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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-05-17
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2SOS44 H.
STATE OF MICHIGAN. County of
Wayne-ss. Al a session of the Pro
bate Court for said County of Wayne
held at the Probate Court room in the
City of Detroit, on the twenty fifth
day of April in the year one thousand
nine hundred and forty. Present JOS
eph A. Murphy. Judge of Probate. In
the ma alter Of the estate Of CHARLES
L. BOURASSA. dACea St1d. On reading
and filing the petition Of Willis Bour
ASA praying that administration of
said estate be- granted to Samuel :.
Broughton or some other suitable per
son. Ii il ordered. that the third day
Of june next at ten O'Clock in the
forenoon at said Court room be aI-
pointed for hearing said petition. And
IL is further ordered. thai u copy of
this order be published three succeS-
sive weeks previous 10 said time Of
hearing, In the WyandoLte Herald, q
newspaper printed and circulating in
said County Of Wayne.
JOSEPH 4. MURPHY.
Judge of Probate
"a true copy
LANES A. SEXTON.
Deputy Probate Register. 19w3
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-05-17
WILL HOLD INSTALLATION
\E\T FRIDAY EVENING

Nyaud"IIc chapter. No 80. order
Of Eastern STAR. will hold Installation
Of Officers next Friday evening May
"a. The Installation Will be conducted
BY F"rd>"n chap.cr. l.i@hi refresh
m.-ntS will bc served
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-05-17
COUNCIL REPRESENTATION
AT TOLL ELIMINATION

At Tuesday nights session Of the
CoSlncil. IN a resolution signed b!
Councilman Ernest b. Schultz. 1t was
decided that the Council would meet
with representatives Of the Board OF
Wayne County Road Commissioners
and representatives OF the Merchants
Association Of WyandOtte, TO discuss
elimination Of the toll bridge to Crosse
He
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-05-17

Many Insects are beneficial 10 man
because they pOllenize plants. destroy
harmful Insects, serve as food for use
full creatures. or supply such products
as china wax. gail-nuJs for ink, honey
and silk
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-05-17

Mr.. and Mrs.. Harold T. ButterwOrlh
OF 49, Spru Z, StIr+r were called To
Kitchener Ont. last Friday ON ac,,mmt
OF the death IF Mrs. ButIcrwurIh's
sister Mrs Fernando snyder, uf
BlOomingd;lr.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-05-17

Many "f the tr"lblts caused by in
SrtS are man made; they bs4,Omf
pests because Of The changes man
makes in their environment
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-05-17

Nlllla7n>i"n. May Ii From the Red
Cedar river near h.'re. Ross MOmany
of Lansing. took ii .<3l2 inch. S14
pound great D"rthern pike, on fly
rcd
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-05-17

Besides Tie W,"dcLucS. the fox and
badger dig burrows WHEN, when ahan-
dontNi by lh,st csirnivOr%-s. rabbits can
Use.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-05-17

The AuSable. with a fall Of 6G9
feet. Is the SwifteSt river in the south
, IN peninsula Of Michigan.
Evening star., 1940-10-06
Director, Science Research Associate,

delivery boys. Although they natur-
ally prefer people with some expert
ence, they are frequently willing to
hire the housewives who want to earn
extra Christmas-present money and
students who have never worked be-
fore. The holiday season provides
good chance for youth to acquire the
work background they will need later
when other employers ask that en-
barrassing question What expert
ence have you had?"
Sales extras are usually paid $25O
Evening star., 1940-10-06
YOU AND YOUR JOB
by Lyle NJ. Spencer
Look Now for That Christmas Job

to IS day. figures that compare well
with the $l2 to $25 week earned by
regular employees. But for the week
or two before Christmas, hours are
long. frequently from 9 to9.
Besides positions in stores, jobs
selling Christmas trees, decorations.
ornaments, gifts and cards are other
possibilities worth investigating. EN-
ployment Offices report that the calls
for household workers and beauty
shop attendants also shoot up during
December. The circulation offices of
national magazines require extra cler-
ical help. usually women. to put over
their Yuletide drives.
The Christmas season is certainly
no holiday for the United States Post
Office Department. The Chicago post
office alone puts on about 5000 extra
employees during the rush. and appll-
cations are not necessarily limited to
people who have a civil-service rating.
Wages average about sixtyfive cents
an hour, with extra pay for overtime.
Your local postmaster can tell you
how to apply. incidentally. recon-
mendatlons from former employers
and from prominent persons OF a
Evening star., 1940-10-06

