Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-14

DeleTIflllldIlOn, lly lldllle IL
blonde, blue-eyed Marguerite Bis
gard, age three.
Monday afternoon little Miss Bis
gard went ice-creaming. Her mother
Mrs. AL Bisgard, 1927 State street
Ell Centro, gave her the money and
Marguerite was supposed to catch
the ice cream vendor who was pass
ing with his cart. Somehow the
vender eluded her and that is where
her adventures started.
C1utehing the money in a tight
fist little Miss Bisgard trudged after
the vender. Her tiny steps were not
quite fast enough to reach him, but
she kept him in sight and finally,
her feet blistered, she caught him on
Olive street between Fourth and
Fifth.
Tony, the Vender, then discovered
that he had a lost child on his
hands. To questions of Where do
you live?' Little Miss Bisgard mere
ly shook her head and reached for
more ice cream. Tony finally put
her OH the cart and went from
house to house, seeking someone
who knew her. Although Mrs. Irene
Afford didn't know the child she
relieved Tony of the responsibility
because, as Tony put it:
"'Somebuddy's going to think ah'm
a kidlaperw
With Little Miss Bisgard still gay
ly refusing 10 answer questions, Mrs.
Afford started for the police station
with her by auto. AS they turned
the corner, the child pointed up
State street and said:
There's where I liver
Mrs. Afford began to breath easier
and up the street she drove. BY
a cold and warm process of elimi-
nation the child's home was found.
Mrs. Bisgard, meanwhile, had
thought the child was playing with
other children in the yard.
Best laugh came from the one
ouestion that Little Miss Bisgard
would answer What is your faith
er's name?" She replied:
"Alfonsol" Catch is that Alfonso
is not her fathers real name, but
one thaC her mother uses to tease
him!
.
Something. Yes?-
c.. F.. (BudD Smurr must nave
learned things while away from the
valley. Monday night at a border
nipht spot he donned a vaquero'S
helmet and did everything with the
sonlbrero that Leo Garlic can 90
with a hat AND white horse.
Mark MCGEE couldn't compete
after the first round and had to
retire. His tongue was spralned Try
ing to say:
"You like thees leetle glasses best?
Yees? Noo?"
Knowing How
Why is it that extraordinary skill,
whether it be with pool cue or a
drum majors baton, is always fas-
cinating? Although RR is not partl-
cularly steam shovel minded, he
watched entlanced Tuesday morning
for half an hour while Lonnie Hor-
ton did things with drag line that
lust didn't seem possible.
What fascinated RR SO was the
wav he kept the contraption con-
stantly ON the move. never hesltat-
ing a split second. But you have to
see it to appreciate it. Lonnie puts
on daily exhibitions with district
dra CLINE, excavating Ell Centros
sewer line north of town.
What's That
The Say That Again department
reported this:
A small boy. seeing the flags out
on Ell Centro streets Tuesday.
wrinkled his brows and elected this
remark into space:
Say, what is this, anyway! Some
body's birthday"
New Resident
Big Mike, the goldfish IN Bert
Lemons pond, now has competitor
and companion. The newcomer is
a seven foot tall sunflower with
blossom measuring 13 inches across.
Bert is considering extending his
cooling system to include the flower
and the fish, which we think is
pretty darned decent of him.