d go
The Washington times., 1938-01-22
Editorial Policy

WE ARE frequently asked why we publish editorials
w from the New York Daily News. The answer is
that we think these editorials sound and timely
Incidentally the editor and publisher Of this
paper is also one of the owners of the Daily News
And the policies of the editorials which we reprint
are identical with the policies of this newspaper.
Eleanor Patterson
The Washington times., 1938-01-22
Unfair to Major BrOuOn

Pausing between breaths dur
ing the "filibuster avalanche"
that at present holds the U. S.
Senate in vice-like fastness under
the spell of Southern Democratic
dominance, several Of these
Dixie solons have not spared Ma
jor Ernest w. Brown, local spear
head of law and order from
scathing denunciations concern
ing the crime wave in this
Federal city.
In the verbal tilts that have
waxed heatedly over the anti