NE of the incest presents Saint
Nick pulls out of his bulging
~ pack each Christmas is big
1undle of temporary jobs for the un-
employed. These jobs are created by
the holiday buying rush. and there
should be close to half a million of
them this year.
Since most of the positions are con-
nected with retail trade, the advice
that department stores give their Gus
toners about early Christmas shop
ping applies equally we'll to work
seekers II you are interested in pick
ing up some extra money during the
holiday season, it is none too early to
start lining up your job right now.
Some stores add as many as seven
people for each ten on their regular
pay roll The department stores, five
and-tens. apparel, speciality and nov
city stores need most of the extra
-rkers. They usually begin inter
viewing applicants early in October,
and start adding to their staffs during
the latter part of the same month. In
addition to sales clerks of all types,
they are also interested in cashiers,
bookkeepers, package wrappers and
Evening star., 1940-10-06
TOUGHEST JOB
IN THE ARMY
Continued from poge eight

Continued from po9e eighf
danger may move them in masses tina
would dwarf the concentrations that
saw at the war-in-quotation-ma marks
But the service of supplies will func
ton. The Quartermaster Corps has
all worked out, and will be right or
hand with its calculating machines
and foolproOf menus.
For it is the Quartermaster Corps
that must feed and clOthe the whole
Army, house and move it, build and
maintain its barracks and hospitals
buy and keep in operation its cars,
trucks and ships, work out complicat1
ed railroad arrangements for move
ment of troops and supplies. and ever
take care of the memorial cemeteries
where soldiers may be buried.
Indeed, if the Army were to adver-
tise for Quartermaster General, tho
ad would have to run something like
this: WANTED: Executive to direct
business with yearly volume in the
billions. Must be soldier Must also
have sound knowledge OF aCcounting
architecture, civil engineering. cOnser-
vatlon, construction. dietetIcs, cleo
trical engineering, food chemistry. fire
prevention. laundry operation, lea
ther. mechanical engineering. motor
technology. naval engineering, print
ing. purchasing. railroad management.
textiles, transportation, warehouse
and storage management. And prob
ably | have left out few musts, at
that. For the Quartermaster General
is the Army's big businessman, andI
with the Army expanding as it is
today, that makes him just about theI
busiest businessman in the country.
Interested to meet an executiveI
whose organization could function as
smoothly as the one | saw at the|
war" | went to Washington and|
called on Major General Edmund
Bristol Gregory, who became Quar-
termaster General last April. | found
chunky man of medium height, With
graying hair, who talked pleasantly
but with soldierly reserve in a quiet.
Middle Western voice He talked
mostly in figures, which is the way al
Quartermaster General has to think :
figures about the Quartermaster or
ganization Q,OOO officers. 10000 en-
listed men, 10000 civilians), figures
about the costs of cloth for uniforms,
the tonnage of troopships and the
appropriations for supplies. MANY
people just think of us as feeding the
Army" he said Actually we are re-
sponsible for everything that is in
general use by two or more service
branches of the Army - everything
that the men would have to have
whether they were in the Army or in
civilian life"
Everything for which they have a
basis for comparison - and COM
plaint?" l suggested.
The General smiled family. That S
about it."
But there is nothing of the rough
shod, militaristic, take -this-or- leave
it" attitude about General Gregory.
For several years he was young in
fantry officer in the Philippines, after
his graduation from West Point in
1904, and remembers only too we'll the
long marches under broiling sun.
(Confinved on poss 23)
Evening star., 1940-10-06

political nature won't harm a bit.
About two-thirds of the Christmas
season workers are women, and
quarter of the total are youths under
twenty-five. Only about one person in
twenty can expect to hold his position
after the holidays are over.
Because these holiday jobs come up
when many businesses are at low
point, you'll have to compete for them
with employees dismissed from indus
try. transportation and similar lines OF
work. And those jobs wiH 60 to the
mo1kers who apply early enough.
Evening star., 1940-10-06
Job Hints

WE'VE all heard of job-getting
stunts, but here's one that's definitely
a new wrinkle A young man wrote
eighty-one notes, mailing them in
eighty-one bottles to eighty-one ad-
vertising agencies. The notes read:
STRANDED on an island in Cam
bridge . college graduate will
work like h''' for passage into port.
Have you room in the hold for a man
who can prove he's worth his salt''
P.S. 1t worked.
ABOUT forty per cent of the workers
making ammunition are women.
BEGINNERS in the petroleum industry
begin at the highest entrance rate in
the country for unskilled laborers.
Mr.. Spencer regrets that he c0nnot
reply Individually TO letters from read
ers. But he miN be glad to Teceire COM
ments and inquiries on JOB problems
and nIH discuss as many as possible
in this column The Editor
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-15
Nazarene Women
Hear Reports

