Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-23
Festive Holiday Celebrations Planned For
Thanksgiving by Imperial VaI|eyites

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Thanksgiving day was greeted il
Imperial Valley with clear, sum,
skies and ideal weather for a rea
holiday celebration.
Valley housewives were busy pre-
pairing their favorite recipes fol
their Thanksgiving dinners at which
they were to entertain friends anc
relatives, and many were planning
evening affairs SO that they might
attend the Thanksgiving football
game Thursday afternoon in E
Centro.
Family reunions form the greater
part of the celebrations.
Among these reunions is one al
the Ross T. Hickcox home with MI
and Mrs. Hickcox having as their
guests Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Robert
son of San Marina, and their son
and daughter, Ross Theodore and
Marie Sharon, Mrs. Robertson is
Mr.. Hickcox niece and she and MI
Robertson are former Ell Centre
residents.
Mrs. Hickcox has invited Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy E. Breedlove and Mr.. and
Mrs. Melvin o. King to join them
for dinner Thanksgiving ay.
Mrs. King is planning special
dinner for her children, Tommy and
Betty, who will have their Thanks
giving party also.
Mr. and Mrs. P. N. Van Slyck are
enjoying a visit from their daugh-
ter and son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs
Leonard Goedhart of La Jolla who
are with them for the holidays.
Another family dinner party is
that at the r. S. Reese home in
Westmorland when Mrs. G. J.
Brooks, mother of Mr.. Reese, will
have her family with her; Mr.. and
Mrs. John Weart, and DR.. and Mrs.
Norman E. Dupont with their sons.
Forrest and Norman.
At the Lee Nuffer home dinner
guests Thanksgiving day included
Mr. Nuffer's father and sister, j. P
Nuffer and Mrs. Cora Maxwell, and
her daughter, Phyllis. Mrs. David
Chambers, Mrs. Nuffer's mother,
is also a guest.
Harry Hovey is enjoying a visit
from his relatives from Los An
geles: Mr. and Mrs. Avery Hovey
and their son, Ted; Mrs. M. L. Ho,
vey, and M. L. Hovey jr. Other
guests for Thanksgiving dinner are
Mrs. Hovey'S sister, Mrs. Ben Chris
ton, Mr.. Christian and their fam
lily; and Fritz Everett and Miss
Connie Hines of Yuma, Arizona
Mr.. Everett is a distant relative Of
Mr.. Hovey's.
Guests at the F.. G. Kinne home
are: Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Pullman
and John F. Gibbons of San Diego
Mr.. Gibbons is Mrs. Kinne's father,
and Mrs. Kline and Mrs. Pullman
are sisters.
Thanksgiving holidays are par
ticularly enjoyable for DR.. and Mrs.
Warren F. Fox since their son,
Bob, is home from U. S. c. for the
short vacation. He is member OF
Sigma Nu fraternity.
That well known chef, J. D.
Adams, whose genius as a cook any
woman may well envy, was to DEM
onstrate his chef d'oeuvre at din
ner Thanksgiving day at the j. S.
Strobel ranch. A group of friends
planned to celebrate the day to-
gether and Mr.. Adams was to bar
becue a turkey for the occasion
Those who will be privileged to
sample this tempting bird include:
Mr. and Mrs. Adams, Mr.. and Mrs
Earl Kraft, the Don Rex family
Mr. and Mrs. w. F. Aycock and the
StrobelS.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Gardenhire
and their children, Rita and Billy.
are spending the holidays in River
side and are looking forward to
number of festivities.
Thanksgiving day at the George
Bucklin home will be celebrated
by a unique family reunion at
which four generations will be pre-
sent, starting with the great grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. N. Buck
lin; the parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Al
vim Bucklin with their daughter
Vicki Diane Bucklin, and Mrs. and
Mrs. Erwin P. Butler, and their
son, Lawrence The Buffers are
coming from Los Angeles for the
occasion.
For the Harry Horizons, Thanks
giving day will really be celebrated,
since they are going north for the
Big Game and will join their daugh-
ter, Mary Katherine, who is a stu
dent at Stanford University. Their
daughter, Barbara, who attends Po-
mona, will accompany them. The
Horizons. Mr. and Mrs. Henry, L.
Loud and Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Hus-
ton will spend the weekend in Palo
Alto and will see the Stanford-Cal-
ifornia game together Judge M
w. Conkling will be the guest OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Conkling while
the Horizons are away.
The Rev. Mr.. Harold Doty anC
Mrs. Doty are in Redlands fol
| THANKSGIVING with Mr. DOty'S par