Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-20
Mrs.P B. Christian
Guest Speaker at
MeIoIand Club
MEIOLAND NOTES

noon. IN honor or Jne lWenIleIl
anniversary of the club Mrs. P.
B. Christian of Ventura. founder
and first president, was guest
! speaker. giving a most interesting
account of the early history of
the club Charter members. many
of whom still reside here. included
Mrs. Ebert Newton. Mrs. c.. C
Richards. Mrs. P. B. Christian
Mrs. J. r. Kinnaird, Mrs. W. G
Herdman. Mrs Elmer Hartzog,
Mrs. R Neifert. Mrs. o. L. James
and Miss Aida Neifert.
Miss Betty ForSberg entertained
the guests with a delightful piano
number and Mrs. Joe Bishop was
/ awarded a prize in a unique place
naming contest Refreshments were
/ served at the close of the meeting.
! Special guests of the hoStesseS were
/ Mrs p. B. Christian, Mrs. Elmer
Hartzog. Mrs Harold ForSberg,
/ Mrs. r. A. Chestnut, Mrs William
Summers. Miss Helen RumSey and
Miss Betty ForSberg; and members
present were MeSdames G. C. Rich
ards, Jesse Mcbride, Alex Meyer,
Fred Waterman. w. G. Herdman,
l.. G Goar. D. c. Scott II. A Wells.
Arthur Farley. Joe Bishop, Hardy
Oden. Claud Suttle. Lawrence
Richards. Ward McGrew, Ebert
Newton, X. K. Sharp, j. r. Kin
naird, and Miss Vera Havekorst.
Open house was held at Melo-
land school Friday to allow par
ents to observe students in their
regular claSSWork A buffet lunch
con at noon was followed by play
day activity in the afternoon. Items
of special interest included origi-
nal poems and interesting reports
about the desert by upper grade
pupils, and a panorama drawing
of the desert which formed a love-
ly setting for the yucca blossoms,
mesquite, bottle bush and various
cacti which decorated the room.
The 3rd Attn and 5th grade chill
dren presented a program and
had an exhibit of art work on
their social studies unit of COM
munity life and transportation
Items of special interest in the
primary room were a model dairy
with paper COWS that stood alone
and a post-office with individual
lock boxes. The primary children
presented a play they wrote about
farm life. and Miss Borden. rural
music supervisor gave very in
teresting demonstration on crea-
tive rhythm with primary children
Mr and Mrs. Kenneth Bush mo-
tored to the valley Friday to bring
Mr. and Mrs Clarence Bush for
a two weeks visit at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Farley. Mr..
and Mrs. Kenneth Bush returned
to their home in Los Angeles Sun
day.
Sunday dinner guests at the w.
G.. Herdman home were Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond C. Reeder, and Mr..
and Mrs. George Adams of El
Centro.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Wells en-
joyed a visit the past week end
from Mrs. Wells brother Gordon
Stuart and Mrs. Stuart of Los
Angeles.
Jimmy Peters was given a sur
prise birthday dinner Thursday
evening. special guests being his
pals Richard Wogatzke and Phillip
Stapleton.
After spending several days in
the valley, Mr.. and Mrs. Dillman
accompanied Mr.. and Mrs. l.. G.
Goar on an inspection trip TO the
Bard experimental station, later
boarding the train at Yuma for
Washington d. c., where Dillman
is chief of the flax division of the
U. S. department Of agriculture.
Dinner guests at the Alex Meyer
home Saturday evening were Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Williams of Holt
vile, Mr.. and Mrs. Hardy Odeli,
and Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Roberts
and daughters Ruby Lee and AL
lene.
Royd Maddox and daughter Bar
bara of CaleXicO were Sunday Wis
itorS at the Earl Maddox home. In
the afternoon Barbara also visited
Helen Bishop, the two having been
| schoolmates in CaleXiCo.
Mrs. Lawrence Richards attend
ed a meeting Of the American Le-
gion Auxiliary at Escondido Sun
I daV