The WOmanS Foreign Missionary
society of the Nazarene church
met Thursday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. j. Jones, $50 Ell
Centre avenue.
Mrs. R. c. Rogers, president. was
in the chair and reports were given
of the progress of the society dur
ing the summer, the study class
detailing the work of the missions
in Japan and Korea. Mrs. Vinson
Brown gave the devotional period.
Hostesses for the afternoon, Mrs.
Edith Pickle and Mrs. Donia Pickle
served dainty refreshments at the
close of the afternoon.
Three new members we're added
to the roll, Mrs. Jim Mills, Mrs.
Cecil Denning and Mrs. Maurice
Graves, others present being: Mes
danes J. A. Jones, r. c. Rogers,
Lovejoy Irwin, A. D. Mahaffey,
Brown, Adds Barnett, A. G. Rob-
erts, Ed Hinson, Harvey Graham,
William McFarlin, the hostesses and
Miss Dorothy Clark and Claradehl
Graves.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-15
Juniors 10 Take
New Members Until
Oct. 10Th Meetinu

New members will be received by
the Junior Ten Thousand club up
until and during the October 10
meeting, but shortly after that the
lists will be closed, according to a
decision reached at the clubs OPEN
ing meeting of the fall, Thursday
evening at the clubhouse.
Mrs. James Beshears, vice-presi
dent, presided and chairmen of the
sections were named. Program. Mrs.
George King; social. Georgiana
Sones; house. Mrs. w. A. Carpen-
ter; book, Mrs. Eugene Moore: arts,
and crafts, Mrs. Henry Munson:
drama, Ada Besse Beynon: men,
bership, Mrs. BeShearS; courtesy,
Dorothy East: historian, Mrs. Art
Harris; safety. Peggy Montgomery.
Mrs. Chester Irving was elected
to serve on the board to take the
place of Mrs Adolph Kath, re-
signed. Mrs. Kath now lives in Po-
mona.
Officers and members of the board
acted as hostesses for the evening,
serving delicious refreshments at
the close of the evening in the tea
room.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-15
Campfire Hut to
0pen TuesdaV

The Campfire hut, 1905 Len Rey,
will open its doors Tuesday at 10
a. m. and will remain open until
S p. m, according to the Campfire
secretary, Mrs. Faye Manley.
In order to better accommodate
out-of-city groups, Mrs. Manley will
have the hut open all day Tuesday
and Friday of each week, with the
hours 10 to 5. Guardians and Camp
fire girls may purchase supplies
and the secretary will be available
for helps during those days.
Wahanka group. under the lead
ership of Mrs. Florence Wilson,
has already held two meetings, and
other groups are organizing plans
for the seasons activities as rapidly
as possible.
Democracy is to be stressed in
all Campfire groups throughout the
country this year.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-15
Speaker List v
Announced for
Flax Institute

The program of speakers for tho
first annual Imperial county flax
growers institute, scheduled at Ell
Centre high school on Wednesday,.
Sept. 25, was released Saturday by
the extension service, sponsor OF
the meeting.
The institute, designed to acquaint,
valley growers with the increased
marketing problems, will be an all
day meeting during which speakers
will outline certain phases of the
industry. A round table discussion
in the afternoon will complete the
institute.
Speakers include Wallace Sulli-
van, extension service specialist in
farm, management who will speak
on the industry outlook; Argyle.
McLachlan secretary of the South
west Flaxseed association, who will
speak on markets and marketing;
Wallace Sullivan and Lee LandeJ-
man, who will give an analysis fof
the five year flax enterprise study;
Wade Ramsey manager Of the Cali
fornia Central Fibre corporations
l.. G.. Goar, superintendent of the
Meloland Experiment station; John
Kubler and Keith Nets, local grow
erS.
j.. P. Fairbanks, an extension SER
vice engineer, will outline findings
of the two year flax harvesting
study to complete talks preparatory
to the round table discussion.
Problems which will be discussed
at the meeting are, south Ameri-
can shipments, possible discontinue
ance of tariff protection, enlarge
ment of U. S. crop, increase OF
other oil crops.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-15
BY EARLE B. STEELE

NEW YORK, Sept. IA. CUP) =
George Scalise. former $1,666 a
month president of the building SER
vice employees international union
was found guilty today of stealing
from the unions treasury, built up
by the 35 cents a month dues of
charwomen, chamber maids and
janitors.
He was convicted on one count of
grand larceny and four counts of
third degree forgery. The jury fail
ed to agree on five counts of lar
ceny and embezzlement.
Judge Jacob Gould Schurman, jr.,
revoked Scalise's bond of $25.O0O
and committed him to The Tombs.
He will be sentenced Sept. 81.
The maximum penalty on each of
the counts of which Scalise was
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-15
Relief StoPPoSe
Threat AVerted

