Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-30
Ca|ipatria Schools Show Enrolment
Increase; Fremont Organizes Paper


rganizes Paper
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed West and
children OF Brawley, Mrs. Florence
Kahoe and granddaughter, Erin,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sperry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Kuns and Su-
zanne and Mrs. Kuns' parents and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs G. E. Martin
and Miss Sarah Martin spent
Thanksgiving at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. John Fortiner at Vista.
Herman Haskins arrived here re-
Gently from Missouri and is en-
ployed at the Atkin Cook service
station. Herman is brother OF
Hartwell and Pete HaSkins.
Mrs. Nettie Spencer of Portland,
Oregon, was a recent visitor at the
home of Mrs. Julia Hay. She and
Mrs. Hay were close friends but
had not seen each other since they
parted in Paris, France in 1913.
Mr.. and Mrs. Auti Cox have an
nounced the arrival of son born
in the Brawley hospital on Mon
day, November 20. The baby has
been named Jack Milton. The Coxes
have another child, a twelve-year
old daughter.
Miss Ellie Wetherby and her
nephew, Gary Rademacher, spent
the holidays in Los Angeles visit
ing relatives.
Mrs. Ray Hightower spent the
weekend in Los Angeles visiting
relatives and friends.
Mrs. Marie Hightower was honor
guest at the faculty luncheon last
Wednesday at the high school, the
occasion being her first wedding
anniversary Ice cream and cake
were served and Mrs. HightoWer
was presented with gift.
The eighth grade at Fremont
is publishing a monthly newspaper
this year which they sell at two
cents. This with the advertising
pays the expenses of the paper. 1t
is called the Fremont Gazette.
The editor in-chief is Richard
Vawter and assistant editor is
Frank Fleming. Others on the staff
are Catherine Dayton, Roma 10
Allen, Donald Dotson, Reeda Will
kinson, Evelyn Milton, Mildred Kerr,
Lenard Chiffon, Odessa Kimbrough
and Beth Severe.
Chapter CIV P.E.O. which was
to meet at the home of Mrs. Luella
Hoober on Tuesday afternoon, was
called off on account of the rain.
All schools in Calipatria were
closed Tuesday because of the rain.
Calipatria schools continue to in
crease in enrolment on account OF
the early influx of field workers.
The attendance last Monday was
500 which number was not reached
until the middle of January last
year.
Two new teachers have been hired
to take care of the overflow rooms.
Mrs. Eleanor Miller is teaching
the upper group and Mrs. Katherine
Keller the primary group.
The Southern California Tele-
phone company is considering a
change to the dial method of oper-
alton for the Calipatria and INLAND
area according to j. Ralph Butler.
A meeting was held with business
leaders on November 8 when rep
resentatives of the telephone COM
pany were guests of the local Lions
club at their weekly luncheon.
Petitions were submitted to the
telephone company for change
from the magnetic type system to
the dial system by the city council,
the chamber of commerce and the
Calipatria INLAND center of the
Farm Bureau.
A committee has canvassed the
telephone users in this community
and about 1870 of them signed the
petition.
The matter will soon be presented
to the California Railroad Commis-
sion for their approval.
Cornelia Mason of Los Angeles
visited Suzanne KunS over last
weekend. The MaSonS formerly liv-
ed at Estelle. -
Mrs. Tracy Sorenson postponed
her Thanksgiving dinner and cele-
brated on Sunday instead of Thurs
day. Turkey and all the trimmings
were served to Mr.. and Mrs. M. l..
McKendry, Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd
Brown, Mr. and Mrs Carl Unholz
and children, Lois and Ernest, Miss
Kay Casey, Frank Gullett and Gene
Legge, and the three Sorenson chill
dren, Bill, Tom and Martha Ann
The Calipatria Woman'S club will
have luncheon meeting Friday,
December at the home of Mrs.
Bertha Clouse. A Spanish luncheon
will be served.
Mrs. E. l.. Becker has arranged
a very interesting program. Mrs.
Gwen Sorenson will sing. There will
be vocal numbers by the new Wom-
ans club trio who are Mrs. Gwen
Sorenson, Mrs. Gertrude Coulter,
and Mrs. Elsie Huffman.
A new club song has been select
ed and will be sung for the first