Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-28
MeIoIand Pupils
Present 0peretta
MELOLAND NOTES

"When Christmas Comes. Cheer
was brought to farm couple when
a busload of children detained by
a blowout gave their Christmas play
for the lonely pair. Main parts in
the play were taken by Jackie Ma
kahara as Grandfather; Florence
Tamura, Grandmother; Richard
Ramirez, John; John Groebli, King
Herod; Frank Coray, Mr.. Pitkin the
busdriver; Margaret Norris, Ruth;
Martha Schultz, Mary; Raymond
Martinez, Joseph. At the close OF
the play, Santa appeared with bags
of candy and fruit for the children.
One of the merriest parties OF the
season took place Wednesday at the
Earl Maddox home when Meloland
club ladies participated in turkey
dinner. Mrs. Maddox and her CO.
hostess, Mrs. Hardy Odell used ever
green WreathS with red cellophane
bows and tall white tapers effective
ly for table decorations, while To-
cally grown poinsettias and roses
produced a Yuletide atmosphere In
living and dining room. Due to the
warm sunny weather, tables were
arranged on the porch and ice
cream and angelfood cake were the
dessert following the bountiful din
ner. Mrs. d. C. Scott as Santa S
helper, distributed gifts from the
Christmas tree and the afternoon
was spent singing Christmas carols
Those present included MeSdames
w. G. Herdman, Henry Havekorst,
Harold Forsberg, Ward McGrew, D
C. Scott Lloyd Craig, w. j. Gregg,
H. A. Wells, G.. G. Richards, Law
renee Richards, Ralph Engebretson,
L. G.. Goar, j. R. Kinnaird, Elbert
Newton, Claud Suttle, Joe Bishop,
Arthur Farley, Jesse Mcbride, F.
M. Coray, Alex Meyer, c. F. Smith,
K. K. Sharp, H. c. Skipper, Mona
Childs, Miss Vera Havekorst and
the hoSteSSeS.
The D. C. Scott family spent
Christmas in Los Angeles where
they were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Roderick Scott at a family reunion
Christmas day and also visited Mrs
SCOTS mother, Madame Ethel o.
Neil.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Roberts and
daughter Allene and Mr.. and Mrs.
irwin CASTOR joined forty-eight other
relatives of the Roberts family in
a reunion Christmas in honor of
Mrs. Jenny Roberts For the first
time in twenty years all ten OF
Mother Roberts children and their
families were together, some coming
from Colorado and Washington for
the occasion. Due to the size OF
the gathering, the dinner was held
in the IngleWood American Legion
hall. The group from the valley
were overnight guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Dewey Lorah of Hollywood
Local students home for the holi-
days include Bill Christian from
UCLA, Betty Forsberg from City
College, Los Angeles, Herbert Gal
loway and Preston Goar Berkeley
UC; James Dyer, Davis; Eddie Hale
from Kansas City.
Garland Galloway of Los Angeles
spent Christmas with his par
entS, Mr.. and Mrs. H. o. Galloway.
The next meeting of the Meloland
Wednesday club will be Jan. 10th
instead of Jan. 3rd as announced.
Mrs H. A. Wells and Mrs. Lloyd
Craig will be ho5tesses at the Wells
| home
j. B. NOVEL; of Whittier was a
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Nc
Bride over the holidays.
Guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Spears Sunday included Mr.. and
Mrs ClariS Weed, Charlie Spears
Percie watkins, all of Huntington
Beach; and Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
Spears and family of Chickashe
Oklahoma.
II. f. Kirby arrived Wednesday
! to spend Christmas with his daugh'
ter, Mrs Isaac Mcbride and family,
Mrs. McBride's sister, Mrs. Franklin
Helm and her small daughter who
have been visiting the McBrideS
also remained over for the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Farley jour-
neyed to Los Angeles where they
visited Mrs Helen Bush Sunday and
Monday morning were breakfast
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth
| Bush.
Guests of the Ebert NeWtonG
Christmas were MI and Mrs. Merle
Hartsock and family, and Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Kinnaird and daugh-
ter, Beverly.
The Ward McGrew family Joined
in family Christmas party at
J the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Crawford CT Grange.