February and March, 1941.
The governor was forced to leave
Sacramento by train last night to
attend the Los Angeles county fair,
and the approved bill was rushed
by state highway police to intercept
the train at Fresno so it could be
filed with Secretary of State Paul
Peek today, permitting the state
controller Immediately to release
the money.
The fourth special session, call
ed for next Saturday by Assembly
Speaker Gordon Garland and Senate
President pro tenn Jerrold Seawell,
will devote its attention to financ-
ing the state defense council.
Olson has announced he would
ask $4,000 to pay the expenses of
this coup but anti-administration
leaders said they were unwilling to
vote the fund without a full ex-
PLANTATION of where the money
would go.
Inasmuch as the legislature also
has its own defense committee, a
battle is inevitable.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-15
California Bigger
y0ver Million

WASHINGTON, Sept. IA OPP
CALIFORNIA; 1910 population is g.
873.688, increase of 1896 437 or 2l.1
per cent over the 5,677,251 counted
in 1880. the census bureau announc-
ed today.
The gain of more than 1,000, 600
pushed California ahead of Texas
in state population rankings, prob
ably to fifth place in the national
total. Texas 1910 population is g.
4l8,32l, 1O.2 per cent above the
5.824,7l5 counted ten years ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-15
Party Celebrates
; ANNIVERSARIES

CALEXICO, Sept. IA silver
wedding anniversary and two birth
days were celebrated at the James
Cole ranch this week with roast
duck dinner.
The birthdays of James Cole and
Ruth Await were jointly observed
and the silver wedding anniversary
of Mr.. and Mrs. James Cole added
gayety an significance to the ga
thering of the two families and
a few guests.
Attending were the guests of no.
nor and other members of the
families and friends: Mrs. Mona
Await. Mrs. Candland, Bud Young,
LAUREL Ann Zuckerman, Edward
and Joe Cole.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-15
Bv JOHN w. DUNLAP

SACRAMENTO. Sept. IA. UP)-
Emergency funds for unemployment
relief provided at a quick special
legislative session yesterday, state
legislators returned to their homes
today. deferring until next Satur-
day arguments on national de-
fense matters.
The third special session of 1940-
this called by Gov. Culbert Olson
ended harmoniously with passage of
a S1,450,O0O relief bill to provide
dole payments from last Wednes-
day until Oct. l. The fund was
released from the $9,OO0,000 quar-
terly appropriation for January,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-15
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE
No, 53888

On Monday, September 80, ls4O
at 1890 o'clock A. NJ. at the Nam
Entrance to the Imperial County
Court House in the City OF Ell Cen
tro. County of Imperial, State OF
California. SECURITY TITLE IN
SURANCE AND GUARANTEES
COMPANY, as trustee under the
Deed of Trust executed by c. B.
RUFF. a single man, who acquired
title as Charles B. Ruff recorded
April 81. 1887 in Book 456 page 28
of Official Records in the office OF
the Recorder of Imperial County,
California. and by reason OF default
in the payment or performance Oh
obligations secured thereby includ-
ing the breach of default, notice
of which was recorded May l6, 1910
in Book 55l page A of said Official
Records. of Imperial County, Will
sell at public auction for cash, with
out warranty as to title, possession,
or membranes, the interest con-
viewed TO said Trustee by said Deed
of Trust in property situate in the
City of Ell Centre, County OF I'M
perial. State of California, described
as
Lot 3. in Block 8, Townsite OF Ell
Centre, as per Map thereof No.
953. filed in the office of the
County Recorder of San Diego
County
for the purpose of paying obliga-
tions secured by said Deed Of Trust,
including fees, charges, and ex-
penses of the Trustee, sums ex-
pended under the terms thereof,
interest thereon, and balance OF un-
paid principal of the note secured
thereby, with interest thereon at
the rate of Eight per cent per an
mum.
Dated September 7. 1910.
SECURITY TITLE 1NSUR-
ANCE AND GUARANTEE
COMPANY,
BY H. r. ANDERSON,
Corporate Seal) Vice President
(S8-15-22)
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-15

SlO,UUU ditCl dIioll diio iSPoii JoS W
Nev-Cal electric corporation at their
offices at Main and Sixth street.
The 1910 building total was we'll
above the $267 ,29O mark of one year
ago and threatened to surpass the
1888 pace when new ten year
total was established.
Three new residences were started
during the week in the activity list
and promised a boom period during
the fall months of the year, accord
ing to predictions of most building
observers.
Permits issued during the week:
Imperial Ice and Development,
$24OO, earthquake repairs; Jack Har-
rison. 532 He'll, $4,000, welling;
Charles holland, 1861 Wensley, $45,
chimney repair; Nev-Cal corp. $l5,-
600, alterations and repair; Whit
ing Mead, 1875 Main, $3.50, lumber
shed.
George Legakes, 448 Broadway
$3.50, repairs; George Winright
1874 He'll, $365O, dwelling; v. w. Nc
Bride, 855 He'll, $500, repair of fire
damage; T. j. Douglas, 1872 Main
$1,000, fire damage repair; A. A.
Kaiser, 872 Holt, $4,000, fire repair
damage; Mary Benson, 83l Olive
$50, repair.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-15
Fl Centre Girls
Leave for School

Miss Frances Foulds left this
week for Arizona where she re-
turned to Tempe Teachers college
for her junior year. She is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Scott B.
Foulds.
Another Ell Centran leaving this
week for college is Miss Tonne Sue
McChristy, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Tom McChristy who returned
to Redlands to continue her studies.
This weekend Miss McChristy
is to spend at Idyllwild with coun-
Gil made up of student leaders at
Redlands. She is president OF the
Senate music club and affiliated
with Delta Kappa Phi.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-15
Annual 4.H
Reorganization TO
Begin Oct. |

The annual All club reorganiza-
ton drive in Imperial county will
start october 1 and be completed
by Oct. 20, according to H. Lee
Landerman, club director.
Under present plans, Landerman
said, the annual reorganization will
wind up at the 4-H club fall round
up, which will take the place of
the usual spring roundup and bar
becue.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-15
Famed Race Driver
Visits H Centre

Cannon Ball Baker famous racing
car driver who crossed Imperial
Valley on motorcycle 80 years ago,
visited the valley again Saturday
this time in the interest of economy
instead of speed.
"On that first trip" Baker said
there were no paved roads so !
carried the motorcycle almost as
much as it carried me-" On his
present trip from Cincinnati in a
midget car he said he travelled $500
miles on 81 gallons of gas and two
quarts of oil at a total cost OF
S9.87.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-15
IS Tons Hopper
Poison Given Out
During August

More than 35 tons of grasshopper
poison was distributed to farmers
in Imperial Valley during August
and at least that amount will be
distributed during this month, &C
cording to records in the offices of
B. A. Harrigan, county agricultural
commissioner.
Under the present program, ac<
cording to Harrigan, poison distri-
button to combat the pest will ex-
ceed last years record output of
poison.
Satisfactory results have been OBJ
tanned, Harrigan said.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-15
Ramsey Speaks
At20-1 Meetinq

Wade Ramsey, manager OF the
California Central Fiber corpora
ton, discussed the paper-making
phase of the fiber industry at a
meeting of the El Centre O-30 club
Thursday night at the California
hotel, according to Al Spicy, pro-
gram chairman.
Guests of the club Thursday were
C. B. Smith. Roy Robertson and DR..
AL Smith. President Sherman Ell
bridge presided.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-15
El Centrans Open
New Eafinq House

Lee Zinn and Jack Parrish, for
mer operators of the Snack Shack
in Ell Centre, Saturday announced
the new opening of their new busi-
ness establishment, the English VIII
lage Coffee Shop on Imperial ave-
nue. near the city limits.
Zinn and Parrish, who moved
their place of business in order to
accommodate larger patronage, will
feature complete meals as we'll as
short order specials for individuals.
families or parties.
Accomoations in a separate din
ing room will be provided for par
ties, the managers said. New equip
ment has been added to the Coffee
Shop.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-15
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
ON WINTER SCHEDULE

The Presbyterian church returns
to it's regular hours Sunday, church
school meeting at 9:45 and services
at IL: 100 a. m.
The church has been holding uni
fled services all during the summer.
with Clyde McCaslin. Walter Nc
Call and william Livingston giving
the sermons during the vacation of
the pastor.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-15
Club Catorce in
Bridge Meeting

Club Catorce met with Mrs. j.
P. Hansen Thursday evening with
Mrs. R. T. Barter winning high
score for the bridge game. Other
high scores were held by Mrs. j. A
Ashley and Mrs. Pearl Burke.
Mrs. Hansen served seasonable
refreshments to the following men,
bers: Mesdames Bill Wallace, Bill
Roberts, A. NJ: Blackburn, Glenn
Kieffer, Paul Eyer, j. A. Pique,
Frank Modem, w. A. Vie, r. T
Barter, j. A. Ashley and Pearl
Burke.